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HERO HOTLINE #5
Cover Date: August 1989
Cover Price: $1.75
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Sven DeCarlo (Signed)
Inks: Pete Picasso (Signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Bob Rozakis |
| Pencils | Stephen DeStefano |
| Inks | Karl Kesel |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Bob Rozakis |
| Editing | Brian Augustyn |
Feature Character(s):
- Hero Hotline:
- Coordinator (behind the scenes)
- Diamondette
- Hotshot
- Private Eyes
- Stretch
- Voice-Over
- Microwavabelle
- Mister Mighty
Supporting Character(s):
- Suzy-Q
- Fred
- Zeep, the Living Sponge (next, behind the scenes, in Justice League Quarterly #8)
- Ellie Longacre
- Melanie Boulder
- Ruthie Jackson (last in issue #3)
- Naomi Jackson (last in issue #3)
- Dwight Jackson (last in issue #3)
- Lightning Eyes (last in issue #3; last appearance)
- Hotline operators and other Hotline staff
Villain(s):
- Firebug (last in Batman Vol. 1 #318; next in Detective Comics #689)
- Carrot-Top (first appearance, a pickpocket and master of disguise)
- Mister Mind (first post-Crisis appearance; see Comment)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Odd Man (last in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2; next in Superboy Vol. 3 #65)
Other Character(s):
- Detective Grobotkin
- Mrs. Bartoli (last in issue #1)
- a judge (first appearance)
- a prosecutor (first appearance)
- a court assembly
- a restaurant waiter
- Mr. Peirsall
- a bed delivery man (see Comment)
- Ellie's mother (first appearance; in flashback)
- a police officer
- a pickpocket victim
- a girl with a snake (see Comment)
- a car accident victim
- ambulance men
Comment(s):
- Mister Mind has a cameo on the last page. However, the character hadn’t made his official canonical debut yet, so this appearance may just be an out-of-continuity "easter egg".
- Mr. Peirsall is based on the character of Donald Duck, while the bed delivery man is clearly inspired by Goofy. The girl with the snake is based on Betty from Archie comics.
Synopsis: - It looks bad for Mister Mighty in court since most evidence point to him being the killer of Ralph Bartoli. However, Stretch’s daughter Ellie defends him best she can in court.
- The Coordinator improves security in the Hotline HQ after the attack in the last issue. However, while the Hotline crew is diverted by a car accident outside the building, the HQ gets under attack by the supervillain Firebug. The Hotline members (including Zeep the Living Sponge) defeat the villain by cleverly disarming him. But the mastermind behind the Firebug’s attack is still not known.