Comic Title: Manhunter #6
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1988
On Sale Date: August 16, 1988 Shipping Date August 16, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #7

Shipping Date August 18, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #147

Newsstand Date September 10, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #147

Copyright Date August 16, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)

Title: "Prelude to Havoc"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Manhunter (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John Ostrander
Writer: Kim Yale
Penciller: Pablo Marcos
Inker: Romeo Tanghal
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Julianna Ferriter

Feature Character(s)

• Manhunter (last appearance in Manhunter #5; next appearance in Suicide Squad Annual #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Eliot Shaw (behind-the-scenes; on the telephone; last appearance in Manhunter #3; next appearance in Manhunter #15)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Falcone (an agent of Argent; no further appearances)
• Two armed robbers (no further appearances)
• Zeke Pikara (a bounty hunter; no further appearances)
• Falcone's associates (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Amanda Waller (behind-the-scenes; on the telephone; last appearance in Checkmate #9; next appearance in Suicide Squad Annual #1)

Other Character(s)

• Han Kim and his wife (owners of a New York deli; no further appearances)
• Anna-Marie Vere (granddaughter of Control; next appearance in Suicide Squad Annual #1)
• Sister Sassie (a fortune teller; no further appearances)
• Beth (a college administrator; no further appearances)
• Deborah Strasser (a dance instructor; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Suicide Squad Annual #1.

Synopsis:
After catching two small-time crooks who robbed a local deli, Mark Shaw is contacted by Mr. Falcone who wants to hire him to find Anna-Marie Vere. Shaw is suspicious and declines the job, so Falcone hires a rival bounty hunter named Pikara. Mark suspects the Pikara will likely hurt the girl if he finds her, so he decides to get to her first.

Mark tracks the girl through her dance instructor and arranges a meeting. Manhunter learns that the girl is the granddaughter of Control who formed a splinter group of Task Force X. He decides to bring the girl to Amanda Waller in Louisiana. Pikara strikes first and nearly gets the upper hand. Falcone acts to save Manhunter using a tranquilizer dart. He is actually working for Control and wants Manhunter to take the girl to Waller. He plans to track them and learn the secret location of the Suicide Squad.