DC Comics Bonus Book

For the book publisher, see Bonus Books.

DC Comics Bonus Books were 16-page comic book stories inserted into issues of existing DC Comics series to showcase new writers and artists.^[1][2] Running from April 1988 to February 1989, they consisted of a front cover, 14 pages of story, and a back cover with a brief biography of the story's creators. The addition of the insert did not entail an increase in the price of the comic book.^[3] The Bonus Books featured early work by such comics creators as Mark Askwith, Jim Balent, Randy DuBurke, Dean Haspiel, Rob Liefeld, Gordon Purcell,^[4] and Denis Rodier.^[3]

The issues

Issue (cover date)	Bonus Book	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Citations
Action Comics #599 (April 1988)	Superman and Jimmy Olsen	Joe Calchi	Britt Wisenbaker and James Scott	[5]
The Flash vol. 2 #12 (May 1988)	Doctor Light	George Broderick	Gordon Purcell and Timothy Dzon	[6]
Doom Patrol vol. 2 #9 (June 1988)	Celsius	Steve Miller	Randy DuBurke and Joe Alidetta	[7]
Wonder Woman vol. 2 #18 (July 1988)	Amazons	Dan Littleford	Palmer Worley and Brian Thomas	[8]
Detective Comics #589 (August 1988)	Batman vs. Poison Ivy	Lewis Klahr and Steve Piersall	Dean Haspiel and Denis Rodier	[9]
The Warlord #131 (September 1988)	Jennifer Morgan	Steve Wilson	Rob Liefeld and Jeff Albrecht	[2][10]
Justice League International #18 (October 1988)	Mister Miracle, Big Barda, and Oberon	Mark Askwith	James Webb and Mark Pennington	[11][12]
Power of the Atom #4 (November 1988)	Atom	Joe Calchi	Jim Balent and Dan Schaefer	[13]
The Flash vol. 2 #19 (December 1988)	Blue Trinity	Hank Kanalz	Bill Knapp and Jerry Acerno	[14]
Suicide Squad #21 (Winter 1988)	Bronze Tiger	Larry Ganem	Peter Krause and Fred Butler	[15]
Detective Comics #595 (Holiday 1989)	Batman vs. Mr. Freeze	Jeff O'Hare	Roderick Delgado and Jerry Acerno	[16]
Wonder Woman vol. 2 #26 (January 1989)	Amazons	Tom Joyner	Neil Vokes and Fred Butler	[17]
Justice League International #24 (February 1989)	Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, and Maxwell Lord	David P. Levin	Dean Haspiel	[18]

See also

• DC Comics insert previews