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Issue: Heartbreak Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1984
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDavid Boswell
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David Boswell
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.50 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: This is the first edition. Later published by Eclipse and Boswell's "Deep Sea Comics" imprint.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover, Black & White Interior
Dimensions: 8" x 10" (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One Shot
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In9
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman
Character(s): Laszlo; Reid Fleming
First Line: Laszlo, you chump, wake up! Constance just came in with another guy!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagHeartbreak Comics #[nn] published May 1988
In Content Item: FlagHeart Break Comics #1 published February 1997
as Laszlo, you chump, wake up! Constance just came in with another guy! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagReid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman #[1] published December 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Heart Break Comics

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): David Boswell (photo); Laszlo; Constance; Ken; Lena Fleming; Reid Fleming
Synopsis: Brief introduction by creator Boswell concerning the origin of the Heartbreak Comics story. Page also features character art and indicia information.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagReid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman #[1] published December 2010
as Heart Break Comics - Author's Note [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover intro dated October 1984. Accompanied by the sequence shown just below. Both are on the same page.
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Heart Break Comics No. 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Laszlo; Lena
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHeart Break Comics #1 published February 1997
as Heart Break Comics No. 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagReid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman #[1] published December 2010
as Heart Break Comics No. 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Georgia Straight #504 (July 14, 1977); in Heartbreak Comics (Eclipse, 1988 series) #[nn] ?
Miscellaneous
Disclose Notes: A half-page size reproduction of Boswell's first weekly strip. On the same page as the "Author's Note" sequence shown above.
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Heartbreak Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman
Synopsis: From the Reid Fleming website: "What kind of a man fools around with the wife of the World's Toughest Milkman? Laszlo, Great "Slavic" Lover, that's who! Risking grave danger at the hands of Reid Fleming, Laszlo pursues the affair ardently - until the day he meets Constance - The Woman of His Dreams! An Epic Tale of Perfidy, Lust, Woe, and Chickens Coming Home to Roost." [http://www.reidfleming.com/heartbreak.html, accessed 12/10/07]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagHeartbreak Comics #[nn] published May 1988
In Content Item: FlagHeart Break Comics #1 published February 1997
as Heart Break Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagReid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman #[1] published December 2010
as Heart Break Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 41
Disclose Notes: A new version of the Heart Break Comics strip that first appeared in Vancouver's Georgia Straight newspaper in 1977. The artist notes in the intro that some ideas and scenes are used from the original but the drawings are brand new.
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Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman
Synopsis: An ad on the backcover for the Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman series.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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