(December 1984)

First, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-08-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics, Inc
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Mike Gold

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #54.

Prey! (Table of Contents)

Jon Sable / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Freelance Writing / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
JSF #14 was nearly perfect!

Indexer Notes

Letters from Earl Randolph Edwards, Kevin T. Brown, David Greenberg, and T. M. Maple.

Prey (Table of Contents: 2)

Jon Sable / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
Ken Bruzenak
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high,
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable; Elise Sable; Mark Sable; Heather Sable; Colonel Nicholas McKenna; Ruth McKenna
Synopsis
Sable is being chased by bounty hunters and he ends up at the house of his late wife's parents.

Indexer Notes

Credits list "Henry dialogue consultant".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Data in Action (Table of Contents: 4)

First Notes / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Terry Beatty
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Several months ago, we asked you folks to fill out a survey so we would know a little bit about you - who you are, what you like, that sort of thing.
Characters
Michael Mauser; Ms. Tree
Synopsis
How the reader survey led to The P.I.'s miniseries.

Indexer Notes

Between pages 8 and 9 of Prey.

Scapegoat in Four Colors Part 4 (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Meyerson
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Does the comics industry risk incurring the wrath of a new generation of parents, outraged that their kids are buying and reading comics less wholesome than they remember?
Synopsis
What is the future of the Comics Code?

Indexer Notes

Between pages 20 and 21 of Prey.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The First Choice] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[The First Grim Jack Poster] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Prey!
    Jon Sable
  2. 1. ["JSF #14 was nearly perfect!"]
    Freelance Writing
  3. 2. Prey
    Jon Sable
  4. 3. ["Even more in '84"]
  5. 4. Data in Action
    First Notes
  6. 5. Scapegoat in Four Colors Part 4
  7. 6. ["Even more in '84"]
  8. 7. [The First Choice]
  9. 8. [The First Grim Jack Poster]
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