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COATES HARVEY GUICE CHATER HANNA BROWN

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LUKE CAGE a.k.a. Power Man, bulletproof skin

MANIFOLD a.k.a. Eden Fesi, teleporter

MISTY KNIGHT Detective with a bionic arm

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design MANNY MEDEROS logo RIAN HUGHES recap art BRIAN STELFREEZE

EVERYBODY LOVES THE SUNSHINE LOVES EVERYBODY cover by JOHN CASSADAY & PAUL MOUNTS associate editor SARAH BRUNSTAD 6 editor WIL MOSS WE ARE WE ARE THE STREETS

part executive editor TOM BREVOORT editor in chief AXEL ALONSO chief creative officer JOE QUESADA president DAN BUCKLEY executive producer ALAN FINE

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