Beauty and the Beast #1 [Newsstand]

(December 1984)

Beauty and the Beast Part 1 (Table of Contents: 1)

Beast; Dazzler / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Ann Nocenti (credited)

Pencils

Don Perlin (credited)

Inks

Kim DeMulder (credited)

Colors

George Roussos (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If it weren't for this room, I would forget entirely...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Beast [Hank McCoy] (also in flashback); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (also in flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain) (also in flashback); Alexander Flynn (villain, first appearance, also in flashback); Kate (first appearance); Hugo Longride (villain, first appearance); Poltergeist; Max Rocker (first appearance); Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Ralph Novak; Boris Karloff; Harrison Ford

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Beast is on vacation from the Defenders and heads to Hollywood to hang out with Wonder Man. Dazzler, whose career was ruined, is attending a party when she is approached by Alexander Flynn who wants her to perform at an experimental underground theater. Tired of being out of the limelight, she agrees and signs a contract with Hugo Longride. Hank and Simon run into Dazzler at another party and are disgusted by the sleazy new company she is keeping. Dazzler's powers begin to erupt out of control and she abruptly disappears. Beast tracks her down and promises to take care of her.

Reprints

• in Coleccíon Extra Superheroes (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #12 (Octubre 1985)
• in Limited Serie (Juniorpress, 1985 series) #4 (1987)
• in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Editions Lug, 1984 series) #15 - La Belle et la Bête ([août] 1987)
• in Essential Dazzler (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 [black and white]
• in X-Men: Beauty & The Beast (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)
• in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #7 ([May] 2013) [black and white]
• in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #8 - The New Defenders (2018)

Indexer Notes

Continued from Marvel Graphic Novel (Marvel, 1982 series) #12 (Dazzler: The Movie where she was outed as a mutant).