(June 1980)
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 92
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Inc.
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited as Gary G. Groth) (executive editor); Kim Thompson (credited) (editor); Mike Catron (credited as J. Michael Catron) (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Jonah Hex (Semic, 1985 series) #13/1985 ([5 december] 1985) -
in Jonah Hex (Semic, 1985 series) #13/1985 (uke 51 1985)
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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.
A Space Cadet No More
Opening Shots / about comics / 1.66 ? pages
- Script
- David Stallman (credited); ? [as The Editors] (intro)
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (credited)
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell (credited)
- Letters
- P. Craig Russell (credited); typeset
- Pages
- 4 - 5
Indexer Notes
Review of P. Craig Russell's Night Music #1, a completely opposite perspective from R. Fiore's review in TCJ #54. Accompanied by a four-panel sequence.
Roy Thomas Leaves Marvel- Signs On With DC to Write 100 Pages a Month
Newswatch / about comics / 4 pages
- Script
- Kim Thompson (credited)
- Pencils
- Sal Quartuccio (credited) (photo); ?
- Inks
- Sal Quartuccio (credited) (photo); ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Roy Thomas (photo); Jim Shooter (photo)
- Synopsis
- In-depth rundown of the writer/editor setup at Marvel during the seventies.
- Pages
- 9 - 12
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by two photos and a small-size image of King Conan #3.
[no title indexed]
Newswatch / about comics / 5.5 pages
- Characters
- Charles Rodrigues (photo); Marv Wolfman (photo)
- Pages
- 13 - 18
Indexer Notes
Headlines of note included "Marvel to Publish James Bond Comic," "Wolfman and Wein Revive Dial H for Hero Comic," "Metal Hurlant Goes Bankrupt," "Comic Strips: Hello Carol Debuts"
[no title indexed]
Blood & Thunder / about comics / 6.57 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Aaron Bordner (signed as S. Pellegrini); Rudi Franks (signed); Hanley (signed); McGreal
- Inks
- Scott Pellegrini (signed as S. Pellegrini); Rudi Franks (signed); Hanley (signed); McGreal
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 23 - 29
Indexer Notes
Letters from Pierce Askegren, Phillip B. Klinger, Patrick Garabedian, Brian Snell, Gary L. Day, David Seidman, Jim McPherson, Bob Soron, David Stallman, Peter Eicher, Raymond Hopkins, Tim Cooper, James Lentini
Accompanied by four illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Comics Reviews / about comics / 6.97 pages
- Script
- David Stallman (credited); Kim Thompson (credited); Dale Luciano (credited); Stephen McGonagle; Greg Huneryager
- Pencils
- Martin
- Inks
- Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 32 - 41
Indexer Notes
Stallman reviews the Underhanded History of the USA and Legion of Super Heroes #262 and 263; McGonagle reviews Batman #319; Huneryager reviews the Tomb of Dracula series as a whole. Capsule reviews of Captain America #247 and The Hulk! #21 by Thompson as well as Machine Man #12 by Luciano
The Blessed Life of Michael Fleisher- An Interview With the Man Who Stuffed Jonah Hex
about comics / 25 pages
- Script
- Mike Catron (credited as Michael Catron); Michael Fleisher (credited)
- Pencils
- Gary Kwapisz (signed); Bob Smith (credited) (photo); Gary Kwapisz (signed); Dennis Fujitake (signed as Fujitake); Will Blyberg (signed); Michael Kure (signed); Russell Duket
- Inks
- Gary Kwapisz (signed); Bob Smith (credited) (photo); Gary Kwapisz (signed); Dennis Fujitake (signed as Fujitake); Will Blyberg (signed); Michael Kure (signed); Chris O'Leary
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Mike Catron (credited as Michael Catron); Michael Fleisher (credited)
- Characters
- Jonah Hex; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Michael Fleisher (photo)
- Pages
- 42 - 71
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by approximately seven illustrations, twelve samples from his comics work and six tiny-size cover images.
Dissent: Before the Bomb
Underground Comix / about comics / 1.09 pages
- Script
- Bill Sherman (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Review of Gen of Hiroshima #1.
- Pages
- 78 - 79
Indexer Notes
Acccompanied by a small-size Keiji Nazakawa page.
Dissent: After the Bullets
Underground Comix / about comics / 1.52 pages
- Script
- David Stallman (credited); Bill Sherman (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 79 - 81
Indexer Notes
Stallman reviews Cliff Harper's Class War Comix #1. Accompanied by two capsule reviews by Sherman for Rip Off Comix #6 and Forty Year Old Hippie #2.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Heckle; Jeckle; Mighty Mouse
- Synopsis
- Mighty Mouse standing on a missile with Heckle and Jeckle laughing in the background.
Indexer Notes
On page eighty-two. Artist not listed in the contributing artists section in the title page.
From the Desk of Neal Adams...
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Neal Adams (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well... ex-cuuuuuu-uuse me!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]
- Reprints
-
in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics, 2016 series) (December 2016)
-
- Keywords
- batarang; tripping
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
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1.
A Space Cadet No More
Opening Shots -
2.
Roy Thomas Leaves Marvel- Signs On With DC to Write 100 Pages a Month
Newswatch -
3.
[no title indexed]
Newswatch -
4.
[no title indexed]
Blood & Thunder -
5.
[no title indexed]
Comics Reviews -
6.
The Blessed Life of Michael Fleisher- An Interview With the Man Who Stuffed Jonah Hex
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7.
Dissent: Before the Bomb
Underground Comix -
8.
Dissent: After the Bullets
Underground Comix -
9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
From the Desk of Neal Adams...
- Steven Samuels
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