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Issue: John Law Detective #1
Publication Date: April 1983
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEclipse
Brand: Eclipse Comics [in circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Eclipse Enterprises
On Sale Date: 03/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $1.75 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: John Law was created by Will Eisner in 1948, but not published until 1983.
On-sale date agrees with Amazing Heroes #20.

Printed in Canada
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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Title Page
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Will Eisner's

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Nubbin
Character(s): John Law; Nubbin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Partially inked splash page to "Sand Blue", that was eventually discarded. Most of the stories were later converted to Spirit stories.
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Meet John Law

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Early life of John Law and his enemy/lover Sand Saref.
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The Strange, Ghastly Affair of the Half Dead Mr. Lox

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy
Character(s): Nubbin; John Law
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Ratt Gutt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Coach's Bench

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): John Law
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text article with illustrated title header.
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The Adventures of Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy
Character(s): Nubbin; John Law; Melba (inset)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unfinished cover to the unpublished "Adventures of Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy".
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Will Eisner's Sunday Comics

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law; Nubbin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unpublished splash page for Sunday Comics (1948).
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Will Eisner's John Law Detective

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law; Sand Saref
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unpublished cover for "John Law Detective" (1948). Art is part of the Sunday Comics splash with added elements. Discarded in favor of this issue's cover. Later used as a The Spirit splash.
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The Spirit splash pages

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Spirit
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four Spirit splash pages that adapted the unpublished John Law stories.
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Will Eisner's John Law Detective

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Law; Sand Saref
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover. Penciled cover rough for John Law Detective (1948), inked in 1983 and used on this book.

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