Strikeforce: Morituri #1 [Direct]

(December 1986)

Black Watch: Though Some Have Named Thee So-- (Table of Contents: 1)

Strikeforce: Morituri / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Gillis (credited as Peter B. Gillis)

Pencils

Brent Anderson (credited); Whilce Portacio (pages 5, 6, 18, uncredited)

Inks

Scott Williams (credited)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited as Max Scheele)

Letters

Jim Novak (credited)

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Black Watch [Clinton Brian Rogers; Bruce Higashi; Woodrow Joshua Green]; Strikeforce: Morituri [Vyking [Harold Carl Everson]; Snapdragon [Lorna Leigh Raeburn]; Adept [Jelene Anderson]; Radian [Louis Armanetti]; Blackthorn [Aline Pagrovna]; Marathon [Robert Greenbaum]]; Commander Beth Luis Nion; Dr. Kimmo Tuolema; The Horde

Synopsis

Harold is accepted into Strikeforce Morituri, and he must decide if he wants to commit to the process that will give him super-powers but kill him within a year.

Reprints

• in Οι 4 Φανταστικοί (Μαμούθ Comix [Mamouth Comix], 1986 series) #8
• in Spider-Man and Zoids (Marvel UK, 1986 series) #40 (6 December 1986) [pages 7-11 of story only], #41 (13 December 1986) [Pages 12-17 of story only.], #42 (20 December 1986) [Pages 18-23 of story only.]
• in Strikeforce: Morituri (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (2012)
• in Strikeforce: Morituri - We Who Are About to Die (Marvel, 2012 series) #1 (March 2012)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Strikeforce: Morituri team; Black Watch team predated them in comic time.