Comics Review
#10
([Spring] 1985)
Manuscript Press,
1984 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Manuscript Press
- Brand
- ?
- Editing
- Don Markstein
Issue Notes
Last issue under this title. The magazine continued from the same publisher and with the same numbering as Comics Revue. It made a gradual transition from printing all current humor strips to reprinting all vintage adventure strips.
A Letter from the Publisher / Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Rick Norwood
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Detailed discussion of Flash Gordon artists and formats, with exact dates for major changes.
[no title indexed]
Dear Pencil-Pal / letters page / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Lengthy letter from George Evans on differing tastes. ("I don't like gag strips at all.")
[no title indexed]
Bloom County / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why doesn't anyone listen to Burt Reynolds and accept him as the serious actor he says he is?!!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from daily Bloom County (Washington Post Co.) August 8 to October 4, 1984
Even Granny's teeth
O'Neill / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from weekly O'Neill (San Francisco Chronicle) January 14 to February 4, 1985
[no title indexed]
Flash Gordon / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- W-we've been tricked!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Reprints
- from daily Flash Gordon (King Features Syndicate) September 14 to October 12, 1984
[no title indexed]
Hägar the Horrible / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Walking in waist-deep water during the rainy season in England is very depressing!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from daily Hagar the Horrible (King Features Syndicate) August 31 to October 4, 1984
[no title indexed]
Steve Canyon / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the war flag of that new group which was thrown out of London--
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from daily and Sunday Steve Canyon (News America Syndicate) August 26 to October 6, 1984
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --And Spider-Man is credited with saving many of the hospital patients
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from daily The Amazing Spider-Man (Register and Tribune Syndicate) August 3 to 25, 1984
[no title indexed]
Gasoline Alley / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, no!
- Genre
- drama
- Reprints
- from daily and Sunday Gasoline Alley (Tribune Media Services) September 2 to October 6, 1984
[no title indexed]
Secret Agent Corrigan / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get out or get carried out, Omar.
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Reprints
- from daily Secret Agent Corrigan (King Features Syndicate) August 20 to October 4, 1984
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Bloom County -
1.
A Letter from the Publisher / Contents
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Dear Pencil-Pal -
3.
["Why doesn't anyone listen to Burt Reynolds and accept him as the serious actor he says he is?!!"]
Bloom County -
4.
Even Granny's teeth
O'Neill -
5.
["W-we've been tricked!"]
Flash Gordon -
6.
["Walking in waist-deep water during the rainy season in England is very depressing!"]
Hägar the Horrible -
7.
["It's the war flag of that new group which was thrown out of London--"]
Steve Canyon -
8.
["--And Spider-Man is credited with saving many of the hospital patients"]
Spider-Man -
9.
["Oh, no!"]
Gasoline Alley -
10.
["Get out or get carried out, Omar."]
Secret Agent Corrigan -
11.
Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for 1984
This issue was modified by, among others
- Brian KenKnight
- Mike Nielsen
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