Steel Sterling #7 [Direct]
(July 1984)

Archie, 1984 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., and Nov.
On-sale Date
1984-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Enterprises Inc.
Brand
Archie Adventure Series
Editing
Robin Snyder

Issue Notes

Last issue of the series. On-sale date, month only, from Amazing Heroes #46.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Eduardo Barreto
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling
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Death Is The Joker (Table of Contents: 1)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
Inks
Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling; Don Blanco; Gayla; Rita; Ms. Samson; Honcho; The Young Steelers [Asa; Wong; Red Wing; April; Carmen]
Synopsis
Steel wins big in a casino owned by -- unbeknownst to Steel-- the man who killed Steel's father. But the mafia boss does not like losing money. So he sends his men to kill Steel and everyone else in order to get the money back.

A Jolting Tale of Tension! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Demian Parmegiana
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Indexer Notes

This story is told without captions or dialogue.

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

Crusader Comments / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder
Pencils
Carl Taylor (signed)
Inks
Carl Taylor (signed); Sam de la Rosa (signed) (Fly image only)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jaguar; Fly

Indexer Notes

Includes two small pictures by Carl Taylor.

The Hypnotized Heart (Table of Contents: 4)

Shield / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Eduardo Barreto
Inks
Eduardo Barreto
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Laureen Smith; General Smith; the Shield [Lancelot Strong] (flashback); Colonel Gates
Synopsis
Though still mourning the Shield, Laureen agrees to go out with Colonel Gates. Gate is really a Soviet spy who is using Laureen to get at her father's top-secret files.

Indexer Notes

Features the supporting cast from the Shield strip from issues #1-3.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Steel Sterling
  2. 1. Death Is The Joker
    Steel Sterling
  3. 2. A Jolting Tale of Tension!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Crusader Comments
  5. 4. The Hypnotized Heart
    Shield
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mark Coale
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Steven Samuels
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Gregg Whitmore
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