Visions #4

(1982)

Production drawing by Ray Harryhausen from GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (Table of Contents: 1)

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Pencils

Ray Harryhausen (credited)

Inks

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Letters

typeset

Keywords

Centaur-Cyclops (mythological)

[no title] (Table of Contents: 2)

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Lightrunner: Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 3)

Lightrunner / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Lamar Waldron (script, co-plot); Rod Whigham (co-plot)

Pencils

Rod Whigham

Inks

Rod Whigham

Letters

Susan Barrows

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Burne Garrett; Lanie (commender of the spaceship Lightrunner); Tak (an alien); Llurl (an alien); Commander Thorvus Garrett (Burne's father); Breton Kan (an envoy); Captain Iselle (commander of the spaceship Aris); the Alliancemaster and his cabinet; Eigo; Empyrforce Commander T'sed; Professor Si-Laan-Kí

Synopsis

Burne Garrett, accused of hijacking the spaceship Streambreaker, is on the run with Lanie, commander of the Lightrunner, and Garrett's telepathic, chimp-like alien companion Tak. After Garrett meets with his father, Commander Thorvus Garrett of the Empyrean Alliance, to protest his innocence, turncoat envoy Breton Kan orders the Lightrunner fired upon. The ship and its crew escape but are captured on the academic planet Atridge, where they had sought the help of Professor Si-Laan-Kí. Meanwhile, masterminds Eigo and Empyrforce Commander T'sed continue their plans to take over the empire.

Reprints

• in Lightrunner (Donning Company, 1983 series) (1983)
• in Lightrunner (Donning Company, 1983 series) (1983)

Keywords

aliens; spaceships

Find what you're looking for in Visions (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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Passages (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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Edgar Rice Burroughs Quarterly (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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Shirley Fox Galleries (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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Lift Off to Stellar Adventure with Robert Silverberg (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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The First from First (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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Frank Miller (Table of Contents: 10)

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Pencils

Frank Miller (reprinted art)

Inks

Frank Miller (reprinted art)

Letters

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Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Elektra Natchios

Synopsis

Mini-biography and checklist of the artist's work

Rules & Info (Table of Contents: 11)

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Guests (Table of Contents: 12)

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Synopsis

List of convention guests and brief descriptions; photograph of the band Axis with thanks "for providing th emusic for the Saturday night party."

Schedule (Table of Contents: 13)

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Synopsis

Convention schedule and map of Georgia World Congress Center

Thank You! (Table of Contents: 14)

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Synopsis

List of individuals and organizations thanked

Atlanta Fantasy Fair: August 3-7 1983 (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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1983 Wall Calendars (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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Our First Anniversary Issue (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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Forrest J Ackerman of Filmland: An Appreciation by Robert Bloch (Table of Contents: 18)

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Script

Robert Bloch

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Profile; reprinted from "Amazing Forries" (1982)

Oxford: Atlanta's Largest Bookstore (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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Bedtime Stories at Ground Zero (Table of Contents: 20)

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Script

Tom Gonzalez

Pencils

Tom Gonzalez

Inks

Tom Gonzalez

Letters

Tom Gonzalez

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Space invaders attempt to penetrate this reality.

Indexer Notes

Sole credit reads: "© 1981 by Tom Gonzalez & Manhunter comics"

From Avalon Hill: 7 New Games (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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Will Eisner (Table of Contents: 22)

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Will Eisner

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Will Eisner

Letters

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Characters

Commissioner Dolan; The Hawk; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; unnamed fictional underground cartoonists

Synopsis

Introductory page followed by four samples Will Eisner work from "The Art of Will Eisner" (Kitchen Sink Press): "Hawks of the Sea" page 58 by pseudonymous Willis Rensie; "The Spirit" splash page, September 19, 1948; cover, inked by Jerry Grandenetti, of unpublished "Pirate Comics," 1948; cover, "Snarf" #3, Kitchen Sink Press, November 1972

The Definitive Eisner (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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Announcing a New WSA Service (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

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Visions Gallery (Table of Contents: 25)

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Pencils

June Brigman

Inks

Roy Richardson

Characters

Clea; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]

Flaming Carrot Art Showcase (Table of Contents: 26)

Flaming Carrot / illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Burden

Pencils

Bob Burden

Inks

Bob Burden

Letters

Bob Burden; typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Flaming Carrot; the Buzzard Men; the Puppet Monster Man; Aii Baba and the 40 Housewives; Vito Grafeeti; the Man Who Walks Backwards; various damsels in distress and others

Synopsis

"rare and obscure Flaming Carrot" art of evidently unused, little seen or newly drawn covers and other art, two pieces of which are dated 1979. Accompanying text, which may be either literal or fanciful, claims, "After days of digging, searching and corresponding, we have compiled a cautiously selected array of elite Flaming Carrot material, from the far-flung tattered and disorganized body of surviving Carrot originals. ... Most of the stories these are from were actually published in the 1970s in trial or promotional editions with press runs of 20, 50 or 200 if they were printed at all."

Indexer Notes

page count includes ad for Bob Burden comic "Robot Nite," "coming soon from" Killian Barracks Press, PO Box 220, Marietta, GA 30061, with several art samples

Asfawn (Table of Contents: 27)

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Pencils

Jim Price

Inks

Jim Price

Letters

Jim Price; typeset

Characters

alien deer creature

Synopsis

Atlanta Science Fiction Organiz/Activities Whatever Newsletter (August/September 1982). "Organiz/Activities" is as spelled in print. Includes spot illustration.

Glenwood Distributors (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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Pencils

Frank Miller

Inks

Dan Adkins

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; copyright 1979

Atlanta Fantasy Fair: August 13-15, 1982 (Table of Contents: 30)

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Pencils

Rod Whigham

Inks

Rod Whigham

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

flying woman; flying man

Indexer Notes

back cover