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SKIN GRAFT: THE ADVENTURES OF A TATTOOED MAN #4
Cover Date: October 1993
Cover Price: $2.50
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Cover Credits:
Photograph: Gavin Wilson
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Prosser |
| Art | Warren Pleece |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Colors | Warren Pleece |
| Assistant editing | Shelly Roeberg |
| Editing | Karen Berger |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Yuko (absorbed into John's body)
- Master Kobo (absorbed into John's body)
Villain(s):
- Tattooed Man II (absorbed into John's body; somehow escapes before his next appearance in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81)
- Mizoguchi Kenji (dies)
- Mizoguchi's henchmen/the Red Mist Gang (some of them absorbed into John's body)
- Shintaro
- Wakayama (first appearance, a medic in the service of Mizoguchi)
- Ott (as a tattoo only)
Comment(s):
- Jonathan Shaw is credited for cover tattoo work.
- The entire miniseries is told in flashbacks, but only the character appearances preceding the main story are listed as "flashbacks" per se.
Synopsis:
As John Oakes grows increasingly harmonic and content with his life, Mizoguchi Kenji prepares his last strike. For years, he has collected the finest tattoos ever created, removing the skin of the models and taking it for his private exhibition. Through a deal with Abel Tarrant, he will now get the centerpiece of his collection – Abel Tarrant's artwork on the body of John Oakes, that is not only one of the most stunning artwork ever, but which will also give him access to arcane doors, giving him power unheard of.
When Mizoguchi attacks John, the latter thinks he is prepared, but it's not enough. Involuntarily, he does not only absorb Mizoguchi's henchmen, but also Master Kobo himself, into his skin. Not until Tarrant and Mizoguchi threaten the life of Yuko, John's anger gives him focus to utilize his abilities. He absorbs Tarrant and Mizoguchi into his body. However, the victory is bittersweet since Yuko has been killed by her own father in the fight. As a way for John to keep his closeness to Yuko, he absorbs her as well, and she appears as a flower on his skin. From now on, John and Yuko (sic!) will be forever together.