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Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods 1 (Cover A)

LAZARUS PLANET: WE ONCE WERE GODS #1

Cover Date: March 2023
Publication Date: 2023-01-24

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:
Art: David Marquez (signed)
Colors: Alejandro Sanchez (signed)


Variant Covers:
Cover B
Art: Dave Johnson (signed)
Cover C
(1:25 Variant)
Art: Yanick Paquette (signed)
Colors: Nathan Fairbairn (signed)
Cover D
Art: Francesco Mattina

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Story: "Hunger Pains" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFrancis Manapul
ArtFrancis Manapul
LetteringAndWorld Design
ColorsFrancis Manapul
Assistant editingJillian Grant
EditingPaul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

The Trench (last in Monkey Prince #8; turned human by the Lazarus Storm)

Other Character(s):

Bill (first appearance)
Bill's son (first appearance)
Bill's wife (first appearance)
"Doc" (first appearance; a doctor and friend of Bill)
Lucy (first appearance; a dog)

Location(s):

Earth

Solicitation:

After the events of Lazarus Planet, the gods of the Multiverse have decided to take down the heroes they once called champions and the world they've sworn to protect. For years the gods sat idle atop their mountains as their legends faded into obscurity along with their bodies. Now is their time to remind the selfish mortals of their existence and take back the world with something more powerful than belief...fear. Only the brave heroes Wonder Woman and Shazam stand in their way, but will their combined powers be enough?


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Second Story: "Songs of Pain" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Watters
ArtMax Dunbar
LetteringTroy Peteri
ColorsRomulo Fajardo, Jr.
EditingDave Wielgosz

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter (last in Lazarus Planet: Omega #1; also in between flashback in between ??? and Lazarus Planet: Omega #1)

Villain(s):

Doomsday

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (last in Lazarus Planet: Omega #1)

Other Character(s):

Raphael Arce (first appearance; an empath; transformed into a psychic gem in flashback preceding Action Comics Presents: Doomsday Special #1/2)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
The Red
Forgotten Zone
The Bleed


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Third Story: "Song of the Dead" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPhillip Kennedy Johnson
ArtJack Herbert
LetteringPat Brosseau
ColorsAlex Guimarães
Associate editingChris Rosa
EditingBrittany Holzherr
Group editingPaul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (last in Wonder Woman #796; next in Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Amazons of Themyscira
Queen Nubia (last in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7; next in Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #1)
Bia (last in Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #4; next in Wonder Woman #797/2)
Magala (last in Nubia: Coronation Special #1; next in ???)

Villain(s):

Zombies
The Armies of Herakles
Theseus

Location(s):

Earth
Themyscira
Doom's Doorway
Well of Souls


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Fourth Story: "The Price of Eternity" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJosie Campbell
ArtCaitlin Yarsky
LetteringClayton Cowles
ColorsJordie Bellaire
Assistant editingJillian Grant
EditingBrittany Holzherr
Group editingPaul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Mary Marvel (last in Lazarus Planet: Alpha #1; next in Wonder Woman #797/2)

Guest Star(s):

Bolt (last in ???)
Shazam (Billy Batson; last in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7; next in Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Hoppy (last in New Champion of Shazam! #4; next in Wonder Woman #797/2)
Darla Dudley (last in New Champion of Shazam! #4)
Eugene Choi (last in New Champion of Shazam! #4)
Freddy Freeman (last in New Champion of Shazam! #4; next in Wonder Woman #797/2)
Pedro Peña (last in New Champion of Shazam! #4)

Villain(s):

The Wizard Shazam (last in ???; next in Wonder Woman #796)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Nisha White (in a photograph)
Lay Lay White (in a photograph)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Vazquez Foster Home
Washington, D.C.
Metro East Hospital
Rock of Eternity


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Additional Variant Covers

Cover E
Art: Rafael Sarmento (signed)
Cover F
(1:50 Foil Variant)
Art: David Marquez (signed)
Colors: Alejandro Sanchez (signed)