Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	August 2005
Cover Price	USD 4.99
Pages	52
Editing	Mark Chiarello; Michael Siglain (Asst. Editor)

Cover Details

Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke

1 page illustration

Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Notes	Sketch on inside front cover

1 page illustration

Characters	Catwoman
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Notes	Pencil sketch.

7 page Slam Bradley story "It rained like the gods were puking up tragic tears of sorrow."

Characters	Slam Bradley; Madame X; King Faraday; Aquaman; Black Canary; Zatanna; Selina Kyle [Catwoman]
Synopsis	King introduces Slam to Jimmy's 24-7, a bar with interesting clientele.
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke
Notes	This is a framing story, with pages between some of the other stories.

5 page story "World's Window"

Characters	Darwyn Cooke, age 10 or so; Grant Cooke, Darwyn's father; Jack Storms; Roberta Storms; Darwyn's mother
Synopsis	Young Darwyn is introduced to painting by a friend of his parents.
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke

8 page King Faraday story "Triangulation: A New Frontier Thriller"

Characters	King Faraday; Gracie O'Reilly; Javiar Manale; Lola Manale
Synopsis	Faraday and O'Reilly pose as husband and wife to infiltrate a drugs and gun-running operation in Cuba, 1956.
Genre	Spy
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke

2 page story "Funny Pages"

Characters	Angel O'Day; Sam Simeon; Zatanna; The Joker; Harley Quinn; Roy Raymond; Black Canary; Amazo; Chemo; Catwoman; Professor Haley; Doc Magnus; June Robbins
Synopsis	Two pages of short strips, gags, pinups, faux ads.
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke

1 page Catwoman illustration "The Solo Dreamgirl"

Characters	Catwoman
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke
Reprinted	in Batman: Ego & Other Tails (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

5 page story "Everyday Madness"

Synopsis	A very strange love affair.
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke

4 page The Question story "They'll confuse you."

Characters	The Question
Synopsis	A super-hero takes action in the wake of 9-11.
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke

13 page Batman story "Deja Vu"

Characters	Batman; three innocent bystanders; three thugs
Synopsis	Pursuit of some killers evokes painful memories.
Genre	Super-Hero
Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Inks	Darwyn Cooke
Colors	Darwyn Cooke
Letters	Darwyn Cooke
Notes	"Based on the Seventies classic 'Night of the Stalker' by Steve Englehart, Vin & Sal Amendola & Dick Giordano. Special thanks to Bruce Timm."
Reprinted	in Batman: Ego & Other Tails (DC, 2007 series) #[nn]

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Darwyn Cooke"

Script	Darwyn Cooke?
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Biography with photo

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Pencils	Darwyn Cooke
Notes	Sketch on back cover.