 He also wrote for DC's tie-in "Smallville" comic.He contributed to the 1989 Harvey and Eisner "A1" anthology series.Commencing in the same year, his "Phantom" stories featured in a 13-issue maxi-series from DC Comics (following a 4-issue Peter David written mini-series) and took on 'real-world issues', such as poisoning, illegal weapon trading, racism, and toxic dumping.