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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published August 1999
Cover Price $1.99/$2.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort; Gregg Schigiel (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Jolt; Graviton; X-51 [Machine Man]
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Scott Hanna

22 page Thunderbolts story "The Fundamental Force"

Characters Thunderbolts [Atlas [Erik Josten]; Charcoal [Charlie Burlingame]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Jolt [Hallie Takahama]; Meteorite [Dr. Karla Sofen]; Songbird [Melissa Gold]]; Mach-1 [Abe Jenkins]; Archangel [Warren Worthington III]; X-51 [Machine Man]; Gears Garvin; Henry Peter Gyrich; Val Cooper; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Agent Brentwood; Villains: Graviton [Franklin Hall]; Sky Raiders
Synopsis Can Jolt defeat a foe that has squashed the entire team?! The Thunderbolts and Archangel have been conquered by Graviton, who intends to have them executed as insurrectionists to his new Sky Nation! Now Jolt and Charcoal the Burning Man must grasp victory from the jaws of defeat - if they can find a way to take down a foe who controls a primal force of nature! Guest-starring X-51, the Machine Man! [per solicitation]
Genre Super-hero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Scott Hanna
Colors Joe Rosas
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft

1 page Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Characters Human Torch; Wolverine
Script Stan Lee; Chris Giarrusso (Bullpen bits strip)
Pencils Chris Giarrusso (Bullpen bits strip)
Inks Chris Giarrusso (Bullpen bits strip)
Colors Chris Giarrusso (Bullpen bits strip)
Letters Typeset; Chris Giarrusso (Bullpen bits strip)
Notes Stan's Soapbox. Miscellaneous Marvel items. Bullpen Bits cartoon by Chris Giarrusso. Marvel Comics checklist for the week of June 23, 1999. Design by Richards Starkings and Comicraft / Eric Eng Wong.

1 page letters page "Rap Sheet"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.