Eclipse Monthly #2

(September 1983)

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

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

Script

Dean Mullaney (credited, signed)

Letters

typeset

Herbie (Table of Contents: 2)

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)

Editing

cat yronwode (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Masked Man [Dick Carstairs]; Barney McAllister; Herbie Wilcox (intro)

Synopsis

A mentally-disabled man is not what he seems to be.

Indexer Notes

File "MM1004" in title.

The Exploder (Table of Contents: 3)

Static / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (credited) (signed as S Ditko)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited) (signed as S Ditko)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited) (signed as S Ditko)

Colors

Denis McFarling (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

Editing

Dean Mullaney (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Static [Mac Rey]; Dr. Ed Serch; Fera Serch; The Exploder (introduction); Dr. Kug

Synopsis

After Mac battles the Exploder, Fera hides Mac's suit so he won't be able to become Static again.

Reprints

• in Steve Ditko's Static (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2000 series) (July 2000)

Indexer Notes

Dated 83 in Steve Ditko's signature.

[One man against the mob is suicide...] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

The Foozle Stands Alone (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Marshall Rogers (credited); Chris Goldberg (credited)

Pencils

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Inks

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Colors

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction; adventure; humor

Characters

Cap'n Quick; Klonsbon; Big Bill Roughbouy

Synopsis

The Foozle meets two friends and they search for Cap'n Quick.

Indexer Notes

continued from last issue. Continues in next issue. Story is untitled, title is from the end of the story in Eclipse Monthly #1.

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

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

Chapter Nine: Above and Below (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Sax Rohmer (credited) (original story); Trina Robbins (credited) (comic adaptation)

Pencils

Trina Robbins (credited)

Inks

Trina Robbins (credited)

Colors

Denis McFarling ?

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Genre

crime; historical

Characters

Inspector Dan Kerry; Sin Sin Wa; Mrs. Wa; Rita Irwin; Sam Tuk

Synopsis

Inspector Kerry finds a secret underground room in Sam Tuk's barber shop, but is ambushed by the aged man.

Reprints

• in Sax Rohmer's Dope (IDW, 2017 series) (August 2017)

Indexer Notes

continued from last issue; continues in next issue.

The Hide Butchers Part II (Table of Contents: 8)

Rio / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Wildey (credited)

Pencils

Doug Wildey (credited)

Inks

Doug Wildey (credited)

Colors

Doug Wildey (credited)

Letters

Doug Wildey (credited)

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Rio: Phineas Dorsey; Grady; Brazos; Groot; Ruby-Joy

Synopsis

Rio goes to Endsville, at the end of the railroad, to confront the owner about his buffalo-shooting "special" trains. Rio avoids an ambush, but is framed for murder and leaves town to track down the killer.

Reprints

• in Rio (Graphitti Designs, 1987 series) (1987)
• in Rio (Comico, 1987 series) (June 1987)
• in Doug Wildey's Rio: The Complete Saga (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)

Indexer Notes

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.

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

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

Making the Past Safe from the Future (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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