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Book Five

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound

Credits

Penciller(s): Mike Dringenberg [as Q 87] (signed; credited in internal editorial); Parsonavich (inset)

Inker(s): Mike Dringenberg?; Parsonavich? (inset)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters

Character(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters[Bruce; Chuck; Clint; Jackie]

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Pages: 2

Notes: Wraparound cover; faux blurbs on back margin, á la Miller's "Ronin"
The art includes a miniature inset of Parsonavich's art from the "Hams-Tour '86" T-Shirt advertised in the previous issue. It appears here as a poster.

Good Points

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Catherine Yronwode

Letterer(s): typeset

Editor(s): Catherine Yronwode

Subject Matter

Genres: opinion

Feature(s): The Penumbra

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Pages: 1

Notes: This editorial lists all scheduled editorial assignments at Eclipse for 1987, noting that Letitia Glozer (Yronwode's sister) will be editing ARBBH.
This page also includes "On The Racks", a checklist of Eclipse publications that month.
Inside front cover

Inside this van are six crazed individuals...

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Don Chin

Penciller(s): Parsonavich

Inker(s): Parsonavich

Letterer(s): Sam Wray

Editor(s): Don Chin; Letitia Glozer

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters

Character(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters [Bruce; Chuck; Clint; Jackie]; The Pot-Luck Organization [Big Eddie Baxter; Billy B. Bibbit; Jacques D'Baux; Bobby Gorr; Mongo; Sister Mary Blister]; Warden Bullhead Baxter; The Heap (cameo); Master Lock; Parsonavich (cameo); Randi

Synopsis: While on the lam for destroying the Statue of Liberty, Clint finds Randi, a woman he had met at a concert. She convinces the boys to evade capture by removing their clothes and putting socks on their ears. The police then believe they are her dogs. The Pot-Luck Organization catches up to them at a Disney-style theme park. Continued next issue.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 27

Notes: Clint remembers meeting Randi at a Dead Kennedy's concert in New York during the song "Goons Of Hazard". The song is from their 1985 album "Frankenchrist" and by the time this comic was released their live performance schedule was being derailed by frivolous prosecution tied to that album. Their last live shows were played in early 1986 (followed by a studio album and compilation), so the conversation restricts the event to a period of a few months in late 1985/early 1986.

Houston Fantasy Fair

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Keith S. Wilson

Inker(s): Keith S. Wilson

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): Stan Lee, Larry Niven; Lockjaw

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Pages: 1

Notes: An ad for convention scheduled August 7-9, 1987. An original illustration shows Lee and Niven straining to hold Marvel character Lockjaw on a leash.

Howdy, Hamster-fans!...

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Don Chin

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: opinion

Feature(s): Hamster Droppings

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Pages: 1

Notes: Chin states that artist Parsonavich's real first name is Patrick, although it is frequently listed elsewhere as Chris (as at the Who's Who of American Comics site, last updated in 2006). Wikipedia currently identifies him as Patrick Parsons working with Chris Walker, but does not cite any source for this information. Chin himself said in an editorial in issue #2, "Parsonavich's first name isn't 'Chris', as has been indicated in Eclipse Comics flyers and in the press. It's simply Parsonavich... one word, four syllables." In the context of the tone of this series it could be presumed that this is self-mythologizing (in line with drawing themselves into the story). It could also be that all of his credits are collective pseudonyms for Parsons and Walker as a team (as in Gemini= Jim Starlin + Al Milgrom).

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Chuck Fiala; Chris Ware (uncredited); Michael T. Gilbert

Inker(s): Chuck Fiala; Chris Ware (uncredited); Michael T. Gilbert

Letterer(s): Chuck Fiala; typeset; Michael T. Gilbert

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Pages: 3

Notes: Ad for Fiala's "Bullet Crow" (Eclipse) 2-issue mini-series.
Ad for Ware's graphic novel "Floyd Farland, Citizen of the Future".
Ad for Gilbert's "Mr. Monster's Hi-Shock Schlock!".

The New T-Shirt!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Ty Templeton (unsigned; credited in internal editorial)

Inker(s): Ty Templeton

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters

Character(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters [Bruce; Chuck: Clint; Jackie]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Although this ad is B&W and does not mention color, this issue's editorial describes this shirt as being full color. It is also a different design from the shirt advertised in the previous issue.
Back issues featuring either Chin or the ARBBH are also offered.
Inside back cover