Issue Details

Issue	#18
Published	August 1986
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Robert Greenberger; Len Wein (contributing editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Phantom Girl; Phantom Lady; Phantom Stranger; Phantom Zone Villains [Nam-Ek; Gaz-Or; Gra-Mo; Nadira; Va-Kox; Quex-Ul; Jax-Ur; Az-Rel; Kru-El; General Zod; Dr. Xa-Du; Faora Hu-Ul; Jer-Em]; Phobia; Pied Piper; Pig Iron; Plasmus; Plastic Man; Plastique; Poison Ivy; Polar Boy; Power Girl; Pow-Wow Smith; Prankster; Predator; Primus; Prince Ra-Man; Privateer [Mark Shaw]; Professor Amos Fortune; Professor Ivo; Professor Milo; Proty (I); Proty (II); Psi; Psimon; Psions; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Pulsar Stargrave; Punch; Jewelee; Devilance the Pursuer
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Perez
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Wrap-around cover.

1 page Who's Who's Hows and Whys letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes a pronunciation glossary for this issue and the last issue.

1 page Who's Who character profile "Phantom Girl"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy (background); Mon-El (background); Shrinking Violet (background)]
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Phantom Lady"

Characters	Phantom Lady
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Dave Stevens
Inks	Dave Stevens
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Phantom Stranger"

Characters	Phantom Stranger
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

2 page Who's Who character profile "Phantom Zone"

Characters	Phantom Zone Villains [Aethyr; Ak-Var; Az-Rel; Dr. Xa-Du; Faora; Gaz-Or; General Zod; Gra-Mo; Jax-Ur; Jer-Em; Kru-El; Mon-El; Nadira; Nam-Ek; Quex-Ul; Va-Kox]
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Rick Veitch
Inks	Rick Veitch
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page Who's Who character profile "Phobia"

Characters	Phobia; Raven (background); Trigon (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Chuck Patton
Inks	Karl Kesel
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Pied Piper"

Characters	Pied Piper; Flash [Barry Allen] (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Dennis Jensen
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Pig Iron"

Characters	Pig Iron [Peter Porkchops]
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Scott Shaw
Inks	Scott Shaw
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Plasmus"

Characters	Plasmus; Kid Flash (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Marv Wolfman
Inks	George Perez
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Plastic Man"

Characters	Plastic Man; Woozy Winks (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	Joe Staton
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Plastique"

Characters	Plastique; Firestorm (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Joe Brozowski
Inks	Dell Barras
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Poison Ivy"

Characters	Poison Ivy; Batman (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Steve Rude
Inks	Steve Rude
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Polar Boy"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl (background); Star Boy [Thom Kallor] (background); Blok (background); Timber Wolf (background)]
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Steve Lightle
Inks	Steve Lightle
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Power Girl"

Characters	Power Girl
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	Joe Staton
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Pow-Wow Smith"

Characters	Pow-Wow Smith
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Dick Giordano
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Prankster"

Characters	Prankster; Superman (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	John Byrne
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Predator"

Characters	Predator [Carol Ferris]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Dave Gibbons
Inks	Dave Gibbons
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Primus"

Characters	Omega Men [Primus; Kalista (background); The Green Man (background)]
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Shawn McManus
Inks	Shawn McManus
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Prince Ra-Man"

Characters	Prince Ra-Man [Mark Merlin]
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Alex Saviuk
Inks	Joe Giella
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Privateer"

Characters	Privateer [Mark Shaw]; Manhunter [Mark Shaw] (background); Star-Tsar [Mark Shaw] (background); Justice League of America [JLA; Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman; Superman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]] (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Stan Woch
Inks	Bob Smith
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Professor Amos Fortune"

Characters	Professor Amos Fortune; Justice League of America [JLA; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Woman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow] (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Luke McDonnell
Inks	Bill Wray
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Professor Hugo Strange"

Characters	Professor Hugo Strange; Batman (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Denys Cowan
Inks	Art Nichols
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Professor Ivo"

Characters	Professor Ivo; Amazo (background); Justice League of America [JLA; Superman; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Woman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Rodin Rodriguez
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Professor Milo"

Characters	Professor Milo; Batman (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Mike Zeck
Inks	John Beatty
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

Half page Who's Who character profile "Proty I"

Characters	Proty (I)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Inks	Joe Rubinstein
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

Half page Who's Who character profile "Proty II"

Characters	Proty (II)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Inks	Joe Rubinstein
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Psi"

Characters	Psi; Supergirl (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Bob Oksner
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Psimon"

Characters	Psimon; New Teen Titans [Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Starfire [Koriand'r]] (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Chuck Patton
Inks	Larry Mahlstedt
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Psions"

Characters	Psions
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Shawn McManus
Inks	Shawn McManus
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Psycho-Pirate"

Characters	Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Psycho-Pirate [Charley Halstead] (background); Flash [Barry Allen] (background); Spectre (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Jerry Ordway
Inks	Jerry Ordway
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Pulsar Stargrave"

Characters	Pulsar Stargrave; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Star Boy; Lightning Lad] (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Keith Pollard
Inks	Willie Blyberg
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Punch and Jewelee"

Characters	Punch; Jewelee; Nightshade (background); Captain Atom (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Arthur Adams
Inks	Gary Martin
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset

1 page Who's Who character profile "Pursuer"

Characters	Devilance the Pursuer; Infinity Man (background); Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black; Mark Moonrider; Beautiful Dreamer; Serifan] (background)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mike W. Barr (contributing writer); Paul Kupperberg (contributing writer); Paul Levitz (contributing writer); Barbara Randall (contributing writer); Greg Weisman (contributing writer); E. Nelson Bridwell (contributing writer); Peter Sanderson (contributing writer); Todd Klein (contributing writer)
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Greg Theakston
Colors	Anthony Tollin; Len Wein; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
Letters	typeset