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Issue: Cerebus #4
Publication Date: June 1978
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Issues: #4 of 298 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAardvark-Vanaheim
Brand: Aardvark-Vanaheim PresentsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Aardvark Press
On Sale Date: 1978
Volume: 1
Pages: 28
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $1.00 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Denise Loubert (publisher)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagSwords of Cerebus #1 [1st Printing] published January 1981 as Death's Dark Tread [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCerebus #1 [1st Printing] published August 1987 as Death's Dark Tread [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Face-to-Waist With Elrod

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dave Sim
Inker(s): Dave Sim
Colorist(s): Dave Sim
Letterer(s): Dave Sim
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Cerebus
Character(s): Cerebus; Elrod
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death's Dark Tread

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Sim
Penciller(s): Dave Sim
Inker(s): Dave Sim
Letterer(s): Dave Sim
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Cerebus
Character(s): Cerebus; Elrod of Melvinbone; Death
Synopsis: In Serrea, a drunken Cerebus chances upon a valuable gem. He believes his luck has taken an upturn, but the jewel is actually the Chaos Gem, and Death wants it for itself. Death begins sending monsters at Cerebus to herd him towards his doom, but Cerebus is too strong-willed. Seeking a weaker mind, Death finds Elrod of Melvinbone, prince of a distant people (and an arrogant buffoon). Elrod manages to get himself and Cerebus thrown in a dungeon, but Cerebus manages to escape, happily leaving Elrod behind to rot. Sensing the gem is the cause of all these troubles, Cerebus tosses it down a well.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: The first appearance of Elrod of Melvinbone, who talks like Foghorn Leghorn, and is a parody of Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone.

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