Grendel #1 [Direct]
(October 1986)

Comico, 1986 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
parental guidance suggested
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
COMICO the Comic Company
Brand
COMICO C
Editing
Diana Schutz (editor)

Issue Notes

Print run of 68,000, as stated in #5's letters page.
This issue has variants:

[Devil in Response] (Table of Contents)

Grendel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arnold Pander (signed as Pander Bros); Jacob Pander (signed as Pander Bros)
Inks
Jay Geldhof (signed)
Colors
Matt Wagner
Genre
superhero
Characters
Grendel [Christine Spar]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My history and relationship with Grendel...
Synopsis
Matt's relationship with Grendel explained.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Also contains the indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Grendel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner ?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The events chronicled here...
Genre
superhero

Devil in Response (Table of Contents: 3)

Grendel / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner
Pencils
Arnold Pander; Jacob Pander
Inks
Jay Geldhof
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Steven Haynie
Genre
superhero
Characters
Grendel [Christine Spar]; Regina Anastasi; Anson Spar; Tujiro XIV; Argent; Yoshi Onagawa
Synopsis
Chris, Stacey Olliver's daughter, has written a book about Grendel (Hunter Rose). At a kabuki show, Chris, Ginny, and Anson meet the start Tujiro. Tujiro later kidnaps Anson, using a lock of Anson's hair. Upset, Chris steals the Grendel mask and fork.
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Indexer Notes

This story arc also known as Devil's Legacy.

About the Author (Table of Contents: 4)

Grendel / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Christine Spar [Grendel]

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Devil in Response]
    Grendel
  2. 1. ["My history and relationship with Grendel..."]
  3. 2. ["The events chronicled here..."]
    Grendel
  4. 3. Devil in Response
    Grendel
  5. 4. About the Author
    Grendel
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