American Flagg! #1 – First Comics (1983) Publisher: First Comics Year: 1983 Writers: Howard Chaykin Artists: Howard Chaykin Characters: Amanda Krieger, Charles Keenan Blitz, Cyril Farid-Khan, Ernesto Klein-Hernandez, Hilton Krieger, Peggy Krieger, Raul, Reuben Flagg Story Arc: "American Flagg!" Hard Times The date is October 4, 2031. A shuttlecraft arrives at the Plex Mall in Chicago from Gagaringrad, Luna (the Moon). Disembarking is Reuben Flagg, a former video program star who has been drafted into duty by the Plexus Rangers, a corporate law enforcement organization. Flagg's series, a lurid mix of action and sex titled "Mark Thrust, Sexus Ranger", continues without his involvement thanks to his being replaced by a computer generated replica of his character.Flagg is welcomed by his superior, Hilton "Hammerhead" Krieger, chief of the Ranger station located at the Mall, which serves as a transportation hub as well as a shopping and entertainment center. Flagg is soon introduced to Krieger's daughter, Amanda, or "Mandy", and Gretchen Holstrom, proprietor of Love Canal, a night club/adult shop/brothel. Flagg also finds himself recruited to join in on that night's firefight against a gun-toting motorcycle club, or "gogang". The firefights occur at 10:45 p.m., every Saturday night, after... Data provided by ComicVine
