Marvel Graphic Novel: The Pitt #[nn]
In the 1987 Marvel Graphic Novel *The Pitt*, writer John Byrne and Mark Gruenwald launch a gripping, grounded tale of consequence and isolation. When Ken Connell attempts to shed the Star Brand by transferring it to a barbell, the resulting explosion obliterates Pittsburgh, leaving behind a vast crater and a world changed forever. Witness Nelson Kohler arrives just in time to see the devastation, while Spitfire—flying in her Mark IV M.A.X. armor—descends to survey the wreckage. After rescuing the Robinson family from the toxic "Pitt juice" and facing a dangerous breach in her suit, Jenny defies orders from Colonel MacIntyre Browning and goes AWOL, determined to keep searching for survivors. Cover by Michael Heisler, this issue stands as a stark, emotionally charged chapter in the Star Brand saga.
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Nelson Kohler, the Witness, is drawn to Pittsburgh, and arrives just in time to see Ken Connell's attempt to rid himself of the Star Brand by transferring it to a barbell. The resulting explosion destroys Pittsburgh, turning it, and the surrounding area, into a huge crater. Kohler watches as Connell's body is swept away in the explosion, but turns back to explore the damage done. Spitfire, in the Mark IV M.A.X. armor, is ordered in by the military to survey the destruction. Jenny is able to save the Robinson family, whose car had fallen into the crater filled with “Pitt juice”, but during the rescue, the armor suffers leaks while fully submerged beneath the "juice". Jenny brings the family to the military for safety and wants to search for more survivors, but the officer in charge, Colonel MacIntyre Browning, orders against it. Angered, Jenny goes AWOL in the armor in defiance of Browning.
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