The Comics Journal
#279
(November 2006)
Fantagraphics,
1977 Series
- Price
- 9.95 USD; 11.95 CAD
- Pages
- 204
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly in Jan, Feb, Apr, May, July, Aug, Oct, Nov
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Barcode
- 725274741144 11
- Editing
- Gary Groth (Editor-In-Chief); Michael Dean (Managing Editor); Kristy Valenti (Assistant Editor)
Issue Notes
Joost Swarte cover and interview.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
from Fight Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #47 (December 1946) [cover reprint]
-
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
[no title indexed]
Señorita Rio / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lily Renée [as L. Renée (signed)
- Inks
- Lily Renée [as L. Renée (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, cowboy, it's carnival time in Rio! Let's swing it!
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Señorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas]; The Colonel; Juanita; Don Phillipe
- Reprints
- from Fight Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #36 (February 1945)
-
[no title indexed]
Jane Martin / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At allied GHQ on the island of Gibraltar..
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Nazis (villains); Pilo (introduction); three pilots (introductions); Jane Martin
- Reprints
- from Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #45 (May 1944)
-
[no title indexed]
The Lost World / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
- Pencils
- Lily Renée [as L. Renée] (signed)
- Inks
- Lily Renée [as L. Renée] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There it stood, grim and brooding symbol of the ruthless mastery a scourging horde had brought to a dead world-
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lyssa; Hunt; Voltamen (villains); Dr. Schultz (introduction, dies)
- Synopsis
- Hunt and Lyssa are trying to escape some Voltamen and discover Dr. Schultz, so they enlist his aid in destroying a Volta power station.
- Reprints
- from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #41 (March 1946)
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006.
[no title indexed]
Werewolf Hunter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Armand Broussard]
- Pencils
- Lily Renée [as L. Renée] (signed)
- Inks
- Lily Renée [as L. Renée] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the story of an evil being whose unholy secret was horror incarnate!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Broussard [The Werewolf Hunter]; Pianist [Ivan Savatt]; Mrs. Savatt; Madam Hora
- Synopsis
- After a concert pianist is strangled to death, Broussard encounters a woman who collects amputated hands.
- Reprints
- from Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1942 series) #35 (June 1947)
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The Cats of Señor Shaitan
The Werewolf Hunter / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Broussard [the Werewolf Hunter]; Señor Shaitan; Circe; Chary
- Reprints
- from Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1942 series) #16 (April 1944)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["Come on, cowboy, it's carnival time in Rio! Let's swing it!"]
Señorita Rio -
2.
["At allied GHQ on the island of Gibraltar.."]
Jane Martin -
3.
["There it stood, grim and brooding symbol of the ruthless mastery a scourging horde had brought to a dead world-"]
The Lost World -
4.
["This is the story of an evil being whose unholy secret was horror incarnate!"]
Werewolf Hunter -
5.
The Cats of Señor Shaitan
The Werewolf Hunter
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- Peter Croome
- Steven Samuels
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