COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Marvel Graphic Novel 12 Signature
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1024200002
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Owner:
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bagofleas
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This is the only SS 9.8 copy of this issue out there as of this posting!!! Signed by Bill Sienkiewicz!
AWESOME!
Produced: 1984
Jim Shooter story, Bill Sienkiewicz cover
Frank Springer and Vince Colletta art
Key Issue: Dazzler: The Movie.
After teaching an aerobics class, Alison is approached by Eric Beale of Beale Productions, who is interested in connecting her with the "right" people. She declines his offer and begins her regular workout.
During her session, a nervous young man named Freddy tries to befriend her. They are interrupted by the club owner and Eric Beale. Beale informs Alison that he just bought the club and wants to promote her.
She declines and goes out with Freddy, who she encourages to be a confident young man, and they share a brief kiss.
After her date, Alison returns home. The paper is full of anti-mutant headlines, which makes her worry about being outed as a mutant.
Alison gets a call from Storm, who is concerned about her, but Alison insists that she is fine. After the phone call she gets ready for her first L.A. singing gig. Elsewhere, Roman Nikoboh goes about making himself presentable for Dazzler's show.
Attending the show is Eric Beale, who is still trying to woo Dazzler into his employ. When her show is done, Dazzler is bombarded by paparazzi who question her about her involvement with Roman Nikoboh.
Upset over the negative publicity that Nikoboh has made for her, she finds Roman in her apartment waiting for her and he makes another sloppy advance toward her. Fed up, Alison screams at him until he leaves. Left alone, Alison wonders where her career can go now.
The next day, Alison is once more confronted by Roman, who follows her in his sports car, offering her a movie deal. She refuses but he continues to follow sending Alison into a run. When she rounds a corner, she uses her light powers to pop his tires causing him to crash. This doesn't stop Roman who chases after her, but fakes a minor heart attack to get Alison to go to his aid. Finally warming up to Roman, she agrees to go out to dinner with him. Alison then accepts the movie deal and the two begin a relationship.
This gains them a lot of publicity and Alison starts indulging in the life of the rich and famous. She eventually reveals to Roman her mutant nature and Roman is impressed. In fact her revelation only makes their relationship stronger. As the days progress, Roman finds a backer for their movie idea. Eric Beale! Alison agrees but is wary of Beale.
Alison plunges into the excessive life of the rich even further. Days later she looks at herself in the mirror and finds that she is losing her shape. Roman enters with a newspaper and tells her that he has publicly outed her as a mutant, hoping they can garner more publicity.
At first Alison is horrified, but eventually decides to go through with things and make a public demonstration of her mutant powers.
This happens at an airport where Alison displays her powers to a large audience and draws energy from the sound of a jet engine. The audience is horrified by the display and is visibly afraid of Alison's powers; a number of them flee.
Dazzler is upset by the reaction and when they return to their hotel they are confronted by a group of anti-mutant bigots that Dazzler has to fight off.
Dazzler decides to get back into shape, and in spite of the negative press that is generated from the revelation that she is a mutant; the film project goes on with a story that shows mutants in a positive light. Roman begins to worry about their safety but Dazzler, finally embracing her mutant nature is not worried and promises to protect them both.
When they screen the completed film, anti-mutant rioters smash into the studio. Dazzler once again uses her light powers to get them out of their jam.
The next day, she is called by Roman who tells her to go to the Beale Production Company before strangely hanging up the phone. Arriving there she is told that Roman had left and that Eric Beale wants to meet her. There she is blackmailed by Beale who had "bought" Roman with offering him a new concert tour and demands that she sign a new contract with him, where he owns her lock, stock and barrel, or face the destruction of her career.
Alison does not break and refuses to sign the contract. She then uses her light powers to destroy both hers and Roman's contracts and supposedly the only print of the film and storms out of the studio.
Outside she is met by Roman, who had returned to try to terminate his contract. Alison tells him what she had done. Alison and Roman part amicably, and she vows that he will see her again and walks away once more proud of who she is.
This story is continued in Dazzler #35....
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