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* HyperlinkStory: The story follows several heroes working on seemingly unrelated cases ''per issue.'' It was a bit of a necessity given one of the rules was "You can't use a character from a title you're already working on beyond resolving the last issue's cliffhangers."
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: ''Also'' a necessity given every writer was expected to both set up a cliffhanger for the next guy and resolve the last issue's cliffhanger.
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: ''Also'' a necessity given every writer was expected to both set up a cliffhanger for the next guy and resolve the last issue's cliffhanger.
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* NeedleInAStaclOfNeedles: Superman resolves his secret identity leaking by creating newspapers revealing that ''everyone'' in Metropolis is Superman so his own name will get lost in the shuffle.
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* NeedleInAStaclOfNeedles: NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: Superman resolves his secret identity leaking by creating newspapers revealing that ''everyone'' in Metropolis is Superman so his own name will get lost in the shuffle.
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* BigBad: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and ComicBook/TheJoker.
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* BigBad: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, but teased with Bork, Mongul and ComicBook/TheJoker.
* NeedleInAStaclOfNeedles: Superman resolves his secret identity leaking by creating newspapers revealing that ''everyone'' in Metropolis is Superman so his own name will get lost in the shuffle.
* OriginalGeneration: Bork and his species, the Molantians, were created for this story.
* OriginalGeneration: Bork and his species, the Molantians, were created for this story.
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* DeusExMachina: Mr. Mxyzptlik arrives in the story, seemingly just to resolve some cliffhangers.
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* DeusExMachina: Mr. Mxyzptlik Mxyzptlk arrives in the story, story seemingly just to resolve some cliffhangers.
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The story eventually revolved around a plan by an alien named Bork to merge the Earth with a demon dimension, and the efforts of the heroes to both figure this out and to stop him.
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The story eventually revolved around a plan by an alien named Bork to merge the Earth with the Netherworld, a demon dimension, and the efforts of the heroes to both figure this out and to stop him.
him. ''This'' turned out to be part of yet another plan of Darkseid's to obtain the Anti-Life Equation.
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* HellOnEarth: Bork's apparent endgame.
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* HellOnEarth: Bork's apparent endgame.endgame was to merge Earth with the Netherworld and allow for his army of demons to swarm the Earth.
* HijackedByGanon: While Bork is behind most of the conflict, Darkseid was backing his army and promptly vaporizes him when he has no more use, taking over the remainder of the plot.
* HijackedByGanon: While Bork is behind most of the conflict, Darkseid was backing his army and promptly vaporizes him when he has no more use, taking over the remainder of the plot.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: All of the title and end notes, and some letters pages, are the writers making fun of themselves and their coworkers for making such a crazy story.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: In the first issue, we have Congorilla and B'wanna Beast's gorilla companion. Later we get a chimp possessed by Deadman.
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* FormulaicMagic: There were a series of numbers in the first issue (written by Mark Evanier) that were somehow important — but none of the other writers could ever really figure out how. Several of them later used the numbers in formulas for this, that, and the other. The secret? Add them up on a calculator and turn the calculator upside down; it spelled out the name "ELI ELLIS", a character from the first issue who was key to the whole crisis.
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* KudzuPlot: This was a miniseries in which every issue was done by a different writer and artist, none of whom could use any characters they usually worked on. Each issue was supposed to end with a cliffhanger or puzzle for the next team to solve. It reached Gordian Knot status by about the third issue.
* MagicCountdown: A bomb, which is far away, is about to detonate in 8 seconds. Franchise/{{Batman}} is confronting the villain at a power plant. The following exchange takes place [[TalkingIsAFreeAction in the time it takes the bomb to count down from 0:08 to 0:05]].
-->'''Villain:''' Now do you believe me, Batman? You can't radio for help because I'm jamming all the channels -- and all the phones are dead as well, so you cannot contact your butler!\\
'''Batman:''' You lousy little maniac!! You're going to tell me how to stop that bomb, or I swear I'll--!\\
'''Villain:''' Really, Batman -- wasting what precious little time you have left on empty threats? Frankly, I had thought you above such childish displays!\\
'''Batman:''' ''(thoughts)'' He's right... can't afford to lose control now... have to focus... have to think... there has to be some way to disarm that device...''
* MagicCountdown: A bomb, which is far away, is about to detonate in 8 seconds. Franchise/{{Batman}} is confronting the villain at a power plant. The following exchange takes place [[TalkingIsAFreeAction in the time it takes the bomb to count down from 0:08 to 0:05]].
-->'''Villain:''' Now do you believe me, Batman? You can't radio for help because I'm jamming all the channels -- and all the phones are dead as well, so you cannot contact your butler!\\
'''Batman:''' You lousy little maniac!! You're going to tell me how to stop that bomb, or I swear I'll--!\\
'''Villain:''' Really, Batman -- wasting what precious little time you have left on empty threats? Frankly, I had thought you above such childish displays!\\
'''Batman:''' ''(thoughts)'' He's right... can't afford to lose control now... have to focus... have to think... there has to be some way to disarm that device...''
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* RandomEvenetsPlot: The first issue started with multiple strange events occurring and only got crazier from there.
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* RandomEvenetsPlot: RandomEventsPlot: The first issue started with multiple strange events occurring and only got crazier from there.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Eli Ellis, a minor scientist from the first chapter if the story, became key to solving it by the end when Batman finally decrypted the cipher to reveal his name.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Eli Ellis, a minor scientist from the first chapter if of the story, became key to solving it by the end when Batman finally decrypted the cipher to reveal his name.
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* DemonicPossession: Eli Ellis ends up being possessed by a demon follower of Darkseid, who wants to detonate the nuclear device he's left in charge of.
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* RandomEvenetsPlot: The first issue started with multiple strange events occurring and only got crazier from there.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Joker demolishes that FourthWall. He narrates much of the issue with his first appearance and in a later issue kills an alien about to tell Batman everything because it wan't time in the series yet. After delivering one lengthy recap/commentary, he remarks that he got picked for the role because the story is completely insane, just like him.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Joker demolishes that FourthWall. He narrates much of the issue with his first appearance and in a later issue kills an alien about to tell Batman everything because it wan't wasn't time in the series yet. After delivering one lengthy recap/commentary, he remarks that he got picked for the role because the story is completely insane, just like him.him.
* ChekhovsGunman: Eli Ellis, a minor scientist from the first chapter if the story, became key to solving it by the end when Batman finally decrypted the cipher to reveal his name.
* ChekhovsGunman: Eli Ellis, a minor scientist from the first chapter if the story, became key to solving it by the end when Batman finally decrypted the cipher to reveal his name.
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* BigBad: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and ComicBokk/TheJoker.
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* BigBad: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and ComicBokk/TheJoker.ComicBook/TheJoker.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Joker demolishes that FourthWall. He narrates much of the issue with his first appearance and in a later issue kills an alien about to tell Batman everything because it wan't time in the series yet.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Joker demolishes that FourthWall. He narrates much of the issue with his first appearance and in a later issue kills an alien about to tell Batman everything because it wan't time in the series yet. After delivering one lengthy recap/commentary, he remarks that he got picked for the role because the story is completely insane, just like him.
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* BigBad: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.
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* BigBad: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.ComicBokk/TheJoker.
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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The authors were allowed to use any character from DC's history who they were not writing at the time[[note]]if they got handed a cliffhanger involving a character they were writing, they were supposed to resolve it and get that character offstage ASAP[[/note]]. Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, and various other "current" characters were involved, but also ComicBook/JonahHex, the Viking Prince, the Blackhawks, Challengers of the Unknown, and so on.
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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The authors were allowed to use any character from DC's history who they were not writing at the time[[note]]if they got handed a cliffhanger involving a character they were writing, they were supposed to resolve it and get that character offstage ASAP[[/note]]. Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, and various other "current" characters were involved, but also ComicBook/JonahHex, the Viking Prince, the Blackhawks, Challengers of ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}}s, the Unknown, ComicBook/ChallengersOfTheUnknown, and so on.
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* BigBad: {{Darkseid}}, {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.
