''DC Challenge'' was a 12-issue
comic book
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limited series
In the field of comic books, and particularly in the United States, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined ...
produced by
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...
from November 1985 to October 1986, as a
round robin experiment in narrative. The series' tagline was "Can You Solve It Before We Do?"
Publication history
The ''DC Challenge'' series was conceived during a rooftop party at the 1983
San Diego Comic-Con
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. The premise of the series was that each chapter would be made by a different author and artist. No consultation between authors was permitted. Additionally, each chapter would end in a
cliffhanger
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious situation, facing a difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction or bef ...
from which that chapter's author had to have planned a viable escape, and the name of the next chapter would be provided. Authors were free to use any DC character, with the exception of those whose appearances they were currently writing.
Dick Giordano
Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics.
Ear ...
had been the original editor of the series, but turned the job over to
Robert Greenberger
Robert Greenberger (born July 24, 1958) is an American writer and editor known for his work on ''Comics Scene'', ''Starlog'', ''Weekly World News'', the novelization of the film ''Hellboy II: The Golden Army#Novelization, Hellboy II'', and for ...
before the first issue was published. The last issue of ''DC Challenge'' was a collaborative effort by six of the twelve writers.
The issues
See also
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''The Kamandi Challenge''
References
External links
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''DC Challenge''at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
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1985 comics debuts
1986 comics endings
Collaborative fiction
Comics by Dan Jurgens
Comics by Dave Gibbons
Comics by Doug Moench
Comics by Gerry Conway
Comics by Keith Giffen
Comics by Len Wein
Comics by Marv Wolfman
Comics by Paul Kupperberg
Comics by Paul Levitz
Comics by Roy Thomas
DC Comics limited series
Defunct American comics