(October 1975)
The S. F. C. A.,
1964? Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 88
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The S. F. C. A.
- Editing
- James Van Hise (editor and publisher); G. B. Love (editor emeritus)
Issue Notes
Contents Include:
"Blasts from the Readers": Letters page
"An Interview with Rod Serling" reprinted from Gamma #1.
"Twilight Zone Creator Serling" obituary for Rod Serling by James Van Hise
"Information Center" written & illustrated by Don Rosa.
"Star Trek - The Tholian Wars"
"Houstoncon '75" report by James Van Hise with emphasis on Star Trek
"A Houston Mini-Con is Anything but Mini: by James Van Hise. Report on convention Sept. 27-28, 1975.
"Comic Collector's Comments" by Howard P. Siegel.
"Critique" by James Van Hise, J. B. Clifford Jr. & John Ellis
Listed circulation: 1,500.
"Blasts from the Readers": Letters page
"An Interview with Rod Serling" reprinted from Gamma #1.
"Twilight Zone Creator Serling" obituary for Rod Serling by James Van Hise
"Information Center" written & illustrated by Don Rosa.
"Star Trek - The Tholian Wars"
"Houstoncon '75" report by James Van Hise with emphasis on Star Trek
"A Houston Mini-Con is Anything but Mini: by James Van Hise. Report on convention Sept. 27-28, 1975.
"Comic Collector's Comments" by Howard P. Siegel.
"Critique" by James Van Hise, J. B. Clifford Jr. & John Ellis
Listed circulation: 1,500.
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.
[Cover]
Man-Thing / cartoon / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Ploog (signed as
Ploog) - Inks
- Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog)
- Letters
- Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog)
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Synopsis
- Cover art featuring the Man-Thing. Signed by Mike Ploog & dated 73.
Maxor of Cirod
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- John Adkins Richardson (credited)
- Pencils
- John Adkins Richardson (credited)
- Inks
- John Adkins Richardson (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Synopsis
- Maxor is captured & sent to a gladiatorial arena.
Zero Hero
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- R. C. Harvey (signed as Harvey)
- Pencils
- R. C. Harvey (signed as Harvey)
- Inks
- R. C. Harvey (signed as Harvey)
- Letters
- R. C. Harvey (signed as Harvey)
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Synopsis
- Starbright becomes a pin-up heroine.
[no title indexed]
Dell Comics are Good Comics / about comics / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Synopsis
- Commentary on Dell comics with various panels & a cover reprinted.
- Reprints
-
from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #10 (August-September 1944) [grayscale copy of the cover serves as the first page of the article]
-
- Pages
- 50 - 53
- Abstract
- A detailed analysis of the differences between the original Animal Comics characters from the 1940s Dell publications are compared to the Pogo newspaper strip that started in the 1950s. Particular attention is given to Albert the Alligator who had a propensity for eating other anthropomorphic characters in the comic.
[Back cover]
Man-Thing / cartoon / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog)
- Inks
- Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog)
- Letters
- Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog)
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Synopsis
- Back cover with two Man-Thing pieces signed by Ploog & dated 73.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
[Cover]
Man-Thing -
2.
Maxor of Cirod
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3.
Zero Hero
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4.
[no title indexed]
Dell Comics are Good Comics -
5.
[Back cover]
Man-Thing
This issue was modified by
- Shawn Burdette
- Merlin Haas
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