The Comics Journal #58

(September 1980)

Editorial (Table of Contents: 1)

about comics / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gary Groth (credited as Gary G. Groth); Kim Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Pat Boyette (signed)

Inks

Pat Boyette (signed)

Letters

typeset

Pages

4 - 4

Indexer Notes

Explaining the cover price rise. Accompanied by an illustration by Boyette.

I Remember Terry (Table of Contents: 2)

Opening Shots / about comics / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Milton Caniff (signed); David J. Levine

Pencils

Milton Caniff (signed)

Inks

Milton Caniff (signed)

Letters

Milton Caniff (signed); typeset

Synopsis

An ode to Caniff's Terry and the Pirates strip. Accompanied by a few of the daily strips.

Pages

6 - 7

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

Newswatch / about comics / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Pages

10 - 21

Indexer Notes

Headlines of note include: Marvel Forms Film Studio; Bill Mantlo Taken Off Howard the Duck Magazine; Daredevil Drug Story Relocated Into Album; Steve Englehart Pulls Three Stories Written for DC; Comic Strips: Fletcher's Landing; Spiegelman and Mouly's "Raw" Premieres

Includes a half-page sample illustration from Douglas Coffin's Fletcher's Landing strip.

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

Blood & Thunder / about comics / 10.87 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Fiore (credited as R. Fiore) (reply)

Letters

typeset

Pages

23 - 39

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roy Thomas, Alan R. Ekblaw, Megan H. Christopher, Mark Burbey, P. Craig Russell, Mike Grell, Mark Der Marderosian, Mike Tiefenbacher, James D. True, Justin Hall, Alex Toth, Alan Wright, Margaret O'Connell, Tim Cooper, Kirk Philipps, David Stallman, Ricky Livingston, Ted White, Paul Adams

Also includes the following character illustrations: Thor by Martin Cannon; Mr. Fantastic/Thing by Chris O'Leary/Bill Anderson; Wonder Woman by Pro/Willie Blyberg; Doc Savage by Ricky Livingston

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Scott Pellegrini (signed)

Pencils

Scott Pellegrini (signed)

Inks

Scott Pellegrini (signed)

Letters

Scott Pellegrini (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gor blimey! Looky wha' 'a marster's brung for ye!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

On page 27.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Comics Library Graphic Story Reviews / about comics / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kim Thompson (credited); Gene Phillips (credited)

Letters

typeset

Pages

42 - 47

Indexer Notes

"Of War and Fighting Men"- Thompson reviews Russ Cochran's The Complete Two-Fisted Tales; "The Hammer of Faith"/ The Fastest Man, Bereaved"- Phillips reviews Marvel Premiere #54 and DC's Flash #270-84

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Rudi Franke (credited)

Pencils

Rudi Franke (credited)

Inks

Rudi Franke (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trapped for three hours in a room with Marty Pasko, Jim Shooter, Len Wein, Mark Evanier and (shudder!) Gary Groth...

Genre

humor

Characters

Marv Wolfman

Indexer Notes

On page forty-eight. Accompanies the article that follows.

Martin Pasko, Jim Shooter, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, and Mark Evanier Debate Comic Book Writing (Table of Contents: 8)

about comics / 18.09 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Groth (credited) (moderator); Martin Pasko (credited); Jim Shooter (credited); Len Wein (credited); Marv Wolfman (credited); Mark Evanier (credited)

Pencils

Gary Kwapisz (signed)

Inks

Gary Kwapisz (signed)

Letters

typeset

Pages

49 - 73

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by Kwapiscz illustrations of Marv Wolfman/Len Wein and Jim Shooter respectively. Rick Marschall contributes a cartoon of Marty Pasko and Mark Evanier

Paul Smith contributes a small-size Spider-Man illustration. Doug Herring contributes an illustration of Mr. Spock.

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

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Scott Pellegrini (signed as Stu Potts)

Pencils

Scott Pellegrini (signed as Stu Potts)

Inks

Scott Pellegrini (signed as Stu Potts)

Letters

Scott Pellegrini (signed as Stu Potts)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No! No! You don't understand!

Genre

humor

Characters

Marty Pasko; Jim Shooter; Len Wein

Keywords

gallery; hanging; museum; noose

Indexer Notes

"From an idea by Marty Pasko"
On page fifty-four.

Thanks to Rodrigo Baeza for artist identification.

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

cartoon / 0.41 page (report information)

Pencils

Rudi Franke (credited)

Inks

Rudi Franke (credited)

Letters

Rudi Franke (credited)

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Untitled cartoon on page sixty-seven.

The Stage is Set The History of the Comic Strip, Part Two: The Decline and Death of "Puck" Magazine (Table of Contents: 11)

Polychromatic Effulgence / about comics / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Rick Marschall (credited as Richard Marschall)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Pages

84 - 87

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by a few small-size cover reproductions of Puck magazine, one of them by Gordon Grant. Also includes some small-size images of F. Opper's work.

Schizzing in the Real World (Table of Contents: 12)

Underground Comix / about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Sherman (credited)

Letters

typeset

Pages

90 - 91

Indexer Notes

Sherman reviews Robert Crumb's Best Buy Comics and Snoid Comics.

Mckenzie and Miller's Daredevil: Skillful Use of the Medium (Table of Contents: 13)

The Reticulated Rainbow / about comics / 3 pages (report information)

Script

R. C. Harvey (credited)

Letters

typeset

Pages

92 - 94