Hoverboy: The Republican Super-Hero #1

(August 2008)

Hoverboy The Republican Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hoverboy / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ty Templeton; ? [as Wolfgang Berlitz]

Letters

Typeset

Synopsis

Fake history of Hoverboy by Templeton, note on the racism in the "reprint" section by the Ombudsman for Mr. Comics (presumed to be ficticious).

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes indicia that Hoverboy is TM and copyright by Marcus Moore.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hoverboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Ty Templeton (credited)

Pencils

Steve Molnar (credited)

Inks

Steve Molnar (credited)

Colors

Bernie Mireault (credited)

Letters

K. T. Smith (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The White House Wednesday, 9:00 A.M.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hoverboy

Synopsis

Hoverboy saves the U.S. President from a giant robot and gets sent to Iran to "find" evidence. The President draws the map to Iran incorrectly and Hoverboy ends up in Iraq.

From The Archives (Table of Contents: 3)

Hoverboy / text story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Pencils

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Inks

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Colors

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Letters

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Characters

Hoverboy

Synopsis

Supposed reprints of various covers, ads and interior panels for various incarnations of Hoverboy over the years, including in pulp magazines, westerns and joke books.

Indexer Notes

Credits from credits page which states "Historical material edited and restored by Marcus Moore, curator of the Hoverboy Museum. Additonal restoration artwork by Ben Mazzotta, Sam Agro, and Ty Templeton" Unknown which artist/writer did which piece.

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

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ty Templeton ?

Pencils

? (photos)

Inks

? (photos)

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the stranger aspects of Hoverboy history...

Synopsis

Photos of various (ficticious) Hoverboy artists and how they died.

Hoverboy Feature Story (Table of Contents: 5)

Hoverboy / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ty Templeton ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hoverboy

Synopsis

Intro page to supposed reprint story including fake cover of Jumbo Yellow Peril Mystery Funnies from October 1942.

Night of the Terror (Table of Contents: 6)

Hoverboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Pencils

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Inks

Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Hoverboy

Synopsis

A Japanese man escapes an internment camp and Hoverboy is convinced that he is the cause of everything bad that is happening.

Indexer Notes

Fake reprint of 1940's Hoverboy story, filled with racist details. Credits from credits page which states "Historical material edited and restored by Marcus Moore, curator of the Hoverboy Museum. Additonal restoration artwork by Ben Mazzotta, Sam Agro, and Ty Templeton" Unknown which artist/writer did which piece.

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hoverboy the Republican Super-Hero!

Synopsis

Credits for the issue, plus a plug for the website at www.hoverboy.com.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ty Templeton ?

Pencils

Jason Edmiston (painting)

Inks

Jason Edmiston (painting)

Colors

Jason Edmiston (painting)

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Of course, every comic fan knows of the tragic passing of Hoverboy co-creator Bob Stark...

Characters

Hoverboy

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic. Close-up of just Hoverboy character from front cover of comic.