Mars #12
(March 1985)

First, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1984-11-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics, Inc
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Mike Gold

Issue Notes

Last issue. The comic was canceled due to lack of sales. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #60.

Circuit Death (Table of Contents)

MARS / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mark Wheatley (signed); Marc Hempel (signed)
Inks
Mark Wheatley (signed); Marc Hempel (signed)
Colors
Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Letters
Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Morgana
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Read Letters / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

No letters, talking about the end of the series. Also includes the indicia. On the inside front cover.

Circuit Death (Table of Contents: 2)

MARS / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Pencils
Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Inks
Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel
Colors
Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel; Kathryn Mayer
Letters
Mark Wheatley; Marc Hempel; Kathryn Mayer
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aaaahh!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Teezy; Drang (computer playing God)
Synopsis
Chyia and Morgana battle Drang, Chyvia's brother computer, for control of Mars. Drang is defeated as the saga concludes.

Family Album (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Mike Gold
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Escape Velocity (Table of Contents: 4)

Dynamo Joe / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Ostrander
Pencils
Doug Rice
Inks
Doug Rice
Colors
Rick Taylor
Letters
Rick Taylor
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sands sigh like whispering ghosts.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dynamo Joe; Daro; Pomru; Fergusson
Synopsis
Daro, Pomru and the two others bunker down while the big blast turns Fergusson into a star. They survive and attempt to contact command forces.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Final appearance in this title. The strip reappeared in First Adventures issues 1 - 5 and then in its own title for 15 issues. There was also a mostly reprint Special #1.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Circuit Death
    MARS
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Read Letters
  3. 2. Circuit Death
    MARS
  4. 3. Family Album
    First Notes
  5. 4. Escape Velocity
    Dynamo Joe
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