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|character_name= Titan |
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|real_name=Frank Wells |
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|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]] |
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|debut=Comics Greatest World: Golden City Week 2 (Cameo) |
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|creators=[[Mike Richardson]] <br/> [[Team CGW]] |
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|alliance_color=background:#cccccc |
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|status=Deceased |
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|alliances=Alderwoman Faith Perdue |
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|previous_alliances =NSC, Golden Boy, [[Catalyst: Agents of Change|Catalyst]] |
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|aliases=Mr. Red, White, and Blue |
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|relatives=Sgt. Wells (father, deceased), Unnamed Mother (status unknown) |
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|powers=flight, invulnerability, super-strength, super-speed, heightened endurance, imperviousness to pain, ability to return from the dead |
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|}} |
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'''Titan''' (Frank Wells) was a [[Dark Horse Comics]] superhero. |
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He first appeared in [[Comics Greatest World|Comics' Greatest World]]: Golden City Week 3 (1993). |
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He was created and written by [[Mike Richardson (publisher)]] and the other members of [[Team CGW]]. |
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He was part of the Comics' Greatest World "16 issues, 16 weeks, 16 bucks" event. |
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==Publication history== |
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He first appeared in the third month of the event making a cameo appearance in Golden City Week 2 and featuring strongly in Golden City Weeks 3 and 4 (July/August 1993). |
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He was then a regular character in Catalyst: Agents of Change issues 1 through 4 (February-May 1994). |
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In June of that year, he starred in his own one shot. |
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He was then the feature character in the Will To Power mini-series, which ran from June through August 1994. |
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==Character history== |
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===Origin=== |
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''Frank Wells'' was the son of a [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine]] Sergeant. |
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Sgt. Wells was physically and mentally abusive to both Frank and his mother. |
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At a young age, Frank’s super-strength manifested and he began protecting his mother from his father’s abuse.{{ref|[1]}} |
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<blockquote>He hated me for being different. In his mind I was better than he was. {{ref|[2]}}</blockquote> |
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Eventually, Sgt. Wells was sent to [[Vietnam War|’Nam]], where he was killed by a sniper.{{ref|[3]}} The Wells family moved off the base into town, where the other kids bullied Frank. Over the years, the bullying grew steadily worse until high school. Frank stole a football uniform and ran onto the field during a game. Taking the ball, he plowed through the players on both sides, leaving a “trail of broken bodies littering the field {{ref| [4]}}.” |
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Never even looking back, Frank left town, eventually finding his way to [[Golden City (Comics Greatest World)|Golden City]] and the woman known only as Amazing [[Grace (Comics Greatest World)|Grace]]. Almost immediately upon arrival, agents of Grace picked Frank up. He was put through a rigorous series of tests, greatly impressing everyone, from Grace to her top aids and scientists. Everyone that is except [[Madison (comics)|Madison]]: |
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<blockquote>You’re making a big mistake. I don’t think Frank here has the guts to do the job.{{ref|[5]}}</blockquote> |
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Against Madison’s objections, Grace unveiled Frank as the American icon, Titan. |
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He was eventually given a boy sidekick named Elmore Meyer AKA Golden Boy. |
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However, on Golden Boy's first solo mission a villain captured Golden Boy, resulting in the loss of an eye and his being retired from duty (actually, Madison mind-wiped him so he would forget his time with Titan). |
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Despite this early setback, Titan proved himself over the next few years. |
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However, eventually Grace finds other heroes and (at least in his mind) betrays Titan. |
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This betrayal came in Grace’s announcement of “a new age for Golden City” and “a hero for that new age {{ref|[6]}}.” |
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That hero was not Titan but newcomer [[Rebel (comics)|Rebel]]. |
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===The Warmaker Incident=== |
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When the super-villain and US government prisoner, [[Warmaker (comics)|Warmaker]], escapes from The Vault, a super-prison located in Golden City, all the local heroes, including Titan, have to face him. |
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While Titan is easily more powerful than Warmaker, he is overconfident and has no self-control. |
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Titan is near invulnerable but when the villain aims his wrist cannon at him, instead of taking the hit, Titan pushes Warmaker's arm causing damage to a skyscraper. |
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This endangers the lives of both the people in the building and the pedestrians on the street below. |
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Later, after Grace has defeated Warmaker, Titan attacks him for no reason. |
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Warmaker strikes Titan knocking him into Rhapsody, who falls and is killed. |
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===Catalyst=== |
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Grace uses Warmaker's escape and the death of Rhapsody as an excuse to secede from the United States. |
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The US attacks the city attempting to force Grace's surrender. |
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She forms [[Catalyst: Agents of Change]] to defend the city. |
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The team consists of Titan, Rebel, [[Catalyst: Agents of Change|Ruby]], [[Catalyst: Agents of Change|Mecha]], and Warmaker, who has made a deal with Grace in exchange for freedom. |
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Titan, along with Mecha and Warmaker, defends the city's food source, a wheat-field, from the US attack, while the rest of Catalyst protects the city itself, which the army is attacking with missiles. |
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The government then sends in Grenade, a cyborg soldier, to attack the heroes. |
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When Catalyst defeats him, Grenade releases a radioactive cloud and then self-destructs. |
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Using public opinion (she had the fight televised on CNN), Grace is able to force a truce with the government, gaining independence for Golden City. |
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Later, Titan and Grace disagree over her motives leading to his resigning from the team to "find America." |
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===Will to Power=== |
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{{main|Will to Power (comics)}} |
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After leaving Golden City, Titan discovers Tent City, a newly formed suburb of refugees trying to get into Grace's paradise. |
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He then decides someone needs to champion the people and goes to join the National Security Council as a field agent. |
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<blockquote>If this country needs a hero to solve its problems, then I'm just the guy to do it. {{ref|[7]}}</blockquote> |
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His first assignment puts him up against The Inhibitors, a group of genetically created super-powered creatures designed by Dr. Stanley Kirby and his own former sidekick Golden Boy. |
