A-Next #4
(January 1999)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics 2 [MC2]
Barcode
759606037902 00411
Editing
Tom DeFalco (editor); Pete Franco (Assistant Editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Introducing... American Dream and Her Astounding Dream Team (Table of Contents)

A-Next / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors
Bob Sharen (signed); Tom Smith (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
American Dream; Thunderstrike (in poster); Stinger (in poster); J2 (in poster); Mainframe (in poster); Freebooter (in poster); Bluestreak (in poster); Crimson Curse (in poster); Spider-Girl (in poster); Coal Tiger (in poster); Earth Sentry (in poster); Darkdevil (in poster)

Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #16 (May 1965)

Cover Thumbnail for A-Next (Marvel, 1998 series) #4 Cover Thumbnail for A-Next (1998 series) #4 [Newsstand]
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Who Shall Be Worthy? (Table of Contents: 1)

A-Next / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco; Ron Frenz (Plot)
Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Brett Breeding
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
A-Next [Thunderstrike [Kevin Masterson]; Mainframe; Stinger [Cassie Lang]; J2 [Zane Yama]]; Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; American Dream [Shannon Carter]; Freebooter [Brandon Cross]; Bluestreak [Blue Kelso]; Crimson Curse [Aerika Harkness]; Vibraxas [N'Kano]; Agent 33; Coal Tiger [T'Chaka]; Soldiers of the Serpent; Edwin Jarvis
Synopsis
Four new members join the new Avengers just in time to save the Black Panther's son Coal Tiger from the Soldiers of the Serpent.

Indexer Notes

First full appearance of American Dream, Freebooter, Crimson Curse, and Bluestreak. First appearance of the Future Black Panther's son, the Coal Tiger.

A-Next (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

LOC from readers Kevin Marleau, Darren Washington, Matt Kramer, Tom Keenan, Steve Bartancello and Bob Kowalski.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Introducing... American Dream and Her Astounding Dream Team
    A-Next
  2. 1. Who Shall Be Worthy?
    A-Next
  3. 2. A-Next
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