(October 2007)

Boardman Books, 2007 Series
 
Volume
1
Price
9.95 USD
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
BCM Comics Group
Brand
?
Barcode
?
Editing
Matthew H. Gore

Issue Notes

This is a flipbook with Cole Black Comix #1 on one side and Lonesome Cowboy Comix #1 on the other. Inside covers are blank.

Cole Black Comix (Table of Contents)

Cole Black / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rocky Hartberg
Inks
Rocky Hartberg
Colors
Matthew H. Gore
Letters
Rocky Hartberg

Genre
crime
Characters
Cole Black; Lily Pond
Reprints

Dame (Table of Contents: 1)

Cole Black / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Rocky Hartberg
Pencils
Rocky Hartberg
Inks
Rocky Hartberg
Letters
Rocky Hartberg

Genre
crime
Characters
Cole Black; Lily Pond; Ivan Rossky; T. Stanguard
Synopsis
As WWII rages, all the boys at home have a crush on rising songbird Lily Pond (aka Priscilla Stanguard), daughter of industrialist T. Stanguard of Stanguard Industries. When the singer is kidnapped, Stanguard hires down-on-his-luck detective Cole Black to get her back.
Reprints

Words and Pictures (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rocky Hartberg
Pencils
Rocky Hartberg
Inks
Rocky Hartberg
Letters
Rocky Hartberg

Characters
Rocky Hartberg
Reprints
Keywords
editorial

Thirty Year History of Cole Black (Table of Contents: 3)

Cole Black Comments / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Matthew H. Gore
Pencils
Rocky Hartberg
Inks
Rocky Hartberg
Letters
Typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Cole Black
Synopsis
Article presents the history of the Cole Black character. Several covers from earlier series are reprinted.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Copies from the first printing have the text garbled in this article making it difficult to read. Later printings are all identical except that the text problems are fixed.

Salvation Road (Table of Contents: 4)

Lonesome Cowboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Rocky Hartberg
Pencils
Rocky Hartberg
Inks
Rocky Hartberg
Letters
Rocky Hartberg

Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
Glen Rose; The Terrible Catman; Little Breezy; Big Grunt; Colonel Yancy
Synopsis
The Catman is a western outlaw who just happens to wear a cat suit. Marshall Glen Rose must take him to justice at Salvation. Of course all manner of western mayhem ensues. Actually, it is a lot like 3:10 to Yuma.
Reprints

Lonesome Cowboy Comix (Table of Contents: 5)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rocky Hartberg
Inks
Rocky Hartberg
Colors
Matthew H. Gore
Letters
Rocky Hartberg

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Glen Rose
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The back cover is actually the flipbook front cover of Lonesome Cowboy Comix #1. It was originally printed as a wraparound cover hence the rather off alignment here.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cole Black Comix
    Cole Black
  2. 1. Dame
    Cole Black
  3. 2. Words and Pictures
  4. 3. Thirty Year History of Cole Black
    Cole Black Comments
  5. 4. Salvation Road
    Lonesome Cowboy
  6. 5. Lonesome Cowboy Comix
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew H. Gore
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bill Whalen