(July 2003)

About Comics, 2003 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
11.95 USD
Pages
236
On-sale Date
2003
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
About Comics
Brand
About Comics
ISBN
0-9716338-2-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780971633827 51195
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
?
Color
color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions
5.5 in. x 7.875 in.
Paper Stock
bond interiors; stiff glossy covers
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Collects The Liberty Project (Eclipse, 1987 Series) and Total Eclipse: The Seraphim Objective (Eclipse, 1988 Series). In the Afterward, Kurt Busiek notes "this reprinting is not exactly archival -- in addition to printing in black-and-white and at a smaller size. we've taken a few liberties, moving the occasional caption for better reading flow, and changing a little dialogue here and there. Back then we referred to characters from other Eclipse comics within the book -- DNAgents, The Masked Man, Airboy, Miracleman -- with an eye to possible crossovers or guest appearances, but since those series are all owned by others, we removed the references here, replacing them with names James [Fry] and I do own ... The only outside references we did keep were to Airboy and the related characters -- Valkyrie, Skywolf and so on -- since they were the only ones to actually appear in the pages printed here, and we were able to secure legal permission to reprint their appearances."
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Liberty Project / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Fry (credited)
Inks
Andrew Pepoy (credited)
Colors
Tom Luth (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project
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[Blank Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover is blank.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

I Fought The Law (Table of Contents: 3)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project [Slick [Nicholas Walcek]; Cimarron [Rosalita Vasquez]; Crackshot [Lee Alexander Clayton]; Burnout [Beatrice Keogh]]; Wayne Linnier; Johnny Savage
Reprints

Savage Rules O.K.! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project [Slick; Cimarron; Crackshot; Burnout]; Wayne Linnier; Johnny Savage
Reprints

We Gotta Get Out of This Place (Table of Contents: 5)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project [Slick; Cimarron; Crackshot; Burnout]; Wayne Linnier; Becker; Wranglers [Buckaroo; Gringo; Homeboy; Bohunk; Bluejean] (introduction); Johnny Savage (joins)
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Playing Nice (Table of Contents: 6)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project [Slick; Burnout; Cimarron; Crackshot; Johnny Savage]; Dr. Wayne Linnier; Howard Becker; Wranglers [Bluejean; Buckaroo; Bohunk; Homeboy; Gringo]; The Seraphim [Aliff; Znaid; Krul; Dofan; Trill; Trell]
Reprints

How to Take Over a Planet Part One (Table of Contents: 7)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project [Slick; Burnout; Cimarron; Crackshot; Johnny Savage]; Dr. Wayne Linnier; Howard Becker; The Seraphim [Aliff; Znaid; Krul; Dofan; Trill; Trell]
Reprints

Misery and Gin (Table of Contents: 8)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
Richard Howell (credited)
Inks
Richard Howell; Stan Woch (credited as Woch) (Valkyrie's face)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cimarron; Valkyrie; Airboy II; Hirota; Misery
Reprints
Keywords
Airtomb

Smooth Sailing (Table of Contents: 9)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project [Slick; Burnout; Cimarron; Crackshot; Johnny Savage]; Dr. Wayne Linnier; Howard Becker; Znaid
Reprints

Rebel Rebel (Table of Contents: 10)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Doug Hazlewood (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Project [Slick; Burnout; Cimarron; Crackshot]; Johnny Savage (dies); Dr. Wayne Linnier; Howard Becker
Reprints

Total Eclipse: A Seraphim Digression (Table of Contents: 11)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our next chapter is "The Seraphim Objective," but since it was part of a larger story ...

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the following story which was part of a large Eclipse crossover event.

The Seraphim Objective (Table of Contents: 12)

The Liberty Project / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
James Fry (credited as James W. Fry)
Inks
Sam de la Rosa (credited); Russ Sever (assist)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Editing
Fred Burke (credited) (original editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Liberty Project [Burnout; Slick; Cimarron; Crackshot]; The Heap; Airboy; Valkyrie; The Seraphim [Aliff; Znaid; Krul; Dofan; Trill; Trell]; Zzed; Misery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is a tie-in to Total Eclipse occurring between Total Eclipse #2 and #3. The Liberty Project appears next in Jack Kirby's TeenAgents (Topps, 1993 series) #3.

And in Case You Want to Know How It All Worked Out... (Table of Contents: 13)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The celestial alignment happened.

Indexer Notes

Text summary of what happened after the last story.

Afterword: Memories of Liberty (Table of Contents: 14)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Comments by Kurt Busiek about the original series and the project to produce a reprint book after all the original art and production material had been lost or destroyed. Dated June 2003 by Busiek.

[Check Out Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

About Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Blank Page] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover is blank.

Criminals with Superpowers. (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

The Liberty Project / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Liberty Project
  2. 1. [Blank Page]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. I Fought The Law
    The Liberty Project
  5. 4. Savage Rules O.K.!
    The Liberty Project
  6. 5. We Gotta Get Out of This Place
    The Liberty Project
  7. 6. Playing Nice
    The Liberty Project
  8. 7. How to Take Over a Planet Part One
    The Liberty Project
  9. 8. Misery and Gin
    The Liberty Project
  10. 9. Smooth Sailing
    The Liberty Project
  11. 10. Rebel Rebel
    The Liberty Project
  12. 11. Total Eclipse: A Seraphim Digression
  13. 12. The Seraphim Objective
    The Liberty Project
  14. 13. And in Case You Want to Know How It All Worked Out...
  15. 14. Afterword: Memories of Liberty
  16. 15. [Check Out Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers]
    About Comics
  17. 16. [Blank Page]
  18. 17. Criminals with Superpowers.
    The Liberty Project
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