Squadron Supreme #1 [Cover A]
(May 2006)

Marvel, 2006 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except semi-monthly in May
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Parental Advisory
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606057566 00111
Editing
Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief); Axel Alonso (editor); Warren Simons (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Direct Edition. (ISSN #1559-6303).
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Squadron Supreme / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gary Frank (signed as GF)
Inks
Gary Frank (signed as GF)
Colors
Chris Sotomayor (signed as ¡SOTO!)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hyperion; Blur; Doctor Spectrum; Zarda; Amphibian; Tom Thumb; Arcanna; Dr. Emil Burbank; Nuke; Shape; Inertia; Nighthawk
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Indexer Notes

Signature of Gary Frank notes (After Ross). This cover is based on the Alex Ross cover from the Squadron Supreme TPB (Marvel, 1997).

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The Pre-War Years (Table of Contents: 1)

Squadron Supreme / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
J. Michael Straczynski
Pencils
Gary Frank
Inks
Jon Sibal (credited as Jonathan Sibal)
Colors
Chris Sotomayor
Letters
Joe Caramagna of Virtual Calligraphy (as VC's Joe Caramagna)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a beautifu morning, sir. A great start to a great day.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Squadron Supreme [Hyperion [Mark Milton]; Blur [Stanley Stewart]; Doctor Spectrum [Colonel Joe Ledger]; Zarda; Amphibian [Kingsley]; Tom Thumb [Thomas Thompson]; Arcanna Jones; Dr. Emil Burbank; Nuke [Al Gaines]; Shape Raleigh Lund]; Inertia [Private First Class Edith Freiberg]]; Nighthawk; President George W. Bush; General Richard Alexander; Stanley Stewart's mother; Jason Scott; Lonny
Synopsis
The US military creates two teams of super-powered agents, one for international and public missions and one for covert operations. Mark informs Jason Scott of the project and gives him a list of the super-humans working for the government. The US President gives a press conference and announces that Hyperion, Blur, Doctor Spectrum, Zarda, Amphibian, Tom Thumb, Arcanna, Emil Burbank, Nuke, Shape and Inertia will be operating as a team, code-named the Squadron Supreme.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Squadron Supreme
  2. 1. The Pre-War Years
    Squadron Supreme
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