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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published December 1984
Cover Price 2.50 CAD; 2.00 USD
Pages 28
Editing Deni Loubert

Cover Details

Characters Cerebus; Neil the Horse, Wolverine MacAlistaire; normalman; Flaming Carrot; Ms. Tree
Genre Satire; Funny Animal; Period; Adventure
Pencils Dave Sim; Arn Saba; Bill Loebs; Valentino; Bob Burden; Terry Beatty
Inks Dave Sim; Arn Saba; Bill Loebs; Valentino; Bob Burden; Terry Beatty
Notes Wrap-around cover art.

4 page Ms. Tree story "A Pair of Eyes"

Characters Ms Tree; Mike Mist
Synopsis The detectives chase a purse snatcher into a 3-D movie theater.
Genre Detective
Script Max Collins
Pencils Terry Beatty
Inks Terry Beatty
Colors Ray Zone (3-D effects)
Letters Gary Kato
Notes A Mist-Tree tale in Tree-D.
Reprinted in Ms. Tree 3-D (Renegade, 1985 series) #1 (August 1985); in Files of Ms. Tree, The (Renegade, 1985 series) #3 (Winter 1986)

4 page Flaming Carrot story "The Bandit Moons!"

Characters Flaming Carrot; Uncle Billy; Sponge Boy
Synopsis Floating moons kidnap Sponge Boy.
Genre satire
Script Bob Burden
Pencils Bob Burden
Inks Bob Burden
Colors Ray Zone (3-D effects)
Letters Roxanne Starr
Reprinted in A1 (Atomeka Press, 1989 series) #1; in Flaming Carrot Comics Collected Album (Dark Horse, 1997 series) #1

4 page normalman story "The Man Called... normalman"

Characters normalman; Captain Everything; Nasty-Girl; The Ultra-Conservative; The Cephalopod
Synopsis Captain Everything finds normalman an apartment.
Genre superhero; satire
Script Jim Valentino
Pencils Jim Valentino
Inks Jim Valentino
Colors Ray Zone (3-D effects)
Letters Diane Valentino
Notes Story takes place between normalman stories in Cerebus #56 and #57.
Reprinted In Complete normalman, The (Image, 2007 series) #1

4 page Journey story "Venginssssss"

Synopsis A couple of incompetent boys try to win their father's approval.
Genre western
Script Bill Loebs
Pencils Bill Loebs
Inks Bill Loebs
Colors Ray Zone (3-D effects)
Reprinted ?

4 page Neil the Horse story

Characters Neil the Horse
Synopsis The government declares comic books illegal.
Genre funny animal
Script Arn Saba; David Roman (plot assist)
Pencils Barb Rausch
Inks Arn Saba
Colors Ray Zone (3-D effects)
Reprinted ?

4 page Cerebus story "Cerebus Dreams II"

Characters Cerebus
Synopsis Cerebus dreams that he's flying between floating doors and windows.
Genre satire
Script Dave Sim
Pencils Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)
Inks Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)
Colors Ray Zone (3-D effects)