An Avatar Story! Part 1 of 4. "Fallen Idols!" Story by Jeff Grubb. Art by Rags Morales and Dave Simons.
It is "The Time of Troubles." This is the omen Vartan was warned about (see Forgotten Realms (1989) #9). Gods now walk among the mortals of the Forgotten Realms. Magic is out of control, and strange creatures roam the land. This is the tale that rocked the Realms to its very foundation. Things turn upside down for the crew of the Realms Master when the elven god Labelas usurps Vartan, body and soul, and uses the cleric as his earthly avatar.
NOTE: The whole story of "The Time of Troubles" is chronicled in the Avatar Trilogy: Shadowdale, Tantras, and Waterdeep, novels written by Richard Awlinson and published by TSR. The affects of this story are still felt in the Forgotten Realms to this day and are explored in the computer games Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
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El Diablo and his teenage aides, Los Diablos, try to break up a local car-theft ring only to wind up caught between the insane rage of a crime kingpin and his lovestruck daughter.
Written by Gerard Jones, with art by Mike Parobeck and John Nyberg. Cover by Parobeck and Nyberg.
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The Storm, Part 3 of 4. Dos Rios teeters on the brink of an explosive racial conflict...and a frustrated and rebuffed El Diablo turns his back on his city.
Written by Gerard Jones, with art by Mike Parobeck and John Nyberg. Cover by Parobeck and Nyberg.
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Vril Dox rallies the other heroes for one final assault on Eclipso at his palace in the moon in "Brilliant Men".
Co-plot and breakdowns by Keith Giffen, script and co-plot by Robert Loren Fleming, pencils by Bart Sears, inks by Mark Pennington, Randy Elliott and Raymond Kryssing.
56 pages of story. Sears/Pennington cover.
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Seven heroes are dead in Eclipso's Parador, and Amanda Waller must deploy the surviving Shadow Fighters for one last grim mission...retrieving their bodies!
Written by Robert Loren Fleming, with art and cover by Audwynn Jermaine Newman and Ray Kryssing.
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The Shadow Fighters' plans backfire...and Manhunter Mark Shaw, Commander Steel, Peacemaker, Major Victory, Dr. Midnight, Wildcat and the Creeper all die at the hands of Eclipso! The non-powered survivors, trapped in Parador, could well be his next victims!
Written by Robert Loren Fleming, with art and cover by Audwynn Jermaine Newman and Ray Kryssing.
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The Shadow Fighters (the Creeper, Manhunter Mark Shaw, Commander Steel, Peacemaker, Major Victory, Dr. Midnight and the female Wildcat) covertly slip into Parador to attack Eclipso in his lair...but Eclipso is ready for them, and their mission may be doomed before it's even begun!
Written by Robert Loren Fleming, with art and cover by Audwynn Jermaine Newman and Ray Kryssing.
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Bruce Gordon's initial foray into Eclipso's South American stronghold was a dismal failure and Amanda Waller wants to know why. Plus, meet Johnny Peril, the World's Greatest Daredevil Thrillseeker! And the fate of the Creeper is revealed.
Written by Robert Loren Fleming, with art by David G. Klein and Ray Kryssing. Cover by Klein.
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It's do or die for Bruce Gordon and his Eclipso strike force, including the Creeper, as they attempt their escape from Eclipso's South American stronghold. Meanwhile, Eclipso's plan to poison the world continues unhampered.
Written by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, with art and cover by Luke McDonnell and Ray Kryssing.
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Bruce Gordon and his Eclipso strike force (including the Creeper and Cave Carson) have fallen into the clutches of Eclipso. Now that they've managed to get into the stronghold of Parador, they may not be able to escape with their lives.
Written by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, with art and cover by Luke McDonnell and Ray Kryssing.
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Bruce Gordon's Eclipso strike force (including Cave Carson and the Creeper) stage a preemptive strike on Eclipso's stronghold in Parador...and the world reacts badly to this invasion of a sovereign country.
