Gang of Four = Hard Men in Good Cars
R.J. Smith, Creem, March 1984
"All we have in common is the illusion of being together. And the only resistance to the illusions of the permitted painkillers come from the collective desire to destroy isolation..."
– The Vindicator, a shady figure in Brave Commandos, #17.
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