Hardware

    (Milestone, 1993-1996)
™ and ©1993 Milestone Media, Inc.

Hardware was the premiere title of DC’s ethnically oriented Milestone line of comics. It features Curtis Metcalf, a black genius from a working-class neighborhood. After he wins a science fair, world-famous inventor Edwin Alva takes him under his wing, and eventually giving him a job researching and inventing whatever he wants, and paying him extremely well, to-boot. Metcalf’s inventions make millions for Alva’s firm, but when Metcalf asks Alva to share some of the profits, all of Metcalf’s illusions are shattered as his mentor and boss refuses. Metcalf can’t quit and as he soon finds out, Alva is deeply involved in organized crime, but is so powerful that he’s beyond the reach of the law.

But knowledge is power. In his own laboratory, Metcalf creates a suit that gives him fantastic powers. With it, he takes on Alva, as Hardware. Once a cog in the corporate machinery, now he’s out to strip some gears.
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Hardware #1

April, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
28 copies available from $1.50 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #1 Collector’s Set

April, 1993
Cover Price: $2.95
27 copies available from $3.00 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #2

May, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
52 copies available from $1.75 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #3

May, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
44 copies available from $1.19 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #4

June, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
28 copies available from $2.98 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #5

July, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
22 copies available from $1.75 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #6

August, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
12 copies available from $1.75 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #7

September, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
9 copies available from $1.50 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #8

October, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
9 copies available from $2.25 		Dwayne McDuffieJ.J. Birch
Hardware #9

November, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
6 copies available from $3.57 		Brian McDonaldArvell Jones
Hardware #10

December, 1993
Cover Price: $1.50
9 copies available from $3.98 		Dwayne McDuffieRich Buckler
Hardware #11

January, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
10 copies available from $1.75 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #12

February, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
11 copies available from $2.98 		Dwayne McDuffieRich Buckler
Hardware #13

March, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
10 copies available from $4.25 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #14

April, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
9 copies available from $3.00 		Dwayne McDuffieMark D. Bright
Hardware #15

May, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
7 copies available from $5.25 		Dwayne McDuffieHumberto Ramos
Hardware #16

June, 1994
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $7.98 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #16 Special Cover

June, 1994
Cover Price: $3.95
4 copies available from $3.00 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #17

July, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
15 copies available from $1.75 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan, J.J. Birch
Hardware #17 - 2nd printing

July, 1994
Cover Price: $1.50
1 copy available for $4.98 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan, J.J. Birch
Hardware #18

August, 1994
Cover Price: $1.75
14 copies available from $2.80 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #19

September, 1994
Cover Price: $1.75
7 copies available from $3.50 		Dwayne McDuffieHumberto Ramos
Hardware #20

October, 1994
Cover Price: $1.75
5 copies available from $2.50 		Adam BlausteinKeith Pollard
Hardware #21

November, 1994
Cover Price: $1.75
4 copies available from $4.50 		Adam BlausteinPrentis Rollins
Hardware #22

December, 1994
Cover Price: $1.75
4 copies available from $3.98 		Otis Wesley ClayHumberto Ramos
Hardware #23

January, 1995
Cover Price: $1.75
5 copies available from $4.98 		Denton Fixx Jr., Otis Wesley ClayHumberto Ramos
Hardware #24

February, 1995
Cover Price: $1.75
5 copies available from $3.98 		Otis Wesley Clay, Denton Fixx Jr.Humberto Ramos
Hardware #25

March, 1995
Cover Price: $2.95
7 copies available from $5.98 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan, Humberto Ramos
Hardware #26

April, 1995
Cover Price: $1.75
3 copies available from $3.98 		Adam BlausteinPrentis Rollins
Hardware #27

May, 1995
Cover Price: $1.75
2 copies available from $7.98 		Adam BlausteinPrentis Rollins
Hardware #28

June, 1995
Cover Price: $1.75
2 copies available from $6.00 		Adam BlausteinPrentis Rollins
Hardware #29

July, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $6.00 		Dwayne McDuffieHumberto Ramos
Hardware #30

August, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $4.50 		Dwayne McDuffieRobert Walker
Hardware #31

September, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $8.50 		Dwayne McDuffieRobert Walker
Hardware #32

October, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $5.00 		Dwayne McDuffieDenys Cowan
Hardware #33

November, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $6.00 		Adam Blaustein, Jaqueline ChingPrentis Rollins
Hardware #34

December, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $6.00 		John RozumEric Battle
Hardware #35

January, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $7.50 		John RozumEric Battle
Hardware #36

February, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $8.00 		John RozumDenys Cowan
Hardware #37

March, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $8.00 		John RozumEric Battle
Hardware #38

April, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $9.00 		John RozumJ.J. Birch
Hardware #39

May, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $17.00 		Jaqueline ChingPrentis Rollins
Hardware #40

June, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $7.50 		Matt WayneEric Battle, J.J. Birch, Keith Pollard
Hardware #42

August, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $19.98 		John RozumPrentis Rollins
Hardware #43

September, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $8.00 		Joseph IllidgePrentis Rollins
Hardware #44

October, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $8.00 		Joseph IllidgePrentis Rollins
Hardware #45

November, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $40.00 		Daniel G. ChichesterPrentis Rollins
Hardware #46

December, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $19.98 		Daniel G. ChichesterPrentis Rollins
Hardware #47

January, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $33.00 		Daniel G. ChichesterPrentis Rollins
Hardware #48

February, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $19.98 		Daniel G. ChichesterPrentis Rollins
Hardware #50

April, 1997
Cover Price: $3.95
1 copy available for $119.98 		Daniel G. ChichesterPrentis Rollins