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Issue: Tales from the Edge #11
Publication Date: March 1998
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Issues: #11 of 15 Issues
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Publisher: FlagVanguard Productions
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Vanguard Studio Productions
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 07447093301481
Price: $5.50 CAD
$4.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This book is subtitled "Special Edition, Steranko: Graphic Prince of Darkness 2." Some information for this issue from Error Report #2835, from J. David Spurlock. Has fold-out front and back cover, with both multiple illustrations on both sides.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; mostly black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-13, 15); squarebound (#14)
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): The Shadow
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Three illustrations. The first two comprise the front and back of the front cover flap: the "Tower of Shadows #1" rejected cover and an illustration featuring The Shadow. The last one is a fantasy illustration featuring a kneeling nude woman with spikes coming out of her ankles, knees, hips and elbows.
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Steranko: Graphic Prince of Darkness

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter DePree
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Analysis of Steranko's work.
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Pages: 1
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Lethal

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Captain America; The Vision; Nick Fury; Hawkeye; Iron Man; Black Panther; Thor
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Steranko talks about the time he walked into a biker bar and escaped after being harassed by the occupants. Accompanying the article is a small size reprint of the Captain America #113 cover and a full page reprint of the rejected original cover of that issue.
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Beat

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Steranko talks about how he got into music as a teen and how that grew into becoming a professional musician. He also relates a few stories revolving around the women he met in clubs. Seven drawings of females accompany the text.
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Breakdown

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Karstone
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: An in-depth look at the "At the Stroke of Midnight!" story, detailing how it came to be and Steranko's conflicts with Stan Lee. Pages three and four from Steranko's unpublished "Dante's Inferno" story comes after the text. Also includes page two from Tower of Shadows #1 in 1/4 page size.
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Enigma

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Steranko (photo)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Steranko details what it took to pull off a stunt involving his being chained inside a descending elevator. Also included is a small photo of Steranko chained on his knees and a small-size image of the cover to Mister Miracle #1.
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Shadowed

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Shadow
Synopsis: Steranko recalls his induction into The Witch Doctors, a club of writers and magicians. He also relates a card trick he played on Orson Welles.
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Pages: 2
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Hard Boiled

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Chandler
Synopsis: A look at the "Chandler: Red Tide" book. Six images from the book accompany the text.
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Slashed

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): El Borak; Indiana Jones
Synopsis: Steranko talks about his musicians days, including a story about how playing the standard "Come Back to Sorrento" often resulted in aggressive behavior among certain audience members. Four illustrations accompany the text.
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Pages: 2
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Bloodlust

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: A look at Steranko's preproduction work on Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula movie. Includes several pages of storyboards.
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Pages: 8
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Jigsaw

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Synopsis: The story details Steranko's interest in games and puzzles and how he exhibited this in his career.
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Execution

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Synopsis: Steranko tells a story of being knocked unconscious, kidnapped and nearly killed by a group of thugs.
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Synopsis: Sixteen small drawings from Steranko's "Theatre of Concepts" and a brief update on his current projects.
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Nick Fury; Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Synopsis: Three separate paintings- one of Nick Fury and his cast of characters and two non-Marvel fantasy paintings
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Pages: 3
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Steranko (photo)
Synopsis: Close up photo of the young Steranko.
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