The Legends of NASCAR #1 [Second Printing] [Standard Issue]
(January 1991)

Vortex, 1990 Series
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Volume
1
Price
3.00 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vortex Comics Incorporated [CA]
Brand
Vortex Comics [generic]
Editing
Bill Marks (credited as William P. Marks) (publisher)

Issue Notes

Indicia states "Second Printing: January 1991". Includes collector cards bound in center of book. Vortex address given as Picton Ontario in indicia.

Two ads and the collector cards are different between the first and second printing.

The hologram cover version appears to be a variant of the second printing since it is mentioned in the ad “By Popular Demand!” which does not appear in the first printing.
This issue has variants:

Starring: Bill Elliott (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe (signed as Herb Trimpe)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (signed as Herb Trimpe)
Colors
?

Genre
sports
Characters
Bill Elliott
Reprints

In Memory of Mike Rich (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Elliott (signed)
Pencils
Bryan Chobat (photo)
Inks
Bryan Chobat (photo)
Colors
Bryan Chobat (photo)
Letters
Ken Bruzenak

Characters
Mike Rich

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Memoriam to Mike Rich with a quote from Bill Elliott.

Does not appear in first printing.

Bill Elliott! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Herb Trimpe (credited) (script); Steve Waid (story) (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Colors
Matt Webb (credited)
Letters
Ken Bruzenak (credited)

Genre
sports
Characters
Bill Elliott
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Has a note on the first page: "Special thanks to Jim Foster, Kevin Camp and Steve Jones for making this comic possible."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Elliott (signed)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ken Bruzenak

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Life is a series of choices...
Genre
sports
Characters
Bill Elliott
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Quote from Bill Elliott with drawn headshot. Does not appear to be same inker as rest of book.

Bill Elliott (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

By Popular Demand! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

NASCAR (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bill Elliott Radio Control Replicas by JRL (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Experience Life in the Fast Lane (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

insert or dust jacket / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bill Elliott
Characters
Bill Elliott
Synopsis
4 collector cards bound into center of comic.

Indexer Notes

Not included in total page count.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Starring: Bill Elliott
  2. 1. In Memory of Mike Rich
  3. 2. Bill Elliott!
  4. 3. ["Life is a series of choices..."]
  5. 4. Bill Elliott
  6. 5. By Popular Demand!
  7. 6. NASCAR
  8. 7. Bill Elliott Radio Control Replicas by JRL
  9. 8. Experience Life in the Fast Lane
  10. 9. ["Bill Elliott"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matt Tauber