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PETER CANNON: THUNDERBOLT

PETER CANNON: THUNDERBOLT #1 September 1992 [$1.25] Cover Credits: Mike Collins (pencils; signed); José Marzan Jr. (inks; signed)

Story: "Rebirth" (22 Pages)

Credits: Mike Collins (plot, script, pencils); José Marzan Jr. (inks); Albert DeGuzman (letters); Gene D'Angelo (colors); Paul Kupperburg (edits)

Feature Character: Thunderbolt IV (Peter Cannon; also in flashbacks A, B & C - see comments; flashbacks B and C follow appearance in Crisis on Infinite Earths #10, appears in Justice League Europe #41 between flashback C and main story)

Guest Star: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan, in flashback B)

Supporting Characters: High Abbot (in flashback A); Richard Cannon, Mary Cannon (die in flashback A); Tabu Singh (last in Thunderbolt #60; also in flashbacks B & C); Cairo DeFrey (business-woman, first appearance; also in flashback C); Anne-Marie Brogan, Bert Gilchrist (reporters, first appearance of both)

Villains: Trydan (first appearance, in flashback B); Crimson Dawn (eco-terrorists)

Other Characters: Joni Margolis (a television reporter, in flashback C); Barry, Mandy (British daytime TV hosts, in flashback C); Doctor Paulus (in flashback B); Andre Debussy (Cairo's security chief; not named until #8)

Comments: This is the first appearance of Thunderbolt since the Crisis. As well as the main story set in present-day London, there are also three sets of flashbacks:
A - 25 years ago: the High Abbot learns of the death of the Varja, Peter is born, and his parents die
B - 5 years ago: presumably shortly after the Crisis, Peter's encounters with Trydan and Green Lantern
C - 1 month ago: TV interviews with Peter Cannon (in the US) and Cairo DeFrey (in the UK), plus a conversation between Peter and Tabu

Synopsis:

Five years ago, Thunderbolt was badly injured by Trydan, and although he was rescued and given inspiration by Green Lantern, he gave up the life of a hero, becoming simply Peter Cannon. Now, having moved to London for a major exhibition, he finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation, and knows he must get back into action.