XOW Logo
Issue: Comic Book Comics #1
Publication Date: March 2008
 
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEvil Twin Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Evil Twin Comics
On Sale Date: 03/05/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 649241852124
Price: $3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes:  
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Comic Book Comics
The Yellow Kid; Max Fleischer; Walt Disney; The Shadow; Cthulhu; Buck Rogers; Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Legalese!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
Comic Book Comics
Popeye; Koko the Clown; Betty Boop; Tarzan; Buck Rogers; The Shadow; Doc Savage; Mickey Mouse; Superman; Zorro; The Spirit
Illustrated list of trademarks & copyrights featured in the issue.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Funnies Get Famous

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Comic Book Comics
James Sweeney; Josef Noa; Rudolf Charousek; The Yellow Kid; Richard F. Outcault; William Randolph Hearst; Joseph Pulitzer; Henry Conway "Bud" Fisher; Winsor McCay; Little Nemo; Gertie the Dinosaur; Max Fleischer; Waldemar Klaempffert; Koko the Clown
Traces the origins of comic art, including the Outcault's Yellow Kid and McCay's Little Nemo, plus how the animation work of Max Fleischer grew up contemporaneously.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
Amazing Spicy Science Mystery Stories!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Comic Book Comics
Jack Kirby; Frank A. Munsey; Hugo Gernsback; Buck Rogers; Tarzan; Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster; Hugo Danner; Friedrich Nietzsche; The Shadow; Cthulhu; Doc Savage
Recounts the rise of pulp magazine adventures and how they inspired young Jack Kirby and Jerry Siegel, leading to Kirby's employment by Max Fleischer.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Toon Feud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Comic Book Comics
Betty Boop; Koko the Clown; Bluto; Popeye; Max Fleischer; Mickey Mouse; Jack Kirby; Jerry Siegel; Clark Gable; Carole Lombard; Bimbo
Recounts Kirby's time employed by Max Fleischer and how Fleischer originally found more success than Disney by being cost-conscientious, but Fleischer's labor troubles and Disney's success with Snow White saw Disney eclipse Fleischer before the end of the 1930s.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
New Action Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Comic Book Comics
Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster; Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; Maxwell C. Gaines; Ignatz; Dick Tracy; Mutt; Jeff; Tarzan; The Yellow Kid; Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Henri Duval; Bluto; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Zorro; The Shadow; Bob Kane; Harry Donenfeld; Victor Fox; Will Eisner; The Blue Beetle
Explores the creation of Superman and the beginning of Kirby's career in comic books.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
12
Next Issue:

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente; Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
World's Greatest Comic Book Collection!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Bonus!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
Comic Book Comics
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
First page of "Crime Oh Man, Does it Pay!" from Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology (Evil Twin Comics, 2007) #[nn].
Red More Comics - Get More Smarter

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
Action Philosophers!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Van Lente
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Ryan Dunlavey
Subject Matter
Comic Book Comics
You Only Think You Know Comics History!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.