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Created, Written, and Drawn by

John ByrneColors by

Ronda PattisonEdits by

Chris RyallLettering by

Neil Uyetake

NEXT MEN: AFTERMATH #42. APRIL 2012. FIRST PRINTING. © John Byrne. © 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, SanDiego CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permissionof Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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