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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published January 1984
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Gold

Cover Details - "And These Are the Good Guys!"

Characters Reuben Flagg; Crystal Marakova
Genre science fiction
Pencils Howard Chaykin (signed)
Inks Howard Chaykin (signed)
Reprinted in American Flagg!: The Definitive Edition (Image and Dynamic Forces, 2008 series) #1

1 page First Notes promo (ad from the publisher) "49 Million Miles and 10,000 Years!"

Synopsis A company-wide promotional for First Comics
Script Mike Gold
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover

28 page American Flagg story "Southern Comfort!"

Characters Charles Blitz; Reuben Flagg; Ernesto Hernandez; Nadine Domeczek; Raul; Medea Blitz; Mandy Kreiger; Ester De La Cristo; Cyril Farid-Khan; William Windsor Jones; Crystal Marakova; Clifford X; Wilfredo Santos; Seth; Jules; Desmond
Synopsis Flagg escorts a basketball team to South America and foils an Irish Republican Army highjacking.
Genre science fiction
Script Howard Chaykin
Pencils Howard Chaykin
Inks Howard Chaykin
Colors Leslie Zahler
Letters Ken Bruzenak
Reprinted in American Flagg!: Southern Comfort (First, 1987 series) [nn]; in American Flagg!: The Definitive Edition (Image and Dynamic Forces, 2008 series) #1

Half page advertisement

Synopsis An advertisement for Glenwood Distributors, a comics wholesaler.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis An in-house promotional for Jon Sable, Freelance.

2 page Plex Mail letters page "untitled"

Synopsis Letters of comment from Bill Mantlo, New York NY; Thomas F. Smith, Haworth NJ; Willie Holmes, Chicago IL; Michael Eury, Concord NC; Pierre Comtois, Lowell MA; Brian Smith, Marshalltown IA; Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Barboursville, WV.
Script Mike Gold
Letters typeset

1 page text article The Origins of "Independent" Comics Part 2

Synopsis A discussion of Star*Reach and its influence on other independent comics.
Script Charles Meyerson
Letters typeset

1 page The Winning Line-Up! promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis An in-house promotional for E-Man #10, American Flagg #4, Starslayer #12, Warp Special #2, Jon Sable #8, and Mars #1.
Notes inside back cover

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The First Posters"

Synopsis An in-house promotional for posters featuring American Flagg and E-Man.
Notes back cover