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Issue: Jon Sable, Freelance #12

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Publication Date: May 1984

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Issues: #12 of 56 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

First

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: First Comics, Inc

On Sale Date: 01/24/1984

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 9 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Mike Gold

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior (#1-33); Baxter Interior (#34-56)

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (9 total)

MIA

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Mike Grell (signed)

Inker(s): Mike Grell (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Mike Grell

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jon Sable

Character(s): Jon Sable

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Pages: 1

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Gold

Penciller(s): Mike Grell

Inker(s): Mike Grell

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Freelance Writing

First Line: First, let me say that I was flattered to see my letter in Jon Sable #8, despite the editing.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Bob Bull, A Concerned Reader, and Sam Hughes.

MIA

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Grell

Penciller(s): Mike Grell

Inker(s): Mike Grell

Colorist(s): Janice Cohen

Letterer(s): Ken Bruzenak

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jon Sable

Character(s): Frankie Abbott; Jon Sable; Mrs. Feldman; Sonny Pratt; Hollis Pratt; Bill Pratt; Rusty Olsen; Jerry; Nguyen Van Tran

First Line: In 1969, the North Vietnamese government made it known they were willing, as a token gesture, to release a number of American prisoners-of-war to Rennie Davis, a leader in the new committee to end the war in Vietnam.

Synopsis: Sable organizes a group to go to Vietnam and find evidence of POWs.

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Pages: 28

Busybodies Revisited

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Mike Gold

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): First Notes

First Line: I've raised this issue before, and I'll probably raise it again, but it concerns an issue that can affect all of us who are comics fans and who want to see the medium continue to grow.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Between pages 6 and 7 of MIA.

The Origins of "Independent" Comics Part 4

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Charles Meyerson

Penciller(s): Wendy Pini

Inker(s): Wendy Pini

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Until Wendy and Richard Pini launched WaRP Graphics and Elfquest in 1978, the history of independent comics was dominated by professionals who had left the mainstream to keep financial and creative control over their work.

Synopsis: The Pinis and their decision to self-publish Elfquest.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Between pages 8 and 9 of MIA.

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Character(s): Black Flame

First Line: In the world of nightmares only one man can save you...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Between pages 20 and 21 of MIA.

The First Choice

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Torin Mac Quillon; Jon Sable; Rueben Flagg; E-Man

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Notes: Subscription form.

Between pages 22 and 23 of MIA.

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First Line: Before Warp there was Chaos Prince of Madness!

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: New comic books only 40¢

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Notes: Back cover.