The Losers Special #1

Dates

Cover date

[September] 1985

On sale

May 14, 1985

In stores

June 6, 1985

Pages

52

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.25 cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition$1.25 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893132155 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition1.60 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.60 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893132155 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Crisis on Infinite Earths

This is part 6 of 53. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #1
2. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #2
3. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #3
4. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #4
5. Crisis on Infinite Earths #5
6. The Losers Special (1985) #1
7. Infinity, Inc. (1984) #18
8. Wonder Woman (1942) #327
9. Crisis on Infinite Earths #6
10. Blue Devil #17
11. Infinity, Inc. (1984) #19
12. All-Star Squadron (1981) #50
13. The Omega Men #31
14. Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
15. DC Comics Presents #86
16. Justice League of America (1960) #244
17. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #41
18. Batman (1940) #389
19. Blue Devil #18
20. Green Lantern (1960) #194
21. All-Star Squadron (1981) #51
22. Detective Comics (1937) #556
23. Crisis on Infinite Earths #8
24. DC Comics Presents #87
25. Infinity, Inc. #20
26. Superman #413
27. Batman (1940) #390
28. All-Star Squadron (1981) #52
29. Detective Comics (1937) #557
30. The Omega Men #33
31. Crisis on Infinite Earths #9
32. Green Lantern #195
33. Infinity, Inc. #21
34. Justice League of America #245
35. The Fury of Firestorm #42
36. Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #10
37. Batman (1940) #391
38. Detective Comics (1937) #558
39. All-Star Squadron #53
40. Superman #415
41. Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld #13
42. All-Star Squadron #54
43. Crisis on Infinite Earths #11
44. Crisis on Infinite Earths #12
45. Green Lantern #198
46. Swamp Thing #46
47. Deadman: Dead Again #1
48. DC Universe #0
49. DCU: Legacies #5
50. DCU: Legacies #6
51. Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition (2018) #1
52. DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn
53. DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Losers Die Twice! · 40 pages

  The Losers must take out a rocket launcher that has Sgt. Rock and Easy Company pinned down. On the mission, the Losers recall their origins, with their individual losses leading to them joining as a team. The Losers succeed in destroying the rockets, but at the cost of their lives.

• The Losers · 0.5 pages

Publisher’s description

As World War Two rages around them, the Losers embark on what is destined to be their final mission. Flashbacks detail the fateful events which would bring the Losers together for the first time and ultimately, the last time. When all is said and done, the Losers die together and will always be remembered as true heroes. While the issue is listed as a tie-in to "Crisis on Infinite Earths", this is really a post-Crisis story. The Losers were all killed off within the main Crisis title, but DC also wanted to give them a more "realistic" death within their normal WWII setting as opposed to their CoIE fighting and dying at the hands of the Anti-Monitor's shadow-demons.

Characters

Reprinted in

Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition (2018), DC Goes to War (2020), DC Finest: Events: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2025)