Adding Nexus: The Origin, Nexus: Alien Justice #1–3, and Nexus: The Wages of Sin #1–4 brings it up to 88 - making 'Dark Side of the Moon' #89. The current issue number was figured by continuing First Publishing's numbering, which ended at volume 2, #80. Although each miniseries had its own issue numbering, Baron and Rude added a sequential number to each, as explained in the back of the first issue of Nexus: Executioner's Song: The last of these miniseries was printed in black and white as a cost-cutting measure low sales led to the series being discontinued.

Following the conclusion of the ongoing series with #80 (May 1991), seven miniseries and two one-shot comics were published by Dark Horse Comics. The ongoing series was also supplemented by The Next Nexus, a four-issue miniseries that followed Nexus #52. In addition to the ongoing series, First reprinted the original miniseries as a graphic novel and later reprinted the first two years of the ongoing title in the Nexus Legends series. Baron calls, and, without preamble, just says 'Nexus'. He even came up with the lightning bolt for the costume. Over a drink at a restaurant, Baron outlined his ideas for Nexus to Rude: On the creation of the series, Baron noted that they had originally pitched a series called Encyclopaedias to Capital Comics, but the company rejected this, saying they were looking for a superhero title.

The black-and-white issues and the first six color issues were published by Capital Comics after Capital's demise, First Comics took over publication. The series debuted as a three-issue black-and-white limited series (the third of which featured a 33 RPM flexi disc with music and dialogue from the issue), followed by an ongoing full-color series which lasted 80 issues. The series is a combination of the superhero and science fiction genres, set 500 years in the future.

Nexus is an American comic book series created by writer Mike Baron and penciler Steve Rude in 1981. Nexus – Nightmare in Blue #4 (October 1997).

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