Wild Cards #1

(September 1990)

Heart of the Matter (Table of Contents: 1)

Wild Cards / comic story / 47 pages (report information)

Script

Lewis Shiner (credited); Melinda Snodgrass (credited) (pages 8-19); Howard Waldrop (credited) (pages 26-35); Walton Simons (pages 40-47)

Pencils

Barry Kitson (credited) (pages 2-7, 20-25, 36-47); Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice) (pages 8-19); Marshall Rogers (credited) (pages 26-35)

Inks

Keith Williams (credited) (pages 2-7, 20-25, 36-47); Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice) (pages 8-19); Fred Fredericks (credited) (pages 26-35); Harry Candelario (credited) (pages 2-7, 20-25, 36-47)

Colors

Paul Mounts (credited) (pages 2-7, 20-25, 36-47); John Van Fleet (credited) (pages 26-35); Alfred Ramirez (credited) (pages 8-19)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Magic is a lost art these days,

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wild Cards (introduction, origin); Aces (introduction, origin); Jokers (introduction, origin); Jetboy [Robert Tomlin] (introduction, flashback); Popinjay [Jay Ackroyd] (introduction); Capt. Tachyon (introduction); Brain Trust [Blythe Renssaeler] (introduction, flashback, death); Chrysalis; Charles Dutton; Dr. Tod (villain, flashback, introduction, death); Eddy Shiloh (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• in Wild Cards (Marvel, 1991 series) (1991)

Indexer Notes

takes place after WILD CARDS 5: DOWN AND DIRTY, ed. by George R. R. Martin