Written by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, with art and cover by Luke McDonnell and Ray Kryssing.
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Amanda Waller and Cave Carson guest-star as Bruce Gordon assembles an elite group of heroes to oppose Eclipso, with the Suicide Squad's Waller acting as instructor.
Plot and breakdowns by Keith Giffen, script by Robert Loren Fleming, pencils by Bart Sears, inks by Ray Kryssing. Cover by Sears and Kryssing.
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Cover art by Sal Velluto. Final Notice, script by Brian Augustyn, pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Mark McKenna and Ray McCarthy
Serpentine attacks Dr. Quick but Firebrand attempts a rescue.
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Cover art by Sal Velluto. Phantom Truths, script by Brian Augustyn, pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Mark McKenna
While stopping Serpentine from attacking Jordan Quick, Firebrand is thrown through a window by MediChem Security; first Appearance of Serpentine.
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Cover art by Sal Velluto. Saints and Sinners, script by Brian Augustyn, pencils by M.D. Bright and Tom Grindberg, inks by Ken Branch
Firebrand's brother, Javier, learns that from his hospital bed, Max The Knife controls the weak minded and has them continue his killing spree, and there is only one way to stop him.
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Cover art by Sal Velluto. Killer's Garden, script by Brian Augustyn, pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Mark McKenna and Ken Branch
Now working for the Childfind Network, Firebrand searches for a girl whom he believes is abducted by a copycat killer using the m.o. of noted serial killer, Max The Knife.
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Cover art by Sal Velluto. Guardian Angels, script by Brian Augustyn, pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Giuseppe Palumbo and Ken Branch
After surviving a near death experience, a mobster sees the light and believes God is now watching over him and with his new found luck, he helps Firebrand take down some weapons dealers and Russian mobsters.
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Final Night: Part 18 of 18: Dark Dawn - Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Aaron Lopresti, Jordi Ensign and Phyllis Novin.
After failing to help Earth's heroes prevent THE FINAL NIGHT, Takion seeks respite in trying to resume his old life. But a Dark Source monster is waiting for him...and tearing apart his home town!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.
"Darker Grows the Night!" Written by Karl Kesel. Art by Stuart Immonen and Jose Marzan, Jr.
The heroes of the DCU's first attempt to stop the Sun-Eater failed! Worse yet, the Earth's greatest hero, Superman, cut off from his power source, is powerless to stop the coming doom! Will the heroes be forced to do the unthinkable and team-up with the arch villain Lex Luthor in order to save mankind from certain extinction?
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Flash has formed alliances with the races of Mongo, and Ming the Merciless is not happy about it...so he moves to destroy Vultan's sky city.
Written and pencilled by Dan Jurgens and inked by Bruce Patterson. Cover by Jurgens and Patterson.
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"Begins Our Tale of Woe!" Written by Matt Wagner. Art by Matt Wagner and Art Nichols.
Jason Blood confronts the man that cursed him all those centuries ago. But when Merlin the Magician is done with Jason Blood and Etrigan the Demon, nothing will ever be the same again! Don't miss the haunting supernatural conclusion from the mind of the man that brought you MAGE and GRENDEL.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.
"Begins Our Tale of Woe!" Written by Matt Wagner. Art by Matt Wagner and Art Nichols.
Jason Blood confronts the man that cursed him all those centuries ago. But when Merlin the Magician is done with Jason Blood and Etrigan the Demon, nothing will ever be the same again! Don't miss the haunting supernatural conclusion from the mind of the man that brought you MAGE and GRENDEL.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.
Jason Blood has opened a portal to Hell in order to spy on the Demon. But when Gotham City Detective Joe Gun stumbles on the portal, his unscheduled visit to Hades gets him a ringside seat for an Unblessed Event: the infernal birth of Etrigan's son!
Written by Garth Ennis, with art by Nigel Dobbyn. Cover by John McCrea.
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