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Hard Time #1

DC · Series began 2004 · April 2004

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Dates

Cover date: April 2004
On sale: February 4, 2004
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 76194123788600111
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Creators

pencils: Tomer Hanuka, Brian Hurtt, Warren Pleece, Wes Craig, Timothy Green IIinks: Tomer Hanuka, Brian Hurtt, Warren Pleece, Prentis Rollins, Timothy Green IIcolors: Tomer Hanuka, Brian Haberlinscript: Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes, Kelley Puckett, John Francis Moore, David Tischmanletters: Jared K. Fletcher, Ken Lopez, Nick Napolitanoediting: Matt Idelson

Stories

50 to Life · 22 pages
Ethan Harrow is sentenced to 50 years for the murder of his classmates. His powers emerge for the first time.

Publisher’s description

The inaugural book in the new DC FOCUS line by Steve Gerber (Howard the Duck) and Brian Hurtt (GOTHAM CENTRAL, Queen & Country) examines life behind bars! One stupid prank costs four high-school students their lives, and 15-year-old Ethan Chiles his future. But something powerful has been growing within Ethan, and on the day of his sentencing, it escapes once and for all. Will it be a source of massive power, a chance at redemption, or the cruelest of curses? Plus, this issue features previews of the upcoming DC Focus books: KINETIC, TOUCH, and FRACTION - all at no extra cost! Ethan Harrow, a teen who develops an extraordinary power… just as he's condemned to 50 years in a maximum security prison. Separated from the outside world, Ethan's gift will either make life on the inside bearable, or become the worst punishment of all.

Reprinted in

Hard Time: 50 to Life (2004), Hard Time: The Complete Series (2020)