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Issue: Dreadstar #4
Publication Date: July 2001
 
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Title: The Secret of Z
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSlave Labor
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Indicia Publisher: SLG Publishing
On Sale Date: 08/22/2001
Volume: 4
Pages: 188
ISBN: 0943151465
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $16.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Vanth Dreadstar
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Dreadstar; Dr. Anton A. Lanstrom Mezlo
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Part One: Mindtrap

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Dr. Mezlo (introduction); Lord Papal; Maxilon; Willow; Dreadstar; Syzygy Darklock; Z; King Gregzor (dies)
The world is named Altarix.
Willow saves Dreadstar from a trap set by Mezlo. Z kills King Gregzor. Aknaton's grave is found to be empty.
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Oedi
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Part Two: Betrayal

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Lord Papal; Z; Dreadstar; Oedi; Willow; Skeevo; Syzygy Darklock
The site: A barren planet known only as JRW-3.
Z betrays the Monarchy and schemes to get Dreadstar alone for a battle. Vanth recounts much of his past and expresses his fears that Z is really Aknaton.
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Dreadstar; Z
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Part Three: Confrontation

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science fiction
Dreadstar; Z (origin); Gregzor; Oedi; Syzygy Darklock; Willow; Skeevo; Lord Papal
Behold the Anger of Vanth Dreadstar, your highness.
Z - 7458 is seen to be a Zygotean survivor of Dreadstar's purge of the Milky Way galaxy. Z has turned Gregzor into a cyborg. He captures Dreadstar and leaves him to die.
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Dreadstar
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Part Four: Maniac

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Dreadstar; Z; Gregzor; Lord Papal; Skeevo; Willow
Dreadstar survives Z's trap and battles him to the death. Gregzor is also killed in the story. The Instrumentality conquers Jewelworld and wins the War.
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The Lord High Papal
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Part Five: Origin!

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The Lord High Papal (origin); Cardinal Sydar
As the Instrumentality begins its Holy Cleansing, the High Lord Papal recalls his childhood in this origin story. Infra Red and Ultra Violet are also introduced briefly.
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Tuetun; Oedi; Willow; Syzygy; Skeevo
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Part Six: Slasher!

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science fiction
Dreadstar; Dr. Delphi (introduction); Tuetun; Oedi; Syzygy; Willow; Skeevo; The Lord High Papal; Cardinal Sydar
The Slasher is crushed by Tuetun who falls off of a building while fighting Skeevo, who saves Oedi, Willow, and Syzygy from the big guy's wrath.
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Dreadstar gets his new 'superhero' costume in this story.

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