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Brothers of the Spear Archives #1

Dark Horse · January 2012 · on sale 2011-12-28

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Series
Brothers of the Spear Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January 2012
Key date
2012-01-00
On-sale date
2011-12-28
Indicia publisher
Dark Horse Books
Price
$49.99; 54.99 CAD
Pages
280
Barcode
978159582821754999
ISBN
978-1-59582-821-7

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
1-blank page(s)3
2-credits, title page1letters: typeset
3-illustration1pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
4-credits, title page2letters: typeset
5Soul Brothers of the Spearforeword, introduction, preface, afterword3script: Gary Panter
6-illustration1pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
7Episode 1: "Deep in the wilderness of Bachuanaland..."comic story5.5script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Lugongo
8-illustration0.5Dan-El; Natongo
9Episode 2: "Dan-El, foster son of a Zulu chief..."comic story5.5script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Lugongo; Liloma
10-illustration0.5pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
11Episode 3: "Dan-El, the Outlander, traveling northward with his Zulu foster brother, Natongo,..."comic story5.5script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Liloma
12-illustration0.5pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
13Episode 4: "After saving the life of the African Warrior-Queen,..."comic story5.5script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Liloma
14-illustration0.5pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
15Episode 5: "Her mud-walled town is safe--the enemy in flight!"comic story5.5script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo
16-illustration0.5pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
17Episode 6: "Rain! The rain! It comes in time to save us..."comic story5.5script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Umingo
18-illustration0.5pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
19Episode 7: "Dan-El, the Outlander, and Natongo, the Zulu, his foster brother, sleep in a native hut..."comic story5.5script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Lion Heart
20-illustration0.5pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
21Episode 8: "Captured by native guerrillas, Dan-El, the Outlander, and Natongo, the Zulu, escape by a daring trick..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Lieutenant Bowe
22Episode 9: "The long trail of adventure has led Dan-El, the Outlander, and his foster brother, Natongo, hundreds of miles north..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; M'Kobi; Luoma; N'Gamo
23Episode 10; "Journeying northward from Zulu land, Dan-El, the Outlander, and his foster brother, Natongo, pick up two young native friends..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; M'Kobi; Luoma; Ka-Rombi; Dugandi
24Episode 11: "Journeying northward from Zulu land, seeking a lost people..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; M'Kobi; Luoma; Ka-Rombi; Ungo
25Episode 12: "Stopping at a miserable native village to trade boar tusks for food,..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Ungo; Hamid
26Episode 13: "Tell me, Dan-El, my brother--are yonder peaks the mountains of your dream?"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo
27Episode 14: "These are the dead Kings of my people, Natongo!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse MarshDan-El; Natongo; Nagopa
28Episode 15: "The gateway is guarded, Dan-El!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Kongoni; Chamok
29Episode 16: "Speak, Nagopa, Chief of the Witch Doctors!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Kongoni; Choka; Haroungo; Koluki; Nagopa; Han-Ool
30Episode 17: "Hear me, my warriors!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Kongoni
31Episode 18: "The moonlit palace of King Han-Ool is strangely quiet..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Kongoni; Han-Ool
32Episode 19: "Prince Dan-El! Your are unhurt? All is well...?"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Kongoni; Mothibi
33Episode 20: "After resting all day in a lion's den near the enemy town of Amotu,..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi
34Episode 21: "Ho! Ho! The jackals of Nagopa are poor marksmen, Natongo!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-el; Natongo; Nagopa
35Episode 22: "Baboons! Clumsy ones! To let two who spied on your city escape!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Ulangi; Nagopa; Ulgo
36Episode 23: "General Ulangi, we will march at once..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Ulangi; Nagopa
37Episode 24: "Rivet those handcuffs well, man!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; N'Kuu; Nagopa; Han-Ool
38Episode 25: "After delivering their false King, Han-Ool, to young Dan-El,..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Ulangi; Luguba; Tavane; Nagopa; Han-Ool
39Episode 26: "Nagopa, the Witch Doctor, knew of the escape hole..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Tavane; Nagopa
40Episode 27: "Tavane--you say that the Witch Doctor, Nagopa, came through the wall into your room?"comic story5.75script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Mothibi; Nagopa
41-blank page(s)0.25
42Episode 28: "Your commands have been carried out, King Dan-El!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Nagopa; Han-Ool
43Episode 29: "Nagopa, the Evil, has gone!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
44Episode 30: "You are in haste O Father of Magic!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Ulgani; Nagopa; Cago; N'Doka
45Episode 31: "There is no telling how many years this canoe has been lying here, Natongo..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
46Episode 32: "These partridges will give us strength for many hours of travel..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
47Episode 33: "Hear me, O people of the Aba-Zulu! Your young King Dan-El is dead!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Mothibi; Ulgani; Nagopa
48Episode 34: "Umph... Ugh... Natongo!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
49Episode 35: "That way, Natongo, lies home!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mohaffa
50Episode 36: "You young men will do the honor of dining with me,..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mohaffa; Senassie; Hamid
51Episode 37: "After rescuing the merchant Prince Mohaffa from treachery within his caravan,..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mohaffa
52Episode 38: "Be of good cheer, O Aba-Zulu, people of the Key!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningTavane; Mothibi; Ulgani; Nagopa
53Episode 39: "Bandits could make an easy ambush of any turn in this trail, Dan-El!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
54Episode 40: "See, Natongo! There is grass and water in this little clearing!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo
55Episode 41: "Huuuu! Huuuu! You will not escape for long, outlanders!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Ulgani; Tembro
56Episode 42: "There, O men of Aba-Zulu, is the border of Obelo country,..."comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Mothibi; Faro; Gomba
57Episode 43: "You did well to bring the homing pigeons, Colonel Mothibi!"comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningDan-El; Natongo; Tavane; Mothibi; Ulgani; Faro; Nagopa; Fisi; Makwa; Alani
58-illustration1pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningMothibi
59Ad for Magnus, Robot Fighter Archivespromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Russ Manning, George Wilson; inks: George Wilson; colors: George WilsonMagnus; Leeja Clane; Bunda
60Ad for Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzanpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetTarzan
61Ad for Dark Horse Archivespromo (ad from the publisher)2pencils: various (cover thumbnails); inks: various (cover thumbnails); colors: various (cover thumbnails); letters: typeset
62Dark Horsecredits, title page1letters: typeset
63-blank page(s)3
64Dark Horse Books; Brothers of the Spearinsert or dust jacket1pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ Manning

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