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Issue: Hembeck: The Best of Dateline: @!!?# [Hembeck Series] #1
Publication Date: December 1980
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagFantaCo Enterprises
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Indicia Publisher: FantaCo Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 51 (43 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: magazine-size
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: Whew!! Back Again!
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Genres: humorous
First Line: This book is dedicated to Stan Lee the greatest writer in the history of the English language
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First Line: Hello folks. My guest today is Spider-Man, recently the star of a CBS TV movie, as well as five monthly comic books, a daily newspaper strip, and Stan Lee know what else!!
Synopsis: Spider-Man expresses his desire for the return of Steve Ditko as his artist.
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First Line: Remember the sixties?
Synopsis: A humorous recap and review of the story 'Superman and Batman's Joke on Lois Lane!' from Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #59.
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First Line: It's taken awhile, but Norse mythology has finally found its way into the pages of The Mighty Thor.
Synopsis: Fred rejoices in Roy Thomas' approach to writing The Mighty Thor.
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First Line: In October 1964, Jerry Lewis became the Fearless Tarantula in the 84th edition of his own DC comic.
Synopsis: Spotlights on a number of D-List super-heroes of the 1960s-1970s.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: You're probably wondering what's going on around here.
Synopsis: Fred talks about his addiction to television.
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Feature(s): The Prankster
Character(s): Hiram Grave; Bane; Captain Ludovic Wratt
First Line: I was just down in the vault, and came up with this -- Thunderbolt #60, Nov. 1967. Unfortunately, it was Charlton's last issue of that title.
Synopsis: A humorous recap and review of the story 'When Flies the Dragon' from Thunderbolt (Charlton, 1966 series) #60.
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Genres: horror, humorous
First Line: Sigh
Synopsis: Uncle Creepy bemoans being forced out of Creepy magazine.
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First Line: Hello Folks. I have with me tonight a very disgruntled super hero.
Synopsis: The Flash complains to Fred about how super-heroes lives have been ruined after appearing in Hostess ads.
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Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: Howard the Duck, Howard the Duck, Howard the Duck.
Synopsis: Fred believes that Howard the Duck is a pretender compared to the superior Bat-Mite.
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Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: Have you ever had one of those days?
Synopsis: Fred laments the life of a comic book collector.
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First Line: Remember when comic book characters seemed like they were truly having a good time, bad guy or no bad guy?
Synopsis: A humorous recap and review of the story 'Nightlife' from Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #13.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Strange Adventures
First Line: DC is reviving Strange Adventures. Wow!
Synopsis: Fred looks back fondly on Julius Schwartz's science fiction series from the 1960s.
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Character(s): Round Robin; Double Header
First Line: Yes, I'm Fighting American.
Synopsis: Fighting American talks about his heyday in the 1950s.
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First Line: Last night I had the opportunity to watch the Dr. Strange TV-movie.
Synopsis: Fred reviews the 1978 CBS made-for-television movie Dr. Strange.
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First Line: Ah yes... Remember silly covers?
Synopsis: Discussion and cover recreation of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #88.
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Nemesis
Character(s): Grim Reaper; Devil; Goratti; Lita Revelli Craig
First Line: From out of the unknown -- a ghostly hero!!
Synopsis: Fred discusses the ACG super-hero from the 1960s, Nemesis.
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Harvey Comics Superheroes
First Line: Back in the sixties, before the sixties got into the stuff they're really famous for, there was a small scale phenomena known as the Batman TV show.
Synopsis: Fred discusses the Harvey Comics super-heroes of the 1960s.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Wraith
Character(s): The Wraith
Synopsis: Fred discusses the Michael T. Gilbert character, The Wraith, from Quack (Star*Reach, 1976 series).
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Humus Sapien
First Line: Chances are most of you haven't the faintest idea as to who I am. That's been the situation for far too long now, and I'm fed up with it!
Synopsis: Humus Sapien, a fan-created character originally planned to be a part of the new and improved X-Men, laments becoming relegated to limbo instead.
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Synopsis: Nova shows off his dance moves.
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First Line: Welcome back folks! My guest today is Marvel's space born superhero, direct from the Kree galaxy, Captain Marv--
Synopsis: Fred interviews Captain Marvel, referencing previous super-heroes who also went by that moniker.
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First Line: Perhaps the all time nadir of comic book transformations culminated in the 230th issue of Blackhawk back in March of 1967.
Synopsis: The ridiculous new looks for the Blackhawks debuting in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) are discussed.
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First Line: Ah, those golden days of my youth, growing up with Peter Parker! Thank you, Mr. Ditko, for a visual realization unsurpassed in both uniqueness and believability.
