COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Dazzler 42 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0951739030
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Owner:
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bagofleas
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. Even comic book series. THIS one is a toughie due to its jet black background & low print run! I have personally owned this copy for over three years and it WAS the single highest graded copy for well over five years! That is, until I helped Ronnylama by getting his raw copy signed by Bill Sienkiewicz at Megacon 2014. Now his is the OAK of this issue. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! :)
Published: 3/86
Archie Goodwin Story
Paul Chadwick Cover & Art
Romeo Tanghal Art
Petra Scotese Colourist
Jim Novak Letterer
Mike Carlin Editor
Jim Shooter Editor-In-Chief
KEY ISSUE: Beast appearance. Last Issue.
STORY TITLE: Curtain!
SUMMARY:
In a police questioning room, Arthur Alan Smith is being questioned by 2 police officers about his involvement at Camp Silence. All he can admit is that he "saved Dazzler"...
The night previous, O.Z. Chase has teamed up with Dazzler's old lover the Beast. They have tracked her down to the deserted mansion on the Camp Silence compound. There they are attacked by the Outriders Chunk and Mama, and with the help of Cerberus, they defeat the two attackers.
Meanwhile, Silence has relocated the New Wave and Alison to the now-abandoned laboratory where the drug that gave the New Wave their powers was invented. Silence has been using her muting powers to prevent Dazzler from converting sound into light energy.
In order to insure Dazzler's obedience in using her light powers to empower the New Wave members, she shows that Alison's mother Katherine has not only been kidnapped, but injected with the same drug! In order to prevent her mothers demise, she must obey them.
Dazzler agrees and begins using her light powers to energize the New Wave members. Among their numbers is obsessed Dazzler fan Arthur Alan Smith. He used his powers of becoming invisible to escape prison. He is a member of the New Wave himself.
Arhur becomes incredibly concerned when Dazzler faints from over taxing her powers. As Dazzler is taken away to rest up for her next session, Arthur decides to use the gun he lifted from the prison as a last chance to save his beloved singer.
During Dazzler's next performance, one that will surely kill her if she channels all her power to the members of the New Wave, Dazzler betrays them and fires a concentrated blast into her mother curing Katherine of the drugs effects.
At that moment, O.Z. Chase and Beast bust into the factory and come to Dazzler's rescue. They arrive to see Dazzler and Silence in a struggle together, Silence using her powers to try and stifle Dazzler's light powers.
Dazzler decides to take a gamble & instead of channeling sound to light, she lets out all the sound that she has absorbed at once. This results in Dazzler unleashing a sonic scream that causes Silence to wither away and die.
Just as the heroes think the battle is won, Dust reveals that he's been inhabiting the body of a member of the New Wave, a girl named Portia & threatens to possess Alison's mom just like he did to her father.
Not wishing to lose another family member, Dazzler attacks Dust. During the fight, Arthur pulls out his gun and shoots Dust dead. With the compound crumbling the heroes manage to make their escape.
Dazzler decides that she must go underground & everyone agrees to tell the authorities that the body of Portia (who resembles Dazzler) is really her.
Arthur, finding the seclusion of prison better than the outside world, agrees to take the wrap and return to jail. After bidding farewell to her mother and O.Z. Chase, Alison leaves with Beast who propositions her into joining his new organization: X-Factor.
PERSONAL NOTES:
Sadly this was the final issue of this series.
Following the events in this issue, Dazzler apparently does NOT join up with X-Factor as per the Beast's invitation.
The next time we would see the beautiful mutant singer is when she teams up with the New Mutants in New Mutants #42.
After that, she winds up being drawn into the Mutant Massacre storyline and getting involved with the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men #210.
It was an awesome 42 issue ride, Dazzler!! But as far as this series goes, It's Lights Out!!
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