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Image:Bloodbathdcu0.png
Bloodbath #1 starring the Justice League,
art by Ed Hannigan

PublisherDC Comics

<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Format</td><td>one-shot</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Publication dates</td><td>Issue #1 early December 1993
Issue #2 late December 1993</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Number of issues</td><td>2</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Main character(s)</td><td>Justice League of America</td></tr>

<tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Writer(s)</td><td>Dan Raspler</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Penciller(s)</td><td>Chuck Wojtkiewicz
Sal Velluto</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Inker(s)</td><td>Agop Gemdjian
Jeff Albrecht
Del Barras</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Colourist(s)</td><td>Stuart Chaifetz</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td>Creator(s)</td><td>Alan Grant
Dan Raspler
Christian Alamy</td></tr>
Creative team as of December 1993

Bloodlines was an intracompany crossover that spanned all of the annuals published by DC Comics in 1993. Two Bloodbath specials bookended the series, written by Dan Raspler, with issue one drawn by Chuck Wojtkiewicz and issue two drawn by Sal Velluto. The alien parasites premiered in Lobo annual vol. 2 #1 written by Alan Grant and drawn by Christian Alamy.

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[edit] History

The villains of the crossover were the formerly imprisoned survivors of a race of alien parasites named Angon, Gemir, Glonth, Lissick, Pritor, Ragnorak, Venev, and Slodd that could shapeshift into humanoid form. The bite of the Bloodlines Parasites was administered to the back of the neck by a mouth-within-a-mouth (a reference to the titular creatures of the Alien series). This bite usually killed the victim for food but occasionally awakened superhuman powers in the recipient, as this was also the means by which the creatures could reproduce.

Each of the annuals involved in the crossover used this plot device to introduce a new super-powered character to the DC Universe. The only character to attain any long-standing notoriety was Hitman, who first appeared in that year's Demon Annual and went on to star in his own sixty-issue ongoing series.

The Bloodlines crossover event spanned 23 of DC's regular titles and wrapped up in the 2-part mini "Bloodbath". The three alien parasites that came to Earth to gather spinal fluid sacrificed themselves to help birth a gigantic alien known as the Taker. A number of the so-called "New Bloods", former members of a nineties team called the Blood Pack were killed off in the final issue of 2005-2006's Infinite Crisis event.

[edit] Story Order

Bloodlines was divided into four "chapters": Outbreak, Earthplague, Deathstorm, and Bloodbath. The order of the storyline is as follows:

[edit] Bloodlines: Outbreak

  • Lobo Annual #1
  • Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2
  • Batman: Shadow of The Bat Annual #1
  • Flash Annual #6
  • New Titans Annual #9
  • Superman Annual #5
  • Green Lantern Annual #2
  • Batman Annual #17
  • Justice League International Annual #4

[edit] Bloodlines: Earthplague

  • Robin Annual #2
  • Action Comics Annual #5
  • Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4
  • Green Arrow Annual #6
  • Detective Comics Annual #6
  • Justice League America Annual #7
  • Adventures of Superman Annual #5
  • Hawkman Annual #1

[edit] Bloodlines: Deathstorm

  • Deathstroke Annual #2
  • Eclipso Annual #1
  • Demon Annual #2
  • Batman: Legends of The Dark Knight Annual #3
  • Team Titans Annual #1
  • L.E.G.I.O.N. Annual #4

[edit] Bloodlines: Bloodbath

  • Bloodbath #1
  • Bloodbath #2

[edit] New Bloods

The superhumans whose powers were awakened by the alien parasites were known collectively as "New Blood." Individually, they were:

  • Adventures of Superman Annual #5 — Sparx: "lightning-wielding heroine from Canada"
  • Batman Annual #17 — Ballistic: "Korean-American hero and an armed and dangerous vigilante" (dead)
  • Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #3 — Cardinal Sin: "disillusioned priest"
  • Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #1 — Joe Public: "strength-siphoning patriot"
  • Demon Annual #2 — Hitman: "the name sez it all!" (dead)
  • Detective Comics Annual #6 — Geist: "ghostly night-hero, ironically only becomes visible in the dark." (dead)
  • Eclipso Annual #1 — Prism: "light-manipulating scientist"
  • Green Arrow Annual #6 — Hook: "hook-handed former soldier"
  • Hawkman Annual #1 — Mongrel: "darkforce-blasting African American-Vietnamese hero" (dead)
  • Justice League America Annual #7 — Shadowstryke: "tragic hero, dark force energy"
  • Justice League America Annual #7 — Krag: "stone bodied hero, super strength" </li></ul>
  • Justice League America Annual #7 —Slingshot: "African-American heroine, power to give anything she touches an acceleration factor" </li></ul>
  • Justice League America Annual #7 —Terrorsmith: "monster-making villain(?)" </li></ul>
  • Justice League International Annual #4 — Lionheart: "armored high-tech knight, hero of Great Britain"
  • L.E.G.I.O.N. Annual #4 — Pax: "last of his race, space-shaman"
  • Lobo Annual #1 — Layla, "tough-as-nails space explorer"
  • Robin Annual #2 — Razorsharp: "sword-armed hacker" (dead)
  • Superman Annual #5 — Myriad: "personality-absorbing assassin"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2 — Edge: "blade-hurling community hero"
  • Team Titans Annual #1 — Chimera: "illusion-creating heroine of India"
  • Showcase '94 #12 — Loria: "woman who could transform into living metal, super strong agent of the Quorum" (dead)
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