(July 1987)
A.C.E. Comics,
1987 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1987-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ACE Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
ACE Comics
- Editing
- Ron Frantz (credited as Ron J. Frantz) (editor)
Issue Notes
Per the May 1987 Comic Line Newsletter issued by the Dearborn, Michigan comic book store, Comics Plus, this issue was listed as "Expected" for that month. it is possible that its actual on-sale date was later than May 1987.
The Animated Art of Jack Bradbury
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave Bennett (signed as Bennett)
- Inks
- Dave Bennett (signed as Bennett)
- Colors
- Janice Cohen
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Jack Bradbury; Spencer Spook; Supermouse; Butch O'Sparrow; Bagshaw Bear; Tuffy; Spunky
Animation Hall of Fame
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ron Frantz (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Spencer Spook (cameo); Snow White (cameo); Popeye (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Top half of inside front cover. Illustration of animated and comic-book characters depicted by Jack Bradbury. Text paragraph thanks Mr. Bradbury for his assistance in compiling the issue, and also mentions a new script by Bradbury, illustrated by Dave Bennett, with the seeming indication that it would appear in this issue, which is all reprints.
An Interview with Jack Bradbury
text article / 3.5 pages
- Script
- Jack Bradbury; Dave Bennett (interviewer)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of inside front cover, continued on pages 6, 14, and 32.
[no title indexed]
Butch O'Sparrow / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- AC-488
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now watch that nasty temper o' yers, Butch!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Butch O'Sparrow
- Reprints
-
from Coo Coo Comics (Pines, 1942 series) #25 (May 1946)
-
[no title indexed]
Bagshaw Bear / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- AC-627
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sounds like a knock on th' door!
- Characters
- Bagshaw Bear
- Reprints
- from Coo Coo Comics (Pines, 1942 series) #37 (January 1948)
-
[no title indexed]
Tuffy [cat] / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This neighborhood is deader...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tuffy the Cat; Weejie (introduction); Muggs
- Synopsis
- Tuffy is hit on the head by a potted plant from a window above, and is visited the miniature being Weejie, the custodian of the magic plant, now in the service of Tuffy. The plant's magic makes Tuffy a famous cartoonist, worth big money...or was that all a dream while being knocked out by the initial knock to the head?
- Reprints
- from Coo Coo Comics (Pines, 1942 series) #33 (May 1947)
-
[no title indexed]
Supermouse / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Make way for the mouse of might!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Supermouse; Annabel; The Muscle (villain)
- Reprints
- from Coo Coo Comics (Pines, 1942 series) #37 (January 1948)
-
The Daisy Test
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man pulls the petals off a daisy in "she loves me, she loves me not" fashion.
- Reprints
- from ?
- Keywords
- pantomime
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Pantomime story.
The Cosmic Book
The Cosmic Book / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pat Boyette (painting)
- Inks
- Pat Boyette (painting)
- Colors
- Pat Boyette (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Promo for "The Cosmic Book" comic.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Animated Art of Jack Bradbury
-
1.
Animation Hall of Fame
-
2.
An Interview with Jack Bradbury
-
3.
["Now watch that nasty temper o' yers, Butch!"]
Butch O'Sparrow -
4.
["Sounds like a knock on th' door!"]
Bagshaw Bear -
5.
["This neighborhood is deader..."]
Tuffy [cat] -
6.
["Make way for the mouse of might!"]
Supermouse -
7.
The Daisy Test
-
8.
The Cosmic Book
The Cosmic Book
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- David Bromley
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Ralf Haring
- Jim Van Dore
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