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Issue: The Amazing Screw-On Head #[nn]

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Publication Date: August 2010

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Publisher: Flag

Dark Horse

Brand: Dark Horse Books [facing left]

Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books

On Sale Date: 09/01/2010

Volume: none

Pages: 112

ISBN: 9781595825018

UPC/EAN: 978159582501851799

Price: $17.99 USD

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Content Items: 27 (6 stories, 1 cover)

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Notes: Per indicia: Copyright 2002, 2009, 2010 Michael Mignola. Printed at 1010 Printing International, Ltd., Guangdong Province, China. Published by Dark Horse Books / A Division of Dark Horse Comics, Inc. / 10956 SE Main Street, Milwaulkie, OR 97222.

Title is from copyright page. Cover title is "The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects".
Nominated for a "Best Graphic Album-Reprint" Eisner Award.

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Format

Publication Type: Hardcover

Color: Color

Dimensions: 6.9" x 10.4"

Paper Stock: Glossy

Binding: Hardcover

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3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (27 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head

Character(s): Screw-On Head

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Pages: 1

Endpapers

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Pages: 5

Notes: The inside front cover and first interior page reprint art from "The Magician and the Snake" [Seq. 13], followed by a blank black page. The last interior page and inside back cover reprint the same art, preceded by a blank black page.

Half-Title Page

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Pages: 1

Frontispiece

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head

Character(s): Screw-On Head

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Pages: 1

Title Page

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Pages: 1

Masthead & Indicia

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Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Dedication

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Alexander Gardner (photo)

Inker(s): Alexander Gardner (photo)

Colorist(s): Alexander Gardner (photo)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Abraham Lincoln

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Pages: 1

Notes: "For my wife, my daughter, and former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln."
Photo credit is from Library of Congress website, thanks to indicia pointer to digital ID cph.3a53289 in LOC's Prints and Photographs Division.

Part One: The Amazing Screw-On Head [Section Title]

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Pages: 1

The Amazing Screw-On Head

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head

Character(s): Screw-On Head (introduction); President Abraham Lincoln; Mister Groin (introduction); Mister Dog (introduction); Emperor Zombie [Prof. H.G. Manifold] (introduction); Doctor Snap (introduction); unnamed vampire lady (introduction); Gung the Magnificent (introduction)

Synopsis: At the behest of President Lincoln, Screw-On Head attempts to thwart the nefarious plans of Emperor Zombie and his associates.

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The Amazing Screw-On Head #1 published May 2002
was The Amazing Screw-On Head [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 31

Newly Unearthed Curiosities from the Secret Files of the Amazing Screw-On Head

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head

Character(s): Screw-On Head; unidentified beings

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Pages: 6

Notes: The main story is followed by a gallery of odd portraits.

Part Two: Other Curious Objects [Section Title]

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Pages: 1

Abu Gung and the Beanstalk

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Character(s): Abu Gung; unnamed narrator; old women [Molinka; Polinka; unnamed sister]; the old women's father (cameo flashback); the Devil

Synopsis: The Devil sits atop a magic beanstalk climbed by adventurous Abu Gung.

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Pages: 9

Notes: Story is redrawn and slightly rewritten from an earlier version first published in Scatterbrain (Dark Horse, 1998 series) #1.
Narrator identifies Abu Gung as the future Gung the Magnificent (cf. "The Amazing Screw-On Head").

Curious Portrait

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, occult

Character(s): unidentified man

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Pages: 1

The Magician and the Snake

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Character(s): The Magician; a royal monkey; The Snake

Synopsis: Before his cosmic debt comes due, a magician and his best friend, a snake, make the most of their time together.

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Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings #[nn] published September 2002
was The Magician and the Snake [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 5

The Magician and the Snake Pin-up

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): The Snake

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Pages: 1

The Witch and Her Soul

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Character(s): Manx; Hankel; a dead witch; the Devil

Synopsis: The Devil collects the soul of an old witch and makes a bargain with her sentient puppets.

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Pages: 6

The Prisoner of Mars

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, humorous, occult, science fiction

Character(s): Doctor Snap; Doctor Snap's roundtable peers; Professor Cyclops (introduction); Martians

Synopsis: In a tavern one night, Doctor Snap relates how his and Professor Cyclops' spirits traveled to Mars and prevented an invasion of Earth.

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Pages: 17

Notes: First caption suggests that full title is "How Doctor Snap Murdered Professor Cyclops and What Came of It. Or -- The Prisoner of Mars".

Curious Portrait

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, occult

Character(s): unidentified winged puppet

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Pages: 1

In the Chapel of Curious Objects

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, occult

Synopsis: The reader is taken on a brief tour of the Chapel of Curious Objects.

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Pages: 3

Curious Portrait

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Genres: fantasy, historical, occult

Character(s): unidentified man

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Pages: 1

Story Notes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Curious Portrait

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, historical, occult

Character(s): unidentified creature

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Pages: 1

Sketchbook

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Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Screw-On Head; Doctor Snap; Emperor Zombie; unnamed vampire lady; Abu Gung; the Devil; Martians

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Pages: 11

Notes: Cover rough, character designs, and other curious objects are presented with commentary from the artist.

Original Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, fantasy, historical, humorous, occult

Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head

Character(s): Screw-On Head; Abraham Lincoln (image)

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The Amazing Screw-On Head #1 published May 2002
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Also from Dark Horse Books

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): blurbs

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Colorist(s): various

Letterer(s): various

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dark Horse Books

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Pages: 1

Notes: Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse, 2010 series); Marquis: Inferno, The (Dark Horse, 2009 series); Exurbia (Dark Horse, 2009 series); and MySpace Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse, 2008 series) are advertised with small cover reproductions.

Hellboy [Backlist]

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): Hellboy; Lobster Johnson; Roger the Homunculus

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Pages: 1

Back Cover

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Credits

Writer(s): blurbs

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head

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Pages: 1

Notes: The back cover hypes the contents above panel reproduction from the main story, quote from Comic-Book Resources, publisher icon, price, and barcode.