(December 1983)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- First Comics, Inc
- Brand:
- First Comics
- Editing:
- Mike Gold; Rick Oliver (Associate Editor)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched
Family Album
First Notes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Gold
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Also contains the masthead and indicia.
What's Up, Tyger Lili?
E-Man / comic story / 27 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Staton
- Pencils:
- Joe Staton
- Inks:
- Rick Burchett
- Colors:
- Bruce Patterson
- Letters:
- Ken Bruzenak
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- E-Man [Alec Tronn]; Nova Kane; Michael Mauser; Teddy Q; Tyger Lili [Commander Lili Zhong]; Shogun Assassins; Donald Duke; Bruce Lee (mentioned); Bruce Lih (mentioned); Bruce Leh (mentioned); Bruce Loo (mentioned); Bruce Lei (mentioned); Albert Einstein (ghost); Marilyn Monroe (ghost, mentioned); Pauline Einstein (ghost); Wing Fat; Hoy Fat
- Keywords:
- boa constrictor; DeCaing Arms hotel; Greater Macao Communo-Socialist Workers Party; Hoy Fat Chinese Food; Mauser Detective Agency; Ming Dynasty Vases; movies (Kidneys of the Dragon; Nostrils of the Dragon); Passenger Pigeon Trailways; Snurf Dolls
["Dear First: I've been meaning to..."]
E-Mail / letters page / 1.5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Gold
- Pencils:
- Joe Staton (illustration)
- Inks:
- Joe Staton (illustration)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers John Williams, Paul S. S. Sternberg, Fred Lee Cain, Marian Gibbons, Charles B. Cockett Jr., John Brittan, and Mark A. Santillo.
The Gauntlet
Buck Godot / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John J. Buckley Jr. (signed)
- Pencils:
- Phil Foglio (signed)
- Inks:
- Phil Foglio (signed)
- Colors:
- Bruce Patterson
- Letters:
- Phil Foglio
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters:
- Buckminster "Buck" Godot; Asteroid Al
- Keywords:
- Asteroid Als; Mostess Hee-Haws
Indexer Notes
Parody of Hostess Ho-Ho advertisement.
The Origins of "Independent" Comics Part 1
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Charles Meyerson
- Letters:
- typeset
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
E-Man -
1.
Family Album
First Notes -
2.
What's Up, Tyger Lili?
E-Man -
3.
["Dear First: I've been meaning to..."]
E-Mail -
4.
The Gauntlet
Buck Godot -
5.
The Origins of "Independent" Comics Part 1
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- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Block
- Jerry Hillegas
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- Gene Reed
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