Hardware (1993-1997)
English
177 pages
Omnibus 1
Hardware: The Man in the Machine
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This first-ever HARDWARE collection, featuring HARDWARE #1-8, introduces inventor/engineer Curt Metcalf whose high tech armor enables him to break free of his corrupt employer, mob connected businessman Edwin Alva.
27 pages
Issue 1
Hardware (1993-1997) #1
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When brilliant inventor Curtis Metcalf discovers that his mentor and employer is secretly connected to organized crime and the center of a web of corruption, he becomes the High-tech Vigilante "Hardware" to bring his mentor down. "The Man in the Machine: Chapter One". Written by Dwayne McDuffie with Pencils by Denys Cowan and Inks by Jimmy Palmiotti.
22 pages
Issue 2
Hardware (1993-1997) #2
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Reprise, the super-powered "collective" hit man, tries to take Hardware apart. And even Hardware can't exhaust the myriad armed thugs that Reprise can generate. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art and cover by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti
21 pages
Issue 3
Hardware (1993-1997) #3
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In part 3 of "The Man in the Machine," Hardware finds his quarry, but a cornered Edwin Alva can be very dangerous. More about Alva's organization is revealed when he proves to be a ranking officer of S.Y.S.T.E.M., a secret government agency. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art and cover by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti.
21 pages
Issue 4
Hardware (1993-1997) #4
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In the conclusion of the action-packed first story arc, Hardware thinks he has the evidence to topple Alva...but SYSTEM may destroy him first! Written by Dwayne McDuffie with art and cover by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti.
21 pages
Issue 5
Hardware (1993-1997) #5
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The streets of Dakota will no longer be safe once Hardware teams with the new "hero," Deathwish! As they stalk a psychopathic killer, Deathwish shows Hardware just who's the real single-minded dreadnought of Vengeance. Written by Dwayne McDuffie and penciled by Denys Cowan. Cover by Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti.
21 pages
Issue 6
Hardware (1993-1997) #6
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Hardware and Deathwish are getting closer to finding the serial killer. Hardware learns his partner's ugly secret and makes a chilling personal discovery about the nature of vengeance. Written by Dwayne McDuffie and pencilled by Denys Cowan. Cover by Cowan and Mike Manley.
23 pages
Issue 7
Hardware (1993-1997) #7
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Hardware is confronted by his worst nightmare…literally! Things go from bad to worse as he begins his most startling transformation. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, pencilled by Denys Cowan, and inked by Jimmy Palmiotti. Cover by Cowan.
22 pages
Issue 8
Hardware (1993-1997) #8
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A rogue SYSTEM agent gives Hardware more information about that secret organization, and Curt learns that he isn't the first high-tech vigilante to fight this war.
24 pages
Issue 9
Hardware (1993-1997) #9
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Has Hardware met his match in Technique, the brilliant woman with a battle suit of her own, sent by Alva to destroy him? And Hardware knows her suit's got to be good…because it was designed by his alter ego, Curtis Metcalf! Written by Brian McDonald and pencilled by Arvell Jones. Cover by Denys Cowan.
22 pages
Issue 10
Hardware (1993-1997) #10
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Hardware steps over the line and into harm's way when he seeks the truth about Harm, a super-powered mob enforcer…or something else? This issue leads into "Shadow War," the first Milestone crossover event.
23 pages
Issue 11
Hardware (1993-1997) #11
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"Shadow War," Milestone's first crossover event, begins here. The cover features spot-varnished art by Walter Simonson, with a metallic fifth color ink. War breaks out in the Dakota Universe as Iron Butterfly, the ferrokinetic field commander of the Shadow Cabinet, enlists Hardware into her service. Continued in Icon #9. Written by Dwayne McDuffie and pencilled by Denys Cowan. Cover by Walter Simonson.
22 pages
Issue 12
Hardware (1993-1997) #12
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When the Shadow War broke out, Hardware and Harm set aside their differences. Now that it's over, it's time to work things out-and work each other over! Written by Dwayne McDuffie and pencilled by Rich Buckler. Cover by Denys Cowan.
22 pages
Issue 13
Hardware (1993-1997) #13
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Curt Metcalf takes some time out with Barraki Young in order to sort out their relationship. But when the lovers find their quiet retreat under siege, Metcalf must fend off their attackers…without his Hardware suit! Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Eddy Newell and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Newell.
22 pages
Issue 14
Hardware (1993-1997) #14
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With or without his battlesuit, Curt Metcalf proves effective against a swarm of attackers, while Barraki Young finds that the Hardware armor isn't always tangible.
22 pages
Issue 15
Hardware (1993-1997) #15
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Alva discovers Hardware's greatest secret, and Curt Metcalf faces the biggest dilemma of his career even as he begins work on what may be his ultimate weapon. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Humberto Ramos and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Denys Cowan and Walter Simonson.
38 pages
Issue 16
Hardware (1993-1997) #16
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Edwin Alva's discovery of Hardware's true identity forces Curt Metcalf to forge a new, improved high-tech dreadnought of vengeance-Hardware, version 2.0! Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins. Cover by John Byrne.
23 pages
Issue 17
Hardware (1993-1997) #17
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Part two of "Worlds Collide," the 14-part DC/Milestone crossover event, continued from Superman: The Man of Steel #35: Fred Bentson's strange dreams compel him to seek help from a sleep research laboratory. But the lab is a subsidiary of Alva Technologies, bringing Hardware into Edwin Alva's latest scheme…a plot to bridge dimensions, using the unwitting Bentson as the focal point. Continued in Superboy #6. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Cowan.
23 pages
Issue 18
Hardware (1993-1997) #18
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Part nine of "Worlds Collide," the 14-part DC/Milestone crossover event, continued from Superboy #7: The cosmic entity Rift wreaks havoc on the two worlds, and the heroes of both realities battle side by side to save the universe-twice! Plus, Hardware discovers the downside of working for Alva. Continued in Superman: The Man of Steel #36. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Denys Cowan and Prentis Rollins. Cover by Cowan.
22 pages
Issue 19
Hardware (1993-1997) #19
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It's a serious case of mistaken identity when strangers from a faraway planet arrive on Earth to take Hardware "home." Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art and cover by Humberto Ramos and Prentis Rollins.
23 pages
Issue 20
Hardware (1993-1997) #20
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Curt Metcalf and Deacon Stuart are just a couple of the V.I.P.s in attendance at a New York City technological convention, an event that turns into a rendezvous with trouble!
23 pages
Issue 21
Hardware (1993-1997) #21
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In New York City, the mysterious magical entity Arcaana leads Hardware into a deadly game of cat and mouse…and a confrontation with a second daunting super-villain, Helga. Written by Adam Blaustein, with art by Prentis Rollins and Aubrey Bradford. Cover by Rollins.
22 pages
Issue 22
Hardware (1993-1997) #22
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Edwin Alva brings in a brilliant young African American scientist fresh from graduate school to be Curtis Metcalf's technical assistant, leading to complications for Hardware when Metcalf learns a new meaning of the word rivalry. Written by Otis Wesley Clay, with art and cover by Humberto Ramos and Prentis Rollins.
22 pages
Issue 23
Hardware (1993-1997) #23
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Hardware begins a search for the traitors inside Alva Technologies and discovers a secret laboratory where the reconstruction of a S.Y.S.T.E.M.atic is taking place. Written by Otis Wesley Clay, with art and cover by M.D. Bright.
22 pages
Issue 24
Hardware (1993-1997) #24
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An attack on Hardware by a powerful opponent leads to a devastating discovery, compounding the tension among Curtis Metcalf; his eager assistant, Preston Dawes; and Edwin Alva. Meanwhile, Crimson attempts to abduct Barraki, even as her relationship with Metcalf begins to mend. Written by Otis Wesley Clay, with art and cover by Humberto Ramos and Prentis Rollins.
38 pages
Issue 25
Hardware (1993-1997) #25
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In this extra-size 25th issue, Hardware fights for his life against the super-powered team known as Death Row-formed by Hangman, Guillotine, Hypo, and Volt (from the pages of Kobalt). Meanwhile, the mysterious Sanction captures several of Curtis Metcalf's friends and lovers. These events lead to Hardware's final confrontation with Alva.
23 pages
Issue 26
Hardware (1993-1997) #26
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Deathwish guest-stars as guest writer Adam Blaustein, hot on the heels of the Deathwish miniseries, begins a three-part story arc of cyber-gothic horror titled "Hunt for Deathwish." In part one, Hardware faces a life-or-death crisis when a mysterious entity known as Haus begins abducting Dakota's children. When Deathwish resurfaces to dispense his own brand of justice, Hardware must decide whether or not to stop the psychotic vigilante.
23 pages
Issue 27
Hardware (1993-1997) #27
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Part two of the three-part "Hunt for Deathwish": Hardware is caught in the middle of a war between two psychotic vigilantes: Deathwish and Dakota's most bizarre menace yet, Cyber-Bwana. This comic contains language of a racially offensive nature and may not be suitable for all age groups. Its inclusion is an intentional creative choice intended to highlight the fact that language of this type was frequently deployed in past decades and remains in use today, even as contexts evolve. Readers for whom such language is triggering or hurtful should be advised.
23 pages
Issue 28
Hardware (1993-1997) #28
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Part three of the three-part "Hunt for Deathwish": Hardware joins the physically and emotionally damaged Marisa Rahm to track down Deathwish before Cyber-Bwana can. But Rahm has a hidden agenda: to avenge herself against the despicable scourge Haus.
22 pages
Issue 29
Hardware (1993-1997) #29
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The Blood Syndicate guest-stars as "The Long Hot Summer" continues. It's complete chaos on Paris Island when Hardware battles the Blood Syndicate for the first time. Meanwhile, Cheryl Saltz may be getting more than she bargained for when she considers taking a position at the Utopia theme park's computer pavilion.
22 pages
Issue 30
Hardware (1993-1997) #30
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As "The Long Hot Summer" continues, Hardware goes head-to-head with his greatest enemy when Alva conspires with Pyre, Harm, and St. Cloud on how to divide Dakota.
23 pages
Issue 31
Hardware (1993-1997) #31
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The riot in Utopia jeopardizes Alva's secret agenda, and tempers flare when Hardware ignores a direct order to help.
23 pages
Issue 32
Hardware (1993-1997) #32
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A cog in the machine no longer, Hardware seizes control of Alva Industries. But Alva's relatives are already lining up to stop Curtis Metcalf…by any means necessary.
23 pages
Issue 33
Hardware (1993-1997) #33
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The new regular creative team of writer John Rozum and artists Eric Battle and John Stanisci begins an exciting new chapter for Hardware as Curtis Metcalf's Hard Company is infiltrated by a super-powered cyborg with a bizarre secret.
23 pages
Issue 34
Hardware (1993-1997) #34
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Hardware and the mysterious Sanction are fighting in the jungles of South America against a genetically engineered Aztec god, the flying serpent known as Huaca Aires.
23 pages
Issue 35
Hardware (1993-1997) #35
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Searching for answers after Fuselage's destruction, Hardware heads to South America, where the clues lead him right into an evil army's firing line. Curtis is in for the battle of his life, but Sanction's arrival might give him a fighting chance!
23 pages
Issue 36
Hardware (1993-1997) #36
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Hardware and Sanction uncover a plot involving an experimental super-rocket, and mercenaries Archer and Duke will stop at nothing to prevent the heroes from interfering. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman named Eisner, and a group of super-agents, keeps watch as events unfold.
22 pages
Issue 37
Hardware (1993-1997) #37
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The mysterious villain known as Malleus sends bizarre space creatures to attack Hardware, who must fight his way off a space station. But something is horribly wrong with the hero's armor.
23 pages
Issue 38
Hardware (1993-1997) #38
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Trapped without his armor, Hardware battles the dreaded Malleus as the space station crumbles around them…along with any chance of getting back to Earth.
23 pages
Issue 39
Hardware (1993-1997) #39
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Sabrina Alva, daughter of the late Edwin Alva, exacts her revenge on Hardware and Hard Company by pitting them against the powerful Technique!
23 pages
Issue 40
Hardware (1993-1997) #40
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Hardware hasn't spoken to his father in years, but when Detective Mitchell Metcalf tries to take down the crime boss called Top Dog, Curtis lends a high-tech hand to save his father from fatal retirement.
23 pages
Issue 41
Hardware (1993-1997) #41
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Hardware goes up against the hypnotic powers of the rabid crime lord Top Dog, as the armored hero is given a directive to kill his own father, Detective Mitchell Metcalf.
23 pages
Issue 42
Hardware (1993-1997) #42
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Hardware's fit to be killed when he and Hard Co. pit their technological might against the destructive touch of Cadaver and the assassin known as Hypo.
23 pages
Issue 43
Hardware (1993-1997) #43
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A spy within Hard Co.'s ranks leads Hardware into the middle of an interdimensional war between S.Y.S.T.E.M. and a bizarre race of creatures. Before it's over, Dakota's armored crime-fighter will need help from Starlight and the Heroes to save Times Square from becoming the site of a bloodbath.
23 pages
Issue 44
Hardware (1993-1997) #44
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The Heroes guest-star as Hardware joins forces with Donner, Blitzen, and Static to stop the K'lumnii invasion of Earth. Meanwhile, Starlight, Iota, and Payback fight to protect a Bang Baby from Agent Scar as S.Y.S.T.E.M. tries to shut down Project Revolving Door-permanently.
22 pages
Issue 45
Hardware (1993-1997) #45
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D.G. Chichester (The Long, Hot Summer, Daredevil) takes the writing reins of Milestone's armored hero as Hardware and Hard Company go back to basics and farther than ever before…with a vengeance!
23 pages
Issue 46
Hardware (1993-1997) #46
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Hardware's discovery of an artificial intelligence that embodies Edwin Alva, his former nemesis, threatens to cause a rift between Curtis Metcalf and Hard Company. Meanwhile, Hardware's investigation of slave labor in Dakota reveals a larger conspiracy and a trio of super-powered enforcers who will kill Hardware to keep the truth from getting out.
23 pages
Issue 47
Hardware (1993-1997) #47
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A brutal murder has been committed, a suspect is on trial, and by day Curtis Metcalf is on the jury. By night, Hardware searches for the truth, which may prove to be more gruesome than he imagined.
23 pages
Issue 48
Hardware (1993-1997) #48
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Hardware confronts his mother, Congresswoman Denise Metcalf, about COVERT's activities in Dakota. But Tyrant is ready to make his move on both COVERT and Hardware! Introducing Scrapmetal, the Luddite weapons master!
22 pages
Issue 49
Hardware (1993-1997) #49
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Things are building to a head for the explosive conclusion in Hardware #50 next month! Hardware meets his match and more when the super-powered dictator Tyrant arrives in Dakota! He'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals: turning Dakota into a military state and learning Hardware's secret identity.
39 pages
Issue 50
Hardware (1993-1997) #50
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This special 48-page anniversary issue jump-starts Milestone's fifth year of publication and celebrates Black History Month! Betrayed by his own armor and horribly beaten by the super-soldier Tyrant, Curtis Metcalf faces the truth about himself and his responsibilities to Dakota, leading to the creation of Hardware 3.0. Donning his new, streamlined armor, Hardware must wrest Dakota from Tyrant's control and rescue Seven Pallaton, leader of the government's covert team, before he's forced to reveal Hardware's secret identity. Fortunately, Hardware has a secret weapon, and he's going to drop it on Tyrant! But for Hardware to save Dakota, he'll have to lose someone very important to him.
