<I>Hardware No. 1</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Published by
content: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993
label: Published by
content: DC Comics, Inc., American, founded 1934
label: Written by
content: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
label: Illustrated by
content: Denys Cowan, American, born 1961
label: Owned by
content: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
notes: label: Description
content: A copy of Hardware No. 1 owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The comic (2019.96.9a) is in an opened plastic cover. The cover of the comic book features an image of the character named Hardware. Company logos and pricing information are at the top. The plastic cover (2019.96.9b) is orange and has a repeating chain link design in brown. The DC Comics, Inc. logo is on the top right of the front. Printed at the top in purple ink is [COLLECTOR’S / EDITION / HARDWARE]. The Milestone Media logo is in the top right corner. The cover of the comic book can be seen through a clear window at the center of the front. It features a color image of the character, Hardware. Printed in purple text over white at the bottom of the front is [THIS SET INCLUDES: / HARDWARE #1 / FOUR PANELS OF / GIANT 16-PANEL MURAL / EXCLUSIVE POSTER / SKYBOX TRADING CARD / BOOK AND POSTERS PRINTED IN CANADA / TRADING CARDS PRINTED IN USA / PACKAGED IN CANADA]. The price is listed to the right of the text. The back is orange and features the same repeating linked chain design. A thick purple line is at the top. The middle of the back is clear and another image of Hardware is visible through the plastic. The four-panel poster (2019.96.9c) features four images of other Milestone Media comic book characters. The second poster (2019.96.9d) is of the cover of Hardware No. 1 without any text. The white backboard (2019.96.9e) features a black-and-white image of the character Hardware. The trading card (2019.96.9f) features a color image of the character Hardware. The back features a smaller image of the character as well as biographical text about the character. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
place: label: Place printed
content: Canada, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Canada, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.96.9a-f
objectType: label: Type
content: comic books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milestone Media LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, plastic, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2019.96.9a): 10 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 1/16 in. (25.7 × 17.1 × 0.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.9b): 12 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (32.7 × 24.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.9c): 12 13/16 × 20 1/16 in. (32.5 × 51 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.9d): 10 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (25.6 × 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.9e): 11 × 6 11/16 in. (27.9 × 17 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.9f): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)