(November 1990)

Dark Horse, 1990 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
14.95 USD; 17.95 CAD
Pages
204
On-sale Date
1990-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]
ISBN
1-878574-15-9 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Diana Schultz
Color
color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions
8.5" x 11"
Binding
trade paperback
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Collects Deadface (Harrier, 1987 series) #1-8.

Althougt in the front cover just has "Deadface"; in the spine, title page and indicia indicates that the full title is "Deadface: Immortality Isn't Forever".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bacchus / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddie Campbell (painted; signed)
Inks
Eddie Campbell (painted; singed)
Colors
Eddie Campbell (painted; signed)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bacchus
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Indexer Notes

Cover dated "90".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes details from a illustration of "drop blood" by a unkown artist.

Deadface: Immortality Isn't Forever (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page of the book.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Credits and indicia of the book.

But What Has That to do With Bacchus? (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I want to talk about Eddie Campbell.
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Indexer Notes

Original introduction for the book. Dated August 19, 1990 in Sussex, England.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For you

Indexer Notes

Dedication page done by Campbell with the text: "For you".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Bacchus is Back (Table of Contents: 7)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell
Pencils
Eddie Campbell
Inks
Eddie Campbell
Letters
Eddie Campbell; Woodrow Phoenix

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Deadface!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bacchus (first appearance, origin, also in flashback); Birdy (first appearance); Joe Theseus (first appearance); Jeannie (first appearance); Zeus (flashback); Hermes (flashback); Jim (first appearance); Simpson (first appearance); Frank McBride (first appearance, death); Mara (first appearance); Edna (first appearance, death); Giorgio (first appearance, death); The Eyeball Kid (first appearance, cameo)
Synopsis
Joe Theseus puts out a hit on Bacchus.
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Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 4 of "Immortality Isn't Forever" storyline. The story is dated "86" in the credits.

The artwork in this edition is slightly altered from the original Deadface comic published by Harrier, although all the panels featuring Bacchus are modified. The changes are done for this edition.

Here's Lookin' at Ya (Table of Contents: 8)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Inks
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Letters
Eddie Campbell (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Did you know...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bacchus (also in flashback); Simpson; Crispin (first appearance); Hermes (flashback); Hades (flashback); The Eyeball Kid (first full appearance, also in flashback, origin); Joe Theseus (also in flashback); Jeannie; Herakles (flashback); Argus (flashback); Hera (flashback, dead); Zeus (flashback, dead)
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Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 4 of "Immortality Isn't Forever" storyline. The Story is dated "Nov. 1986" in the credits.

The artwork in this edition is slightly altered from the original Deadface comic published by Harrier, although all the panels featuring Bacchus are modified. The changes are done for this edition.

Dead Men Tell Funny Stories (Table of Contents: 9)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Inks
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Letters
Eddie Campbell (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Bacchus! This local beer has real body, eh?!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bacchus (also in flashback); Simpson; Crispin; Joe Theseus (also in flashback); Jeannie; Minos (flashback, death); Poseidon (flashback); Pasiphae (flashback); Daedalus (flashback); Minotaur (flashback, death); Herakles (flashback); Ariadne (flashback); The Eyeball Kid
Synopsis
Bacchus puts together the plane crash in Belize and Joe Theseus. Bacchus recounts his long standing grudge against Theseus and Theseus' battle with the Minotaur.
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Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 4 of "Immortality Isn't Forever" storyline. The story is dated "Feb-Mar. 87" in the credits.

The artwork in this edition is slightly altered from the original Deadface comic published by Harrier, although all the panels featuring Bacchus are modified. The changes are done for this edition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Inks
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Letters
Eddie Campbell (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Clean the pool - First, turn on the water-pump.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Joe Theseus; The Eyeball Kid (also in flashback); Contessa (first appearance); Hera (flashback, death); Zeus (flashback, death); Herakles (flashback, death); Apollo (flashback, death); Ares (flashback, death); Athena (flashback, death); Artemis (flashback, death); Bacchus; Simpson; Crispin
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Indexer Notes

Part 4 of 4 of "Immortality Isn't Forever" storyline. The story is dated "87" in the credits.

The story is divided in four parts: "Part One: Joe Theseus's Story" (4 pages); "Interlude: The Storming of Olympus" (11 pages); "Part Two: Bacchus in Mexico" (8 pages) and "P.S. Joe and Kid Again" (1 page).

The artwork in this edition is slightly altered from the original Deadface comic published by Harrier, although all the panels featuring Bacchus are modified. The changes are done for this edition.

