(October 1995)

Fantagraphics, 1977 Series
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Price
6.95 USD; 8.95 CAD
Pages
148
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1995-12-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Barcode
074470741145 10
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Tom Spurgeon (credited) (managing editor); Jordan Raphael (credited) (news editor (interim)); Pat Moriarity (credited as Patrick Moriarity) (art director)

Issue Notes

"The Three Ring Career of Stan Lee". Cover by Drew Friedman. Interviews with Joost Swarte and Art Spiegelman (Part II). Brief obituaries for Walter Frehm (artist of Ripley's Believe It or Not for nearly 30 years), Edward Mann (artist on Dixie Dugan in the 1950s and 1960s), and Giles (British cartoonist). Letters from Steve Lafler, Seth (Canada), M. Hureaux, Peter Huestis, and Paul Wardle (Canada). On-sale date from the ComicList Database compiled by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics.

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.

Beyond Doubt (Table of Contents: 1)

about comics / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joost Swarte (credited) (interviewee); Martijn Daalder (credited) (interviewer); Rentsje de Gruyter (credited) (translation)
Pencils
Joost Swarte (credited)
Inks
Joost Swarte (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
His high school teacher knew it all along.

Pages
33 - 38

Indexer Notes

Interview with Joost Swarte, conducted by Martijn Daalder. Translation by Rentsje de Gruyter.

The Ringmaster's Importance (Table of Contents: 2)

about comics / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Cwiklik (credited as Gregory Cwiklik)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Over the last few years Stan Lee has take a number of withering broadsides from the Comics Journal ...
Synopsis
A defense of Stan Lee as having a substantial role in Marvel's success in the 1960s.

Pages
58 - 61

Indexer Notes

Includes a publicity photo of Stan Lee from the early 1970s.

The Two Faces of Stan Lee (Table of Contents: 3)

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Script
Paul Wardle (credited)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a pity that Two-Face, member of Batman's Rogues gallery, was not created by Stan Lee.
Synopsis
Paul Wardle contrasts the public side of Stan Lee with his dealings with creative personnel.

Pages
63 - 63

Indexer Notes

Article has a screenshot/publicity photo of Stan Lee's appearance on the first episode of Dennis Miller's syndicated television talk show.

What If ... Jack Kirby Had Owned His Own Marvel Characters? (Table of Contents: 4)

about comics / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
Darcy Sullivan (credited)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Not real! Just a hoax! Entirely an Imaginary Story!
Synopsis
An alternate history of what might have happened if Jack Kirby had owned his Marvel heroes.

Pages
64 - 66

[The Avengers #4 (1964) Cover] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Roussos
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captain America Lives Again!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Grayscale reprint of color cover.

Juice for Mr. Lee (Table of Contents: 6)

about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Winbush (credited)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vibe Magazine recently featured the prime movers of rap and hip-hop that have the most juice.
Synopsis
A look at the 1960s-70s Stan Lee from a black fan's viewpoint.

Pages
68 - 69

Once and for All, Who Was the Author of Marvel? (Table of Contents: 7)

about comics / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Earl Wells (credited)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The reputation of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, two of the talents responsible for creating the comics books publishing by Marvel in the 1960s ...
Synopsis
An essay discussing who to assign credit for the early Marvel comics -- Stan Lee or Jack Kirby -- and why.

Pages
70 - 78

Indexer Notes

Quotes are used from "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", an article in "New York" magazine in 1966 by Nat Freedland, an interview with Lee from "Castle of Frankenstein" #12, an article in "Rolling Stone" in 1971 by Robin Green, an interview with Kirby in "Marvel Collector's Handbook" #1 (early 1970s), an interview with Kirby in "The Comics Journal" in 1990, and an introduction by Lee in "Origins of Marvel Comics."

Face Front, True Believers! (Table of Contents: 8)

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Script
Roy Thomas (credited); Grass Green (credited); Trina Robbins (credited); Eric Reynolds (credited); Dave Sim (credited); Bill Griffith (credited); John Buscema (credited); Heidi MacDonald (credited); Chris Oliveros (credited); Doug Moench (credited); Richard Corben (credited); John Romita (credited); Terry Moore (credited); Joe Sinnott (credited); Mike Allred (credited); Herb Trimpe (credited); David Collier (credited); Burne Hogarth (credited); Al Williamson (credited); Mike Mignola (credited); Gilbert Hernandez (credited); Spain Rodriguez (credited); Lee Marrs (credited); Ron Turner (credited); Gary Leib (credited); Martin Wagner (credited); Tom Sutton (credited); Danny Hellman (credited); Matt Howarth (credited); Terry LaBan (credited); Al Jaffee (credited); Pat Moriarity (credited); Bernie Mireault (credited); Kaz Prapuolenis (credited as Kaz); Fred Hembeck (credited); John Workman (credited); Larry Hama (credited); Kim Johnson (credited as Kim Howard Johnson); Paul Chadwick (credited); Mary Fleener (credited); Rich Tommaso (credited); Steve Lafler (credited); Will Eisner (credited)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Comics Industry Sounds Off on Stan Lee
Synopsis
Various comics professionals give their opinion of Stan Lee.

