(1987)

Vortex, 1986 Series
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Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vortex Comics Inc.
Brand
Vortex Comics [generic]
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
William P. Marks (Publisher)

Invasion of the Micro-Men! (Table of Contents)

Ed the Happy Clown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as C. Brown)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as C. Brown)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as C. Brown)
Colors
Chester Brown (signed as C. Brown)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as C. Brown)

Genre
humour; science fiction; satire-parody
Characters
Micro-Men
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Fur Bag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (credited) (reply)
Pencils
Chester Brown
Inks
Chester Brown
Letters
Chester Brown

Indexer Notes

Letters from M. Kraiger, Peter Bagge, Jay Kennedy, Thom Morrissey

My Bum Was a Gateway To Another World! (Table of Contents: 2)

Ed the Happy Clown / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour; satire-parody; science fiction
Characters
Ronald Reagan; Unnamed Man from Dimension X; Mister Ding; Nancy Reagan; Professor; Farmer Smith; Allan
Synopsis
The Professor, President Reagan and Nancy Reagan investigate Dimension X, a small portal located in a farmer's field.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ronald Reagan and his wife are not drawn like they actually appear- Ronald is drawn as a very short man somewhat resembling J. Edgar Hoover and his wife is a skirt-wearing blonde decades younger than him.

Mark Part Four (Table of Contents: 3)

The Gospels / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB) (adaptation); Mark the Evangelist (original scripture)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
drama; biography; history; religious
Characters
Jesus Christ; Man from Gerasa/Legion; Woman Sick for Twelve Years; Jairus; Peter; James; John; Jairus's Daughter
Synopsis
Jesus exorcises the demons inside the man from Gerasa. A woman who has been hemorrhaging for twelve years touches Jesus's garment and is cured. He goes to Jairus's house, takes his dead daughter by the hand and revives her.

Indexer Notes

A comics adaptation of the Gospel According to Mark 5:1 - 6:6.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Invasion of the Micro-Men!
    Ed the Happy Clown
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Fur Bag
  3. 2. My Bum Was a Gateway To Another World!
    Ed the Happy Clown
  4. 3. Mark Part Four
    The Gospels
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Mark Gordon
  • Paul Green
  • R. S. Martin
  • Steven Samuels
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore