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Issue: Harvey Kurtzman's Strange Adventures #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1990
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Epic ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Epic Comics
On Sale Date: 07/31/1990
Volume: none
Pages: 88
ISBN: 0871356759
UPC/EAN: 02488523493001
Price: $23.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (8 stories, 2 covers)
Editor(s): Byron Preiss
Disclose Notes: On Sale Date from Marvel Age #91
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 8.5 in. x 11 in.
Paper Stock: hardcover cover; glossy interior
Binding: perfect bound
Publishing Format: one-shot; graphic novel
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Super Surfer
Character(s): The Super Surfer; Mel
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Synopsis: Self-caricature endpapers
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Pages: 2
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ben Asen (photograph)
Inker(s): Ben Asen (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Kurtzman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page with photograph of Harvey Kurtzman.
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
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Pages: 1
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My Strange Adventure With Harvey Kurtzman

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Hand-written introduction.
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Pages: 1.5
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Ode To Harvey Kurtzman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Robert Crumb; Harvey Kurtzman
Synopsis: What Harvey Kurtzman and his work meant to the young Robert Crumb and how he's influenced him since.
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In Issue: FlagAn Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #2 published October 2008
In Content Item: FlagThe R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book #[nn] published January 1997
as Ode to Harvey Kurtzman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #17 [unnamed variant] published July 2005
as Ode to Harvey Kurtzman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Schmegeggi Of The Cave Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Schmegeggi wants to bring progress to his tribe, but meets resistance to changing the old ways.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Schmegeggi character is drawn as a prehistoric version of Kurtzman's Goodman Beaver character.
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Captain Bleed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Captain Bleed is the most feared pirate on the seven seas, but he has a secret fear himself.
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Pages: 8
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Drums Along The Schmohawk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: There's trouble brewing in town and the Sheriff must see to it.
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Pages: 7
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A Vampire Named Mel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Can a vampire ever be truly safe from humanity?
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Pages: 6
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Sassy, Come Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Just how is Sassy managing to be right on the scene whenever tragedy occurs?
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Pages: 6
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The Super Surfer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Super Surfer is sick of a planet where everyone is super.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Dave Gibbons filled his pages with cameos by dozens of familiar characters. All the leads from the Watchmen can be spotted along with Judge Dredd, The Hulk, Firestorm, Captain America, Miracleman and many others.
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Halloween or The Legend of Creepy Hollow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Teenage horror film pastiche.
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Pages: 5
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Biographies of the artists involved in the book, and copies of Kurtzman's layouts from which they worked.
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Pages: 15
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Synopsis: Repeat of the front endpapers.
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Pages: 2
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Back cover illustration and typeset text.
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Pages: 1

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