In 1993, DC shakes things up to counter the changing market. They let go of the stale heroes of yesteryear: Superman dies, Batman breaks his back and (the next year) Wonder Woman loses her title to a challenger. They get darker, edgier and hipper successors: Azrael and Artemis, and Superman gets four.
All the more mature titles that were popularized by the British Invasion get their own imprint: Vertigo, helmed by Karen Berger. Titles like Swamp Thing (Volume 2), Hellblazer (Volume 1) and Shade, the Changing Man (Volume 1) were moved to the new banner. Piranha Press is reshaped into Paradox Press, an imprint for non-superhero graphic novels like A History of Violence and Road to Perdition.
Milestone Media is founded by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Derek T. Dingle. The company, which enters into a licensing agreement with DC to get their comics published, was founded out of frustration with the underrepresentation of minotiries. They publish Icon and Rocket, Hardware, Static and the Blood Syndicate.
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Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1993:
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1993:
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1993 cover date:
- Aquaman: Time and Tide (Volume 1)
- Batman: Two-Face Strikes Twice (Volume 1)
- Batman: Vengeance of Bane (Volume 1)
- Black Canary (Volume 2)
- Black Orchid (Volume 2)
- Blackmask (Volume 1)
- Blood Syndicate (Volume 1)
- Bloodbath (Volume 1)
- Catwoman (Volume 2)
- Chain Gang War (Volume 1)
- Crucible (Volume 1)
- DCU: Trinity (Volume 1)
- Danger Trail (Volume 2)
- Death: The High Cost of Living (Volume 1)
- Deathblow (Volume 1)
- Demolition Man (Volume 1)
- Enigma (Volume 1)
- Extremist (Volume 1)
- Golden Age (Volume 1)
- Green Arrow: The Wonder Year (Volume 1)
- Hardware (Volume 1)
- Hawkman (Volume 3)
- Icon (Volume 1)
- Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo (Volume 1)
- Justice League International (Volume 2)
- Justice League Task Force (Volume 1)
- Kamandi: At Earth's End (Volume 1)
- Kid Eternity (Volume 3)
- Legionnaires (Volume 1)
- Lobo (Volume 2)
- Lobo: Unamerican Gladiators (Volume 1)
- Metal Men (Volume 2)
- Metamorpho (Volume 2)
- Outsiders (Volume 2)
- Ragman: Cry of the Dead (Volume 1)
- Robin 3000 (Volume 1)
- Robin (Volume 2)
- S.T.A.R. Corps (Volume 1)
- Sandman Mystery Theatre (Volume 1)
- Scarab (Volume 1)
- Scarlett (Volume 1)
- Sebastian O (Volume 1)
- Showcase '93 (Volume 1)
- Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man (Volume 1)
- Stanley and His Monster (Volume 2)
- Static (Volume 1)
- StormWatch (Volume 1)
- Streets (Volume 1)
- Superman & Batman Magazine (Volume 1)
- The Atom Special (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1993 cover date:
- Batman: Sword of Azrael (Volume 1)
- Black Canary (Volume 2)
- Black Condor (Volume 1)
- Bloodbath (Volume 1)
- Congorilla (Volume 1)
- Crucible (Volume 1)
- DCU: Trinity (Volume 1)
- Danger Trail (Volume 2)
- Death: The High Cost of Living (Volume 1)
- Enigma (Volume 1)
- Extremist (Volume 1)
- Green Arrow: The Wonder Year (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern: Mosaic (Volume 1)
- Hacker Files (Volume 1)
- Hawkworld (Volume 2)
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Volume 1)
- Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo (Volume 1)
- Justice League Europe (Volume 1)
- Justice Society of America (Volume 2)
- Kamandi: At Earth's End (Volume 1)
- Lobo: Infanticide (Volume 1)
- Lobo: Unamerican Gladiators (Volume 1)
- Metamorpho (Volume 2)
- Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt (Volume 1)
- Robin 3000 (Volume 1)
- Robin III (Volume 1)
- Sebastian O (Volume 1)
- Showcase '93 (Volume 1)
- Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man (Volume 1)
- Stanley and His Monster (Volume 2)
- The Heckler (Volume 1)
- Timber Wolf (Volume 1)
- WildC.A.T.s Trilogy (Volume 1)
- Zatanna (Volume 1)
The following One Shots were published with a 1993 cover date:
- Batman/Grendel: Devil's Masque #1
- Batman/Grendel: Devil's Riddle #1
- Batman/Houdini: Devil's Workshop
- Batman: Birth of the Demon
- Batman: Seduction of the Gun #1
- Batman: The Blue, the Grey, and the Bat
- Darker Image #1
- Hellblazer Special #1
- Homage Studios Swimsuit Special #1
- Justice League America vs. Amazo
- Lobo Convention Special #1
- Lobo: Portrait of a Victim #1
- Newstime: The Life and Death of the Man of Steel #1
- Supergirl and Team Luthor #1
- Superman Gallery #1
- Superman: Speeding Bullets
- Superman: The Legacy of Superman #1
- Vertigo Jam #1
- Vertigo Visions: The Geek #1
- Vertigo Visions: The Phantom Stranger #1
Characters
Selected 1993 character debuts. See all.
- Kon-El (New Earth)
- John Henry Irons (New Earth)
- Virgil Hawkins (Dakotaverse)
- Bane (New Earth)
- Kevin Franklin (Dakotaverse)
- Tiffany Evans (Dakotaverse)
- Augustus Freeman (Dakotaverse)
- Christine Trelane (Wildstorm Universe)
- Caitlin Fairchild (Wildstorm Universe)
- Curtis Metcalf (Dakotaverse)
- Jackson King (Wildstorm Universe)
- Marc Slayton (Wildstorm Universe)
- Raquel Ervin (Dakotaverse)
- Nikolas Kamarov (Wildstorm Universe)
- Henry Bendix (Wildstorm Universe)
- Toshiro Misawa (Wildstorm Universe)
- Thomas Monaghan (New Earth)
- Max Mercury (New Earth)
- Sebastian Faust (New Earth)
- Frieda Goren (Dakotaverse)
- Laira Omoto (New Earth)
- Courtney Mason (New Earth)
- Ohmen (Wildstorm Universe)
- Defile (Wildstorm Universe)
- Michael Cray (Wildstorm Universe)
- Darlene Spritzer (New Earth)
- Tana Moon (New Earth)
- Donna Carol Force (New Earth)
- Jonas Glim (New Earth)
- Lauren Pennington (Wildstorm Universe)
- Alexander Trent (New Earth)
- Roger Goldman (New Earth)
- Miles Craven (Wildstorm Universe)
- John Oakes (New Earth)
- Louis Sendak (New Earth)
- Andrew Van Horn (New Earth)
- Kaizen Gamorra (Yohn Kohl) (Wildstorm Universe)
- Nigel Keane (Wildstorm Universe)
- Artemis (Wildstorm Universe)
- Kelvin Mao (New Earth)
- Benjamin Asplin (New Earth)
- Edward Walker (New Earth)
- Face (New Earth)
- Birdy Colossimo (New Earth)
- Trogg (New Earth)
- Etienne Du Vipere (New Earth)
- Rex Leech (New Earth)
- Nicholas Kovak (New Earth)
- Billy the Girl (New Earth)
- Chandi Gupta (New Earth)
Teams
Selected 1993 team debuts. See all.
