Deathlok #1

(July 1990)

The Brains of the Outfit (Table of Contents: 1)

Deathlok / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script

Dwayne McDuffie; Gregory Wright

Pencils

Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)

Inks

Scott Williams

Colors

Gregory Wright; Paul Mounts; Brad Vancata

Letters

Richard Starkings

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Deathlok [Michael Collins] (introduction, origin); Deathlok [Col. John Kelly] (dead); Tracy Collins (introduction); Nick Collins (introduction); Jim Dworman (introduction); Dr. Hu (introduction); Billy Hansen (introduction, villain); Stanley Cross (introduction, villain); Clayton Burr (villain); Ben Jacobs (introduction, villain); Harlan Ryker (villain)

Synopsis

Michael Collins, a Cybertek employee, uncovers evidence of the Deathlok project and he confronts the company's head, Harlan Ryker. Ryker has Collins drugged and puts his brain in the Deathlok cyborg. While the Deathlok cyborg is on a mission for Roxxon putting down guerillas in the South American nation of Estrella, Collins' mind unexpectedly awakes and gains some control of the cyborg which is quickly recalled to Cybertek. At Cybertek, Collins achieves full control of the Deathlok cyborg and escapes.

Reprints

• in Marvels universum (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #6/1991
• in Deathlok Special (Marvel, 1991 series) #1 (May 1991)
• in Havoc (Marvel UK, 1991 series) #2 (20th July 1991), #3 (27th July 1991) [Pages 7 to 13 only.]
• in Deathlok: The Living Nightmare of Michael Collins (Marvel, 2012 series) [premiere edition] (2012)
• in Le meilleur des super-héros Marvel (Hachette, 2016 series) #92 - Deathlok (juin 2019)