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Issue: Epic Graphic Novel: Blueberry #2
Publication Date: January 1989
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Issues: #2 of 5 Issues
Title: Ballad for a Coffin
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: e; Epic Graphic Novel
Indicia Publisher: Epic Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 124
ISBN: 0871355701
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $18.75 CAD
$14.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Robbin Brosterman is Designer. "With special thanks to Michel Lieure, Anthea Shackleton, Sara Letsch Hall, Suzanne Dell'Orto & Steve Alexandrov."

The editors note Blueberry is modeled after the French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. They cite the anti-heroes of Sergio Leone ("Fistful of Dollars"), Sam Peckinpah ("The Wild Bunch"), and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" as influences.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: 10.87" x 8.25" (27.6 cm x 20.9 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Graphic Novel
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In9
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Ballad for a Coffin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Blueberry; Jimmy McClure; Chihuahua Pearl
Synopsis: Blueberry, Jimmy McClure, and Chihuahua Pearl drive a stagecoach headlong.
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In Content Item: FlagMoebius #4 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ballad for a Coffin

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Tacoma graveyard

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
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In Content Item: FlagMoebius #4 published January 1989
as Tacoma graveyard [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Unmaking of a Hero

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagMoebius #4 published January 1989
as The Unmaking of a Hero [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Foreword illustrated with small cover art reprint from Blueberry (Dargaud éditions, 1965 series) #16.
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Book Three: Ballad For a Coffin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant Mike S. Blueberry [Mike S. Donovan]; General McPherson; Red Wooley and Jimmy McClure; Finlay and Kimball; Vigo; Chihuahua Pearl; Gobernador Lopez; Mexican Federales; bandits; outlaws; soldiers; townspeople; Donnogan
Synopsis: Continuing... Blueberry's allies find an iron-bound coffin in a church. Stealing a wagon, breaking out with booby-trapped mules and a smokescreen, they race for the border. Switching to a stage and cutting a bridge, boarding a ferry across the Rio Grande, they cut the cable and drift through rapids. Gunning down more villains, they open the box to find - lead bars. The Federale Vigo explains Juarez "borrowed" the Confederate gold to finance his revolution. The gang drifts away. Blueberry stands court-martial for stealing the gold and is sentenced to 30 years in a Federal penitentiary...
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In Content Item: FlagMoebius #4 published January 1989
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From Content Item: FlagBlueberry #15 published January 1974
was Ballade pour un cercueil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 62
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Afterward by Jean Giraud

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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Jean Giraud explains changes he made between the story was serialized in Pilote magazine and when it was published in book form.
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Book Four: The Outlaw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Warden Kelly; Big Nose (mentioned); Cartwright; Guffie Palmer; Blake; Marmaduke "Angel Face" O'Hare; President Ulysses S. Grant (mentioned)
Synopsis: Continuing... Dying by inches in Francisville Prison, Blueberry bluffs to reveal the Confederate gold. Warden Kelly sends him by train, but it's ambushed by Blake's bandits, who invite Blueberry to join. He moves on to Santa Fe and Guffie Palmer, a retired madame. Blake shows up with a mission: escort "Marmaduke" to Colorado, as "Angel Face" secretly practices sharpshooting with a take-down rifle. They reach Durango as President Grant visits - meet Warden Kelly! Blueberry will be tagged as the president's assassin, while "disgruntled gentlemen" seize the country's reins...
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as Book Four: The Outlaw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBlueberry #16 published January 1974
was Le hors-la-loi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 44
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Afterword by Jean-Michel Charlier

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Afterword illustrated with small cover art reprint from Blueberry (Dargaud éditions, 1965 series) #2.
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The Words of Chief Seattle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ted Perry [as Chief Seattle]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Chief Seattle
Synopsis: Illustrated version of the famous ecological speech of "Chief Seattle".
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as The Words of Chief Seattle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Chief Seattle was a historical figure, but his speech was fabricated by Ted Perry, a screenwriter, during the Ecology Movement of the 1970's.
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Jean-Michel Charlier Skyknight & Myth Maker Extraordinaire

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Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagMoebius #4 published January 1989
as Jean-Michel Charlier Skyknight & Myth Maker Extraordinaire [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Text article illustrated with small cover art reprint from Blueberry (Dargaud éditions, 1965 series) #6.

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