''Urth 4'' is a

comic-book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are oft ...

series created by Peter Stone,

Neal Adams Neal Adams (June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Supe ...

and

Trevor Von Eeden Trevor Von Eeden (born July 24, 1959) is a Guyanese-American comics artist, actor and writer known for his work on such titles as ''Black Lightning'', ''Batman'', ''Green Arrow'', '' Power Man and Iron Fist'', and the biographical series ''The Orig ...

and published by

Continuity Comics Continuity Publishing, also known as Continuity Comics, was an American independent comic book company formed by Neal Adams in 1984, publishing comics until 1994. History After years as a freelancer and comics art packager (with his company Con ...

. The series ran for four issues (May 1989 – December 1990), and was then revived as ''Earth 4'' in 1993, running for a total of seven more issues.

Series overview

The title featured the adventures of a team of elementals created when

Ms. Mystic Ms. Mystic is a fictional comic book superheroine created by comic book artist/writers Neal Adams and Michael Netzer. The character's first full appearance was in ''Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers'' #3 (March 1982), published by Pacific Co ...

was injured and called upon the Earth to help her. In response, the Earth gives Dwight Good, Kelly Kane, Baron Cotter, and Dennis Swan the powers of the four elements.''Ms. Mystic'' #2 (Pacific Comics, 1982). At first calling themselves the Elementalists, they later choose the name Urth 4. The members of Urth 4 are Fyre, Watr, Ayre, and Urth. Urth 4 are charged by the Earth to protect the environment from those who would harm it. The stories in their four issue series had Urth 4 facing off against

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companies, a garbage monster, and pollution from an automobile plant.

Notes

Sources

Continuity Comics at the Grand Comics DB
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External links

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