Lobo's Back #1 [First Printing]
(May 1992)

DC, 1992 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 1.00 GBP
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1992-04-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Strongly Suggested for Mature Readers!
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dan Raspler

Issue Notes

Comic has consecutively 3 full covers on glossy paper complete with title, credits and masthead, Only the first cover has the indicia on the reverse, however.

The front cover to this issue and the cover to the next issue in the series created a bit of controversy as the muscles on the back of the arms leading down to Lobo's elbow are surprisingly phallic. When asked about this, cover painter Bisley laughed them off as "just muscles." For more phallic cover fun, Lobo kindly directs you to examine Valkyrie's fingers on the cover to Defenders #130 from Marvel Comics.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Lobo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Simon Bisley (Painted)
Inks
Simon Bisley (Painted)
Colors
Simon Bisley (Painted)
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lobo
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

[Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

Lobo / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen
Pencils
Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Interior front cover; Includes a section called "Our Feature Presentation" which breaks the story down into 9 basic acts (even though the story itself has no such breaks).

Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 1: Making Shadow Pictures the Lobo Way (Table of Contents: 2)

Lobo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover #2.

Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 2: Lobo's Totally Mental Word Puzzle (Table of Contents: 3)

Lobo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen ?
Pencils
Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back side of cover #2; A look and find word puzzle.

Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 3: How to Fish, The Lobo Way (Table of Contents: 4)

Lobo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover #3.

Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 4: Connect the Dots Featuring Lobo and Friend (Table of Contents: 5)

Lobo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen ?
Pencils
Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back side of cover #3; A simple connect the dots containing a special message from the Main Man.

Part 1: The Final Fragdown (Table of Contents: 6)

Lobo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen (plot); Alan Grant (dialogue)
Pencils
Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lobo; Loo; Feces; Ramona; Madge; Chunderhead Kray; Gherkin
Synopsis
Lobo takes on a bounty hunting job to bring in the biggest, baddest criminal in the galaxy and promptly gets himself killed.
Reprints

The Big Lobo Contest; The Lobometer (Table of Contents: 7)

Lobo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen ?
Pencils
Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Legitimate solicitation for a Lobo lookalike contest and a not quite so legitimate Lobo coolness meter.

The Solution to That Fraggin' Word Puzzle (Table of Contents: 8)

Lobo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen ?
Pencils
Simon Bisley
Inks
Simon Bisley
Letters
Typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The solution to that fraggin' word puzzle.

Inside DC #30 (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Inside DC / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Lobo
  2. 1. [Credits]
    Lobo
  3. 2. Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 1: Making Shadow Pictures the Lobo Way
    Lobo
  4. 3. Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 2: Lobo's Totally Mental Word Puzzle
    Lobo
  5. 4. Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 3: How to Fish, The Lobo Way
    Lobo
  6. 5. Fun and Games with the Main Man Part 4: Connect the Dots Featuring Lobo and Friend
    Lobo
  7. 6. Part 1: The Final Fragdown
    Lobo
  8. 7. The Big Lobo Contest; The Lobometer
    Lobo
  9. 8. The Solution to That Fraggin' Word Puzzle
    Lobo
  10. 9. Inside DC #30
    Inside DC
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore