(September 2008)

Marvel, 2008 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
2008-07-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Parental Advisory
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606063239 00111
Editing
Molly Lazer (credited) (editor); Bill Rosemann (credited) (editor); Tom Brennan (credited) (assistant editor); Lauren Sankovitch (credited) (assistant editor); Tom Brevoort (credited) (executive editor); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Diamond order code: MAY082322

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

True Believers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Orwell (credited)
Pencils
Paul Gulacy (credited) (cover artist)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (credited) (cover artist)
Colors
Rain Beredo ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a time of universal deceit- telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell
Genre
superhero
Characters
Payback [Mavis Trent]; Headtrip; Red Zone; Battalus

Payback Is a Bitch (Table of Contents: 1)

True Believers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates (credited)
Pencils
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Colors
Rain Beredo (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear of ArtMonkeys (credited as Artmonkeys' Dave Lanphear)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You okay, miss?
Genre
superhero
Characters
True Believers [Payback [Mavis Trent]; Headtrip; Red Zone; Battalus]; Tony Stark [Iron Man] (guest); Maria Hill (guest); Dum Dum Dugan (guest); Franklin Richards (cameo); Valeria Richards (cameo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo); Invisible Woman (cameo); Human Torch (cameo); The Thing (cameo)
Synopsis
Payback uncovers an underground fight club that captures prostitutes from off the street, pumps them up with mutant growth hormone and forces them to battle. When the True Believers' blog outs the spectators as powerful men who dress up as superheroes, SHIELD takes notice and begins to investigate the team. Agent Mavis Trent gives Director Stark a profile of the team members (but omits the fact that she is Payback). The Believers interrupt a broadcast to inform the Fantastic Four that they are about to reveal a scandal involving Mr. Fantastic and he has 24 hours to prove them wrong.

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True Believers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Gulacy
Inks
Paul Gulacy
Colors
Rain Beredo ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Payback [Mavis Trent]; Mr. Fantastic

Indexer Notes

Presents full page cover art for next issue.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["In a time of universal deceit- telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell"]
    True Believers
  2. 1. Payback Is a Bitch
    True Believers
  3. 2. Next Issue
    True Believers
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