(January 2003)

Wizard Entertainment, 1997 Series
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Price
4.99 USD; 6.95 CAD
Pages
108
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2002-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Not Recommended for All Ages
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gareb Shamus Enterprises Inc.
Brand
Wizard
Barcode
074470038085 01
Editing
Pat McCallum (credited as Gandalf) (VP, editor-in-chief); Douglas Goldstein (credited as Bilbo) (VP special projects, editor); Matthew Senreich (credited as Elrod) (editorial direction); Joe Yanarella (credited as Pippin) (senior managing editor); Zach Oat (credited as Frodo) (managing editor); Justin Aclin (credited as Aragorn) (associate editor); Robert Bricken (credited as Saruman) (associate editor); Adam Patyk (credited as Legolas) (associate editor); Brian Cunningham (credited as Gimli) (contributing editor)

Issue Notes

On sale data year and month taken from previous issue.

This issue shipped with three covers.

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

The Cold War (Table of Contents: 1)

G.I. Joe; Spider-Man / photo story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Pat McCallum; Tom Root; Zach Oat; Justin Aclin; Robert Bricken; Jon Gutierrez
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Editing
Doug Goldstein; Matthew Senreich

Genre
humor; military; superhero
Characters
Cobra Commander; Crystal Ball; Snake Eyes; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Tomax; Wild Weasel; Xamot; Dr. Mindbender
Synopsis
Spider-man find out he has a COBRA base in his walls. They steal his cable, run up his phone bill, flush the toilet when he is in the shower, and eat his food. He tries to get rid of them, but ends up allowing them to stay in exchange for rent, grocery money, and cleaning his gutters.
Reprints
Keywords
3-D Doritos; action figures; fumetti; Gilmore Girls; kittens; Lays; Ms. Cleo; Sex in the City; shop vac; shower; tuna fish

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dragon Ball Z; G.I. Joe / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Too heavy...
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Undertow; Wet-Suit; Gohan
Synopsis
Undertow can't lift a beach ball.
Keywords
action figures; beach; Big Shot; fumetti

Indexer Notes

The Undertow and Wet-Suit figures is from G.I. Joe by Hasbro and the Gohan figure is from Dragon Ball Z by Irwin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

GamePro / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So... do you like snowboarding?
Genre
humor
Characters
Elise; monster
Synopsis
Elise wants to snowboard; the monster wants to eat her.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; snow; snowboarding

Indexer Notes

The Elise figure is from GamePro by Joyride.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Star Wars / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, sweet thing - - gimme some sugar!
Genre
humor; adventure; science fiction
Characters
Orn Free Ta; She-Va
Synopsis
Orn Free Ta wants some sugar.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti

Indexer Notes

The Orn Free Ta figure is from Star Wars by Hasbro and the She-Va figure is from Wacky Wobblers by Funko.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Iron Man; Sock Monkey / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ish not martinis!
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Drinky Crow
Synopsis
Iron Man tries to convince Drinky Crow his alcohol is rocket fuel.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; martinis; rocket fuel

Indexer Notes

The Iron Man figure is from Marvel Legends by Toy Biz and the Drinky Crow figure is from Sock Monkey by Dark Horse.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Bible; Transformers / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome back, Optimus!
Genre
humor
Characters
Jesus; Convoy [Optimus Prime]
Synopsis
Jesus welcomes Optimus back to heaven.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; heaven

Indexer Notes

The Jesus figure is from Train Up a Child and the Convoy [Optimus Prime] figure is from Mega SCF by Takara.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dragon's Lair 3D / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, we got ourselves a hero here!
Genre
humor
Characters
Dirk the Daring; penguins
Synopsis
Penguins hold up Dirk.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; guns; sword

Indexer Notes

The Dirk the Daring figure is from Dragon's Lair 3D by AnJon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

GamePro; G.I. Joe / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Behold the terrifying power of Monkey-La!
Genre
humor
Characters
Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage]; Gon Gon
Synopsis
Storm Shadow is unimpressed by Gon Gon.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti

Indexer Notes

The Gon Gon figure is from GamePro Presents by Joyride and the Storm Shadow figure is from G.I. Joe by Hasbro.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Battle of the Planets; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No!
Genre
humor; science fiction; sword and sorcery
Characters
Stratos; Billy; Princess
Synopsis
Billy's parents are getting divorced.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti

Indexer Notes

The Billy figure is Keyop and both he and Princess are from Battle of the Planets by Diamond Select and the Stratos figure is Masters of the Universe by Mattel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Planet of the Apes; Star Trek / cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I could just shoot you, you know.
Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Caesar; Khan
Synopsis
Ceasar is Khan's pet.
Keywords
action figures; Big Shot; fumetti; KUBRICKs

Indexer Notes

The Caesar figure is from Planets of the Apes KUBRICKs by Medicom and the Khan figure is from Star Trek by Playmates.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. The Cold War
    G.I. Joe; Spider-Man
  2. 2. ["Too heavy..."]
    Dragon Ball Z; G.I. Joe
  3. 3. ["So... do you like snowboarding?"]
    GamePro
  4. 4. ["Hey, sweet thing - - gimme some sugar!"]
    Star Wars
  5. 5. ["Ish not martinis!"]
    Iron Man; Sock Monkey
  6. 6. ["Welcome back, Optimus!"]
    Bible; Transformers
  7. 7. ["Hey, we got ourselves a hero here!"]
    Dragon's Lair 3D
  8. 8. ["Behold the terrifying power of Monkey-La!"]
    GamePro; G.I. Joe
  9. 9. ["No!"]
    Battle of the Planets; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  10. 10. ["I could just shoot you, you know."]
    Planet of the Apes; Star Trek
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