Taboo
#6
(1992)
Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications,
1988 Series
- Price
- 14.95 USD
- Pages
- 126
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Adults only
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
-
[Baby's face with spider legs]
- ISBN
-
0-922003-12-2
- Editing
- Stephen R. Bissette (editor)
Issue Notes
Published in association with Tundra Publishing Ltd.
Baby's Portrait
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mark A. Nelson (credited as Mark Nelson)
- Inks
- Mark A. Nelson (credited as Mark Nelson)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
According to the Table of Contents "Baby's Portrait" is "preproduction art for a story by Stephen R. Bissette and Mark Nelson scheduled for a future issue of Taboo."
[Table of Contents]
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Cardinal Syn
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents illustration features the character Cardinal Syn that has appeared in Stephen Bissette work from early issues of Taboo.
[Indicia] / ["Blood Monster" Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Stephen R. Bissette
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Features indicia, copyright information, and acknowledgements alongside the left two-thirds of the page. The right third features the introduction to the story "Blood Monster".
["Through the Habitrails" Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Stephen R. Bissette
- Letters
- typeset
Escape #1: "El Muerte"
Through The Habitrails / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Through the Habitrails (Bad Habit, 1994 series) (February 1994) which is reprinted
-
Futile Love
Through the Habitrails / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Through the Habitrails (Bad Habit, 1994 series) (February 1994) which is reprinted
-
["The Catwoman Returns" Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Features a variety of spot illustrations of Charles Burns art, including a single panel strip titled "What's Wrong With This Picture?".
The Catwoman Returns
comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Charles Burns
- Pencils
- Charles Burns (fumetti art)
- Inks
- Charles Burns (fumetti art)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
["Lost Girls" Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Stephen R. Bissette
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Printed on a thicker, yellow, textured paper stock.
Book One: Older Children, Chapter Two: Silver Shoes
Lost Girls / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Alan Moore
- Pencils
- Melinda Gebbie (painting)
- Inks
- Melinda Gebbie (painting)
- Colors
- Melinda Gebbie (painting)
- Letters
- C. D. Alexander
- Reprints
- in Lost Girls (Kitchen Sink Press, 1995 series) #1 (November 1995)
- in Lost Girls (Top Shelf, 2006 series) #1 (August 2006)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Chapter Three: Missing Shadows
Lost Girls / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Alan Moore
- Pencils
- Melinda Gebbie (painting)
- Inks
- Melinda Gebbie (painting)
- Colors
- Melinda Gebbie (painting)
- Letters
- C. D. Alexander
- Reprints
- in Lost Girls (Kitchen Sink Press, 1995 series) #1 (November 1995)
- in Lost Girls (Top Shelf, 2006 series) #1 (August 2006)
-
- Keywords
- adult
["Dolly & Withtina" Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Features "Little Hydrey" spot illustration by Rick Grimes.
["From Hell" Title Page]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Reprints
-
in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999) which is reprinted -
in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001) - in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #2 (mayo 2000)
- in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #3
- from Punch (Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1842 series) (29 September 1888) [page 151 of Volume 95]
-
Indexer Notes
With additional quotes by B. Catling and Ernest Budge.
Chapter Five: The Nemesis of Neglect
From Hell / comic story / 40 pages
- Genre
- crime; historical; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Clara Hitler; Alois Hitler; William Gull; John Netley; Joseph Merrick; Charles Warren; Polly Nichols; Liz Stride; Ann Sivvey; Dr. Llewellyn; Inspector Sprattley; Susan Gull
- Synopsis
- Gull commits the first murder, that of Polly Nichols
- Awards
- Reprints
-
in From Hell (Mad Love Publishing, 1991 series) #3 (December 1993) - in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999) which is reprinted
- in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)
- in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #2 (mayo 2000)
- in From Hell (Top Shelf, 2004 series) (April 2004)
-
in Prosto z piekła (Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2008 series) ([październik] 2008) - in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #3
-
["Holly's Story" Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Stephen R. Bissette
- Letters
- typeset
A Rotting Zombie Gives Captain Pissgums Some Swift Service... The Beer Flows Right Through Him
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Keywords
- adult
In a Far Away Ancient Land, a Rotting Zombie Buys a Fragment of the True Cross
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Keywords
- adult
The Sweeny Todd Penny Dreadful
Sweeny Todd / insert or dust jacket / 16 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A promotional comic for the "Sweeny Todd" serial, planned to begin in Taboo #7. Features background and historical information by Neil Gaiman, historical illustrations, and preliminary sketches by Michael Zulli.
Indexer Notes
A limited editions comic included in all pre-ordered copies of Taboo #6.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Deprivation
-
1.
Baby's Portrait
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2.
[Table of Contents]
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3.
[Indicia] / ["Blood Monster" Introduction]
-
4.
Blood Monster
-
5.
["Through the Habitrails" Introduction]
-
6.
Escape #1: "El Muerte"
Through The Habitrails -
7.
Futile Love
Through the Habitrails -
8.
["The Catwoman Returns" Introduction]
-
9.
The Catwoman Returns
-
10.
["Lost Girls" Introduction]
-
11.
Book One: Older Children, Chapter Two: Silver Shoes
Lost Girls -
12.
Chapter Three: Missing Shadows
Lost Girls -
13.
["Dolly & Withtina" Introduction]
-
14.
Dolly & Withtina
-
15.
["From Hell" Title Page]
-
16.
Chapter Five: The Nemesis of Neglect
From Hell -
17.
["Holly's Story" Introduction]
-
18.
Holly's Story: Chapter One
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19.
A Rotting Zombie Gives Captain Pissgums Some Swift Service... The Beer Flows Right Through Him
-
20.
In a Far Away Ancient Land, a Rotting Zombie Buys a Fragment of the True Cross
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21.
The Sweeny Todd Penny Dreadful
Sweeny Todd -
22.
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