American Flagg!
#26
(November 1985)
First,
1983 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985-07-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- First Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
First Comics
- Editing
- Mike Gold (editor)
Issue Notes
No copyright registration was filed for the issue. There is no official on-sale date. The issue's First Notes promotions page indicates that it was scheduled to go on sale in July 1985. According to the listings in Amazing Heroes #75 and The Comics Journal #100, the expected on-sale date was July 21.
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American Flagg / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (signed)
- Colors
- Alex Wald ?
- Letters
- Alex Jay (American Flagg! logo)
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Grace DeWolfe; Reuben Flagg
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Plex Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- John Ostrander (letter replies)
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Amanda "Mandy" Krieger"; Reuben Flagg
Indexer Notes
The column features letters from Anne Rubenstein, Dan Waters, Tom Tobacco, and Jill Beifuss. There is also the issue indicia and a miniature of the cover to American Flagg! #27.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen Conclusion
American Flagg / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Derek Litel; Sherman Peabody; Cameron Parkehouse; Olga Panova; Antonio de la Cristo; Yuri Kholyakov; Reuben Flagg; Titania Weis; Grace DeWolfe; Dana DeNonno
Summer Thrills, Part Two
First Notes / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Pencils
- Doug Rice (Dynamo Joe); Barry Crain (Blaze Barlow); Rich Larson (Whisper)
- Inks
- Doug Rice (Dynamo Joe); Barry Crain (Blaze Barlow); Rich Larson (Whisper)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Dynamo Joe; Blaze Barlow; Whisper
Indexer Notes
A teaser essay for these series: First Adventures (featuring Dynamo Joe, Blaze Barlow and the Eternity Command, and Whisper); and Shatter. A listing of First Comics' July 1985 (cover-dated November) releases.
The page is between pages 6 and 7 of "Mad Dogs & Englishmen Conclusion."
Collecting Dust: A Guide to Preserving Comic Books, Part 2
Collecting Dust / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Charles Meyerson
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
The article appears between pages 8 and 9 of "Mad Dogs & Englishmen Conclusion."
What!? No First Comics?
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A subscription ad for First Comics' ongoing series.
Indexer Notes
The page appears between page 20 of "Mad Dogs & Englishmen Conclusion" and page 1 of "The People's Choice."
The Peoples' Choice
American Flagg / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Amanda "Mandy" Krieger; William Windsor-Jones; Glenda; Peggy Krieger-Blitz; C. K. Blitz; Harris Angrilli; Desiree Deutsch-Marx de la Cristo; Reuben Flagg
Indexer Notes
Part 6 of 7. Parts 2-6 each spotlight a different member of the American Flagg! supporting cast. The final part in issue #27 brings all the feature's characters together for a full-length episode.
This installment's spotlighted character is Amanda "Mandy" Krieger.
First Adventures
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Dynamo Joe; Whisper; Blaze Barlow
- Synopsis
- An ad for First Adventures (First, 1985 series) #1.
Fantagraphics Books Comics for a New Generation
advertisement / 1 page
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs (Elmer Alyn Craft, from Journey); Dennis Fujitake (Dalgoda); Gilbert Hernandez (Errata Stigmata, from Love and Rockets); Milton Knight Jr. (Hugo)
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs (Elmer Alyn Craft, from Journey); Dennis Fujitake (Dalgoda); Gilbert Hernandez (Errata Stigmata, from Love and Rockets); Milton Knight Jr. (Hugo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Elmer Alyn Craft; Dalgoda; Hugo; Errata Stigmata
- Synopsis
- An ad for Fantagraphics Books, featuring the covers to Journey #18, Dalgoda #5, Hugo #3, and Love and Rockets #11.
Indexer Notes
The ad appears on the inside back cover.
The First Computer-Generated Comic
Shatter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Saenz
- Inks
- Mike Saenz
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; science fiction
Indexer Notes
An ad for Shatter (First, 1985 series) #1. Appears on the back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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American Flagg -
1.
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Plex Mail -
2.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen Conclusion
American Flagg -
3.
Summer Thrills, Part Two
First Notes -
4.
Collecting Dust: A Guide to Preserving Comic Books, Part 2
Collecting Dust -
5.
What!? No First Comics?
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6.
The Peoples' Choice
American Flagg -
7.
First Adventures
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8.
Fantagraphics Books Comics for a New Generation
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9.
The First Computer-Generated Comic
Shatter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- R. S. Martin
- Tony R. Rose
- Steven Samuels
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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