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Steel: The Forging of a Hero #[nn]

DC · [September] 1997 · on sale 1997-07-30

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Series
Steel: The Forging of a Hero (DC, 1997 series)
Issue
#[nn]
Publication date
[September] 1997
Key date
1997-09-00
On-sale date
1997-07-30
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$19.95; 27.95 CAD
Pages
196
Barcode
76194120985200111; 978156389329251995
ISBN
1-56389-329-0

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Steelcover1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Jon Bogdanove; colors: Josh Myers
1First Sightingcomic story4script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: Bill OakleyJohn Henry Irons (first appearance); White Rabbit [Angora Lapin] (first appearance, villain); The Dragons [Homes; Wheels; Hype (death)] (villains); The Sharks (villains)
2Steelcomic story11script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: Bill OakleySteel [John Henry Irons; also as Henry Johnson]; Zoid; Keith; Myra; Pete; Rosie Kurtz; Dutch; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (flashback); Doomsday (flashback)
3Wrought Ironcomic story22script: Jon Bogdanove, Louise Simonson; pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Rich Faber; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel [John Henry Irons]; Natasha Irons; Jemahl Irons; Blondell Irons; Bess Irons; Butter Irons; Paco Irons; Darlene Irons; Tyke Irons; E-Street Gang; Amertek Guards
4Turf War!comic story22script: Jon Bogdanove, Louise Simonson; pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Rich Faber, Andrew Pepoy; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel [John Henry Irons]; Natasha Irons; Jemahl Irons; Blondell Irons; Bess Irons; Spiral; Cowboy; Fleece; Central Avenue Skulls; Amalgam [Doc Bundy]; Sarge; E-Street Gang; Colonel Thomas Weston
5Bad Companycomic story22script: Jon Bogdanove, Louise Simonson; pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Rich Faber; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel [John Henry Irons]; Jamahl Irons; Blondell Irons; Bess Irons; May (Spiral's mother); Spiral's father; Colonel Thomas Weston; AmerTek soldiers [Brown; Frank; Johnson]; Cowboy; Fleece; Central Avenue Skulls; E-Street Gang
6Bad Timescomic story22script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Kevin West; inks: John Lowe; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel; Natasha Irons; Jamahl Irons; Tyke Irons; Lieutenant Beryl; Colonel Thomas Weston; Amalgam; Central Avenue Sharks; E-Street Gang
7Retaliationcomic story22script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Rich Faber; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel; Blondell Irons, Natasha Irons, Jamahl Irons, Tyke Irons; Amalgam; Cowboy
8Collision Coursecomic story7script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Rich Faber; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel [John Henry Irons]; Jemahl Irons; Amanda Summers Quick; Colonel Thomas Weston; Shauna Beryl
9The Challenge!comic story21script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Rich Faber, Andrew Pepoy; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel; Jamahl Irons; Tyke Irons; Hazard; Shellshock; Shellgame; Flatline; Hotspot; Quake; Split
10In the Beginning!comic story23script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Rich Faber; colors: Gina Going; letters: Pat BrosseauSteel; Split; Shellshock; Hardsell; Mainline; White Rabbit; Hazard; Superman (flashback); Doomsday (flashback)
11Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Dennis JankeSteel [John Henry Irons]
12Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Dennis JankeSteel [John Henry Irons]
13Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Les DorscheidSteel [John Henry Irons]
14Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis JankeSteel [John Henry Irons]; Amalgam [Doc Bundy]
15Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis JankeSteel [John Henry Irons]
16Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis JankeSteel; Lieutenant Beryl
17Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis JankeJamahl Irons; Steel
18Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Dennis JankeSteel; Quake; Flatline; Hotspot
19Steelcover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Chris Batista; inks: Dennis JankeSteel

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