Heathcliff #4 [Newsstand]
(October 1985)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Barcode
0714860254710
Editing
Sid Jacobson (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (executive editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

All Heathcliff material is Copyright © 1985 McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
This issue is a variant of Heathcliff (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Magic Made Easy (Table of Contents)

Heathcliff / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Warren Kremer ?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Heathcliff
Reprints
Keywords
goldfish; stage magic; top hats

A Day at the Circus (Table of Contents: 1)

Heathcliff / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Angelo De Cesare (credited)
Pencils
Warren Kremer (credited)
Inks
Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors
George Roussos (credited); Peter Kremer (credited)
Letters
Grace Kremer (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is everyone all set for the circus?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Heathcliff; Iggy Nutmeg; Grandpa Nutmeg; Grandma Nutmeg; Willy; Sonja; Spike; Crazy Shirley
Synopsis
Iggy is not feeling well so the Nutmegs make Heathcliff stay home to take care of him while everyone else goes to the circus. Heathcliff gets his pet friends to put on a circus of their own, but he also has to stop some robbers from stealing the family's furniture.
Reprints
Keywords
circuses

Top Dog Is the Talk of the Town! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Mouse Sitter (Table of Contents: 3)

Heathcliff / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Manak (credited)
Pencils
Warren Kremer (credited)
Inks
Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors
George Roussos; Peter Kremer
Letters
Grace Kremer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, no!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Heathcliff; Johnny; Marge; Harry
Synopsis
Heathcliff struggles with his conscience when he learns that Johnny the mouse is missing, but he finally decides to do the right thing and help Johnny get home safely.
Reprints

They Have Already Begun to Talk About... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Bars and Stripes (Table of Contents: 5)

Heathcliff / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Angelo De Cesare (credited); Jim Salicrup (credited)
Pencils
Warren Kremer (credited)
Inks
Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors
George Roussos; Peter Kremer
Letters
Grace Kremer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heathcliff! Come back with those fish!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Heathcliff; Iggy Nutmeg; Willy; Grandpa Nutmeg; Grandma Nutmeg; Mr. Schultz (cameo); Pops (cameo)
Synopsis
When Heathcliff can't get in to visit his dad in prison because Pops has lost visiting privileges, he goes on a crime spree so that he'll be arrested and can get inside.
Keywords
prison

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

Star Signals / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

In Training (Table of Contents: 7)

Heathcliff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, no!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Heathcliff; Harry; Marge
Synopsis
Heathcliff pursues Harry the mouse, who's riding on Iggy's toy train.
Reprints
Keywords
model railroads

Come Live where the Fun Is Forever (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Care Bears / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Magic Made Easy
    Heathcliff
  2. 1. A Day at the Circus
    Heathcliff
  3. 2. Top Dog Is the Talk of the Town!
    Top Dog
  4. 3. Mouse Sitter
    Heathcliff
  5. 4. They Have Already Begun to Talk About...
    Planet Terry
  6. 5. Bars and Stripes
    Heathcliff
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Star Signals
  8. 7. In Training
    Heathcliff
  9. 8. Come Live where the Fun Is Forever
    Care Bears
This issue was modified by
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard