Rythm Mastr: Tower of Power

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This is an issue of the comic book “RythmMastr: Every Beat of My Heart" formed out of a single newsprint sheet folded to create a four-page booklet. The front page has four graphic panels of different sizes. The top panel has text at the top in both vertical and horizontal lettering that reads “RYTHM / MASTR.” The panel depicts a large grey water tower seen through the sites of a weapons, with a white target bull-eye superimposed over it. Under the tower is a white rectangle with black text that reads “TOWER OF POWER.” There is small black text just above the white rectangle that reads “written & Drawn by / Kerry James Marshall / c KJM / 1999.” The next panel down shown a wide view of the water tower scene with a man aiming a rocket launcher on his shoulder towards the distant water tower.

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