(December 1987)

First, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.45 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-08-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics Inc.
Brand
First Comics Fifth Anniversary
Editing
Laurel Fitch (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #124.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jon Sable / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Colors
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Who Are These Guys, Anyway? / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last issue: Jon and Myke ran into Josh Winters, Sable's "friend" on the NYPD, while he was on a stake out.

The Trojan Wars Part I (Table of Contents: 2)

Jon Sable / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell
Pencils
Tony Salmons
Inks
Tony Salmons
Colors
John Wellington
Letters
Willie Schubert
First Line of Dialogue or Text
First off gentlemen, I would caution you that my associate is watching you through a sniper scope. So no funny stuff, okay.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Pauley; Jon Sable [B. B. Flemm]; Myke Blackmon; Eden Kendall; Geoff Markham; Frederick; Peter; Mr. Hutchins
Synopsis
Myke's ex-boyfriend sends Sable to stop a shipment of arms to the Irish Republican Army.
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[Oops!] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[Time2 Volume II] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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Freelance Writing / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Laurel Fitch
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've been reading Jon Sable since issue 1 and have generally enjoyed the series throughout it's run.
Characters
Jon Sable

Indexer Notes

Pages are in reverse order.

Letters from Robert J. Sodaro, Jim Lacey, Raheim Otto, and Tim Ewanshyn.

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

[Sailor on the Seas of Fate] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Jon Sable
  2. 1. ["Last issue: Jon and Myke ran into Josh Winters, Sable's "friend" on the NYPD, while he was on a stake out."]
    Who Are These Guys, Anyway?
  3. 2. The Trojan Wars Part I
    Jon Sable
  4. 3. [Oops!]
    First Notes
  5. 4. [Time2 Volume II]
  6. 5. ["This one is going to sell out fast... miss it at your peril."]
  7. 6. ["The First choice..."]
  8. 7. ["I've been reading Jon Sable since issue 1 and have generally enjoyed the series throughout it's run."]
    Freelance Writing
  9. 8. ["Whatever happened to American Flagg?"]
  10. 9. [Sailor on the Seas of Fate]
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  • Steve Coates
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Per Sandell
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