VERY FINE/NEAR MINT Foil-etched cover! Furious first issue! The new lean, mean S.H.I.E.L.D. explodes into the nasty '90s: a world of cyber-aged espionage and Tom Clancy-style techno-wars. This series is loaded with the firepower of the all-star creative team of legendary writer Howard Chaykin and the turbo-charged Image artist, Corky C. Lehmkuhl! Plus: this issue features the first salvo of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Decoder Contest! Hidden throughout issues of this series are secret messages - actually clues in a nationwide contest! These scrambled messages are all decipherable with the Decoder card, available with issue #4P. Written by Howard Chaykin. Art and cover by Corky C. Lehmkuhl and Mark McKenna.