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BUTCHER #4
Cover Date: August 1990
Cover Price: $1.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Shea Anton Pensa (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Mike Baron |
| Art | Shea Anton Pensa |
| Lettering | Steve Haynie |
| Colors | Julia Lacquement |
| Associate editing | Katie Main |
| Editing | Mike Gold |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Star(s):
- Green Arrow (last in Green Arrow Vol. 2 #33)
Supporting Character(s):
- Karen McLeach
- Audrey McLeach
- Luke McLeach (dies)
- Tsunami II
Villain(s):
- Randall B. Corvus (first actual appearance)
- Kam
- Irv Goldblum (last in issue #2; dies)
- Simpson (first appearance; a Namdorph guard)
- other Namdorph Corporation employees
Other Character(s):
- Ted (first appearance; a flight mechanic and friend of Luke's)
- Tina Tanaka (first appearance; a Japanese fisherwoman and friend of Tsunami's)
Synopsis: - Karen starts having the hots for Butcher, and Luke gets extremely jealous. Meanwhile, Butcher and his associates prepare for a hit on the Namdorph Corporation and their boss, Randall B. Corvus, a Crow Indian who has long since turned his back on his Native American heritage. He is now a ruthless businessman and an extremely deadly martial artist, with his own private army to boot. Namdorph also has a contract making experimental military planes and particle beam missiles for the U.S. government, and Corvus doesn't hesitate to use them even for his own purposes. For reinforcements, Tsunami invites another former student of his – Green Arrow – to help. The quartet of Butcher, Tsunami, Luke and Green Arrow go by boat to Kiska and a small island owned by the Namdorph Corporation. The invade the complex, but are almost immediately discovered by Kam, who kills Luke. Then Corvus appears and shoots Tsunami with an arrow. Now Butcher and Corvus stand face to face, preparing for the final battle...