(October 1987)

Marvel, 1987 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Barcode
?
Editing
Sid Jacobson (editor); Laura Hitchcock (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (executive editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Madballs / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howie Post ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children
Characters
Horn Head; Swine-Sucker; Madbelle; Four Shot; Doctor Viktor Frankenbeans; Simon Snivelitch
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 10 pages (report information)

Mad Love (Table of Contents: 2)

Madballs / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Gallagher
Pencils
Howie Post (signed)
Inks
Roberta Edelman
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
children
Characters
Fist Face; Bash Brain; Swine-Sucker; Horn Head; Foul Shot; Madbelle; Simon Snivelitch; Doktor Viktor Frankenbeans
Synopsis
Doctor Frankenbeans creates Madbelle, a female Madball, which he hopes will help him destroy the other Madballs.

Maiden Hong Kong Blues (Table of Contents: 3)

Madballs / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Gallagher
Pencils
Michael Gallagher
Inks
Roberta Edelman
Colors
George Roussos ?
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
children
Characters
Dust Brain; Splitting Headache; Screamin' Meemie; Fist Face; Slobulus; Bruise Brother; Maiden Hong Kong; Topknot; Ninjun Joe; Chin Kao; Mr. Kao
Synopsis
The Madballs battle Maiden Hong Kong and her henchmen, who are trying to force Mr. Kao into putting bad fortunes into his restaurant's fortune cookies.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1.5 pages (report information)

Meet Super-Star Howard Post (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Star Signals / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Madmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Laura Hitchcock ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Andrew McIntosh; Michael Fowler; Ian Rittweger; Nicole Zinn; Terry Wolfisch; Troy Schmudlack; Darren Noble; Kevin Hogan; Jamers Lowe; Justin Fargione; Bobby O.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Madballs
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Mad Love
    Madballs
  4. 3. Maiden Hong Kong Blues
    Madballs
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Meet Super-Star Howard Post
    Star Signals
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Madmail
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