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Issue: The Girl Who Married a Skull and Other African Stories #[nn]
Publication Date: October 2018
 
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Publisher: FlagIron Circus Comics
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Indicia Publisher: Iron Circus Comics
On Sale Date: 10/24/2018
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Pages: 212
ISBN: 9781945820243
UPC/EAN: 978194582024351500
Price: $15.00 USD
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Content Items: 18 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kate Ashwin (editor); Taneka Stotts (editor)
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
fantasy
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Miscellaneous
1
Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Credits Page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
A skull disguises himself as a handsome man so that he can lure a woman into the land of the dead.
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Miscellaneous
20
Anansi Tries to Steal Wisdom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jose Pimienta
Jose Pimienta
Jose Pimienta
Jose Pimienta
Subject Matter
fantasy
Anansi
The impatient spider Anansi tries to steal wisdom from the elders.
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Miscellaneous
26
Demane and Demazana

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Katie Shanahan
Katie Shanahan
Katie Shanahan
Subject Matter
fantasy
Demane; Demazana
Two orphan children have a close encounter with a cannibal.
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Miscellaneous
18
Hyena and Jackal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Kefu; Baruti
Inspired by the myths of hyena and jackal, two men try to play a prank.
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Miscellaneous
2
Snake and Frog Never Play Together

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Frog Child; Snake Girl
Frog Child and Snake Girl become friends but their mothers caution them they are actually enemies.
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Miscellaneous
9
Why Turtles Live in Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, fantasy
A turtle evades death by suggesting his captors try to drown him.
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Miscellaneous
6
The Story of the Thunder and the Lightning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kate Ashwin
Kate Ashwin
Kate Ashwin
Kate Ashwin
Subject Matter
fantasy
Lightning; Thunder
Lightning causes destruction everywhere he goes, with his mother Thunder pursuing him.
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Miscellaneous
11
Gratitude

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
D. Shazzbaa Bennett
D. Shazzbaa Bennett
D. Shazzbaa Bennett
D. Shazzbaa Bennett
Subject Matter
fantasy
A hunter shows mercy to a civet. Later, when put on trial by crocodiles, the hunter is saved by the civet.
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Miscellaneous
17
The Lion's Whisker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mary Cagle
Mary Cagle
Mary Cagle
Mary Cagle
Subject Matter
fantasy
A wife seeking to repair the relationship with her husband is told to obtain a lion's whisker to make a love potion.
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Miscellaneous
21
Isis and the Name of Ra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Cameron Morris
Subject Matter
fantasy
Isis; Ra
Isis tricks Ra into revealing his true name to her.
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Miscellaneous
16
Queen Hyena's Funeral

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ma'at Crook
Ma'at Crook
Ma'at Crook
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Queen Oba
Queen Oba the hyena irritates the other animals with her terrible jokes.
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Miscellaneous
12
The Girl Who Married a Lion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nel McDonald
Nel McDonald
Nel McDonald
Nel McDonald
Subject Matter
fantasy
A man believes his sister has married a lion.
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Miscellaneous
8
Concerning the Hawk and the Owl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Meredith McClaren
Meredith McClaren
Meredith McClaren
Meredith McClaren
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
When a hawk claims an owl chick for dinner the parents of the chick raise no protest, which the hawks find concerning.
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Miscellaneous
6
Chief 5 Heads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
A woman who goes to be the wife of a chief has strange encounters with the chief as he assumes various forms to test her.
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Miscellaneous
19
The Stranger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
A conqueror is undone by poison.
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Miscellaneous
10

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