Originally Posted by Wonder Boy
Originally Posted by Wonder Boy
Another fun series was DOOMSDAY+1, with some of the first work by then-unknown newcomer John Byrne. I purchased the first issue off the stands in 1975.
It wasn't until I was reading X-MEN in 1980 that I looked through my collection and realized both were illustrated by the same guy.

Reprinted as DOOMSDAY SQUAD by Fantagraphics in 1985 (publishing the previously unreleased 7th issue for the first time) .
And reprinted again by ACG in 1998.

[Linked Image from milehighcomics.com]

Courtesy of the DiversionsOfTheGroovy-site, here's DOOMSDAY +1 issue 1 in its entirety, for your reading pleasure:
http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2009/01/byrne-ing-to-read-doomsday-1-1.html
With links to issues 2, 3, 4 and 5.

or most easily navigated at:
https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Doomsday-1-1975/Issue-1?id=153140#2

Here's another updated link to larger scans of the complete DOOMSDAY +1 issues 1-6 (also reprinted as 7-12 in the same order), that load more quickly and are easier to navigate.
https://comiconlinefree.net/doomsday-1-1975/issue-1/full
On this site, you can click to select in the upper left, to either view one page at a time, or "full" and view the full issue you can more easily scroll through.


[ ViewComicOnline, also has these same issues, that are my current preferred online reading site. They are complete and work now. But weirdly, previously, issues 1-6 were on their website missing the last page of each issue. And then the reprints in 7-12 also were all missing the last page of each issue. But fixed and working now.
https://viewcomiconline.com/doomsday-1-1975-issue-1/

And frustratingly, neither ViewcomicOnline.com or ComicOnlineFree.net have scans of Fantagraphics' DOOMSDAY SQUAD reprints that provide better offset printing of the same DOOMSDAY+1 Byrne issues, and for the first time present a 7th previously unpublished story for the series by Byrne, reprinted from the CHARLETON BULLSEYE fanzine. Oh well, at least you have the above site where you can read the original 1975-1976 issues...
And less easy to navigate, but still there as a backup, the DiversionsOfTheGroovy site scans of them as well, from before these other online libraries were created.

ReadComicOnline also has them too, but is still having problems, that currently has a ridiculous amount of pop-up ads that re-open as soon as you close them. ]

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