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Issue: Out of the Vortex #1
Publication Date: October 1993
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Issues: #1 of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/1993
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (1 story, 2 covers)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cardstock cover
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Vortex/The Heretic; SEEKERS: Brother Arioc
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In Content Item: FlagSpecial Limited Edition Cinnabar Flats Collection #[nn] published January 1993
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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X

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): X [John Smith 24]
First Line: Surfacing February 1994
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The background image of this advertisement is the B&W line art from the cover to X (Dark Horse Comics; 1994 series) #1.
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From the Maelstrom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Vortex/The Heretic; Lieutenant Eileen Anderson; Brother Paimon (villain, death); Brother Arioc (villain); Sister Jeqon (villain); Brother Rimmon (villain); Colonel Howard; General Blaire; Captain Richmond; Congressman Vincent DeMarco
First Line: Cinnabar Flats, Nevada.
Synopsis: Aliens have come to Earth to destroy the Heretic.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
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Hero Illustrated

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Pitt
First Line: We couldn't pack-in gold, so we got the next best thing...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for an upcoming issue of Hero Illustrated featuring Pitt's next comic with a foil enhanced cover and exclusive Pitt information released nowhere else.

After page 15 of From the Maelstrom.
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RoboCop versus the Terminator

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, science fiction, superhero
Character(s): RoboCop [Officer Alex Murphy]; The Terminator [T-800]
First Line: A match made in Hell
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Video game ad featuring art from the video game.

Before page 16 of From the Maelstrom.
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Warhammer 40,000

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (game art); ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (game art); ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (game art); ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Games Workshop
Character(s): Imperial Space Marine
First Line: In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war.
Synopsis: Advertisement for Warhammer 40,000 featuring a piece of game artwork depicting a battle scene and a photograph of an actual-size Imperial Space Marine miniature. Creators have not been credited.
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Pages: 1
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Out of the Mailbox

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Stu Hiner (photo); Vortex/The Heretic
First Line: Yes, sports fans, it's that time once again...
Synopsis: Letters from readers: Michael Neely, Daniel Johansson, Robb Turnage, Mike Diamond, Carl Pietrantonio, Ross Berger, John Migala, Bart Gerardi, and Don Cromie with responses from Jennie Bricker.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Stu Hiner is named within letter responses as a Dark Horse Comics computer colorist.
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Star Wars Dark Empire

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Star Wars: Dark Empire (1993) softcover collection from Dark Horse Comics.
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Finish Line

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Read the following list.
Synopsis: A description of the creative and publication intentions for the Legend imprint of Dark Horse Comics.
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Pages: 1
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Out of the Vortex

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Vortex/The Heretic
First Line: Who is the mysterious and god-like being who emerged...
Synopsis: Advertisement for Out of the Vortex (Dark Horse Comics; 1993 series) #2.
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Pages: 1
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Horror Writers of America Nineteen Ninety-Two

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alien Queen [Xenomorph Queen]
First Line: Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Novelette
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Aliens: Tribes (Dark Horse Comics; 1992) graphic novel available in hard and softcover after winning the prestigious Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Novelette (1992).

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