(1990)
Marvel,
1990 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.95 USD
- Pages
- 88
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1990-07-31
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Epic Comics
- Brand
-
Epic Comics
- ISBN
-
0-87135-675-9
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Byron Preiss
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U. S.
- Binding
- Hardcover
Issue Notes
On Sale Date from Marvel Age #91
[no title indexed]
The Super Surfer / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); William Stout (painting)
- Colors
- William Stout (painting)
- Letters
- Alex Jay; Studio J
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Super Surfer; Mel
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Synopsis
- Self-caricature endpapers
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Harvey Kurtzman
Indexer Notes
Title page with photograph of Harvey Kurtzman.
My Strange Adventure With Harvey Kurtzman
text article / 1.5 pages
- Synopsis
- Hand-written introduction.
Ode To Harvey Kurtzman
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Harvey Kurtzman
- Synopsis
- What Harvey Kurtzman and his work meant to the young Robert Crumb and how he's influenced him since.
- Reprints
-
in Bastei Comic Edition (Bastei Verlag, 1990 series) #70525 - Harvey Kurtzmans absurde Abenteuer - in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #17 - Cave Wimp (July 2005)
- in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
-
in Les Cahiers de la BD (Vagator Productions, 2017 series) #1 (septembre 2017)
-
Schmegeggi Of The Cave Men
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); William Stout
- Inks
- William Stout
- Colors
- William Stout
- Letters
- William Stout
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Schmegeggi wants to bring progress to his tribe, but meets resistance to changing the old ways.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The Schmegeggi character is drawn as a prehistoric version of Kurtzman's Goodman Beaver character.
Captain Bleed
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); Sergio Aragonés
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés
- Colors
- Tom Luth
- Letters
- Sergio Aragonés
- Synopsis
- Captain Bleed is the most feared pirate on the seven seas, but he has a secret fear himself.
- Reprints
Drums Along The Schmohawk
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Colors
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Letters
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- There's trouble brewing in town and the Sheriff must see to it.
- Reprints
A Vampire Named Mel
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); Tom Bunk
- Inks
- Tom Bunk
- Colors
- Tom Bunk
- Letters
- Tom Bunk
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Can a vampire ever be truly safe from humanity?
- Reprints
Sassy, Come Home
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); Rick Geary
- Inks
- Rick Geary
- Colors
- Rick Geary
- Letters
- Rick Geary
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Just how is Sassy managing to be right on the scene whenever tragedy occurs?
- Reprints
The Super Surfer
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); Dave Gibbons
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons
- Colors
- Dave Gibbons
- Letters
- Dave Gibbons
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The Super Surfer is sick of a planet where everyone is super.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Dave Gibbons filled his pages with cameos by dozens of familiar characters. All the leads from the Watchmen can be spotted along with Judge Dredd, The Hulk, Firestorm, Captain America, Miracleman and many others.
Halloween or The Legend of Creepy Hollow
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); Sarah Downs
- Inks
- Sarah Downs
- Colors
- Sarah Downs
- Letters
- Sarah Downs
- Synopsis
- Teenage horror film pastiche.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
text article / 15 pages
- Synopsis
- Biographies of the artists involved in the book, and copies of Kurtzman's layouts from which they worked.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
- Characters
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Synopsis
- Repeat of the front endpapers.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (layout); William Stout
- Inks
- William Stout
- Colors
- William Stout
- Letters
- William Stout; typeset
- Synopsis
- Back cover illustration and typeset text.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Super Surfer -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
My Strange Adventure With Harvey Kurtzman
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5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
Ode To Harvey Kurtzman
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8.
Schmegeggi Of The Cave Men
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9.
Captain Bleed
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10.
Drums Along The Schmohawk
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11.
A Vampire Named Mel
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12.
Sassy, Come Home
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13.
The Super Surfer
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14.
Halloween or The Legend of Creepy Hollow
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15.
[no title indexed]
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16.
[no title indexed]
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17.
[no title indexed]
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- Mark Q
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