Assassins #1 [Direct Sales]
(April 1996)

DC, 1996 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1996-02-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
Amalgam
Barcode
761941207100 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Kevin Dooley (credited) (editor); Eddie Berganza (credited) (associate editor); Jenette Kahn (credited) (editor in chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; glossy interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Part of the DC/Marvel mashed-up Amalgam universe. Assassins comprises Dare & Catsai. Dare is a mash-up of Daredevil and Deathstroke, whilst Catsai is a mash-up of Catwoman and Elektra.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Assassins / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Scott McDaniel (signed as McDaniel)
Inks
Derek Fisher (signed as Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced) (logo); typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dare; Catsai
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Cover Thumbnail for Assassins (DC, 1996 series) #1 [Direct Sales] Cover Thumbnail for Assassins (1996 series) #1 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Assassins (1996 series) #1 [Blank UPC]
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Political Suicide (Table of Contents: 1)

Assassins / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Chichester (credited as D. G. Chichester)
Pencils
Scott McDaniel (credited)
Inks
Derek Fisher (credited)
Colors
Pat Garrahy (credited)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dare and Catsai are back in town.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dare [Slade Murdock]; Catsai [Elektra Kyle]; Deadeye; The Big Question [Enigma Fisk]; Lethal; Jimmy Urich; Wired [Nathan Chase]
Synopsis
Dare and Catsai invade Gotham to take down the Big Question.
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Indexer Notes

Amalgam characters: Dare: Daredevil and Deathstroke; Catsai: Catwoman and Elektra; Deadeye: Deadshot and Bullseye; Big Question: Riddler, the Kingpin and Tobias Whale; Lethal: Kraven the Hunter and Cheetah; Wired: Cable and Manhunter [Chase Lawler]; Jimmy Urich: Jimmy Olsen and Ben Urich.

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Last Writes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Kevin Berganza]
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Faux letters page with letters from "readers" Olav Marchese, Garrett Jones, Charles J. Rohlfing, Kimberley Warren and Mike Kenfield. Reply by Kevin Berganza. Note that Kevin Berganza is an amalgamation of editor Kevin Dooley and associate editor Eddie Berganza.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

AmalgamNation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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    Assassins
  2. 1. Political Suicide
    Assassins
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    Last Writes
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    AmalgamNation
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  • Ralf Haring
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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