Foot Soldiers (1996 Dark Horse) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Jan 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Jim Krueger. Art by Michael Avon Oeming and Jason Martin. Cover by Alex Ross. To those that lived in the age of heroes, this would be the future. To those that live here, there is no future. For life is a zombied existence spent toiling in factories and huddled in rations lines -- all under the heel of the mechanical enforcers known as the Bio-Technic Law. That is, until the old man with the crutch emerges from the shadows, choosing mere boys to unearth a forgotten legacy. A power buried for untold years . . . in the Graveyard of Heroes. Enter Johnny Stomp. The Second Story Kid. And Rags Murphy, Man of the Cloth. Together, they will fill the shoes of the greatest heroes to ever walk the earth. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #2
Published Feb 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Jim Krueger. Art by Michael Avon Oeming and Jason Martin. Cover by Walt Simonson. After robbing the Graveyard of Lost Heroes and using their new-found power to raid a Rations Distribution Center, there's only one thing left for the Foot Soldiers to do -- run! Because now they're hunted criminals in a world where right is wrong and heroes are villains. Plus, the mystery of the girl in the B.T.L. continues, the Second Story Kid stands and lies at the same time, Rags Murphy makes some friends, Johnny Stomps on more Beetles, and one of the Foot Soldiers kicks the bucket! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #3
Published Mar 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Jim Krueger. Art by Michael Avon Oeming and Jason Martin. Cover by Tim Sale. Rags Murphy is dead. Ripped apart by a blast from the robot oppressors known as the B.T.L. But who really killed Murphy? Was it Story, whose lie about the girl in the Beetle sent the members of the team in different directions? Or was it Johnny Stomp, who's suicidal Beetle-stomping runs betray a hidden guilt? And what of the people Rags himself healed last issue? The answer and Johnny Stomp's most destructive death-trap for the Beetles yet awaits those readers on the path sane fans would fear to tread. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #4
Published Apr 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Jim Krueger. Art by Michael Avon Oeming and Jason Martin. Cover by John K. Snyder III. All that was left of Charlie was his ashen figure on a wall . . . until one of Rags Murphy's healing cloths revived those ashed along with the bricks they were stuck to. The question is, will Charlie join the Foot Soldiers once he discovers that their new friend, Flower, is the Beetle that blasted Charlie to ashes in the first place? Or will the Foot Soldiers see the writing on the wall? "Enter Checkpoint Charlie" answers the question once and for all as to whether walls have ears and features the coolest cover yet! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
