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Cover: Michael Higgins & Bob Wiacek

Star Brand #9

Sep 1987 · Marvel · 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
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“Where Walks the True Believer!”

In "Where Walks the True Believer!", Ken Connell grapples with haunting dreams after Tad Selby’s funeral, leading him to Dr. Lucian Ballad’s sleep therapy clinic. There, under the guidance of Keith Remsen—whose own mind reveals a hidden identity as Nightmask—Connell confronts the guilt he carries and begins to reconcile his grief. Written by Cary Bates and illustrated by Keith Giffen, with Bob Wiacek’s inks and Andy Yanchus’s colors, this powerful issue explores trauma and transformation, all under Michael Higgins’s striking cover.

writer Cary Bates · artist Keith Giffen · inker Bob Wiacek · colorist Andy Yanchus · letterer Ken Lopez · cover Michael Higgins, Bob Wiacek

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writer Cary Bates
colorist Andy Yanchus
letterer Ken Lopez
cover pencils Michael Higgins
cover inks Bob Wiacek

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Ken Connell has nightmares following Tad Selby's funeral. Myron points him to the sleep therapy clinic of Dr. Lucian Ballad, where Ken's dreams are analyzed by Keith Remsen. In the dreams, Remsen, as Nightmask, finds that Connell sees himself as a super hero with Tad as his sidekick. Nightmask helps Connell get over his guilt for being unable to save Tad from radiation poisoning and come to terms with Tad's death.

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