(December 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
1983-08-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics Inc.
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Mike Gold (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #30.

The Target (Table of Contents)

Jon Sable / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Andrea Stasic; Jon Sable
Reprints

Family Album (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Target! (Table of Contents: 2)

Jon Sable / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
Peter Iro

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thank you for letting me see his manuscript, Eden.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Eden Kendall; Myke Blackmon; Jon Sable [B. B. Flemm]; Johnny Carson; Jason "Sonny" Pratt; Andrea Stasic; Harold; Tilly; Carl Stasic; Joe Baylor; Josh Winters
Synopsis
Sable has to protect a witness from mob thugs.
Reprints

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Glenwood Distributors Inc.] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Freelance Writing / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shall I elaborate?

Indexer Notes

Letters from David Gullet, Ron Rigdon, Thomas E. Phillips Jr., Jon Green, and Mark Shainblum.

The Origins of "Independent" Comics Part 1 (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Meyerson
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Every medium has its pioneers: the newspaper, Horace Greeley; broadcast journalism, Edward R. Murrow; animation, Walt Disney.
Genre
non-fiction; history
Synopsis
Witzend's place in the foundation of independent comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Target
    Jon Sable
  2. 1. Family Album
    First Notes
  3. 2. The Target!
    Jon Sable
  4. 3. ["Fantasy & comic art from Bud Plant"]
  5. 4. [Glenwood Distributors Inc.]
  6. 5. ["Shall I elaborate?"]
    Freelance Writing
  7. 6. The Origins of "Independent" Comics Part 1
  8. 7. ["The winning line-up!"]
  9. 8. ["The making of the mistress of war! Warp Special no. 2"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson