DC: One Million
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DC: One Million was a crossover story-line that ran through a self-titled 4-issue limited series and through special issues of almost all "DCU" titles published by DC Comics in November 1998. It featured a vision of the DC Universe in the 853rd century (chosen because that is the century in which, if the company had maintained a regular publishing schedule, DC Comics would first publish an issue numbered one million (specifically Action Comics, their longest running title).
The core of the event was a 4-issue mini-series, in which the 20th-century Justice League of America and the 853rd-century Justice Legion Alpha co-operate to defeat a plot by the super-villain Vandal Savage (who, being practically immortal, exists in both centuries as well as all the ones in between) and future Superman nemesis Solaris, the Living Sun.
The core of the event was a 4-issue mini-series, in which the 20th-century Justice League of America and the 853rd-century Justice Legion Alpha co-operate to defeat a plot by the super-villain Vandal Savage (who, being practically immortal, exists in both centuries as well as all the ones in between) and future Superman nemesis Solaris, the Living Sun.
The trade paperback edition collects the 4-issue mini-series and tie-in issues essential to the main plot:
- JLA #1,000,000;
- Green Lantern #1,000,000;
- Resurrection Man #1,000,000;
- Starman #1,000,000;
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1,000,000.
Tie-Ins
Thirty-four other series then being published by DC Comics also put out a single issue numbered #1,000,000 (November 1998), which either showed its characters' involvement in the central plot or gave a glimpse of what its characters' descendants/successors would be doing in the 853rd century.
- Action Comics #1,000,000
- Adventures Of Superman #1,000,000
- Aquaman #1,000,000
- Azrael #1,000,000
- Batman #1,000,000
- Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #1,000,000
- Catwoman #1,000,000
- Chase #1,000,000
- Chronos #1,000,000
- Creeper #1,000,000
- Detective Comics #1,000,000
- Flash #1,000,000
- Green Arrow #1,000,000
- Green Lantern #1,000,000
- Hitman #1,000,000
- Impulse #1,000,000
- JLA #1,000,000
- Legion Of Super-Heroes #1,000,000
- Legionnaires #1,000,000
- Lobo #1,000,000
- Martian Manhunter #1,000,000
- Nightwing #1,000,000
- Power Of Shazam #1,000,000
- Resurrection Man #1,000,000
- Robin #1,000,000
- Starman #1,000,000
- Superboy #1,000,000
- Supergirl #1,000,000
- Superman #1,000,000
- Superman: The Man Of Steel #1,000,000
- Superman: The Man Of Tomorrow #1,000,000
- Wonder Woman #1,000,000
- Young Heroes In Love #1,000,000
- Young Justice #1,000,000
The series was later followed by a one-shot titled DC: One Million 80-Page Giant #1,000,000, which was a collection of further adventures in the life of the future heroes.
DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1,000,000 (August 1999)
In 2013, DC published an omnibus collecting the 4-issue mini-series, all #1,000,000 tie-in issues, the DC: One Million 80-Page Giant and Superman/Batman #79-80.
Hardcover
Trade paperback
