(September 1992)

Dark Horse, 1992 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 3.00 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1992-10-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]
Editing
Barbara Kesel (managing editor); Randy Stradley (executive editor)

Issue Notes

On-Sale date from "The Finish Line" in Terminator: Endgame (Dark Horse Comics, 1992 series) #2.

[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
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Next Men [Scanner [Nathan]; Hardbody [Bethany]; Brawn [Jack]; Bounce [Jasmine]; Sprint [Danny]]
Reprints

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Parallel Part One (Table of Contents: 2)

Next Men / comic story / 20 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 [Scanner [Nathan]; Hardbody [Bethany]; Brawn [Jack]; Bounce [Jasmine]; Sprint [Danny]]; Tony Murcheson; Control [Willis Ducummen]; Senator Aldus Hilltop; Mr. Boradin; Amanda Watson
Synopsis
After recovering from injuries Murcheson is brought up to date on what is going on with the Next Men.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ducummen and Murcheson have been training the Next Men for six months since issue #5.

Panel 2 of page 20 is identical to panel 2 on page 4 of the M4 story.

Dr Giggles (Table of Contents: 3)

Dr. Giggles / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
Doug Mahnke (signed as DM)
Inks
Doug Mahnke (signed as DM)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Giggles

Indexer Notes

Pull out poster advertising the upcoming Dr. Giggles (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #1, and 2.

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

Next! / letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, here's the kind of letter I love to get!
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Will Meugniot, Trent Rogers, Dr. Christopher Robin Binns, and Augie De Blieck Jr.

Last part of the Next Men side of the flip book.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

The Finish Line / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Encounter (Table of Contents: 6)

M4 / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Amanda Watson; Senator Aldus Hilltop; Mark Ivey
Synopsis
Amanda hits a mysterious man with her car.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Intro Amanda Watson and Mark Ivey. Story told with no words.

Panel 2 of page 4 is identical to panel 2 on page 20 of the Next Men story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Encounter (Table of Contents: 8)

M4 / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Matt Webb ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Amanda Watson; Mike Ivey

Indexer Notes

This cover and M4 story are part of a "flip book" labeled #1.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Next Men
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Parallel Part One
    Next Men
  4. 3. Dr Giggles
    Dr. Giggles
  5. 4. ["Now, here's the kind of letter I love to get!"]
    Next!
  6. 5. ["Last month in this column I gave aspiring writers the lowdown on the kind of effort and perseverance it takes to break into comics."]
    The Finish Line
  7. 6. Encounter
    M4
  8. 7. ["MIV win your next t-shirt!"]
  9. 8. Encounter
    M4
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore