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Issue: A Shadowline Saga: "Critical Mass" #4
Publication Date: April 1990
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Issues: #4 of 7 Issues
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Epic Comics; A Shadowline Saga
Indicia Publisher: Epic Comics
On Sale Date: 02/06/1990
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: 0871356058
UPC/EAN: 02488523051204
Price: $6.25 CAD
$4.95 USD
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Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marc McLaurin (managing editor); Carl Potts (executive editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Cardstock Glossy cover; Glossy interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Limited Series
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Book Four of Seven

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Kevin O'Neill (signed)
Inker(s): Kevin O'Neill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Zero
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Pages: 1
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Credits and recap

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shadowline
First Line: They were almost human.
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Pages: 1
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Foreword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Chichester [as D. G. Chichester]; Margaret Clark
Penciller(s): Jim Lee
Inker(s): Jim Lee
Colorist(s): Steve Buccellato; Christie Scheele; Nelson Yomtov [as Nel Yomtov]
Letterer(s): Michael Heisler; Bill Oakley; Brad K. Joyce [as Brad Joyce]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shadowline
Character(s): Adam Neushuk; John Nighthunter; Patty Richardson
First Line: I never was much good talking to myself--
Synopsis: Neushuk reflects on the events of the recent past that have ended up with his loved ones killed and/or missing.
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Chapter seven: The Mouth of Truth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Chichester [as D. G. Chichester]; Margaret Clark
Penciller(s): Mike Manley
Inker(s): Mike Manley
Colorist(s): Steve Buccellato; Christie Scheele; Nelson Yomtov [as Nel Yomtov]
Letterer(s): Michael Heisler; Bill Oakley; Brad K. Joyce [as Brad Joyce]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Zero
Character(s): Brother Angus; Professor Clerk; Sheila Willis; Gramon
First Line: In the desert, there are no secrets.
Synopsis: Brother Angus decides to don the sacred armor in order to defeat the "dragon", Doctor Zero. Meanwhile, Professor Clerk becomes one step closer to linking all of America's nuclear power plants into a deadly chain reaction.
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Pages: 28
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Interlude

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Chichester [as D. G. Chichester]; Margaret Clark
Penciller(s): Dan Spiegle
Inker(s): Dan Spiegle
Colorist(s): Steve Buccellato; Christie Scheele; Nelson Yomtov [as Nel Yomtov]
Letterer(s): Carrie Spiegle
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shadowline
Character(s): Donald Gaffney; General Retler
First Line: Donald Gaffney, USN, on detachment to Military Response and Covert Techniques Squadron-- colloquially known as the Merchants.
Synopsis: General Retler starts to question the motives of Professor Clerk when Clerk is involved in the theft of some ultra-sensitive sensors at a retired ABM facility.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Chichester [as D. G. Chichester]; Margaret Clark
Penciller(s): Gray Morrow
Inker(s): Gray Morrow
Colorist(s): Steve Buccellato; Christie Scheele; Nelson Yomtov [as Nel Yomtov]
Letterer(s): Michael Heisler; Bill Oakley; Brad K. Joyce [as Brad Joyce]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Powerline
Character(s): Gordon; Victor; General Retler; Gramon; Lenore; Ripley
First Line: Daddy... are you okay?
Synopsis: Ripley and Victor decide to tell the government what they know about Professor Clerk but quickly realize that the U.S. government itself is involved when soon after a meeting with government officials hitmen are dispatched to kill them. Ripley admits that they will need help to defeat this conspiracy so they decide to enlist the help of the Order and Doctor Zero.
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Pages: 28

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