"Faces of Evil" is a DC Comics "event" in January 2009, that editor Dan DiDio described as "inspirationally tied to Final Crisis," with focus placed on the villains of the particular titles involved in and associated with the event. Numerous monthly books had villains displayed on their covers while four additional one-shots were published.
Titles
The full list of issues is:
Title Depicted cover villain Author Cover artist(s) Action Comics #873Lex LuthorGeoff JohnsJosé Ladrönn Batman #685CatwomanPaul DiniAlex Ross Birds of Prey #126CalculatorTony BedardStephane Roux Booster Gold #16Enemy AceDan JurgensDan Jurgens Detective Comics #852HushPaul DiniAndrew Robinson Faces of Evil: DeathstrokeDeathstrokeDavid HineJosé Ladrönn Faces of Evil: GrundySolomon GrundyScott Kolins and Geoff JohnsShane Davis Faces of Evil: KobraKobraIvan BrandonAndrew Robinson Faces of Evil: PrometheusPrometheusSterling GatesMauro Cascioli Green Arrow/Black Canary #16MerlynAndrew KreisbergJosé Ladrönn Green Lantern #37LairaGeoff JohnsShane Davis Green Lantern Corps #32KrybPeter TomasiPatrick Gleason Justice League of America #29StarbreakerLen WeinEd Benes Justice Society of America #23Black AdamGeoff JohnsAlex Ross Nightwing #152Ra's al GhulPeter TomasiBrian Stelfreeze Robin #182 Anarky(Ulysses H. Armstrong) Fabian Nicieza Brian Stelfreeze Secret Six #5DeadshotGail SimoneNicola Scott Supergirl #37SuperwomanSterling GatesJoshua Middleton Superman #684ParasiteJames RobinsonAlex Ross Teen Titans #67Brother BloodSean McKeeverEddy Barrows Titans #9JerichoJudd WinickTony Daniel Vigilante #2VigilanteMarv WolfmanAndrew Robinson Wonder Woman #28CheetahGail SimoneAaron Lopresti The kids-friendly book Tiny Titans also featured a "Faces of Mischief" issue around the same time, written by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, and illustrated by Baltazar.Tiny Titans #12
The issues of Superman and Action Comics are epilogues to the Superman: New Krypton crossover series. Nightwing is a continuation of the "Batman R.I.P." aftermath storyline, "Last Rites". Detective Comics and Batman comprise a self-contained storyline dependent on each other.
The Faces of Evil event continued in the storyline "Deathtrap", that focuses on Jericho, which starts in Teen Titans Annual 2009, and then carries on in a crossover between Teen Titans #70-71, Titans #12-13 and Vigilante #5.
A seven-part Solomon Grundy miniseries, by Johns and Kolins, picked up where Faces of Evil: Grundy left off.
Notes
References DC Comics January 2009 titles
External links Faces of Evil at the DC Database Project