(August 1999)

Dark Horse, 1998 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
4
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]
Barcode
?
Editing
Sarah Grace McCandless (editor)

Hey Kids! Comics! (Table of Contents)

Concrete / cover / 0.16 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Chadwick ?
Inks
Paul Chadwick ?
Colors
Paul Chadwick ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Concrete [Ron Lithgow]

Indexer Notes

credits given for title header art; first page/cover also has 2 comic strips (indexed separately)

PLAYING WITH FIRE Part Four (Table of Contents: 1)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 0.42 page (report information)

Script
Christopher Golden
Pencils
Hector Gómez
Inks
Hector Gómez
Colors
Hector Gómez ?
Letters
Hector Gómez ?

Genre
adventure; horror-suspense; teen
Characters
Bryan; Willow; Giles; Buffy
Synopsis
Ghost boy helps slay vampires.

Indexer Notes

on first page/cover

THE VÂRCOLAC Part One (Table of Contents: 2)

Hellboy / comic story / 0.42 page (report information)

Script
Mike Mignola
Pencils
Mike Mignola
Inks
Mike Mignola
Colors
Mike Mignola ?
Letters
Mike Mignola ?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Hellboy; Countess Ilona Kakosy
Synopsis
Hellboy tries to stake a vampire.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

on first page/cover; character appearances information from revised trade paperback version with extra material

Dark Horse Maverick (Table of Contents: 3)

American Splendor; Concrete; Grendel; Groo the Wanderer; Hellboy; Sin City; Sock Monkey; Usagi Yojimbo; The Monstermen [The Monster Men]; The Horror of Collier County; Body Bags; Madman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Mignola; Gary Gianni; Rich Tommaso; Sergio Aragonés; Paul Chadwick; Stan Sakai; Matt Wagner; Tony Millionaire; Jason Pearson; Mike Allred; Frank Miller
Inks
Mike Mignola; Gary Gianni; Rich Tommaso; Sergio Aragonés; Paul Chadwick; Stan Sakai; Matt Wagner; Tony Millionaire; Jason Pearson; Mike Allred; Frank Miller
Colors
Jason Hvam
Letters
Cary Grazzini ?

Genre
humor; non-fiction; biography; sword and sorcery; horror-suspense; crime; adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical
Characters
Hellboy; Wallace; Mr. Benedict; Fran; Mel; Harvey Pekar; Groo; Rufferto; Concrete [Ron Lithgow]; Miyamoto Usagi; Grendel [Hunter Rose]; Sock Monkey; Clownface; Panda; Madman

Indexer Notes

Dark Horse Maverick "lineup" in a police lineup

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1.6 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

illustrated August 1999 Dark Horse shipping list; colour back cover/last page comic strip format house ad for Dark Horse Zippo lighters; no art or writing credits given for comic strip ad

THE MYSTERY OF THE BUTTERED SLICE OF BREAD (Table of Contents: 5)

Martin Mystery / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Alfredo Castelli
Pencils
Giancarlo Alessandrini
Inks
Giancarlo Alessandrini
Colors
Giancarlo Alessandrini ?
Letters
Giancarlo Alessandrini ?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Martin Mystery [Martin Mystère]; Java
Synopsis
A man discovers a conspiracy to make buttered bread always fall buttered side down.

Indexer Notes

On back cover/last page; English language version of "Il mistero della tartina imburrata" strip. Originally done for the Premio Satira Politica di Forte dei Marmi (published in exhibition catalogue, 1995).

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hey Kids! Comics!
    Concrete
  2. 1. PLAYING WITH FIRE Part Four
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  3. 2. THE VÂRCOLAC Part One
    Hellboy
  4. 3. Dark Horse Maverick
    American Splendor; Concrete; Grendel; Groo the Wanderer; Hellboy; Sin City; Sock Monkey; Usagi Yojimbo; The Monstermen [The Monster Men]; The Horror of Collier County; Body Bags; Madman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. THE MYSTERY OF THE BUTTERED SLICE OF BREAD
    Martin Mystery
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Peter Croome
  • Jochen G.
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • R S
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Whitten