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Issue: The Comics Journal #37
Publication Date: December 1977
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Issues: #37 of 279 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Circulation: 8000 copies
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black & white (#32-36); color covers; black & white interiors with occasional color (#37 & up)
Dimensions: tabloid (#32-36); standard magazine size (#37 - 287)
Paper Stock: newsprint (#32 - ?)
Binding: foldout tabloid (#32-36); saddle-stitched (#37 - 244); squarebound (#63; 100; 200; 210; 235; 245 & up)
Publishing Format: ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Aull (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Aull (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Aull (signed)
Letterer(s): Bob Aull (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That ist not in gut taste!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On page fifty-seven.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): NewsWatch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mediascene "Shoplifts" Superman Article

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Colin Dangaard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: On an apparently plagiarized article about the first Superman movie that showed up almost word for word in Mediascene 26. Includes samples of the original article and the one that showed up in Mediascene.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.79
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On Ethics and Fanzines

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.21
Disclose Notes: Continues on page seventeen.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): ViewPoints
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Gene Phillips, Paul Dushkind, Stephen Borer, Charlie D'Atri, Mike W. Barr, Gerald Duet
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Melchert
Subject Matter
Feature(s): ComicsReviews
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Thompson reviews Marvel Premiere 38. Melchert reviews Avengers Annual #7
Continued on page 36
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Ethics, from page 8

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.59
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Marvel's Fouled-Up Filmbook

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Judy Hunt [as JHunt] (signed)
Inker(s): Judy Hunt [as JHunt] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A negative review of Marvel's Star Wars comic adaptation.
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Pages: 1.59
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a single illustration.
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Avengers, from page 16

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Melchert
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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An Interview With Martin Pasko

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.96
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Chicago Comicon Report

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jenette Kahn (photo); Stan Lee (photo); Chris Claremont (photo); Chester Gould (photo)
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Pages: 2.69
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by three photos and a Chris Claremont cartoon by Tom Lineman. Continued on page 57
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Jenette Kahn

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Interview accompanied by the cartoon listed below.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jenette Kahn
First Line: Those go with the guy who's leaving, kid!
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: On page fifty-four.
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Muted Applause from Behind the Iron Curtain; EC Has the Last Laugh 30 Years Later

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Doc's Bookshelf
Synopsis: Commentary on comics scholarship from Eastern Europe concerning EC Comics; an evaluation of Tony Isabella's work
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.36
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That ist not in gut taste!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.29
Disclose Notes: Accompanies Dwight Decker's article. On page 57.
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Comicon, from page 55

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.35
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Dutch Comics: As American as Tulips and Windmills

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Underground Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
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Fanzine Reviews

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Fratz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fandom Review
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.66
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Parker; Aunt May; Robbie Robertson; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Doctor Doom; Henry Kissinger (unnamed); Yasser Arafat (unnamed)
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Reprint Notes: from Amazing Spider-Man Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.) (1977-01-09 - 1977-01-30)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Printed in reverse chronological order on pages 62-65 in the landscape format.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler; The Bionic Angel; Tillie; Mr. Bunt
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Howard the Duck Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.) (1977-06-12 - 1977-06-26) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Pages 66-68. Like with the previous sequence these are printed in reverse chronological order in the landscape format. In black & white except for the first page which is also the back cover.

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