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| I started work in 1986 and immediately started buying almost every DC title as it came out. Looking down the list of 1989 titles the only titles I passed by and had to pick up as back issues some years later were Beautiful Stories, Cops, Gilgamesh, Gregory, Kissyful, Score and Sgt Rock. I also could not afford any of the graphic novels and trades on my young mans salary. I was 21 by 1989 and had never taken a break from comics since I started collecting in 1978 aged 10. DC 1989 felt very different than DC 1982, quite a lot had happened in the 7 years since DC had become my favorite universe. We now had graphic novels and trade collections, and amazing Vertigo titles like Sandman and variant covers ramping up with Legends of the Dark Knight. Highlights of reading in 1989 DC were Action Comics with Perez, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (I was an avid player and loved the comic), Animal Man with Morrison, The launch of Legends of the Dark Knight, a beautiful and sexy Blackhawk relaunch, Black Orchid, the Catwoman mini, the fun Dr Fate, the Morrison Doom Patrol, El Diablo, Grell's Green Arrow, Hawk and Dove (I liked it), Hawkword although changing the continuity timeline drove me mad at the time, Hellblazer, Magic Wars in the Legion, L.E.G.I.O.N, Who is Wonder Girl and Perez back on Titans, The Question a classic, the Sandman launch, Skreemer one of the best comics ever. Things I was less keen on in 1989 included Starlin and Aparo on Batman, the dreadful Blasters Special, Checkmate, Haywire, Hero Hotline, the Huntress series (I was still miffed Helena Wayne was gone), New Gods and Mister Miracle, The dreadful New Guardians, The Phantom, and The Power of the Atom which felt very dated at the time.
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Here is my stab at a 1989 DC checklist. Corrections welcome.| Title | Issues | Published | Own | | Action Comics | 633 to 648, An2 | 18 | 18 | | Advanced Dungeons and Dragons | 2 to 13 | 12 | 12 | | Adventures of Superman | 450 to 461 | 12 | 12 | | Animal Man | 7 to 18 | 12 | 12 | | Aquaman Special | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Aquaman | 1 to 5 | 5 | 5 | | Arkham Asylum | HC | 1 | 0 | | Art of Walter Simonson | TPB | 1 | 1 | | Batman | 429 to 442, An13 | 15 | 15 | | Batman Reprints | 436 | 1 | 1 | | Batman: A Death in the Family | TPB | 1 | 1 | | Batman Legends of the Dark Knight | 1 to 2 (4 Editions of 1) | 5 | 5 | | Batman: The Official Comic Adaptation | 2 Editions | 2 | 2 | | Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children | 1 to 7 | 7 | 7 | | Best of the Brave and the Bold | 6 | 1 | 1 | | Blackhawk | 1 to 9, An1 | 10 | 10 | | Black Orchid | 2 to 3 | 2 | 2 | | Blasters Special | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Captain Atom | 25 to 36 | 12 | 12 | | Catwoman | 1 to 4 | 4 | 4 | | Checkmate | 12 to 23 | 12 | 12 | | Christmas with the Super-Heroes | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Cops | 8 to 15 | 8 | 8 | | Deadman: Love After Death | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Desert Streams | SC | 1 | 0 | | Detective Comics | 596 to 609, An2 | 15 | 15 | | Doc Savage | 5 to 15, An1 | 12 | 12 | | Doctor Fate | 3 to 12, An1 | 11 | 11 | | Doom Patrol | 18 to 28 | 11 | 11 | | Dragonlance | 4 to 14 | 11 | 11 | | El Diablo | 1 to 4 | 4 | 4 | | Epicurus the Sage Vol. 1 | SC | 1 | 0 | | ETC | 1 to 5 | 5 | 5 | | Flash | 22 to 33, An3 | 13 | 13 | | Forgotten Realms | 1 to 5 | 5 | 5 | | Firestorm, the Nuclear Man | 81 to 92 | 12 | 12 | | Gammarauders | 1 to 10 | 10 | 10 | | Gilgamesh II | 1 to 4 | 4 | 4 | | Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told | TPB | 1 | 0 | | Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told | HC | 1 | 1 | | Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told | TPB | 1 | 0 | | Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told | TPB | 1 | 0 | | Green Arrow | 14 to 27, An2 | 15 | 15 | | Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters | TPB | 1 | 0 | | Green Lantern Special | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Gregory | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Hawk and Dove | 1 to 7 | 7 | 7 | | Hawkman | TPB | 1 | 0 | | Hawkworld | 1 to 3 | 3 | 3 | | Haywire | 6 to 13 | 8 | 8 | | Hellblazer | 15 to 24, An1 | 11 | 11 | | Hero Hotline | 1 to 6 | 6 | 6 | | Huntress | 1 to 9 | 9 | 9 | | Invasion | 3 | 1 | 1 | | Justice, Inc. | 1 to 2 | 2 | 2 | | Justice League | 23 to 33, An3 | 12 | 12 | | Justice League:A New Beginning | TPB | 1 | 0 | | Justice League Europe | 1 to 9 | 9 | 9 | | Kissyfur | 1 | 1 | 1 | | L.E.G.I.O.N. | 1 to 10 | 10 | 10 | | Legion of Super-Heroes (1984 Series) | 56 to 63 | 8 | 8 | | Legion of Super-Heroes (1989 Series) | 1 to 2 | 2 | 2 | | Legion of Super-Heroes:The Great Darkness Saga | TPB | 1 | 1 | | Lex Luthor:The Unauthorized Biography | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Manhunter | 9 to 20 | 12 | 12 | | Mister Miracle | 1 to 11 | 11 | 11 | | New Gods | 1 to 11 | 11 | 11 | | New Guardians | 7 to 12 | 6 | 6 | | New Titans | 52 to 61, An5 | 11 | 11 | | Phantom | 1 to 10 | 10 | 10 | | Plastic Man | 3 to 4 | 2 | 2 | | Power of the Atom | 8 to 18 | 11 | 11 | | Prisoner | 4 | 1 | 1 | | Private Files of the Shadow | HC | 1 | 0 | | Question | 24 to 33, An2 | 11 | 11 | | Sandman | 1 to 11 | 11 | 11 | | Score | 1 to 3 | 3 | 3 | | Secret Origins | 36 to 46, An1, Sp1 | 13 | 13 | | Sgt. Rock Special | 3 to 6 | 4 | 4 | | Shadow | 19 | 1 | 1 | | Shadow Strikes | 1 to 4, An1 | 5 | 5 | | Sinners | SC | 1 | 1 | | Skreemer | 1 to 6 | 6 | 6 | | Spectre | 24 to 31 | 8 | 8 | | Starman | 6 to 17 | 12 | 12 | | Star Trek | 1 to 3 | 3 | 3 | | Star V Trek Movie Special | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Star Trek:The Next Generation | 1 to 3 | 3 | 3 | | Suicide Squad | 23 to 36 | 14 | 14 | | Superman | 27 to 38 | 12 | 12 | | Superman Archives Vol. 1 | HC | 1 | 0 | | Swamp Thing | 82 to 90, An5 | 10 | 10 | | Tailgunner Jo | 6 | 1 | 1 | | Unknown Soldier | 3 to 12 | 10 | 10 | | V For Vendetta | 7 to 10 | 4 | 4 | | Wanderers | 10 to 13 | 4 | 4 | | Wasteland | 16 to 18 | 3 | 3 | | Wild Dog Special | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Wonder Woman | 26 to 37, An1 | 13 | 13 | | | 22 to 31 | 10 | 10 | | TOTAL | | 617 | 102)">605 | | | | | | | | | | Title | Issues | Published | Own | | Batman Mervyn's Reprint | 352 | 1 | 1 | | Batman and Other DC Classics | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | 1 | 1 | 1 | | DC Super Heroes Good Health and Activity Book | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | | Direct Currents | 13 to 24 | 12 | 8 | | Firestorm B&W Retailer Preview | 86 | 1 | 1 | | Hero Hotline B&W Retailer Preview | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Shazam Visits Portland Oregon | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Untold Legend of The Batman Cereal Edition | 1 to 3 | 3 | 3 | | Untold Legend of The Batman MPI Edition | 1 to 3 | 3 | 3 | | TOTAL | | 25 | 116)">21 |
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