(October 2009)
Evil Twin Comics,
2008 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 44
- On-sale Date
- 2009-11-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Evil Twin Comics
- Brand
- Evil Twin Comics
- Barcode
- 649241867777
[no title indexed]
Comic Book Comics / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Jack Kirby; Stan Lee; Snowy; Tintin; Steve Ditko
Indexer Notes
Parody of cover to Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics, 1961 series) #1.
Legalese!
Comic Book Comics / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
-
in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.] which is reprinted - in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2016 series) #1 (November 2016)
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Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. List of the copyrights and trademarks featured in this issue.
Crime Oh Man, Does It Pay!
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Charles Biro; Josef Stalin; Vladimir Lenin; Bob Wood; Mr. Coffee Nerves; Mr. Crime
- Synopsis
- Recounts how Charles Biro helped launch a wave of crime comics, but was himself eventually arrested for murder.
- Reprints
- from Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology (Evil Twin Comics, 2007 series) (October 2007)
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
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Tales to Marvel (at)
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Galactus [Galan]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Jack Kirby; Stan Lee; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Mister Miracle; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Patsy Walker; Watcher [Uatu]; Martin Goodman; Metaa; Jack Liebowitz; Joan Lee; Steve Ditko; Ryan Dunlavey; Alfred Hitchcock; Federico Fellini; Gil Kane; Ayn Rand
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of Marvel Comics in the 1960s and the special attention Stan Lee received from the media, at the cost of his working relationship with Kirby, while Ditko's objectivist outlook likewise drove him from the company.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
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The Texas Mafia!
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Jack Jackson; Chet Helms; Gilbert Shelton
- Synopsis
- Recounts how the underground comic book movement began.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
-
Feed Your Head
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: Freewheelin' Franklin Freek; Fat Freddy Freekowtski; Phineas T. Phreak
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Robert Crumb; Frankenstein's monster; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Mr. Weatherbee; Spain Rodriguez; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Art Spiegelman; Zippy the Pinhead; Harvey Kurtzman; Dracula; Creature From the Black Lagoon; Mummy; Wolfman; John Cleese; Gloria Steinem; Janis Joplin; Don Donahue; Max Fleischer; Men in Black - Synopsis
- Recounts the career of Robert Crumb and the rise of other underground cartoonists.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
-
Heavy Mettle
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Asterix; Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Jack Kirby; Stan Lee; Master Man; MODOK [George Tarleton]; Mickey Mouse; Obelix; Red Skull [Johann Shmidt]; Luke Skywalker; Snowy; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Tintin; Uncle Sam; Raymond Leblanc; Blueberry; Mr. Crime; John Belushi; Harvey Kurtzman
- Synopsis
- Recounts stories of the French comic book marketplace from Tintin to Metal Hurlant and how while US comics fell out of favor in France, the French influence opened up a space for creator-owned comic books in the USA.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
-
[no title indexed]
Action Philosophers! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Van Lente
- Pencils
- Ryan Dunlavey
- Inks
- Ryan Dunlavey
- Colors
- Ryan Dunlavey
- Letters
- Ryan Dunlavey
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The More Than Complete Action Philosophers!
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Comic Book Comics -
1.
Legalese!
Comic Book Comics -
2.
Crime Oh Man, Does It Pay!
Comic Book Comics -
3.
Tales to Marvel (at)
Comic Book Comics -
4.
The Texas Mafia!
Comic Book Comics -
5.
Feed Your Head
Comic Book Comics -
6.
Heavy Mettle
Comic Book Comics -
7.
Next Issue!
Comic Book Comics -
8.
["The More Than Complete Action Philosophers!"]
Action Philosophers!
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- Shad Z. Daly
- Michael Hoskin
- John Pannozzi
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