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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published October 1985
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Louise Jones; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Longshot; Ricochet Rita
Genre superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Arthur Adams

23 page Longshot story "...I'll Wave To You From The Top!"

Characters Longshot; GUESTS: Ricochet Rita; Magog; CAMEO: Michael Jackson
Synopsis Stumbling onto a movie set, the director is impressed with Longshot's physical acrobatics and offers him a job as a stunt man; Longshot befriends daredevil stunt woman, Ricochet Rita, and the pair dazzle the cameras with their antics; Between shoots, Longshot is attacked by hunters from his home world and is rescued by Magog who is beginning to grow and transform into a more demonic looking creature; During the filming of the climactic finale of the movie, Longshot's luck powers desert him as the making of money is not considered a worthy goal and he is cut down by lasers; The director claims that he is going to rush Longshot to the hospital but ends up dumping him in a river and leaving him to die.
Genre superhero
Script Ann Nocenti
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Whilce Portacio
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Joe Rosen