(1998)

Avalon Communications, 1998 Series
 
Price
2.95 USD; 3.99 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Avalon Communications
Brand
ACG - America's Comic Group
ISBN
?
Barcode
?
Editing
Roger Broughton (reprint editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Magicman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magicman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Originally a Stuntman pinup from the 1979 Kirby Masterworks portfolio. Re-inked by Joe Sinnott to be Magicman.

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Magicman! (Table of Contents: 1)

Magicman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Pete Costanza
Inks
Pete Costanza
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Cagliostro; Senator Loring
Synopsis
Magicman is the immortal son of the wizard Cagliostro. In the present day he joins the Army to fight in Viet Nam as PFC Tom Cargill and decides to use his magical abilities secretly as Magicman.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

reprint of first appearance and origin

The Case of the Young Old Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

Magicman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Pete Costanza
Inks
Pete Costanza
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magicman [Tom Cargill]; Sergeant Kilkenny; Colonel Blimpsworthy; Dr. Moeller
Synopsis
Tom Cargill's sergeant is suspected of being Magicman and is sent to solve a string of murders. The real Magicman tags along to help out.
Reprints

Fatman the Human Flying Saucer (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
C. C. Beck
Inks
C. C. Beck
Letters
?
Genre
humour; superhero
Characters
Fatman

Indexer Notes

House ad for an upcoming Fatman reprint series (never published?).

Sold American! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; reprint of 1950s ACG house ad showing covers of fourteen of their titles.

More than Just Comics! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover; house ad showing covers of eight current reprint titles publushed by ACG.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Magicman
  2. 1. Magicman!
    Magicman
  3. 2. The Case of the Young Old Men!
    Magicman
  4. 3. Fatman the Human Flying Saucer
    Fatman
  5. 4. Sold American!
    American Comics Group
  6. 5. More than Just Comics!
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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