Infinite Halloween Special Vol 1 1

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 * Title              = Infinite Halloween Special
 * Image              = Infinite Halloween Special 1.jpg
 * Volume             = 1
 * Issue              = 1
 * Month              = October
 * Year               = 2007


 * Executive Editor   = Dan DiDio
 * CoverArtist1       = Gene Ha


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 * StoryTitle1        = "The 13 Stories of Halloween"
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Credits
Writers: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning

Pencils: Trevor Hairsine

Inks: Kevin Conrad

Color: Rod Reis

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: It's Halloween Night, and the inmates at Arkham Asylum are preparing to break out. They have already escaped from their cells and killed several guards, and the Joker tells them that they have to wait until midnight for the guard change if they want the outer doors of the asylum to be open when they leave. To kill time, he has them all sit around and tell scary stories. The following are a collection of short scary stories told by the inmates.
 * Clayface
 * The Joker
 * Killer Croc
 * Mad Hatter
 * Poison Ivy
 * Scarecrow
 * Two Face
 * Arkham Asylum

Kcirt ro Taert
As told by Scarecrow

Credits
Writer: Paul Dini

Art: Dustin Nguyen

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Synopsis: On Halloween night, a group of amateur teenagers decide to imitate Scarecrow's M.O., creating their own fear toxin and putting it in the candy that they give to trick or treaters. After a young boy eats a piece of their candy, he hallucinates violently and is taken to the local hospital in a near comatose state. Zatanna, who is performing a magic show in the hospital's Children's Ward cures the child, and in a rage visits all of the effects of the fear drug instead on the offending teenagers, at their party. The party erupts with violence as the teens try to fight off their personal demons, and when the police burst in to stop it and calm down the party they arrest the teens for their "stash of illicit narcotics." After the trial, where the offenders are found guilty, Zatanna is seen continuing to torment them with their personal fears even as they lie in their hospital beds.
 * Zatanna

The Watchdogs
As told by Two-Face

Credits
Writer: David Arquette & Cliff Dorman

Art: Bernard Chang

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: A group of 6 werewolf vigilantes (The Watchdogs), able to transform at will, are stalking Gotham City, hunting down rogue werewolf criminals, eating them alive, and pinning their human wanted posters on their corpses with silver pins. By the time the bodies are found, they have usually reverted back to human form. Robin (Tim Drake) is investigating the murders, despite a lack of cooperation from the Detective on the case, who assume the killings as another case of scum killing other scum. Eventually, Robin finds The Watchdogs closing in on a rapist, and tries to fight them off. He is able to beat two of them, but is quickly pinned down by their leader. He is very confused as to why he keeps on hearing the wolves talk, and eventually arrives at the conclusion that he has been fighting werewolves. He convinces them to let him take the rapist into custody, and the wolves stalk off. As Robin is helping force the rapist into a police car, he warns the Detective that the man is a werewolf, which the Detective scoffs at, and tells Robin he's "been reading too many comic books." As the car drives away, it is revealed that the Detective was actually the leader of The Watchdogs, and he kills the rapist himself.
 * The Watchdogs
 * Timothy Drake (New Earth)
 * Gotham City

Red Rain: Blood Lust
As told by The Mad Hatter

Credits
Writer: Peter Johnson & Matt Cherniss

Art: Kelley Jones

Color: Mark Chiarello

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: A family much like the Waynes exits the Gotham Opera House after watching the Pirates of Penzance, and wanders into a dark alley on their way home. The vampire Batman kills both of the parents, draining them of their blood and decapitating them, leaving the young son alone and sobbing on the alley floor next to his dead parents.
 * Batman (Earth-43)
 * Gotham City

What Can Scare the Main Man?
As told by Phobia

Credits
Writer: Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman

Pencils: Eric Battle

Inks: Sandra Hope

Color: Pete Pantazis

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: While Phobia is attempting to break into S.T.A.R. Labs, her crew is stopped by Lobo, who easily kills or cripples most of her henchman. Phobia struggles to find something she can use to scare Lobo, finding that the most terrifying and fearsome demons she can produce have no effect on him. As he is about to grab her, she finally fills him with screaming terror using a gigantic cute puppy in a wicker basket.
 * Phobia
 * Lobo
 * S.T.A.R. Labs

