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Issue: The Invincibles #1
Publication Date: May 1997
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCFD Productions
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: CFD Productions
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vern McDade (production assist) (credited); Pamela Hazelton (editor, CFD Productions) (credited)
Disclose Notes: First printing. A Visage Studios title published by CFD Productions. Entire contents copyright 1997 Roy Thomas and Rich Buckler except for Shadowflame which is copyright 1997 Joe Martino.

Invincibles, Web-Krawler, American Commando, Fire Merchant, Steel Warrior, American Shield, Mega-Droid, Micro-Agent, Darkling, Thunar the Storm-God, Aegis, Ghastly Grimface, and Brawn are trademark 1997 Roy Thomas and Rich Buckler. Quirk Visage and the cracked smiley-face symbol are trademark 1997 Rich Buckler.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; white stock paper interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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America's Favorite Super-Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): Joe Martino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Web-Krawler
Character(s): Web-Krawler
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Visage Studios Presents the Invincibles

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Joe Martino ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Web-Krawler
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes indicia at the bottom of the page.

Also on the page are the table of contents and credits for each story; series logo; editorial, production, and management credits; an illustration of Web-Krawler; and the Visage Studios logo.
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No One Escapes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Joe Martino (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): American Commando; Fire Merchant
Character(s): American Commando; Fire Merchant; Brawn (villain); unnamed police officers; A.E.G.I.S. (America's Elite Government Intelligence Service) [Major Ulysses X. Stormm; unnamed agents]
First Line: America 1965: It's the middle of the paranoid rollickin', Rock n' Roll Sixties.
Synopsis: American Commando, Fire Merchant, Major Storm, and other agents of A.E.G.I.S. try to stop Brawn.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: "Fondly dedicated to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby." Many of the images are borrowed from Jack Kirby's art.
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About Artist Rich Buckler...

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Martino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
First Line: Rich has been drawing and writing comics for the past 25 years...
Synopsis: A brief biography of artist Rich Buckler.
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Pages: 1
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About Author Roy Thomas...

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Martino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
First Line: Born in 1940 in Jackson, Missouri...
Synopsis: A brief biography of writer Roy Thomas.
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Pages: 1
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Now on Sale!!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Martino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Intruder
First Line: Only at the coolest comic shops...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for The Intruder (CFD Productions, 1997 Series) #1 (May 1997). Shown as being now on sale.

The cover for the issue is shown but in black and white with slightly different trade dress.
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Because You Demanded it..!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Big Bang Comics
Character(s): The Sphinx; The Blitz
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #9 (March 1997), listed as being on sale in March.

The advertisement mimics the style of early 1960s DC house advertisements.
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Chapter Two: Enter: Web-Krawler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Web-Krawler
Character(s): Web-Krawler; The Retailiators [American Shield; Megadroid; Darkling; Thunar the Storm-God; Steel Warrior; Storm-God's unnamed winged horse]
First Line: You gotta love this town!
Synopsis: The Retailiators inform Web-Krawler he has been inducted into the government-run superhero group, as superheroes are no longer allowed to be free agents. Web-Krawler refuses to offer and fighting between them results.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Dedicated to: Stan & Jack!"
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Bombed Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Martino (credited) (creator, writer)
Penciller(s): Vern McDade (credited) (art, see notes) [as Vernel McDade] (credited) (penciler, see notes)
Inker(s): Bill Lavin (credited) (art, inker, see notes)
Letterer(s): Joe Martino (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shadowflame
Character(s): Shadowflame [Tom Wyatt]; Cyberine; Tommy Baltinetti's thugs (villains); Atomico the Living Bombblast (villain)
First Line: My name is Tom Wyatt... ...I'm Shadowflame.
Synopsis: Shadowflame and Cyberine are set up and ambushed by Atomico.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: McDade is credited as Vern McDade doing art on the inside front cover and as Vernel McDade as penciler on page one of this story. Lavin is listed on the inside front cover doing art and as inker on page one of this story.

Rich Buckler is credited as an editor for this story only.
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A CFD Publication

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Martino (credited) [as JM] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shadowflame
Character(s): Shadowflame [Tom Wyatt]
First Line: Don't miss one issue of this pulse pounding action packed thriller!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for Shadowflame (JGM Comics, 1996 Series). Listed as a four-issue mini-series.
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Kitty's New Part-Time Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Kitty; Hon (a cat)
First Line: Sigh... Hon, you ain't gonna believe what happened today.
Synopsis: Kitty is upset that people think she is recently graduated from high school. Hon tells her all the reasons why someone would assume that. Kitty then runs over Hon with a steam roller.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Kitty's swimsuits are listed as a courtesy of Kenska Foundations.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Feature(s): Retro-Dead
First Line: Watch for it in Diamond's March Previews from Blazer Unlimied!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Retro-Dead (Blazer Studios, 1995 series) #2, scheduled for release in May 1997. It was never released.

Included a reproduction of what would have been the cover and some of the interior artwork.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts, superhero
Feature(s): Galahad; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Character(s): Galahad; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [Michelangelo; Leonardo; Donatello; Raphael]; Splinter; The Foot (ninja clan); Knight Watchman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #10 (May 1997), listed as coming in April 1997.

Previews about 1 1/5th of the wraparound cover for the issue in black and white with a different logo.

Also includes a promotional blurb from Alan Moore.
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Exploding into Action

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Forever Warriors
First Line: All-out, no holds barred knuckle-bruising intergalactic action!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A promotional house advertisement for Forever Warriors (CFD Productions, 1997 series). Intended as a three-issue mini-series, only issue 1 was released in April 1997. Listed as "On Sale Now!"
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Don't Be Left Out!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Official CFD Fan Club
Character(s): unnamed Siren of Darkness
First Line: You know what we're talking about...
Synopsis: A promotional advertisement for an Official CFD Fan Club.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

The fan club cost 20.00 USD to join. Included in joining would be a limited edition FCD comic book, fan club newsletter, personalized laminated membership card, FCD Tombstone pewter miniature, CFD Fan Club stickers, four plate Sirens of Darkness Portfolio, and a hardback binder for all the material to be kept in.
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The Invincibles

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Joe Martino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): American Commando
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

The image is upside-down mimicking a flip-cover but contains no trade dress other than the series logo.

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