The Night Force #4 [Newsstand]
(November 1982)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893418111
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #203.
This issue is a variant of The Night Force (DC, 1982 series) #4 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Night Force / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan (signed as Colan)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-120
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Vanessa van Helsing
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Summoning, Chapter Four: Eyes! (Table of Contents: 2)

Night Force / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Job Number
J-8250
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Donovan Caine; Jack Gold; Trevor Simmons; Kerry James; Dr. Rabin; Detective Eliot Short; Vanessa van Helsing; Zakarig Zadok; Gargarin; Baron Winter; Merlin (leopard); Marianne Caine (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis
Jack and Donovan continue to search for Vanessa. Detective Short confronts Baron Winter about the disappearance of Vanessa.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Tyco Magnum 440 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Tyco Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Life Savers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

DC is on the Move! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Night Forces / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (illustrations)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1166
Characters
Baron Winters; Jack Gold; Vanessa van Helsing; Donovan Brown

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Bill Previdi, Stu Krull, Dean Mullaney, Andrew Laubacher, Ron Sharon, Peter Ivanick, and Thomas Long, with replies from Wolfman. Second page also contains a DC Coming Comics list for books on sale August 26th.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Burnin' Key Cars; Tough Wheels / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Frogger Video Game Cartridge (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Parker Brothers Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Night Force
  2. 1. ["You're building for real."]
    Lego Toys
  3. 2. The Summoning, Chapter Four: Eyes!
    Night Force
  4. 3. ["Now Bubble Yum is super yum"]
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. ["We are looking for a few good boys and girls who would like to -"]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. Tyco Magnum 440
    Tyco Toys
  7. 6. ["Be a Life Savers flavor shooter!"]
    Life Savers
  8. 7. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
    TSR Hobbies
  9. 8. ["Sgt. Rock is on the move in 82!"]
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  10. 9. Write Right Now!
  11. 10. DC is on the Move!
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Night Forces
  13. 12. ["Triple free offer!!!"]
    Burnin' Key Cars; Tough Wheels
  14. 13. Frogger Video Game Cartridge
    Parker Brothers Games
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