(August 1985)

First, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics Inc.
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Mike Gold (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #70. Release date April 1985 from listing within the regular feature "First Notes".

Torch Song (Table of Contents)

Jon Sable / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable
Cover Thumbnail for Jon Sable, Freelance (First, 1983 series) #27
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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
When I finished reading JSF #22, my first thought was that it was one of the best comics I'd read in a long time.
Characters
Jon Sable

Indexer Notes

Letters from Quentin Lauradunn, Them Bones, Adam Burchess, Andy Kunka, T. D. Hoo, and Jeff Baughman.

Torch Song (Table of Contents: 2)

Jon Sable / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
Ken Bruzenak
First Line of Dialogue or Text
1951
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable; Jonathan Lightfoot Sable; Simone Fortin (picture); Myke Blackmon; Rebecca Sable; Elise Sable
Synopsis
Sable tells Myke about his childhood.

Reality? What Reality? (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

First Notes / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[The First American Flagg! Graphic Novel Hard Times] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

Shatter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Saenz
Pencils
Mike Saenz
Inks
Mike Saenz
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I didn't feel very secure, even with the armor.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Sadr Al Din Morales [Shatter; Jack Scratch]; Tetina; Cyan Dalriada
Synopsis
Shatter and Cyan go to meet the Underground.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[Ms. Tree] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Dalgoda] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Torch Song
    Jon Sable
  2. 1. ["When I finished reading JSF #22, my first thought was that it was one of the best comics I'd read in a long time."]
    Freelance Writing
  3. 2. Torch Song
    Jon Sable
  4. 3. Reality? What Reality?
    First Notes
  5. 4. ["Don't let this happen to you. Subscribe!"]
  6. 5. [The First American Flagg! Graphic Novel Hard Times]
  7. 6. ["I didn't feel very secure, even with the armor."]
    Shatter
  8. 7. ["Only the Time Beavers can save us now!"]
  9. 8. [Ms. Tree]
  10. 9. [Dalgoda]
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  • Steve Coates
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  • Keith Alan Morgan
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