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Issue: Smilin' Ed Comics #4
Publication Date: March 1981
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantaCo Enterprises
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: FantaCo Enterprises
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 28
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
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Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Bar code on cover appears to be fake and part of cover design.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and white interior
Dimensions: 8.5"x11" (#1); 7.25"x10 7/8" (#2); Standard Modern Age US (# 3 & 4)
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
Binding: Saddle-stitched
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Special Television Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Raoul F. Vezina; Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph)
Inker(s): Raoul F. Vezina; Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph)
Colorist(s): Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph); ? (art)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Smilin' Ed
Character(s): Smilin' Ed Smiley
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art manipulated color photo. Cover format is similar to that of "TV Guide" at that time.
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Saturday [TV listing]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Issue indicia and credits in the form of 'TV Guide' style listings for Smilin' Ed Television stations.
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Who Asked You?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Skulan; Raoul F. Vezina
Penciller(s): Raoul F. Vezina
Inker(s): Raoul F. Vezina
Letterer(s): Raoul F. Vezina
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Smilin' Ed
Character(s): Smilin' Ed Smiley; Tex Treason; Phil Silverfin; Argyle; Brazilia; Steve Martian; Rona Rabbit
Synopsis: Ed gets two weeks to prove he can become a television star. He makes appearances on shows parodying Hollywood Squares; The Love Boat, a Sassoon jeans commercial; and the talk show circuit. Along the way, Tex Treason, the star Ed is being groomed to replace, attempts to eliminate him.
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Pages: 18
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Blind Date

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Hembeck
Penciller(s): Fred Hembeck
Inker(s): Bill Anderson
Letterer(s): Fred Hembeck
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jessica Wall; Wally Wilson
Synopsis: A girl has a blind date with a man who is obsessed with television.
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Pages: 5
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The Ed Letters Department

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Ahmed Basir Adbul-Jabbar; George Erling; Gary Hallgren; Michael T. Gilbert; Ronnie Rat, Esq.; Howard Cruse; and Steve Bissette. No editorial responses.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Raoul F. Vezina
Inker(s): Raoul F. Vezina
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Smilin' Ed
Character(s): Smilin' Ed Smiley
First Line: What a Jerk, That Smiley!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover advertisement for a subscription to Smilin' Ed Smiley comics from Fantaco.
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Frobidden Planet

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Grand Opening of the Big Apple's first Multi-Media Emporium! Forbidden Planet on April 18, 1981. On back cover of issue.

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