(January 1992)

Malibu, 1992 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
Eternity E
Barcode
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Editing
Dan Danko; Chris Ulm (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Southern Squadron / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Karl Kesel
Inks
Karl Kesel
Colors
Dave deVries
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Southern Squadron [Lt. Smith; Southern Cross; the Dingo; Nightfighter]
Synopsis
The cover is a homage to Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961.)
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How to read The Southern Squadron (American Instructions) (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Karl Kesel
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Introduction written by Karl Kesel.

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

Southern Squadron / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dave deVries
Pencils
Glenn Lumsden
Inks
Glenn Lumsden
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Reg, an editor; Sue, one of his reporters
Synopsis
Sue takes a file from Lt. Smith’s release box of government secrets -- mistakenly put there by Nightfighter-- and runs it by her editor.

Indexer Notes

This is a framing device around the main stories. Pgs. 1 and 2 take place just before pg. 1 of “Synchronicity”. Pgs. 3 and 4 take place just before pg. 1 of “The Tasmanian Devil”. Pg. 5 takes place just after the last page of “The Tasmanian Devil”.

Synchronicity (Table of Contents: 3)

The Southern Squadron / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Dave deVries
Pencils
Glenn Lumsden
Inks
Glenn Lumsden
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Southern Squadron [Lt. Smith [Smitty]; Southern Cross [Bertum Davis]; the Dingo [Costas Borgus]; Nightfighter [Adam West]]; Sarah; Pete; Freddie Quicksilver, the Killer Queen; Tap
Synopsis
Smitty is invited to a party as Southern Cross hears that an assassin has been hired to kill Smitty. The team reach her flat only to learn that another woman has been killed instead, due to children playing pranks with the apartments’ nameplates.

Indexer Notes

Freddie Quicksilver, the Killer Queen is a homage to Freddy Mercury of the music group Queen. This story originally appeared in Cyclone #6 (1987).

The Tasmanian Devil File (Table of Contents: 4)

The Southern Squadron / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dave deVries
Pencils
Dave deVries
Inks
Dave deVries
Letters
Gary Chaloner
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lt. Smith [Smitty]; Rip Rodgers, an ex-Vietnam vet; Captain Quale; a Tasmanian Devil
Synopsis
The other members of the Southern Squadron narrate a mission of Lt. Smith’s, involving Rip Rogers and a werewolf-looking creature.

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared in Southern Squadron #10.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Southern Squadron
  2. 1. How to read The Southern Squadron (American Instructions)
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Southern Squadron
  4. 3. Synchronicity
    The Southern Squadron
  5. 4. The Tasmanian Devil File
    The Southern Squadron
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Mark Coale
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore
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