Heathcliff
#21
[Direct]
(December 1987)
Marvel,
1985 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly except monthly August through December
- On-sale Date
- 1987-09-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Entertainment Group Inc.
- Brand
-
Star Comics; Marvel
- Editing
- Sid Jacobson (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Heathcliff / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Son, it's time you learned about the bogeyman!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Heathcliff
- Keywords
- fishing; goldfish
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the March 25, 1981 daily strip.
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Lost in T. V. Land
Heathcliff / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)
- Pencils
- Warren Kremer (credited)
- Inks
- Jacqueline Roettcher (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Grace Kremer (credited)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Heathcliff; Iggy Nutmeg; Wally; Marcy; Dynamo (dog); Louie (villain); Finster (villain)
- Synopsis
- Iggy and Heathcliff get mixed up with a scheme to kidnap canine TV star Dynamo. They lead the kidnappers on an eventful chase around various TV show sets.
- Keywords
- french fries; game show; kidnapping; limousine; popcorn; scooter; soap opera; tank; TV broadcasting; wind machine
Indexer Notes
TV shows parodied include Wheel of Fortune, Magnum P.I., Love of Life; and professional wrestling.
Claws and Effect
Heathcliff / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jio Butler (credited as Butler)
- Pencils
- Jacqueline Roettcher (credited as Roettcher)
- Inks
- Jacqueline Roettcher (credited as Roettcher)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Heathcliff; Grandpa Nutmeg
- Synopsis
- Heathcliff is sick and doesn't care for the veterinarian's joke about his condition.
- Keywords
- veterinarian
Take a Hint
Heathcliff / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Gallagher (credited as Gallagher)
- Pencils
- George Wildman (credited as Wildman)
- Inks
- Roberta Edelman (credited as Edelman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Heathcliff; Iggy Nutmeg
- Synopsis
- Heathcliff gives Iggy some help in a spelling bee.
- Keywords
- mice; spelling bee
Whatever Floats Your Boat!
Heathcliff / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher (credited as Gallagher)
- Pencils
- Warren Kremer (credited as Kremer)
- Inks
- Jacqueline Roettcher (credited as Roettcher)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Heathcliff; Iggy Nutmeg; Marcy; Charlie (dog)
- Synopsis
- Marcy tells the story of "Swiss Cheese Family Robinson," with Heathcliff and a family of mice being shipwrecked on an island with a ship full of cheese.
- Keywords
- cheese; parody; Swiss Family Robinson
Indexer Notes
In the story Marcy tells, Heathcliff talks.
[no title indexed]
Heathcliff's Litter Box / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Steven Aceuedo (Bronx, NY), Andrew Braekevelt (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Blaine Clark (Des Moines, IA), Ben Wamsley (Diamond Bar, CA), Stephen Cawood (Lansing, MI), Jason Mayfield (Chelsea, AL), Sean Sanchez (Kenner, LA), Davon Pwell (Chehalis, WA), Jason Lewis (Sacramento, CA), and Denise Hahn (Neah Bay, WA).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Son, it's time you learned about the bogeyman!"]
Heathcliff -
1.
Lost in T. V. Land
Heathcliff -
2.
Claws and Effect
Heathcliff -
3.
Take a Hint
Heathcliff -
4.
Whatever Floats Your Boat!
Heathcliff -
5.
[no title indexed]
Heathcliff's Litter Box -
6.
Summer Savings Splash!
Star Comics
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- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Eric Rom
- Jim Stangas
- Richard Thomson
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