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** '''Artists''' Dan Spiegle, Luke McDonnel, Stan Woch, Steve Lightle, Denys Cowan, Tom Mandrake, Ross Andru
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** '''Artists''' '''Artists:''' Dan Spiegle, Luke McDonnel, [=McDonnel=], Stan Woch, Steve Lightle, Denys Cowan, Tom Mandrake, Ross Andru
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->''Can you solve it before we do?''[[note]]The cover of issue 2 used a second "can" instead of "do".[[/note]]
[[folder:Credits]]
* Chapter 1
** '''Author:''' Creator/MarkEvanier
** '''Artists:''' Gene Colan, Bob Smith
* Chapter 2
** '''Author:''' Len Wein
** '''Artists:''' Chuck Patton, Mike [=DeCarlo=]
* Chapter 3
** '''Author:''' Doug Moench
** '''Artists:''' Carmine Infantio, Bob Smith
* Chapter 4
** '''Author:''' Paul Levitz
** '''Artists:''' Gil Kane, Klaus Janson
* Chapter 5
** '''Author:''' Mike W. Barr
** '''Artists:''' Dave Gibbons, Mark Farmer
* Chapter 6
** '''Author:''' Creator/ElliotSMaggin
** '''Artists:''' Dan Jurgens, Larry Mahlstedt
* Chapter 7
** '''Author:''' Paul Kupperberg
** '''Artists:''' Joe Staton, Steve Mitchell
* Chapter 8
** '''Author:''' Creator/GerryConway
** '''Artists:''' Rick Hoberg, Dick Giordano
* Chapter 9
** '''Author:''' Roy Thomas
** '''Artist:''' Don Heck
* Chapter 10
** '''Author:''' Dan Mishkin
** '''Artists:''' Curt Swan, Terry Austin
* Chapter 11
** '''Authors:''' Marv Wolfman, Cary Bates
** '''Artists:''' Keith Giffen, Dave Hunt
* Chapter 12
** '''Author:''' Mark Evanier, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Dan Mishkin
** '''Artists''' Dan Spiegle, Luke McDonnel, Stan Woch, Steve Lightle, Denys Cowan, Tom Mandrake, Ross Andru
[[/folder]]
* Chapter 1
** '''Author:''' Creator/MarkEvanier
** '''Artists:''' Gene Colan, Bob Smith
* Chapter 2
** '''Author:''' Len Wein
** '''Artists:''' Chuck Patton, Mike [=DeCarlo=]
* Chapter 3
** '''Author:''' Doug Moench
** '''Artists:''' Carmine Infantio, Bob Smith
* Chapter 4
** '''Author:''' Paul Levitz
** '''Artists:''' Gil Kane, Klaus Janson
* Chapter 5
** '''Author:''' Mike W. Barr
** '''Artists:''' Dave Gibbons, Mark Farmer
* Chapter 6
** '''Author:''' Creator/ElliotSMaggin
** '''Artists:''' Dan Jurgens, Larry Mahlstedt
* Chapter 7
** '''Author:''' Paul Kupperberg
** '''Artists:''' Joe Staton, Steve Mitchell
* Chapter 8
** '''Author:''' Creator/GerryConway
** '''Artists:''' Rick Hoberg, Dick Giordano
* Chapter 9
** '''Author:''' Roy Thomas
** '''Artist:''' Don Heck
* Chapter 10
** '''Author:''' Dan Mishkin
** '''Artists:''' Curt Swan, Terry Austin
* Chapter 11
** '''Authors:''' Marv Wolfman, Cary Bates
** '''Artists:''' Keith Giffen, Dave Hunt
* Chapter 12
** '''Author:''' Mark Evanier, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Dan Mishkin
** '''Artists''' Dan Spiegle, Luke McDonnel, Stan Woch, Steve Lightle, Denys Cowan, Tom Mandrake, Ross Andru
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* SpaceIsNoisy: Superman and, especially, Mongul talk freely in space--despite it also being mentioned that an arriving Boom Tube can't be heard because space is noiseless.noiseless.
->''We solved it[=--=]have you?''
->''We solved it[=--=]have you?''
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* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel: Because of meddling Guardians, an alien ship sent back in time causes a temporary reality where Nazis won World War II and AdolphHitler is still alive in his 90s.
