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1January 1996
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The Crush #1

Image · January 1996

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Series
The Crush (Image, 1996 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January 1996
Key date
1996-01-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Price
$2.25; 3.00 CAD
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Crushcover1script: Mike Baron; pencils: Walter McDaniel; inks: Charles Drost; colors: Christopher Sotomayor; letters: Thom Zahler, Lew WilligThe Crush
1The Crushpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Mike Baron; letters: Thom Zahler
2The Crushcomic story24script: Mike Baron; pencils: N. Stephen Harris; inks: Reggie Jones; colors: Christopher Sotomayor, Chris McGee, Pamela May Palma, Maria T. Sanchez, Lawrence Boutte; letters: Thom ZahlerThe Crush (J. C. Pratt) (first appearance); Albert Feldstein; Roy Radnauer; Emma Long; Roswell Amis; Ed Dexter; Derek Dixon; Squeegee (Hector Diaz) (first off-panel appearance)
3The Crushletters page1script: Michael Davis; pencils: N. Stephen Harris; inks: Reggie JonesThe Crush
4The Crushillustration1pencils: Charles Drost, Brett Lewis, Christopher Sotomayor, Kevin McCarthy; inks: Charles Drost, Brett Lewis, Christopher Sotomayor, Kevin McCarthy; colors: Christopher Sotomayor, Chris McGee, Pamela May Palma, Maria T. Sanchez, Lawrence BoutteThe Crush
5The Crushtext article1pencils: N. Stephen Harris; inks: Reggie Jones
6Off the recordpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Michael Davis; pencils: Walter McDaniel, Steve Rude, Walter Simonson; inks: Charles Drost
7Kurt Busiek's Astro Citypromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Kurt Busiek; pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross
8-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Stephen PlattProphet; Avengelyne

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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