Story: "Afterschool Special" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Tom Joyner (plot, script)
Bill Marimon (pencils)
Tom McWeeney (inks)
John Constanza (letters)
Buzz Setzer (colors)
Jim Spivey (edits)
Archie Goodwin (group edits)

Feature Character:

Damage

Supporting Characters:

John Emerson
Kate Emerson (both die)

Villains:

Megafire
Flak
Dathan Wahrman (first actual appearance; leader of Project Avatar; also in flashback preceding issue #1)
Nadjia Wahrman (Dathan's mother; first actual appearance; both also in flashback in between flashback in issue #12 and preceding issue #1)
Abriam Wahrman (Dathan's brother; in flashback in between flashback in issue #12 and flashback in issue #5)
Egrin Wahrman (Dathan's father; in flashback following flashback in issue #12; first appearance of both)
Carl and one other (first appearance of both; two Symbolix employees)
Vandal Savage (identity unrevealed)

Guest Appearances:

Sarge Steel
Iron Munro
Roy Lincoln

Other Characters:

Troll (first appearance)
Lori (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Damage escapes his attackers Megafire and Flak, and storms Symbolix Labs to rescue his parents. Before he can free them and learn the truth of his origins they are killed before his eyes. Now<, Damage must face the monstrous creations of Symbolix.