(April 1996)

Image, 1996 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.20 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Brand
Motown Machineworks; Image
Editing
Brett Lewis (editor); Tom Fassbender (editor)

Issue Notes

For Motown Machineworks: Michael Davis (President/CEO); Denys Cowan (Vice President/Editor in Chief); Brett Lewis (Editorial Director); Thomas Fassbender (Associate Editor); Charles Drost (Art Director); Christopher Sotomayor (Color Editor); Kevin McCarthy (Concept Editor); Jason Medley (Production Editor); Larry Marder (executive director, Image Comics); Printed in Canada

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The Crush / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Baron
Pencils
Walter McDaniel
Inks
Chuck Drost
Colors
Chris Sotomayor
Letters
Thom Zahler; Lew Willig (logo)
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Crush
Synopsis
The Crush poses on a motorcycle with two big guns.
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Let Me Light Your Fire (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Thom Zahler; Lew Willig (logo); typeset
Synopsis
Title page, partial credits and indicia.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Let Me Light Your Fire (Table of Contents: 2)

The Crush / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Baron
Pencils
N. Stephen Harris
Inks
Reggie Jones
Colors
Chris Sotomayor; Melvin Allen; Shahid Brown; Pamela May Palma; Michelle Wulfson; Shannon Kelly
Letters
Thom Zahler
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Crush [J. C. Pratt]; Ally; Albert Feldstein; Roy Radnauer; Emma Long; Lucian Long; Ed Dexter; Isaac (a squeal); Squeegee [Hector Diaz] (origin, first full appearance); Chuck; Janeen; Otto; Hymie
Synopsis
J. C. Pratt is assaulted by Lucian Long, Emma's husband. As The Crush, he eavesdrops on the Congress of Crime. When The Crush confronts Squeegee at Steel Point Nuclear Power Plant, Lucian Long sets off an explosion while they are both in the reactor room.

Indexer Notes

Graphic violence

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The Crush / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Davis
Pencils
N. Stephen Harris ?
Inks
Reggie Jones ?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! I picked up The Crush #1 because it was an Image comic and boy was I surprised to see it was also a Motown comic book!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Crush

Indexer Notes

Spot illustration.

Comments on The Crush #1 by Sammy Jamison and Eric Plana. Also credits and preview.

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Casual Heroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Savage Dragon / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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In the Works / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Team 7 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Man Against Time / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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21 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Lethal / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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The Crush / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Crush
  2. 1. Let Me Light Your Fire
  3. 2. Let Me Light Your Fire
    The Crush
  4. 3. ["Wow! I picked up The Crush #1 because it was an Image comic and boy was I surprised to see it was also a Motown comic book!"]
    The Crush
  5. 4. ["On Sale Now!"]
    Casual Heroes
  6. 5. ["Gangwar Part Three"]
    Savage Dragon
  7. 6. ["February 1996"]
    In the Works
  8. 7. ["III: Dead Reckoning"]
    Team 7
  9. 8. ["Out of Time... Just in Time"]
    Man Against Time
  10. 9. ["In a city so massive that it chokes an entire planet, does one little rebellion really matter??"]
    21
  11. 10. ["Stranded in the future..."]
    Lethal
  12. 11. ["Droppin' like flies monthly"]
    The Crush
  13. 12. ["What do the world's greatest pop stars have in common?"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John DiBello
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  • Jochen G.
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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