Dreadstar and Company #2 [Direct]
(August 1985)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Epic Comics; Marvel
Editing
Archie Goodwin (editor); Jo Duffy (editor)

Issue Notes

The Origin of Willow (Table of Contents)

Dreadstar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Bernie Wrightson
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Vanth Dreadstar; Syzygy Darklock; Willow; Oedi

Indexer Notes

Fred Snyder added pencils and inks (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4723)

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Archie Goodwin
Inks
Archie Goodwin
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, don't be afraid. Come closer to the shimmering wonder...

Indexer Notes

Archie Goodwin naked, sitting in a shimmering light, explaining that new readers will get to see the first Dreadstar stories.

Willow's Story (Table of Contents: 2)

Dreadstar / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Starlin
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Jim Starlin
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Jim Novak

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Skeevo Phlatus; Dreadstar; Oedi; Syzygy Darklock; Willow
Synopsis
Syzygy brings out the latent telepathic abilities that Willow was suppressing due to a traumatic experience with her father when she was a child.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fred Snyder added script, pencils, inks, colors, letterer (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4723)

[Ad for the Epic Books Dreadstar Annual, Bi-Monthly Dreadstar, Dreadstar Graphic Novel and Elfquest] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin; Wendy Pini; Richard Pini
Inks
Jim Starlin; Wendy Pini; Richard Pini
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Origin of Willow
    Dreadstar
  2. 1. ["Hi, don't be afraid. Come closer to the shimmering wonder..."]
  3. 2. Willow's Story
    Dreadstar
  4. 3. [Ad for the Epic Books Dreadstar Annual, Bi-Monthly Dreadstar, Dreadstar Graphic Novel and Elfquest]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell