- Script
- Rik Levins (credited)
- Pencils
- Rik Levins (credited) (pp 4-7, 10-13, 15-20); Kevin Dzuban (credited) (pp 1-3, 8, 9, 14, 21-23)
- Inks
- Kevin Dzuban (credited)
- Colors
- Kevin Dzuban (credited as Dzuban); Rebekah Black (credited as Black)
- Letters
- Bob Pinaha (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C'mon, move it you guys, we got a lotta cars t'do tonight.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Scarlet Scorpion [Mike McCluskey] (also origin in flashback); Inspector Richard Trent (flashback); Dr. Judy Weissman (flashback); Myla Chang (flashback); Professor Schwartz (flashback); Julius Horowitz (flashback); Vinnie "Hollywood" Fulton (also in flashback, death); Scarlet Scorpion [Rick Trent] (flashback); Mrs. Trent (death in flashback); Lenny; Frankie; Johnny; Pete
- Synopsis
- When truck driver Mike McClusky is run off the road and nearly dies, his life is saved with an experimental virus which gives him increased strength and the ability to heal himself at rapid speed. He takes on the identity of the retired Scarlet Scorpion and uses his new abilities to hunt down the gangsters who targeted him.
- Keywords
- origin
Feature continues in Nightveil (AC, 1984 series) #2.
- Script
- Bill Black
- Pencils
- Steve Lightle (Scarlet Scorpion); George Pérez (Shade)
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway (Scarlet Scorpion); George Pérez (Shade)
- Colors
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Shade; Scarlet Scorpion
Letters from: M. Cheval Kelly and T. M. Maple. Publisher Bill Black explains the background of the Scarlet Scorpion. Shade illustration is from the cover of Americomics #1; Scarlet Scorpion illustration is from the cover of this issue.
- Script
- Rik Levins (credited as Levins)
- Pencils
- Rik Levins (credited as Levins)
- Inks
- Kevin Dzuban (credited as Dzuban)
- Colors
- Rebekah Black (credited as Black)
- Letters
- Bob Pinaha (credited as Pinaha)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Imagive if you were born deaf...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- T. C. Fremont; Tara Fremont; Janis Lawson; The Shade [Roger Brant]; Umbra (first appearance, cameo); Carl; Sarah; Marco
- Synopsis
- Roger Brant is on a flight to Orlando when the plane is overtaken by hijackers, which the Shade must defeat.
Story continues in The Shade Special (AC, 1984 series) #1.