(June 1987)

First, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.45 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-01-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Comics Inc.
Brand
First Comics
Editing
Laurel Fitch (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #112. February on-sale date listing within regular feature "First Notes".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jon Sable / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Colors
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Jon Sable

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Who Are These Guys, Anyway? / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last issue: Jon was hired to prevent a murder during a hostage crisis - the perfect opportunity for a husband to kill his wife's blackmailer.

The Prisoner (Table of Contents: 2)

Jon Sable / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell
Pencils
Mike Manley
Inks
Mike Machlan
Colors
Julia Lacquement
Letters
Ken Bruzenak

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...I told him that if he didn't at least make an effort to see his kids at Christmas, I'd be happy to file for the child support he never paid. That got a reaction.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Eden Kendall; Myke Blackmon; Jon Sable; Grey Adler; Mr. Dupin; Archduke Nicholas; Marissa
Synopsis
Sable is hired to prevent an assassination in a small European country.

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

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

[Happy Birthday Grimjack...?] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[Lone Wolf and Cub] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

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

Script
Laurel Fitch
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have been a loyal fan of JSF since it was created almost four years ago.
Characters
Jon Sable

Indexer Notes

Letters from David Metz, and Mark Cummings.

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

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

[Shatter Phase 3] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Jon Sable
  2. 1. ["Last issue: Jon was hired to prevent a murder during a hostage crisis - the perfect opportunity for a husband to kill his wife's blackmailer."]
    Who Are These Guys, Anyway?
  3. 2. The Prisoner
    Jon Sable
  4. 3. ["There's no getting around it - comics just aren't what they used to be."]
    First Notes
  5. 4. [Happy Birthday Grimjack...?]
  6. 5. [Lone Wolf and Cub]
  7. 6. ["The First choice..."]
  8. 7. ["I have been a loyal fan of JSF since it was created almost four years ago."]
    Freelance Writing
  9. 8. ["He raised the Flagg. Then resurrected the Shadow. Now the time has come. Howard Chaykin's Time2"]
  10. 9. [Shatter Phase 3]
  11. 10. ["Six comics for 50ยข?"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Steve Coates
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Per Sandell