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Iron Lantern #1 (1997) · The Collector

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Iron Lantern (1997)
#1

Marvel#1

Iron Lantern

Iron Lantern #1

Showdown at Stark Aircraft!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: June 1997
On sale: Apr 2, 1997
Cover price: $1.95
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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After returning H.E.C.T.O.R. to Oa the Living Planet, Iron Lantern returns to earth where he saves Pepper Ferris when she decides to fly a new test plane. Later at a party, Iron Lantern fights Great White, who's been released by Madame Sapphire.

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Printing not stated · $1.95

Credits

Writer: Kurt Busiek
Penciller: Paul Smith
Inkers: Paul Smith, Al Williamson, Margeaux Pepoy, Bob McLeod, Tom Palmer, Al Milgrom, Greg Adams
Colorists: Christie Scheele, Digital Chameleon
Letterers: Richard Starkings, Albert Deschesne
Cover: Paul Smith
Cover colors: Atomic Paintbrush
Editor: Tom Brevoort
Assistant editor: Glenn Greenberg
Cover letters: Todd Klein
Editor in chief: Bob Harras

Characters

flashback
Gardner and Gyrich
Great White
Green Guardsman (cameo
H.E.C.T.O.R.
Happy Kalmaku
Iron Lantern
Kyle O'Brien
Madame Sapphire
Mandarinestro
Oa, The Living Planet
Rhomann Sur· Cameo
Senator Harrington Ferris
Stewart Rhodes

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