American Flagg!
#20
(May 1985)
First,
1983 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985-01-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- First Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
First Comics
- Editing
- Mike Gold (editor/managing editor); Rick Oliver (editorial coordinator)
Issue Notes
No copyright registration was filed for the issue. There is no official on-sale date. The issue's First Notes publisher promotions page states the issue would be available in January 1985. The listings in Amazing Heroes #64 and The Comics Journal #95 both state the expected on-sale date was January 21, 1985.
Manhunt
American Flagg / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (signed)
- Colors
- Leslie Zahler ?
- Letters
- Ken Bruzenak ?; Alex Jay (American Flagg! logo)
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Kirsten "Bullets" Kisco; Reuben Flagg
[no title indexed]
Plex Mail / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was surprised at the outcome of the reader's poll.
- Characters
- Raul the Cat; Reuben Flagg
Indexer Notes
The page includes letters from Matthew Brown, Des Roden, T.M. Maple, Peter Muldoon, Nina Twersky, David Alan Wright, and Lance M. Smith. The replies are by Mike Gold.
The page also features the issue indicia and the cover for American Flagg! #21.
Bullets... & Ballots Part 2
American Flagg / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Howard Chaykin
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin
- Colors
- Leslie Zahler
- Letters
- Ken Bruzenak
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- C. K. Blitz; Nadine Domeczek; Amanda "Mandy" Krieger; Medea Blitz; Stagolee DeLyons [Roy Magruder]; Reuben Flagg; Kirsten "Bullets" Kisco; Loretta; Russell Magruder; Angel Hollywood; Bill Windsor-Jones; Luther Ironheart; Desiree Deutschmarx Overholt de la Cristo; Antonio de la Cristo; Raul the Cat; Harris Angrilli; Cyril Farid-Khan; Pooch; Mrs. Russell Magruder; Dorit; Cheryl
- Synopsis
- C. K. and Amanda, running against each other for mayor, both receive blackmail photos.
Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Elric / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Elric of Melnibone
- Synopsis
- A house ad for Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (First, 1985 series) #1.
Indexer Notes
The ad features the cover illustration for Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate #1.
Between pages 6 and 7 of Bullets... & Ballots Part 2.
Keeping Going
First Notes / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Pencils
- Alex Wald (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Wald (signed)
- Colors
- Alex Wald (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Popeye; Alice the Goon
- Synopsis
- An essay arguing the point of whether a comics feature's original creator or creative team is always superior to successors. It is accompanied with a listing of First's January 1985 (May 1985 cover-date) releases.
Indexer Notes
The page appears between pages 8 and 9 of "Bullets... & Ballots Part 2."
The essay is accompanied by a panel featuring the Thimble Theatre characters Alice the Goon and Popeye.
The First Choice
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Staton (Michael Mauser, Teddy Q); Mike Grell (Jon Sable); Timothy Truman (Grimjack); Steve Rude (Nexus, Badger); Howard Chaykin (Reuben Flagg); Tom Sutton ? (The Black Flame)
- Inks
- Mike Grell (Jon Sable); Timothy Truman (Grimjack); Howard Chaykin (Reuben Flagg); ? (other characters)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Michael Mauser; Jon Sable; Grimjack; Badger; Nexus; Reuben Flagg; The Black Flame; Teddy Q
- Synopsis
- A house subscription ad for the publisher's titles.
Indexer Notes
The ad appears between page 20 of "Bullets... & Ballots Part 2" and page 1 of "Birthday Bullets! Part 2."
Birthday Bullets! Part 2 "Executive Privilege"
Mark Thrust Sexus Ranger / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Thrust [Reuben Flagg]; Chief Rad Burns; Jasmine Steinway; Jeeves; Harper
- Synopsis
- Mark has to find a way to read microfiche on a fake tooth without any working electronics.
Mauser's Story
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Michael Mauser
- Synopsis
- A house ad for E-Man (First, 1983 series) #24.
Indexer Notes
The ad features the Michael Mauser figure from the E-Man #24 cover against a new background.
The ad appears between pages 2 and 4 of "Birthday Bullets! Part 2."
The First Choice Keeps Getting Better!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- A list of the series published by First Comics.
Indexer Notes
The ad appears on the inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Shatter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everything you know about comics... is going to change completely on February 28, 1985
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
Indexer Notes
An ad for Shatter (First, 1985 series) #1. Appears on the back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Manhunt
American Flagg -
1.
["I was surprised at the outcome of the reader's poll."]
Plex Mail -
2.
Bullets... & Ballots Part 2
American Flagg -
3.
Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Elric -
4.
Keeping Going
First Notes -
5.
The First Choice
-
6.
Birthday Bullets! Part 2 "Executive Privilege"
Mark Thrust Sexus Ranger -
7.
Mauser's Story
-
8.
The First Choice Keeps Getting Better!
-
9.
["Everything you know about comics... is going to change completely on February 28, 1985"]
Shatter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- R. S. Martin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Steven Samuels
- Ramon Schenk
- Claus Simonsen
- Richard Thomson
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