(August 1983)

Eclipse, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.00 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-07-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Eclipse Enterprises
Brand
Eclipse Comics [orbit]
Editing
Cat Yronwode; Dean Mullaney

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #29.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cap'n Quick; Static; Masked Man; Rio; Dope / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marshall Rogers (Cap'n Quick figure); Steve Ditko (Static figure); B. C. Boyer (Masked Man figures); Trina Robbins (Dope figures); Doug Wildey (Rio figures)
Inks
Marshall Rogers (Cap'n Quick figure); Steve Ditko (Static figure); B. C. Boyer (Masked Man figures); Trina Robbins (Dope figures); Doug Wildey (Rio figures)
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski ?

Characters
Cap'n Quick; Klonsbon; The Masked Man; Static; Rio

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

Notes from Surf City / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dean Mullaney (credited)
Letters
typeset

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

Cap'n Quick and a Foozle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Marshall Rogers
Pencils
Marshall Rogers (signed)
Inks
Marshall Rogers (signed)
Colors
Marshall Rogers
Letters
Marshall Rogers

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction; adventure; humor
Characters
Cap'n Quick; Klonsbon
Synopsis
A young boy builds a video game that draws him inside of it, where he meets a Foozle.

Indexer Notes

Coloring credit verified in intro to Eclipse Monthly #2.

Eclipse Monthly (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Bank Robbery (Table of Contents: 4)

The Masked Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
B. C. Boyer (credited)
Pencils
B. C. Boyer (credited)
Inks
B. C. Boyer (credited)
Colors
Denis McFarling (credited)
Letters
Carrie McCarthy (credited)

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
The Masked Man; Barney McAllister
Synopsis
A young boy helps The Masked Man disrupt a bank robbery.

Indexer Notes

File "MM1003" in title.

The Hide Butchers (Table of Contents: 5)

Rio / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Wildey (credited, signed)
Pencils
Doug Wildey (credited, signed)
Inks
Doug Wildey (credited, signed)
Colors
Doug Wildey (credited)
Letters
Doug Wildey (credited)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rio; President U. S. Grant (reference); King Taggart; Phineas Dorsey; Brazos
Synopsis
Rio is offered a chance for a Presidential pardon if he can keep railroad passengers from shooting buffalo from the trains, which is causing problems with the Indians.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Coloring credit verified in intro to Eclipse Monthly #2.

This story sequence is part of a loose trilogy of Rio stories.
[Part One] The Hide Butchers from Eclipse Monthly #1 & 2.
[Part Two] Satan's Doorstep from Eclipse Monthly #5.
[Part Three] Robber's Roost from Eclipse Monthly #9 & 10.

Eclipse Comics presents the DNAgents (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Chapter Eight: A Visit To Sin (Table of Contents: 7)

Sax Rohmer's Dope / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sax Rohmer (credited) (original story); Trina Robbins (credited) (adaptation)
Pencils
Trina Robbins (credited)
Inks
Trina Robbins (credited)
Colors
Denis McFarling ?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Genre
crime; historical
Characters
Inspector Dan Kerry; Constable P. C. Bryce; Sin Sin Wa; Lord Wrexborough
Synopsis
Inspector Kerry and Constable Bryce visit the house of Sin Sin Wa, searching for opium.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from The Eclipse Magazine (Eclipse, 1981 series) #8 (January 1983). Continues in next issue.

The Beginning (Table of Contents: 8)

Static / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited, signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited, signed)
Colors
Denis McFarling (credited)
Letters
Ken Bruzenak (credited)
Editing
Dean Mullaney (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Static [Mac Rey] (origin); Ed Serch; Fera Serch; Doctor Ems; Doctor Rale
Synopsis
Mac Rey is testing a special suit when robbers, after special material in the lab, disrupt the mechanisms and trap Rey is a power field that gives the suit energy power.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint in Charlton Action: Featuring Static #11 is retitled, recolored, relettered and slightly rewritten.

[Melissa Siren] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cap'n Quick; Static; Masked Man; Rio; Dope
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Notes from Surf City
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Cap'n Quick and a Foozle
  4. 3. Eclipse Monthly
  5. 4. The Bank Robbery
    The Masked Man
  6. 5. The Hide Butchers
    Rio
  7. 6. Eclipse Comics presents the DNAgents
    DNAgents
  8. 7. Chapter Eight: A Visit To Sin
    Sax Rohmer's Dope
  9. 8. The Beginning
    Static
  10. 9. [Melissa Siren]
    Sabre
  11. 10. ["One man against the mob is suicide..."]
    Ms. Tree
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore