ORBiT
#1
(1990)
Eclipse,
1990 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 4.95 USD; 5.95 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Eclipse Books
- Brand
-
Eclipse Books [graphics in center of text]
- ISBN
-
0-913035-87-4
- Editing
- Letitia Glozer (credited) (editor); Charles Ardai (credited) (consulting editor, Davis Publications, Inc.); Cynthia Manson (credited) (consulting editor, Davis Publications, Inc.)
Issue Notes
Cover price taken from back cover. No publication date in comic; indexed date from copyright notice. Davis Publications, Inc. is the publisher of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
[Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave Stevens (credited) (signed as
D.S.) (painting) - Inks
- Dave Stevens (credited) (signed as D.S.) (painting)
- Colors
- Dave Stevens (credited) (signed as D.S.) (painting)
- Letters
- Steve Vance (credited) (cover design and logotype)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Possum Dark; Ginny Sweethips [as Nurse Nora]
- Reprints
-
in USA magazine (Comics USA, 1987 series) #53 (mars 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art is based on the sequence 6 story.
T able O f C ontents
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover B&W indicia/credits page. No series title in indicia.
ORBiT
text article / 1 page
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Steve Vance (logotype)
Indexer Notes
Title page. Indexed series title is from this page.
[untitled]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Woch ? (see Notes)
- Inks
- Stan Woch ?
- Colors
- Stan Woch ?
Indexer Notes
Abstract art page. No credits or signature on page; indexed art credits from Stan Woch's "book design" credit on inside front cover credits page.
Nothing For Nothing
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Isaac Asimov (credited) (original story); Fred Burke (credited) (adaptation)
- Pencils
- John Bolton (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- John Bolton (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- John Bolton (credited) (painting)
- Letters
- Wayne Truman (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Explorer; Captain; Trader
- Synopsis
- Aliens try to trade with Cro-Magnon humans.
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of a 1979 prose short story first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
[untitled]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Woch ? (see Notes)
- Inks
- Stan Woch ?
- Colors
- Stan Woch ?
Indexer Notes
Abstract art page. No credits or signature on page; indexed art credits from Stan Woch's "book design" credit on inside front cover credits page.
GINNY SWEETHIPS' FLYING CIRCUS
comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Leslie Clague (credited) (adaptation); Steve Niles (credited) (adaptation); Neal Barrett (credited as Neal Barrett Jr.) (original story)
- Pencils
- Mark Pacella (credited)
- Inks
- Mark Pacella (credited)
- Colors
- Sam Parsons (credited)
- Letters
- Mindy Eisman (credited as M. Eisman)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ginny Sweethips [as Barbara Jean, Nurse Nora, & Schoolteacher Sally]; Del; Possum Dark; Moro Gain; Dog Quick; Fred
- Synopsis
- A woman, an accountant droid, and an anthropomorphic opossum try to survive the collapse of civilization by selling sex, tacos, and dangerous drugs.
- Reprints
-
in Seriemagasinet (Semic, 1970 series) #5/1991 (mars 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of a 1988 prose short story first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Mature content: suggestive scenes and language.
[untitled]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Woch ? (see Notes)
- Inks
- Stan Woch ?
- Colors
- Stan Woch ?
Indexer Notes
Abstract art page. No credits or signature on page; indexed art credits from Stan Woch's "book design" credit on inside front cover credits page.
Fermi and Frost
comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Brent Anderson (credited as Brent Eric Anderson) (adaptation); Frederik Pohl (credited) (original story)
- Pencils
- Brent Anderson (credited as Brent Eric Anderson)
- Inks
- Brent Anderson (credited as Brent Eric Anderson)
- Colors
- Brent Anderson (credited as Brent Eric Anderson)
- Letters
- Kurt Hathaway (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Timothy Clary; Harry Malibert; Steve; Elda
- Synopsis
- Refugees from World War III try to survive a nuclear winter in Iceland.
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of a 1984 prose short story first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus]
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1.
T able O f C ontents
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2.
ORBiT
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3.
[untitled]
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4.
Nothing For Nothing
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5.
[untitled]
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6.
GINNY SWEETHIPS' FLYING CIRCUS
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7.
[untitled]
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8.
Fermi and Frost
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9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
[no title indexed]
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11.
W hat's N ext: O rbit #2
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12.
[no title indexed]
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