Pages
80 - 92

If This Be Stan! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (credited)
Pencils
David Lasky (credited)
Inks
David Lasky (credited)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Twas an eve of Friday the 28th day of the 7th month of the 1995th year of our Lord in the fabled land of San Diego ...
Characters
Stan Lee; Joan Lee
Synopsis
A chance encounter between Stan Lee and random fans at the San Diego Comic Con.

Indexer Notes

"Special thanks to Peter Mark Roget!" Unclear if this was an actual encounter or just a parody.

A Stan Lee Interview (1968) (Table of Contents: 10)

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Script
Stan Lee (credited) (interviewee); Ted White (credited) (interviewer)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In preparing material for this issue, the Journal ran across the following interview.
Reprints

Pages
93 - 96

Indexer Notes

An interview with Stan Lee, conducted by Ted White in 1968.

Art Spiegelman, Part II (Table of Contents: 11)

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Script
Art Spiegelman (credited) (interviewee); Gary Groth (credited) (interviewer)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset


Pages
97 - 139

Indexer Notes

Part two of an interview with Art Spiegelman, conducted by Gary Groth.

[Young Love V2 #8 [14] (Prize) Cover] (Table of Contents: 12)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.7 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Letters
Ben Oda (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've told you before, Doug -- I won't have you laughing at my family
Genre
romance
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black and white reprint of color cover. The price and distributor's symbol are not on the reprinted cover, but the rest of the trade dress is.

[The New Yorker, September 11, 1995 Cover] (Table of Contents: 13)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Art Spiegelman (credited)
Pencils
Art Spiegelman (credited)
Inks
Art Spiegelman (credited)
Letters
Art Spiegelman (credited)

Genre
satire-parody
Synopsis
Small children make paper hats with headlines of adult matters: O.J. Simpson, terrorists, drugs, and rape.
Reprints
  • from The New Yorker, 1995-09-11

Indexer Notes

Grayscale reprint of a color cover.

[The New Yorker, April 12, 1995 Cover] (Table of Contents: 14)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Art Spiegelman (credited)
Pencils
Art Spiegelman (credited)
Inks
Art Spiegelman (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Theology of the Tax-Cut
Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
A human-like rabbit crucified against a background of a 1040A Tax Form.
Reprints
  • from The New Yorker 1995-04-12

Indexer Notes

Grayscale reprint of a color cover.

[The New Yorker, November 7, 1994 Cover] (Table of Contents: 15)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Art Spiegelman (signed as Spiegelman)
Pencils
Art Spiegelman (signed as Spiegelman)
Inks
Art Spiegelman (signed as Spiegelman)

Genre
satire-parody
Synopsis
A fashion show where all the judges and photographers are nude.
Reprints
  • from The New Yorker 1994-11-07

Indexer Notes

Grayscale reprint of a color cover.

[The New Yorker, February 21, 1994 Cover] (Table of Contents: 16)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Pencils
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Inks
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Genre
satire-parody
Synopsis
A parody of The New Yorker's mascot Eustace Tilley as one of a group of Gen-X urban youths.
Reprints
  • from The New Yorker 1994-02-21

Indexer Notes

Grayscale reprint of a color cover.

[Paul Auster's "City of Glass" Cover] (Table of Contents: 17)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.4 page (report information)

Pencils
David Mazzucchelli (credited) (painting)
Inks
David Mazzucchelli (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama; crime; detective-mystery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The "Neon Lit" insignia is in the upper-left-hand corner. Grayscale reprint of a color cover.

Thanks for the Memories ... (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Art Spiegelman (signed as Art Spiegelman)
Pencils
Art Spiegelman (signed as Art Spiegelman)
Inks
Art Spiegelman (signed as Art Spiegelman)
Letters
Art Spiegelman (signed as Art Spiegelman)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You mean you can't remember Tonya Harding
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The old year 1994 can't remember much of what happened during the year.
Reprints
  • from The New Yorker 1994-xx-xx

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