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- ↑ Michael Shreve. Enemy Force, Hollywood Comics, 2010. ISBN 978-1-935558-49-1
- 1 2 3 4 "Enemy Force and The Emerald Eyes", from The Brooklyn Rail InTranslation, August 2009.
