E-Man #5
(August 1983)

First, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-04-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics Inc.
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Mike Gold (editor); Rick Oliver (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #24.

Watch Out for the Psychobabbler! (Table of Contents)

E-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Staton (signed)
Inks
Joe Staton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
E-Man; The Psychobabbler

Keeping a Good Thing Going (Table of Contents: 1)

First Notes / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.
Page also contains masthead, indicia and other First Comics.

Getting Void (Table of Contents: 2)

E-Man / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Joe Staton
Colors
Wendy Fiore
Letters
Ken Bruzenak

Genre
superhero
Characters
E-Man [Alec Tronn]; Teddy Q; Nova Kane; Michael Mauser; Albert Einstein (ghost); Church of Technolography [Pyschobabbler [Elrod Flummox]; Muriel Humphries; Manny; Herb]; Marcel Marceau (mentioned); Donald Duke; Debbe Webbe; Marvin; Liz; Mrs. Webbe; Mr. Humphries; Philip Marlowe (mentioned); Herve Villesboize (mentioned); Sid Vicious (mentioned); Yellow Kid (mentioned); Sun Myung Moon (mentioned); Pauline Blooper (dead); Mayor Ed; Hugh Hefner
Keywords
Allison Diary of a Teen-Age Mud-Wrestler (movie); books (Floating Ethics the Modern Science of Self-Preservation; Central Park; Dingling Bros Circus; Flummox Jeans; Hare Krishnas; Homeless Bag Lady Memorial; Hoy Fat Chinese Food; Humphries' Dumpsters; Mauser Detective Agency; National Perspirer (newspaper); Raggedy Ann & Andy Go to Akron; Raggedy Ann & Andy Go to Pieces; Raggedy Ann & Andy Go to the Circus; Scandal of Technology); Skinner Bomb; Sooper Dooper Mart; Vege-Tronic; Wotsnit Hot Dogs

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

E-Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Pencils
Francis Mad; ? [as P]
Inks
Francis Mad; ? [as P]
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Mickey: E-man is great...
Characters
E-Man (as a duck); Nova

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Gary Brase, Dwain G. Kaiser, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Skip Wegwerth, Albert Goldbarth, Stephen Gawronski, Scott Campbell, "Sheila" and T.E. Pouncey.
Also contains the masthead and indicia.

Omaha the Cat Dancer Feeds the Needy (Table of Contents: 4)

Omaha the Cat Dancer / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Reed Waller
Pencils
Reed Waller
Inks
Reed Waller
Colors
Wendy Fiore
Letters
Reed Waller

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; drama; erotica
Characters
Omaha the Cat Dancer; mugger
Reprints
Keywords
Hotziss Twonkies

Indexer Notes

Parody of a Hostess Twinkies advertisment.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Watch Out for the Psychobabbler!
    E-Man
  2. 1. Keeping a Good Thing Going
    First Notes
  3. 2. Getting Void
    E-Man
  4. 3. ["Dear Mickey: E-man is great..."]
    E-Mail
  5. 4. Omaha the Cat Dancer Feeds the Needy
    Omaha the Cat Dancer
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Daniel Block
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore