(March 1987)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly except monthly July through November
On-sale Date
1987
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Editing
Larry Hama (credited) (editor); Pat Redding (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (executive editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spider-Ham / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Albelo (signed)
Inks
Joe Albelo (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Spider-Ham [Peter Porker] (Aniverse - Earth-8311); J. Jeremiah Jackal; Bunsen Bunny; Upton Adam Stray; Ozzy Ostrich
Reprints

Heavy Mental Music! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Ham / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin (credited)
Pencils
Joe Albelo (credited)
Inks
Pierre Fournier (credited)
Colors
Julianna Ferriter (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Spider-Ham [Peter Porker] (Aniverse - Earth-8311); J. Jeremiah Jackal; Bunsen Bunny; Upton Adam Stray; J. Jonah Jackal; Ozzy Ostrich (guest); The Pawn Broker (villain)
Synopsis
At an Ozzy Ostrich concert, the interns love the music, but Peter doesn't; all are impressed when Ozzy bites the head off a chocolate bunny. Spider-Ham fights Ozzy, but leaves when it turns out there was no crime. Ozzy's new guitar hypnotizes the crowd, but Peter has cotton in his ears. Fighting the crowd, he puts cotton in their ears, and Ozzy stops the Pawn Broker.
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Captain Americat (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Americat / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Mellor (credited)
Pencils
Steve Mellor (credited)
Inks
Steve Mellor (credited)
Colors
Steve Mellor ?
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Captain Americat; The Grey Gopher (villain)
Synopsis
French sculptor Gopher Baroque turns himself into the stone-like Grey Gopher. When Captain Americat tries to stop him, he's turned into stone and becomes the Grey Gopher's slave, until the transformation wears off and the Gopher is captured.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[Marvel Tails] (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Mellor
Inks
Steve Mellor ?
Colors
Steve Mellor ?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Ringmouseter; Diablorilla; Paw; Hate-Mongrel; Electropotamus; The Mad Stinker; Sylvester Stallion; Mary Jane Waterbuffalo; "B.O." The Alien; Harry Ocelot; Mooseterio; Flash Tomcat; Batty Brant

Popples Pop In (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Popples / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Ham
  2. 1. Heavy Mental Music!
    Spider-Ham
  3. 2. Captain Americat
    Captain Americat
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Star Signals
  5. 4. [Marvel Tails]
  6. 5. Popples Pop In
    Popples
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Win Bent
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Daniel Nauschuetz
  • Mark Q
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson