Black Tower Presents (or, simply, Presents) appeared in September, 1985 alongside Adventure the big problem is that these were photocopied by Darron Northall so producing two titles meant extra time and work. In the end I decided that apart from one off issues I would filter everything into one title. Hence why stories mentioned in the post for Adventure 1 started here.
The 32 pager featured the alien and last survivor of the Freelancer Corps aptly named Freelancer and his arrival on Earth. The issue kicked off with the origin of Elizabeth Flare aka Mayfly and features a cameo by Dr Faustus and Dr. Wulf as well as first mention of the COTA team. The final panel features the first appearance of the Cougar.
The issue also features the origin of David Brown aka Runestone and his Celtic gods given powers as Hero-champion.
There are a number of first appearances/cameos in Crime Busters and Link. Starting at a circus and moving on to John Clane's (Solar) somewhat conditions stipulated inheritance. Making Solar, Willy Soames/Cane aka The Human Ball; Madelein Bell aka Bell and the Missing Link Black Tower's first published super team.
Scratchy art but part of the early history of Black Tower and Runestone's origin was re-told by Ben Dilworth in Black Tower Adventure vol. 2 no, 7 and you can see the few pages here:
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