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For just under a year (between April 1988 and February 1989 cover dates, in fact), one DC title each month would have an additional 16 page story in the guise of a separate comic, right in the middle of the book. These "Bonus Books" were used to try out new talent.
- 1 2 Carbonaro, Paul (January 15, 1988). "The Warlord". Amazing Heroes . Fantagraphics Books (133): 192.
16-page inserts will be rotated through various DC titles...in 1988. They will be produced by new talent, and one such insert will appear in Warlord.
- 1 2 Greenberger, Robert (April 2014). "New Talent and Bonus Babies". Back Issue! . Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (71): 71–73.
- ↑ Aamodt, Britt (2010). Superheroes, Strip Artists, & Talking Animals: Minnesota's Contemporary Cartoonists. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0873517775.
DC also gave the young cartoonist a one-off assignment. They asked him to work on a bonus book (a free comic stuffed inside another comic) that would be paired with the next issue of Flash.
- ↑ "Action Comics #599". Grand Comics Database.
- ↑ "The Flash vol. 2 #12". Grand Comics Database.
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- ↑ "Wonder Woman vol. 2 #18". Grand Comics Database.
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- ↑ Mangels, Andy (July 15, 1988). "Justice League International". Amazing Heroes. Fantagraphics Books (145): 129.
Justice League International #18 will contain a Bonus Book. The story will be written by Mark Askwith, penciled by Jim Webb, and inked by Mark Pennington, and concerns the construction of Mr. Miracle's dream house.
- ↑ "Justice League International #18". Grand Comics Database.
- ↑ "Power of the Atom #4". Grand Comics Database.
- ↑ "The Flash vol. 2 #19". Grand Comics Database.
- ↑ "Suicide Squad #21". Grand Comics Database.
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- ↑ "Justice League International #24". Grand Comics Database.