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Issue: Cerebus #4
Publication Date: June 1978
 
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Publisher: FlagAardvark-Vanaheim
Indicia Publisher: Aardvark Press
On Sale Date: 1978
Volume: 1
Pages: 28
ISBN:
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Price: $1.00 CAD
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Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Denise Loubert (publisher)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interiors
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Face-to-Waist With Elrod

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Dave Sim
Dave Sim
Dave Sim
Dave Sim
Subject Matter
fantasy
Cerebus
Cerebus; Elrod
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Miscellaneous
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Death's Dark Tread

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Sim
Dave Sim
Dave Sim
Dave Sim
Subject Matter
fantasy
Cerebus
Cerebus; Elrod of Melvinbone; Death
In Serrea, a drunken Cerebus chances upon a valuable gem. He believes his luck has taken an upturn, but the jewel is actually the Chaos Gem, and Death wants it for itself. Death begins sending monsters at Cerebus to herd him towards his doom, but Cerebus is too strong-willed. Seeking a weaker mind, Death finds Elrod of Melvinbone, prince of a distant people (and an arrogant buffoon). Elrod manages to get himself and Cerebus thrown in a dungeon, but Cerebus manages to escape, happily leaving Elrod behind to rot. Sensing the gem is the cause of all these troubles, Cerebus tosses it down a well.
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Miscellaneous
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The first appearance of Elrod of Melvinbone, who talks like Foghorn Leghorn, and is a parody of Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone.

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