The Fury of Firestorm #53 [Direct]
(November 1986)

DC, 1982 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-07-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #30.
This issue has variants:

The Deadly Debut of Silver Shade! (Table of Contents)

Firestorm / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Brozowski (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Nansi Hoolahan (sourced)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm; Silver Shade [Xavier Pervis]
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Shades in Silver (Table of Contents: 1)

Firestorm / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Joe Brozowski
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Nansi Hoolahan
Letters
Carrie Spiegle
Job Number
G-2676
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm [Martin Stein; Ronnie Raymond]; Silver Shade [Xavier Pervio] (Introduction, Origin); Bill Burton; Cliff Carmichael; Hugo Hammer; Wendy Olsen; Doreen Day
Synopsis
Martin is struggling with the effects of his inoperable brain tumor, while Ronnie thinks he has started drinking again.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Nuclear Reactions / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (signed as Denny) (column); Barbara Kesel (credited as Barbara) (replies)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2473
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Gerry, I can't begin to tell you why...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Bill Climer, Andy Sved, Willie Holmes, Hurricane Heeran, PFC Jeff Miller, Robert Kowalski, Brian Daly, and T. M. Avacado.

Letter replies are by "Barbara" but no Barbara is listed in the editorial masthead.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Deadly Debut of Silver Shade!
    Firestorm
  2. 1. Shades in Silver
    Firestorm
  3. 2. ["Dear Gerry, I can't begin to tell you why..."]
    Nuclear Reactions
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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