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Issue: The Comics Journal #46
Publication Date: May 1979
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Issues: #46 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: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Special Will Eisner Issue!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Supercon Progress Report

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Announcing the November 23-25, 1979 Houston Supercon on page four.
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): NewsWatch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Headlines of note: "Marvel to Buy Western Publishing," "DC & Marvel Meet Again," "EC Original Art Hits the Market," "Superboy Solos, Swamp Thing Sinks, and Dollar Comics Proliferate," "Odyssey Renamed Epic, Weirdworld in Progress," "A Man & A Woman Marvel Style"
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Dawson (credited) (reply); ? (as The Editors [reply]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blood & Thunder
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Pages: 5.15
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jim Young, Daniel Touey, Dennis Mallonee, Kurt Busiek, Alan McKenzie, Ellen Vartanoff, Peter Eicher, Harland Ronning, Craig Ledbetter, Steven R. Kostelecky

Accompanied by the following spot illustrations: Platinum (Metal Men) by Staszak; Dr. Fate by Houston/Hazlewood; Man-Wolf by Hembeck; Spider-Man by Pellegrini; Namor by Blyberg/De la Rosa
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Wesley Kobylak (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comics Reviews
Character(s): Al Capp (photo); Christopher Reeve (photo); Margot Kidder (photo)
Synopsis: "Taking the Bitter With the Sweet in DC Presents"- Via reviews the first eight issues of DC Comics Presents; "The Savage Voice of L. Sprague de Camp"- Kobylak gives a positive review of a Conan spoken word LP; "Dogpatch Days Recalled- Sort of"- Sherman gives a mostly positive review of Al Capp's The Best of Li'l Abner; "Superman- the Souvenir Book"- Decker gives a somewhat positive review of All New Collector's Edition #C-62; "Glimmers of Gold- Wonder Woman Under Jack C. Harris"- Howell gives a positive review of Harris's scripting on Wonder Woman
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Pages: 8.26
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by these illustrations: Metal Men/Superman by Pellegrini; Green Lantern/Aquaman/Wonder Woman by Pellegrini; Green Lantern by Blyberg/De la Rosa; Li'l Abner and friends by Capp; Wonder Woman by Wilber

Also includes an unspecified full-page illustration by Cannon, a photo of Capp taken by Groth and a Superman the Movie still.
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Will Eisner Interview [part one]

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Penciller(s): Martin Cannon (signed as Cannon)
Inker(s): Martin Cannon (signed as Cannon)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 11.5
Disclose Notes: Includes four full-page illustrations from the listed artists. Plus six smaller-size illustrations accompanying the text. Continued in the next issue.
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Winners & Losers: Harsh Memories from Will Eisner

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: When I agreed to do this review, I planned to cheat.
Synopsis: A positive review of Eisner's A Contract With God.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a few small samples of Eisner's work.
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Axa Invades England

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: There has been a distinct lack of good newspaper strips in England these past few years...
Synopsis: A generally positive review of Enrique Badia Romero's Axa strip.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Includes several sample panels from Romero's work on the series.
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The Buyer's Guide for Comics Fandom

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Feature(s): Fandom Review
First Line: Fandom's marketplace is effective in giving advertisers their money's worth, but in the final analysis, unsatisfying.
Synopsis: A generally less than positive review of the long running The Buyer's Guide for Comics Fandom.
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Continued on page sixty-five.
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Changes in the X-Men

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: All new. All different.
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Pages: 2.61
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by two illustrations: Nightcrawler by Howell; X-Men by Herring
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From The Buyer's Guide, page 61

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First Line: .... plugs for Wizard King and Comic Crusader Storybook (once again) as well as an ad for Don Phelps...
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Pages: 0.39
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Comics Checklist: May Releases

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1

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