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IMAGE comcs PRESENTS МОБ ROBERT KIRKMAN WRITER & LETTERER RYAN OTTLEY PENCILER & INKER BILL GRABTREE COLORIST COVER BY INVINCIBLE CREATED BY CORINTHAL J. WALKER ROBERT KIRKMAN AND BILL CRABTREE AND CORY WALKER FOR IMAGE COMICS: JIM VALENTINO ERIC STEPHENSON BRENT BRAUN BRETT EVANS PUBLISHER DIRECTOR OF MARKETING DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION CONTROLLER/FOREIGN LICENSING ART DIRECTOR ALLEN HUI CINDIE ESPINOZA TIM HEGARTY JON MALIN WEB DEVELOPER ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT BOOK TRADE COORDINATOR PRODUCTION ASSISTANT WWW.IMAGECOMICS.COM INVINCIBLE VOL. | #9. FEBRUARY 2004. FIRST PRINTING. An Image Comics Group title published by Image Comics 1071 N. Batavia St. Ste A, Orange, CA 92867. Image and its logos are Ф and © 2004 Image Comics, Inc. All rights reserved. INVINCIBLE is ™ and © Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker, 2004. All rights reserved. Dragon, SuperPatriot, Mighty Man, Battletank, & Smasher аге ™ and © 2004, Erik Larsen. All Rights Reserved. Doc & Gia Noble аге ™ and © 2004, Jay Faerber. АП Rights Reserved. Venture is ТМ and © 2004, Jay Faerber and Jamal Igle, All Rights Reserved. Shadowhawk is ™ and © 2004, Jim Valentino, All Rights Reserved. Superstar is ™ and © 2004, Kurt Busiek & Stuart Immonen. All Rights Reserved. Charade is ™ and © 2004, Eric Stephenson. All Rights Reserved. Jack Staff is ™ and O 2004, Paul Grist. All Rights Reserved.Any similarities to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. Publisher and creators assume no responsibility for unsolicited materials. PRINTED IN KOREA
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