Children of the Deep
As told by Doctor Destiny

Credits
Writer: Tony Bedard

Art: Sebastian Fiumara

Color: Edgar Delgado

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: The Morgan Sisters, three girls who have lived alone in their father's house, in Portsmouth by the seaside, since his death at sea are attempting to court the new Aquaman, whom they believe perfect as "A true man of the sea." The girls are exceedingly beautiful, and former objects of much gossip around town amongst the menfolk. Though they used to have many suitors, some who even reportedly "knew their embrace," getting older they seem destined to become spinsters. After days of  trying to coax him out of the water, they finally seduce Aquaman into their house for an evening of "entertainment." Once inside, showing themselves to be Kelpie witches, they attempt to sacrifice Aquaman to summon some evil creature. It is revealed that their father, Donald Morgan the sailor, had been seduced by a Kelpie while at sea one year and had been left with the three infant girls, as Kelpies produce overnight. Despite their hypnotic hold on him, Aquaman punches through the floor and breaks into an underground well that he had already known was there. Inside are hundreds of tiny skeletons, from the babies the girls had borne over the years with their suitors. It seems the girls had conceived with nearly every man who came to visit, and drowned their ugly children in the well so they wouldnt have to put up with them. Aquaman grabs the three women and drowns them in the same cavern they had been using to kill their children.
 * Arthur Joseph Curry (New Earth)
 * Portsmouth

...In Stitches
As told by Zsasz

Credits
Writer: Peter J. Tomasi

Art: Peter Snejbjerg

Color: Lee Loughridge

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: After being ripped apart by Black Adam in Greece, Young Frankenstein's pieces are being transported by helicopter, guarded by a group of Greek soldiers. The helicopter is struck by lightning, granting him new life, and his pieces are scattered over an unnamed Greek city. The pieces struggle to find each other, killing several people, good and bad in the process. At least an innocent woman, a mugger, a couple in a car, and a bunker of Albanian soldiers are all killed. The story ends with Young Frankenstein, who seems to have no memory of his previous life, stumbling along the ocean floor, knowing nothing other than that his purpose was destruction.
 * Young Frankenstein
 * Black Adam
 * Greece

World's Shoddiest: The Light Kday Returns
As told by The Riddler

Credits
Writer: Kal-El Bogdanove

Art: Jon Bogdanove

Color: Pete Pantazis

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: On Halloween, the Riddler is attempting a robbery in Metropolis, attempting to get away from the Gotham City "freak show" for a night. One of his thugs captures Lois Lane, and asks the Riddler if they're allowed to "have fun" with her, which the Riddler angrily insists that they do not do. Batzarro bursts through the ceiling light and slams into the floor, then gets up and begins to attack the Riddler's band of thugs. The Riddler tries to escape in the chaos, but is tazered unconscious by Lois Lane. Soon, Bizarro arrives and joins the fray, meanwhile having a backwards argument about ideals with Batzarro. Lois, unphased, calls Superman on the phone to alert him, assures him she's okay, asks him to bring Chinese Food while he's coming, and tells him he "may want to call Bruce."
 * Batzarro
 * Bizarro
 * Lois Lane
 * The Riddler
 * Metropolis

Strange Cargo
As told by Poison Ivy

Credits
Writer: Steve Niles

Art: Dean Ormston

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: Jimmy and Lois are investigating a tip Jimmy got that Luthor is bringing something dangerous into the city, that is docked in the harbor. They pick the lock on a container with his insignia, and find a horde or ravenous zombies inside, who immediately chase after them. Superman hears them from space, and comes to their rescue. He finds they have a property he can't identify, either Kryptonite or Magic, that is causing him to weaken and his skin to become more susceptible as they pile onto him and try to eat him. Jimmy shouts out that the creatures are already dead, so Superman doesn't have to hold back, and unrestrained he shoves them all back into the crate, breaking many of them, and dumps the crate on the moon. The story ends with the zombies wandering around the moon looking for prey.
 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Lois Lane
 * Superman
 * Metropolis

