The Fury of Firestorm #5 [Direct]
(October 1982)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-06-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor); Carl Gafford (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

The Mad Music of the Pied Piper (Table of Contents)

Firestorm / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pat Broderick (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-108
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Pied Piper
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The Pied Piper's Pipes of Peril! (Table of Contents: 1)

Firestorm / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Pat Broderick
Inks
Rodin Rodriguez
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Phil Felix
Job Number
J-8157
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Joey; Paco; Coach Mason; Cliff Carmichael; Doreen Day; Senator Walter Reilly; Lorraine Reilly; Pied Piper; Harry Carew
Synopsis
When Senator Reilly buys the legendary Pipes of Pan for his collection, the Pied Piper steals them. Firestorm tries to stop the Piper but using the Pipes of Pan, the Piper creates a mind-controlled mob to attack Firestorm.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues next issue.

Sgt. Rock Is on the Move in 82! (Table of Contents: 2)

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Ad for Sgt. Rock action figures. Letters credit from Todd Klein.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Nuclear Reactions / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1107

Indexer Notes

Letters from Giovanni Garcia French, Martin F. Cripps, Jerry Hayes, Rick Purcell, Bruce White, Rose Pearsall, Mark Welch, and Terri Beaver.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Dungeons & Dragons; TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Willingham
Inks
Bill Willingham
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Willingham ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our story: Attempting to rescue their mentor, our heroes are caught by a sudden avalanche!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mad Music of the Pied Piper
    Firestorm
  2. 1. The Pied Piper's Pipes of Peril!
    Firestorm
  3. 2. Sgt. Rock Is on the Move in 82!
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Nuclear Reactions
  5. 4. ["Our story: Attempting to rescue their mentor, our heroes are caught by a sudden avalanche!"]
    Dungeons & Dragons; TSR Hobbies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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