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Issue: Longshot #1
Publication Date: September 1985
 
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Is Variant Variant: Canadian
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860282809
Price: $1.00 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
2 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Louise Jones; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: 6-issue limited series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Arthur Adams (signed)
Arthur Adams (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Longshot
Longshot; Mojo; Spiral; Gog; Magog
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Miscellaneous
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A Man without a Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Ann Nocenti
Arthur Adams
Bill Anderson; Whilce Portacio; Scott Williams (assistant inker)
Christie Scheele
Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
superhero
Longshot
Longshot (introduction); Eliot; Quark (introduction); Magog (introduction); Spiral (introduction, villain); Gog (introduction, villain)
Running for his life, Longshot leaps through a portal and arrives on earth with no memory of who he is or where he came from. As he tries to adjust to this strange new world, he is befriended by the dog looking creature, Magog, and the human survivalist nut, Eliot. Longshot and Eliot learn of a woman whose baby has been kidnapped and they decide to rescue her tot. They discover the band of creatures who chased Longshot from his world just as they are preparing to sacrifice the baby to open a portal home. Longshot uses his powers of incredible luck to rescue the baby and escape from Spiral.
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Miscellaneous
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Longshot and Ricochet Rita are based on the physical "look" of Art Adams and Ann Nocenti.

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