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KENTS #1

Cover Date: August 1997
Cover Price: $2.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Timothy Truman


Story: "Bleeding Kansas, Part 1" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Ostrander
PencilsTimothy Truman
InksMichael Bair
LetteringBill Oakley
ColorsCarla Feeny
Color separationsDigital Chameleon
EditingPeter J. Tomasi

Feature Character(s):

Silas Kent (first appearance; dies)
Abigail Kent (first appearance; Silas Kent's wife)
Nathaniel Kent (first appearance; Silas and Abigail's oldest son)
Jebediah Kent (first appearance; Silas and Abigail's second son)
Jonathan Kent (in the present; last in ???)
Martha Kent (in the present; last/next in ???)
Clark Kent (in the present; last in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in the present; last in ???)

Villain(s):

Mr. Walpole (first appearance; a fugitive slave catcher)
Jeeter (first appearance; a fugitive slave catcher)
Border Ruffians (violent pro-slavery activists from Missouri)
Luther Reid (first appearance; a pro-slavery activist)
Longfellow (first appearance; a pro-slavery activist)
Sheriff Sam Jones

Other Character(s):

Harriet Tubman
runaway slaves (Jesse named)
John Henry Lane
Charles L. Robinson

Location(s):

Boston, MA
Kansas City, Missouri
Lawrence, Kansas
Smallville, KS (in the present)
Metropolis (in the present)

Comment(s):

This issue relates the history of the Kent family from April 3, 1854 to shortly after November 11, 1855.
Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

The Kents (1999)
DC Comics Presents: Superman – The Kents #1 (January 2012)


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