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Issue: Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters #8
Publication Date: October 1987
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Issues: #8 of 9 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEclipse
Brand: Eclipse Comics [in box]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Eclipse Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Letitia Glozer
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: started as one-shot, became ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sam Kieth (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Kieth (signed)
Colorist(s): Sam Kieth ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Character(s): Clint; Chuck; Toe-Jam Monster
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The characters have been identified by the cover's proximity to the events on page ten, although Clint's mohawk and visor are not discernible on the cover. They could arguably be Jackie and Chuck (and the monster).
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Let's Talk About You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Catherine Yronwode
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Catherine Yronwode
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): The Penumbra
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Numerous readers briefly identify themselves.
This page also includes "On The Racks", a checklist of that month's Eclipse publications.
Inside front cover
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Secret Separation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Chin
Penciller(s): Sam Kieth
Inker(s): Sam De La Rosa; Russ Sever
Letterer(s): Kurt Hathaway
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Character(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters [Bruce; Chuck; Clint; Jackie]; Infidel Castro (on screen); Toe-Jam Monster? (in silhouette); Don Pastabelli (off panel)
Synopsis: Bruce's body is found by his brothers, who fail to revive him. When they leave to mourn, the medical lab is cut off and a hulking figure works feverishly over Bruce's body. Castro leaves and an alarm sounds, forcing Chuck, Clint and Jackie to evacuate without their brother's body. The undersea complex explodes and the brothers are separated. Jackie is marooned on an island. Chuck is picked up by a Russian ship. Clint is picked up by a mafia crime lord.
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Pages: 20
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for The Collector's Edition offering Eclipse licensed merchandise.
Mail order ad for LiDo Unlimited offering licensed merchandise for The Far Side, Bloom County, Calvin and Hobbes and Don Chin products.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ken Macklin; Rick Burchett; James Fry
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dr. Watchstop in Fusion: "Time's a'wastin-- Pick it up."
Ad for Man Of War w/cover of #1
Ad for The Liberty Project w/cover of #'s 1 through 5
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Ronnie & Gorby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Martin
Penciller(s): Mark Martin
Inker(s): Mark Martin
Letterer(s): Mark Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ronnie [Ronald Reagan as Eagle]; Gorby [Mikhail Gorbachev as Bear]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: A second comic strip ("Puzzlin' Evidence") runs along the bottom of each page.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Top Of The News
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This page is a mock-up of a newspaper page in which all the "articles" promote Eclipse products and events. Marked October 1987.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Totleben
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miracleman
Character(s): Miracleman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Miracleman series. Inside back cover
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Lyle
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strike!
Character(s): Strike
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Strike!#3. Back cover

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