Yeah, you hadda buy it! Doomsday +1 was something special, and that's a fact. Charlton veteran Joe Gill would write the stories, turn a wildly talented young Canuck named John Byrne loose on the art (even allowing the newbie creator to tinker with the plot and script) and sci-fi action magic was made! Some of Byrne's pals (including another young talent, Bruce Patterson) joined in to help out with the art (hence the Byrne Robotics credit) on Doomsday +1 #5's "Rule of Fear", making it even more special. A veritable holiday treat, baby!
Yep, t'was another quarter well spent. (Kudos to Mr. BC for the sensational scans!)
I think this is the first John Byrne comic I ever bought. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI also had this; found it on holiday in some small, village newsagent.
ReplyDeleteMy introduction to Doomsday +1 was the Modern reprint of this issue, picked up at a local store in 1979, IIRC.
ReplyDeleteMan, great stuff! The post-holocaust world, , the hint of moral ambiguity, and the implicit suggestion of sex just made it that much better for a certain 13-year-old back then.
And that tantalizing mystery--Why did the radiation and the base disappear so completely? Was that foreshadowing for the next issue? I guess we'll never know.