Faces of Evil explained

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Titles:Faces of Evil: Deathstroke
Faces of Evil: Grundy
Faces of Evil: Kobra
Faces of Evil: Prometheus
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Publisher:DC Comics
Startyr:2009
Startmo:March
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Main Char Team:DC Universe
Writers:Various
Artists:Various
Subcat:DC Comics
Sort:Faces Of Evil

"Faces of Evil" is a DC Comics "event" in January 2009, that editor Dan DiDio described as "inspirationally tied to Final Crisis," with focus placed on the villains of the particular titles involved in and associated with the event.[1] [2] Numerous monthly books had villains displayed on their covers while four additional one-shots were published.

Titles

The full list of issues is:

Title Depicted cover villain Author Cover artist(s)
Action Comics #873Lex LuthorGeoff JohnsJosé Ladrönn
Batman #685CatwomanPaul DiniAlex Ross
Birds of Prey #126CalculatorTony BedardStephane Roux
Booster Gold #16Enemy Ace[3] Dan JurgensDan Jurgens
Detective Comics #852HushPaul DiniAndrew Robinson
Faces of Evil: Deathstroke[4] DeathstrokeDavid HineJosé Ladrönn
Faces of Evil: Grundy[5] [6] Solomon GrundyScott Kolins and Geoff JohnsShane Davis
Faces of Evil: Kobra[7] KobraIvan BrandonAndrew Robinson
Faces of Evil: Prometheus[8] PrometheusSterling GatesMauro Cascioli
Green Arrow/Black Canary #16Merlyn[9] Andrew KreisbergJosé Ladrönn
Green Lantern #37LairaGeoff JohnsShane Davis
Green Lantern Corps #32KrybPeter TomasiPatrick Gleason
Justice League of America #29StarbreakerLen WeinEd Benes
Justice Society of America #23Black AdamGeoff JohnsAlex Ross
Nightwing #152Ra's al GhulPeter TomasiBrian Stelfreeze
Robin #182Anarky(Ulysses H. Armstrong)Fabian NiciezaBrian Stelfreeze
Secret Six #5DeadshotGail SimoneNicola Scott
Supergirl #37SuperwomanSterling GatesJoshua Middleton
Superman #684ParasiteJames RobinsonAlex Ross
Teen Titans #67Brother BloodSean McKeeverEddy Barrows
Titans #9JerichoJudd WinickTony Daniel
Vigilante #2VigilanteMarv WolfmanAndrew Robinson
Wonder Woman #28CheetahGail SimoneAaron Lopresti
The kids-friendly book Tiny Titans also featured a "Faces of Mischief" issue around the same time, written by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, and illustrated by Art Baltazar.[10]

The issues of Superman and Action Comics are epilogues to the crossover series. Nightwing is a continuation of the "Batman R.I.P." aftermath storyline, "Last Rites". Detective Comics and Batman comprise a self-contained storyline dependent on each other.

The Faces of Evil event continued in the storyline "Deathtrap", that focuses on Jericho, which starts in Teen Titans Annual 2009, and then carries on in a crossover between Teen Titans #70-71, Titans #12-13 and Vigilante #5.[11]

A seven-part Solomon Grundy miniseries, by Johns and Kolins, picked up where Faces of Evil: Grundy left off.

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090818-FacesofEvil.html January Sees 'Faces of Evil' at DC - Dan DiDio Spills
  2. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010914-Faces-DiDio.html Putting a Face on Evil: Dan DiDio on 'Faces of Evil'
  3. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19565 FACES OF EVIL FLASHBACK: Prometheus & Enemy Ace
  4. http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18794 David Hine on Deathstroke's Return
  5. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/110803-kolins-Grundy.html Scott Kolins on Faces of Evil: Grundy
  6. http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=24126 Exclusive Preview: Faces of Evil: Grundy
  7. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18849 Ivan Brandon Sharpens Fangs on "Kobra"
  8. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/120803-Gates-Prometheus.html Sterling Gates: Returning Prometheus to Glory
  9. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19637 FACES OF EVIL FLASHBACK: Jericho & Merlyn
  10. Tiny Titans #12
  11. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19677 McKeever & Wolfman Tackle Titan-ic Crossover