(November 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
1985-07-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics Inc.
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Mike Gold (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #75.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jon Sable / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable
Cover Thumbnail for Jon Sable, Freelance (First, 1983 series) #30
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Ostrander
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jon Sable, Freelance is great.
Characters
Jon Sable

Indexer Notes

Letters from Curd Gebeshuber, Randall Capley, and Robert R. Rasch, Jr.

The Stuff of Dreams (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
The only reason I don't run you in just on principal is that I don't regard you as a stupid man...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Josh Winters; Jon Sable; Wichita Kaintuck; Harold; Mae Aston; Jo Carr; Stanley Greenburg; Chambers
Synopsis
Sable solves the mystery of the Maltese Falcon.

Summer Thrills, Part Two (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Collecting Dust Part 2 (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Meyerson
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For those of you joining us late, here's what you missed.
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
What to store your comics in.

Indexer Notes

Between pages 8 and 9 of The Stuff of Dreams.

[no title indexed] (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
Alex Wald
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whotta life!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Cyan Dalriada; Wyatt Courtney; Bill
Synopsis
Cyan makes a deal with Wyatt for Shatter's brain.

Indexer Notes

Part 6 of 6-issue Shatter backup series.
Series ends as a Jon Sable Freelance backup, but continues in a new Shatter series for 14 issues.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Jon Sable
  2. 1. ["Jon Sable, Freelance is great."]
    Freelance Writing
  3. 2. The Stuff of Dreams
    Jon Sable
  4. 3. Summer Thrills, Part Two
    First Notes
  5. 4. Collecting Dust Part 2
  6. 5. ["Don't let this happen to you. Subscribe!"]
  7. 6. ["Whotta life!"]
    Shatter
  8. 7. [First Adventures]
  9. 8. ["The First choice... keeps getting better!"]
  10. 9. ["The first computer-generated comic"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dave Berkebile
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
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