Issue | #1 |
Published | July 1986 |
Cover Price | 1.75 USD; 2.00 CAD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Characters | Spark; Captain T. J. Jirk [Jim]; Snotty; Bone; Shredder; Leda; Two unnamed Woofriders. The Uncool Ass-Men [Windy; Colossass; Wildass; Bifoclops] |
Synopsis | Four crew members of the Corporation ship Big Surprise stand while three of them have Blazers in their hands. Four Woofriders approach while two of them have swords raised. |
Genre | Satire; Science fiction |
Pencils | Mark Poe; Marcus Lusk (layout)? |
Inks | Mark Poe |
Colors | Mark Poe? |
Notes | In top-right corner of the cover there are four heads (Windy, Colossass, Wildass and Bifoclops) of The Uncool Ass-Men. |
Characters | Thadeus Hoolittle the desk clerk and Fraz the bellhop. |
Genre | Satire; Science fiction |
Script | Marcus Lusk ('Of Mules And Men' sub-section; possibly the half-page intro to Elftrek) |
Pencils | Mark Poe; Marcus Lusk (layout)? |
Inks | Mark Poe |
Notes | 'Of Mules And Men' sub-section of page briefly describes the effort put into making Elftrek a reality. Sub-section mentions Dimension's first publication 'Secret Doors: The Parody'. Sub-section also mentions upcoming books: 'Hero Man' by Ken Jones and John Cummins, 'Rad Patrol' by Rich Miller, 'Tess' by Greg Legat and Mark Poe and 'Full Force' by Marcus Lusk and Mark Poe. Some of the page lists the distributors of the comic book. |
Characters | Spark (intro); Captain T.J. Jirk (a.k.a. Jim, intro); Mister Suku (cameo,intro); Thadeus Hoolittle the desk clerk of the Oasis Motel; Fraz the bellhop of the Oasis Motel (intro?); Mister Snott (intro); Bone (intro); Gorg (the bouncer?) of the Oasis Motel (intro?). 29 background characters at bar including a skrull, Darkseid, Abraham Lincoln, Chewbacca, Han Solo, Albert Einstein (?), Sam the bartender from Cheers, Norm from Cheers, a rodian from Star Wars (possibly Greedo) and 1 (or 2) characters from a Kermit-related show; An unnamed zeltan (intro); Shredder (intro); Leda (intro); Bob Greggat of Kirby Intergalactic Space Creatures Sales (intro) |
Synopsis | The crew of The Corporation ship Big Surprise are bored until they encounter a motel in outer space. A landing-team (of Spark, Jirk, Snott and Bone) beam into The Oasis Motel and avoid being thrown out by paying with Snott's old TV Guides. Jirk gets drunk and tells a joke involving a zeltan and a zeltan is offended. Some Woofriders are in a forest until they get sucked into a space portal which transports them to the Oasis Motel. Spark accidentally kills the zeltan with a volkan nervous pinch. The other people in the bar get angry at Spark and the rest of the landing-team but a brawl is averted by the arrival of the Woofriders. Bob Greggat tries to sell Thadeus Hoolittle a troublet, Thadeus refuses and suggests Greggat go to the bar to find potential buyers. The Woofriders rampage around the bar in search of food. Greggat shows a troublet to Jirk who looks interested (or thinks it is cute). Woofriders see the troublet and loudly proclaim their intent to eat it. Jirk and Shredder fight for the troublet until Jirk dunks it into a mug of beer. |
Genre | Satire; Science fiction; Fantasy |
Script | Marcus Lusk; Mark Poe (plotting assist); Greg Legat (plotting assist) |
Pencils | Mark Poe; Marcus Lusk (layout) |
Inks | Mark Poe; Andrea Pinson (half-tone assistance); Rhonda Poe (half-tone assistance) |
Letters | Jayne Sisson |
Editing | Marcus Lusk |
Characters | Overyonderer (cameo in prologue); The Clumsy Thud (cameo in prologue); Thadeus Hoolittle; Southpole (of Alfalfa Flight, cameo in prologue); Spinning-Guy (cameo in prologue); Dim Glum (cameo in prologue); cameos from various other heroes in prologue; Windy (introduction); Colossass (introduction); Wildass (introduction); Bifoclops (introduction); Marvelous Mule (becomes Bad Ass) (introduction); Poof (introduction); Fraz (cameo); Mastermule (cameo in shadows) |
Synopsis | First 2 pages are a recap of Secret Doors (Dimension's first "publishing venture"). Thadeus Hoolittle is walking around the motel and encounters The Ass-Men. He quickly explains where The Ass-Men are. The Ass-men start chasing Fraz and ignore Thadeus who tells them Fraz is just a bellhop. Marvelous Mule starts getting a headache and a shadowy figure peeks from behind a door that is open slightly and gloats that Mastermule will control Marvelous Mule into destroying The Ass-Men. Thadeus notices Marvelous Mule is in pain but she yells at him and her face and costume start to change. The ass-men start running from Fraz when he appears with a machine gun and they retreat back the way they came until they encounter Bad Ass (the evil form of Marvelous Mule). |
Genre | Satire; Super-hero |
Script | Marcus Lusk (writer); Mark Poe (plot) |
Pencils | Mark Poe |
Inks | Phil Greene; Mark Poe (assist) |
Letters | Phil Greene |
Editing | Marcus Lusk |
Characters | Elric |
Synopsis | Ad for hardbound Elric graphic album. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Pencils | P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert? |
Inks | P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert? |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Bad Ass; Colossass; Poof; Windy; Wildass; Bifoclops; Thadeus Hoolittle |
Genre | Satire; Super-hero |
Pencils | Mark Poe; Marcus Lusk (layout)? |
Inks | Mark Poe; Marcus Lusk? |
Colors | Mark Poe; Marcus Lusk? |
Notes | credit written on cover is "Poe & Lusk". |