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Issue: Surge #3
Publication Date: October 1984
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEclipse
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Indicia Publisher: Eclipse Enterprises
On Sale Date: 1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.95 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Baxter interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Surge
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Pages: 1
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Name This Column

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Name This Column
First Line: The big change
Synopsis: Goings-on at Eclipse: Jan Mullaney retires. Dean Mullaney becomes publisher. Cat Yronwode becomes editor-in-chief. Cat tells a story about her history. Announcement of former Pacific Comics issues to be published by Eclipse: Groo Special #1; Rocketeer Special Edition #1; Siegel and Shuster, Dateline 1930s; Bernie Wrightson, Master of the Macabre #5; Strange Days #1, Pressbutton #1. Name this column contest.
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Arrest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Surge
Character(s): Luger [Thomas Gordon Hanley] (corpse) ; unnamed county coroner (death) ; Angela (flashback); Kathy Belasco; Lugar's widow (cameo); Jay Endicott; Judge Llewellyn Day; Quayle
First Line: The tag said he was file 84-178 and noted that the body had been burned beyond recognition.
Synopsis: Luger lies dead in the morgue, burnt. The coroner steps away and when he returns, a shadowy figure burns him to death. Amber and Sham see the news and wonder if Surge could have committed murder. A cop sees Surge and tries to arrest him, but Surge melts his gun. Lancer vows before the media to catch Surge. Surge tries to contact Kathy, but she's on a retreat, reflecting on her nightmares. Lancer attacks Surge. They fight and Lancer wins. Surge is locked up and a trial is arranged. Lancer basks in media attention. Kathy visits Surge but can't speak with him. She then asks Lancer to help Surge.
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Pages: 20
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Text Page

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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Another article, only tenuously about this comic...
Synopsis: Memoir about creating a magazine in high school. Blurb about Surge issue #4.
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S.B. 108

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sham
Character(s): Senator J. Wilson Bagley; Mr. Hotchkiss; Dona; Tracy
First Line: Most of the time, he was alone--
Synopsis: Two women introduce themselves to Sham. He turns into a green spiky lizardman and scares them away. Stiletto asks Sham for help fix the corruption in her country of Santa Avaricia. They attend a Senate hearing and Stiletto tries to speak out. Sham gets her out of trouble by turning into President Reagan. They sneak into Senator Bagley's office and confront him, escaping out the window. They confirm bribery by calling President Hotchkiss of Matrix. Sham goes on TV as Senator Bagley to denounce the corrupt Santa Avaricia government and threaten to expose the bribery to win the senator's silence.
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Pages: 8
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Crossfire

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Crossfire
Synopsis: Promo for Crossfire series.
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Strange Days

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Strange Days
First Line: Spread the word!
Synopsis: Promo for series "Strange Days"
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Zot!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Zot
First Line: Zot! by Scott McCloud
Synopsis: Promo for series "Zot!"
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The Masked Man

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Masked Man
First Line: The book you demanded we publish
Synopsis: Promo for series "The Masked Man"
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