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Issue: Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business #[nn]
Publication Date: September 2001
 
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Publisher: FlagAlternative Comics
Indicia Publisher: Alternative Comics
On Sale Date: 09/2001
Volume:
Pages: 28
ISBN: 1891867059
UPC/EAN: 978189186705750350
Price: $3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Josh Neufeld; R. Walker
Disclose Notes: Stories about the rise and fall of rich business people and their sometimes foolish and other times unscrupulous actions.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Bond
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Subject Matter
Al Dunlap; Michael Vranos; Ron Perelman; Monroe Trout; Katrina Garnett; Jack Welch; Victor Niederhoffer; S. Jay Goldinger
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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The Comic Book Villain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Mike Rosler
Walker DuPree
Subject Matter
Ron Perelman; Carl Icahn; Power Man (cameo); Matt Murdock [Daredevil] (cameo); J. Jonah Jameson (cameo); Thing (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo); Magneto (cameo); Captain America (cameo); Hulk (cameo)
Story of how Ron Perelman bought Marvel Comics, expanded into licensing, took the company public, then lost a takeover battle for control of Marvel to Carl Icahn as Marvel's stock price crashed, but still ended up making about $200 million in personal profit.
Reprinting
FlagExpo 2000 #[nn] published July 2000
was The Comic-Book Villain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Trader Shrugged

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
?
Subject Matter
Monroe Trout; Tim Trout
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Miscellaneous
3
Look the Part

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
?
Subject Matter
Katrina Garnett
Founder of Crossroads Software (later renamed Crossworlds) sets herself up as a role model forwomen interested in high-tech careers.
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FlagSmall Press Expo SPX99 [The Expo99 Comic] #[nn] published January 1998
was L@@k the Part [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The V-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
?
Subject Matter
Michael Vranos; Joe Jett; Jack Welch
Vranos makes millions at Kidder Peabody selling risky mortgage-backed securities. The company is ruined when Joe Jett is caught making phantom trades, and changes in interest rates in the bond market make a recovery of the millions lost impossible. Kidder Peabody goes bankrupt and is sold to Paine Webber.
Reprinting
FlagKeyhole #2 published October 1996
was The V Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Hoo Doo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Subject Matter
Victor Niederhoffer; George Soros
Niederhoffer made a fortune making as a short-term speculator in commodities. He claimed the National Enquirer was the only paper he read, and that it was more accurate than the New York Times. His autobiography was titled "Education of a Speculator." In 1997 he lost all of his fortune when the market crashed in October, and he was forced to make good on his margin positions - a guarantee to buy at a certain price, regardless of whether the current price was higher or lower.
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FlagKeyhole #6 published December 1998
was Hoodoo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Chainsaw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Subject Matter
Al Dunlap
Dunlap made over $100 million in just over a year by purchasing 2% of the stock of the failing Scott Paper company, cutting employees and costs, then selling what was left of the company to the Kimberly-Clark company. He made $1.25 million in one day when he bought $3 million of Sunbeam stock the day before he was named the new CEO, and the stock price jumped from $12 to $17 per share.
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FlagKeyhole #3 published January 1997
as Chainsaw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Ask Jay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Subject Matter
S. Jay Goldinger
Goldinger made a fortune working for Cantor Fitzgerald, specializing in fixed-income securities and low-tax investments, then started his own company, Capital Insight, bought a baseball team wrote an investment advice column titled "Ask Jay", did a lot of TV interviews, and had infomercials to promote his investment seminars. After a divorce, investors claimed he was making excessive numbers of trades to rack up commissions. He made a massive bet using borrowed money that interest rates would rise, but they fell, costing investors $16 million and driving Capital Insight out of business.
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FlagKeyhole #5 published June 1998
was Ask Jay [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
News After the Close

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. Walker
typeset
Subject Matter
Ron Perelman; Monroe Trout; Victor Niederhoffer; Al Dunlap; Katrina Garnett; Michael Vranos; Jay Goldinger
Update on the status of the main characters in each story, detailing changes in their situations from late 1998 through late 2000, after the stories were completed.
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Performance Matters

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld
typeset
Subject Matter
Promo about the comic book, on the back cover, with promotional quotes about the comic laid over an image of the comic's front cover and a drawing of the stock page of a newspaper.
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