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''Doomsday + 1'' was an American post-apocalyptic comic-book series published by Charlton Comics in the 1970s. It is best known as the first original, color-comics series by artist John Byrne, who would go on to become a major industry figure. Byrne had previously drawn three unrelated, anthological short stories for comics, as well as the first three issues of a Saturday-morning cartoon licensed comic book before co-creating this original series. ==Publication history== ''Doomsday + 1'' originally ran six issues, cover-dated July 1975 - May 1976. Two years after its cancelation it was revived as an all-reprint series with issues #7-12 (June 1978 - May 1979), reprinting the contents of the first six issues.〔(''Doomsday + 1'', Charlton, 1975 Series ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 The series was created by writer Joe Gill and penciler-inker John Byrne for the small, Derby, Connecticut-based publisher Charlton Comics, under editor George Wildman. Byrne, who also served as letterer, used the pseudonym "Byrne Robotics" for issue #4-6 (reprinted as #10-12). The credits for issue #5 credit the artwork as "Art: Byrne Robotics with technical assistance from Patterson-75", a pseudonym for Bruce Patterson, who provided some degree of inking.〔(''Doomsday + 1'' #5 ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 Byrne drew the covers of issues #2-6, with the cover of issue #1 variously credited to Byrne〔 and to Tom Sutton.〔(''Doomsday + 1'' ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. (Archived ) from the original November 7, 2011.〕 Issues #7 and #11 featured re-colored reprints of Byrne covers, while issues #8-10 and #12 featured "new" covers created by blowing up panels of interior artwork from the stories.〔 Stories ran 22 to 23 pages, with most issues also containing a two-page text backup — either a story featuring the main characters or a non-fiction featurette. The backup in issue #5 consisted of two comics pages, drawn by Steve Ditko, of "real world" paranormal vignettes.〔 One additional 22-page story was produced by Gill and Byrne, but was not published in the original series. It appeared in two parts titled "There Will Be Time, Part One: Time-Slip" and "Part Two: The Man from Elsewhen" in publisher CPL/Gang Publications' Charlton-sponsored comic-book/fanzine hybrid ''Charlton Bullseye'' #4-5 (April & Sept. 1976).〔(''Charlton Bullseye'' #4 ) and (#5 ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 Sales of the 1978-79 reprint issues began strong, and editor Wildman assigned Tom Sutton to write and draw a 15-page story scheduled to run as issue #13. As sales of the reprint series tapered off, the project was canceled. While the script became lost, Sutton's pencil-and-ink art for the story, "The Secret City," eventually surfaced, with the cover and the first page published in the magazine ''Charlton Spotlight'' #6 (Fall 2008).〔''Charlton Spotlight'' #6 (Fall 2008), Argo Press, pp. 54-55〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doomsday + 1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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