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Issue: Fantasy Illustrated #1
Publication Date: January 1982
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagNew Media Publishing
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: New Media Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/1982
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Margaret O'Connell (copy editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date, month only, from Amazing Heroes #9.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; white paper interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagCoyote #7 published July 1984 as The Djinn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Peter Pan; Dr. Who
First Line: British Fantasy from its beginning through the present...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover subscription ad for British Empire magazine available from New Media Publications.
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Fantasy Fulfilled

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Welcome to Fantasy Illustrated.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Editorial includes background on Fantasy Illustrated's beginnings and information on the strips and creators, including the development of Englehart and Ditko's The Djinn.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contents page includes credits for editing and publisher, Hal Schuster. Artwork consists of a panel reproduction from each of the four stories, as well as a small illustration of a jousting match from a source unknown to the indexer in which editor Richard Howell has been suggested.
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The Djinn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama
Feature(s): The Djinn
Character(s): Tony Coyne; Ali Pasha; The Djinn; Sharaia Pasha
First Line: In the valley of the Nile lies Al Qahirah... Cairo... unchanged for all of time...
Synopsis: After Tony Coyne transports Ali Pasha up the Nile to Cairo, the pair encounter the evil Djinn, with whom Pasha has had a long battle.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCoyote #7 published July 1984
as The Djinn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Put Some Fantasy Into Your Future!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Crusader-One; The Djinn
First Line: Follow these exciting series in the coming issues...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for future issues of Fantasy Illustrated, of which there were none. Character illustrations are from the stories in this issue.
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The Hounds of Hell Theory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Alexander Risk
Character(s): Alexander Risk; Christopher Ravenhill; Penelope; Skip Cameron
First Line: The night is as grey as his life.
Synopsis: Alexander Risk and Penelope travel to Ravenscroft Manor on Long Island to investigate a murder. On the way, their seaplane is attacked, and then Risk is attacked by an ax wielding madman.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Alexander Risk created by Don McGregor.

Story consists of a four page prologue; chapter one, titled Deed Done... Decisions Made.; chapter two, Hop Harrigan Never Had a Name Like That; and chapter three, An Ax to Grind.

First of a planned five part story. No additional chapters have been published.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Mocker
First Line: In the west... In space...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for Adventure Illustrated. Ad is repeated on the inside back cover.
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Hunting of the Hart

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Arthur
First Line: One day King Arthur heard tidings of a great hart.
Synopsis: A legend of King Arthur.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: No author credited.
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Chapter Three: Light and Shadow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rayder
First Line: In the year one (second series), church became state and state became church.
Synopsis: A futuristic conspiracy strikes.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Story consists of chapter three, titled Light and Shadow! and chapter four Missionary Work. The first two chapters appeared in Adventure Illustrated (New Media Publishing, 1981 series) #1 (Winter 1981). Story to be continued.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Mocker
First Line: In the west... In space...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for the unpublished Adventure Illustrated includes images from Ditko's The Mocker which would not see publication until 1989. Ad is repeated from the inside contents.
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[untitled]

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover preview for the unpublished second issue, which was noted to be on sale in August 1982. Panel reproductions are from stories appearing inside this issue.

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