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Issue: World War 3 Illustrated #12
Publication Date: January 1989
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Issues: #12 of 47 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: World War 3 Illustrated
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 32 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Seth Tobocman; Sabrina Jones
Disclose Notes: Squarebound issue. No publication date listed. The "Midnight Demolition" article in this issue describes an event that occurred in May 1989. The year shown above is from the timeline published in the "World War 3 Illustrated: 1979–2014" collection by PM Press.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interiors #1-35; Mostly Black & White with Occasional Color #36 & up
Dimensions: Standard US Magazine Size #1-39; 7" x 11" (17.78 cm x 27.94 cm) #40 & up
Paper Stock: Newsprint #1-39 ?
Binding: Saddle-Stitched #1-11; #13-38; Perfect Bound #12; #39 & up
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Bio Hazard- Ecology Health Crisis

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Marguerite Van Cook; James Romberger
Inker(s): Marguerite Van Cook; James Romberger
Colorist(s): Marguerite Van Cook ?; James Romberger ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Biohazard

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Deborah Ross
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a brief text piece.
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Ecology / Health Crisis

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by production and publication credits
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Pryzguk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Desmond; Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Penciller(s): Isabella Bannerman
Inker(s): Isabella Bannerman
Letterer(s): Isabella Bannerman
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ed Koch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes an anti-gay quote from the now former-Pope.
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The Curse of Umbra (A Work in Progress)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brian Allen [as Brian Damage]
Penciller(s): Brian Allen [as Brian Damage]
Inker(s): Brian Allen [as Brian Damage]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The artist passed away of AIDS likely not long after this issue was published. Much of the story appears to be raw pencil with some inked panels.
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Rockville is Burning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Huff; Wave 3
Penciller(s): Isabella Bannerman; Seth Tobocman; Scott Cunningham; Brian Damage (set design)
Inker(s): Isabella Bannerman; Seth Tobocman; Scott Cunningham; Brian Damage (set design)
Letterer(s): ? (computer generated)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Anchorman [Dan] (photo of Kayeton Kurowski); Director (photo of Bob Huff); Terrorist 1 (photo of Jim Eigo); Terrorist 2 (photo of Brian Damage); Terrorist 3 (photo of Ann Otto); Reporter [Tom Garble] (photo of Robert Huff); Demonstrator (photo of Mark Harrington); Doctor (photo of Scott Wald); Jerry Falwell (photo); Frank Young (photo); NIAID Official; Hemophiliac with AIDS (photo of Tom Keane); Nine-Year-Old (photo of David Z. Kirschenbaum)
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Mostly computer-generated art derived from photos combined with a few hand-drawn panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Keough
Penciller(s): Tom Keough (signed)
Inker(s): Tom Keough (signed)
Letterer(s): Tom Keough (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Annie
First Line: March 28, thousands demonstrate at city hall to protest the fact that the government won't do hardly anything to help people with AIDS
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Titled "Tom Keough on New York City Hospitals" in the table of contents
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Real Estate

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Eric Drooker (scratchboard ?)
Inker(s): Eric Drooker (scratchboard ?)
Letterer(s): Eric Drooker (scratchboard ?)
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In Content Item: FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated: Confrontational Comics #[nn] published September 1995
as Real Estate [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Midnight Demolition

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ACT-UP; William Butler
Penciller(s): Myron Trei (photo)
Inker(s): Myron Trei (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by three photos
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Baird Jones (photo); David Wojnarowicz; David Sandlin [as D. Sandlin]; Gary Panter ; F. Lede; ?
Inker(s): Baird Jones (photo); David Wojnarowicz; David Sandlin [as D. Sandlin]; Gary Panter ; F. Lede; ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Willoughby Jones (photo); Bizarro Jimbo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Nine ads from mostly NYC-related businesses. A full-page ad for a Wojnarowicz exhibition at the P•P•O•W gallery; Monday / Wednesday / Friday Video Club includes a small Willoughby Jones photo taken by Jones; "Gracie Mansion" features a small Sandlin illustration; International Coalition for Addict Self-Help; View - "Genorosity;" "Without Borders" Anarchist Conference and Festival; Generator Experimental Music Gallery; "Sohozat Space Age Varieteria" with a small Panter "Bizarro Jimbo" illustration; "Wetlands" with a small illustration from Lede
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My Mother, My Mother

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Penciller(s): Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Inker(s): Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Letterer(s): Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Subject Matter
Character(s): Body; Body's Mom; Naugi
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In Content Item: FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated: Confrontational Comics #[nn] published September 1995
as My Mother My Mother [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Savannah River Plant: My Nightmare & Yours

