(May 1995)

Image, 1994 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 3.55 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Brand
Image
Editing
Drew Bittner; Jonathan Peterson (supervising editor)

Issue Notes

Comic has a pack of Wildstorm Gallery trading cards bound in and a flip-cover.
This issue has variants:

Wildstorm Rising Chapter 8 (Table of Contents)

Backlash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as BWS)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as BWS)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Backlash; Diva
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[Wildstorm Rising Chapter 8] (Table of Contents: 1)

Backlash / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz
Pencils
Brett Booth
Inks
Sandra Hope (p. 1-13, 16-20); Alex Garner (page 22); Chuck Gibson (p. 14, 15); Sal Regla (page 21)
Colors
Ambrose Gordon; Wildstorm Effects (Separations)
Letters
Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Dave Lanphear; Albert Deschesne; Morgan Jones
Genre
superhero
Characters
Backlash; Deathblow; Wetworks [Dane; Grail; Jester; Claymore]; WildC.A.T.S [Jacob Marlowe; Spartan; Zealot; Grifter; Maul; Warblade; Voodoo; Void]; Stormwatch [Diva; Fuji; Winter; Hellstrike; Strafe [Malcolm King]; Nautika; Sunburst; Fahrenheit]; Weatherman One [Synergy]; Defile (villain); Helspont (villain); Mr. White (villain); Savant (cameo); Mr. Majestic (cameo); Union (cameo)
Synopsis
Defile tricks Backlash into battling Helspont all by his lonesome. After getting his butt handed to him by the bad guy and being unceremoniously dumped in the ocean, Backlash is picked up by his old team, Stormwatch.

Indexer Notes

Wildstorm Rising continued from Wetworks (Image, 1994 series) #8.
Wildstorm Rising continues in Stormwatch (Image, 1993 series) #22.

Taboo (Table of Contents: 2)

Backlash / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Rebner (signed as JR)
Inks
Richard Friend (signed)
Colors
Robert Ro (signed as R·Ro)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Taboo

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

Tongue Lashings / letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Drew Bittner
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Reece the Man; Vincent Lim Show Chen; Ken Peace; R. Vallecillos; James Beasley; Brad O'Neil; Linh Nguyen; Oliver Flores

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Backlash / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brett Booth (signed)
Inks
Sandra Hope (signed)
Colors
Jess Ruffner (signed as Jess)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Backlash; Helspont

Indexer Notes

Flip cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Wildstorm Rising Chapter 8
    Backlash
  2. 1. [Wildstorm Rising Chapter 8]
    Backlash
  3. 2. Taboo
    Backlash
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tongue Lashings
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Backlash
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  • Daniel Best
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  • Peter Croome
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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