Business as Usual (Table of Contents: 11)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (layouts); Ilya (signed as Ed Hillyer)
Inks
Ilya (signed as Ed Hillyer)
Letters
Eddie Campbell (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Immortality isn't forever"; after four thousand years,...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Joe Theseus (also in flashback); The Eyeball Kid (also in flashback); Birdy; Bacchus (also in flashback); Simpson; Captain Ledovicz (first appearance); Chryson (first appearance); Chalcon (first appearance); Herakles (flashback); Pirithous (flashback); Phaedra (flashback); Asclepius (flashback); Hephaestus (flashback); Euthanasia (first appearance); Enzo (first appearance); Argyron (first appearance)
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Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 4 of "The God of Business" storyline. The story is dated "87" in the credits.

The next appearance of Bacchus and Simpson is in Bacchus (Harrier, 1988 series) #1.

The White Knight (Table of Contents: 12)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (layouts); Ilya (signed as Ed Hillyer)
Inks
Ilya (signed as Ed Hillyer)
Letters
Eddie Campbell (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The mantles of the gods have been passed down to a bunch of scallywags.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Eyeball Kid (also in flashback); James Dalrymple (first appearance); Chryson; Chalcon; Argyron; Euthanasia; Cronos (flashback); Poseidon (flashback); Rhea (flashback); Adrasteia (flashback); Zeus (flashback); Hades (flashback); Hermes (flashback); Charon (flashback); Persephone (flashback); Demeter (flashback); Minthe (flashback); Leuce (flashback); Stygian Leech (first appearance, flashback); Joe Theseus (also in flashback); Virginia (first appearance); Joe's Son (first appearance); Captain Ledovicz; Birdy
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Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 4 of "The God of Business" storyline. The story is dated "87" in the credits.

Still Life (Table of Contents: 13)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (layouts); Ilya (signed as Ed Hillyer)
Inks
Ilya (signed as Ed Hillyer)
Letters
Eddie Campbell (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm a chair.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Eyeball Kid (also in flashback); Joe Theseus (also in flashback); Stygian Leech (origin, also in flashback); Virginia (also in flashback); Joe's Son (death); Birdy (death); Chryson; Chalcon; Argyron; Euthanasia; Captain Ledovicz; James Dalrymple (death)
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Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 4 of "The God of Business" storyline. The story is dated "88" in the credits.

The Joe Theseus Interview (He´s Got A Lot To Answer For) (Table of Contents: 14)

Bacchus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (layouts); Ilya (signed as Todd Gesicht)
Inks
Ilya (signed as Todd Gesicht)
Letters
Eddie Campbell (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jane - You didn't lock the door... old hatched-face will have a fit!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Joe Theseus (also in flashback); Virginia (death); Captain Ledovicz; Yanna Varta (first appearance); Poseidon (flashback); Bacchus (flashback); The Eyeball Kid (also in flashback); Chryson; Chalcon; Euthanasia (death); Harry (first appearance)
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Indexer Notes

Part 4 of 4 of "The God of Business" storyline. The story is dated "88" in the credits.

The next appearance of The Eyeball Kid is in Cheval Noir (Dark Horse, 1989 series) #3 and for Joe Theseus in Deadface: Earth, Water, Air and Fire (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?

Indexer Notes

Deatails from a illustration of "drop blood" by a unkown artist.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Bacchus / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddie Campbell (painted; signed)
Inks
Eddie Campbell (painted; signed)
Colors
Eddie Campbell (painted; signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Joe Theseus; The Eyeball Kid

Indexer Notes

Back cover of the book. New illustration of Eddie Campbell with quotes from Simon Locke; Nancy Collins and Neil Gaiman.

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Bacchus
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Deadface: Immortality Isn't Forever
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. But What Has That to do With Bacchus?
  6. 5. ["For you"]
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Bacchus is Back
    Bacchus
  9. 8. Here's Lookin' at Ya
    Bacchus
  10. 9. Dead Men Tell Funny Stories
    Bacchus
  11. 10. ["Clean the pool - First, turn on the water-pump."]
    Bacchus
  12. 11. Business as Usual
    Bacchus
  13. 12. The White Knight
    Bacchus
  14. 13. Still Life
    Bacchus
  15. 14. The Joe Theseus Interview (He´s Got A Lot To Answer For)
    Bacchus
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Bacchus
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  • Peter Croome
  • Jochen G.
  • Kauldi Gilibert
  • Steven Samuels