Invasion #1

Dates

Cover date

[Winter] 1988

On sale

October 20, 1988

Pages

84

Editions and covers (2)

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

• Direct edition

  Direct

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

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07098930568712

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Invasion

This is part 4 of 16. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Flash (1987) #21
2. Wonder Woman (1987) #25
3. Firestorm the Nuclear Man (1987) #80
4. Invasion (1988) #1
5. Doom Patrol (1987) #17
6. Justice League International (1987) #22
7. Power of the Atom (1988) #7
8. Starman (1988) #5
9. Checkmate (1988) #11
10. Captain Atom (1987) #24
11. Detective Comics (1937) #595
12. Invasion (1988) #2
13. Swamp Thing (1985) #81
14. The New Guardians (1988) #6
15. Adventures of Superman (1987) #449
16. Invasion (1988) #3

Creators

Stories

• The Alien Alliance, Chapter One · 20 pages

  Dominator experiments confirm the meta-gene and create the Blasters. Aliens from several planets form an alliance against Earth because of the threat posed by the planet's many superheroes.

• The Alien Alliance, Chapter Two · 20 pages

  Adam Strange has allowed him to be captured with other prisoners of the Spider Guild who are to be turned over to the Psions for experimentation. Meanwhile, several members of the Omega Men are attacked in space by Durlan and Khund ships, and some of them are killed.

• The Alien Alliance, Chapter 3 · 21 pages

  The vast armada of the alien alliance approaches Earth. Adam Strange's scheduled Zeta Beam has freed him from captivity and returned him to Earth but he is recaptured by a Khund advance squad. Meanwhile, Vril Dox has been developing his own escape plan.

• The Alien Alliance, Chapter Four · 19 pages

  Australia is the first continent to fall to the invasion and the Tasmanian Devil is captured. The Spectre is summoned by the Lords of Order and ordered to stay out of the coming battle, and to prevent other mystical heroes from becoming involved. Likewise, Amanda Waller and Max Lord are told to keep their teams in check. The aliens deliver their ultimatum to the United Nations: Earth must surrender all superheroes to the alliance in order to stop the invasion. Perry White is proud to publish the UN's answer on his paper's front page -- Earth to Invaders: Drop Dead!

Reprinted in

Invasion! (2008), Invasion! (2016)