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1963 #1

Image · Series began 1993 · April 1993

Dates

Cover date
April 1993
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Rick Veitch, Stephen R. Bissette, Murphy Anderson, Don Simpson, Melinda Gebbieinks: Dave Gibbons, Don Simpson, Stephen R. Bissette, Murphy Anderson, Rick Veitch, Melinda Gebbiecolors: Rick Veitchscript: Alan Moore, Rick Veitchletters: Don Simpson, Melinda Gebbie

Stories

  • Mayhem on Mystery Mile! · 1963 · 24 pages

    The Mystery Incorporated team tests the security in their headquarters, then muses on the origins of their super-powers. But things get dangerous when a mysterious intruder causes those defenses to turn against the team. When Kid Dynamo is captured, the team must pursue the intruder into...the Maybe Machine!

  • Sensational Sixty-Three Sweatshop Section! · 1 pages

    Spoof of the old Marvel Bullpen Bulletins pages. Between page 11 and 12 of the previous story.

  • Shamed By You English? · 1 pages

    Back cover phony ad for courses in speaking better English.

Publisher’s description

The first comic book in the "1963" series, this one features the introduction of "Mystery, Incorporated", a team which is analogous to the Fantastic Four, and involves the discovery of a mysterious masked intruder who invades their headquarters via an underground entrance called the "Miracle Mile". The four have to evade their own traps to find the mysterious intruder and fellow teammate "Kid Dynamo" whom ends up missing.

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