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"Resurrection Man": A man named Mitch is killed in a drive-by shooting. He briefly has visions of his life and shortly later, he awakens and can't understand how he is alive again. Mitch goes to a library and speaks to a librarian who helps him look into what lit

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Resurrection Man #1 is an issue of the series Resurrection Man (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1997.

Synopsis for "Resurrection Man"

A man named Mitch is killed in a drive-by shooting. He briefly has visions of his life and shortly later, he awakens and can't understand how he is alive again. Mitch goes to a library and speaks to a librarian who helps him look into what little he can remember about his life. Together, they find his obituary in a Viceroy, South Carolina paper. It seems his name was Mitchell Shelley and he was a lawyer who was killed in a gas main explosion at his office two years ago.

A pair of female bounty hunters called the Body Doubles try and capture Mitch. He flees.

Mitch walks to a diner where he stops an out of control tanker truck from ramming the diner. However, the truck explodes killing Mitch shortly after he rescues the driver. Three days later the Body Doubles show up and question the diner patrons about the incident.

Mitch walks along the road and passes a road sign that says he is now leaving Crucible.

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  • Irma (First appearance)

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Notes

  • Lenticular disc on cover.

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