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Issue: Harbinger: The Beginning #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2007
 
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Indicia Publisher: Valiant Entertainment LLC
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 208
ISBN: 0979640903
UPC/EAN: 978097964090252495
Price: $26.95 CAD
$24.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dinesh Shamdasani (Chief Creative Officer)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Hall (signed)
Joe Rubinstein [as JR] (signed)
Chrysoula Artemis (signed)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Sting; Zepplin; Flamingo; Torque; Kris; Toyo Harada
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Miscellaneous
1
The Beginning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Lapham
David Lapham
Kathryn Bolinger
Jorge Gonzalez (Original Colorist); James Lewis (Digital Colorist)
Joe Albelo
Bob Layton (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Sting [Peter Stanchek]; Kris Hathaway; Weasel; Eel; Lump; Toyo Harada
Sting discovers his powers and writes to the Harbinger Foundation. Toyo Harada attempts to train Sting and has his friend Joe Irons killed. When Harada realizes that Sting is too powerful to control and attempts to have him killed, Sting and Kris escape and hit the road.
Reprinting
FlagHarbinger #0 [Coupon giveaway] published February 1993
was The Beginning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
16
Children of the Eighth Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
David Lapham
John Dixon
Janet Jackson (Original Colorist); Knob Row (Original Colorist); Rob Ruffolo (Digital Colorist)
John Costanza
Janet Jackson (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Sting [Peter Stanchek]; Kris Hathaway; Zephyr [Faith Herbert; a.k.a. Zepplin]; Flamingo [Charlene Dupre]; Torque [John Torkelson]; Weasel; Eel; Lump; Todd Bevins
Sting and Kris recruit Zephyr, Flamingo and Torque to oppose Toyo Harada's Harbinger organization. Harada's henchmen attack them and injure Kris.
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FlagHarbinger #1 published January 1992
was Children of the Eighth Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Root of All Evil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
David Lapham
John Dixon
Janet Jackson (Original Colorist); Maria Beccari (Original Colorist); Knob Row (Original Colorist); Dennis Calero (Digital Colorist)
John Costanza
Janet Jackson (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Sting [Peter Stanchek]; Kris Hathaway; Zephyr [Faith Herbert; a.k.a. Zepplin]; Flamingo [Charlene Dupre]; Torque [John Torkelson]; Weasel; Toyo Harada; Doctor Lawrence Heyward; Rock; Swallow; Sparrow
Sting, Zephyr, Flamingo and Torque take injured Kris to a hospital. Doctor Heyward patches Kris up and allows the team to stay at his beach house. The team invades Harbinger headquarters and robs Harada's safe.
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FlagHarbinger #2 published February 1992
was The Root of All Evil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
One Small Step...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
David Lapham
John Dixon
Janet Jackson (Original Colorist); Maria Beccari (Original Colorist); Jorge Gonzalez (Original Colorist); Mickey Clausen (Digital Colorist); Derek Santiago (Digital Colorist)
Ken Lopez
Janet Jackson (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Sting [Peter Stanchek]; Kris Hathaway; Zephyr [Faith Herbert; a.k.a. Zepplin]; Flamingo [Charlene Dupre]; Torque [John Torkelson]; Ax; Rexo
Sting, Kris, Zephyr, Flamingo and Torque locate Ax, an electronics whiz, who breaks into Harada's disks. Ax commandeers an alien spacecraft that takes them to the aliens' headquarters on the moon. Rexo, their human ally, recruits Ax to help build the aliens a spacecraft to escape from the solar system, but the team fights back.
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FlagHarbinger #3 published March 1992
was One Small Step... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Where the Love-Light Gleams...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
David Lapham
John Dixon
Janet Jackson (Original Colorist); Maria Beccari (Original Colorist); John Hunt (Digital Colorist)
Anthony J. Avon
Janet Jackson (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Sting [Peter Stanchek]; Kris Hathaway; Zephyr [Faith Herbert; a.k.a. Zepplin]; Flamingo [Charlene Dupre]; Torque [John Torkelson]; Ax; Rexo; Bazooka [Eugen Mulholland]; Spikeman [Donald W. Tietz]; Fort [Frank C. Treese]
Flamingo defeats Rexo and Ax. Sting, Kris, Zephyr, Flamingo, Torque and Ax return to Earth and discover that six months have gone by. The team members return to their homes for Christmas. Ax assembles a team of Harbingers to attack Torque, but Sting's team reunites and defeats them.
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FlagHarbinger #4 published April 1992
was Where the Love-Light Gleams... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
All for One...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter; Janet Jackson
David Lapham
John Dixon
Maria Beccari (Original Colorist); Veronica Rosado (Digital Colorist)
Joe Albelo
Don Perlin (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
the Eggbreakers [Puff; Rock; Swallow; Thumper]; the Harbinger kids [Flamingo; Kris Hathaway; Sting; Torque; Zephyr [Zepplin]]; Solar; Toyo Harada
The Harbinger kids track down Harada in Dallas. Solar and Sting then help a desperate Puff who has lost control of his deadly powers.
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FlagHarbinger #5 published May 1992
was All for One... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
One for All

