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Issue: DNAgents #1
Publication Date: June 2004
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title: Born Orphans
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAbout Comics
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Indicia Publisher: About Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 180
ISBN: 0971633878
UPC/EAN: 978097163387250995
Price: $9.95 USD
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Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Reprints DNAgents (Eclipse) #1-#6.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white; color cover
Dimensions: 5.75 in. x 7.75 in.
Paper Stock: bond paper with stiff glossy cover stock
Binding: perfect bound
Publishing Format: on-going ?
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Surge; Tank; Rainbow; Amber; Sham]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Blank Page

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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover is blank.
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DNAGents

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: DNAgents logo, with no other text or art.
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Blank Page

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back of first title page is blank.
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DNAgents

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Volume One: Born Orphans
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title page with DNAgents logo and some credits. Reverse is indicia. No art on either page.
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Born Orphans

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Amber; Rainbow; Sham; Surge; Tank]; Professor Harden; Hotchkiss; Angela Krell; Lucius Krell; Tawny Shepherd; Casey; Kim; assassin [identified in next issue as Luger]; Proto-1 (cameo); Rene
First Line: When did I become aware?
Synopsis: The DNAgents are five genetically engineered super-powered beings made to look like human teenagers. They were made by Matrix, Inc., whose president, Lucius Krell, deploys them to rescue his daughter from a kidnapping he staged. Later, their trainer Tawny Shepherd enrolls them at Beechgrove University.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Lucius Krell calls Harden "Professor". Sham calls Harden "Doctor".
Proto-1 is visible on page 5 but is not directly referred to at any point and is only mentioned briefly. Printed in black and white with some graytones added. The colorist credit for the original has been removed.
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Stalked!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Amber; Rainbow; Sham; Surge; Tank]; Professor Harden; Angela Krell; Lucius Krell; Tawny Shepherd; Electron; Kim; Luger; Positron; Proto-1; Rene; Alexi Vlasov
First Line: The company had always wanted to own everything, including the people who worked for it.
Synopsis: Surge continues to act as Angela Krell's bodyguard against the assassin Luger. The others investigate ex-Matrix employee Alexi Vlasov, who has been sequestered at their university.
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Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Lucius Krell calls Harden "Doctor". Printed in black and white with some graytones added. Original colorist's name has been removed from the credits. The inker is credited as "Alan Gordon" in the original and as "Al Gordon" in this reprint. (Same person.)
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Somewhat Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Amber; Rainbow; Sham; Surge; Tank]; Dr. Harden; Angela Krell (also as Proto-1 in flashback); Lucius Krell; Tawny Shepherd; Electron (cameo); Luger; Positron (cameo); Alexi Vlasov
First Line: Five heroes ... Born of chemicals and each trained to be a special agent of the Matrix Corporation.
Synopsis: Alexi Vlasov uses Sham's body to power a giant robot body he calls Mega-Man and uses it to destroy Matrix, Inc. headquarters. When Sham escapes, Vlasov appears to die in the resulting explosion. After Luger manages to kill Angela, Surge learns from Lucius that she was Proto-1, grown using the DNA of the real Angela who had been murdered eleven years earlier. Lucius also suggests that Surge was grown from his own DNA after Harden tells the group that Vlasov's attack has destroyed the recorded research used to create them, making Lucius' claim impossible to verify.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Despite the revelation that the second Angela was Proto-1, there was a copy of the Proto-1 body clearly visible in Harden's lab in the first two issues. Harden is now referred to as "Doctor" by all characters. Printed in black and white with some graytones added. The name of the original colorist has been removed from the credits in this reprint.
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Who Killed Angela Krell the First Time?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Amber; Rainbow; Sham; Surge; Tank]; Senator J. Wilson Bagley; Casey; Crossfire [Jeff Baker]; Lucius Krell
First Line: Two days ago, someone shot and killed Angela Krell --
Synopsis: Surge tries to unearth the buried story of the death of the original Angela Krell. He assumes Crossfire killed her.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Printed in black and white with some graytones added. The name of the original colorist has been removed from the credits line and the rest of the names spaced out to fill in the space.
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The Man with the Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Amber
Character(s): Amber; Kim; Damon Hancock
First Line: I'm late. Kim's already here.
Synopsis: A celebrated author with an obnoxious personality comes to watch a play at Amber's college. His cruel criticism of the play leads to a violent confrontation with a cast member.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The pages were printed out of order in the original. They are printed in the correct order here. Printed in black and white with graytones added. The name of the colorist of the original has been removed from the credits here, with the rest of the names spaced out to fill the extra space.
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Who Killed Angela Krell the Second Time?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Amber; Rainbow; Sham; Surge; Tank]; Casey; Crossfire [Jeff Baker]; Dr. Harden; Hotchkiss; Kim; Lucius Krell; Luger; Rene; Chic Saxon; Tawny Shepherd
Synopsis: Surge tries again to attack Crossfire and his teammates try to stop him. Their appearance in public draws out Luger, who has orders to assassinate them. Crossfire and Luger are both arrested.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Printed in black and white with some graytones added. The name of the original colorist has been removed from the credits line and the rest of the names spaced out to fill in the space.
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DNAgents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Amber; Rainbow; Sham; Surge; Tank]; Casey; The Commander; Dr. Harden; Hotchkiss; Kim; Lucius Krell; Luger; Rene; Tawny Shepherd
First Line: You can't quit! Well, I won't let you, that's why.
Synopsis: Krell is kidnapped and brought to Buran, South Africa. He learns that his captor, The Commander, was the one who hired Luger to assassinate Angela and the DNAgents. The DNAgents rescue Krell.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Printed in black and white with some graytones added. The name of the original colorist has been removed from the credits line and the rest of the names spaced out to fill in the space.
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The DNAgents Scrapbook

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): DNAgents [Amber; Rainbow; Sham; Surge; Tank]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Six pin-ups: one of the team and one each of the individual members.
Printed in black and white with some graytones added. The credit for the original colorist has been removed. There is no official credit in this sequence for script or letterer in the original or this reprint.
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What Happens Next?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DNAgents; About Comics
First Line: Find out in DNAgents Volume two
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All text promo for the next volume "available January 2005." on a graytone background.
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There's More to Crossfire than Meets the Eye!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crossfire; About Comics
Character(s): Crossfire
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Crossfire Volume One, featuring the color cover of the issue printed here in grayscale. "Available September 2004."
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They're the Heroes!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Liberty Project; About Comics
Character(s): Liberty Project
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for "The Liberty Project" trade paperback.
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What Else Is Coming from About Comics?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): It's Only a Game; About Comics
First Line: Find out at www.AboutComics.com
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Generic promo for About Comics website, illustrated with the "preliminary cover" to "It's Only a Game," a reprint book of Charles M. Schulz newspaper panels.
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Blank Page

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover is blank.
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They Have the Powers of Gods

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DNAgents; About Comics
First Line: The Bodies of Teenagers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. All text promo of the issue with a tan background and a very large barcode.

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