Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1

(Summer 1978)

An Editorial, of Sorts (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Gold?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Explains why and how these two volumes came about. States that 35 copies were made and distributed to the creators, copyright people, and Bob Overstreet.

The Lure of the Magnetic Menace! (Table of Contents)

Black Lightning; Ray / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Rich Buckler

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Letters:

?

Editing:

Jack C. Harris

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Lightning; Doctor Polaris; Ray [Happy Terrill]

Indexer Notes

Cover intended for unpublished Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #12. Complete with all trade elements except UPC box.

Lure of the Magnetic Menace (Table of Contents)

Black Lightning / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil

Pencils:

Michael Netzer [as Mike Nasser]

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Letters:

Karin Kish

Editing:

Jack C. Harris

Job Number:

J-5407

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Lightning; Jackie Parrish; Doctor Polaris [Baxter Timmons]; Harry Parrish; Mrs. Parrish; Lynn Stewart; Jim Corrigan; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback cameo)

Synopsis:

Black Lightning fights Doctor Polaris while trying to deal with a runaway student, and finds that his two problems are connected.

Indexer Notes

Story originally intended for unpublished Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #12. Story published in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #260 (December 1979-January 1980).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Ray / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike W. Barr (plot); Roger McKenzie (script)

Pencils:

John Fuller

Inks:

Bob Wiacek

Letters:

Karin Kish [as Karin]

Editing:

Jack C. Harris

Job Number:

J-5476

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Ray [Happy Terrill]; Dennis Lyle; Cliff; Dark

Synopsis:

As the Ray floats in Gotham Bay, recovering from absorbing the fires from the American Allied Chemical plant, he spies a truck plunging into the water. But all he can think of is the day he became the Ray, when as a reporter he rode Professor Styne's experimental strato-balloon, entered a strange cosmic storm, and gained his light-based powers.

Indexer Notes

Story intended for unpublished Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #12. There is no title or logo on the first page.

The Death Disciples (Table of Contents)

Black Lightning / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Michael Netzer [as Michael Nasser]

Letters:

?

Editing:

Jack C. Harris (?)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Lightning

Indexer Notes

Cover intended for unpublished Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #13. Includes no trade elements. Pencil credit confirmed with artist, April 2008, who states this is a xerox of his very tight pencils.

The Travelers of Dark Destiny (Table of Contents)

Claw the Uncounquered / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Michelinie

Pencils:

Romeo Tanghal

Inks:

Bob Smith

Letters:

Shelly Leferman

Editing:

Larry Hama

Job Number:

J-5327

Content Information

Genre:

Sword and Sorcery

Characters:

Claw; Thovan; Trysannda; Chim; Prince Ghilkyn; Dalivar

Synopsis:

Having lost the gauntlet that shields him from the demonic influence of his right hand, Claw has cut off that hand, when he meets Trysannda. She has sought Claw out to help her get out of a bargain she has made with a wizard. Reluctant to help her, Claw finds his severed hand has returned and that he must recover his gauntlet from Dalivar, the very wizard with whom Trysannda made her bargain. So the pair of adventurers head to the wizard's castle at Ravenroost.

Indexer Notes

Story intended for unpublished Claw the Unconquered (DC, 1975 series) #13.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Of Swordsmen and Sorcerers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

Larry Hama

Job Number:

L-107

Indexer Notes

Letters page intended for unpublished Claw the Unconquered (DC, 1975 series) #13.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Claw the Uncounquered / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Editing:

Larry Hama

Content Information

Genre:

Sword and Sorcery

Characters:

Claw; Trysannda

Indexer Notes

Cover intended for unpublished Claw the Unconquered (DC, 1975 series) #14. Includes no trade elements.

When the River of Ravenroost...Ran Red (Table of Contents)

Claw the Uncounquered / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom DeFalco

Pencils:

Romeo Tanghal

Inks:

Bob Smith

Letters:

Shelly Leferman

Editing:

Larry Hama

Content Information

Genre:

Sword and Sorcery

Characters:

Claw; Trysannda; Validarr; Prince Ghilkyn; Sha-Gasa

Synopsis:

While Claw fights the Earth elemental guarding Ravenroost, Trysannda is taken to the master of the castle, Validarr. Once Claw defeats the elemental, however, he proves no match for the rodent guardians of the castle, and is thrown in the dungeon. He escapes his prison in time to save Trysannda, and after Claw defeats the monster Sha-Gasa, the two head undergound where they encounter yet another challenge.

Indexer Notes

Story intended for unpublished Claw the Unconquered (DC, 1975 series) #14. Missing logo and indicia from first page. Dalivar's name is suddenly Validarr in this story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Deserter / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Editing:

Paul Levitz

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Aaron Hope

Indexer Notes

Cover originally scheduled for Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #107, this cover was then intended for the unpublished The Deserter #1. Includes no trade elements.

