Kickers, Inc.

    (Marvel, 1986-1987)
™ and ©1986 Marvel Entertainment Group

The New York Smashers football team were a colorful lot: dapper wide receiver “Dasher” Corbin, powerhouse Beauford “Brick House” Wohl, the wild “Suicide” Smythe. Leading the team was quarterback Jack Magniconte.

Jack took the game seriously and was continually looking for an edge to help his playing. His brother, a sports nutritionist, had rigged up a machine called an “intensifier” which he thought might increase his strength. But this machine might have had no effect at all, had not Jack been exposed to the mysterious “White Event” which transformed Marvel’s “New Universe.” After that, Jack gained incredible speed and strength—so much so that football was no longer a challenge.

Following his brother’s death at the hands of thugs, Jack decided to gather his fellow teammates into Kickers, Inc.—and put some serious “kicking” into crimefighting.
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  • 1
    #1
    Nov 1986
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    W: Tom DeFalco  ·  A: Ron Frenz
    1st Appearance of Kickers; Origin of Kickers; Inc.
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    Newsstand Edition with cover by Ron Frenz
    Nov 1986
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    W: Tom DeFalco  ·  A: Ron Frenz
    1st Appearance of Kickers; Origin of Kickers; Inc.
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    Dec 1986
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    W: Tom DeFalco  ·  A: Ron Frenz
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    Newsstand Edition with cover by Ron Frenz
    Dec 1986
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    W: Tom DeFalco  ·  A: Ron Frenz
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    Jan 1987
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    W: Tom DeFalco, Mary Jo Duffy  ·  A: Ron Frenz
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    Newsstand Edition with cover by Steve Geiger
    Jan 1987
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    W: Tom DeFalco, Mary Jo Duffy  ·  A: Ron Frenz
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    Feb 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Tom DeFalco, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Howard Bender
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    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Morgan
    Feb 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Tom DeFalco, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Howard Bender
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    #5
    Mar 1987
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    W: Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald  ·  A: Paul Ryan
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    #6
    Apr 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Rod Whigham
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    Newsstand Edition
    Apr 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Rod Whigham
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    May 1987
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    Newsstand Edition
    May 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Rod Whigham
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    #8
    Jun 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Larry Alexander
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    Newsstand Edition with cover by Mark Texeira
    Jun 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Larry Alexander
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    Jul 1987
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    W: Dwight Jon Zimmerman  ·  A: Alan Kupperberg
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    Newsstand Edition with cover by Mike Mignola
    Jul 1987
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    W: Dwight Jon Zimmerman  ·  A: Alan Kupperberg
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    #10
    Aug 1987
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    W: Adam Blaustein  ·  A: Rod Whigham
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    #11
    Sep 1987
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    W: Dwight Jon Zimmerman  ·  A: Larry Alexander
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    #12
    Oct 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Rod Whigham
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    #12 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Mike Mignola
    Oct 1987
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    W: Ron Altaville, Terry Kavanagh  ·  A: Rod Whigham
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