Small Evil
As told by Clayface

Credits
Writer: Steve Seagle

Art: John Paul Leon

Color: Trish Mulvihill

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: Young Clark Kent, Lana Lang and Pete Ross are visiting the house of a new kid in Smallville, having been told by Ma Kent to make sure to include him in their Halloween dance. They find the boy in a pool of blood, mumbling about a Manticore having attacked him. Clark quickly notices that the blood is not human, and the boy gets up saying "Gotcha," having been trying to scare them with Rat's blood. Although the boy admits that he wasn't attacked by one, he insists on their way out that his dad has seen a Manticore. Passing a field as they walk, they see a pile of what looks like human remains. The boy again insists that it must've been a Manticore attack, but Clark deduces that the Skull is in fact from their high school biology classroom, and the rest of it is cow remains. Naturally, the whole group is fed up with the boy. He ditches them in the field to go pranking on his own, calling them a bunch of nerds. After Clark, Lana and Pete leave, the boy is attacked by an actual Manticore. He screams for help, and is heard, but the three assume it's just another dumb prank. The boy is presumably killed.
 * Clark Kent
 * Lana Lang
 * Pete Ross
 * Smallville

The Speed of Life
As told by Lady Flash

Credits
Writer: Mark Waid

Art: Ryan Sook

Color: Dave McCaig

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis:
 * Wally West
 * Ira West
 * Linda Park
 * Iris West II
 * Jai West
 * Keystone City

The Pumpkin Sinister
As told by Shockwave

Credits
Writer: Dan DiDio

Pencils: Ian Churchill

Inks: Norm Rapmund

Colors: Rod Reis

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Synopsis: In a pumpkin field, two middle-aged men, clearly a pastiche of Charlie Brown and Linus are attempting to perform a bizarre ritual. They have just sacrificed one of their dog's (what appears to be Snoopy), and are talking about revenge against the man who humiliated one of them, and continuously mocked the other one for spending his Halloween's sitting in a pumpkin patch. Finally, they raise their giant monster from the ground, a pumpkin-headed creature called "The Pumpkin Sinister," who is apparently bound to obey their every command. They command it to kill their tormentor, Daniel Cassidy (The Blue Devil). The monster finds him, and nearly kills Blue Devil before he is able to get hold of his trident. A trident blast, combined with a destructive spell from Enchantress, is able to blow up The Pumpkin Sinister's head, spattering Pumpkin goop everywhere. Enchantress finds the two men from before lurking in the nearby brush, who Blue Devil names as Harley and Dennis, asking them what the whole thing was about. Harley angrily accuses Blue Devil of stealing his true love, the Red-Headed Girl, who based on a story Blue Devil told earlier appears to have been his first kiss. Blue Devil pushes the enraged man down, and walks off with Enchantress.
 * Blue Devil
 * Enchantress
 * The Pumpkin Sinister

Sometimes They Come Back
As told by Killer Croc

Credits
Writers: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning

Pencils: Trevor Hairsine

Inks: Kevin Conrad

Color: Rod Reis

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations
 * Killer Croc
 * Resurrection Man
 * South Carolina
 * Viceroy

Synopsis: Killer Croc is in South Carolina on a killing spree, and meets Resurrection Man, who is unnamed during the story, in a swamp. Resurrection Man, appearing to have lightning powers in this incarnation is savagely electrocuting Croc, until Croc finally manages to run him through with a sharp stick, killing him, and then eating him. While stalking off, Croc is hit by a massive amount of indigestion, and throws up. Resurrection Man begins to rematerialize, and fights Croc in his unrefined state, where he can still shift however he wants to. Resurrection Man actually eats Croc at one point, although Croc is able to escape. He runs to an isolated Gas Station, rushes straight into the gas tanks and blows the entire place up. News reports say that after this he is finally apprehended, and authorities have stated to their confusion that he was found not only burned, but also partially digested. Resurrection Man, after watching this report on the news from a bar, tells the bartender he has to be going. When the man asks him about the food he has just ordered, Resurrection Man cryptically says "Don't Worry. I'll be coming back."

