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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 2008
Cover Price 3.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Ty Templeton

Cover Details - "Bring it on!"

Characters Hoverboy
Genre Superhero; Satire
Pencils Ty Templeton (design, credited); Jason Edmiston [as Jason] (painting, credited)
Inks Jason Edmiston [as Jason] (painting, credited)
Colors Jason Edmiston [as Jason] (painting, credited)
Letters K.T. Smith (credited)

1 page Hoverboy foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hoverboy The Republican Super-Hero!"

Synopsis Fake history of Hoverboy by Templeton, note on the racism in the "reprint" section by the Ombudsman for Mr. Comics (presumed to be ficticious).
Script Ty Templeton; ? [as Wolfgang Berlitz]
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Includes indicia that Hoverboy is TM and copyright by Marcus Moore.

12 page Hoverboy story "The White House Wednesday, 9:00 A.M."

Characters Hoverboy
Synopsis Hoverboy saves the U.S. President from a giant robot and gets sent to Iran to "find" evidence. The President draws the map to Iran incorrectly and Hoverboy ends up in Iraq.
Genre Superhero
Script Ty Templeton (credited)
Pencils Steve Molnar (credited)
Inks Steve Molnar (credited)
Colors Bernie Mireault (credited)
Letters K.T. Smith (credited)

8 page Hoverboy text story "From The Archives"

Characters Hoverboy
Synopsis Supposed reprints of various covers, ads and interior panels for various incarnations of Hoverboy over the years, including in pulp magazines, westerns and joke books.
Script Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Pencils Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Inks Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Colors Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Letters Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Notes Credits from credits page which states "Historical material edited and restored by Marcus Moore, curator of the Hoverboy Museum. Additonal restoration artwork by Ben Mazzotta, Sam Agro, and Ty Templeton" Unknown which artist/writer did which piece.

1 page text story "One of the stranger aspects of Hoverboy history..."

Synopsis Photos of various (ficticious) Hoverboy artists and how they died.
Script Ty Templeton ?
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters Typeset

1 page Hoverboy foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hoverboy Feature Story"

Characters Hoverboy
Synopsis Intro page to supposed reprint story including fake cover of Jumbo Yellow Peril Mystery Funnies from October 1942.
Genre Superhero
Script Ty Templeton ?

10 page Hoverboy story "Night of the Terror"

Characters Hoverboy
Synopsis A Japanese man escapes an internment camp and Hoverboy is convinced that he is the cause of everything bad that is happening.
Genre Superhero; Satire
Script Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Pencils Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Inks Ty Templeton; Ben Mazzotta; Sam Agro; Marcus Moore
Notes Fake reprint of 1940's Hoverboy story, filled with racist details. Credits from credits page which states "Historical material edited and restored by Marcus Moore, curator of the Hoverboy Museum. Additonal restoration artwork by Ben Mazzotta, Sam Agro, and Ty Templeton" Unknown which artist/writer did which piece.

1 page credits "Hoverboy the Republican Super-Hero!"

Synopsis Credits for the issue, plus a plug for the website at www.hoverboy.com.
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page illustration "Of course, every comic fan knows of the tragic passing of Hoverboy co-creator Bob Stark..."

Characters Hoverboy
Script Ty Templeton ?
Pencils Jason Edmiston (painting)
Inks Jason Edmiston (painting)
Colors Jason Edmiston (painting)
Letters Typeset
Notes On back cover of comic. Close-up of just Hoverboy character from front cover of comic.