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Issue: Contemporary Pictorial Literature #8
Publication Date: October 1974
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Issues: #8 of 10 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCPL/GANG Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: CPL/GANG Publications
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 40
ISBN:
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Price: $0.50 USD 0.50 usd (subscription) ;
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Publication month taken from postmark on subscription copy. Indicia reported circulation of 1200 copies.

Unindexed content:
Letters page (2 pages) that includes letters from Gene Colan, Michael Kaluta, Bruce Patterson and Michael Uslan.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white
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Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents, indicia, banner and a Rog-2000 illustration all included.
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Editorial

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Comic Book Crisis: a Reader Shortage?

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contains a Deadman and another illustration without credits or signature. Possibly art by Bob Layton.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dan Adkins Meets His Adoring Public

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title references Dan Adkins but no other credits are provided.
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One Last Desperate Chance

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Brnicky (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes a Batgirl illustration.
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Comic Art: Fact or Fiction?

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Duffy's Tavern
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Hour of Thunder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: A largely text-based story. Part 2 continued from previous issue.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration of a viking.
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[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A two-page comic created with permission from Marvel that lacks dialog. The Punisher, in a solo story, kills a drug dealer. Chronologically published between The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #135 (August 1974) and Giant-Size Spider-Man (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (April 1975). Precedes first official Punisher solo story in Marvel Preview (Marvel, 1975 series) #2 ([June] 1975).
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Clobberin' Cutie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic panels with a text story.
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Plaything of the Month

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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How to Draw Rogie 2000

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comical instructions on how to draw Rog-2000. No regular credits or signature shown, but indicates copyright of Byrne Robotics.
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Back Issue Department

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various (reprints)
Inker(s): various (reprints)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contains 0.33 page cover copies from Contemporary Pictorial Literature (CPL/GANG Publications, 1973 series) #5-7.
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Who Needs Reality?

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: One page text article and one page cartoon illustration of a caveman drawing.
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Women In Comics

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: One page text article and one page illustration of Black Orchid. Paty's last name 'Greer' is not printed, but this has been identified as the future Paty Cockrum.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Feature(s): Iron Wolf
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Take the Diploma and Run!

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sterno's Hot Ones
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Part 2. Recount continued from last issue.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fortier's Fandom
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): CPL Gang Publications Review
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a Rog-2000 illustration. No credits shown, but could be written by Bob Layton and/or Roger Stern.
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The Kosher Arachnid

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Maynerd (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contains a Peter Parker and Spider-Man illustration.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unsigned illustration with Rog-2000 as a letter carrier delivering a CPL to John Byrne.

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