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Issue: The Comet #1
Publication Date: October 1983
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Red Circle Comics GroupView Brand Images
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On Sale Date: 1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD
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Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill DuBay (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: The cover states that this is #1 of a 6 issue mini series, but the title was cancelled after issue 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Baxter interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Miniseries
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Reintroducing: A Comics Legend! The Blood-Thirsty Cosmic Avenger!

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Alex Niño
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Comet
Character(s): the Comet; Naija
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Pages: 2
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Innocence Lost

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill DuBay
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An introduction to the Comet by the editor and writer of the book.
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Pages: 1
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The Origin of The Comet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill DuBay
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Alex Niño
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Billy DuBay Jr.
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Comet
Character(s): Comet [John Dickering]; the Shield [Joe Higgins]; Thelma Gordon (flashback); Black Hood (flashback); Steel Sterling (flashback); Allen Lucas (flashback); Dr. Archer (flashback, dies in this story); Zadar (flashback, dies in this story); Flavius of Altrox (flashback); Naija of Altrox (flashback); Bob Dickering (flashback, becomes the Hangman after the Comet dies)
Synopsis: John Dickering and Joe Higgins share an apartment and John tells Joe all about the secret history of the Comet, including the deaths he caused through the use of his powers.
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Pages: 19
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The Hangman's Noose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill DuBay
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Rudy Nebres
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (written in Japanese)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; The Hangman [Dr. Steve Dickering] (Bob's son); Lori (Bob's nurse); Thelma Dickering (Bob's wife, the former Thelma Gordon); Timmy Carpenter; Mrs. Carpenter
Synopsis: Bob Dickering lies dying in a hospital as his son Steve dons the costume to become the new Hangman. Steve wants nothing to do with his father, and goes to avenge the beating of a young boy by a street gang.
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Pages: 10

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