Comic Reader
#196
(November 1981)
Street Enterprises,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 64
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Street Enterprises
- Brand
-
ST
- Editing
- Jerome L. Sinkovec (Publisher); Michael Tiefenbacher (Managing Editor)
Issue Notes
The front cover features Dominic Fortune, The Spirit, and Doc Savage by Mike Mignola; the back cover features The Sorcerer by Bob Layton.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
Episode 94
Captain Kentucky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You see this?!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Bingham, Captain Kentucky (aka Lancelot Pertwillaby), Muhammad Ali
- Synopsis
- When Muhammad Ali visits Louisville, Captain Kentucky does the unthinkable and challenges him to the fight of the century.
Indexer Notes
Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
Episode 95
Captain Kentucky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a last-ditch bid to achieve the fame that has so long eluded him, a determined, if rather foolish, Captain Kentucky is at the Hyatt-Regency attempting to goad Muhammad Ali into a grudge match!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Kentucky, Muhammad Ali
- Synopsis
- After an exchange of colorful and rhyming words, Muhammad Ali and Captain Kentucky agree to fight. The one caveat? To Captain Kentucky's dismay, no artificial powers are allowed.
Indexer Notes
Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
[no title indexed]
Bullet Crow, Fowl of Fortune / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It sure is nice that Edmond Eagle has been totally rehabilitated!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bullet Crow, Phantom Bunny, Coronary Canary, Edmond Eagle
- Synopsis
- While catching some rays atop the observatory, Phantom Bunny and Bullet Crow discuss the rehabilitation of the nefarious Edmond Eagle. Meanwhile, Edmond is inside beating up Coronary Canary.
- Reprints
-
in Bullet Crow, Fowl of Fortune (Eclipse, 1987 series) #2 (April 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Strip #031
[no title indexed]
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The whole city driven indoors by Mxyzptlk's plague of bees, if there were only something I could do!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk
- Synopsis
- After vanquishing Mr. Mxyzptlk’s plague of bees from Metropolis, Superman is forced to help Mxyzptlk get a top chef’s job at an exclusive restaurant. What could go wrong?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1945.
[no title indexed]
The Seekers / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Strips R232-R247. Phillip Douglas credited as writer with strip R240, which begins "Hoop of Fire."
The Groomgate Killer; The Aphrodite Affair
Paul Temple / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from Paul Temple daily (London Evening News) 1970-??-?? - 1970-04-28
- from Paul Temple daily (London Evening News) 1970-04-29 - 1970-05-??
Indexer Notes
Strips 69-81, 1-11. "The Aphrodite Affair" begins in these strips (with #1).
Episode 96
Captain Kentucky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ladeez and gennelmin... yer attenshun pleez...
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Kentucky, Muhammad Ali
- Synopsis
- Muhammad Ali and Captain Kentucky step into the ring and prepare for the fight of this, or any the century.
Indexer Notes
Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
Episode 97
Captain Kentucky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- CK has gotten his long-sought chance at world fame; but our champion of truth and justice has reasoned that to fight Ali with his super powers would be unfair!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Kentucky, Muhammad Ali
- Synopsis
- Round One begins! Muhammad Ali and Captain Kentucky duke it out in the ring. After taking a vicious beating, Captain Kentucky cheats and secretly consumes a vial of “octa-hexa-glop” super serum to regain his superpowers.
Indexer Notes
Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
Marvel Express
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi there! Do I look familiar?
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Nova, the Wasp (cameo), Cyclops (cameo), the Hulk (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Nova, with the help of the Wasp, Cyclops, and the Hulk, promotes the benefits of the incredible Marvel Express card. Don't leave home without it.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
Episode 94
Captain Kentucky -
2.
Episode 95
Captain Kentucky -
3.
["It sure is nice that Edmond Eagle has been totally rehabilitated!"]
Bullet Crow, Fowl of Fortune -
4.
["The whole city driven indoors by Mxyzptlk's plague of bees, if there were only something I could do!"]
Superman -
5.
[no title indexed]
The Seekers -
6.
The Groomgate Killer; The Aphrodite Affair
Paul Temple -
7.
Episode 96
Captain Kentucky -
8.
Episode 97
Captain Kentucky -
9.
Marvel Express
This issue was modified by
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Thomas Jan
- SJ Orzel
- Jim Van Dore
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