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Issue: American Flagg! #1

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Publication Date: October 1983

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Issues: #1 of 50 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

First

Brand: First Comics

Indicia Publisher: First Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/14/1983

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 9 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date based on listing of FIRST's titles released in June within the regular feature "First Notes" and on Amazing Heroes date for issue #2 (1983-07-14), #3 (1983-08-14) and #4 (1983-09-14).

Previously noted as 1983-09-15 based on: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Public Catalog, Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) online (http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First) retrieved 15 August 2015. Registration date: 16 October 2008. Copyright registration number: TX0007249531. Copyright Claimant: Howard Chaykin, Inc., address: c/o Law Offices of Harris M. Miller II, 8424A Santa Monica Boulevard, #127, West Hollywood, CA, 90069-4267.

Original indicia copyright information: Copyright 1983 by First Comics, Inc. and Howard Chaykin. Office of publication: 1014 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; color interior

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In5

2 Content Items
- Back in the USA!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]0
- Hard Times [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 4 times as/in other Issues.

1 Content Item
- Hard Times [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

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Title Page

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Content Items (9 total)

Back in the USA!!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Reuben Flagg

Reprinting

In Issue:

American Flagg!: The Definitive Edition #1 published January 2008

In Issue:

American Flagg! #[nn] published December 2011

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein based on Alex Jay's original logo artwork posted to Klein's Facebook page under Comics Logos A #34: AMERICAN FLAGG! on 3 February 2021.

The cover scripter, cover colorist, cover letterer, and cover logo design credits confirmed by Howard Chaykin, posting to the Facebook page, Comic Book Historians on 11 February 2021.

Dirty Words

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: non-fiction

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

Company-wide promotional copy for First Comics.

Hard Times

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Hilton Kreiger; Reuben Flagg; Gretchen Holstrum; Raul; Mandy Kreiger; Charles Blitz; Cyril Farid-Khan

Synopsis: New Plexus Ranger Reuben Flagg takes up his assignment in the Chicago Plexmall.

Reprinting

In Issue:

American Flagg!: The Definitive Edition #1 published January 2008

In Issue:

American Flagg! #[nn] published December 2011

In Content Item: Flag

American Flagg!: Hard Times (First Comics Graphic Novel Number Three) #[nn] published June 1985
as Hard Times Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 28

Glenwood Distributors, Inc.

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: An advertisement for Glenwood Distributors, a comic book distribution company.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: A discussion of some of the themes of American Flagg as well as the summer 1983 comic book convention schedule.

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for the 1983 Chicago Comiccon.

The Winning Line-Up!

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

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, science fiction, superhero

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: An in-house promotional advertisement for Starslayer (First, 1983 series) #9 (October 1983), E-Man (First, 1983 series) #2 (May 1983), American Flagg! (First, 1983 series) #1 (October 1983), Warp (First, 1983 series) #2 (April 1983), and Jon Sable, Freelance (First, 1983 series) #5 (October 1983).

Capital's New Color Comics

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction, superhero

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover.

An advertisement for Nexus (Captial Comics, 1983 series) and The Badger (Captial Comics, 1983 series).

Judge Dredd is Coming!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover.

An advertisement for Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics, 1983 series) #1 (November 1983).