Fandom Confidential #1

(1982)

An Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Letters

Pete Poplaski (credited as Peter Poplaski) (logo); typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction, credits, dedication, indicia.

Meet the Boys (Table of Contents: 2)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Charis Engel (credited) (photography)

Inks

Charis Engel (credited) (photography)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis; Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #168 (May 1979)

Superman Interview (Table of Contents: 3)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Superman (photos of Christopher Reeve)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #169 (June 1979)

Tardy-Har-Har (Table of Contents: 4)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #170 (July 1979)

Esoteric Comics Great The Big Boy (Table of Contents: 5)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

George Rackett (credited) (photographs)

Inks

George Rackett (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); The Big Boy (photos of Scott Shaw!)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #175 (December 1979)

A Surprise Guest (Table of Contents: 6)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Woody Woodpecker

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #172 (September 1979)

News and Views (Table of Contents: 7)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

George Rackett (credited) (photographs)

Inks

George Rackett (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #173 (October 1979)

Yellow Kid Interview (Table of Contents: 8)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Yellow Kid

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #171 (August 1979)

Guest Hosts Wein & Wolfman (Table of Contents: 9)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

George Rackett (credited) (photographs)

Inks

George Rackett (credited) (photographs)

Colors

? (backgrounds and lettering only)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Len Wein (photos); Marv Wolfman (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #174 (November 1979)

FC Mailbag or Now Begins the Nightmare (Table of Contents: 10)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited)

Colors

? (lettering and word balloons only)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Charis Engel (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #177 (February 1980)

Bill Gaines Interview (Table of Contents: 11)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Bill Gaines (photos of Mike Tiefenbacher); Graham Ingles (photos of Jerry Sinkovec)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #178 (March 1980)

Report from Hollywood (Table of Contents: 12)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Paco (photo of Russ Van Dyke); The Wiz (photos of Russ Van Dyke)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #176 (January 1980)

All the News That’s News to You (Table of Contents: 13)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #179 (April 1980)

Indexer Notes

Page printed upside-down as an April Fools joke.

Ask Jim and Chuck (Table of Contents: 14)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #183 (September 1980)

Sue Storm Interview (Table of Contents: 15)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Sue Storm (invisible)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #181 (July 1980)

An Open Letter to Alan Light (Table of Contents: 16)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Charis Engel (credited) (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #180 (May-June 1980)

Shake Your News Thing in Strobe-O-Vision (Table of Contents: 17)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #182 (August 1980)

Chuck’s Amazing Impressions of People in the Comics Field (Table of Contents: 18)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #184 (October 1980)

What If Jim & Chuck Had Been Born Female? (Table of Contents: 19)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Colors

? (background & letters only)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos of Lois Van Dyke); Chuck Fiala (photos of Charis Engel)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #187 (January 1981)

Stan Lee Interview (Table of Contents: 20)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Chuck Fiala (photos); Stan Lee (photos of Jim Engel); Jr. Marvel (photo of Timmy Van Dyke)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #186 (December 1980)

Is That a Newshat You’re Wearing? (Table of Contents: 21)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #190 (April 1981)

Popeye Interview (Table of Contents: 22)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Chuck Fiala (photos); Popeye (photos of Jim Engel); The Shadow (photos of Jim Engel)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #191 (May-June 1981)

The Shadow Interview (Table of Contents: 23)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Chuck Fiala (photos); The Shadow (photos of Jim Engel); Popeye (photo of Jim Engel)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #192 (July 1981)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Those Old Familiar Faces and One Bun’s Opinion (Table of Contents: 25)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Sid the Rabbit (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #193 (August 1981)

Close-Up on the News (Table of Contents: 26)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Colors

? (letters only)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #194 (September 1981)

Let’s Meet Alan Light (Table of Contents: 27)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

John Tiefenbacher (photographs)

Inks

John Tiefenbacher (photographs)

Colors

? (letters only)

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Alan Light (photos)

Reprints

• from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #195 (October 1981)

The Obligatory New Pages (Table of Contents: 28)

photo story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Engel (credited); Chuck Fiala ?

Pencils

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Inks

Russ Van Dyke (credited) (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

Valerie Mazelis (credited); Mike Tiefenbacher (credited) (sequence title)

Genre

humor

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); Charis Engel (photo); Galactus; John Byrne (photos)

Indexer Notes

New material for this book. On last six interior pages plus inside back cover. Page six has some elements in color.

Negative Zone Scanner (Table of Contents: 29)

Fantastic Four / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Engel ?

Pencils

John Byrne (credited) (signed as John Byrne)

Inks

John Byrne (credited) (signed as John Byrne)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Jim Engel (photos); Chuck Fiala (photos); The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]

Indexer Notes

Illustration consists of a black and white photo collage of Jim Engel and Chuck Fiala in the viewscreen of a “Negative Zone Scanner” being observed by the Fantastic Four, in color, in their laboratory.
Back cover.