First Wave #1 [Neal Adams Limited Variant Cover]

(May 2010)

First Wave Book One (Table of Contents)

First Wave / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Azzarello

Pencils:

Rags Morales

Inks:

Rags Morales

Colors:

Nei Ruffino

Letters:

Clem Robins

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Johnny Littlejohn; a robot; Doc Savage; The Spirit; Dolan; Ham Brooks; Monk Mayfair; Renny Renwick; Long Tom Roberts; Anton Colossi; Amazon natives; Right Red Hand cultists; John Sunlight; Rima the Jungle Girl; Blackhawks [Ant Manson; Henry Biggs; Wu Cheng; Jenny Cloud] (cameo)

Synopsis:

In the Amazon, Johnny Littlejohn is maimed by a robot. In New York, Doc Savage visits his father's grave and orders the body exhumed. In Wildwood Cemetary, Dolan steers The Spirit to a midnight rendezvous. Doc Savage finds his father's body replaced with sacks of gold dust printed with red hands. In NY, John Sunlight plots. Back in the Amazon, Anton Colossi orders a village wiped out for harboring Johnny, who's been spirited away by Rima. And The Spirit runs smack into the Blackhawks!

Reprints:

• in First Wave (DC, 2012 series) #[nn] ([June] 2012)

Indexer Notes

1) For profiles of the new retro-1950s First Wave characters, see Azzarello's and Morales's notes, "Go Behind the Scenes of THE FIRST WAVE" in BATMAN / DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1. 2) From the indicia, The Avenger and Justice Inc. are trademarks of Advance Magazine Publishers d/b/a Conde Nast, and Doc Savage is a registered trademark of the same. The Spirit is a registered trademark of Will Eisner Studios, Inc.