(Fall 1985)
Renegade Press,
1985 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 6.00 USD
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Renegade Press
- Brand
-
Renegade Press
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (editor)
Issue Notes
no title on copyright page; title taken from title page; labelled Volume Two
THE COLD DISH
Ms. Tree / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree
Indexer Notes
new cover art
[no title indexed]
Ms. Tree / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Will Jacobs; Gerard Jones
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Heroes, The (Crown Publishers, Inc. 1985)
Indexer Notes
promotional quote
The Files of Ms. Tree
Ms. Tree / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
-
from The Files of Ms. Tree (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1984 series) #1 - I, for an Eye and Death Do Us Part (Summer 1984) [artwork and logo]
-
Indexer Notes
illustrated title page
[no title indexed]
Ms. Tree / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Deni Loubert
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
copyright page; no title in copyright notice
THE COLD DISH
Ms. Tree / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
introduction to third Ms. Tree storyline
THE COLD DISH
Ms. Tree / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
title page for third Ms. Tree storyline; no art
"The Cold Dish" Chapter One The Right to Remain Silent ...
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Terry Beatty
- Editing
- cat yronwode (credited as catherine yronwode) (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sam Meyers; Ms. Tree; Rafe Valer; Dan Green; Roger Freemont; Effie; Anne Tree; Mike Tree; Mike Tree JR.
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree meets with Anne Tree, who is soon killed.
- Reprints
-
from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #4 (October 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Two NO USE CRYING
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Terry Beatty
- Editing
- cat yronwode (credited as catherine yronwode) (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mike Tree JR.; Ms. Tree; Effie; Rafe Valer; Walter Booker; Harriet Booker
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree finds out that Anne Tree's death was not an accident.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #4 (October 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Three Paying Respects
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- Dean Mullaney (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree; Mike Tree JR.; Harriet Booker; Walter Booker; Dan Green; Mike Tree; Effie; Roger Freemont; Bryan Hand
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree gets ready to challenge the Mob.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #5 (November 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Four Forgive Her Trespasses
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- Dean Mullaney (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree; Dan Green; Dominic Muerta
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree visits Dominic Muerta.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #5 (November 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Five TO THE SLAUGHTER
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- cat yronwode (credited as catherine yronwode) (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree; Rafe Valer; Mike Tree JR.; Bryan Hand; Harriet Booker
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree finds out about Anne Tree's Mob links.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #6 (February 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Six URBANE RENEWAL
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- cat yronwode (credited as catherine yronwode) (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree; Jason Edwards; Anne Tree; Rafe Valer; Mike Tree JR.; Bryan Hand; Dan Green
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree investigates Anne Tree's Mob links.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #6 (February 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Seven VISITING HOURS
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- Dean Mullaney (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree; Dan Green; Rafe Valer; Roger Freemont; Sam Meyers; Dominic Muerta; Mike Tree JR.; Bryan Hand; Effie
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree's office is firebombed.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #7 (April 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Eight KNEE-DEEP IN DEATH
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- Dean Mullaney (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jason Edwards; Ms. Tree; Roger Freemont; Dan Green; Bryan Hand; Mike Tree JR.
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree contacts a lawyer about Anne Tree's evidence.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #7 (April 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Nine ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- Dean Mullaney (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bryan Hand; Ms. Tree; Mike Tree JR.; Harriet Booker; Walter Booker; Anne Tree; Jason Edwards; Mike Tree
- Synopsis
- Mike Tree JR. is kidnapped.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #8 (May 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Ten MURDER-GO-ROUND
Ms. Tree / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Gary Kato (background assistance); Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- Dean Mullaney (original editor)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree; Bryan Hand; Walter Booker; Jason Edwards; Mike Tree JR.; Sam Meyers; Rafe Valer; Effie
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree rescues Mike Tree JR.
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #8 (May 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
B&W reprint; end of storyline
THE LITTLE WOMAN
Ms. Tree / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
title page for text story; no art
THE LITTLE WOMAN
Ms. Tree / text story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree
- Synopsis
- Ms. Tree looks for missing woman.
- Reprints
-
in Ms. Tree (Titan, 2019 series) #3 - The Cold Dish (September 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
illustrated text story; first publication in this book
The Creators of Ms. Tree
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Deni Loubert
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
- Reprints
- in The Files of Ms. Tree (Renegade Press, 1985 series) #3 (Winter 1986) [with extra material]
-
Indexer Notes
bios for Max Allan Collins & Terry Beatty
[no title indexed]
Mallory; Quarry; Nathan Heller / advertisement / 3 pages
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Nathan Heller
Indexer Notes
B&W ads for Max Allan Collins novels; A Shroud For Aquarius (Walker and Company); Quarry (Foul Play Press); Million-Dollar Wound, The (TOR Books)
[no title indexed]
Ms. Tree / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree
Indexer Notes
B&W house ad for Ms. Tree monthly comic (Renegade, 1985 series)
[no title indexed]
The Scythe / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Terry Beatty
- Inks
- Terry Beatty
- Colors
- Terry Beatty ?
- Letters
- Gary Kato
- Editing
- Dean Mullaney (original editors); cat yronwode (credited as catherine yronwode)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ms. Tree; Dan Green; The Scythe
- Reprints
- from Ms. Tree (Eclipse, 1983 series) #4 (October 1983), #5 (November 1983), #6 (February 1984), #7 (April 1984), #8 (May 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
cover reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
THE COLD DISH
Ms. Tree -
1.
[no title indexed]
Ms. Tree -
2.
The Files of Ms. Tree
Ms. Tree -
3.
[no title indexed]
Ms. Tree -
4.
THE COLD DISH
Ms. Tree -
5.
THE COLD DISH
Ms. Tree -
6.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter One The Right to Remain Silent ...
Ms. Tree -
7.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Two NO USE CRYING
Ms. Tree -
8.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Three Paying Respects
Ms. Tree -
9.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Four Forgive Her Trespasses
Ms. Tree -
10.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Five TO THE SLAUGHTER
Ms. Tree -
11.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Six URBANE RENEWAL
Ms. Tree -
12.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Seven VISITING HOURS
Ms. Tree -
13.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Eight KNEE-DEEP IN DEATH
Ms. Tree -
14.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Nine ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Ms. Tree -
15.
"The Cold Dish" Chapter Ten MURDER-GO-ROUND
Ms. Tree -
16.
THE LITTLE WOMAN
Ms. Tree -
17.
THE LITTLE WOMAN
Ms. Tree -
18.
The Creators of Ms. Tree
-
19.
[no title indexed]
Mallory; Quarry; Nathan Heller -
20.
[no title indexed]
Ms. Tree -
21.
[no title indexed]
The Scythe
This issue was modified by, among others
- mcomics
- Steve Dasinger
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- David Whitten
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