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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July 1990
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 3.95 USD; 4.95 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Bob Budiansky; Tom Brevoort (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Deathlok [Michael Collins]
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Jusko (painted)
Inks Joe Jusko (painted)
Colors Joe Jusko (painted)

46 page Deathlok story "The Brains of the Outfit"

Characters Deathlok [Michael Collins] (introduction, origin); Deathlok [Col. John Kelly] (dead); Tracy Collins (introduction); Nick Collins (introduction); Jim Dworman (introduction); Dr. Hu (introduction); Billy Hansen (introduction, villain); Stanley Cross (introduction, villain); Clayton Burr (villain); Ben Jacobs (introduction, villain); Harlan Ryker (villain)
Synopsis Michael Collins, a Cybertek employee, uncovers evidence of the Deathlok project and he confronts the company's head, Harlan Ryker. Ryker has Collins drugged and puts his brain in the Deathlok cyborg. While the Deathlok cyborg is on a mission for Roxxon putting down guerillas in the South American nation of Estrella, Collins' mind unexpectedly awakes and gains some control of the cyborg which is quickly recalled to Cybertek. At Cybertek, Collins achieves full control of the Deathlok cyborg and escapes.
Genre superhero
Script Dwayne McDuffie; Gregory Wright
Pencils Jackson Guice
Inks Scott Williams
Colors Gregory Wright; Paul Mounts; Brad Vancata
Letters Richard Starkings
Reprinted in Deathlok Special (Marvel, 1991 series) #1