(March 1992)

Dark Horse, 1992 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 3.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]
Editing
Barbara Kesel (managing editor); Randy Stradley (executive editor)

Issue Notes

Contains a "Certificate of Stock" that when combined with the Certificates from issues #1,3-6 can be mailed away to redeem John Byrne's Next Men 12 card trading card set.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Next Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
Matt Webb ?

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Nathan; Bethany; Jasmine
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Next Men / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Byrne ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Next Men - Nathan, Bethany, Jack, Jasmine, and Danny - have made a desperate bid…
Genre
science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

The Story So Far (recap); issue credits; Dark Horse staff credits; indicia.
Inside front cover

Worldview (Table of Contents: 2)

Next Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Matt Webb
Letters
John Byrne (computer)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Next Men [Nathan; Bethany; Jack; Jasmine; Danny]; Tony Murcheson; Control; Senator Hilltop; Sheriff Wyatt Coffey; Willis Ducummen; Sathanas; Dr. Margaret Russell; Deputy Tommy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Next Men's escape continues. The collusion between Senator Hilltop and Sathanas revealed.

What This Certificate Says (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Next Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

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

Next! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Me again — which is to say John.
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
John Byrne, identifying himself as the editor of JBNM, clarifies that he will be answering readers' letters. He also provides a one-page essay, entitled "A Flame About This High…", within the letter column itself, that deals with comic book artists' homages, swipes and plagiarism.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from James Stambaugh, Rol Hirst.

John Byrne's Next Meal (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Flogging a Dead Horse / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Andrw Vachss Hard Looks (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Hard Looks / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Night of the Living Deadline (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Deadline USA / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Next Men
  2. 1. ["The Next Men - Nathan, Bethany, Jack, Jasmine, and Danny - have made a desperate bid…"]
    Next Men
  3. 2. Worldview
    Next Men
  4. 3. What This Certificate Says
    Next Men
  5. 4. ["Me again — which is to say John."]
    Next!
  6. 5. John Byrne's Next Meal
  7. 6. ["I don't know how many of you keep tabs on the ever-growing roster of company employees…"]
    Flogging a Dead Horse
  8. 7. Andrw Vachss Hard Looks
    Hard Looks
  9. 8. Night of the Living Deadline
    Deadline USA
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore