Weird #1
(Summer 1997)

DC, 1997 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1997-05-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Paradox Press
Brand
Paradox Press
Barcode
761941211640 00111
Editing
Andrew Helfer; Jim Higgins (assistant)

Issue Notes

Reprints from the "Big Book of ..." series from DC imprint Paradox Press/Factoid Books.

Politics-as-Usual Issue (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Glenn Barr (painted)
Inks
Glenn Barr (painted)
Colors
Glen Barr (painted)
Letters
?

Characters
John F. Kennedy

Weird: The All-too-true Comics Magazine (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Letters
Typeset

Indexer Notes

Introductory text with Table of Contents and indicia information at bottom of page.

The Ones That Got Away (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Randy DuBurke
Inks
Randy DuBurke
Letters
?

Reprints

Other Oswalds (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Danny Hellman
Inks
Danny Hellman
Letters
?

Reprints

Synchronspiracy! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Mitch O'Connell
Inks
Mitch O'Connell
Letters
?

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title of sequence mispelled as "Synconspiracy" on Table of Contents page.

Gal Killin'! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Justin Green
Inks
Justin Green
Letters
?

Reprints

Killing Castro (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Graham Manley
Inks
Graham Manley
Letters
?

Reprints

Cabal of Looming Doom (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Richard Piers Rayner
Inks
Richard Piers Rayner
Letters
?

Reprints

James Garfield: Martyr to Medicine (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kirchner
Pencils
Glenn Barr
Inks
Glenn Barr
Letters
?

Reprints

William Henry Harrison (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kirchner
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow
Letters
?

Reprints

The Ohio Gang (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joel Rose
Pencils
Joe Sacco
Inks
Joe Sacco
Letters
?

Reprints

Presidential Also-Rans (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kirchner
Pencils
Gordon Purcell
Inks
Gordon Purcell
Letters
?

Reprints

Francis Gary Powers (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kirchner
Pencils
Ed Hannigan
Inks
Ed Hannigan
Letters
?

Reprints

J. Edgar Hoover (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Posey
Pencils
Peter Kuper
Inks
Peter Kuper
Letters
?

Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Politics-as-Usual Issue
  2. 1. Weird: The All-too-true Comics Magazine
  3. 2. The Ones That Got Away
  4. 3. Other Oswalds
  5. 4. Synchronspiracy!
  6. 5. Gal Killin'!
  7. 6. Killing Castro
  8. 7. Cabal of Looming Doom
  9. 8. James Garfield: Martyr to Medicine
  10. 9. William Henry Harrison
  11. 10. The Ohio Gang
  12. 11. Presidential Also-Rans
  13. 12. Francis Gary Powers
  14. 13. J. Edgar Hoover
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore