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Issue: The Comics Journal #40
Publication Date: June 1978
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Issues: #40 of 279 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1978
Volume:
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wit & Wisdom: Word Balloons
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Several satirical segments- "From Comic Books to Comic Books," "The Wisdom of Stan Lee," "Alan Light to TBG Subscriber: You Have Our Contempt," "Comic Book Badlands (Rated 'X'), "The Complete Book of Cartooning/ I am not a Cartoonist."
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Comics and Their Critics

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: In defense of fanzines, The Comics Journal and criticism.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.61
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: A good Hindu should not read a periodical that slaughters so many sacred cows!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.39
Disclose Notes: On page seven.
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): NewsWatch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.62
Disclose Notes: Headlines of note include: "Four New Reprint Books from DC," "Big Push on Marvel Magazines," "Gerber Off Howard Strip," "What if Marvel Ran Out of What If Premises?"
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (editor replies)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blood & Thunder
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Letters from Roy Thomas, Ward O Batty, Tony Robertson, Cat Yronwode, Bill Turner, Mike Friedrich, James S. Bahler, Bruce Shane, Bill Black, Jack Seabrook, Reed Sturdivant, Ken Riley, Howard R. Blakeslee

Accompanied by a single illustration.
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Creating a New Series for Marvel Comics: The Micronauts

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by three illustrations.
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Raymond Orkwis (credited); Jim Dawson (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comics Reviews
Synopsis: Thompson reviews Doctor Strange #29 and Marvel Premiere #41, highly praising the work of Tom Sutton- "Tom Sutton, the Unknown Artist;" Orkwis reviews Warren's 1984 #1- "You Get a Big Delight in Every Bite or Why Comic Books Can Lead to Cavities;" Dawson reviews Marvel's The Defenders #46-60- "Kraftmanship and the Defenders;" Edelman surveys Don McGregor's career and reviews his Dragonflame book- "McGregor's Rage"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Disclose Notes: Includes the splash page from Dr. Strange #29 (1978). Also includes an illustration of The Defenders by Herring and an illustration by Paul Gulacy.
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1984- Illustrated Adult Fantasy- A Warren Publication

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Cartoon accompanying Raymond Orkwis's 1984 review on page thirty one.
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Art Spiegelman From Maus to Now

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Between the Panels
Synopsis: A highly positive review of Spiegelman's Breakdowns book.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes a few sample Spiegelman panels.
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An Interview With Marvel's Head-Honcho: Jim Shooter

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.45
Disclose Notes: Conducted in Shooter's Marvel office on February 16, 1978. Accompanied by a photo and two illustrations, one by Dennis Fujitake, one by Gene Colan of Dr. Strange.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: Uh...er, Mr. Shooter?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.05
Disclose Notes: Accompanies the Jim Shooter interview on pages 38-39.
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Far Away is Close at Hand in Images of Elsewhere

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Doc's Bookshelf
Synopsis: A Christmas trip to Copenhagen, Berlin (both East and West), Wurzburg and London, recounting what comics he encounters along the way.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a cartoon and two small size images from the UK's Beano magazine.
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeffrey H. Wasserman (credited); ? [as The Editors] (intro)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jāch Spake!
Synopsis: In this debut column, reviews of the first issue of the Sheldon Mayer fanzine Glx Sptzl Glaah!, Superfolks, a novel by Robert Mayer, and a greatest hits album by the Doonesbury character Jimmy Thudpucker that includes an eight-page comic.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Continued on page 57.
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Old Pros and Safety Pins- Underground Comix in 1977

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Underground Comix
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.61
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Doonesbury, from page 54

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeffrey H. Wasserman (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.18
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R.B.C.C.

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fandom Review
Synopsis: A comprehensive, generally negative review of the Rocket Blast Comic Collector fanzine looking at each of the main features.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.82
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Space Opera is Alive and Well in Star Hunters

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Catalano (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Afoot in the Airlock- Science Fiction in Review
Synopsis: Review of DC's Starhunter series by David Michelinie and various artists.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.5
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by five artwork samples from the series.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yasser Arafat (unnamed); Henry Kissinger (unnamed)
First Line: I offered to crush terrorism- to bring peace to the world!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Amazing Spider-Man Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.) (1977-02-27)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed in the landscape format on page 72.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Pop Syke
First Line: His digits dancing over the computer keyboard, Howard transforms Pop Syke's "$uce$$" L.E.D. display into:
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Reprint Notes: from Howard the Duck Sunday (The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.) (1977-07-24)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed in the landscape format on page 73.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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