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Crisis on Earth Prime

Trapped on Earth Prime, Adam Strange desperately seeks the Justice League of America in order to prevent an alien menace from destroying the planet. Unfortunately for him, the Justice League are only fictional comic book characters and everyone thinks Adam is crazy. So what’ll his next step be? A trip to the DC Comics offices, of course.

Meanwhile, Kanjar Ro wreaks havoc on Earth 1, and Wonder Woman, Green Arrow and The Flash will have to venture to Earth Prime to save Adam Strange in order to restore his memory of who he really is. This new story is by Cary Bates, Gordon Purcell, Jose Marzan Jr. and Andy Smith. DC RETROACTIVE: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA – THE ‘70s also features a classic tale from the ‘70s by Cary Bates, Elliot S. Maggin, Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin, and arrives in stores on Wednesday.

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The Man of Steel revisits the 1970’s

The untold story of how Mr. Mxyzptlk used Superman’s own emotions against him is revealed in DC RETRO-ACTIVE: SUPERMAN-THE '70s. In this all-new story by Martin Pasko, Eduardo Barreto and Christian Duce, Superman learns the hard way that without rest, even he can start to slip up. Meanwhile from the 5th dimension, Mxyzptlk works his devious magic to manipulate Superman and turn him into his own worst enemy.

DC RETRO-ACTIVE: SUPERMAN – THE '70s also includes a classic story originally published in the ‘70s written by Cary Bates and featuring art by Curt Swan. This Wednesday, take a glimpse into Superman’s past.

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The Flash Goes Back In Time To The 1970s

The Flash may be able to save cities from tsunamis and stop criminals in their tracks at the blink of an eye, but he’s just found out that his super-powers come at an incredible cost. And when arch nemesis Gorilla Grodd strikes at the heart of Barry Allen, he’ll use every weapon he can think of against him ... including Barry’s wife.

RETROACTIVE: THE FLASH – THE ‘70s features a classic tale from the 1970’s as well as a new one written as an homage to the decade. From the cumulative creative teams of Cary Bates, Benito Gallego, Sal Buscema, Martin Pasko, J.L. Garcia Lopez and Dan Adkins, don’t miss this one-shot when it hits stores tomorrow.

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Artists for RETROACTIVE: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA – THE ‘70s #1: Andy Smith and Gordon Purcell

DC RETROACTIVE: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA – THE ‘70s #1

Artists Andy Smith and Gordon Purcell come together with writer Cary Bates to tell how Kanjar Ro will try to wipe out the civilization of Earth-Prime. It’ll be up to the Justice League, Adam Strange and a very special DC legend to stop his ruthless plans.

ONE-SHOT • On sale JULY 27 • 56 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

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Artist for RETROACTIVE: THE FLASH – THE ‘70s #1: Benito Gallego

DC RETROACTIVE: THE FLASH – THE ‘70s #1

Artist Benito Gallego teams up with writer Cary Bates to tell the tale of an evil attack from one of The Flash’s greatest nemeses, Gorilla Grodd. With a plan so twisted and evil launched against him, Barry must not only work to preserve his legacy, but his relationship with his wife, Iris.

ONE-SHOT • On sale JULY 20 • 56 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

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RETRO-ACTIVE Writers and Concept Announced

This past weekend at WonderCon, VP of Sales, Bob Wayne, announced RETRO-ACTIVE. Published throughout July and August 2011, these are exactly the kinds of one-shots people often associate with summer. RETRO-ACTIVE reunites classic writers and artists with classic characters Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Justice League of America, returning to the interpretations they are best known for. Each of these series will have 3 one-shots that pay homage respectively to the‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s.

Curious to know who will be writing these?

The 70’s

Superman: Martin Pasko

Wonder Woman: Dennis O’Neil

The Flash: Cary Bates

Justice League of America: Cary Bates

Green Lantern: Dennis O’Neil

Batman: Len Wein

The 80’s

Superman: Marv Wolfman

Wonder Woman: Roy Thomas

The Flash: William Messner-Loebs

Justice League of America: Gerry Conway

Green Lantern: Len Wein

Batman: Mike W. Barr

The 90’s

Superman: Louise Simonson

Wonder Woman: William Messner-Loebs

The Flash: Brian Augustyn

Justice League of America: Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis

Green Lantern: Ron Marz

Batman: Alan Grant

Each title in the series will feature 26 new story pages with 20 pages of classic stories, running at $4.99 a piece. Keep checking back to THE SOURCE as we reveal full creative teams, artwork, and more details about RETRO-ACTIVE in the coming weeks and months.

What is THE LAST FAMILY OF KRYPTON?

Returning to a character he's long been associated with, legendary writer Cary Bates explores a different side to Superman's legend in a tale that hinges on the fact that while baby Kal-el has rocketed to the distant planet Earth from his doomed homeworld of Krypton, he was not alone. How does a world handle the emergence of the Last Family of Krypton as Jor-El, Lara and Kal-El make Earth their adopted home?

SUPERMAN: THE LAST FAMILY OF KRYPTON #1 hits Wednesday.

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