Flare #1 was published by Heroic Publishing on November 1, 1988, as part of a series that began in 1988. Dennis Mallonee writes, and art comes from Aaron McClellan, E.R. Cruz and Mark Beachum. This 52-page issue features Flare, Lady Arcane, Sparkplug, Professor Pomegranate and Tomas Gottman, among 7 characters cataloged on VerseDB.