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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published October 1984
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Janice Race; Dick Giordano

Cover Details - "Jemm vs. The Koolar -- To the Loser: Death!"

Characters Jemm, Son of Saturn; Luthor Mannkin; Crazy Freddie; The Koolar
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Pencils Gene Colan (signed)
Inks Klaus Janson (signed)

23 page Jemm, Son of Saturn story "The Tunnel"

Characters Jemm, Son of Saturn; Crazy Freddie; Bertie; Bouncer [Bruno]; Bruno's Mother; Grampa Mannkin; Unit RT-36258 (Alien); Charles Brigham Dade (CIA Operative); Senator; Cladius Tull; Rahani (White Saturnian, Flashback); The Koolar (White Saturnian); Luthor Mannkin
Synopsis Jemm and Lincoln are attacked by Unit RT-36258 and The Koolar while trying to lay Grampa Mannkin to rest. Flashback to Jemm on Saturn and some background on the history of the war between the Red Saturnians and the White Saturnians. Cladius Tull learns of the existence of Jemm and goes to Bouncer for more information.
Genre Superhero; Science Fiction
Script Greg Potter
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters John Costanza

1 page Warlord; Remco Toys advertisement "Enter the Lost World of Warlord"

Characters Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Arak; Hercules (From Hercules Unbound series); Deimos; Mikola; Machiste
Synopsis Ad for action figures, most from the Warlord comic series but two others, Arak from the Arak Son of Thunder series and Hercules from the Hercules Unbound series.
Genre sword and sorcery

1 page Meanwhile... promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Elliot S! Maggin and Dick Giordano talk about Superman #400.
Script Elliot S! Maggin; Dick Giordano
Letters Typeset

1 page Swamp Thing promo (ad from the publisher) "The Drama Continues to Unfold..."

Characters Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]
Synopsis Full-page ad for subscriptions to Saga of the Swamp Thing magazine. Includes cover reprints of Saga of the Swamp Thing #26, 27 and 28. Subscription price $6.00 for a year.
Genre Superhero
Letters Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Q. What do You Get in the DC Digests?"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Binky; Other DC Funny Animal characters
Synopsis Full-page add for the DC digest line. Specifically the Binky and his Buddies, Year's Best Comics Stories, Funny Stuff and Superman digests.
Genre Superhero; Funny Animal

1 page Saturnian Salutations letters page

Synopsis Janice Rand talks about Greg Potter and Gene Colan and some background on their comics history.
Script Janice Rand
Letters Typeset

1 page Infinity Inc promo (ad from the publisher) "Do You Know Where Your Children Are?"

Characters Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Silver Scarab [Hector Sanders Hall]; Fury [Hippolyta Trevor Hall]; Nuklon [Albert Julian Rothstein]; Northwind [Norda Cantrell]; Obsidian [Todd James Rice]; Jade [Jennie-Lynn Hayden]; Power Girl [Kara Starr]; Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Brainwave Jr. [Henry King, Jr.]
Synopsis Full-page ad for the new Infinity Inc. series.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks Mike Machlan (signed)