Resurrection Man (1997) #14

"Unnatural Causes": A former cop, Keach, now a prisoner in Levin County Penitentiary, goes berserk and starts busting heads in the prison laundry room. Later in his cell, he gets a visit from what he thinks is the spirit of his former cell mate, Spider, who killed himself. Spider tells Keach t

"Unnatural Causes"
Resurrection Man Vol 1 #14
June, 1998
Executive Editor	Mike Carlin
Cover Artists	Bill Sienkiewicz Digital Chameleon
Unnatural Causes
Writers	Dan Abnett Andy Lanning
Pencilers	Jackson Guice Joe Phillips
Inkers	Jackson Guice Jasen Rodriguez
Colorists	Carla Feeny
Letterers	Ken Lopez
Editors	Eddie Berganza Dana Kurtin
Previous Issue	Resurrection Man # 13
Next Issue	Resurrection Man # 15

I would like to wrestle with you in Jello.

— Mr. Skism

Resurrection Man #14 is an issue of the series Resurrection Man (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1998. It was published on April 15, 1998.

Synopsis for "Unnatural Causes"

A former cop, Keach, now a prisoner in Levin County Penitentiary, goes berserk and starts busting heads in the prison laundry room. Later in his cell, he gets a visit from what he thinks is the spirit of his former cell mate, Spider, who killed himself. Spider tells Keach that he is now carrying something called The Rider in his soul. Spider explains that the Rider is an ancient phantom that pulls people's strings, making them do what it wants.

Later, on a highway chain gang work detail, the Rider makes Keach kill the police and some other prisoners and then escapes.

Appearing in "Unnatural Causes"

Featured Characters:

• Resurrection Man (Mitch Shelley) (As a spirit)

Supporting Characters:

• Bren Rebecki
• Kim Rebecki

Antagonists:

• Clifford DeWitt (Full name revealed)
  • Body Doubles
    • Bonny Hoffman
    • Carmen Leno
  • Hooker
  • The Lab (Behind the scenes)
  • Mr. Skism (First appearance)
• The Rider (First appearance)
  • John Keach (Possessed)
  • Spider (John Keach's cellmate) (As a spirit)

Other Characters:

• Claude Peck (Tombstone)
• Levin County Penitentiary guards
  • Mr. Devlin (Single appearance; dies)
• Levin County Penitentiary inmates
• Lament (First appearance)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Jesus (Mentioned only)
• Rebecki Family (Mentioned only)
  • Uncle Bobby Rebecki (Mentioned only)
  • Grandpa Rebecki (Mentioned only)
  • Marge Rebecki (Kim and Bren's mother) (Mentioned only)
• South Carolina Governor (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• New Earth
  • United States of America
    • California
      • Marin County
        • Codebrowser Ranch (First full appearance)
    • South Carolina
      • Levin County
        • Highway 40
        • Levin County Penitentiary
          • Prison Laundry
        • Viceroy
          • Crescent Hill
            • Rebecki Investigations
          • St. Saviour's Church
    • New York
      • New York City (Mentioned only)
  • Pacific Ocean (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Soder Cola (In picture only)

Vehicles:

• Body Doubles' Lamborghini

Concepts:

• Magic
• Metahumans
  

Notes

• It has been a week since the nuclear blasst from issue #12.
• This issue is collected in Resurrection Man Vol 1..

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Resurrection Man series
• Images from Resurrection Man Vol 1 14