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Empire #1 (1988) · The Collector

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Malibu
Empire (1988)
#1

Malibu#1

Empire

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Empire #1

The Uncrowned Lion

Publisher: Malibu
Cover date: March 1988
Cover price: $1.95
Pages: 36

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Credits

Writer: Paul O'Connor
Penciller: John Gallagher
Inker: Dan Schaefer
Letterer: Diane Valentino

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Grand Comics Database issue 260823

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John Gallagher, Scott Hanna

Cover colors

Scott Bieser

Cover letters

Scott Dutton

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Creative director: Tom Mason
Editor in chief: Chris Ulm
Other: Dave Olbrich
President: Scott Rosenberg
Publisher: Dave Olbrich
Vice president: Chris Ulm

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