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Team 7: Objective Hell                            Comic Lot
Featuring cover art by comics legend, Barry Windsor-Smith on the 1st issue! Awesome!!
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Chris Warner
Inkers: JD, Scott Williams & John Tighe
Colorist: Monica Bennett
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Editors: Sarah Becker, Tom Harrington & Bill Kaplan
Cover #1 by: Barry Windsor-Smith
Cover #2 by: Chris Warner
Cover #3 by: Aron Wiesenfeld

The original Team 7 mini-series began to unveil the history of the major players in the Wildstorm universe, revealing the lives of these characters before they became super-heroes. This second mini-series delves deeper into that history with an all-new mission for the Team, giving shape to the characters they will become. The Team is made up of Deathblow, Backlash, Gen13’s John Lynch and Grifter, among others. Written by action-guru Chuck Dixon, the story finds the Team tasked with destroying a secret cache of nuclear weapons in Vietnam, left behind by U.S. forces. Faced with the dual evils of the Khmer Rouge and an elite team of psychic Russian soldiers, Team 7’s soldiering skills are stretched to the limit forcing them to rely on their burgeoning GenFactors to pull off the mission.

Story/Spoiler
In issue #1, “Part One: The Wolves”, While on a mission Team 7 chances upon a strange artifact. That artifact will years later will turn the Wildstorm Universe upside down, but for now the team must keep itself from being killed. Sometime later, Lynch is able to release Cray from prison under the condition that he helps to locate and convince Team 7 to return. Lynch tells Cray that Craven is no longer the Director of I.O. and that a new administration has taken over. Cray accepts and the two locates the team in a South American jungle. Cray and Lynch are able to convince Team 7 to work for I.O. again. They are then sent to destroy a cache of nuclear weapons placed in a hardened bunker (since the Vietnam War) in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge could acquire them. Unbeknownst to Team 7 however, a Russian PSI-Unit lead by a (Psionically powerful) crippled old man named Rostov, are sent to Cambodia in order to locate and capture them.

Features a sealed/bond-in Wildstorm Gallery cards

Also features Pin-up by Pop Mhan and Edwin Rosell

Next in issue #2, “Part Two: Deadlands”, In Cambodia, on the way to Nung Valley via boat, Dane uses his powers to disguise the team as Khmer Rouge. As the Russians arrive, they are hostilely greeted by an army of Khmer Rouge. The leader threatens to shoot Rostov if they don’t leave, but the old man uses his mind control powers to force the leader to shoot himself, thereby causing the Rouge to follow his orders. Using a female superhuman named Silver, the Russians are able to track and follow Team 7 through the jungle. Along the way, Team 7 is attacked by supernatural forces, more powerful than the entire team combined. Eventually, they find the source of the attack, a little Cambodian girl with incredible psionic powers named X’ing X’ang who uses her natural abilities to protect her village. After some discussion, she decides to help them locate the cache of missiles which she refers to as “the house of fire”. Just then, Russian military gunships arrive and a firefight ensues, causing X’ang to use her powers again and create an enormous illusion, which causes the pilots of the helicopters to panic and lose control of their aircraft. Seeing an opening, Callahan uses his “mojo” to destroy the remaining gunships when their own guns proved to be ineffective against the helicopters’ armor. Lynch orders Cray and Dane to stay behind in order to kill any troops trailing them.

Features a Pin-up by Allen Im and Robert Campanella

Finally in issue #3, “Part Three: House of Fire”, At X’ang’s village, she leads Lynch and Cash to the house of fire while Slayton, Fairchild, Chang and Callahan secure the village. Cray and Dane ambush and kill an entire squad of Khmer Rouge, but Cray is killed by the two Russian superhumans, Silver and Khuchev, while Dane is seriously injured. Using his powers, Dane tries to revive Cray while killing a group of Russian soldiers who come within a few feet of them. X’ang, Lynch and Cash locates the weapon stockpiles and Lynch begins to arm all the destruct codes. Cash states that the missiles aren’t what the enemy is after, he believes they’re after Team 7. Outside of the bunker, the village is attacked by Silver and Khuchev as Team 7 gets overpowered by the two Russians. After Khuchev kills several fleeing villagers, Slayton goes on the offensive and kills Khuchev with his newly manifested psionic tendrils. Rostov stands over Dane and tries to brainwash him while Dane continues to call out to Cray. Deathblow suddenly awakens moments later, unbeknownst to Rostov. In the village, Silver has completely over-powered Team 7, but X’ang appears, angered at what the Russians have done to her village. She strikes the over-confident Silver with a powerful psionic blast, causing the Russian female to literally explode. Meanwhile, Rostov continues to wipe out Dane’s mind, but Cray appears behind him, pointing his gun at the old man’s head. Using his mind control powers again, Rostov tries to force Cray to shoot himself, but Cray proves to be too resilient and shoots Rostov in the head, however, Dane is left in a comatose state because of the old man. With the Russians dead and the cache of weapons buried beneath tons of limestone, Team 7 departs and takes X’ing X’iang with them due to the fact that her entire village was destroyed, leaving her as the sole survivor.

Features a Pin-up by Chris Warner

Comics lot contains: Team 7: Objective Hell (1995) Issues #1-3.  Image Comics

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

All First Printings
Publisher: Image Comics
Publication Date: 1995
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25 x 6.7
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 1,2,3 are in Very Fine to Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Team 7 collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining.  Recommended.

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