(March 1994)

DC, 1993 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.65 CAD; 1.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1994-01-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC; Vertigo
Barcode
761941200699 01211
Editing
Karen Berger (credited) (editor); Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg) (assistant editor)

The Brute 4 of 4 (Table of Contents)

Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gavin Wilson (credited) (signed as GAVIN WILSON) (photo)
Inks
Gavin Wilson (credited) (signed as GAVIN WILSON) (photo)
Colors
Gavin Wilson (credited) (signed as GAVIN WILSON) (photo)
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Sandman Mystery Theatre (DC, 1993 series) #12
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I Am a Man, Not a Freak. (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Brute Final Act (Table of Contents: 2)

Sandman / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner (credited)
Pencils
R. G. Taylor (credited)
Inks
R. G. Taylor (credited)
Colors
David Hornung (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; District Attorney Lawrence Belmont; Arthur Reisling; Francesco Gamboni; ‘Rocket’ Eddie Ramsey; The Brute [Maria Reisling]; Emily Ramsey; Wilbur Schenk; Dennis Reisling; Charles Reisling; Tobias Reisling; Humphries; Wallace (Reisling thug); Carlo (Gamboni thug)
Synopsis
Ramsey exacts revenge against Schenk for ravaging his daughter. Sandman learns The Brute is actually Arthur Reisling’s daughter Maria, the near-mindless victim of severe parental neglect as a child. During the Reisling - Gamboni drug deal Ramsey enters and despite the presence of Sandman a bloody shootout erupts where few survive.
Reprints

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

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

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

Curtain Call / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don’t often have the time to write letters…

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Thom Young, Richard Byard.

Old Friends, New Horrors. (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

On the Ledge with Stuart Moore [March 1994] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

On the Ledge / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Brute 4 of 4
    Sandman
  2. 1. I Am a Man, Not a Freak.
    Un-Men
  3. 2. The Brute Final Act
    Sandman
  4. 3. ["Doctor Alec Holland dreamed he was a Swamp God."]
    Swamp Thing
  5. 4. ["I don’t often have the time to write letters…"]
    Curtain Call
  6. 5. Old Friends, New Horrors.
  7. 6. On the Ledge with Stuart Moore [March 1994]
    On the Ledge
  8. 7. ["Sometimes… like really late at night when it’s shadowy and quiet…"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore
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