Credits
Letterer(s):
typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s):
NewsWatch
Synopsis:
Headlines of note include: "Pacific Comics Plans Two Titles Exclusively for Specialty Shop Sales," "Marvel to Distribute Micronauts Only Through Direct Sales," "The Direct Sales Boom," "Marvel Picks Up Dennis the Menace," "Marvel Cuts All Reprints Except One," "Gene Colan Picks Up Batman, Wonder Woman at DC," "Whitman: Now 32 Pages of Editorial Content," "Captain Canuck Dies with 14th Issue," "Cerebus Struggling to Get Back on Monthly Schedule," "Smithsonian Volume to Reprint Classic Comic Book Stories," "RAW #3: 48 Pages, Including 20-Page Story."
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
14.3
Notes:
Accompanied by: small-size Dennis the Menace illustration by Ketcham; sample panels of Colan's work on Batman #340; most of page eight from All Star Squadron #1; panel from Steranko's Outland strip; detail from the cover to Cerebus #26; sample strip from Perry Howze's early 80s strip Verbena; May 26, 1981 Father's Day strip by Nancy and Mario Risso; Neal Adams fill-in work for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century newspaper strip dated May 17, 1981; Don Rosa "Captain Kentucky" illustration; sample panels from Bob "Boze" Bell's Honkytonk Sue #5; Ms. Tree panel from Eclipse #2; some panels from RAW #3; three panels from Keiji Nakazawa's Gen of Hiroshima #2;
Also includes small size reproductions of these covers: Micronauts #33, Marvel Super Heroes #102, Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandoes #166; the unpublished Captain Canuck #15 cover; Greg Irons' portfolio The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Nard n' Pat #2; Kitchen Sink's Mod #1