(January 1998)

Awesome, 1997 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Awesome Entertainment
Brand
Awesome
Editing
Eric Stephenson

Issue Notes

This issue has a SWAT! Preview at the end, that can be read flipping the book
This issue is a variant of Fighting American: Rules of the Game (Awesome, 1997 series) #2 [Cover A]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fighting American / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed McGuinness [as emc2] (signed)
Inks
Ed McGuinness [as emc2] (signed)
Colors
Brett Evans (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American (Manga version)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Recaps the story.

Indexer Notes

Interior front cover with masthead design, themed background, creator and publisher credits with indicia.

Of course, you know, this means war! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fighting American / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jeph Loeb (credited)
Pencils
Ed McGuinness (credited)
Inks
Marlo Alquiza (credited); Lary Stucker (credited)
Colors
Brett Evans (credited); Donald Skinner (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So, what you gotta be asking', punk--is do you feel lucky?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American; S.P.I.C.E.; General Robert Cole; Kelly Grant; Hotsky Trotsky; Invisible Irving; Round Robin

In Memoriam (Table of Contents: 3)

Fighting Spirit / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Simon (signed); Rob Liefeld (signed)
Colors
? (page design)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Shared memories given to the reader from Joe Simon and Rob Liefeld with their thanks to the "king" for his impact on their lives.

The World's Hottest Comic Book Fonts! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Comicraft / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Ask for Awesome Entertainment (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Jimmy Jay & Company's A-List Comics! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Jimmy Jay & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Swat! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Fraga (signed)
Inks
Lary Stucker (signed)
Colors
?
Editing
Eric Stephenson; Jeph Loeb (publisher); Rob Liefeld (president, chief executive officer)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Pun-Jai

Indexer Notes

This is the back cover, which is also the cover for the SWAT! Preview

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Colors
? (masthead color)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Flip comic interior front cover with creator and publisher credits and indicia information.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Swat! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Fraga (credited) (plot); Elliot Maggin (credited as Elliot S! Maggin)
Pencils
Dan Fraga (credited)
Inks
Lary Stucker (credited)
Colors
Tanya Horie (credited); Richard Horie (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What can you say about an American city at the dawn of the millennium?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nicole Stacy; Pun-Jai

Indexer Notes

Introducing the SWAT! series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rob Liefeld (signed)
Colors
? (text color)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome to the adventures of SWAT!
Synopsis
Rob Liefeld introduces the creation of this story and collaborating with Dan Fraga.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fighting American
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Of course, you know, this means war!
    Fighting American
  4. 3. In Memoriam
    Fighting Spirit
  5. 4. The World's Hottest Comic Book Fonts!
    Comicraft
  6. 5. Ask for Awesome Entertainment
  7. 6. Jimmy Jay & Company's A-List Comics!
    Jimmy Jay & Co.
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Swat!
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. ["What can you say about an American city at the dawn of the millennium?"]
    Swat!
  11. 10. ["Welcome to the adventures of SWAT!"]
This issue was modified by
  • Derek Reinhard