Gravestone #4 [Newsstand]

(October 1993)

The Doppler Effect (Table of Contents: 1)

Gravestone / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Powell

Pencils

Roy Burdine

Inks

Tom Florimonte

Colors

George Cox

Letters

Patrick Owsley

Genre

superhero

Characters

A harpy; Christine Daniels,a TV reporter; Gravestone; the Bogg; a mutant and his almost human-looking girlfriend (residents of Sluggtown); a soldier; Scythe; Megara

Synopsis

Gravestone protects Christine Daniels in from the monsters in Sluggtown, a city brought through another dimension to occupy the same space as Los Angeles. Back in his cave, Gravestone reminisces of another Christine he loved in Paris a long time ago while living in the catacombs of an opera house. He then is attacked by a shapeshifter named Scythe who mimics his form and absorbs his powers. Leaving Gravestone defeated, Scythe goes on a rampage.

Indexer Notes

This story hints that Gravestone may have been the Phantom from Gaston Leroux's book "The Phantom of the Opera".

Halloween Masques (Table of Contents: 2)

Gravestone / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Powell

Pencils

Ron Randall

Inks

Larry Welch

Colors

George Cox

Letters

Patrick Owsley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Gravestone; partygoers at a Halloween party; Megara; unnamed demons

Synopsis

The only night a year when Gravestone feels welcomed by others: Halloween. And the only night where you can put on a mask to become anything or anyone else. On this night, he crashes a party, meets Megara --a woman dressed like a cat-- and defeats some demons summoned by a Ouija board. As Gravestone leaves, Megara reverts to her true form-- a cat. Gravestone finds her and takes her home.