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Issue: Smilin' Ed Comics #4

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Publication Date: March 1981

Issue #4
- #1
- #2
- #3
- ✔ #4
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Detail

Issues: #4 of 4 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

FantaCo Enterprises

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: FantaCo Enterprises

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 28

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.00 USD

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Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: Bar code on cover appears to be fake and part of cover design.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color cover; Black and white interior

Dimensions: 8.5"x11" (#1); 7.25"x10 7/8" (#2); Standard Modern Age US (# 3 & 4)

Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors

Binding: Saddle-stitched

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

Special Television Issue

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph)

Inker(s): Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph)

Colorist(s): Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph); ? (art)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Smilin' Ed

Character(s): Smilin' Ed Smiley

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Pages: 1

Notes: Art manipulated color photo. Cover format is similar to that of "TV Guide" at that time.

Saturday [TV listing]

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Pages: 1

Notes: Issue indicia and credits in the form of 'TV Guide' style listings for Smilin' Ed Television stations.

Who Asked You?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Smilin' Ed

Character(s): Smilin' Ed Smiley; Tex Treason; Phil Silverfin; Argyle; Brazilia; Steve Martian; Rona Rabbit

Synopsis: Ed gets two weeks to prove he can become a television star. He makes appearances on shows parodying Hollywood Squares; The Love Boat, a Sassoon jeans commercial; and the talk show circuit. Along the way, Tex Treason, the star Ed is being groomed to replace, attempts to eliminate him.

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Pages: 18

Blind Date

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Jessica Wall; Wally Wilson

Synopsis: A girl has a blind date with a man who is obsessed with television.

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Pages: 5

The Ed Letters Department

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Ahmed Basir Adbul-Jabbar; George Erling; Gary Hallgren; Michael T. Gilbert; Ronnie Rat, Esq.; Howard Cruse; and Steve Bissette. No editorial responses.

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

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Smilin' Ed

Character(s): Smilin' Ed Smiley

First Line: What a Jerk, That Smiley!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover advertisement for a subscription to Smilin' Ed Smiley comics from Fantaco.

Frobidden Planet

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: Advertisement for the Grand Opening of the Big Apple's first Multi-Media Emporium! Forbidden Planet on April 18, 1981. On back cover of issue.