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
David Lapham
Gonzalo Mayo
Maria Beccari (Original & Digital Colorist); Knob Row (Original Colorist); Chrysoula Artemis (Digital Colorist);
George Roberts Jr.
Don Perlin (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
the Eggbreakers [Puff; Rock; Swallow; Thumper]; the Harbinger kids [Flamingo; Kris Hathaway; Sting; Torque; Zephyr [Zepplin]]; Solar; Toyo Harada
Reprinting
FlagHarbinger #6 published June 1992
was One For All [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
Flowers for the Living

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
David Lapham
Gonzalo Mayo
Maria Beccari (Original Colorist); James Lewis (Digital Colorist, pp. 1-5); Veronica Rosado (Digital Colorist, pp. 6-22)
Jade Moede
Don Perlin (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
the Harbinger kids [Flamingo; Kris Hathaway; Sting; Torque; Zephyr [Zepplin]]
Reprinting
FlagHarbinger #7 published July 1992
was Flowers for the Living [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
The Story of Harada

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
David Lapham
Bob Layton
Chrysoula Artemis (Digital Colorist); Ian Sokoliwski (Digital Colorist)
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Toyo Harada
Reprinting
FlagHarbinger #1 published January 1992
was The Story of Harada [Harbinger Coupon #1] [Illustration on Dustjacket]
FlagHarbinger #2 published February 1992
was The Story of Harada [Harbinger Coupon #2] [Illustration on Dustjacket]
FlagHarbinger #3 published March 1992
was The Story of Harada [Harbinger Coupon #3] [Illustration on Dustjacket]
FlagHarbinger #4 published April 1992
was The Story of Harada [Harbinger Coupon #4] [Illustration on Dustjacket]
FlagHarbinger #5 published May 1992
was The Story of Harada [Harbinger Coupon #5] [Illustration on Dustjacket]
FlagHarbinger #6 published June 1992
was The Story of Harada [Harbinger Coupon #6] [Illustration on Dustjacket]
 
Miscellaneous
3
The "Story of Harada" was originally serialized in Black & White on the reverse side of the six mail away coupons bound into Harbinger issues #1-6.
Origin of Harada

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Hall
Bob Almond
Rob Ruffolo (Digital Colorist)
Chris Eliopoulos
Dinesh Shamdasani
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Toyo Harada
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
This page serves as a "cover" for the following story.
Failsafe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
Bob Hall
Joe Rubinstein
Rob Ruffolo (Digital Colorist)
Chris Eliopoulos
Dinesh Shamdasani
Subject Matter
superhero
Harbinger
Toyo Harada; Noriko
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7

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