The Huntress #1 [Direct]
(April 1989)

DC, 1989 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-02-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Andy Helfer (credited as Andy Herfer) (editor); Kevin Dooley (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Huntress / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Staton (signed as Staton)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (signed as Patterson)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]
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Code of Silence (Table of Contents: 1)

Huntress / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited as Patterson); Dick Giordano (credited as Giordano)
Colors
Nansi Hoolahan (credited)
Letters
Albert DeGuzman (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Tony Angelo (first appearance, also flashback); The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli] (origin) (first appearance, also flashback); Omerta [Donald Campbell] (flashback) (villain) (first appearance); Guido Bertinelli (Helena's father; first appearance; death); Carmela Bertinelli (Helena's mother; first appearance; death); Freddy Caldone (Helena's cousin; first appearance; death); Helena Karabatsos (first appearance); Fat Angelo (first appearance; flashback); Vince (first appearance; villain; flashback); Pete (mobster, flashback)
Synopsis
Huntress relives her origins after rescuing a woman from a mugger.

[Promo for Skreemer miniseries] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

DC Annuals 1989 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[Promo for The Janus Directive crossover event] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

The Huntress (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kevin Dooley (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3639
Characters
The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]

Indexer Notes

Kevin talks about the new series and spends time talking about Joe Staton's history and contributions to the new title. Also publisher credits.
After last page of story.

[Promo for Hero Hotline miniseries] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Huntress
  2. 1. Code of Silence
    Huntress
  3. 2. [Promo for Skreemer miniseries]
  4. 3. DC Annuals 1989
  5. 4. [Promo for The Janus Directive crossover event]
  6. 5. The Huntress
  7. 6. [Promo for Hero Hotline miniseries]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore
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