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Heroes Reborn: The Return #1

Marvel · Series began 1997 · December 1997

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Dates

Cover date: December 1997
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (4)

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

Direct edition

Direct Edition

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

Barcode 75960601329600111
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Franklin Richards Cover

Barcode 75960601329600121
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148601329701
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Comic Zone Variant

Barcode 75960601329600131
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Creators

pencils: Salvador Larrocainks: Tim Townsend, Art Thibertcolors: Christian Lichtner, Liquid!, Steve Buccellato, Mad Science Mediascript: Julio Soto, Peter Davidletters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft, Kolja Fuchs

Stories

The Judgment (The Return Part 1) · Heroes Reborn · 23 pages
Ashema, a Celestial, tells Franklin Richards he is the ultimate end of their experiment on Earth, but that he must destroy the Heroes Reborn pocket universe to save the real Earth.

Reprinted in

Heroes Reborn: The Return (2009), Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus (2019), Heroes Reborn: The Return Omnibus (2020)