Credits
Writers: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning

Pencils: Trevor Hairsine

Inks: Kevin Conrad

Color: Rod Reis

Synopsis
Cast of Characters Locations Synopsis: The Joker expresses his approval for the stories, then turns arounds and shows the rest of his inmates that his eyes are smoking. Everyone is so scared, that they run back to their cells. As a SWAT team pours in to the building, Deadman, who has apparently just been stalling the inmates, exits the Joker's body. The Joker tells Deadman he thinks he's clever, and Deadman is extremely surprised that the Joker can see him. The Joker tells Deadman that he is mad, but not stupid, and wishes him a Happy Halloween.
 * Clayface
 * Deadman
 * The Joker
 * Killer Croc
 * Mad Hatter
 * Poison Ivy
 * Scarecrow
 * Gotham City


 * Editor1_1          = Eddie Berganza
 * Editor1_2          = Adam Schlagman
 * Writer1_1          = Dan Abnett
 * Writer1_2          = David Arquette
 * Writer1_3          = Tony Bedard
 * Writer1_4          = Marc Bernardin
 * Writer1_5          = Jon Bogdanove
 * Writer1_6          = Matt Cherniss
 * Writer1_7          = Dan DiDio
 * Writer1_8          = Paul Dini
 * Writer1_9          = Cliff Dorfman
 * Writer1_10         = Adam Freeman
 * Writer1_11         = Peter Johnson
 * Writer1_12         = Andy Lanning
 * Writer1_13         = Steve Niles
 * Writer1_14         = Steve Seagle
 * Writer1_15         = Peter J. Tomasi
 * Writer1_16         = Mark Waid
 * Penciler1_1        = Eric Battle
 * Penciler1_2        = Jon Bogdanove
 * Penciler1_3        = Bernard Chang
 * Penciler1_4        = Ian Churchill
 * Penciler1_5        = Tony S. Daniel
 * Penciler1_6        = Sebastian Fiumara
 * Penciler1_7        = Trevor Hairsine
 * Penciler1_8        = Kelley Jones
 * Penciler1_9        = John Paul Leon
 * Penciler1_10       = Dustin Nguyen
 * Penciler1_11       = Dean Ormston
 * Penciler1_12       = Peter Snejbjerg
 * Penciler1_13       = Ryan Sook
 * Inker1_1           = Jon Bogdanove
 * Inker1_2           = Bernard Chang
 * Inker1_3           = Kevin Conrad
 * Inker1_4           = Sebastian Fiumara
 * Inker1_5           = Jonathan Glapion
 * Inker1_6           = Sandra Hope
 * Inker1_7           = Kelley Jones
 * Inker1_8           = John Paul Leon
 * Inker1_9           = Dustin Nguyen
 * Inker1_10          = Dean Ormston
 * Inker1_11          = Norm Rapmund
 * Inker1_12          = Peter Snejbjerg
 * Inker1_13          = Ryan Sook
 * Colourist1_1       = Bernard Chang
 * Colourist1_2       = Mark Chiarello
 * Colourist1_3       = Edgar Delgado
 * Colourist1_4       = Lee Loughridge
 * Colourist1_5       = Dave McCaig
 * Colourist1_6       = Trish Mulvihill
 * Colourist1_7       = Dustin Nguyen
 * Colourist1_8       = Dean Ormston
 * Colourist1_9       = Pete Pantazis
 * Colourist1_10      = Rod Reis
 * Letterer1_1        = John Hill

Featured Characters:
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 * Doctor Destiny
 * The Joker
 * Killer Croc
 * Lady Flash
 * The Mad Hatter
 * Phobia
 * Poison Ivy
 * The Riddler
 * Scarecrow
 * Shockwave
 * Two-Face
 * Zsasz

Supporting Characters:
 * Arthur Joseph Curry (New Earth)
 * Batzarro
 * Blue Devil
 * Deadman
 * Enchantress
 * Ira West
 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Lobo
 * Lois Lane
 * Robin
 * Superman
 * Wally West
 * Zatanna

Villains:

Other Characters:
 * Bizarro
 * Black Adam
 * Lana Lang
 * Linda Park
 * Iris West II
 * Jai West
 * Penguin
 * Pete Ross

Locations:
 * Arkham Asylum
 * Gotham City
 * S.T.A.R. Labs
 * Portsmouth
 * Greece
 * Metropolis
 * Smallville
 * Keystone City

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 * Notes              =
 * The continuity of all of these stories is questionable, as they are all stories told by the inmates of a mad house. None of them should be assumed as in continuity, although none of them are explicitly out of continuity either.
 * Trivia             =
 * Recommended        =
 * DCU Infinite Holiday Special #1
 * Links              =
 * http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=121228

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