(May 1978)
Star*Reach,
1978 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Star*Reach Productions
- Editing
- Mike Friedrich (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- newsprint
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
1st print has 2.00 USD cover price and newsprint interior paper.
2nd print has 2.00 USD cover price and white interior paper.
P. Craig Russell's Opus #5
2nd print has 2.00 USD cover price and white interior paper.
P. Craig Russell's Opus #5
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Mike Friedrich
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Introductory text with indicia information.
Part I: His Journey
Parsifal / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Patrick Mason (credited) (story adaptation, script)
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (credited)
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell (credited)
- Colors
- P. Craig Russell ?
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited); Annette Kawecki (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Parsifal
- Reprints
- from Star*Reach (Star*Reach, 1974 series) #8 (April 1977)
- in Opera (Eclipse, 1990 series) (1990)
- in Opera (Eclipse, 1990 series) (1990)
- in The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations (NBM, 2003 series) #2 - Parsifal, Ariane & Bluebeard, I Pagliacci & Songs by Mahler (2003)
- in The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations (NBM, 2003 series) #2 - Parsifal, Ariane & Bluebeard, I Pagliacci & Songs by Mahler (May 2004)
-
- Keywords
- opera adaptation
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of the Wagner opera.
The script has been updated since the original publication, and the lettering has at least in part, or maybe completely been redone. The original letterer for this sequence, Annette Kawecki, is still credited after Tom Orzechowski for the book as a whole.
Part II: His Temptation
Parsifal / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Patrick Mason
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell
- Colors
- P. Craig Russell ?
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Parsifal
- Reprints
- from Star*Reach (Star*Reach, 1974 series) #10 (September 1977)
-
in Fantasie Comics (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #1 (1980) - in Opera (Eclipse, 1990 series) (1990)
- in Opera (Eclipse, 1990 series) (1990)
- in The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations (NBM, 2003 series) #2 - Parsifal, Ariane & Bluebeard, I Pagliacci & Songs by Mahler (2003)
-
- Keywords
- opera adaptation
Part III: His Victory
Parsifal / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Patrick Mason
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell
- Colors
- P. Craig Russell ?
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Parsifal
- Reprints
- in Fantasie Comics (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
- in Star*Reach Classics (Eclipse, 1984 series) #6 (August 1984)
- in Opera (Eclipse, 1990 series) (1990)
- in Opera (Eclipse, 1990 series) (1990)
-
in Zona 84 (Toutain Editor, 1984 series) #78 ([noviembre 1990]) - in The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations (NBM, 2003 series) #2 - Parsifal, Ariane & Bluebeard, I Pagliacci & Songs by Mahler (2003) [page 10, panel 1], #2 - Parsifal, Ariane & Bluebeard, I Pagliacci & Songs by Mahler (2003)
- in The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations (NBM, 2003 series) #2 - Parsifal, Ariane & Bluebeard, I Pagliacci & Songs by Mahler (May 2004)
-
- Keywords
- opera adaptation
Indexer Notes
Part III first saw print in this issue.
Addendum
text article / 1 page
- Script
- P. Craig Russell; Patrick Mason
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Fantasie Comics (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
- in Star*Reach Classics (Eclipse, 1984 series) #6 (August 1984)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Parsifal -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Part I: His Journey
Parsifal -
3.
Part II: His Temptation
Parsifal -
4.
Part III: His Victory
Parsifal -
5.
Addendum
-
6.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- mike clark
- Peter Croome
- Ralf Haring
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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