(April 18, 1996)

Slave Labor, 1994 Series
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Price
2.75 USD
Pages
28
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Slave Labor Graphics
Brand
SLG
ISBN
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Barcode
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Editing
Sarah Dyer

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Action Girl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sarah Dyer
Inks
Sarah Dyer
Colors
Sarah Dyer

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sarah Dyer
Letters
typeset

Action Girl & Flying Girl in: Big Present (Table of Contents: 2)

Action Girl / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sarah Dyer
Pencils
Sarah Dyer
Inks
Sarah Dyer
Letters
Sarah Dyer

Characters
Action Girl [Erica]; Flying Girl [Ginnie]
Synopsis
Flying Girl drops a note down to Action Girl telling her to meet at a certain time and location on Saturday. Action Girl shows up, Flying Girl blindfolds her and takes her into a building. Once inside she tells her to jump as the blindfold is removed. It turns out that they are in a new vertical wind tunnel that will open to the public the next week - Flying Girl brought Action Girl here as a present so that Action Girl could feel what it's like to fly.

Indexer Notes

Last panel of this story is a smaller version of the art from the front cover.

Tobey's Terror Tales: 'Puppets from Hell' (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Tobey
Pencils
Chris Tobey
Inks
Chris Tobey
Letters
Chris Tobey

Synopsis
The author recounts how two friends (Dean & Erin) took her & her boyfriend to a puppet show based loosely on "Faust" that was awful, and how she had nightmares later of the puppets coming to life and biting her.

Zero Hour (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Patty Leidy
Pencils
Patty Leidy
Inks
Patty Leidy
Letters
Patty Leidy

Characters
Beth; Ant; P.J.; Stanley
Synopsis
Beth decides she doesn't want the same old noodles for supper and decides to go out for Chinese food, three friends come with her. They tease her about getting the same thing every time. To challenge her, Ant orders a random item from the menu, even though she has no idea what is in it. The waiter offers a menu in English, but Ant declines. When the food arrives they all lose their appetite upon seeing Ant's food - which is chicken parts like claws, eyeballs and intestines.

Who Am I? (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ms Phink
Pencils
Ms Phink
Inks
Ms Phink
Letters
Ms Phink

Synopsis
A woman describes various aspects of herself, such as that she likes cats, likes to cook, likes books, believes in good karma, and likes gummy bears.

The Devil's Doing (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rebecca Dart
Pencils
Rebecca Dart
Inks
Rebecca Dart
Letters
Rebecca Dart

Synopsis
Tells how catfish lost their scales because during creation the Devil was about to fry the catfish and had already scraped off the colorful red, blue and yellow scales when the Good Lord came along and stopped him. The Devil threw the catfish back in the water, but the scales never grew back, which is why catfish today have no scales.

Indexer Notes

Noted as an adaptation of a tale from the American South.

Miss Africa Day (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Suzanne Baumann
Pencils
Suzanne Baumann
Inks
Suzanne Baumann
Letters
Suzanne Baumann

Never (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jen Benka; Kris Dresen
Pencils
Jen Benka; Kris Dresen
Inks
Jen Benka; Kris Dresen
Letters
Jen Benka; Kris Dresen

Synopsis
A woman who is ill and sleeping on a couch, curled up in a blanket, has hallucinations involving romance with a cornfield scarecrow.

My Fugly Fabulous Face (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Amanda Lewis
Pencils
Amanda Lewis
Inks
Amanda Lewis
Letters
Amanda Lewis

Synopsis
A woman describes the percieved imperfections of various parts of her faces (nose, eyebrows, forehead, chin, etc), but it's all OK because she has a beautiful smile.

Tales from the Family Reastaurant (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jennifer Sorensen
Pencils
Jennifer Sorensen
Inks
Jennifer Sorensen
Letters
Jennifer Sorensen

Characters
Gwen
Synopsis
Gwen recounts the odd foods, bizarre customers, and the strange antics of her co-workers at her summer job in a Pennsylvania Dutch-style family restaurant.

Sky-Blue Pink (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
She-Ra
Pencils
She-Ra
Inks
She-Ra
Letters
She-Ra

Synopsis
A woman recounts some of her teen antics from the summer of 1956, especially how she and her girlfriends waited all summer for the release of a new lipstick color from Revlon called Sky-Blue Pink that was just pink lipstick with a little bit of blue in it.

Action Girl Coloring Page (Table of Contents: 12)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Anastasia Moreno
Inks
Anastasia Moreno

Characters
Action Girl
Synopsis
A pin-up of Action Girl standing atop a pile of large stuffed animals and toys.

Your Hostesses (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Info about the contributors to this issue, in order of appearance in the issue. Info tells about their other credits, and gives mailing addresses for each contributor, along with mail order prices for their own publications.

Further Reading (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Info on other books recommended by the editor, both for self-published mini-comics and for other comics.

Action Mail (Table of Contents: 15)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers about previous issues. Includes one unsigned and uncredited fan art illustration of Action Girl. Also includes info on the next issue, including a small black-and-white reproduction of the cover for the next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo advertisement for previous issues of this title, as well as two different T-shirts featuring Action Girl, and a small advertisement with the address and phone number to request a Slave Labor Graphics catalog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover advertisement is for Empty Love Stories #2 (Slave Labor, 1994 series), scheduled for Augustv 1996 publication. Text features quotes from Jeff Smith and James Robinsin. Advertisement also has a small color reproduction of the Michael Allred cover (without any trade dress or logo) for issue #2.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Action Girl
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Action Girl & Flying Girl in: Big Present
    Action Girl
  4. 3. Tobey's Terror Tales: 'Puppets from Hell'
  5. 4. Zero Hour
  6. 5. Who Am I?
  7. 6. The Devil's Doing
  8. 7. Miss Africa Day
  9. 8. Never
  10. 9. My Fugly Fabulous Face
  11. 10. Tales from the Family Reastaurant
  12. 11. Sky-Blue Pink
  13. 12. Action Girl Coloring Page
  14. 13. Your Hostesses
  15. 14. Further Reading
  16. 15. Action Mail
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ivan Martin