Issue Details

Issue	#57
Published	December 1991
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	3.50 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages	52
Editing	Randy Stradley
Notes	This issue was a take-off on the cover to Marvel's DAREDEVIL #1. It was also a square-bound 52 page "Post-Annual." Logo by Jim Spivey, Carolyn Megyesi and Jack Pollock.

Cover Details

Characters	Next Men; Marv (Sin City)
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Byrne; Frank Miller; Eddie Campbell; Eric Vincent; Dale Eaglesham
Inks	John Byrne; Frank Miller; Eddie Campbell; Eric Vincent; Dale Eaglesham
Colors	Rachell Menashe; Sean Tierney

8 page The Next Men story "Nativity"

Characters	Nathan; Bethany; Jack; Jazz [Jasmine Desoto]; Danny Hilltop; Tony Murcheson; Dr. Bremmer; Senator Aldus Hilltop
Synopsis	Tony Murcheson rescues the Next Men.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Byrne
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	John Byrne
Letters	John Byrne
Notes	Story continued in NEXT MEN (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #1.
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)

7 page The Creep story "The Creep"

Characters	Oxel Karnhus
Genre	Detective
Script	John Arcudi
Pencils	Dale Eaglesham
Inks	Dale Eaglesham
Letters	Pat Brosseau

1 page Grampa Speaks story "Grampa Speaks"

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

9 page Alien Fire story "Pass in Thunder: Episode One"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Anthony Smith
Pencils	Eric Vincent
Inks	Eric Vincent
Letters	Eric Vincent

2 page DHP Winner's Circle letters page "DHP Winner's Circle"

Script	Randy Stradley
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Juan C. Diniz, Paul G. Davis, Robert Hemphill, Dan Kassiday and Gordon P. Bush - and responses from Randy Stradley.

10 page story "Around the World in Eighty Frames"

Genre	Drama
Script	Eddie Campbell
Pencils	Eddie Campbell
Inks	Eddie Campbell
Letters	Eddie Campbell

10 page Sin City story "Episode Eight"

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]

1 page Flogging a Dead Horse text article "Flogging a Dead Horse [First Amendment Rights] [December 1991]"

Script	Mike Richardson
Letters	typeset
Notes	Mike Richardson talks about Dark Horse's stand regarding First Amendment rights. Checklist for Dark Horse comics shipping December 1991.