(October 1987)

Comico, 1987 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
9.95 USD; 13.50 CAD
Pages
100
On-sale Date
1987-10-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
COMICO the Comic Company
Brand
C
ISBN
0-938965-05-0 Search at WorldCat
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Diana Schutz (credited) (edits)
Color
Color
Dimensions
8.5" x 11"
Binding
Soft Cover Trade Paperback
Publishing Format
One Shot

Issue Notes

This edition is same as the Warner Books Trade Paperback, just different size and different cover art, with interior colored.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Fish Police / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Moncuse
Inks
Steve Moncuse
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Inspector Gill

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

The Fish Police / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Mignola (signed as Mignola)
Inks
Mike Mignola (signed as Mignola)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Chief; Oscar the Octopus
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reduced to a quarter page.

The Fish Police: Hairballs (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Steve Moncuse
Inks
Steve Moncuse
Letters
typeset

Characters
Blophish; Inspector Gill
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First page has title and half page reprint of the cover from The Fish Police #3.
Second page contains publisher's information and indicia.

Baited Secrets of the Deep (Table of Contents: 3)

The Fish Police / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Harlan Ellison (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Text introduction to the Fish Police.

Hairballs (Table of Contents: 4)

The Fish Police / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Pencils
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Inks
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Paul Nagy (credited) (effects)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Hairballs Book Two: The Consequences (Table of Contents: 5)

The Fish Police / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Pencils
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Inks
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Paul Nagy (credited) (effects)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Hairballs 3: The Seduction (Table of Contents: 6)

The Fish Police / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Pencils
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Inks
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Paul Nagy (credited) (effects)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oscar? Hey, Oscar?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Inpector Gill; Blophish; Angelfish; Hook; Neon
Synopsis
Blophish acclimates Inspector Gill with Castle S.Q.U.I.D.
Reprints

[Final Hairballs] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Fish Police / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Pencils
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Inks
Steve Moncuse (credited)
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Paul Nagy (credited) (effects)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Fish Police [Inspector Gill; Chief; Goldie]; Joe; Oscar the Octopus; SQUID [Hook; Line; Sinker; Prawns; Dr. Calamari; Braque; Angelfish]
Reprints
Keywords
Castle SQUID; Fish City; Riverfront Joe's; SQUID Laboratories; Suds-Guzzler (sword)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Fish Police / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Moncuse
Inks
Steve Moncuse

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Hook
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint of image from The Fish Police #4 cover at quarter size.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Fish Police
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Fish Police
  3. 2. The Fish Police: Hairballs
  4. 3. Baited Secrets of the Deep
    The Fish Police
  5. 4. Hairballs
    The Fish Police
  6. 5. Hairballs Book Two: The Consequences
    The Fish Police
  7. 6. Hairballs 3: The Seduction
    The Fish Police
  8. 7. [Final Hairballs]
    The Fish Police
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    The Fish Police
  10. 9. [""['Hairballs'} is a wry contredanse at once charming and perplexing."]
    The Fish Police
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ron Sadowski
  • Jim Van Dore