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HARDWARE #1

April 1993

KEYEarliest catalogued appearances of Hardware and Edwin Alva.

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writerDwayne McDuffieartistDenys Cowan, Jimmy PalmiotticoloristNoelle GiddingslettererJanice Chiang

The Man in the Machine

Alva Industries Dakotaverse

Curtis Metcalf is a brilliant inventor who was recruited into lifetime servitude by corrupt industrialist Edwin Alva. After realizing his employer's true nature and recognizing that he is "too big" for the proper authorities, Metcalf takes on Alva's criminal empire under the guise of the high-tech vigilante known as Hardware.