Advanced Dungeons & Dragons #12

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons issue #12, published in January 1989 by DC Comics, serves as part of the publisher's long-running licensed adaptation of the popular tabletop role-playing game. Created during an era when TSR, Inc. sought to expand the presence of its flagship fantasy brand into various media, the series was designed to introduce readers to the lore and mechanics of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting through serialized storytelling.

The creative team for this specific issue included writer Dan Mishkin and artist Jan Duursema, who were tasked with maintaining the balance between traditional comic book narrative structures and the collaborative spirit of the game itself. The series was generally received as a faithful expansion of the source material, providing a visual interpretation of monsters, magic, and dungeon-crawling adventures that resonated with the burgeoning tabletop community of the late 1980s.