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* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel: Because of meddling Guardians, an alien ship sent back in time causes a temporary reality where Nazis won World War II and AdolphHitler UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is still alive in his 90s.
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The DC Challenge was a 12-issue maxi-series published by Creator/DCComics from November 1985 to October 1986. It was a RoundRobin series, with each of the first 11 issues helmed by a different author and artist, who ended each issue on a CliffHanger which the next team had to resolve. The final issue was a collaborative effort by six of the authors.
The story revolved around a plan by an alien named Bork to merge the Earth with a demon dimension, and the efforts of the heroes to both figure this out and to stop him.
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!!The DC Challenge provides examples of:
* BigBad: {{Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Joker demolishes that FourthWall. He narrates much of the issue with his first appearance and in a later issue kills an alien about to tell Batman everything because it wan't time in the series yet.
* CirclingVultures: ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} is stranded in the desert, dying of dehydration. (This is the "can only be away from water 60 minutes" version of Aquaman.) Vultures are circling. [[{{Cliffhanger}} What can he do?]] Wait until one lands and then open it up and drink its blood - since blood is like 98% water, it counts.
* CliffHanger: Each issue ended on a seemingly impossible to resolve cliffhanger, for the next creative team to get the heroes out of.
* DeusExMachina: Mr. Mxyzptlik arrives in the story, seemingly just to resolve some cliffhangers.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: In the first issue, we have Congorilla and B'wanna Beast's gorilla companion. Later we get a chimp possessed by Deadman.
* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel: Because of meddling Guardians, an alien ship sent back in time causes a temporary reality where Nazis won World War II and AdolphHitler is still alive in his 90s.
* HellOnEarth: Bork's apparent endgame.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The authors were allowed to use any character from DC's history who they were not writing at the time[[note]]if they got handed a cliffhanger involving a character they were writing, they were supposed to resolve it and get that character offstage ASAP[[/note]]. Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, and various other "current" characters were involved, but also ComicBook/JonahHex, the Viking Prince, the Blackhawks, Challengers of the Unknown, and so on.
* PortalNetwork: There's a whole dimension for them, which can send people to any place and any time.
* RoundRobin: The format of the series was as this.
* SpaceIsNoisy: Superman and, especially, Mongul talk freely in space--despite it also being mentioned that an arriving Boom Tube can't be heard because space is noiseless.
The story revolved around a plan by an alien named Bork to merge the Earth with a demon dimension, and the efforts of the heroes to both figure this out and to stop him.
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!!The DC Challenge provides examples of:
* BigBad: {{Darkseid}}, but teased with Mongul and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Joker demolishes that FourthWall. He narrates much of the issue with his first appearance and in a later issue kills an alien about to tell Batman everything because it wan't time in the series yet.
* CirclingVultures: ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} is stranded in the desert, dying of dehydration. (This is the "can only be away from water 60 minutes" version of Aquaman.) Vultures are circling. [[{{Cliffhanger}} What can he do?]] Wait until one lands and then open it up and drink its blood - since blood is like 98% water, it counts.
* CliffHanger: Each issue ended on a seemingly impossible to resolve cliffhanger, for the next creative team to get the heroes out of.
* DeusExMachina: Mr. Mxyzptlik arrives in the story, seemingly just to resolve some cliffhangers.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: In the first issue, we have Congorilla and B'wanna Beast's gorilla companion. Later we get a chimp possessed by Deadman.
* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel: Because of meddling Guardians, an alien ship sent back in time causes a temporary reality where Nazis won World War II and AdolphHitler is still alive in his 90s.
* HellOnEarth: Bork's apparent endgame.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The authors were allowed to use any character from DC's history who they were not writing at the time[[note]]if they got handed a cliffhanger involving a character they were writing, they were supposed to resolve it and get that character offstage ASAP[[/note]]. Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, and various other "current" characters were involved, but also ComicBook/JonahHex, the Viking Prince, the Blackhawks, Challengers of the Unknown, and so on.
* PortalNetwork: There's a whole dimension for them, which can send people to any place and any time.
* RoundRobin: The format of the series was as this.
* SpaceIsNoisy: Superman and, especially, Mongul talk freely in space--despite it also being mentioned that an arriving Boom Tube can't be heard because space is noiseless.
