(January 1984)

Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1984 Series
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Price
1.70 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
six times a year
On-sale Date
1984-01-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Aardvark-Vanaheim Inc.
Brand
Aardvark Vanaheim
Editing
Deni Sim

Issue Notes

First two episodes published in Cerebus #56 and 57, Nov - Dec 1983. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

normalman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Valentino ?
Pencils
Jim Valentino (signed)
Inks
Jim Valentino (signed)
Colors
Jim Valentino
Letters
Jim Valentino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Featuring No Scene Even Remotely Like This Inside!
Genre
superhero; humour
Characters
normalman
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Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #146 (July 1961)

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The Panties n' Capes Syndrome (Table of Contents: 1)

normalman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Valentino
Pencils
Jim Valentino
Inks
Jim Valentino
Colors
Jim Valentino
Letters
Jim Valentino
Genre
superhero; humour
Characters
normalman; Legion of Superfluous-Hereos[Lightweight Lad; Uranus Girl; Ambiguous Boy (Cameo); Ample-Lass (Cameo); Androgenous Person (Cameo); Brain-Damaged Kid (Cameo); Burned-Out Boy (Cameo); Colossal Bore (Cameo); Comix-Boy (Cameo); Crustacean Kid (Cameo); Dastardly Dame (Cameo); Diptheria Kid (Cameo); Do-Nut Boy (Cameo)]; The Ultra-Conservative [The Liberalator]; Sgt. Fluffy; The Fanatical Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]; Justice League of Society [The Flesh (Cameo); Flat Man (Cameo); Green Heartburn (Cameo); Human Person (Cameo); Waterlogged Man (Cameo); Nasty Girl (Cameo); Robin Hoodlum (Cameo); Useless Kid (Cameo); Captain Everything]; Aimless; Rotten Kid; Cerebus (Cameo); Neil the Horse (Cameo); Wolverine MacAllister (Cameo)
Synopsis
The Ultra-conservative attempts to capture normalman so he can give him super-powers and make him conform.
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Indexer Notes

DC Comics parody issue. Part 1 titled "Not a Dream...", Part 2 titled "Not a Hoax..." and Part 3 titled "...Not an Imaginary Story!". Includes parody ads for Cerebus; Neil the Horse and Journey in the style of the old 1960's DC house ads.

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

Let's Get Normal (Table of Contents: 3)

normalman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Valentino
Inks
Jim Valentino
Genre
superhero; humour
Characters
normalman; Captain Everything; The Ultra-Conservative
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Indexer Notes

Back cover. Based loosely on Superman (DC, 1939 series) #12 and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #14.

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Featuring No Scene Even Remotely Like This Inside!"]
    normalman
  2. 1. The Panties n' Capes Syndrome
    normalman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    normalman
  4. 3. Let's Get Normal
    normalman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
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