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Hardware #15 (May 1994):
“A Bird in the Hand”
by Dwayne McDuffie, Humberto Ramos, Bob Smith, Prentis Rollins

Hardware #15

Title: “A Bird in the Hand”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1994

Publisher: DC Milestone Media
Written by: Dwayne McDuffie
Art by: Humberto Ramos, Bob Smith, Prentis Rollins


8 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
Hardware Hardware (Curtis Metcalf)
(lead character)		 hero
   black; The Shadow Cabinet DC Milestone Media 97
Edwin Alva Edwin Alva villain scientist
CBR Scale: M obsessed with power
 System DC Milestone Media 39
Alva Technologies Alva Technologies villain group
   [corrupt company run by Hardware arch-foe Edwin Alva] DC Milestone Media 25
Reprise Reprise
(flashback)		 villain
   [assassin; mercenary] DC Milestone Media 6
System System
(flashback)		 villain group
   [international conspiracy; controls most of civilized world] DC Milestone Media 25
SYSTEMatics SYSTEMatics
(flashback)		 villain group
   System
[operatives in massive exo-skeletons]		 DC Milestone Media 11
Barraki Young Barraki Young supporting character
   black
[taught African-American Studies; Hardware's girlfriend]		 DC Milestone Media 29
Technique Technique (Tiffany Evans)
(flashback)		 villain hero scientist
   black DC Milestone Media 9

Summary (from http://milestone.luthor.com/comics_detail.asp?ID=147&):

Curtis compares himself to a bird in a cage, like the first issue. as Alva and him have a confrontation. We get a short recap of the first fourteen issues. The discussion between Curtis and Alva leads to a deal between the two of them to work together. Curtis is now to be Alva's successor.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Hardware #15 (May 1994) created 18 February 2013. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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