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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published July 1984
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Robin Snyder
Notes Published under the Archie Adventure Series imprint. This is the last issue of the series.

Cover Details

Characters Steel Sterling
Genre superhero
Notes Published under the Archie Adventure Series imprint. This is the last issue of the series.

16 page Steel Sterling story "Death Is The Joker"

Characters Steel Sterling; Don Blanco; Gayla; Rita; Ms. Samson; Honcho; The Young Steelers [Asa; Wong; Red Wing; April; Carmen]
Synopsis Steel wins big in a casino owned by -- unbeknownst to Steel-- the man who killed Steel's father. But the mafia boss does not like losing money. So he sends his men to kill Steel and everyone else in order to get the money back.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
Inks Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
Colors Barry Grossman

3 page story "A Jolting Tale of Tension"

Script Robin Snyder
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Parmegiana (sic)
Notes This story is told without captions or dialogue.

2 page letters page "Crusader Comments"

Characters Jaguar; Fly
Script Robin Snyder
Pencils Carl Taylor (signed)
Inks Carl Taylor (signed); Sam DeLaRosa (signed) (Fly image only)
Letters typeset
Notes Includes two small pictures by Carl Taylor.

5 page Shield story "The Hypnotized Heart"

Characters Dr. Laureen Smith; General Smith; the Shield [Lancelot Strong] (flashback); Colonel Gates
Synopsis Though still mourning the Shield, Laureen agrees to go out with Colonel Gates. Gate is really a Soviet spy who is using Laureen to get at her father's top-secret files.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
Inks Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
Notes Features the supporting cast from the Shield strip from issues #1-3.