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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 1979
Cover Price $1.50
Pages 68
Editing Tim Caldwell (Editor in Chief); Bill Bryan (Assistant Editor/Art Director)
Notes Most important note to collectors: The first appearance of Cerebus The Aardvark outside of his own magazine.

Cover Details - "Nucleus"

Genre Science Fiction; Fantasy; Funny Animal; Humor
Pencils Bill Bryan (painted)
Inks Bill Bryan (painted)
Colors Bill Bryan (painted)
Letters typeset
Notes Most important note to collectors: The first appearance of Cerebus The Aardvark outside of his own magazine.

1 page credits "Contents"

Genre Fantasy
Pencils Allen Darnell Salyer
Inks Allen Darnell Salyer
Letters typeset
Notes Beautifully rendered contents page that shows an elaborate border reminiscent of Roman columns with a scantilly clad maiden leaning on one column lower left. Drawing is copyright 1978.

5 page Cerebus story "Demonhorn"

Characters Cerebus; M'isly
Synopsis Cerebus confronts the God M'isly and begins the legend of the One-eyed God of Demonhorn.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Dave Sim
Pencils Dave Sim
Inks Dave Sim
Notes The first appearance of Cerebus the Aardvark outside of his own publication.
Reprinted in Swords of Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1981 series) #2

1 page illustration

Synopsis Full page pin-up of a woman sitting seductively on a throne contemplating a magical orb bristling with atomic energy.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Allen D. Salyer
Inks Allen D. Salyer

23 page Captain Jude Stuart story "The Cyclops"

Characters Captain Jude Stuart;
Genre Fantasy; Super-Hero
Script Bill Bryan
Pencils Bill Bryan; Allen D. Salyer (Zip-A-Tone)
Inks Bill Bryan; Fredrik King
Letters Fredrik King

1 page illustration "The Crusader"

Synopsis Pinup of three trolls, one being on a horse.
Genre Fantasy
Pencils Jim Cheff
Inks Jim Cheff

9 page story "Black Sanctum"

Characters T. Casey Brennan; Lenore
Genre Occult
Script Gene Day
Pencils Tom Sullivan
Inks Tom Sullivan

1 page story ["I iz not happy."] (untitled/first line of story used)

Synopsis Satire of Popyeye the Sailor Man.
Genre Satire
Script Bill Bryan
Pencils Bill Bryan
Inks Bill Bryan

1 page Piggy story "Piggy"

Characters Piggy
Genre Funny Animals
Script Ed Golick, Jr.
Pencils Ed Golick; Jr.
Inks Ed Golick, Jr.
Letters Ed Golick, Jr.
Notes Adult language.

11 page Captain Crotch story "Captain Crotch"

Genre Super-Hero
Script Bill Bryan
Pencils Bill Bryan
Inks Bill Bryan
Colors A.D. Salyer (Zipatone)
Letters Bill Bryan

11 page story "Abortion"

Genre Satire
Script Bill Messner-Loebs
Pencils Bill Messner-Loebs
Inks Bill Messner-Loebs

3 page story "3 Piggy Pages"

Genre Funny Animals
Script Doug Rogers; Mother Goose
Pencils Doug Rogers
Inks Doug Rogers
Notes Copyright 1978 Baby Teeth Productions.

1 page story "A Galactic Mardi Gras"

Genre Science Fiction

1 page illustration "Sentry"

Genre Fantasy
Pencils Jim Cheff
Inks Jim Cheff
Notes Inside back cover pinup.

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Orms"

Pencils John Benson
Inks John Benson
Notes Continuous spiral images reminiscent of a SpiralGraph drawing.