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Hardware #5

DC · Series began 1993 · July 1993

Dates

Cover date
July 1993
On sale
May 13, 1993
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07098930701826

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Denys Cowaninks: Jimmy Palmiotticolors: Noelle Giddingsscript: Dwayne McDuffieletters: Steven Haynie

Stories

  • That Obscure Object of Desire · 20 pages

    An old friend of Curt's, Deacon Stuart, has been accused as the perpetrator of several brutal serial murders, and he asks for Curt's help in finding the real killer. Meanwhile, a vigilante by the name of Deathwish has been making a name for himself by killing criminals, even those who have served their prison time. When Hardware and Deathwish meet at the site of the latest serial murder, they each assume the other is the culprit.

Publisher’s description

When Deacon Stuart is arrested for murder, Hardware finds himself on the trail of a serial killer in order to clear his friend's name.

Characters

HardwareCurtis MetcalfDeathwishWilton Johnson

Reprinted in

Hardware: The Man in the Machine (2010), Milestone Compendium (2022)

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