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TITLE: "The
Chunk"
COVER BLURB: "The
Chunk!"
DATE:
February 1988
WRITER:
Mike Baron
PENCILS: Jackson
Guice
INKS: Larry
Mahlstedt
COLORS: Michele
Wolfman
LETTERS: Steve
Haynie
EDITOR: Mike
Gold
COVER:
Jackson Guice & Larry Mahlstedt
COVER
PRICE: 75¢
QUOTE:
"...Eat enough and close the hole and make it go away
but there's never enough... You're one of the smooth ones, so cool, so
popular, all the dirty little idiots who made my life a living hell...
And I have to plug the hole, plug the hole. Hungry all the
time." —Chester Runk, the Chunk |
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SUMMARY:
During a visit with his new psychologist, attempting to
adjust to
the many problematic relationships in his life, Wally West hears of a jewelry
robbery taking place next door. Jumping into action as the Flash he
encounters the Chunk, an enormously obese man who seems to be
literally inhaling diamonds. Unfortunately, the Flash is unable to apprehend
the Chunk before he disappears from view. Wally's intent on
discovering who this mysterious thief really is, unwilling to deal with
the growing problems presented to him by his mother, girlfriend Tina
McGee, and the Middle Hampton City Council. A little research
reveals the troubling story of Chester Runk, an emotionally disturbed
M.I.T. research student who made brilliant discoveries relating to a
matter transportation device. During a platinum robbery at a
local art gallery, the Flash confronts the Chunk with his knowledge of
the man's past but is unable to counter the man's hunger-fueled rage. The Flash soon finds himself, along with the Chunk, transported to a
barren wasteland far removed from reality.
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