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Penley
Penciller(s): John Penley (photo)
Inker(s): John Penley (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a single photo
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four ads from mostly NYC-related businesses- "Two Boots Pizza;" "Soul Assassins" free record; "Purple Geezus" EP; Katheryn Love
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Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Kuper
Penciller(s): Peter Kuper (signed)
Inker(s): Peter Kuper (signed)
Letterer(s): Peter Kuper (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Peter Kuper; Death; Humphrey Bogart (photo); Ingrid Bergman (photo); Ronald Reagan (photo); Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers
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From Content Item: FlagHeavy Metal Magazine v13 #2 published May 1989
was Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Includes an extra page not included with the original version.
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The Cancer Strip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sabrina Jones
Penciller(s): Sabrina Jones (painted)
Inker(s): Sabrina Jones (painted)
Letterer(s): Sabrina Jones (painted)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ? (ink brush ?)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Some people I know are afraid of death. We think up crazy horrible stories about our own deaths
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Typewritten text combined with six illustrations
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Love Thorns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Beatrice Schafroth
Penciller(s): Beatrice Schafroth
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Sex Series

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Wojnarowicz
Penciller(s): David Wojnarowicz (photo collage)
Inker(s): David Wojnarowicz (photo collage)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a page-long text piece
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The Ohio 7- Living for the Revolution

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Maggie Smith; Barbara Curzi-Laaman; Thomas Manning
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thomas Manning (photo); Jaan Laaman (photo); Barbara Curzi-Laaman (photo); Carol Manning (photo); Ray Levasseur (photo); Pat Levasseur (photo); Richard Williams (photo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by six photos
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"Stenzilz iz uh nifty mode a vizual ikspression en fast, readable graffiti!!"]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sue Siobhan
Penciller(s): Sue Siobhan
Inker(s): Sue Siobhan
Letterer(s): Sue Siobhan (stencil)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sledgehammer Sue
Character(s): Sledgehammer Sue
Synopsis: A how-to guide on doing street graffiti stencil
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Pages: 3
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McFactory of Blood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Penciller(s): Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Inker(s): Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Letterer(s): Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ronald McDonald; The Alien; Little Boy; The Farmer; Frank Perdue; Doc
Synopsis: A brutally explicit anti-industrial food story.
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Pages: 12
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Guns, Drugs, & Money- Triangular Trade and America's Political Merry-Go-Round

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Drooker
Penciller(s): Eric Drooker
Inker(s): Eric Drooker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): George Herbert Walker Bush; Ronald Reagan; Oliver North; Dan Quayle; Larry Davis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by five illustrations
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Crime and Criminals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Anna Lascari
Penciller(s): Anna Lascari (ink only ?)
Inker(s): Anna Lascari
Letterer(s): Anna Lascari
Subject Matter
Character(s): Heroin Addict
Synopsis: A depiction of how drug prohibition economically benefits drug dealers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Careening to... California

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elmer Lang
Penciller(s): James Romberger [as James] (signed)
Inker(s): James Romberger [as James] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by two illustrations
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My Oakland, There is a There There

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ishmael Reed
Penciller(s): James Romberger
Inker(s): James Romberger
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by five illustrations of varied sizes all inked except for the final one which appears to be painted.
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The Long Summer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marguerite Van Cook
Penciller(s): Marguerite Van Cook
Inker(s): Marguerite Van Cook
Letterer(s): Marguerite Van Cook
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Salt Marsh Strip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Seth Tobocman
Penciller(s): Seth Tobocman
Inker(s): Seth Tobocman
Letterer(s): Seth Tobocman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagYou Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive #[nn] published May 1999
as Wetlands (The Salt Marsh) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The title is from the table of contents. First line of dialogue: "Why can't we go swimming anymore?"
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The Salt Marshes & Why They Are so Cool

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Maddalena Polletta
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Family Text

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Plate
Penciller(s): Sebastian Schroeder (graphite + photo collage)
Inker(s): Sebastian Schroeder (graphite + photo collage)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by four illustrations of varied sizes
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B.B.J. (Baby Blaze Juggler no. 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Barron Storey
Penciller(s): Barron Storey
Inker(s): Barron Storey
Letterer(s): Barron Storey
Subject Matter
Character(s): B.B.J.; Mother
Synopsis: Storey combines the political and personal in this complex tour-de-force that includes themes of environmental and personal self-destruction.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The artist's first name is mispelled in the table of contents. The title is from the table of contents and the story's first page. The artist has elsewhere called this story "Life is a Force, Death is a Wish."
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Why I Went and Got Arrested on Wall Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Maria Maggenti
Penciller(s): Seth Tobocman [as S. Tobocman] (signed)
Inker(s): Seth Tobocman [as S. Tobocman] (signed)
Letterer(s): Seth Tobocman [as S. Tobocman] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Maria Maggenti
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In Content Item: FlagYou Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive #[nn] published May 1999
as Why I Went and Got Arrested on Wall Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Andrea Neuman (painting)
Inker(s): Andrea Neuman (painting)
Colorist(s): Andrea Neuman (painting)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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