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The NSC then sends him to Arcadia to protect Congressman DeMarco from the vigilante X. |
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X attacks the congressman and Titan chases him, confronting both Scream and Monster, before X convinces him he is a dupe for a drug lord. |
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Next, Titan is sent to Steel Harbor to quell the gang wars which have spilled out of the slums and into Castle Pointe, the home of Steel Harbor's elite. |
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He faces down Mace Blitzkrieg’s Prime Movers before going completely over the edge. |
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Now quite crazy, Titan faces the Wolf Pack, Counterstrike, and Motorhead, before Grace snatches him up and brings him back to Golden City. |
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Titan defeats Catalyst then flies to Cinnibar Flats to challenge Vortex. |
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Titan’s rampage at the army base causes the deaths of many US soldiers, including Lt. Eileen Anderson, Vortex’s only human friend. |
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Vortex is angered by the death and kills Titan. |
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===Autopsy=== |
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After his death, Titan's body was taken by the government. |
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They attempted to autopsy him but couldn't cut open his body due to its invulnerability. |
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Suddenly, for unknown reasons, Titan's body went through some kind of change, becoming vulnerable. |
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In that exact moment Special Agent Bert gained powers similar to Titan. |
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==Powers and abilities== |
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Titan has many of special powers that are commonly found in [[Superhero]]es, including the power of flight, super-strength, and a heightened ability to withstand pain. |
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He is a hero in the mold of such archetypal characters as DC's [[Superman]] and [[Astro City|Astro City's]] [[Samaritan (comics)|Samaritan]]. |
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Late in his career, Titan began to manifest more and stronger powers. |
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Grace speculates that he has either "tapped into some new power source, or whatever was limiting him before has been stripped away"{{ref|[8]}}. |
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He becomes immune to Madison's mind control and his body becomes too dense for Grace to deconstruct and transport. |
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Over the course of the ''Will To Power'' storyline he is constantly growing stronger and stronger. |
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At one point he moves the Vortex force field, including everything within it. |
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Eventually, Titan is killed by the mystic King Tiger and is able to return from the dead. |
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==Notable Enemies== |
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===As a Hero=== |
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* Warmaker/Elvis Westbury |
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* Grenade |
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* The Inhibitors (aka The Chosen People) |
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** Proph/Dr. Stanley Kirby |
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** Lethargy |
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** Microwave |
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** Eagle |
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** Golden Boy/Elmore Meyer |
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** Unnamed; Possibly "Dog" |
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* X |
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* Boss Roscoe Ligotti |
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* The Prime Movers |
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** Mace Blitzkrieg |
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** Airborne |
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** Deadlight |
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** Hurricane Max |
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** Killerwatt |
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** Blackbelt |
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** Ignition II |
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===As a Villain=== |
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* [[Grace (Dark Horse Comics)|Grace]] and [[Catalyst: Agents of Change|Catalyst]] |
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* Wolf Gang |
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** Hunter/Wolf Ferrell |
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** Cutter |
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** Breaker |
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** Burner |
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** Bomber |
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* Counterstrike |
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* Motorhead |
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* King Tiger |
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* Vortex |
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==Bibliography== |
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===List of Appearances=== |
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* Comics' Greatest World: Golden City 3-4 |
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* Catalyst: Agents of Change 1-4 |
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* Titan Special 1 |
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* Will To Power 1-12 |
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====Cameo Appearances==== |
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* Comics' Greatest World: Golden City 2 |
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* Out of the Vortex 4-5, 11 |
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===Significant Stories=== |
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* Comics' Greatest World: Golden City 3 - First appearance |
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* Catalyst: Agents of Change 4 - Leaves Catalyst |
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* Will To Power 9 - Battles Grace |
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* Will To Power 12 - Death |
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==Awards== |
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* Titan came in second in the Favorite Villain category and had an honorable mention in the Least-Favorite Hero category on the 1994 CGW Reader Survey. |
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==See also== |
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[[Comics Greatest World|Comics' Greatest World]] |
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==References== |
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*[1]{{note|1}} Richardson, Mike. "Prologue Sequence" to ''Will To Power'' 1. June 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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*[2]{{note|2}} Richardson, Mike. "Prologue Sequence" to ''Will To Power'' 2. June 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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*[3]{{note|3}} Richardson, Mike. "Prologue Sequence" to ''Will To Power'' 5. July 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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*[4]{{note|4}} Richardson, Mike. "Prologue Sequence" to ''Will To Power'' 7. July 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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*[5]{{note|5}} Richardson, Mike. "Prologue Sequence" to ''Will To Power'' 10. August 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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*[6]{{note|6}} Richardson, Mike. "Prologue Sequence" to ''Will To Power'' 11. August 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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*[7]{{note|7}} Campbell, Eddie and Pete Ford. "And So are Myths Made." ''Catalyst: Agents of Change'' 4. May 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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*[8]{{note|8}} Stradley, Randy. ''Will To Power'' 8. August 1994. Dark Horse Comics. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/t/titan.htm Titan at International Superheroes directory.] |
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[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 1993]] |
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[[Category:Comics' Greatest World]] |
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[[Category:Dark Horse Comics characters]] |
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