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Issue: Taboo #6
Publication Date: January 1992
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Issues: #6 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSpiderbaby Grafix & Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 126
ISBN:
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Price: $14.95 USD
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Content Items: 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Disclose Notes: Published in association with Tundra Publishing Ltd.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black & White Interior
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Paper Stock: Cardstock Cover
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Format Notes:  
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Deprivation

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Cru Zen (painting)
Inker(s): Cru Zen (painting)
Colorist(s): Cru Zen (painting)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title taken from Table of Contents.
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Baby's Portrait

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mark Nelson
Inker(s): Mark Nelson
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: According to the Table of Contents "Baby's Portrait" is "preproduction art for a story by Stephen R. Bissette and Mark Nelson scheduled for a future issue of Taboo."
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Inker(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cardinal Syn
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Table of Contents illustration features the character Cardinal Syn that has appeared in Stephen Bissette work from early issues of Taboo.
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Indicia] / ["Blood Monster" Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Features indicia, copyright information, and acknowledgements alongside the left two-thirds of the page. The right third features the introduction to the story "Blood Monster".
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Blood Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neil Gaiman
Penciller(s): Nancy O'Connor
Inker(s): Nancy O'Connor
Letterer(s): Mary Kelleher
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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"Through the Habitrails" Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Escape #1: "El Muerte"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Nicholson
Penciller(s): Jeff Nicholson
Inker(s): Jeff Nicholson
Letterer(s): Chad Woody (?)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Through The Habitrails
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Pages: 8
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Futile Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Nicholson
Penciller(s): Jeff Nicholson
Inker(s): Jeff Nicholson
Letterer(s): Chad Woody (?)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Through the Habitrails
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Pages: 11
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"The Catwoman Returns" Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Penciller(s): Charles Burns
Inker(s): Charles Burns
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Features a variety of spot illustrations of Charles Burns art, including a single panel strip titled "What's Wrong With This Picture?".
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The Catwoman Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Burns
Penciller(s): Charles Burns (fumetti art)
Inker(s): Charles Burns (fumetti art)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 20
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"Lost Girls" Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Printed on a thicker, yellow, textured paper stock.
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Book One: Older Children, Chapter Two: Silver Shoes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Melinda Gebbie (painting)
Inker(s): Melinda Gebbie (painting)
Colorist(s): Melinda Gebbie (painting)
Letterer(s): C. D. Alexander
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Feature(s): Lost Girls
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In Content Item: FlagLost Girls #1 published November 1995
as Chapter Two: Silver Shoes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLost Girls #1 [unnamed variant] published August 2006
as Chapter 2: Silver Shoes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Chapter Three: Missing Shadows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Melinda Gebbie (painting)
Inker(s): Melinda Gebbie (painting)
Colorist(s): Melinda Gebbie (painting)
Letterer(s): C. D. Alexander
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Feature(s): Lost Girls
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In Content Item: FlagLost Girls #1 published November 1995
as Chapter Three: Missing Shadows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLost Girls #1 [unnamed variant] published August 2006
as Chapter 3: Missing Shadows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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"Dolly & Withtina" Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Penciller(s): Rick Grimes
Inker(s): Rick Grimes
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Features "Little Hydrey" spot illustration by Rick Grimes.
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Dolly & Withtina

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Grimes
Penciller(s): Rick Grimes
Inker(s): Rick Grimes
Letterer(s): Rick Grimes
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 6
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"From Hell" Title Page

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Tenniel; Eddie Campbell
Inker(s): John Tenniel; Eddie Campbell
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes: from Punch (Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1842 series) (29 September 1888) [page 151 of Volume 95]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: With additional quotes by B. Catling and Ernest Budge.
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Chapter Five: The Nemesis of Neglect

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Eddie Campbell
Inker(s): Eddie Campbell
Letterer(s): Eddie Campbell
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical, horror
Feature(s): From Hell
Character(s): Clara Hitler; Alois Hitler; William Gull; John Netley; Joseph Merrick; Charles Warren; Polly Nichols; Liz Stride; Ann Sivvey; Dr. Llewellyn; Inspector Sprattley; Susan Gull
Synopsis: Gull commits the first murder, that of Polly Nichols
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In Content Item: FlagFrom Hell #3 [First Printing] published December 1993
as Chapter Five The Nemesis of Neglect [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFrom Hell #[nn] [First Printing] published November 1999
as Chapter Five: The Nemesis of Neglect [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 40
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"Holly's Story" Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen R. Bissette
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Holly's Story: Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Holly Gaiman
Penciller(s): Michael Zulli
Inker(s): Michael Zulli
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 6
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A Rotting Zombie Gives Captain Pissgums Some Swift Service... The Beer Flows Right Through Him

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Penciller(s): S. Clay Wilson
Inker(s): S. Clay Wilson
Letterer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, horror
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Pages: 1
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In a Far Away Ancient Land, a Rotting Zombie Buys a Fragment of the True Cross

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Penciller(s): S. Clay Wilson
Inker(s): S. Clay Wilson
Letterer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, horror
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Pages: 1
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The Sweeny Todd Penny Dreadful

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Credits
Writer(s): Neil Gaiman
Penciller(s): Michael Zulli
Inker(s): Michael Zulli
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Sweeny Todd
Synopsis: A promotional comic for the "Sweeny Todd" serial, planned to begin in Taboo #7. Features background and historical information by Neil Gaiman, historical illustrations, and preliminary sketches by Michael Zulli.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: A limited editions comic included in all pre-ordered copies of Taboo #6.
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MonsterMoods

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mark Martin (painting)
Inker(s): Mark Martin (painting)
Colorist(s): Mark Martin (painting)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Note on table of contents reads "from the upcoming MonsterMoods line".

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