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Issue: The Comics Journal #39
Publication Date: April 1978
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Issues: #39 of 279 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1978
Volume:
Pages: 92
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Paid circulation: 9000
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a single illustration. Continued on page twenty-three.
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Wit & Wisdom: Word Balloons

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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: 3.5
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blood & Thunder
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4.77
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mike Gold, Raymond Orkwis, Clay Geerdes, Roy Thomas, Bill Mantlo, Markalan Joplin, Charles David Haskell, Paul Daly

Accompanied by an illustration apiece by Fujitake and Herring.
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Editorial, from Page 7

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.32
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An Interview With DC's Boy Wonder: Paul Levitz

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Paul Levitz (photo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.5
Disclose Notes: Interview conducted November 27, 1976 at the New York Creation Con and December 30, 1977 at Paul Levitz's home.

Accompanied by a full-page illustration of his Stalker character, an uncredited portrait photo and snd several small-size samples of his DC work.
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Superman vs. Ali

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
Character(s): Muhammad Ali
Synopsis: Two reviews of All-New Collectors' Edition #C-56 Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. Groth's is round one: 'Punch Drunk Pap." Koehn's is round two: DC Comics- TKO
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by an illustration by Hunt and several small-size art samples from the book.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Dawson [as J. Dawson]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comics Reviews
Synopsis: Thompson reviews the first issues of Machine Man, Spider-Woman and Devil Dinosaur: "Spider-Woman: incest in the Marvel Family;" "From Dinosaurs to Robots, Kirby Strikes Out Again." Philips reviews All-New Collectors' Edition #C-55 Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: "An Overpriced Underachievement." Dawson reviews Showcase #101- "Reviving Cliches."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Cimmerican

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Dawson
Penciller(s): John Bacon
Inker(s): John Bacon
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Remarks on the decline of the Conan the Barbarian comic in verse form.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.65
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a single illustration.
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Those Dizzney Years- Where'd They Go?

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Wesley Kobylak
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Reminiscing about reading Disney comics as a kid.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a single illustration.
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Mediocrescene

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A takedown of Steranko's Mediascene magazine.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The San Francisco Comix Scene

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Underground Comix
Character(s): Gary Hallgren (photo); Dan O'Neill (photo); Shary Flenniken (photo); Kevin Brady (photo); Ted Richards (photo); Larry Welz (photo); Dave Sheridan (as David Sheridan) (photo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.74
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by three photos, one taken at the Underground '76 Celebration.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Tillie
First Line: You're sure you won't join us for a burger, Tillie?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Howard the Duck Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.) (1977-07-31) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On page eighty-five
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yasser Arafat (unnamed)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Amazing Spider-Man Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.) (1977-02-06 - 1977-02-20)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: On pages eighty-eight to ninety.
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The Spider-Man Myth

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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