Deathmate #Prologue
(September 1993)

Image / Acclaim, 1993 Series
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Price
2.95 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1993
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Valiant
Brand
Valiant / Image
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Bob Layton (credited) (editor-in-chief); Steven Massarsky (credited as Steven J. Massarsky) (publisher); Kevin VanHook (credited) (executive editor); Mark Moretti (credited) (editor); Tony Bedard (credited) (editorial coordinator); Julie Crimmins (credited) (assistant editor); Tony Lobito (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Deathmate / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Lee (signed as JIM LEE)
Inks
Bob Layton (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Archer; Armstrong [Aram Anni-Padda]; Battlestone [John Annex Stone]; Bloodshot; Geomancer [Geoff McHenry]; Prophet; Ripclaw [Robert Bearclaw]; Solar [Phil Seleski]; Void [Adrianna Tereshkova]; X-O Manowar [Aric Dacia]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Chapter 1: A Love to End All Time (Table of Contents: 2)

Deathmate / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton (credited)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited)
Inks
Jim Lee (credited)
Colors
Joe Chiodo (credited)
Letters
Michael Heisler (credited as Mike Heisler)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't try to stop me, Phil--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Solar [Phil Seleski]; Void [Adrianna Tereshkova]; Gayle (death)
Synopsis
Heartbroken, Solar goes to Unreality where he meets Void and they become one.

Deathmate Red (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Harbinger #25 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Bloodshot (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Shadowman (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

The Second Life of Doctor Mirage 2 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Universal Truth, Part II (Table of Contents: 9)

Deathmate / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton (credited)
Pencils
Rob Liefeld (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited); Danny Miki (credited) (with); Dan Panosian (credited) (with)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Images...! Some familiar-- some not--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Badrock [Thomas John McCall]; Geomancer [Geoff McHenry]; John Prophet; Ripclaw [Robert Berresford]; Seahawk [Marc Barros]; Solar [Phil Seleski]; Spartan [Yon Kohl]; Supreme [Ethan Crane]; WarBlade [Reno Bryce]; H.A.R.D.C.A.T.s [Bloodshot; Shaft; Diehard; Shadowman; Grifter; Zealot; Voodoo; Lord Emp];
Wild Corps [Hotshot [Christine Eastman]; Zephyr; Sting];
Atlas; Berzerkers
Synopsis
The Geomancer gets visions of the worlds merging and that there is no future.

Union (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Youngblood Strikefile #2 (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Brigade 0 (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Progard / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Deathmate Black (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Deathmate
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Chapter 1: A Love to End All Time
    Deathmate
  4. 3. Deathmate Red
    Bloodshot; Youngblood
  5. 4. Harbinger #25
    Harbinger
  6. 5. Bloodshot
    Bloodshot
  7. 6. Shadowman
    Shadowman
  8. 7. The Second Life of Doctor Mirage 2
    Doctor Mirage
  9. 8. ["Wilder than ever!"]
  10. 9. Universal Truth, Part II
    Deathmate
  11. 10. Union
    Union
  12. 11. Youngblood Strikefile #2
    Youngblood
  13. 12. Brigade 0
    Brigade
  14. 13. ["Eventually, everyone will be able to buy skins and bones at their local dealer."]
    Progard
  15. 14. Deathmate Black
    Deathmate
  16. 15. ["The biggest cross-over event in the history of comics... continues!"]
    Deathmate
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
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