(1991)

AC, 1991 Series
 
Price:
9.95 USD; 14.00 CAD
Pages:
68
Indicia Publisher:
Paragon Publications
Brand:
Paragon Graphic Anthology
ISBN:
1-56225-001-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode:
978156225001050995
Editing:
Bill Black; Hames Ware (assistant editor); Peter Tibble (assistant editor)
Color:
black and white and color
Dimensions:
6 2/3" x 10 1/3" (16.9 x 26.3 cm)
Paper Stock:
black and white on slick paper and color pages on newsprint
Binding:
squarebound

Issue Notes

Production crew: Mark Heike, Rebekah Black, Bill Marimon, Cliff Weikal, Christie Churms, Jordi Ensign and Bill Black. The book is dedicated to T.T. Scott (Fiction House president and publisher).

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mars, God of War / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks:
Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
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[untitled] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Doolin (illo)
Inks:
Joe Doolin (illo)
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Colossus (illo); Gale Allen (illo)
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.


Thrilling Planet Tales (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page with list of credits.


The World's First Science Fiction Comic Book... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Bill Black
Pencils:
? (illos)
Inks:
? (illos)
Colors:
? (graytones, illos)
Letters:
typeset

Dwarflings of Oceania (Table of Contents)

Lost World / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils:
George Evans (signed)
Inks:
George Evans (signed)
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
?
Editing:
J.F. Byrne (original managing editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Hunt Bowman (main character); Lyssa; a Venusian; Voltamen
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Indexer Notes

title from cover of Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #53


[Colossus of the Blood-Moon] (Table of Contents)

Gale Allen / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Douglass McKee]
Pencils:
Fran Hopper (signed)
Inks:
Fran Hopper (signed)
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
?
Editing:
Paul Payne (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Colossus; Gale Allen; two brothers
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Indexer Notes

Title from the cover of the original issue.


Project Survival (Table of Contents)

Futura / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as John Douglas]
Pencils:
Enrico Bagnoli
Inks:
Enrico Bagnoli
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
?
Editing:
J.F. Byrne (original managing editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Futura; Mentor; Synthos (flashback); Thi; Venusians
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Goz Is Coming! (Table of Contents)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils:
Joe Doolin
Inks:
Joe Doolin
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
?
Editing:
J.F. Byrne (original managing editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Auro; Claudia; the D-Battalion; Dorna; Goz
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["In the control tower of space outpost seven..."] (Table of Contents)

Space Rangers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Paul Payne (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Braxo; Captain Gordon; Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Torga and the ape men; Vara
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To New Worlds (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Gale Allen (cameo); Auro (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for Planet Comics with cover from #20 depicted.


["Was justice but a mockery on the planet..."] (Table of Contents)

Star Pirate / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils:
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inks:
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
J.F. Byrne (original managing editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Blacky; Rasca (legalist); Sato; Star Pirate [also as legalist Tal Varr]; Valda
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["A world went mad at his maniacal whim..."] (Table of Contents)

Mars, God of War / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils:
Joe Doolin
Inks:
Joe Doolin
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
?
Editing:
Paul Payne (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Dr. Kort; Mars; Mysta; her brother Nors
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["Alone in the mist-shrouded moon lab, Bron heard..."] (Table of Contents)

Mysta of the Moon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils:
Matt Baker
Inks:
Matt Baker
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
?
Editing:
J.F. Byrne (original managing editor)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Bron; Doctor Jon Svord; Elna; Kharn; Mysta; Orok
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[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Doolin
Inks:
Joe Doolin
Colors:
? (graytones)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.


[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Gale Allen / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Doolin
Inks:
Joe Doolin
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Colossus; Gale Allen
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Indexer Notes

Outside back cover. Pinup with introductory text.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mars, God of War
  2. 1. [untitled]
  3. 2. Thrilling Planet Tales
  4. 3. The World's First Science Fiction Comic Book...
  5. 4. Dwarflings of Oceania
    Lost World
  6. 5. [Colossus of the Blood-Moon]
    Gale Allen
  7. 6. Project Survival
    Futura
  8. 7. Goz Is Coming!
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  9. 8. ["In the control tower of space outpost seven..."]
    Space Rangers
  10. 9. To New Worlds
  11. 10. ["Was justice but a mockery on the planet..."]
    Star Pirate
  12. 11. ["A world went mad at his maniacal whim..."]
    Mars, God of War
  13. 12. ["Alone in the mist-shrouded moon lab, Bron heard..."]
    Mysta of the Moon
  14. 13. [untitled]
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  15. 14. [untitled]
    Gale Allen
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