Sabre #2
(October 1982)

Eclipse, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Eclipse Enterprises
Brand
Eclipse
Editing
Dean Mullaney (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date, month only, from Amazing Heroes #13

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sabre / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Gulacy (signed)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

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

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Jane Aruns (photograph)
Inks
Jane Aruns (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Photo of Don McGregor and his daughter Lauren Christine.

Slow Fade of An Endangered Species (Table of Contents: 2)

Sabre / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited)
Pencils
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (credited); P. Craig Russell (sourced) (pages 7, 11, 13, 14, 19)
Colors
Ed Hannigan (credited)
Letters
Annette Kawecki (credited as A. Kawecki)

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Sabre; Blackstar Blood; Willoughby; Grouse; Overseer
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colored for the first time with this printing.

The original story's page 20 has been edited into the first two pages found here, so 19 reprinted pages becomes 20 pages here. The first panel, the largest illustration, becomes page 1, and the 15 panels that bordered it to the right and below have been re-cut into the second page. Some word balloons have been shuffled around and at least one balloon has been omitted, Sabre saying "I'm glad you were." from the first panel. The shuffled text doesn't appear to have been re-lettered. This edit does not appear to have been carried over to the subsequent reprints of Sabre, the 10th and 20th anniversary editions.

In the introduction to the 10th anniversary edition of Sabre, it is revealed that P. Craig Russell had a hand inking the story. He inked all or portions of pages "31, 35, 37, 38 & 43" which should convert to pages 7, 11, 13, 14 & 19 of the story here with the above paragraph in mind.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Sabre / preview (from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
Billy Graham (ilustration)
Inks
Billy Graham (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Coming attraction for the next issue. Includes an ad for The Variable Syndrome.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Dean Mullaney ?
Pencils
Marshall Rogers (illustration)
Inks
Marshall Rogers (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Zealot's Lake (Table of Contents: 5)

Morrigan Tales / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Elaine Lee
Pencils
Charles Vess
Inks
Charles Vess
Colors
Lynn Varley
Letters
Charles Vess ?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

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

Crossed Swords / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dean Mullaney; Don McGregor
Pencils
Kent Williams (signed)
Inks
Kent Williams (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters page includes commentary by Don McGregor and a Kent Williams letterhead illustration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Destroyer Duck; Ms. Tree / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dean Mullaney ?
Pencils
Terry Beatty; Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
Terry Beatty; Neal Adams (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Destroyer Duck [Duke Duck]; Ms. Tree

Indexer Notes

House ad for Ms. Tree and Destroyer Duck

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Dean Mullaney ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Marshall Rogers; P. Craig Russell; Gene Colan; Terry Beatty (illustrations)
Inks
Neal Adams; Marshall Rogers; P. Craig Russell; Tom Palmer; Terry Beatty (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ads for Scorpio Rose, Ms. Tree Destroyer Duck, Eclipse Books and Eclipse magazine.

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

Cap'n Quick and a Foozle / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dean Mullaney ?
Pencils
Marshall Rogers (illustration)
Inks
Marshall Rogers (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Klonsbon

Indexer Notes

Back Cover. Ad for Eclipse Magazine.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sabre
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Slow Fade of An Endangered Species
    Sabre
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Sabre
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Scorpio Rose
  6. 5. Zealot's Lake
    Morrigan Tales
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Crossed Swords
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Destroyer Duck; Ms. Tree
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Cap'n Quick and a Foozle
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • mike clark
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Jim Van Dore