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Issue Details

Issue #54
Published September 1991
Cover Price 2.25 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Randy Stradley

Cover Details

Characters Mr. Karnhus
Genre detective
Pencils Gray Morrow (signed); John Byrne (illo); Frank Miller (illo); Rick Geary (illo)
Inks Gray Morrow (signed); John Byrne (illo); Frank Miller (illo); Rick Geary (illo)
Colors Gray Morrow (signed); ?

8 page Homicide story "The Creep Part 2"

Genre detective
Script John Arcudi
Pencils Gray Morrow
Inks Gray Morrow
Letters Gray Morrow

8 page The Next Men story "Interlude"

Characters Nathan (first appearance); Bethany (first appearance); Jack (first appearance); Jazz [Jasmine Desoto] (first appearance); Danny Hilltop (first appearance)
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Letters John Byrne
Notes This is the first appearance of The Next Men.
Reprinted in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #0 (February 1992); in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993)

1 page Transgression Hotline story "The Friendship Circle"

Genre Drama
Script Rick Geary
Pencils Rick Geary
Inks Rick Geary
Letters Rick Geary

1 page Transgression Hotline story "That Monster Dickie"

Genre Drama
Script Rick Geary
Pencils Rick Geary
Inks Rick Geary
Letters Rick Geary

1 page Transgression Hotline story "Directions"

Genre Drama
Script Rick Geary
Pencils Rick Geary
Inks Rick Geary
Letters Rick Geary

1 page Transgression Hotline story "The Errand"

Genre Drama
Script Rick Geary
Pencils Rick Geary
Inks Rick Geary
Letters Rick Geary

9 page Sin City story "Episode Five"

Characters Marv
Genre Crime
Script Frank Miller
Pencils Frank Miller
Inks Frank Miller
Letters Frank Miller
Reprinted in Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye Recut & Extended DVD Edition (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]

3 page Winner's Circle letters page "Winner's Circle"

Script Randy Stradley
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Mig Archey, Mark Clark, G. Harrell, Marc Johnson, Uncle Elvis and Chris Khalaf - and responses from Randy Stradley.

1 page Flogging a Dead Horse promo (ad from the publisher) "Flogging a Dead Horse [September 1991]"

Characters Marv (Sin City)
Script Randy Stradley
Pencils Frank Miller
Inks Frank Miller
Letters typeset
Notes Randy talks about new series spinning out of DARK HORSE PRESENTS. Checklist for Dark Horse comics shipping September 1991.