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Issue: Out of the Vortex #1
Publication Date: October 1993
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

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

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
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
Cinnabar Flats, Nevada.
Aliens have come to Earth to destroy the Heretic.
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Miscellaneous
24
Hero Illustrated

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Pitt
We couldn't pack-in gold, so we got the next best thing...
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Miscellaneous
1
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.
RoboCop versus the Terminator

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

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

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (game art); ? (photograph)
? (game art); ? (photograph)
? (game art); ? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
Games Workshop
Imperial Space Marine
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war.
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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Miscellaneous
1
Out of the Mailbox

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
Stu Hiner (photo); Vortex/The Heretic
Yes, sports fans, it's that time once again...
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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Miscellaneous
3
Stu Hiner is named within letter responses as a Dark Horse Comics computer colorist.
Star Wars Dark Empire

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

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

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

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Alien Queen [Xenomorph Queen]
Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Novelette
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Miscellaneous
1
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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