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Issue: V #1
Publication Date: February 1985
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/06/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893122202
Price: $0.95 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
15 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Marv Wolfman (editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: Based on the television series.
Copyright © 1984 Warner Bros. Inc.

Public Catalog with the United States Copyright Office reports publication date as reported to them being November 6, 1984. Also reports as being created in 1984. Copyright in notice reported by D.C. Comics, Inc. on May 16, 1986, copyright claimant Warner Brothers, Inc. Copyright registration number TX0001661415. Supplemental registration (application states V characters and textual treatments as developed for the TV series are preexisting material) number TX0001844238.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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science fiction
Mike Donovan; Dr. Juliet Parrish; Ham Tyler
The visitors are our friends
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Huffy
Crank up the power of Pro Thunder!
Ad for bicycles.
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inside front cover
City on the Edge

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science fiction
Julie Parrish; Mike Donovan; Andy Gooder; Chris; Ham Tyler; Adile; Elias; Lorne; Willie; Boyce; Hart; Diana; Lydia; Parnell; Nathan Bates
A clash between the resistance fighters and the Visitors occurs against orders of the Visitor command, and one group of the resistance fighters discovers a town bearing strange "gifts" to the Visitors.
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Star Trek II Starship Combat Game

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Fasa
Ad for for boardgame from FASA Corporation.
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Did you say... money... prizes?
Ad for newspaper sales.
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science fiction
Spanners Galaxy
Oink!
House ad for comic mini-series.
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superhero
Opened at last!
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House ad for Superman the Secret Years mini-series; between pages 17-18 of story.
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Warlord; Arak; Hercules; Deimos; Mikola; Machiste
Cross swords with champions!
Ad for action figure toys.
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Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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DC Heroes Role Playing Game

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Mayfair Games
Superman; Brainiac
Ad for game from Mayfair Games, featuring Justice League of America and The New Teen Titans.
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informational
Article on comic conventions around the US for 1984.
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Includes a DC Check List for week of November 22. Between pages 21-22 of story.
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DC Comics
Azrael; Justice Society; Jonni Thunder
On sale right now!!
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House ad for DC comics.
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Think dirty.
Ad for Swamp Monster car model.
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Activision
Lost. Endless caverns.
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back cover

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