Taboo #4

(1990)

Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications, 1988 Series

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Price: 14.95 USD
Pages: 172
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: SpiderBaby Grafix & Publications
Brand: [Baby's face with spider legs]
ISBN: 0-922003-03-3

Editing: Stephen R. Bissette

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jean Giraud [as Moebius] (painted)
Inks: Jean Giraud [as Moebius] (painted)
Colors: Jean Giraud [as Moebius] (painted)

Genre: horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Title for cover painting taken from Table of Contents.

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illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Nancy O'Connor (painted)
Inks: Nancy O'Connor (painted)
Colors: Nancy O'Connor (painted)
Letters: typeset

Genre: horror-suspense

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: John Totleben
Inks: John Totleben
Letters: typeset

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Phillip Hester
Pencils: Phillip Hester
Inks: Phillip Hester
Letters: Phillip Hester

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

in Oversight: Collected Short Stories 1990-2005 (Image, 2006 series) (2006)

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: Dave Sim
Pencils: Dave Sim
Inks: Dave Sim
Letters: Dave Sim

Genre: satire-parody

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils: Charles Burns
Inks: Charles Burns

Genre: horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Four half-page illustrations by Charles Burns.

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Michael Zulli
Inks: Michael Zulli
Letters: Stephen R. Bissette

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

in Born to Be Wild (Eclipse, 1991 series) (1991)
in Zona 84 (Toutain Editor, 1984 series) #85 ([junio 1991])
in A1 Bojeffries Terror Tome (Atomeka Press, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Molly Eyre
Pencils: D'Israeli
Inks: Andrew Rowbottom
Colors: ?
Letters: H. V. Derci

Genre: horror-suspense

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script: Mark Askwith
Pencils: R. G. Taylor [as Richard Taylor]
Inks: R. G. Taylor [as Richard Taylor]
Letters: R. G. Taylor [as Richard Taylor]

Genre: horror-suspense

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Pencils: Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Inks: Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Letters: typeset

Indexer Notes

Second page of this introduction switches to a yellow paper stock, which continues throughout the Moebius section of the book. Final two pages of the article appear after the story "Les Yeux Du Chat". Illustrated by Moebius artwork and photos from Jodorowsky's films.

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Script: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Pencils: Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Inks: Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Letters: typeset

Genre: horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

The story is printed on a special yellow stock, which continues throughout the special Moebius section of the book.

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette (interviewer); Jean-Marc Lofficier (interviewer); Jean Giraud [as Moebius]; Alejandro Jodorowsky
Pencils: Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Inks: Jean Giraud [as Moebius]
Letters: typeset

Indexer Notes

The first three pages of the interview are printed on the special yellow stock. Final page returns to regular paper stock for the rest of the book.

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Spain Rodriguez
Pencils: Spain Rodriguez
Inks: Spain Rodriguez
Letters: Spain Rodriguez

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Four page adaptation of Alejandro Jodorowsky's film El Topo (1970).

Reprints

from Douglas Comix (Douglas Communications Corp., 1972 series) #1 (1972)

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Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: S. Clay Wilson
Pencils: S. Clay Wilson
Inks: S. Clay Wilson
Letters: S. Clay Wilson

Genre: horror-suspense

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

Script: Randy Lofficier; Jean-Marc Lofficier
Letters: typeset

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Script: P. Foerster; Randy Lofficier (translation); Jean-Marc Lofficier (translation)
Pencils: P. Foerster
Inks: P. Foerster
Letters: ?

Genre: horror-suspense

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Tim Lucas
Pencils: Stephen Blue
Inks: Stephen Blue
Letters: Stephen Blue

Genre: horror-suspense

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Elaine Lee
Pencils: Charles Vess
Inks: Charles Vess
Letters: Charles Vess

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Sabre (Eclipse, 1982 series) #1 (August 1982) [some elements from "The Elemental"], #2 (October 1982) [some elements from "Zealot's Lake"]
from Epic Illustrated (Marvel, 1980 series) #27 (December 1984) [some elements from "Fire's Kin"]

Indexer Notes

Story has been almost completely redrawn from the previous appearances. Some art remains, mixed in with the new art.

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Rick Grimes
Pencils: Rick Grimes
Inks: Rick Grimes
Letters: Rick Grimes

Genre: horror-suspense

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

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script: L. Roy Aiken
Pencils: Mike Hoffman
Inks: Mike Hoffman
Letters: Mike Hoffman

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

Shorter version of the story appeared in Ozone (March 1988).

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Walter Sickert
Inks: Walter Sickert
Letters: typeset

Reprints

in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #1 (marzo 2000)
in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #2 (2018)

From Hell / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Eddie Campbell
Inks: Eddie Campbell
Letters: Eddie Campbell

Genre

crime; historical; horror-suspense

Characters

Marie Kelly; Walter Sickert; Alice Crook; Liz Stride; William Crook; Mrs. Crook; Annie Chapman; Polly; Mrs. Ringer; Annie Crook

Synopsis

Marie begins her plot to blackmail Prince Eddie.

Reprints

in From Hell (Mad Love Publishing, 1991 series) #2 (June 1993)
in Helvetistä (Like, 1994 series) #1 (September 1994)
in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #1 (marzo 2000)
in From Hell (Top Shelf, 2004 series) (April 2004)
in Prosto z piekła (Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2008 series) ([październik] 2008)
in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #2 (2018)

From Hell / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Alan Moore (painting)
Inks: Alan Moore (painting)
Colors: Alan Moore (painting)
Letters: typeset

Genre: horror-suspense

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Brian Sendelbach (painting)
Inks: Brian Sendelbach (painting)
Colors: Brian Sendelbach (painting)

Genre: horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. Les Chiens / The Dogs
1. Real Child
2. [Table of Contents]
3. Dreaming And The Law
4. ["Dreaming And The Law" Introduction] / ["1963" Introduction]
5. 1963
6. [no title indexed]
7. ["Charles Burns" Introduction] / ["Babycakes" Introduction]
8. Babycakes
9. ["Cholesterol" Introduction]
10. Cholesterol
11. ["Davey's Dream" Introduction]
12. Davey's Dream
13. ["Les Yeux Du Chat" / "Eyes of the Cat" Introduction]
14. Les Yeux Du Chat ["The Eyes of the Cat"]
15. The creators of Les Yeux Du Chat discuss the story's origin, its execution, and their thoughts on today, twelve years later
16. El Topo
17. ["Retinal Worm" Introduction]
18. Retinal Worm
19. ["La Fugue" Introduction]
20. La Fugue ["The Escape"]
21. ["Blue Angel" Introduction]
22. Blue Angel
23. ["Morrigan Tales" Introduction]
24. Morrigan Tales
25. ["These Things Happen" Introduction]
26. These Things Happen
27. ["Neither Seen Nor Heard" Introduction]
28. Neither Seen Nor Heard
29. ["From Hell" Title Page]
30. Chapter Three: Blackmail or Mrs. Barrett
From Hell
31. Major Arcana: The Hermit and the Hierophant (Merrick and Ganesa)
From Hell
32. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

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Taboo #4 (1990)

Les Chiens / The Dogs (Table of Contents)

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Real Child (Table of Contents: 1)

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[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 2)

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Dreaming And The Law (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

["Dreaming And The Law" Introduction] / ["1963" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 4)

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1963 (Table of Contents: 5)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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["Charles Burns" Introduction] / ["Babycakes" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Babycakes (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

["Cholesterol" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 9)

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Cholesterol (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

["Davey's Dream" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Davey's Dream (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

["Les Yeux Du Chat" / "Eyes of the Cat" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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Les Yeux Du Chat ["The Eyes of the Cat"] (Table of Contents: 14)

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Indexer Notes

The creators of Les Yeux Du Chat discuss the story's origin, its execution, and their thoughts on today, twelve years later (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

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El Topo (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

["Retinal Worm" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 17)

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Retinal Worm (Table of Contents: 18)

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["La Fugue" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 19)

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La Fugue ["The Escape"] (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

["Blue Angel" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 21)

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Blue Angel (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

["Morrigan Tales" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Morrigan Tales (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 18 pages (report information)

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["These Things Happen" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 25)

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These Things Happen (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

["Neither Seen Nor Heard" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 27)

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Neither Seen Nor Heard (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

["From Hell" Title Page] (Table of Contents: 29)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Chapter Three: Blackmail or Mrs. Barrett (Table of Contents: 30)

From Hell / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Major Arcana: The Hermit and the Hierophant (Merrick and Ganesa) (Table of Contents: 31)

From Hell / illustration / 1 page (report information)

The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder (Table of Contents: 32)

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Taboo #4

(1990)