In Harm's Way - Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Art by Rich Buckler and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Harm is a super-powered mob enforcer...or is he? Hardware steps over the line and into Harm's way, looking for the truth. 1st app of Harm, Transit. This issue leads directly into the first-ever Milestone crossover, SHADOW WAR.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
Shadow and Act - Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Art by Denys Cowan, Bob Smith, Prentis Rollins, Joe Brozowski (as J.J. Birch) and Chris Williams (as ChrisCross). Cover by Walt Simonson.
SHADOW WAR, the Milestone line's first crossover event, begins here. War breaks out in the Dakota Universe as Iron Butterfly, the ferrokinetic field commander of the Shadow Cabinet, enlists Hardware into her service. Transit, Headmaster, Holocaust, Harm, Shadow Cabinet, Iron Butterfly app; 1st app Dharma, Shadowspire, Star Chamber. Continues in Icon (1993) #9. All the Milestone titles this month have a unique cover design unifying them for the SHADOW WAR crossover. The cover of this issue features spot-varnished art by Walt Simonson, and a metallic fifth ink.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
No Harm Done - Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Art by Rich Buckler and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Mark Bright.
When the Shadow War broke out, Hardware and Harm set aside their differences. This time, they're going to work it out and work each other over.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
Weekend Getaway - Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Wilfred Santiago and John Stanisci.
Curt Metcalf takes some time out with Barraki Young in order to sort out their relationship. But when the lovers find their quiet retreat under siege, Metcalf must fend off their attackers...without his Hardware suit. Reprise app.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
Dwayne McDuffie script; Humberto Ramos pencils; Prentis Rollins & Bob Smith inks; J. Scott J. colors; Steve Dutro letters; 1st Humberto Ramos work for DC
"A Bird in the Hand"; Alva, Barraki app; Reprise, SYSTEMatic, Technique cameos
Cover price $1.50.
#16A (original cover price: $3.95) features a 'barn door' style gatefold second cover by John Byrne that opens to reveal Hardware's new armor.
In this extra-sized issue, Edwin Alva's discovery of Hardware's true identity forces Curt Metcalf to forge a new, improved high-tech dreadnought of vengeance - HARDWARE, version 2.0! Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins.
Cover price $2.50.
#16B cover by John Byrne (no gatefold).
In this extra-sized issue, Edwin Alva's discovery of Hardware's true identity forces Curt Metcalf to forge a new, improved high-tech dreadnought of vengeance - HARDWARE, version 2.0! Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins.
Cover price $2.50.
#16B cover by John Byrne (no gatefold).
In this extra-sized issue, Edwin Alva's discovery of Hardware's true identity forces Curt Metcalf to forge a new, improved high-tech dreadnought of vengeance - HARDWARE, version 2.0! Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins.
Cover price $2.50.
WORLDS COLLIDE: Part 9 of 14. You Shouldn't a Bit, Fish - Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Denys Cowan and Walt Simonson.
Continued from Superboy (1994 3rd Series) #7; continues in Superman The Man of Steel (1991) #36. The cosmic entity Rift is wreaking havoc on two worlds, and the heroes of two realities battle side-by-side to save the universe -- twice! Plus: Hardware discovers the downside of working for Alva. Hazard, Steel, Transit app.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.
MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION Prelude. The Landing of the Mothership - Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Art by Humberto Ramos and Bobby Rae. Cover by Humberto Ramos and Rober Quijano.
It's a serious case of mistaken identity when strangers from a faraway planet arrive on Earth to take Hardware "home." Static, Barraki, Deacon, Evane, Tetras app.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.
Polybagged. Cover pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti. Angry Black Man, script by Dwayne McDuffie, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti
Curtis Metcalf invents weapons for the wealthy and famous Edwin Alva; after asking for more money, Metcalf discovers Alva is corrupt; seeking justice, Metcalf becomes Hardware. Origin & 1st app. of Hardware; 1st app of Reprise, Edwin Alva. Polybagged w/ Mural Poster, Cover Poster, & Skybox Trading Card.
36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Unbagged. Cover pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti.
Angry Black Man, script by Dwayne McDuffie, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti; Curtis Metcalf invents weapons for the wealthy and famous Edwin Alva; after asking for more money, Metcalf discovers Alva is corrupt; seeking justice, Metcalf becomes Hardware. Origin & 1st app. of Hardware; 1st app of Reprise, Edwin Alva.
36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Cover pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti. Reprisals, script by Dwayne McDuffie, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti
Hardware has been set up. Alva leaked information about gun-runners, knowing Hardware would show up to stop them; But, they were waiting for him, and he barely survives the fight long enough to kill them; Afterwards, Barraki visits Curt's apartment and discovers that he is Hardware; He explains how Alva had used him, and his plans for revenge; But, Barraki is horrified when Curt tells her of the people he killed without any remorse; Curt now has some doubts about his methods. Hardware's Arsenal character profile. Icon Preview, pencils by Joe James.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
Arcaana: Part 1 of 2: These Little Town Blues - Written by Adam Blaustein. Art by Keith Pollard and Aubrey Bradford. Cover by Humberto Ramos.
Curt Metcalf and Deacon Stuart are just a couple of the VIPs in attendance at a New York City technological convention, an event that turns into a rendezvous with trouble.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.
Arcaana: Part 2 of 2: Take the A Train - Written by Adam Blaustein. Art by Prentis Rollins and Aubrey Bradford. Cover by Prentis Rollins.
In New York City, the mysterious magical entity Arcaana leads Hardware into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse...and a confrontation with a second daunting super-villain, Helga. Deacon app...and there are some flying monkeys, too.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.
Trust Never Sleeps: Part 3 of 3: New World Disorder - Written by Otis Wesley Clay, Matt Wayne, Dwayne McDuffie and Adam Blaustein (note: Wayne, McDuffie and Blaustein used the pseudonym Denton Fixx, Jr.). Art by Humberto Ramos and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Prentis Rollins.
An attack on Hardware by a powerful opponent leads to a devastating discovery, compounding the tension among Curtis Metcalf, his eager assistant Preston Dawes, and Edwin Alva. Meanwhile, SYSTEM Crimson attempts to abduct Barraki, even as her relationship with Metcalf begins to mend.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.
Part 1 of the 3-part 'The Hunt for Deathwish.' The psychotic vigilante Deathwish is out of jail and out to dispense his own brand of justice to the mysterious cyborg Haus, who has been stealing the children of Dakota. Hardware must stop them both.
Written by Adam Blaustein and Yves Fezzani, with art by Prentis Rollins and Aubrey Bradford. Cover by Denys Cowan and Rollins.
Cover price $1.75.
The Hunt for Deathwish: Part 2 of 3: Prometheus Unwound - Written by Adam Blaustein and Yves Fezzani. Art by Prentis Rollins and Aubrey Bradford. Cover by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins.
Hardware is caught in the middle of a war between two psychotic vigilantes: Deathwish and Dakota's most bizarre menace yet, Cyberbwana! Monkeywrench, Shutterbug, Club-Haus Kidz, Marisa Rahm app.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.
Cover pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Mike Gustovich. Confrontations, script by Dwayne McDuffie, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti; After spending some time refining his plan to kill Alva, Hardware is convinced by Barraki to find a different way to get his revenge instead of more killing; So, when Hardware puts his plan in motion and fights his way to Alva's office, he becomes enraged when Alva tries to hire him as a strong-arm agent; Nevertheless, Hardware doesn't kill Alva. Instead, he reveals that he's gone through Alva's files and will use them in the coming months to dismantle Alva's organization and ruin him; Then, when Alva is broken and penniless, then Hardware will kill him. Information on Milestone Media projects. Icon Preview, pencils by Joe James. 36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
People Get Ready - Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Art by Robert J. Walker, Prentis Rollins and Steve Mitchell. Cover by Humberto Ramos and Prentis Rollins.
Edwin Alva challenges the combined might of Dakota's criminal underworld as the city trembles on the brink of a riot. Has he found the one line Hardware refuses to cross? Monocle, Hanna Wing, Harm, Warren Coolidge, Lemuel Gold, Milton St. Cloud, Grasshopper, Mai Tai, Pyre (formerly Holocaust), Barraki app.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.
Hardware seizes control of Alva Industries. But Alva's relatives are already lining up to stop Curtis Metcalf...by any means necessary.
Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Mark Bright. Fracote Format.
Cover price $2.50.
Fuselage - Written by John Rozum. Art by Eric Battle and Angel Gabriele. Cover by Eric Battle.
The ultimate hacker! Hardware locks armor with Fuselage! Beginning this issue -- the powerful new creative team of John Rozum and Eric Battle! Deacon app.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.
The Old Ways - Written by John Rozum. Art by Eric Battle, Angel Gabriele and Caesar. Cover by Mark Bright.
Hardware and the mysterious Sanction are fighting in the jungles of South America against a genetically engineered Aztec god, the flying serpent known as Huaca Aires!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.
T-Minus - Written by John Rozum. Art by Denys Cowan and Angel Gabriele. Cover by Eric Battle.
Shoot the moon! Things are heating up in South America as Hardware and Sanction fight super-powered terrorists, while diverse forces converge for the final showdown!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.
