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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published November 1998
Cover Price 2.95 USD
Pages 36
Editing Philip D. Amara; Ben Abernathy (assistant)

Cover Details

Genre Science fiction
Pencils Mark Schultz (signed)
Inks Mark Schultz (signed)
Letters Typeset

1 page illustration

Genre science fiction
Pencils Mark Schultz
Inks Mark Schultz
Letters Typeset

22 page SubHuman story "Rapture and the Deep (Chapter 1)"

Characters Dr. Krill Stromer; Captain Jubal Early; Dr. Pandora Bergquist; Dr. Nickolai Vickaryous; a medieval female warrior (flashback); Meade/Shiva; sailors; medics; naval officers.
Synopsis Dr. Krill Stromer, an oceanographer and mechanical engineer, built a radical bathysphere from old inherited notes. Once submerged, it transformed her into a super-adaptable "Angel of the Sea" (AKA SubHuman) who can change color, endure killing cold, breathe underwater, etc. Yet her presence also changes the sea around her, so ancient extinct monsters start surfacing. Now Navy divers pull her aboard a mysterious research vessel. Krill doesn't understand the changes, only that ancestral memories (of a medieval female warrior) guide her. Furthermore, she submerged in the Anarctic Ocean but popped up in the Arctic! The ship is attacked by 1) giant icky sea-things that swarm aboard, and 2) a saboteur working for some mystery boss who hijacks a helicopter to kidnap Krill. Sailors shoot and hack sea monsters, but Krill notes it's not working. Grabbing an anchor for weight, she dives overboard through the ice... Continued...
Genre Science Fiction
Script Mark Schultz; Michael Ryan
Pencils Roger Petersen
Inks Roger Petersen
Colors David Stewart
Letters Tracey Munsey

1 page Subhuman promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre science fiction
Pencils Mark Schultz
Inks Mark Schultz
Letters Typeset
Notes cover for next issue

2 page Subhuman character profile

Genre science fiction
Pencils Mark Schultz
Inks Mark Schultz

1 page Predator Versus Judge Dredd promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Duncan Fegredo
Inks Duncan Fegredo
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1 page Grendel Black, White & Red promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Matt Wagner
Inks Matt Wagner
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1 page Hammer, The: One Big Lie promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Kelley Jones
Inks Kelley Jones
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1 page Star Wars promo (ad from the publisher) "Star Wars: Crimson Empire II"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Dave Dorman
Inks Dave Dorman
Colors Dave Dorman
Letters Typeset

1 page Black Magic promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Masamune Shirow
Inks Masamune Shirow
Letters Typeset

1 page Oh My Goddess promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Kosuke Fujishima
Inks Kosuke Fujishima
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1 page Finish Line promo (ad from the publisher) "Warning! Comic Fans Beware!"

Script Randy Stradley
Colors B & W
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