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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1982
Cover Price 2.75 USD
Pages 60
Editing cat yronwode
Notes A music-themed anthology planned as a series, but only the single issue published

Cover Details

Characters Dancing Jukeboxes
Genre Music
Pencils John Pound
Inks John Pound
Colors John Pound
Notes A music-themed anthology planned as a series, but only the single issue published

6 page story "Teen Beat '63"

Synopsis A father intolerant of his son's musical taste meets the ghosts of music past, present and future
Genre Music
Script Marc Hempel
Pencils Marc Hempel
Inks Marc Hempel
Letters Marc Hempel
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2 page story "Baby Blues"

Synopsis A run through of infant swing bands
Genre Music
Script Joe Schwind
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Notes Strip is photo-collage

1 page Kitz'n'Katz story "The Lost Chord"

Characters Kitz'n'Katz
Synopsis A search for the lost chord
Genre Music
Script Bob Laughlin
Pencils Bob Laughlin
Inks Bob Laughlin
Letters Bob Laughlin
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7 page story "East Virginia Blues"

Synopsis A doomed romance
Genre Music
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters Tom Orzechowski
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2 page story "Losers Of The Blues"

Characters Assorted fake bluesmen
Genre Parody; music
Script Bruce Sweeney
Pencils Dennis Lieberman
Inks Dennis Lieberman
Letters Dennis Lieberman
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Notes Strip is a pastiche of R.Crumb's Heroes Of The Blues card set

6 page story "Much Too Much"

Characters Jerry Lee Lewis
Synopsis Jerry Lee Lewis reflects on his life
Genre Music
Script Jerry Lee Lewis/cat yronwode
Pencils Billy Fugate
Inks Billy Fugate
Letters Billy Fugate
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Notes Adaptation of a Jerry Lee Lewis interview

2 page story "The Mystery Dance?"

Characters Elvis Costello
Synopsis Elvis Costello searches for the mystery dance
Genre Music
Script Doug Erb
Pencils Doug Erb
Inks Doug Erb
Letters Doug Erb
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1 page story "Cowboy Song"

Synopsis Bizarre song about a hunchback
Genre Music
Script Harvey Pekar
Pencils Sean Carroll
Inks Sean Carroll
Letters Sean Carroll
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Notes Adaptation of a 1955 Kinsman Cowboys song

6 page story "Taps"

Characters Tap Dancer
Synopsis A man dances joyously in the street, but public opinion shames him.
Genre Dance
Script Alex Toth
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Letters Alex Toth
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Notes Bears a dedication to the recently deceased Wally Wood and Russ Manning
Reprinted in Toth Black & White (Auad Publishing, 1999)

1 page story "Surf City"

Synopsis An individual take on the lyrics
Genre Lyrics
Script Jan Berry; Brian Wilson; Rick Gery
Pencils Rick Geary
Inks Rick Geary
Colors Rick Geary
Letters Rick Geary
Editing cat yronwode
Notes Adapts the first verse of Surf City