(March 1984)

Eclipse, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.25 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1984-01-31
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Eclipse Enterprises
Brand
Eclipse Comics [orbit]
Editing
cat yronwode (credited as Catherine Yronwode; Cat Yronwode) (editor, see notes)

Issue Notes

Editor credited as Catherine Yronwode in indicia, versus Cat Yronwode on the story credits page.

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series) #40 (February 1984).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Aztec Ace / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Bair (signed as Hernandez)
Inks
Tom Yeates (signed as Yeates)
Colors
Denis McFarling (signed as McFarling)
Letters
Denis McFarling (logo design)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Special 52 page first issue
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Reprints
Keywords
time travel

Indexer Notes

The cover sports the emblem "NRA Member" for the National Recovery Act, a U.S. President Roosevelt administration's New Deal program during the 1930s.

The Mexica Serpent (Table of Contents: 1)

Aztec Ace / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Michael Bair (credited as Michael Hernandez) (artist, designer)
Inks
Nestor Redondo (credited)
Colors
Philip DeWalt (credited as P. DeWalt); Denis McFarling (credited as D. McFarling)
Letters
Adam Kubert (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the beginning...
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Bridget Kronopolulous; Tolanda; Zyanya; T.A. Zek [Ace]; Rinaldo; Quetzalcoatl; Edmund Beckett; Ben Franklin
Reprints
Keywords
Aztecs; human sacrifice; time travel

Indexer Notes

First page of story on inside of front cover in black and white. The main character is referred to as T.A. Zek throughout the issue, but the business sign on his P.I. office says T.A. Zeck.

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

Notes from Surf City / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
cat yronwode (credited as catherine yronwode)
Pencils
Dean Mullaney (signed as DM) (letterhead art)
Inks
Dean Mullaney (signed as DM) (letterhead art)
Letters
Dean Mullaney (signed as DM) (logo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Next month we promise to introduce you to everyone in the office!

Disorientations 5:23 (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And so it will come to pass that Caza didst say unto Bridget
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Caza; Bridget
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Special 52 page first issue"]
    Aztec Ace
  2. 1. The Mexica Serpent
    Aztec Ace
  3. 2. ["Next month we promise to introduce you to everyone in the office!"]
    Notes from Surf City
  4. 3. Disorientations 5:23
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Brian Stewart
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore