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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published September 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Elizabeth Gehrlein (co-editor); Dan Didio (co-editor); Rex Ogle (assistant)
Notes Cover is mistakenly credited to Joe Benitez, Victor Llamas, and Edgar Delgado on splash page.

Cover Details - "Sons of Trigon!"

Characters Sons of Trigon [Jacob; Jared; Jesse]; Raven [Rachel Roth]; Beast Boy [Gar Logan]; The Flash [Wally West]; Troia [Donna Troy]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Red Arrow [Roy Harper]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ian Churchill (signed)
Inks Norm Rapmund (signed)
Colors Edgar Delgado ?
Letters typeset
Notes Cover is mistakenly credited to Joe Benitez, Victor Llamas, and Edgar Delgado on splash page.

1 page Soulcalibur advertisement "What's within Your Soul?"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Ad for the videogame Soulcalibur IV from Namco Bandai Games.

22 page Titans story "Family Affair, Part 3: Daddy's Little Boys"

Characters The Titans [Beast Boy [Gar Logan]; Troia [Donna Troy]; The Flash [Wally West]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Red Arrow [Roy Harper]; Raven [Rachel Roth]; Cyborg [Vic Stone]]; Sons of Trigon [Jacob; Jared; Jesse]; Trigon
Synopsis The Titans battle the Sons of Trigon and decide to remain together.
Genre Superhero
Script Judd Winick
Pencils Joe Benitez
Inks Victor Llamas; Oliver Nome
Colors Edgar Delgado
Letters Travis Lanham
Notes The Sons of Trigon first appeared on the last page of the previous issue; they are named in this issue.

1 page Batman advertisement "Witness Batman's Journey to the Dark Knight"

Characters Batman
Letters typeset
Notes Pg. 5. Ad for the DVD and On Demand releases of the 2008 film Batman: Gotham Knight from Warner Bros. Entertainment.

1 page Above the Influence advertisement "True or False"

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Notes Pg. 7. Ad for the website Above the Influence, from The Office of National Drug-Control Policy / Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

1 page Got Milk?; The Dark Knight advertisement "Others reload. Batman refuels."

Characters Batman
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
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Notes Pg. 11. Ad from America's Milk Processors, also promoting the 2008 film The Dark Knight, featuring Christian Bale as Batman.

1 page Witchblade; Birds of Prey advertisement "From comic-book pages to television"

Characters Sara Pezzini; Danny Woo; Kenneth Irons; Helena Kyle [The Huntress]; Barbara Gordon [Oracle; also as Batgirl]; Dinah Lance; Jesse Reese [see notes]
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
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Notes Pg. 13. Ad for the DVD releases of Witchblade: The Complete Series and Birds of Prey: The Complete Series from Warner Bros. Entertainment. The actors from those series appear in character.

2 page Secret Agent Clank advertisement "This time the secret agent is the gadget."

Characters Secret Agent Clank
Letters typeset
Notes Pgs. 16-17. Ad for the videogame Secret Agent Clank from Sony for PlayStation.

1 page Quantum Prophecy advertisement "Born to Be Heroes"

Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
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Notes Pg. 19. Ad from Penguin Young Readers Group for the Quantum Prophecy book series, featuring the newest book, The Gathering, from Philomel Books, and the paperback edition of the first book, The Awakening, from Puffin Books.

1 page Civilization Revolution advertisement "It's good to rule the world."

Characters Napoleon Bonaparte; Cleopatra; Julius Caesar; Genghis Khan; Abraham Lincoln
Letters typeset
Notes Pg. 23. Ad for the videogame Civilization Revolution from 2K Games and Firaxis Games.

1 page U.S. Navy advertisement "Underwater"

Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
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Notes Pg. 25. Ad for the U.S. Navy featuring robot mine locator.

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 121"

Characters Magog; Gog; various (cover reproductions)
Synopsis Sattler interviews Siglain about the Justice Society of America: Kingdom Come specials. Page also includes the indicia; DC Comics masthead; cover to next issue; and in The Hot List This Week the covers to Booster Gold (DC, 2007 series) #1,000,000, Final Crisis: Requiem (DC, 2008 series) #1, and Joker's Asylum: Penguin (DC, 2008 series) #1.
Script Ian Sattler; Mike Siglain
Pencils Alex Ross (painting); various
Inks Alex Ross (painting); various
Colors Alex Ross (painting); various
Letters typeset
Notes Pg. 32.

1 page DC Universe advertisement "The DC Universe Online Revealed..."

Characters Superman; Batman (sketches only)
Pencils ? [see notes]
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Ad for DC Universe Online from Sony Online Entertainment, DC Comics, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Computer-rendered image of Superman is based on the cover to Superman (DC, 1987 series) #204, penciled by Jim Lee.

1 page Verizon Wireless; The Dark Knight advertisement "The Dark Knight Is Calling"

Characters Batman
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
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Notes Back cover. Ad for Verizon Wireless and its V Cast service, Nokia's 6205 cell phone The Dark Knight Edition, and the 2008 film The Dark Knight from Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, featuring an image of Christian Bale as Batman on cell-phone screen.