Title:

Longshot

Synopsis:

Direct Edition. Written by Ann Nocenti. Art by Arthur Adams, Whilce Portacio, and Scott Williams. Cover by Arthur Adams. Just Let Me Die; Tired of his mind numbing domestic life, middle-aged loser Theo leaps from a bridge to his death; Instead of dying, however, he instead lands on Longshot who was dumped in the river at the end of last issue; He begins to tell Longshot his everyday woes including the fact that Con Edison rips him off in charging excessive amounts for electrical power; The naive Longshot decides to break into Con Ed and steal a cache of diamonds to pay Theo his money back; The pair make it into the power plant and the wires and machinery spark a few of Longshot’s memories about his home world; They get the diamonds but are attacked by Spiral, Gog and their allies who are after the same thing; During the ensuing battle, machinery gets destroyed and blacks out all of New York City. 36 pgs., full color. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Cover Date:

Nov 1985

Publisher:

Marvel

Barcode:

071486028284

Issue Number:

Volume:

Month:

November

Year:

1985

Variant Number:

1st appearance of Mojo

Purchase Type:

Direct

Attributes:

Virgin

Printing:

Country:

United States

Cover Price:

$0.75

Era:

Bronze Age

Genre:

Superhero

Language:

English

Type of Comic:

Magazine

Characters:

Mojo@Spiral@J. Jonah Jameson@Longshot

Date Added:

2018-07-02 23:20:00

Series:

X-Men

Story Arc:

Crusaders

Automatic Estimated Value:

~$20.00

Automatic Estimated Date:

2025-09-17

Date Added:

2018-07-02 23:20:00

Writer:

Ann Nocenti

Penciller:

Arthur Adams

Inker:

Scott Williams

Whilce Portacio

Colorist:

Christie Scheele

Cover Artist:

Arthur Adams

Letterer:

Joe Rosen

Editor:

Louise Simonson

Longshot

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