Action Girl Comics #5

(October 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Sarah Dyer

Letters:

typeset

["Who's got those sexy eyes?"] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Patty Leidy

Pencils:

Patty Leidy

Inks:

Patty Leidy

Letters:

Patty Leidy

Content Information

Characters:

Godzilla

Synopsis:

A young woman recounts her crush on Godzilla - the movies, the toys, the comics, etc - from childhood to young adulthood.

Triple Lutz (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Beth Johnston

Pencils:

Beth Johnston

Inks:

Beth Johnston

Letters:

Beth Johnston

The Woman Who Was A Bird (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rebecca Dart

Pencils:

Rebecca Dart

Inks:

Rebecca Dart

Letters:

Rebecca Dart

Content Information

Synopsis:

A man with a young son marries a woman who is actually a bird who transforms herself into a person, but then sings a song to transform herself back into a bird while the man is at work. The son discovers her secret and tells his father. The next day the man sings the song to the woman, which causes her transformation back into a bird. When the transformation is complete, the man shoots the bird.

I Had A Lot On My Mind (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Amanda Lewis

Pencils:

Amanda Lewis

Inks:

Amanda Lewis

Letters:

Amanda Lewis

Content Information

Synopsis:

A young woman recounts the story of how for four years during college she fed her hamster her leftover microwave Eventually she realized that she hadn't filled the hamster's water for a long time. She found the hamster near death, but managed to revive him. The day she graduated from college, though, her roommate's cat ate the hamster.

Straighten Up And Fly Right (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carolyn Ridsdale

Pencils:

Carolyn Ridsdale

Inks:

Carolyn Ridsdale

Letters:

Carolyn Ridsdale

Content Information

Characters:

Fishead; Sal; Gus; Hitler; Bob; Maggie

Synopsis:

Sal gives Fishead mystery pills he got free for being his supplier's best customer. The pills cause Fishead to black out, when he wakes he doesn't recall what he's done - things like spray painting swastikas on walls or dressing as a KKK member. Sal helps collect donations for Gus while Gus (dressed as Elvis) does a street performance of songs. Sal's supplier is actually Hitler, who plans to achieve mind control through pharmaceuticals. Fishead tries to explain to Sal, who sends Fishead off with Maggie, who is in a protest group of Hitler's next test subjects.

Indexer Notes

According to the foreward/introduction in Action Girl Comics (Slave Labor Graphics, 1994 series) #4, this story was originally scheduled for that issue when it was planned for 5 pages in length, but got bumped back to this issue when the story grew to 7 pages.

The Indefatigable Gwen In "Marketing" (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jennifer Sorensen

Pencils:

Jennifer Sorensen

Inks:

Jennifer Sorensen

Letters:

Jennifer Sorensen

Content Information

Characters:

Gwen; Ted

Synopsis:

Gwen and Ted walk through the Food Empire supermarket, complaining about the commercialism of movie tie-in cereals and the fake, wholsome-sounding names of products. Suddenly they fall through a trap door in the floor, are swept along a conveyer belt, and eventually end up back in the supermarket, this time inside the frozen food case, as giant Old Santa Fe Man-Sized Burritos.

Scary Biscuits (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carol Seatory

Pencils:

Carol Seatory

Inks:

Carol Seatory

Letters:

Carol Seatory

Content Information

Synopsis:

Six single-panel scenes of things that are scary - TV programs talking about fatal diseases for which you have the symptoms, mysterious buff-colored envelopes in the mail, store alarms that go off as you walk through with your purchases, medical procedures that require smear tests, late-night phone calls, and conversations that start with "I think we need to talk..."

Your Hostesses (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Info about the contributors to this issue, in order of appearance in the issue. Info tells about their other credits, and gives mailing addresses for each contributor, along with mail order prices for their own publications. Also includes info about some contributors to previous issues that are not in this issue.

Further Reading (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Info on other books recommended by the editor, both for self-published mini-comics and for other comics. Also includes info on the next issue, including a small black-and-white reproduction of the cover for the next issue.

Action Mail (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers about previous issues. Includes one small unsigned and uncredited fan art illustrations of Action Girl and Flying Girl.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo advertisement for previous issues of this title, as well as two different T-shirts featuring Action Girl, and a small advertisement with the address and phone number to request a Slave Labor Graphics catalog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the March 23, 1996 Alternative Press Expo convention (A.P.E. III).