War Machine Vol 1 23

Part of the "Crossing" event War Machine Vol 1 #23 Published Released February, 1996 December 12, 1995 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price $1.50 US $2.10 CAN Editor-in-Chief Mark Gruenwald Cover Artist Jim Calafiore Johnny Greene Publisher Stan Lee President Gerard Calabrese "Wish upon a Star" Writer Dan Abnett Penciler Yancey Labat Fred Haynes Inker Rey Garcia Johnny Greene Colourist Erika Moran Letterer John Costanza Editor Nelson Yomtov Mike Marts Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers: Timeslide #1 (Story) War Machine #22 (Title) Iron Man #325 (Story) War Machine #24 (Title)

Appearing in "Wish upon a Star"

Featured Characters:

•  War Machine (Jim Rhodes) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Skye (Death)

Antagonists:

• Dirge (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Stark Enterprises (Referenced)
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
• U.S. Government (Referenced)
• Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) (Mentioned)
• Force Works (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  •  Agent Kirby Martell 
•  Sheva Joseph 
• Worldwatch (Behind the scenes)
  •  Rae LaCoste  (Behind the scenes)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Brood (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Timestream (Mentioned)
  • Present Day
    • Milky Way
      • Solar System
        • Earth
          • Earth Orbit
            • Starcore (Destruction)
            • Moon (Cameo)
          • United States of America
            • California
              • Works, Ventura (Mentioned)
              • Bakersfield (First appearance)
                • S.H.I.E.L.D. Research Infirmary (First appearance)

Items:

• Eidolon Warwear
• War Machine Armor (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Wish upon a Star"

War Machine flies to the Starcore Station and is surprised that it is already completed. He meets Skye, who explains that it was not an accident that he found the Eidolon Warwear. Dirge, an ally of Kang, appears to protect the satellite from Warb Machine.

A fight begins and Skye is mortally wounded. War Machine manages to destroy Dirge's Warwear, which explodes. The explosion kills Dirge and destroyed the space station. War Machine escapes with the wounded Skye, but she dies in his arms.

Notes

Publication Notes

• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[2]

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