Heroes Incorporated, Issue 19: East and West
Appearing in this issue: Playboy, Human Jackrabbit, Kid Comic, and Plasma-Man with Lt. Steele. Guest Appearances by: Rebel and Torch. Villains: The Grandmaster, various Russian Marines, and a huge atomically mutated armadillo.
Cover: Split Cover, on the left a Soviet submarine on the left a pastiche of the cover of Fantastic Four #1 (except with the Heroes Inc team in Las Vegas fighting a giant mutant armadillo) with East and West emblazoned across the bottom.
Opening page: The DISC (Diamond Industries Submersible Craft) cutting through the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Caption: Two Hundred miles East and four hundred feet down from New York City . . .
First Story: “East.” The DISC closes with a Soviet submarine and initiates boarding. Kid Comic and Plasma-Man cross over and fight their way through a horde of Elite Soviet Marines, including two with minor superpowers. They then rescued Jack, retreated to the DISC and fled back to the United States.
Second Story: “West.” Opening splash page divided into four parts: Jack playing the piano and entertaining at the Sands (looking close Torch’s secret identity can be seen in the crowd). Human Jackrabbit playing an entire row of slot machines (lots of speed lines). Plasma-man flying above the neon lights of Las Vegas. Rebel performing on a Los Vegas stage with dancers behind him.
Next page explaining that Jack is in Nevada opening a new Diamond Industries research station and new he, and the team, are enjoying a well earned vacation in Los Vegas. (Notes saying: 1- that Janice is holding down the HQ in NY with 54-40 and X. And 2- That Lt. Steele has been transferred to active duty with the US Army forces serving in Vietnam.)