(1989)
Caliber Press,
1989 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1989
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Caliber Press
- Brand
-
Caliber
- Editing
- Bryan Andrews (editor)
Issue Notes
Formerly known as 'High Calibre', this monthly anthology title showcased new and established talents featuring new one-offs and guest appearances from other Caliber titles.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- James O'Barr (credited as Jim O'Barr) (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- James O'Barr (credited as Jim O'Barr) (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- James O'Barr (credited as Jim O'Barr) (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
Gideon's
Gideon's / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gary Reed (credited as Kyle Garrett)
- Pencils
- James O'Barr (credited as Jim O'Barr)
- Inks
- James O'Barr (credited as Jim O'Barr)
- Letters
- Randy Zimmerman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There is a place.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; historical; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Gideon; Jezebal
- Synopsis
- A 200 year old vampire trapped inside the body a of a 12 year old boy makes a pact with the mysterious shopkeeper of Gideon's; a place where souls can be cleansed, evil manipulated and desires are a valuable commodity.
- Keywords
- 1863; 1944; 1971; Cambodia; Immortality; Jews; Maryland; Nazi; Vampirism; Witchcraft; Yankees
Indexer Notes
The first introductory story of new title 'Gideon's.'
The Doom Patrol
The Fall of Deadworld / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hustle! Hustle!
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- King Zombie; Bowker; Mike Hunter; Moloch; Grakken
- Synopsis
- A company of Moloch's soldiers go on a seek and destroy mission while their captive Mike informs Moloch of King Zombie's intelligence and malevolence.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Zombie apocalypse
in Traps
Thrill-Kill / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Honest! I'm tellin' ya like it is your holiness!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Thrillkill; Laana
Heart of Darkness
Cuda / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Climbing back onto the edge, Cuda watches four flickering lights disappear into the dark mist below.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cuda; Arson
Treads
Treads / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Prepare to land...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Keywords
- aliens; space travel
Indexer Notes
A one-off single story.
Moontrap
Moontrap / preview (from the publisher) / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The space shuttle Camelot journeys into the void...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jason Grant; Ray Tanner
- Synopsis
- While on a scientific mission, space shuttle astronauts retrieve a strange metallic sphere from a wrecked craft orbiting the Earth.
- Keywords
- ancient civilisation; Preview?; The Moon
Indexer Notes
A preview of Caliber's comic adaptation of the movie from Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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1.
Gideon's
Gideon's -
2.
The Doom Patrol
The Fall of Deadworld -
3.
Traps
Thrill-Kill -
4.
Heart of Darkness
Cuda -
5.
Treads
Treads -
6.
Moontrap
Moontrap
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- mcomics
- Warren Hawkes
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
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