Longshot #1 [Newsstand]
(September 1985)

Marvel, 1985 Series
| Next Issue >
Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860282809
Editing
Louise Simonson (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Longshot (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Longshot / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arthur Adams (signed as Arthur Adams)
Inks
Arthur Adams (signed as Arthur Adams)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Gog; Longshot; Magog; Mojo; Spiral [Rita Wayword]; Rita Wayword (mainstream)
Universe
Marvel : Mojoverse
Reprints

A Man Without a Past (Table of Contents: 1)

Longshot / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Ann Nocenti (credited) (co-creator)
Pencils
Arthur Adams (credited) (co-creator)
Inks
Bill Anderson (credited as Anderson); Whilce Portacio (credited as Portacio); Scott Williams (assistant inker)
Colors
Christie Scheele (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These troops want me bad! I wish I knew why!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Gog (Mojoverse) (first appearance); Longshot (Mojoverse) (first appearance); Magog (Mojoverse) (first appearance, called Pup by Longshot); Quark (Mojoverse) (first appearance, unnamed); Spiral [Rita Wayword] (Mojoverse) (first appearance); Rita Wayword (mainstream) (first appearance); Ralph; Rose; Eliot; Hester
Universe
Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Mojoverse
Synopsis
Running for his life, Longshot leaps through a portal and arrives on earth with no memory of who he is or where he came from. As he tries to adjust to this strange new world, he is befriended by the dog looking creature, Magog, and the human survivalist nut, Eliot. Longshot and Eliot learn of a woman whose baby has been kidnapped and they decide to rescue her tot. They discover the band of creatures who chased Longshot from his world just as they are preparing to sacrifice the baby to open a portal home. Longshot uses his powers of incredible luck to rescue the baby and escape from Spiral.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Longshot and Ricochet Rita are based on the physical "look" of Art Adams and Ann Nocenti.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Longshot
  2. 1. A Man Without a Past
    Longshot
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Ralf Haring
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk