(May 1983)

DC, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-02-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893342305
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Karen Berger (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (DC, 1983 series) #1 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Amethyst / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Colón (signed)
Inks
Ernie Colón (signed)
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
Todd Klein (logo); typeset
Job Number
C-316
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Amethyst; Dark Opal
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Todd Klein designed the Amethyst logo (from letter page of issue #6). Colors credit from Tom Ziuko.

Cover Thumbnail for Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (DC, 1983 series) #1 [Canadian] Cover Thumbnail for Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (1983 series) #1 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (1983 series) #1 [Test-Market Edition] Cover Thumbnail for Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (1983 series) #1 [Newsstand]
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The Birthright (Table of Contents: 1)

Amethyst / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Ernie Colón
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-8036
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Amethyst; Dark Opal (villain); Fire Jade (intro); Herb Winston; Marion Winston; Belaz; Granch; Citrina; Sardonyx (villain); Fauna; Laral; Lord Amethyst (flashback); Lady Amethyst (flashback); Gemworld
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"With special thanks to Dave Manak." Story continues from The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #298 (April 1983), which was the first appearance of Amethyst, the Gemworld, and the twelve houses that rule it.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Amethyst / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 8 pages (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Amethyst
  2. 1. The Birthright
    Amethyst
  3. 2. ["Amy was an ordinary girl... until last night."]
    Amethyst
  4. 3. ["Weary"]
    Meanwhile...
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
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