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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin; Jim Starlin (2nd, 3rd and 4th print)

Inker(s): Howard Chaykin; Jim Starlin (2nd, 3rd and 4th print)

Colorist(s): Howard Chaykin; ? (4th print)

Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Cody Starbuck

Character(s): Cody Starbuck

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: After the first printing, the front and back cover art were exchanged.
1st printing 75¢
2nd printing $1.00
3rd printing $1.25
4th printing $1.50

Contents

Credits on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Friedrich (1st and 2nd print)

Penciller(s): N/A (1st print); Neal Adams (2nd print); Becky Wilson (3rd and 4th print)

Inker(s): N/A (1st print); Neal Adams (2nd print); Becky Wilson (3rd and 4th print)

Letterer(s): Typeset (1st and 2nd print); Tom Orzechowski ? (2nd print); Cynthia Dewhurst (3rd and 4th print)

Editor(s): Mike Friedrich

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The 1st print doesn't specify a month of publication; the month of April is noted in the printing histories of subsequent printings. It has a text editorial by Friedrich, a dedication to Julius Schwartz and a credit for Tom Orzechowski with designing the logo.
The 2nd printing is September 1975, has different text (dated Sept. 1, 1975) and the comic strip "Observations" by Friedrich and Adams.
The 3rd printing is April 1977 uses the Becky Wilson contents frame previously used in second printings for issue #2. Story titles and creators with illustration and indicia information.
The 4th printing is March 1978 (per "The Star*Reach Companion" by Richard Arndt).
Sequence content from 4th printing.

...The Birth of Death!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Starlin

Penciller(s): Jim Starlin

Inker(s): Jim Starlin

Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Uncle Mort (host)

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Pages: 8

Notes: This story is relocated to pp. 42-49 in the 2nd and 3rd printings.

Death Building

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Starlin

Penciller(s): Jim Starlin; Al Milgrom

Inker(s): Jim Starlin; Al Milgrom

Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

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Pages: 7

Notes: This story is relocated to pp. 3-9 in the 2nd and 3rd printings.

Fish Myths

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Skeates

Penciller(s): Steve Skeates

Inker(s): Steve Skeates

Letterer(s): Steve Skeates

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

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Pages: 2

Notes: This story is relocated to pp. 10-11 in the 2nd and 3rd printings.

Suburban Fish

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Skeates

Penciller(s): Steve Skeates

Inker(s): Steve Skeates

Letterer(s): Steve Skeates

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

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Pages: 2

Notes: This story is relocated to pp. 24-25 in the 2nd and 3rd printings.

A Tale of Sword and Sorcery

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Ed Hicks

Penciller(s): Walt Simonson

Inker(s): Walt Simonson

Letterer(s): Walt Simonson

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

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Pages: 12

Notes: This story is relocated to pp. 12-23 in the 2nd and 3rd printings.

Cody Starbuck

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Howard Chaykin

Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin

Inker(s): Howard Chaykin

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Cody Starbuck

Character(s): Cody Starbuck

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Pages: 16

Notes: This story is relocated to pp. 26-41 in the 2nd and 3rd printings.

The Origin of God!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Starlin

Penciller(s): Jim Starlin

Inker(s): Jim Starlin

Letterer(s): Jim Starlin

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Pages: 1

Notes: This story is relocated to the inside back cover in the 2nd printing.
This story is relocated to p.50 in the 3rd printing.

Would You Buy a Used Comic From This Man?

Advertisement on Inside Back Cover (IBC) from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): ? (photograph)

Inker(s): ? (photograph)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for titles from Star*Reach Productions on inside of back cover.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Inside Back Cover (IBC) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski?

Subject Matter

First Line: #2's Gonna Be Even Better!

Synopsis: The title is the content of a word balloon on a white background. The bottom of the page gives the name, address and phone number of the printer, Len Kneale of Graphic Media Consultants.

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Pages: 1

Notes: This is unique to the inside back cover (p.51) of the first printing.
In the 2nd print this is replaced on p.50 with 4 quarter-page ads for Star*Reach Productions, Gorblimey Press, Colorado Comics and Comics & Comix (of Grass Valley, CA).
In the 3rd print this is replaced by a Star*Reach Productions mail-order ad (up to issue #8).
In the 4th print this is replaced by a Star*Reach Productions mail-order ad using a photo referencing a photo ad from the publisher's Dec. 1977 issues. It offers issue #13, which was due at that time but shipped months later.

Death

Illustration on Cover, Back from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Starlin

Penciller(s): Jim Starlin

Inker(s): Jim Starlin

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): Death

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Pages: 1

Notes: Image on back cover. After the first printing, this artwork is exchanged with the Howard Chaykin art on the front cover of the first printing.