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Issue: The Comics Journal #45
Publication Date: March 1979
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Issues: #45 of 279 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1979
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Joe Staton Superman/Christopher Reeve cover. Also includes a Superman the Movie review by Dwight Decker.
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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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Movin' Up and Movin' Out

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Back in 1976, Fantagraphics made its bid to revolutionize the comics adzine market...
Synopsis: A recap of the publication's history and its new monthly schedule.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by an illustration.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): NewsWatch
Synopsis: Headlines of note: "Marvel Hopeful About Weirdworld;" "Marvel Trims Line Again," "Marvel Revolution in England," "Kiss Scores, Beatles Bomb," "DC: Cautious Expansion," "DC: Digests Planned"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.18
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a spot illustration of Thor and several small-size cover reproductions.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ricky Livingston (signed); T. Herzog (signed)
Inker(s): Ricky Livingston (signed); Doug H. (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blood & Thunder
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.22
Disclose Notes: Letters from Peter B. Gillis, Doug Moench, Bob Haney, Bob Fleming, Leonard Rifas, Daniel Meyerowitz, Ricky Livingston

Accompanied by four illustrations: Red Skull by T. Herzog/Doug H.; Mr. Natural by Doug; Joker by Scott. Also includes one by Livingston.
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A Condensed Neal Adams Interview

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Tell me, Mr. Adams...
Synopsis: Neal gives his strong opinion on the comics industry.
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Pages: 0.28
Disclose Notes: On page twenty-five.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Dawson (credited); Jeffrey H. Wasserman (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comics Reviews
Synopsis: "And Beneath All This Glitter and Tinsel... More Glitter and Tinsel"- Bethke pans X-Men #119; "On the Matter of Comic Books"- Bethke praises Avengers #181; "Vanishing Point"- Toomey pans Samuel Delany/Howard Chaykin's Empire book; "Hack, Hack, Hack"- Dawson pans Conan the Barbarian #94; "The Death of Batman! No Really! Honest! We're Not Kidding This Time!"- Bethke pans Adventure Comics #462; "Doonesbury: Top o' the Charts"- Wasserman praises the trade paperback "Doonesbury's Greatest Hits- A Mid-Seventies Revue"
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Pages: 5.64
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by three illustrations including one by Pelligrini; X-Men by Bruning; Vision, Scarlet Witch, Ultron, Wonder Man, Human Torch by Herring
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Well, son, the secret of succesful farming is good compost heap!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.86
Disclose Notes: On page thirty-four.
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From E-Man to Batman- Joe Staton Interview

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Staton (photo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.4
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a photo and eight sample illustrations of his work.
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Comics in the German Democratic Republic

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Thiel (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Comic art in the German Democratic Republic owes its initial existence to a defensive reaction..
Synopsis: A survey of the comics scene in East Germany, also known as the German Democratic Republic.
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Pages: 2.5
Disclose Notes: Continued on page 59.
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German comics, from page 57

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Thiel (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: ...is to be emphasized...
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Pages: 0.36
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From Slavery to Freedom: A Comic Book from Angola

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Alternating Currents
First Line: How do you spread the word?
Synopsis: An examination of the anti-imperialist comic book titled "From Slavery to Freedom: A Story from Angola," including a breakdown of the fight for independence in Angola against Portuguese colonialism.
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Pages: 1.66
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kerel; Brena; Larn; Borel
First Line: Tagdenah paused again .... listening ....
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: On pages 63-66

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