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Invasion! 1

INVASION! #1

Cover Date: 1988
Cover Price: $2.95
Publication Date: 1988-10-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Todd McFarlane


Story: "The Alien Alliance" (80 Pages)

Credits:

PlotKeith Giffen
StoryBill Mantlo
Breakdown pencilsKeith Giffen
PencilsTodd McFarlane
InksP. Craig Russell, Al Gordon, Joe Rubinstein, Todd McFarlane
LetteringGaspar Saladino
ColorsCarl Gafford
EditingAndy Helfer

Feature Character(s):

Adam Strange (last in Cosmic Odyssey #3; next in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #80)
Snapper Carr (last in Justice League of America #200)
Amos Monroe (first appearance; a self-professed con artist from New Orleans, LA)
Moshe Levy (first appearance; a student from Tel Aviv, Israel)
Carlotta Rivera (first appearance; a fashion model from Madrid, Spain)
Fritz Klein (first appearance; a ski instructor from Innsbruck, Austria)
Dexter Fairfax (first appearance; a writer of children's books from Tunbridge, England)
Vril Dox II (first appearance; the son of Brainiac; between flashbacks in L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 #1)
Garryn Bek (first appearance; next in flashback in L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 #1)
The Durlan (behind the scenes; last in flashback in L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #23)

Guest Star(s):

Martian Manhunter (in between Justice League International Vol. 1 #21 and #22)
Spectre (in between Spectre Vol. 2 #22 and #23)
Omega Men:
Tigorr (last in Teen Titans Spotlight #15)
Broot (last in Omega Men #36)
Doc (last in Omega Men #38)
Elu (last in Teen Titans Spotlight #15)
Felicity (last in Teen Titans Spotlight #15)
Harpis (last in Teen Titans Spotlight #15)
Ryand'r (last in Teen Titans Spotlight #15)
Green Man (last in Omega Men #38)
Shlagen (last in Omega Men #38)
Ynda (last in Teen Titans Spotlight #15); dies)

Supporting Character(s):

Alanna (last in Cosmic Odyssey #2; next in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #14)
Sardath (last in Cosmic Odyssey #2; next in L.E.G.I.O.N. '90 #14)
Amanda Waller (in between pages 20 and 21 of Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #22)
Maxwell Lord (last in Power of the Atom #5; next in Justice League International Vol. 1 #22)
Perry White (last in Adventures of Superman #448; next in Superman Vol. 2 #26)
Jimmy Olsen (last in Adventures of Superman #448; next in Superman Vol. 2 #26)

Villain(s):

Alien Alliance
Dominators (last in flashback in L.E.G.I.O.N. '92 #42)
Citadellians
Daxamites
Kel Gand (first appearance; last in flashback in Valor #1)
five other Daxamites
Durlans
Gil'Dishpan (earliest chronological appearance)
Khunds
Psions
Thanagarians
Commander Dral (first appearance; an officer in the Thanagarian Hawk Police)
Warlords of Okaara
Spider Guild
Garguax (in between Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #12 and #17)

Guest Appearance(s):

Tasmanian Devil (last in Infinity, Inc. #47)
Medphyll (last in Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #61; next in Darkstars #27)
Lords of Order

Other Character(s):

D'aran Tuu (first appearance; a Green Lantern of the planet El'Sh'Tai; dies)
The El'Sh'Tai (first appearance; an alien race)
Pelle (first appearance; Green Lantern of Purdaa; dies; next, as a Black Lantern, in Blackest Night #1)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2240
Purdaa (first appearance)
Space Sector 2284
El'Sh'Tai (first appearance)
Space Sector 2682
Thanagar
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Australia
Canberra
JLI Embassy
Melbourne
United States of America
Belle Reve
Metropolis
Daily Planet
New York, NY
JLI Embassy
United Nations Building
Moon
Garguax's Moon Base (taken by the Khund)
Rann
Space Sector 2828
Okaara
Starlag (first appearance)
Unidentified Space Sector
Dominator Homeworld

Comment(s):

This story takes place in December, based on the Winter Moon seen over Belle Reve.
First appearance of the Okaaran-designed Khund Battlewagon, Psion Starslider and Okaaran Dreadnaught.
Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Invasion! ([November] 2008)
Invasion! ([June] 2016)

Solicitation:

When a coalition of alien empires decide to invade planet Earth, the World's Greatest Heroes unite! But against the power of the stars aligned against them, not even the World's Greatest Heroes may be enough to save the planet this time.


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