DC Challenge

DC Challenge
Cover of Challenge! #1 (Nov 1985). Art by Jerry Ordway.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	November 1985 – October 1986
Number of issues	12
Creative team
Writer(s)	List Mike W. Barr, Cary Bates, Gerry Conway, Mark Evanier, Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Elliot S. Maggin, Dan Mishkin, Doug Moench, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s)	List Ross Andru, Gene Colan, Denys Cowan, Dave Gibbons, Keith Giffen, Don Heck, Rick Hoberg, Carmine Infantino, Dan Jurgens, Gil Kane, Steve Lightle, Tom Mandrake, Luke McDonnell, Chuck Patton, Dan Spiegle, Joe Staton, Curt Swan, Stan Woch
Inker(s)	List Terry Austin, Mike DeCarlo, Jan Duursema, Mark Farmer, Dick Giordano, Don Heck, Dave Hunt, Klaus Janson, Rick Magyar, Larry Mahlstedt, Tom Mandrake, Gary Martin, Frank McLaughlin, Steve Mitchell, Rodin Rodriguez, Bob Smith, Dan Spiegle, Arne Starr
Editor(s)	Robert Greenberger

DC Challenge was a 12-issue comic book series produced by DC Comics from November 1985 to October 1986, as a round robin experiment in narrative. The series' tagline was "Can You Solve It Before We Do?"

The DC Challenge series was conceived during a rooftop party at the 1983 San Diego Comic Convention. The premise of the series was that each chapter would be written by a different author and illustrated by a different artist. No consultation between authors was permitted. As well, each chapter would end in a seemingly impossible cliffhanger from which that chapter's author had to have planned a viable escape, and the name of the next chapter would be provided. Authors were free to use any character or concept from DC's then-50 years of publication, with the exception of those whose appearances they were currently writing. Dick Giordano had been the original editor of the series, but turned the job over to Robert Greenberger before the first issue was published. The last issue of DC Challenge was a collaborative effort by six of the twelve writers.