COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Dazzler 4
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Grade:
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9.9
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0705949029
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Owner:
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bagofleas
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
It's a negative version of Dazzler!
Published: 6/81
Jim Shooter - Editor in Chief
Tom DeFalco - writer
Frank Springer - cover & pencils
Danny Bulanadi/Armando Gil - inkers
Roger Slifer - colourist
Joe Rosen - letterer
Danny Fingeroth - editor
Key Issue: Doctor Doom appearance.
Fantastic! Finally got a 9.9 prior to '83!
Story Title: Here Nightmares Abide!
Check out the silly wordplay introducing the creators at the bottom of the splash page in image #2. Right up my alley. :)
In This Issue:
Doctor Doom forcibly sends Dazzler into a shadow dimension where he has found another Merlin stone to be located, rather than risk the perils himself. Typical Doom.
He plans on using the mystical properties of the stones, when all put together, to become invincible.
Once she is in the new dimension, Dazzler faces down shadowy demons, images of her disapproving father, a polar opposite of herself and ultimately, the big man on campus, Nightmare!
Luckily, this dimension is full of noises and sounds, and this fuels Dazzler's powers, which after a shaky start, she uses to defeat everything she meets in the dimension, including the big bad.
While all of this is going on, her manager is trying to locate her back at the UN building, and the Human Torch informs the other members of the Fantastic Four that Doom is back in action and searches Manhattan himself to find her.
Once Dazzler gets the second stone, Doom transports her back and after a scuffle with some of his robot guards, she manages to focus her light into a laser and destroys both Merlin Stones!! Doom is enraged!
He causes the ceiling to collapse onto Allison, knocking her out. But just before he can take out his revenge on her, he sees the Torch heading their way and decides to flee and fight the FF another day.
But when Johnny gets there, Dazzler is still unconscious and battered. He needs to get her medical attention immediately!
Continued in issue #5...
Personal comments:
Doom is typical here. Arrogant, over-confident, but also VERY dangerous! Thanks to Johnny, Alison survives, though unconscious.
What I took from this issue is that even when you face immense danger, don't panic, think carefully and always have a friend nearby!
Sometimes even victory can yield failure in other ways. That's why failure isn't always a bad thing. It's what we use to better ourselves.
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