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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published November 1988
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief); Cindy Kruhm (Designer)

Cover Details - "To the Rescue!"

Characters Roger Price; Jane Price; Cereb-Rex
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks John Byrne (signed)

1 page Star Brand recap

Genre superhero
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Notes Recap, credits and indicia

22 page Star Brand story "Death -- Where Is Thy Sting?"

Characters the Star Child; Jacob Burnley; Roger Price; Jane Price; Ken Connell; Billy Burnley
Synopsis The Star Child learns more about life on Earth and uses his power to prevent anything from ever dying. Badly injured, Ken Connell operates his own church, claiming that the “Old Man” is God. Connell is only kept alive because of the Star Child's actions. Jane and Roger Price convince the Star Child that it is wrong to deny humanity the release of death. The Star Child undoes this act, causing Connell to die, and also removes the Star Brand from Roger. Later, he visits Jacob Burnley and passes the Star Brand to him.
Genre superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Rick Parker
Editing Howard Mackie; David Wohl (assistant editor)

1 page The Evolutionary War promo (ad from the publisher) "The Evolutionary War"

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6 page Nightmask story "Madman"

Characters Keith Remsen [Nightmask]; the "madman" (in dream)
Synopsis Back at Fort Benning, Nightmask falls into a coma for a week when he is pulled into the dream of a paranormal who kills via nightmares. The madman threatens to kill him unless Nightmask helps the paranormal escape his own mind. Nightmask enters the killer's mind and finds his greatest fear: the Justice Killer. Exploiting that fear, Nightmask escapes from the dream and awakes from the coma.
Genre superhero
Script Gregory Wright
Pencils Kieron Dwyer
Inks Jackson Guice
Colors Gregory Wright
Letters Rick Parker
Editing David Wohl

Half page New Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe Now or He'll Blow Up Your City!"

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Notes Advertisement for subscriptions to New Universe titles.

Half page New Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "Suicide is Not the Answer..."

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1 page Semper Fi' promo (ad from the publisher) "Semper Fi'"

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1 page New Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "On Sale This Month"

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1 page Universe News promo (ad from the publisher) "Universe News"

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Notes "The Official Timeline of the New Universe" continues