Sabre [First Printing]
(August 1978)

Eclipse, 1978 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
6.00 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1978
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Eclipse Enterprises
Printer
CSA Printing & Bindery, Inc., Lakemont, GA
Editing
?
Color
brown and white cover; black and white interior
Dimensions
20.9 x 28cm
Paper Stock
cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot graphic novel

Issue Notes

First direct sale graphic novel.
For 3rd printing (10th Anniversary Edition) see https://www.comics.org/issue/411709/
For 4th printing (20th Anniversary Edition) see https://www.comics.org/issue/2254191/
For 5th printing (30th Anniversary Edition) see https://www.comics.org/issue/2618891/

The backs of some later Eclipse comics list this issue as #1 in the Eclipse Graphic Album Series, but it is not listed that way in the book itself.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sabre / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Paul Gulacy (signed as Gulacy)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (signed as Gulacy)
Colors
?

Genre
adventure
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

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

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


A Word from the Publisher... (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jan Mullaney (signed); Dean Mullaney (signed)
Letters
typeset

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

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


[Credits] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
?, typeset

[Copyright Page] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 6)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Gulacy
Inks
Paul Gulacy
Letters
?

[dedication] (Table of Contents: 7)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited, signed)
Pencils
Jon Zimmerman (credited as D. Jon Zimmerman) (photograph)
Inks
Jon Zimmerman (credited as D. Jon Zimmerman) (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Don McGregor (photograph); Lauren Christine McGregor (photograph)
Reprints

Slow Fade of an Endangered Species (Table of Contents: 8)

Sabre / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited)
Pencils
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (credited); P. Craig Russell (sourced) (pages 25, 29, 31, 32, 37)
Letters
Annette Kawecki (credited)

Genre
adventure
Reprints

Indexer Notes

In the introduction to the 10th anniversary edition it is revealed that P. Craig Russell had a hand inking the story. He inked all or portions of pages "31, 35, 37, 38 & 43" which should convert to pages 25, 29, 31, 32 & 37 of the story using the page numbers of the anniversary edition.

Afterword (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited, signed)
Letters
typeset

Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sabre
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. A Word from the Publisher...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [Credits]
  6. 5. [Copyright Page]
  7. 6. [Title Page]
  8. 7. [dedication]
  9. 8. Slow Fade of an Endangered Species
    Sabre
  10. 9. Afterword
This issue was modified by, among others
  • mike clark
  • Peter Frickinger
  • Jason Sacks
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Dan Stevenson