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INVASION! #1
Cover Date: 1988
Cover Price: $2.95
Publication Date: 1988-10-20
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Cover Credits:
Art: Todd McFarlane
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Credits:
| Plot | Keith Giffen |
| Story | Bill Mantlo |
| Breakdown pencils | Keith Giffen |
| Pencils | Todd McFarlane |
| Inks | P. Craig Russell, Al Gordon, Joe Rubinstein, Todd McFarlane |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Colors | Carl Gafford |
| Editing | Andy 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 (last in Cosmic Odyssey #4; next in Justice League International Vol. 1 #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
- 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
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Australia
- Canberra
- Melbourne
- United States of America
- Belle Reve
- Metropolis
- New York, NY
- JLI Embassy
- United Nations Building
- Moon
- Garguax's Moon Base (taken by the Khund)
- Australia
- Rann
- Earth
- Space Sector 2828
- Unidentified Space Sector
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.