The Deserter (Table of Contents)

Deserter / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerry Conway

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Paul Levitz

Job Number:

J-5423

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Aaron Hope; Marcy-Anne; unnamed sheriff of Cooper's Canyon; McKensie; Jase Carson; Willie Dredge; Krug; Ronson; Jacobs; Will Olsen

Synopsis:

Aaron Hope rides into Cooper's Canyon and makes an impression on the sheriff and his daughter Marcy-Anne due to his refusal to use a gun. The sheriff tells Aaron how Jase Carson is buying up land at Dry Water and chasing off those who refuse to sell. After Aaron heads to Dry Water, Willie Dredge who is looking to turn in Aaron as a army deserter, arrives. Meanwhile, Aaron tells the residents of Dry Water that the railroad will come through their town and they rally against Carson. As a last gambit, Carson snatches Marcy-Anne and tries to flee, but Aaron saves her and puts Carson down.

Indexer Notes

Story originally scheduled for Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #107, this story was then intended for the unpublished The Deserter #1. Romeo Tanghal's name appears below the actual credit box, with no inker included among the credits. Presumably part one of a three part story, as the feature was scheduled to run in three issues of Showcase and this story ends with a next issue blurb about Part Two.

Tapestry of Dreams (Table of Contents)

Doorway to Nightmare / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Mike Kaluta

Inks:

Mike Kaluta

Letters:

?

Editing:

Jack C. Harris

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Madame Xanadu

Indexer Notes

Cover originally intended for the unpublished Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #6. Includes all trade elements except UPC box. Cover published in Unexpected, The (DC, 1968 series) #190 (March-April 1979).

Tapestry of Dreams (Table of Contents)

Doorway to Nightmare / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Burkett

Pencils:

Juan Ortiz

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Letters:

Clem Robins

Editing:

Jack C. Harris

Job Number:

J-5371

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Madame Xanadu; Mr. Hazel [Azazel]; Stephen Prince; Laurel; Mr. Jaffe

Synopsis:

After Madame Xanadu dismisses a mysterious visitor, she greets Stephen Prince, whose romance with Laurel has been complicated by the arrival of their new neighbor, Mr. Hazel. Madame Xanadu explains that Mr. Hazel is an incubus who creates tapestries from his victims' dreams. If these tapestries are destroyed, the incubus loses his power, but his victims also die. Stephen enters Laurel's dreams in order to defeat Mr. Hazel and release his victims.

Indexer Notes

Story originally intended for the unpublished Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #6. Story published in Unexpected, The (DC, 1968 series) #190 (March-April 1979).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tarot Readings / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael C. Carmichael

Pencils:

? (illo)

Inks:

? (illo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

Jack C. Harris

Job Number:

L-134

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Madame Xanadu

Synopsis:

Three stories of people reaching out to the waking world through their dreams.

Indexer Notes

Text Story intended for the unpublished Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #6.

The Typhoon Is a Storm of the Soul! (Table of Contents)

Firestorm / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerry Conway

Pencils:

Al Milgrom

Inks:

Bob McLeod

Letters:

Shelly Leferman

Editing:

Jack C. Harris

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Liam McGarrin; Jonathan Shine; Christie; "Spit" Shine; Mrs. Shine; "Shoe" Shine; Dorreen Day; Summer Day; Wallace Hapgood; Edward Raymond; Cliff Carmichael; Jefferson; Rockwell

Synopsis:

As Prof. Stein tests the powers of Firestorm, mob scion Jonathan Shine insists on using an experimental submersible in dangerous weather. When the vehicle cracks and Jonathan is bathed in radioactive water, he becomes Typhoon and heads toward the city to take out his anger on his family, but Firestorm puts an end to his rampage.

Indexer Notes

Story intended for the unpublished Firestorm (DC, 1978 series) #6. First page missing logo and indicia. This is not the story that appears in Flash #294-296 and the plot of this story bears no resemblance to the later story. Though Typhoon has the same powers and looks the same, the secret identities and origins are different. Includes next issue blurb for story titled: The Reptile Man!

The High Price of Food (Table of Contents)

Green Team / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Green Team [J. P. Houston; Cecil Sunbeam; Commodore; Abdul Smith]; Seaman Jackson; Paper Hanger

Synopsis:

The Green Team helps protect gigantic lobsters from a fleet of Russian fishing boats.

Indexer Notes

Though the editorial indicates this story was meant for The Green Team #2, there never was a The Green Team #1. Story stamped "WRITTEN OFF 11-30-77." The last two pages are a preview of the next story, though they seemingly meet the Paper Hanger again for the first time in that story as well. The Paper Hanger is apparently meant to evoke Adolf Hitler, though nothing is particularly made of that connection.

The Deadly Paper-Hanger (Table of Contents)

Green Team / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Green Team [J. P. Houston; Cecil Sunbeam; Commodore; Abdul Smith]; Paper Hanger; Saint Bernard

Synopsis:

The Green Team takes over a rescue mission, and enlists the help of the Paper Hanger to redecorate it, but things go awry when his wallpaper literally grows out of control.

Indexer Notes

Though the editorial indicates this story was meant for The Green Team #3, there never was a The Green Team #1 or 2. Pages stamped "N.P.P. INVTY 11-30-74." Again, the Paper Hanger is meant to evoke Adolf Hitler, and he says things like, "I tried to redecorate the world...but...things went wrong."