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
Character(s): Sgt. Gorilla [Charlie]
Synopsis: Cover re-creations of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #54; Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #28; Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #189; Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #126.
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Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: Herko, the monster who loved Lois Lane, was a product of Mort Weisinger's editorial regime, aptly illustrated by the sublime Kurt Schaffenberger.
Synopsis: Hembeck recaps and reviews four different DC silver age stories: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #54; Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #28; Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #189; Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #126.
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Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: Felix and Oscar.
Synopsis: Fred talks about some of his favorite television shows and their broadcast schedules.
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First Line: Three more favorites:
Synopsis: Hembeck-illustrated recreations of details from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #113, Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #55 and Herbie (ACG, 1964 series) #1.
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First Line: Hello again everybody. My guest today comes directly from Thanagar -- currently star of yet another revival attempt --
Synopsis: Fred talks to Hawkman about good girl art in comics.
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Feature(s): Marvel Superheroines
First Line: And what have we here? Stan Lee's harem??
Synopsis: Fred talks about his experiences buying comics with female protagonists.
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First Line: Hi there! You all know me. I'm Batman.
Synopsis: Batman talks about how much he enjoys having his adventures chronicled by Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers and Terry Austin.
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First Line: Brilliant young archeologist Aaron Piper discovered a moonstone amulet that transforms him into the terrifying monstrosity of strength known as Spookman.
Synopsis: Profiles of various obscure comic book characters.
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First Line: I just finished watching that two part Spider-Man TV show, y'know? Whew! It may not be amazing fantasy, but it is interesting.
Synopsis: Fred discusses the two-part premiere episode of CBS' 1978 television show, The Amazing Spider-Man.
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First Line: Flash Gordon! Alex Raymond! Buster Crabbe! Names that conjure up glory!
Synopsis: Fred expresses skepticism over Dino DeLaurentiis' upcoming movie adaptation of Flash Gordon.
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First Line: Recently, we members of the Justice League of America came to the realization that the times were passing us by.
Synopsis: Justice League of America tryouts.
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First Line: Growing up in the early sixties under the influence of New York City television can be an unforgettable experience.
Synopsis: Fred talks about the television viewing experience in New York in the 1960s.
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First Line: Item: you might remember the coverage I gave to the great "Join the Justice League" contest.
Synopsis: A variety of unconnected new reports from Fred.
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First Line: Hi there everybody! I have with me today Cutter, the chief of the elf tribe that is currently starring in WaRP Grpahics' Elfquest.
Synopsis: Fred ostensibly interviews Cutter, but is much more focused on Elfquest's creator, Wendy Pini.
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First Line: Eve Eden's shadowy alter ego was the creation of David Kaler, superbly depicted by Jim Aparo when she wasn't teamed up with lead feature Captain Atom, circa 1966-1967.
Synopsis: Information about heroines from the 1960s and 1970s.
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First Line: Just to show you I'm a fair guy, here are some silly covers totally divorced from the Superman family cosmos.
Synopsis: Discussion and cover recreations of Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #31 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #339.
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Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: I just got finished reading the first issue of Dope Comix.
Synopsis: Discussion of underground comics and the impact of smoking pot while reading comics, with Dope Comix (Kitchen Sink, 1978 series) as an example.
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First Line: I just finished reading The Hulk #12, the third TV influenced color issue. Concept-wise, some very interesting and unusual things are developing.
Synopsis: Recap and review of Hulk (Marvel, 1978 series) #12.
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First Line: I'm here with Marvel's master of the mystic arts, Dr. Strange.
Synopsis: Fred interviews Doctor Strange, wondering in particular what artist Steve Ditko looks like.
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First Line: Read a lot of comics? I know I do!!
Synopsis: Fred expresses his excitement from reading The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #167 and #168, by Jim Shooter and George Peréz.
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Feature(s): Fred Hembeck
First Line: Yawn. Oh! Hello! Didn't see you there. How've you been? Yeah, me too.
Synopsis: Fred presents random thoughts on a number of different topics.
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First Line: 'The Marvel Age of comics reaches a new peak of glory with Captain America, the most enthusiastically requested revival of all time!'
Synopsis: Fred discusses the reintroductions of Captain America, the Human Torch and the Submariner into Marvel comics in the 1960s.
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First Line: Hi there everyone! You'll notice that I have here with me Spider-Man -- but that's not all! I have a surprise for him -- and for you -- later!
Synopsis: Fred introduces Spider-Man to Simon Garth, the star of Zombie (Marvel, 1973 series).
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First Line: Well, that's all for now!! Au revoir!!
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First Line: I'm Blackhawk now, and don't you guys forget it!
Synopsis: Three versions of the Blackhawk character.
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