(April 1983)

Eclipse, 1983 Series
Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1983-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Eclipse Enterprises
Brand
Eclipse Comics [orbit]
Barcode
?
Editing
Dean Mullaney (editor)

Issue Notes

Rescheduled from March to early April as noted in Amazing Heroes #23.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ms. Tree / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Terry Beatty (signed)
Inks
Terry Beatty (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Ms. Tree; Scythe
Reprints

Going Down: Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 1)

Ms. Tree / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Max Allan Collins
Pencils
Terry Beatty
Inks
Terry Beatty
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Terry Beatty

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dr. Kassel (villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

second issue of "Death Do Us Part"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Swak! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Max Allan Collins
Pencils
Terry Beatty; Dave Stevens (illustrations)
Inks
Terry Beatty; Dave Stevens (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Leonard Rifas, Trina Robbins, Barb Rausch and a house ad for The Spirit and other Eclipse tee shirts.

Death in the Deep End (Table of Contents: 3)

The Mike Mist Minute Mist-ery / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Max Allan Collins
Pencils
Terry Beatty
Inks
Terry Beatty
Colors
Petra Goldberg ?
Letters
Terry Beatty

Genre
detective-mystery

Loaded Pistols and Loaded Dice (Table of Contents: 4)

Scythe / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dean Mullaney
Pencils
Ellis Goodson
Inks
Bruce Miller
Colors
Denis McFarling
Letters
Carrie McCarthy
Editing
cat yronwode

Characters
The Scythe [Roger Loring] (first appearance; origin); The Face (first appearance; villain); the Button Man (first appearance; villain)

Philip Marlowe (Table of Contents: 5)

Famous Detective Pin-Up / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dean Mullaney
Pencils
Frank Miller (signed)
Inks
Frank Miller (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery

Somebody Tried to Kill Me: Chapter Five (Table of Contents: 6)

Ms. Tree / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Max Allan Collins
Pencils
Terry Beatty
Inks
Terry Beatty
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Terry Beatty

Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Ms. Tree
  2. 1. Going Down: Chapter Four
    Ms. Tree
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Swak!
  4. 3. Death in the Deep End
    The Mike Mist Minute Mist-ery
  5. 4. Loaded Pistols and Loaded Dice
    Scythe
  6. 5. Philip Marlowe
    Famous Detective Pin-Up
  7. 6. Somebody Tried to Kill Me: Chapter Five
    Ms. Tree
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