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Legends of the DC Universe #6

DC • 1998 • Vol. 1
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Daredevil #1/2

Marvel • 1998 • Vol. 2
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Green Lantern: Secret Files and Origins #1

DC • 1998 • Vol. 1
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Preview of Effigy

Legends of the DC Universe #6

DC • 1998 • Vol. 1
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WildC.A.T.S / Aliens #1

Image • 1998 • Vol. 1
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Legends of the DC Universe #10

DC • 1998 • Vol. 1
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Batman Villains: Secret Files and Origins #1

DC • 1998 • Vol. 1
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Superman: Save the Planet #1

DC • 1998 • Vol. 1
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Gen13 #36

Image • 1998 • Vol. 2
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Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2

DC Vertigo • 1999 • Vol. 1
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Tomorrow Stories #1

America's Best Comics • 1999 • Vol. 1
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Green Lantern: Secret Files and Origins #2

DC • 1999 • Vol. 1
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Green Lantern: Secret Files and Origins #2

DC • 1999 • Vol. 1
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Tomorrow Stories #2

America's Best Comics • 1999 • Vol. 1
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Tomorrow Stories #3

America's Best Comics • 1999 • Vol. 1
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Tomorrow Stories #4

America's Best Comics • 1999 • Vol. 1
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Gen13: Carny Folk #1

WildStorm • 1999 • Vol. 1
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First published cover art by Lee Bermejo

Silver Age: Doom Patrol #1

DC • 2000 • Vol. 1
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Silver Age: Green Lantern #1

DC • 2000 • Vol. 1
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Batgirl Annual #1

DC • 2000 • Vol. 1
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WildStorm Thunderbook #1

WildStorm • 2000 • Vol. 1
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Green Lantern: Circle of Fire - Green Lantern and Adam Strange #1

DC • 2000 • Vol. 1
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Green Lantern: Circle of Fire - Green Lantern and Green Lantern #1

DC • 2000 • Vol. 1
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Sandman Presents Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of Dream #1

DC Vertigo • 2000 • Vol. 1
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One-shot solo story featuring Merv Pumpkinhead, the caretaker of Dream's castle

Green Lantern: Circle of Fire #2

DC • 2000 • Vol. 1
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Green Lantern / Superman: Legend of the Green Flame #1

DC • 2000 • Vol. 1
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The Atomics #12

AAA Pop • 2000 • Vol. 1
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JLA #50

DC • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Deadpool #49

Marvel • 2001 • Vol. 3
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Hulk Smash #1

Marvel • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Legends of the DC Universe #39

DC • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Hulk Smash #2

Marvel • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Tomorrow Stories #10

America's Best Comics • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Just a Pilgrim #3

Black Bull • 2001 • Vol. 1
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The Sandman Presents Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams #1

DC Vertigo • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Deadman: Dead Again #3

DC • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Deadman: Dead Again #2

DC • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Deadman: Dead Again #5

DC • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Deadman: Dead Again #4

DC • 2001 • Vol. 1
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Batman Chronicles #23

DC • 2001 • Vol. 1
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America's Best Comics Sketchbook #1

America's Best Comics • 2002 • Vol. 1
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Tomorrow Stories #12

America's Best Comics • 2002 • Vol. 1
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Superman / Aliens 2: God War #1

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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DC First: Superman / Lobo #1

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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Superman / Aliens 2: God War #2

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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DC First: Flash / Superman #1

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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Fifth Superman versus the Flash (won) race

First race against Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash who was forced to cheat in order to win

DC First: Batgirl / Joker #1

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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DC First: Batgirl / Joker #1

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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Superman / Aliens 2: God War #2

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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DC First: Green Lantern #1

DC • 2002 • Vol. 1
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