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Prime (vol. 1) #17 (Dec. 1994):
“Hungry for Heroes! (or: A Sandwich to Die For!)”
by Gerard Jones, Len Strazewski, John Statema, Jeff Whitting

Prime (vol. 1) #17

Title: “Hungry for Heroes! (or: A Sandwich to Die For!)”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1994

Publisher: Malibu
Written by: Gerard Jones, Len Strazewski
Art by: John Statema, Jeff Whitting


14 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.
Prime Prime (Kevin Green)
(lead character)		 hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
 Gross Babies; UltraForce Malibu Marvel 116
Ruth Green Ruth Green supporting character
CBR Scale: I Jewish
 [Prime's mother] Malibu 25
Russell Green Russell Green supporting character
CBR Scale: I Jewish
 U.S. Army
[Prime's father]		 Malibu 18
Kelly Cantrell Kelly Cantrell supporting character
   [Prime's close friend] Malibu 17
Debbie Cantrell Debbie Cantrell supporting character
   [mother of Prime's friend Kelly] Malibu 7
reporters reporters supporting character group real/historical person
   [occupation] DC Marvel, etc. 100
unnamed Coast Guard dispatcher supporting character
   U.S. Coast Guard
[1st appears and dies in same issue]		 Malibu 1
Atalon's Sea Creature Atalon's Sea Creature villain
CBR Scale: D N.A.
 [sent by Atalon to attack NYC] Malibu 1
Doc Gross Doc Gross (Vincent Gross)
(flashback cameo)		 villain scientist
CBR Scale: U Transhumanist
 Gross Babies (founder); U.S. Army
[empowered Prime, Gross Babies, Organism 8 + 89, Fifi]		 Malibu 10
Turbocharge Turbocharge (Michael Hardaway)
(cameo) 		 hero
CBR Scale: S LGBT
 [1st app: Prime (vol. 1) #16 (Nov. 1994)] Malibu 15
Hardcase Hardcase (Tom Hawke)
(flashback cameo)		 hero
   Squad; UltraForce Malibu 80
Colonel Samuels Colonel Samuels
(flashback cameo)		 villain
   U.S. Army
[responsible for making Kevin into a part-time Ultra]		 Malibu 10
Firearm Firearm (Alec Swan)
(flashback cameo)		 hero
   Lodge Malibu 18
King of the Fire People King of the Fire People (Atalon)
(cameo)		 villain
CBR Scale: D Fire People
 [king] Malibu 4

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Prime #17 (Dec. 1994) created 14 March 2013. Last modified 28 February 2014.

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