Epic Illustrated #9

(December 1981)

Content (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Contents page with illustrations from stories with indicia information.

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

Overview / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Textpiece on contributors to Epic Illustrated with Company credits on left third of page.

Metamorphosis Odyssey (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Jim Starlin

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Introductory text for the next sequence.

Doomsday! (Metamorphosis Odyssey Chapter XIII) (Table of Contents: 4)

Metamorphosis Odyssey / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin)

Pencils

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin) (painting)

Inks

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin) (painting)

Colors

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin) (painting)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Vanth Dreadstar; Aknaton; Za; Juliet; Whis'par

Reprints

• in Epic (Condor, 1983 series) #10
• in Epic (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #7 (novembre 1984)
• in Dreadstar (Slave Labor, 2000 series) #1 - The Metamorphosis Odyssey (2000)
• in Dreadstar: The Beginning (Dynamite Entertainment, 2010 series) (2010)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit from reprint.

Aftermath (Metamorphosis Odyssey Chapter XIV) (Table of Contents: 5)

Metamorphosis Odyssey / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin)

Pencils

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin) (painting)

Inks

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin) (painting)

Colors

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin) (painting)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Vanth Dreadstar; Aknaton

Reprints

• in Epic (Condor, 1983 series) #10
• in Epic (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #8 (février 1985)
• in Dreadstar (Slave Labor, 2000 series) #1 - The Metamorphosis Odyssey (2000)
• in Dreadstar: The Beginning (Dynamite Entertainment, 2010 series) (2010)

After the Galaxy Dies (Table of Contents: 6)

Metamorphosis Odyssey / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin); ? (photograph)

Inks

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin); ? (photograph)

Colors

Jim Starlin (credited as James P. Starlin)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Interview with a photograph of and illustrations by James P. Starlin.

The Last Centaur (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Conrad

Pencils

Tim Conrad (painting)

Inks

Tim Conrad (painting)

Colors

Tim Conrad (painting)

Letters

?

Reprints

• in Epic (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #4 (mai 1984)

Indexer Notes

Iillustrated text story. Cover image is one of the story illustrations.

Children of the Stars (Table of Contents: 8)

Children of the Stars / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Vess

Pencils

Charles Vess (signed)

Inks

Charles Vess

Letters

?

Reprints

• in Epic (Condor, 1983 series) #8
• in The Book of Night (Dark Horse, 1987 series) #2 (August 1987), #2 (August 1987)
• in The Book of Night (Dark Horse, 1991 series) (1991)

The Dragonmaster of Klarn: A Game the Gods Play (Table of Contents: 9)

Weirdworld / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Marie Severin

Colors

Steve Oliff

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• in Epic (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #5 (juillet 1984)
• in Weirdworld: Warriors of the Shadow Realm (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Weirdworld: The Dragonmaster of Klarn (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Story starts with a 2 pages of introductory text.

Tales of Torment: Horror-fantasy from the Underground (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 8 pages (report information)

Script

David Kasakove

Pencils

Greg Irons; Rory Hayes; Richard Corben; Jack Jackson; Dave Sheridan; Charles Dallas; S. Clay Wilson (credited as Clay Wilson)

Inks

Greg Irons; Rory Hayes; Richard Corben; Jack Jackson; Dave Sheridan; Charles Dallas; S. Clay Wilson (credited as Clay Wilson)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Textpiece with art by Greg Irons, Rory Hayes, Clay Wilson, Richard Corben, Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Charles Dallas.

Match & Set (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Marrs

Pencils

Lee Marrs

Inks

Lee Marrs

Colors

Lee Marrs

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Mediaview / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil)

Letters

typeset

Isolation & Illusion (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

P. Craig Russell

Pencils

P. Craig Russell (signed)

Inks

P. Craig Russell

Letters

P. Craig Russell

Reprints

• in Epic (Condor, 1983 series) #12
• in Isolation and Illusion: Collected Short Stories 1977-1997 (Dark Horse, 2003 series) (January 2003)
• in Murder Mysteries and Other Stories Gallery Edition (Dark Horse, 2015 series) (October 2015)

Indexer Notes

Inspired by a Dante Gabriel Rossetti poem. Russell's Opus 11.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Feedback [Epic Illustrated] / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from catherine yronwode, David Currie and Edmund Bayne.