(January 1986)
Marvel,
1985 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Star Comics; Marvel
- Editing
- Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (executive editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Spider-Ham / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mark Armstrong (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Albelo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Ham
- Reprints
in 
![Cover Thumbnail for Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 series) #5 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1304/w100/1304497.jpg?-1628542506623818301)
The Old Goats at Home
Spider-Ham / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Ham; J. Jonah Jackal; J. Jeremiah Jackal; Bunsen Bunny; Upton Adam Stray; Charles Foster Pupp; The Senior Simians (villains)
- Synopsis
- Spider-Ham fails to stop the Senior Simians from robbing a bank. Jonah is fired by the Daily Beagle's new owner-editor, Charles Foster Pupp, who tries to befriend the three interns. Trying to make it as a reporter, Jonah misses several big stories, but discovers the hideout of the Senior Simians, who are then captured by Spider-Ham. A surprise twist involving Charles Foster Mutt and J. Joanna Jackal leaves the paper's future in question.
- Reprints
Tails of Arfgard
Thrr, Dog of Thunder / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Thrr; Herbdill; Odarn; Looky; Schmageggi (villain)
- Synopsis
- After chasing cars, Thrr returns to Arfgard, realm of the dogs, where he sees Herbdill the Watchdog, the great tree Hygga-Dygga, the awesome Odarn, and the evil Looky. They defeat Schmageggi, dogcatcher of the universe, and Thrr returns to car-chasing.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Star Signals / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Tom DeFalco; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- News about Star Comics including new title Misty by Trina Robbins. Page includes checklist of Marvel Comics cover-dated January 1986.
[no title indexed]
The Pig Pen! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Pat Redding ?
- Pencils
- Mark Armstrong (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Albelo (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Scott Barber; Jeff Lopo; Noah Smith; Lincoln Mitchell; Joe Abraham; Billy Dahmke; Joe Smith; Larry Macon.
Column is titled "Pigpen" (one word, in quotes) in this issue. Includes Spider-Ham and Senior Simian illustration from this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Ham -
1.
The Old Goats at Home
Spider-Ham -
2.
Tails of Arfgard
Thrr, Dog of Thunder -
3.
[no title indexed]
Star Signals -
4.
[no title indexed]
The Pig Pen!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Win Bent
- Dwayne Best
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Daniel Nauschuetz
- Mark Q
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
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