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Issue: Deadworld #8

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Publication Date: March 1988

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Detail

Issues: #8 of 9 Issues (14 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Tame Variant

Rating: For Mature Audiences

Publisher: Flag

Arrow

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Arrow Comics

On Sale Date: 03/1988

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $2.10 CAD
$1.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: For Mature Audiences

Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
7 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Ralph Griffith

Notes: This comic bears the INDEPENDENT COMIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION (ICPA) logo, a symbol of quality in the small press, black and white market. The ICPA was formed to promote excellence in and further public awareness of this growing segment of the comic book industry.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color cover; black & white interior

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants2

Deadworld #8 [Graphic Variant]

Deadworld #8 [Tame Variant]

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Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Vincent Locke (signed)

Inker(s): Vincent Locke (signed)

Colorist(s): Vincent Locke (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): Deadworld

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Pages: 1

Deaditorial

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Ralph Griffiths discusses obscenity law after a recent scandal concerning an employee from Friendly Franks was found guilty of selling such material under the counter in the US.

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Pages: 1

Another Fine Mess

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): Deadworld

Character(s): Bowker; Moloch; King Zombie; Joey; Dan; John; Donna; Mike Hunter; Grakken

Synopsis: Whilst traveling by helicopter the team discover their heavily armed escort are not heroes at all and are soon thrown into a large, dark, prison-like building. Close by, the leader of the captors; Moloch discusses with his right-hand man; Bowker the existence of an intelligent zombie and his entourage of four-armed beasts that he encountered earlier.

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Pages: 24

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): K. Jarvinen; Dunn; Butler; Hauk; Philip Garnecki

Inker(s): K. Jarvinen; Butler; Hauk; Philip Garnecki

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dead Letter Office

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Pages: 5

Notes: Need to confirm most of the pencil and ink credits. Might actually be fan artwork (unknown as of 12 July 2022).

Arrowgram

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Deadworld; The Realm

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promotional house advertisement for The Realm (WeeBee Comics, 1988 series) #13 ([June] 1988) and Deadworld (Arrow, 1986 series) #9 (1988). The covers of the Deadworld issue appear to be concepts/sketches rather than final art.

Arrowgram

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): Deadworld

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo house advertisement for the never-published Deadworld (Arrow Comics, 1986 series) #10. With #10, the series moved to Caliber Comics, which commissioned new covers.

These two particular cover variants could be combined side by side, creating a landscape composition.

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Deadworld

Character(s): King Zombie; Dan; Donna; Joey; Grakken

Synopsis: A single page picture, illustrating what Deadworld might look like if it was a Manga title.

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Pages: 1

Notes: No signature on this picture, but style suggests it's Vincent Locke experimenting.