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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published [December] 1993
Frequency three times a year
Cover Price 2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jason Grode (managing editor)
Notes Contains a pull out poster (part 3 of an ultra-giant 4-part Bongo Universe poster)

Cover Details - "Aye Carumba! It looks like the next cover enhancement is gonna be my blood!" [Cover A]

Characters Bartman [Bart Simpson]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero
Pencils Steve Vance
Inks Bill Morrison
Notes This cover is priced $2.95 USD, has a poster included, and does not have a bar code. Cover art credits listed on letters page.

Cover Details - "Bart Simpson, Archenemy of Evil! [Cover B]"

Characters Bartman [Bart Simpson]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero
Notes This cover is priced $1.95 USD, does not have a poster and has a bar code.

Cover Details - "Bart Simpson, Archenemy of Evil! [Cover C]"

Characters Bartman [Bart Simpson]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero
Notes This cover is priced $1.95 USD, does not have a poster and has a Bart Simpson bar code.

1 page Bartman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "It's Bartman, Man!"

Characters Bartman [Bart Simpson]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero
Script Matt Groening
Pencils Matt Groening ?
Inks Matt Groening ?
Letters typeset
Notes Matt Groening discusses the Bart Philosophy.

28 page Bartman story "The Comic Cover Caper!"

Characters Bartman [Bart Simpson]; Milhouse van Houten; Edna Krabappel; Otto Mann; Homer Simpson; Marge Simpson; Lisa Simpson; Maggie Simpson; Itchy; Scratchy; Dolph; Jimbo Jones; Kearney; Wendell; Martin Prince; Sherri; Nelson Muntz; Comic Book Guy; Troy McClure; Principal Skinner [Seymour Skinner]; Arnold Leach; Chief Wiggum (newspaper picture)
Synopsis Bartman puts a stop to a comic book collector scam.
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero
Script Cindy Vance (co-plot); Steve Vance
Pencils Steve Vance (layouts); Phil Ortiz
Inks Bill Morrison; Tim Bavington (additional inks)
Colors Cindy Vance

2 page Bartmail letters page "Bartmail"

Notes Letters and fan art from readers - Anne & Christian Baumagartner, Jamie Sweetman, Mike Copil, Jeff Plotkin, Joe Owen, Nicole Neiconi, Jarrod Reynolds, Kurt D. Flincton, Ray Calderon, Lisette Velante, Ashley Goodnaugh and Kevin Kelly.

1 page Bart Simpson text article "Bart's Bottom 40"

Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family
Letters typeset
Notes Bart's 40 least favorite items.

Bartman insert or dust jacket "Bartman"

Characters Bartman [Bart Simpson]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero
Pencils Matt Groening ?
Inks Matt Groening ?
Notes This is a pull out poster (part 3 of an ultra-giant 4-part Bongo Universe poster) and it has not been included in the page count.