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Issue: Ambush Bug #1
Publication Date: June 1985
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues (12 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/05/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.35 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases (DC, 1984 series) #13 (June 1985).
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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: limited series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: Hey, check it out! I'm leaping tall buildings with a single bound!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Ambush Bug #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Cover logo design and cover letterer credits from Todd Klein posted on his Facebook, Comics Logos A #33: AMBUSH BUG on 2 February 2021.

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1.
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Wipe-Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Cheeks; Darkseid (cameo); Dr. Derwood Denton; Homer Spalding; "Specks"; Peabody
Synopsis: Ambush Bug and Cheeks try to stop some Republicans from blowing up a warehouse they believe is full of nerve gas.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Wipe-Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: S-4501
Disclose Notes: The title is the opening line of Wipe Out, a song written and recorded by The Surfaris in 1962 and released in 1963.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to... Me!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4598
Disclose Notes: Fake letters page with letters from Superman, Bizarro, Krypto, Sugar & Spike, Joker, Ferro Lad, and Ambush Bug.

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