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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published October 1998
Cover Price $1.99/$2.80 CAD
Pages 46
Editing Tom Brevoort; Gregg Schigiel (assistant)
Notes This issue has a gatefold cover.

Cover Details - "The Coming of Charcoal the Burning Man!"

Characters Charcoal
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Mark Bagley (signed)
Inks Scott Hanna (signed)
Colors Tanya Horie (signed); Richard Horie (signed)
Notes This issue has a gatefold cover.

2 page Thunderbolts recap "Recap"

Genre Super-hero
Script Kurt Busiek ?
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Scott Hanna
Notes Recap of prior issues and character listing. This is on the inside of the gatefold cover. Design by Comicraft's John Marasigan.

22 page Thunderbolts story "Heat & Pressure"

Characters Thunderbolts [Atlas [Erik Josten]; Jolt [Hallie Takahama]; Mach-1 [Abe Jenkins]; Meteorite [Dr. Karla Sofen]; Songbird [Melissa Gold]]; Gayle Rogers; Masters of Evil [Cyclone; Flying Tiger; Klaw [Ulysses Klaw]; Man-Killer [Katrina Luisa Van Horn]; Tiger Shark [Todd Arliss]]; Charcoal (first appearance); the Imperial Forces of America
Synopsis Featuring the debut of the winning entry of Wizard's "Create A Villain" contest! In the face of mounting public opinion, and without Jolt's presence, will the Thunderbolts save a town beseiged by evil?! The second major story arc rockets towards a shocking conclusion! [per solicitation]
Genre Super-hero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Scott Hanna
Colors Joe Rosas
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Dave Lanphear
Notes This issue has the Wizard Magazine "Create-A-Villain" contest winner - Charcoal, created by Wallace & Nadja Frost.

1 page Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Script Stan Lee
Letters Typeset
Notes Stan's Soapbox. Miscellaneous Marvel items. Marvel Comics checklist for the week of August 26, 1998.

1 page letters page "Rap Sheet"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.