(October 2004)

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Volume
1
Price
17.95 USD
Pages
180
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Brand
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ISBN
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Barcode
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Editing
Jon Zimmerman (editor)

Issue Notes

Collects MISTER X #1-6 (Vortex, 1984 series) plus extras. Compiled and designed by Dean Motter. Series created and designed by Dean Motter and Paul Rivoche.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mister X / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Inks
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Colors
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Letters
Dean Motter (design)

Genre
adventure; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mister X; Radiant City
Reprints
  • from MISTER X promotional poster, "CITY" (Vortex, 1983)

Robot Alley (Table of Contents: 1)

Mister X / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche
Inks
Paul Rivoche
Colors
Paul Rivoche
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

pre-production art

Escalator (Table of Contents: 2)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche
Inks
Paul Rivoche
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

pre-production art from February 1983

Lurking (Table of Contents: 3)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Inks
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Colors
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Letters
Paul Rivoche (painting)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

pre-production art from 1982

Mister X + (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Dean Motter
Letters
typeset

The Secret (Table of Contents: 5)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dean Motter (painting)
Inks
Dean Motter (painting)
Colors
Dean Motter (painting)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
  • from MEGATRON MAN, album by Patrick Cowley (1981)

Indexer Notes

This was the very 1st visual depiction of the character who would become known as "Mister X".

Introduction (Table of Contents: 6)

Mister X / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Arlen Schumer

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

(Running With Suitcase) (Table of Contents: 7)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Inks
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Colors
Paul Rivoche (painting)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover appeared more than a year before MISTER X #1, and depicts a scene that appears in that later issue.

Lady In Red (Table of Contents: 8)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dean Motter
Pencils
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Inks
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Colors
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Letters
Dean Motter

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Advance promotional poster from 1983; depicts a character who would not turn up until Dean Motter's later series, TERMINAL CITY (DC, 1996).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Tales from Somnopolis / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dave McKean
Pencils
Dave McKean (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (painting)
Letters
Dave McKean

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I Wake Up?
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
un-named narrator; Mister X
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dave McKean's 1st published comic book work. Dean Motter felt it would make a fitting prologue to this collection.

Somnopolis Towers (Table of Contents: 10)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche
Inks
Paul Rivoche
Colors
Paul Rivoche

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Used on Promotional Envelopes and Subscription Ad pages.

Mister X Premiere Issue (Table of Contents: 11)

Mister X / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche
Inks
Paul Rivoche
Colors
Paul Rivoche
Letters
Dean Motter

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Rivoche and Motter received a joint "Best Cover" nomination for this issue in the 1985 Kirby Awards.

Mister X (Table of Contents: 12)

Mister X / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Colors
Paul Rivoche
Letters
Paul Rivoche

Genre
adventure; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 6. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984).

Pipes (Table of Contents: 13)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dean Motter
Pencils
Paul Rivoche
Inks
Paul Rivoche
Colors
Paul Rivoche
Letters
Dean Motter

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Advance promotional poster from 1983

Mister X Number Two (Table of Contents: 14)

Mister X / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Inks
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Colors
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Letters
Paul Rivoche

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Mister X (Table of Contents: 15)

Mister X / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Colors
Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters
Paul Rivoche

Genre
adventure; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 6. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984). Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.

Mister X Number Three (Table of Contents: 16)

Mister X / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Inks
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Colors
Paul Rivoche (painting)
Letters
Paul Rivoche

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

(Who Is Mister X?) (Table of Contents: 17)

Mister X / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Colors
Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters
Ty Templeton

Genre
adventure; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 6; title taken from last page of previous issue. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984). Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.

Mister X Number Four (Table of Contents: 18)

Mister X / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dean Motter (painting)
Inks
Dean Motter (painting)
Colors
Dean Motter (painting)
Letters
Dean Motter

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

(The Return of Mister X) (Table of Contents: 19)

Mister X / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Colors
Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters
Ty Templeton

Genre
adventure; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 4 of 6; title taken from last page of previous issue. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984). Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.

Mister X Number Five (Table of Contents: 20)

Mister X / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dean Motter (painting)
Inks
Dean Motter (painting)
Colors
Dean Motter (painting)
Letters
Dean Motter

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

The Bizarre Death of Walter Eichmann (Table of Contents: 21)

Mister X / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Dean Motter; Ty Templeton (Script)
Pencils
Klaus Schoenefeld
Inks
Ty Templeton
Colors
Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters
Ty Templeton

Genre
adventure; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 5 of 6. Following this issue, Klaus Schoenefeld & Ty Templeton focused on their own series, KELVIN MACE (which apparently took place in the same "world" as MISTER X) and STIG'S INFERNO (respectively). Tragically, Schoenefeld died in a motorcycle accident after only 2 issues of his series had been published. Klaus Schoenefeld's name misspelled as Klaus Schonefeld in credits.

Mister X Number Six (Table of Contents: 22)

Mister X / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dean Motter (painting)
Inks
Dean Motter (painting)
Colors
Dean Motter (painting)
Letters
Dean Motter

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

The Revenge of Zamora (Table of Contents: 23)

Mister X / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Dean Motter
Pencils
Seth
Inks
William Diamond
Colors
Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters
Deborah Marks

Genre
adventure; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 6 of 6. Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.

The Brain Of Mister X (Table of Contents: 24)

Mister X / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Sienkiewicz
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (painting)
Letters
Bill Sienkiewicz

Genre
science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Somnopolitan Sketchbook (Table of Contents: 25)

The Conceptual Art Of Paul Rivoche / illustration / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dean Motter
Pencils
Paul Rivoche
Inks
Paul Rivoche
Colors
Paul Rivoche
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Pre-production and other art from 1983 & 2001-2002.

["City" (rough)] (Table of Contents: 26)

Mister X / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Rivoche
Inks
Paul Rivoche
Colors
Paul Rivoche

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Rough sketch version of "CITY" promo poster, the finished piece reused as the cover of this book.

Editing
Edits to this Issue are currently awaiting review by a GCD Editor
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mister X
  2. 1. Robot Alley
    Mister X
  3. 2. Escalator
    Mister X
  4. 3. Lurking
    Mister X
  5. 4. Mister X +
  6. 5. The Secret
    Mister X
  7. 6. Introduction
    Mister X
  8. 7. (Running With Suitcase)
    Mister X
  9. 8. Lady In Red
    Mister X
  10. 9. ["I Wake Up?"]
    Tales from Somnopolis
  11. 10. Somnopolis Towers
    Mister X
  12. 11. Mister X Premiere Issue
    Mister X
  13. 12. Mister X
    Mister X
  14. 13. Pipes
    Mister X
  15. 14. Mister X Number Two
    Mister X
  16. 15. Mister X
    Mister X
  17. 16. Mister X Number Three
    Mister X
  18. 17. (Who Is Mister X?)
    Mister X
  19. 18. Mister X Number Four
    Mister X
  20. 19. (The Return of Mister X)
    Mister X
  21. 20. Mister X Number Five
    Mister X
  22. 21. The Bizarre Death of Walter Eichmann
    Mister X
  23. 22. Mister X Number Six
    Mister X
  24. 23. The Revenge of Zamora
    Mister X
  25. 24. The Brain Of Mister X
    Mister X
  26. 25. Somnopolitan Sketchbook
    The Conceptual Art Of Paul Rivoche
  27. 26. ["City" (rough)]
    Mister X
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Robert K. S. Croy, Sr.
  • Henry R. Kujawa
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore