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Issue: The Comics Journal #47
Publication Date: July 1979
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Issues: #47 of 279 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1979
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (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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Death of the Superheroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Speerloop (Marvel UK segment only); ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): NewsWatch
Synopsis: Headlines of note: "Diamond Symbol on Non-Returnable Marvel Comics to Prevent Dealer Fraud;" "Color Striping System to Aid Retailers;" "Mattel Buys Western;" "Marvel UK Now Producing Own Strips;" "Marvel Paperback Reprints Selling Well;" "Adventure Demoted to 32 Pages;" "Superman Creators Honored by SWFA"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a small illustration cartoon by Grass Green and a Green Lantern illustration by Pharms/Blyberg
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Editors] (reply)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blood & Thunder
Synopsis: Includes letters from Julie Simmons, John Benson, Harland Ronning, William C. Hoppe, Jr., Kevin DeWitt Reid, Lou Mougin, Ward O. Batty, Paul Levitz, Daniel Mishkin, Richard Howell, Mike Conden, Peter Eicher, Gordon Flagg
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by the following illustrations: Ultra Boy by Kure; Captain America/Adolf Hitler by Crum; The Demon by ?; Ultra Boy/Iron Man by Houston/Hazelwood; Supergirl (uncredited/unsigned)
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comics Reviews
Synopsis: "Steve Englehart: Triple Threat Writer" - Via summarizes and praises the work of Englehart; "Silly Science, Fuzzy Fiction"- Askegren pans Marvel Super Special #10- Star Lord; "Hell-Fire on Wheels"- Hart praises Ghost Rider #35
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.72
Disclose Notes: Includes the following spot illustrations- Hulk by Blyberg/De la Rosa; Joker by Gammill; ? by Eddings; Ghost Rider by Pelligrini; Ghost Rider by O'Connell

Full page illustrations- Dr. Strange by Cannon; Falcon/Captain America/Nomad by Wilber
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The Death of the Superheroes

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: It was just another silly Doc Savage adventure.
Synopsis: On the creative and commercial decline of mainstream superhero comics.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4.13
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by four illustrations.
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Will Eisner Interview- Conclusion

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Kuzee (signed as Kuzee)
Inker(s): Jim Kuzee (signed as Kuzee)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Will Eisner
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Continued from the previous issue. Includes three full-page illustrations and five spot illustrations, four of them by Eisner.

Interview conducted October 13 and 17, 1978 in Eisner's office.
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Eisner the Master Stylist

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Panel Progressions
First Line: I felt that I was at the epitome of the medium...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by various sample panels of Eisner's work.
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Stan Lee & Jenette Kahn at Temple University

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Reich Benasutti; Lawrence Speerloop
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Stan Lee (photo); Jenette Kahn (photo)
First Line: Philadelphia's Temple University hosted comics' two foremost publishers...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hooded Justice

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Doc's Bookshelf
First Line: Paul Levitz was recently interviewed in The Comic Readers (issue 165, February 1979)...
Synopsis: A critique of using masked vigilantes in real-life legal settings. "When Falls the Axe"- A lament for the cancelled World War II-based Invaders series. "Jack Kirby with Ducks" - About missing pages from Carl Barks's "Back to the Klondike" restored in a Dutch version of the story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.33
Disclose Notes: Includes a spot illustration of DC's Hawk character by Blyberg/de la Rosa. Also includes an illustration of Marvel's The Invaders by Staszak.
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Comics Checklist: June & July

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by the three spot illustrations- one by Blyberg/de la Rosa; Spider-Man by Gammill; Superman by Pelligrini

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