The Night Force #6 [Newsstand]
(January 1983)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-10-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893418101
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #205.
This issue is a variant of The Night Force (DC, 1982 series) #6 [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
Bob Smith (signed as SMITH)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-212
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Merlin; Detective Eliot Short; Baron Winters
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Ad-Comm / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Summoning, Chapter Six: The Devil Her Due (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
Michele Wolfman (credited as Michele W.)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Job Number
J-8271
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Night Force: Donovan Caine; Jack Gold; Vanessa van Helsing; Baron Winters
Merlin; Detective Eliot Short
Synopsis
Soviet scientists release the evil entity inside Vanessa. Detective Short arrives to arrest Baron Winter.
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[Now Bubble Yum is Super Yum] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Snake Shapes (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman; K-Mart; Hirschco, Inc. / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Life Savers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Official Price Guide to Comic Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Estes / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

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

Night Forces / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (headshots)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1202
Characters
Baron Winters; Vanessa Van Helsing; Jack Gold; Donovan Caine

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bill D. Middleton, Glenn Dressler, David Montgomery, and David Allen.

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

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Night Force
  2. 1. ["Get your own Pan-Ocean AM/FM stereo receiver!"]
    Ad-Comm
  3. 2. The Summoning, Chapter Six: The Devil Her Due
    Night Force
  4. 3. [Now Bubble Yum is Super Yum]
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. The Case of the Snake Shapes
    Superman; K-Mart; Hirschco, Inc.
  6. 5. ["Life Savers circle of flavors!"]
    Life Savers
  7. 6. ["Turn comics into cash!"]
    The Official Price Guide to Comic Books
  8. 7. ["Build and fly Space Shuttle Columbia"]
    Estes
  9. 8. ["We are looking for a few good boys and girls..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  10. 9. Write Right Now!
  11. 10. ["New from Remco Toys the battle continues with Sgt. Rock playsets!"]
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Night Forces
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    DC Coming Comics
  14. 13. ["Amazing new life forms are taking over Atari!"]
    Mattel Toys
  15. 14. ["You're building for real."]
    Lego Toys
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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