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Issue: Force Works #5

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Publication Date: November 1994

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Issues: #5 of 22 Issues (35 Printings)

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Variant: Direct Edition Bagged Promotion

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: 09/06/1994

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 75960601526900521

Price: $4.50 CAD
$2.95 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: Enclosed in a polybag which included, the issue with minor changes to the bar code and price as well as a change in color to the masthead, a 16-page Marvel Action Hour Preview magazine of the same size as the comic book and 1 of 6 different acetate prints. The magazine was a Genesis Entertainment promotion for the 1994–1996 syndicated animated television show. The promotion encompassed single issues of 6 titles; Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #394, Force Works (Marvel, 1994 series) #5, Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #310, Marvel Action Hour, Featuring Iron Man (Marvel, 1994 series) #1, Marvel Action Hour, Featuring the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1994 series) #1, and War Machine (Marvel, 1994 series) #8. The promotion also ran a sweepstakes requiring the return of 3 polybags to be eligible to win additional prizes.

On-sale date from Mike's Amazing World / Previews Vol 4 #7 (#67).

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 Force Works #5 [Direct Edition]

Force Works #5 [Direct Edition Bagged Promotion]

Force Works #5 [Newsstand Bagged Edition]

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Content Items (5 total)

Enter: Black Brigade!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

Conflagration

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Boshlovor;

First Line: The war-torn city of Tblunka, in the Baltic nation, Slorenia...

Synopsis: Force Works realize that not everything is black and white with regard to who's the good guys and who's the bad guys in Slorenia. After locating Ember, he reveals to Force Works who he is and why he's fighting against the government. Black Brigade turns up, and Ember is seemingly killed during the fight. Meanwhile, the Recorder is somehow influencing PLATO to forget new crisis alerts.

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Pages: 17

Breakdown

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Genres: superhero

First Line: I am the Rhino!

Synopsis: The Recorder activates a level 9 program while Rachel and Fisher are inside the VR Holosuite, resulting in them being attached by Scatter holograms. Spider-Woman breaks in to save them, and blames Fisher for putting her daughter in danger.

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Pages: 5

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In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: non-fiction

First Line: Hi, True Believers! This one really caught me by surprise. It's one subject that I never expected to cover in my column.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Stan explains how and why he came up with the expression "Excelsior". Also includes News Items, a checklist of issues on sale that week, and a small cover preview of Fantastic Force (Marvel, 1994 series) #1.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from John Devlin, William Sanchez, Mike Rowe, Beth Butcher.