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Issue: American Flagg! #23
Publication Date: August 1985
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Issues: #23 of 50 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFirst
Brand: First ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: First Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/21/1985
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No copyright registration was filed for the issue. There is no official on-sale date. The issue's First Notes promotions page indicates that it was scheduled to go on sale in April 1985. According to the listings in Amazing Heroes #70 and The Comics Journal #98, the expected on-sale date was April 21.
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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
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England Swings!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Reuben Flagg
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Reuben Flagg; Grace DeWolfe
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The page features letters from Anita Bennett, Dave Way, Liz Calhoun, and Jorge L. Gonzalez. The replies are by Mike Gold.


The page also includes the issue indicia and a thumbnail of the cover of American Flagg! #24.
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Mad Dogs... & Englishmen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Anatoly Vronski; Titania Weis; Lovey Vronski; Antonio de la Cristo; Sherman Peabody; Reuben Flagg; Yuri Kholyakov; Pam; Olga Panova; Grace DeWolfe; Charlie
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Pages: 20
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Reality? What Reality?

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bag Man
Synopsis: An essay about the Bernhard Goetz New York Subway incident. It's accompanied by a listing of First Comics' April 1985 (August 1985 cover-date) releases. There's also a cartoon of Bag Man surrounded by police officers.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The page appears pages 6 and 7 of "Mad Dogs... & Englishmen!"
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What!? No First Comics?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Badger
Synopsis: A subscription ad for First Comics' ongoing titles.
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Pages: 1
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The First American Flagg! Graphic Novel

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Reuben Flagg; Raul the Cat; C. K. Blitz; Hilton "Hammerhead" Krieger
Synopsis: A house ad for American Flagg!: Hard Times (First Comics Graphic Novel Number Three (First, 1985 series). The graphic novel features the story serialized in American Flagg! #1-3.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The art in the ad is a collage of figures from various panels from published American Flagg! episodes.

The page appears between page 20 of "Mad Dogs... & Englishmen!" and page 1 of "There Is a Heppy Land, Fur, Fur Away..."
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There Is a Heppy Land, Fur, Fur Away...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Medea Blitz; Jules "Deathwish" Folquet; Dennis Klaatu; Mr. Cottonmouth; Deiter "Daddy Fleshbucks" Reich; Mort Gort; Raul the Cat; Madge; George; Amanda "Mandy" Krieger
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of 7. Parts 2-6 each spotlight a different member of the American Flagg! supporting cast. The final part in issue #27 brings all the feature's characters together for a full-length episode.

This installment's spotlighted character is Raul the Cat.

A subplot involving Raul, a robot mouse, and a robot dog is an homage-parody of the George Herriman newspaper strip Krazy Kat.

Deiter "Daddy Fleshbucks" Reich is a porn-themed parody of the Daddy Warbucks character from the Little Orphan Annie newspaper strip.
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Only the Time Beavers Can Save Us Now!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, science fiction
Feature(s): Time Beavers
Synopsis: A house ad for Time Beavers [First Comics Graphic Novel Number Two] (First, 1985 series).
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad appears between pages 2 and 3 of "There Is a Heppy Land Fur, Fur Away..."
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The New Starslayer

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Starslayer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A house ad for Starslayer (First, 1983 series).

The ad appears on the inside back cover.
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Maggie's a Mechanic. She Can Fix Anything.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Mechanics
Character(s): Maggie Chascarillo; Rand Race; Penny Century; Rena Titanon; Hopey Glass
Synopsis: An ad for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series).
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad appears on the back cover.

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