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Issue: Amazing Heroes #69
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #69 of 204 Issues (205 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.95 USD
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Content Items: 12 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover, black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Miller's Back
Synopsis: Batman & Elektra about to run into each other in a dark alley.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bits & Pieces
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Comic news shorts.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Comics dated 4/11/1981 to 5/2/1981
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (reprints)
Inker(s): various (reprints)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Newsflashes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; various (reprints)
Penciller(s): various (reprints)
Inker(s): various (reprints)
Letterer(s): typeset; various (reprints)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Coming Distractions
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Black & white copies <0.25 page of the following covers:
DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #84
The Masked Man (Eclipse, 1984 series) #3
Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #25
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A Frank Miller Triptych

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A detailed look at Frank Miller's philosophy of superhero comics derived from reading his comics & an interview. Several finished art pages & sketches are provided for context.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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A Stranger Walks Among Us

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Sample (credited)
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: A detailed history of DC's the Phantom Stranger. Includes reprints of multiple panels from several different comics. Begins with a full splash page illustration by Jeffrey Bethune dated '85.
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Pages: 10
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Chapter 7: Of Anzio and Amazons

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various (reprints)
Inker(s): various (reprints)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Comic Book Heroes
Synopsis: A look at the transition in themes that were popular in comics starting in the 1960s with a focus on DC properties.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Installment 7: the Justice Society, the Marvel Family

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; various (reprints)
Penciller(s): various (reprints)
Inker(s): various (reprints)
Letterer(s): typeset; various (reprints)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Golden Age Directory
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Black & white copies <0.25 page of the following covers:
Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #2 (April 1941)
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #4 (March-April 1941)
U. S. A. Comics [USA Comics; U.S.A. Comics] (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)
New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[2] ([July] 1940)
Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (Autumn 1941)
Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #4 (February 1940)
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7 (Fall 1942)
Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #17 (July 1941)
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (reprint)
Penciller(s): ? (reprint)
Inker(s): ? (reprint)
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (reprint)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comics in Review
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Contains reviews of the following comics:
The Badger (First, 1985 series) #5
The Shadow War of Hawkman (DC, 1985 series) #1
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (Marvel, 1985 series) #1
Somerset Holmes (Eclipse, 1984 series) #6
Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1985 series) #1
Moonshadow (Marvel, 1985 series) #1
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Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amazing Readers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Reader letters.

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