Sax Rohmer's Dope

(August 2017)

IDW, 2017 Series

Published in English (United States)

Price: 24.99 USD; 33.99 CAD
Pages: 88
On-sale Date: 2017-09-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: IDW Publishing
Brand: It's Alive!
ISBN: 978-1-63140-957-8
Barcode: 9781631409578 52499

Editing: Drew Ford (credited) (editor/publisher/editor-in-chief); Jon Cooke (credited as Jon B. Cooke) (book design/editorial consultant); Rob Smentek (credited) (proofreader)

Color: Black and White cover; Black and white interior
Dimensions: 8.75" x 11.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition

Issue Notes

Trina Robbins' comic book adaptation of Sax Rohmer's 1919 novel.

Printed in Korea.

Keywords

drug culture; early 20th century; London; young actress

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Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Trina Robbins

Genre: drama

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

Script: Spike Trotman
Pencils: Albert Matignon; ? (photograph)
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Characters: C. Spike Trotman (photograph)

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Script: Trina Robbins
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: typeset

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

Reprints

from Eclipse, the Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #2 (July 1981)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

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from Eclipse, the Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #3 (November 1981)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

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from Eclipse, the Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #4 (January 1982)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

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from Eclipse, the Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #5 (March 1982)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

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from Eclipse, the Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #6 (July 1982)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

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from Eclipse, the Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #7 (November 1982)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

Reprints

from Eclipse, the Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #8 (January 1983)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

Characters

Inspector Dan Kerry; Constable P. C. Bryce; Sin Sin Wa; Lord Wrexborough

Synopsis

Inspector Kerry and Constable Bryce visit the house of Sin Sin Wa, searching for opium.

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from Eclipse Monthly (Eclipse, 1983 series) #1 (August 1983)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

Characters

Inspector Dan Kerry; Sin Sin Wa; Mrs. Wa; Rita Irwin; Sam Tuk

Synopsis

Inspector Kerry finds a secret underground room in Sam Tuk's barber shop, but is ambushed by the aged man.

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from Eclipse Monthly (Eclipse, 1983 series) #2 (September 1983)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Sax Rohmer (original story); Trina Robbins (adaptation)
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

drama

Characters

Inspector Dan Kerry; Seaton Pasha; Rita Irwin; Sin Sin Wa; Mrs. Wa; Sam Tuk

Synopsis

Inspector Kerry is captured by Sin Sin Wa and hears Mrs. Wa confess to the murder of Lucy. Mrs. Wa kills her husband's pet raven and is in turn killed by him.

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from Eclipse Monthly (Eclipse, 1983 series) #3 ([October] 1983)

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Characters: Colleen Doran (photograph)

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Script: Jon Cooke
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Inks: ? (photographs); various
Letters: typeset

Characters: Sax Rohmer (photograph); Bill Carleton (photographs)

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Pencils: Greg Preston (photograph)
Inks: Greg Preston (photograph)
Letters: typeset

Characters: Trina Robbins (photograph)

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Script: Jon Cooke
Pencils: Trina Robbins
Inks: Trina Robbins
Letters: typeset

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from It Aint Me Babe Comix (Last Gasp, 1970 series) (July 1970)

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. [no title indexed]
2. [Title Page]
3. [Masthead]
4. [Title Page]
5. Table of Contents
6. Foreword
7. Introduction
8. London, 1919
Sax Rohmer's Dope
9. Chapter Two The Fatal Cigarette
Sax Rohmer's Dope
10. Chapter Three A Star Is Born - and Falls
Sax Rohmer's Dope
11. Chapter Four Pipe Dreams
Sax Rohmer's Dope
12. Chapter Five Limehouse Blues
Sax Rohmer's Dope
13. Chapter Six To the Brink
Sax Rohmer's Dope
14. Chapter Seven Mollie Gets Amorous
Sax Rohmer's Dope
15. Chapter Eight A Visit to Sin
Sax Rohmer's Dope
16. Chapter Nine Above and Below
Sax Rohmer's Dope
17. Chapter Ten The Song of Sin Sin Wa
Sax Rohmer's Dope
18. [no title indexed]
19. Afterword
20. Sax, Drugs, and the Yellow Peril
21. Trina Robbins
22. Biographical Sketch
23. About the Contributors
24. [no title indexed]
25. [no title indexed]

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Introduction (Table of Contents: 7)

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London, 1919 (Table of Contents: 8)

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Chapter Two The Fatal Cigarette (Table of Contents: 9)

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Chapter Three A Star Is Born - and Falls (Table of Contents: 10)

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Chapter Four Pipe Dreams (Table of Contents: 11)

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Chapter Five Limehouse Blues (Table of Contents: 12)

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Chapter Six To the Brink (Table of Contents: 13)

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Chapter Seven Mollie Gets Amorous (Table of Contents: 14)

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Chapter Eight A Visit to Sin (Table of Contents: 15)

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Chapter Nine Above and Below (Table of Contents: 16)

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Chapter Ten The Song of Sin Sin Wa (Table of Contents: 17)

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Afterword (Table of Contents: 19)

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Sax, Drugs, and the Yellow Peril (Table of Contents: 20)

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Trina Robbins (Table of Contents: 21)

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Biographical Sketch (Table of Contents: 22)

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About the Contributors (Table of Contents: 23)

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