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Issue Details

Issue #57
Published December 1991
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 3.50 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Randy Stradley
Notes This issue was a take-off on the cover to Marvel's DAREDEVIL #1. It was also a square-bound 52 page "Post-Annual." Logo by Jim Spivey, Carolyn Megyesi and Jack Pollock.

Cover Details

Characters Next Men; Marv (Sin City)
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne; Frank Miller; Eddie Campbell; Eric Vincent; Dale Eaglesham
Inks John Byrne; Frank Miller; Eddie Campbell; Eric Vincent; Dale Eaglesham
Colors Rachell Menashe; Sean Tierney

8 page The Next Men story "Nativity"

Characters Nathan; Bethany; Jack; Jazz [Jasmine Desoto]; Danny Hilltop; Tony Murcheson; Dr. Bremmer; Senator Aldus Hilltop
Synopsis Tony Murcheson rescues the Next Men.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Letters John Byrne
Notes Story continued in NEXT MEN (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #1.
Reprinted in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #0 (February 1992); in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993)

7 page The Creep story "The Creep"

Characters Oxel Karnhus
Genre Detective
Script John Arcudi
Pencils Dale Eaglesham
Inks Dale Eaglesham
Letters Pat Brosseau

1 page Grampa Speaks story "Grampa Speaks"

Genre Drama
Script Rick Geary
Pencils Rick Geary
Inks Rick Geary
Letters Rick Geary

9 page Alien Fire story "Pass in Thunder: Episode One"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Anthony Smith
Pencils Eric Vincent
Inks Eric Vincent
Letters Eric Vincent

2 page DHP Winner's Circle letters page "DHP Winner's Circle"

Script Randy Stradley
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Juan C. Diniz, Paul G. Davis, Robert Hemphill, Dan Kassiday and Gordon P. Bush - and responses from Randy Stradley.

10 page story "Around the World in Eighty Frames"

Genre Drama
Script Eddie Campbell
Pencils Eddie Campbell
Inks Eddie Campbell
Letters Eddie Campbell

10 page Sin City story "Episode Eight"

Characters Marv
Genre Crime
Script Frank Miller
Pencils Frank Miller
Inks Frank Miller
Letters Frank Miller
Reprinted in Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye Recut & Extended DVD Edition (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]

1 page Flogging a Dead Horse text article "Flogging a Dead Horse [First Amendment Rights] [December 1991]"

Script Mike Richardson
Letters typeset
Notes Mike Richardson talks about Dark Horse's stand regarding First Amendment rights. Checklist for Dark Horse comics shipping December 1991.