(December 1985)

First, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-08-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics Inc.
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Mike Gold (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #77.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jon Sable / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Freelance Writing / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Ostrander
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Until recently, for financial reasons, I refused to even look at, let alone buy any comic that was not printed by a certain publisher.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jenny Blank, Maurice J. Forrester III, and Stephen Weiner.

Gauntlet (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
Ken Bruzenak

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What is it?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Myke Blackmon; Jon Sable; Elise Sable; Grey Adler; Aileen Saxon; Jerry Fetter; Ed Gardner; Patrick O'Reilly; Will Jordan; Tahnee Hand
Synopsis
Sable is recruited for a clandestine photo mission to Nicaragua.

A Public Services Message (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Collecting Dust Part 3 (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Meyerson
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So far this series has examined ways to preserve your comics by managing their environment: storing them in plastic bags and acid-free boxes or envelopes, keeping them away from heat, light, humidity extremes and food.
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Between pages 8 and 9 of Gauntlet.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[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. [no title indexed]
    Jon Sable
  2. 1. ["Until recently, for financial reasons, I refused to even look at, let alone buy any comic that was not printed by a certain publisher."]
    Freelance Writing
  3. 2. Gauntlet
    Jon Sable
  4. 3. A Public Services Message
    First Notes
  5. 4. Collecting Dust Part 3
  6. 5. ["Don't let this happen to you. Subscribe!"]
  7. 6. ["The First choice... keeps getting better!"]
  8. 7. ["High caliber entertainment"]
  9. 8. ["The first computer-generated comic"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson