Issue | #1 |
Published | 1977 |
Cover Price | 0.75 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | ? |
Genre | War; Occult; Fantasy |
Notes | Illegible signature on back cover. Upon closer inspection with a loupe, it reads: SKIP JM BILL BAIRE ED. Wraparound cover rendition of interior story entitled The Belt of Americe. There is a second printing dated March 1977 with different individual images on both the front cover and back cover. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Pencils | Skip Williams |
Inks | Skip Williams |
Notes | Interior front cover illustration with indicia at bottom. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Pencils | Skip Williams |
Inks | Skip Williams |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Table of Contents page. This first issue is dedicated to Mr. Ray Walsh of East Lansing, Michigan. |
Synopsis | The Gods had realized that men could not live without magic. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Script | T. Casey Brennan |
Pencils | V.J. Marchesano |
Inks | V.J. Marchesano |
Notes | Full frontal nudity. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Script | Jerry Younkins |
Pencils | J.J. Friel |
Inks | Sue Hughes |
Synopsis | Advertisement for the National Comic Book Retailer Directory for March 1977 |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustration of an American Indian-type character with a backdrop of a log cabin and forests underneath a full moon. Signature is illegible. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for the book store Comic Kingdom located in Detroit, Michigan. |
Genre | Super-Hero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illegible signature for art. Copyright MCG 1977. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for Libby's Comic Shoppe located in Saginaw, Michigan. Copyright 1977 for Warren Publishing, DC Comics and Robert Crumb, respectively. |
Genre | Super-Hero; Humor |
Pencils | Robert Crumb; Neal Adams; Gonzalo Mayo |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Advertiser utilized snippets of three images randomly taken from their respective titles. |
Genre | Adventure |
Synopsis | Advertisement for the Curious Book Shop located in East Lansing, Michigan. |
Genre | Jungle |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustration of Tarzan wielding a knife towards an angry, advancing ape. Copyright 1977 Edgar Rice Burroughs. |
Synopsis | Letters page plus convention information. |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Advertisement for The Eye of Agamotto comic book store in Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
Pencils | LaRon Williams |
Inks | LaRon Williams |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Full page illustration of three men in a frying pan/boat. Two men have umbrellas as sails while the third steers with his umbrella. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Pencils | LaRon Williams |
Inks | LaRon Williams |
Synopsis | Centerfold advertisement for Christopher Enterprises of Dearborn, Michigan. Six full size posters are offered with coupon indicating all the particulars. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Pencils | Berni Wrightson; Steve Hickman; Michael Kaluta |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Centerfold ad contains a fully illustrated border with a fantasy theme by Michael Kaluta 1976. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for The Abyss comic book store. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Horrible rendition of Howard the Duck, copyright Marvel Comics Group. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for the Classic Movie and Comic Center located in Farmington, Michigan. Cheap renditions of Captain America; Hulk; Vampirella; Howard the Duck; Groucho Marx |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Copyright for each character noted. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for a convention on Memorial Day Weekend. Chaired by Greg Theakston with guest of honor Ray Harryhausen. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustration of a collage of sci-fi movie monsters including Gwangi and Cyclops. Other illustrations include three separate ovals with the following: one labeled Fantasy showing Conan reading a pulp of Startling Adventures; one labeled Film showing Humphrey Bogart, Laurel and Hardy and Robbie the Robot; one labeled Comic Art showing Superman, Mickey Mouse and Captain America. |
Notes | Ad for comics shop in Hazel Park, MI. |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Advertisement for a subscription to Power Comics. |
Characters | Hemsut; Onyx Moro; Azimuth the Cruel; Dr. St. John |
Synopsis | Origin of Nightwitch. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Script | Grant Stevens ? |
Pencils | Skip Williams ? |
Inks | Bill Messner-Loebs |
Letters | Bruce Bennett ? |
Notes | First appearance of Nightwitch. Explicit nudity. |
Characters | Dandy the Aardvark |
Synopsis | A Boy becomes a Man by killing his aardvark and his tyrant father. |
Genre | Family |
Script | T. Casey Brennan |
Pencils | Dave Sim |
Inks | Dave Sim |
Notes | With sincere apologies to Harlan Ellison. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Pencils | Skip Williams |
Inks | Skip Williams |
Notes | Interior back cover with various seductive poses of Nightwitch. |