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Issue: The Comics Journal #59
Publication Date: October 1980
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Issues: #59 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: 1980
Volume:
Pages: 108
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Obscure Eisner

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Opening Shots
Synopsis: Commentary on the difficulty of finding Will Eisner's non-Spirit work.
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Pages: 1
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): NewsWatch
Character(s): Dick Giordano (photo); Jenette Kahn (photo); Joe Orlando (photo); Paul Levitz (photo); Ray Billingsley (photo); Len Mogel (photo)
Synopsis: Notable headlines- Changes at DC Comics: Giordano named editor, Levitz and Orlando Promoted; Roy Thomas at DC; Marvel Focuses on Direct Sales; Charlton to Publish Aspiring Pros' Work for Free; Len Mogel Takes Over Heavy Metal from Ted White; X-Men Story Changed (about #137); DC and Marvel to Team Up Four More Times (promises a Legion/X-Men book possibly by Claremont and Cockrum)
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A note from the editor states a rebuttal to a Michael Fleisher letter threatening legal action against the magazine was set to be included but withdrawn due to Fleisher following through with the suit.

Accompanied by five photos.
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as The Editors] (replies)
Penciller(s): Bob Staszak (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Staszak (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blood & Thunder
Synopsis: Letters from James Keepnews, Bill Henley Jr., Mike Valerio, Rich Morrissey, Kent G. Orlando, John Pierce, Dennis Summers, Robin Snyder, Mario Naves, Frank Brunner, Bill Mantlo, Dave Sim, Mike W. Barr, Mike Gold, Wally Stoelting, Mike Sopp, Richard Gagnon, David S. Marshall, Chris Ash, Rich Morrissey, Jack C. Harris, John Benson, Todd Goldberg
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Pages: 13.27
Disclose Notes: Continued on page 100

Accompanied by nine illustrations. Blyberg contributes one of The Hulk. Zick- Baron Karza; Staszak- Adam and Alanna Strange; Dominguez- a Jonah Hex illustration originally intended to be the back cover of Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #4
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pott Shots
First Line: ..Eyes bulging like hard-boiled eggs, his hands splashed into the gaping maw where his stomach has been.
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Pages: 0.63
Disclose Notes: On page twenty-seven.
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Comics Library Graphic Story Reviews
Synopsis: Thompson reviews Detectives Inc.; Stallman reviews May to September issues of Heavy Metal; Sanderson reviews the Pocket Book series of Marvel novels by Jim Shooter, Kyle Christopher, Mary Jo Duffy, Len Wein capsule reviews- Stallman: Justice League of America #184 and New Teen Titans #1; Groth: The Hulk! #23 mentioning the infamous locker room rape scene; Luciano: Machine Man #15-17; Thompson: Bald Eagle Cartoon Stories #1 by Earl Geier and Hembeck's Dateline: @!!?#"'s Answer to Apocalypse Now
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Pages: 10
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A Life on the Fringe of Comics: An Interview with Ted White

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Grant Canfield; Ricky Livingston (signed); Harry Bell (signed)
Inker(s): Grant Canfield; Ricky Livingston (signed); Harry Bell (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ted White; Henry Mitchell
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Pages: 23.5
Disclose Notes: Interview conducted by Groth August 15, 1980 in White's office. Accompanied by nine illustrations and some sample panels from various artists. Canfield and Bell supply portraits of White; Hernandez supplies an illustration of Henry Mitchell as Elvis Costello.
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The Gods and Heroes of Jack Kirby

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Panel Progressions
Synopsis: An in depth look at the mythological themes of Kirby's New Gods work.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by approximately eleven samples of his New Gods work.
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"Letters," from page 37

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: Letter from Russ Maheras
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A Melonhead's View of History

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Underground Comix
Synopsis: Review of The Cartoon History of the Universe #1-4. Capsule reviews of Krupp's Fifties Funnies and Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #6.
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Pages: 2.67
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Village Comic Art Shop

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Forty Year Old Hippie; Child Person
First Line: I get all my heavy comix from the Village Comic Art Shop in New York City....
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On page 103.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jim Shooter; Stan Lee; Jim Galton; Roy Thomas
First Line: Heh heh say hi to Marv and Rick for me! Heh heh
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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