Comic Title: Butcher #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1990
On Sale Date: March 13, 1990 Shipping Date March 13, 1990
Source: Previews, #13

Shipping Date March 13, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #177

Shipping Date March 15, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #15

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Butcher

Writer: Mike Baron
Artist: Shea Anton Pensa
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Colorist: Julia Lacquement

Feature Character(s)

• Butcher (John Butcher; first appearance; next appearance in Butcher #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Karen McLeach and Audrey (a Canadian train passenger and her daughter; next appearance in Butcher #2)
• Tsunami (Butcher's teacher; in flashback; next appearance in Butcher #3)

Villain(s)

• James Loftus (also called Maurice; a resort magnate; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Kam (the bodyguard of Loftus; next appearance in Butcher #2)
• Two employees of Loftus (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sue Ellen (Butcher's sister; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Mr. Butcher (Butcher's father; dies in flashback; no further appearances)
• Butcher's grandfather (in flashback; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Butcher #2.

Synopsis:
Resort magnate Jim Loftus joins his private car to a train traveling through western Canada. Karen McLeach and her daughter are aboard the train and invited to dine with Loftus. When Loftus makes advances on the married mother, she rebukes him. This angers Loftus who forces her to stay.

Also aboard the train is John Butcher. An indian with a grudge against Loftus. His family was killed by an explosion set by Loftus to drive them off their property. John seeks revenge. Butcher enters the private car and battles several bodyguards including Kam, a large Korean man. He is able to rescue McLeach and kill Loftus.

Though seriously wounded in the fight with Butcher, Kam separates the private car from the rest of the train. Butcher and McLeach are forced to jump into a snowbank to prevent being aboard the car when it derails.