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Issue: The Comics Journal #54
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1980
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Pages: 84
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 13 (1 story, 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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humorous, superhero
-- Out of my way, old-timer!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Newswatch
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Miscellaneous
12
Notable articles include "Harlan Ellison and Mike Kaluta Collaborate on Graphic Novel Starring the Shadow," "Star Wars Sequel to Appear in Four Different Formats," "Crazy! Revamped Under Hama," "Marvel Plans to Augment Creator's Benefits," "Dez Skinn Leaves Marvel U.K.," "George Perez to Draw Teen Titans and Firestorm," "Undergrounds: Two New Books from Educomics," "Fan Press: Censored Barks Pages Sees Print"
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Blood & Thunder
Marilyn Bethke
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Miscellaneous
8.5
Letters from Roy Thomas, Joe Brancatelli, Richard Howell, Carol Kalish, C. C. Beck, Ted White, Dan Recchia, Steve Hahn, Kevin DeWitt Reid, David L. Seidman, Larry Stark, Jack Williams, Robin Snyder, Steve Freitag, Jack T. Chick, Steven Grant, Kenn Thomas, William Hansen, Chris Ester, Allen Varney, Harland Running, David Michelinie, Alex Toth, Tom E. Hall, Mike Sopp

Accompanied by seven illustrations.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Pott Shots
Hmmm... wow! Some of this stuff is really beautiful!
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0.57
An eight-panel sequence on page thirty-six.
Moon Knight: A Different Vision

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Comics Reviews
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Miscellaneous
1
Accompanied by two sample panels from the Moon Knight comic.
And Now, From the Company That Shrank Godzilla...

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Comics Reviews
A critique of the first issue of Marvel's Epic Illustrated.
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2
A Question of Content

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Comics Reviews
Fiore reviews Night Music #1 with some sample artwork from Russell. Four capsule reviews- Fiore reviews Yow #2 and Conan the Barbarian #107. Thompson reviews Marvel Super Special #15 and Rom #5.
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Miscellaneous
1.66
Al Capp: The Last Interview With Comics' Master Satirist

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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from Al Capp daily; from Li'l Abner Sunday
Miscellaneous
6.21
Accompanied by nine sample strips.
From Detective to Detectives Inc.: An Interview With Marshall Rogers

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Marshall Rogers (photo)
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Miscellaneous
14
Accompanied by eleven samples of the artist's work including a full-page one plus two photos.
A Lingering Look At the Comics Art of Marshall Rogers

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The Reticulated Rainbow
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3.34
Accompanied by four samples of the artist's work.

Harvey's debut work for the magazine.
Comics Checklist: March/April

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
2.23
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
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fantasy
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Back cover.

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