(April 1994)

Image, 1993 Series
Volume
1
Price
3.50 USD; 4.75 CAD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1994-04-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics
Brand
Image
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Eric Stephenson (credited) (editor); Tony Lobito (publisher); Doug Griffith (art director); Kelly van Landingham (administrative assistant); Ronna Coulter (traffic); Teresa Cespedes (production manager)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Jim Cowling with information from one distributor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Phantom Force / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as Jack over Kirby-cursive)
Inks
Erik Larsen (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantom Force [Apocalypse; Probe; Gin Seng; Sensei; Professor Kublak]; Dark Fire; ?
Reprints

Image Comics Presents: Phantom Force (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Credits on inside front cover.

Chapter Two: Plan B! (Table of Contents: 2)

Phantom Force / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited) (plot, script); Mike Thibodeaux (credited as Michael Thibodeaux) (script); Richard French (credited) (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Rob Liefeld (credited) (page 1); Richard Horie (credited) (page 2); Dan Panosian (credited) (pages 3, 4); Mike Thibodeaux (credited as Michael Thibodeaux) (pages 5, 6, 16); Art Thibert (credited) (page 7); Erik Larsen (credited) (pages 8, 9); Keith Giffen (credited) (page 11); Chris Ivy (credited) (pages 12-15); Jeff Matsuda (credited) (page 17); Karl Story (credited) (pages 18, 19); Jerry Ordway (credited) (pages 20-23); Danny Miki (credited) (pages 24, 25); Al Gordon (credited) (page 10)
Colors
In Color (credited)
Letters
Kurt Hathaway (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coerced by the cunning Tatsuki into retrieving...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantom Force [Gin Seng; Probe; Apocalypse; Sensei; Professor Kublak]; Susie; Shoko; Tatsuki; Dark Fire
Synopsis
Gin Seng recovers the "antidote" with a plan to rescue Shoko. However, after gaining the antidote, Tatsuki shows that it is really a transformation serum, and he captures the Phantom Force as he explains that he is Dark Fire, an alien with world domination plans.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Chapter numbers do not make sense, but are recorded here as they were printed.

Chapter Five: By The Star Slavers Bound! (Table of Contents: 3)

Phantom Force / comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited) (plot, script); Mike Thibodeaux (credited as Michael Thibodeaux) (script); Richard French (credited) (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited) (pages 1-17); Mike Thibodeaux (credited as Michael Thibodeaux) (pages 18-29)
Inks
Danny Miki (credited) (pages 1, 2, 14); Chris Ivy (credited) (pages 3, 4, 7, 8); Tim Townsend (credited) (page 5); Paul Scott (credited) (page 6); Steve Rude (credited) (page 9); Marat Mychaels (credited) (page 10); Marlo Alquiza (credited) (pages 11, 12); Jon Sibal (credited as Jonathan Sibal) (page 13); Chance Wolf (credited) (pages 15, 16); Dan Fraga (credited) (page 17); Marty Lasick (credited) (pages 18-29)
Colors
In Color (credited)
Letters
Kurt Hathaway (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Phantom Force [Gin Seng; Probe; Apocalypse; Professor Kublak; Sensei]; Shoko; Susie; Bobby; Dark Fire
Synopsis
Gin Seng lures Dark Fire into a fight as a distraction so that Apocalypse can regain the Sword of Whitestar and battle the aliens.
Reprints

The Once and Future Probe! (Table of Contents: 4)

Probe / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Jim Lee (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Probe

A Kirby Tale (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Marder (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

A humorous tale of confusion involving the Hopi tribe's non-influence on the work of Jack Kirby.

Jack Kirby... Trailblazer (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
?

Genre
biography
Characters
Jack Kirby

Indexer Notes

Simple two-page tribute to Jack Kirby, containing a picture of Kirby and the following text, "Jack Kirby... Trailblazer. Thanks for the map."

Image: We're Not Your Dad's Comics! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Phantom Force #3 (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Phantom Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Phantom Force #4 (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Phantom Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Victory #1 (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Victory / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Inking Credits (Table of Contents: 11)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inking credits for this issue on inside back-cover. There are twenty-two inkers total.

Image: Welcome to the Future (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Phantom Force
  2. 1. Image Comics Presents: Phantom Force
  3. 2. Chapter Two: Plan B!
    Phantom Force
  4. 3. Chapter Five: By The Star Slavers Bound!
    Phantom Force
  5. 4. The Once and Future Probe!
    Probe
  6. 5. A Kirby Tale
  7. 6. Jack Kirby... Trailblazer
  8. 7. Image: We're Not Your Dad's Comics!
  9. 8. Phantom Force #3
    Phantom Force
  10. 9. Phantom Force #4
    Phantom Force
  11. 10. Victory #1
    Victory
  12. 11. Inking Credits
  13. 12. Image: Welcome to the Future
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Sean Byron
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Kathy Li
  • Darrel McCann
  • Johnathan Richardson
  • R S
  • Jim Van Dore