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Issue: Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters #5
Publication Date: February 1987
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Issues: #5 of 10 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEclipse
Brand: Eclipse Comics [in box]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Eclipse Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
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Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: started as one-shot, became ongoing series
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Book Five

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Dringenberg [as Q 87] (signed; credited in internal editorial); Parsonavich (inset)
Inker(s): Mike Dringenberg?; Parsonavich? (inset)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Character(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters[Bruce; Chuck; Clint; Jackie]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover; faux blurbs on back margin, รก la Miller's "Ronin"
The art includes a miniature inset of Parsonavich's art from the "Hams-Tour '86" T-Shirt advertised in the previous issue. It appears here as a poster.
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Good Points

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Catherine Yronwode
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Catherine Yronwode
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Feature(s): The Penumbra
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This editorial lists all scheduled editorial assignments at Eclipse for 1987, noting that Letitia Glozer (Yronwode's sister) will be editing ARBBH.
This page also includes "On The Racks", a checklist of Eclipse publications that month.
Inside front cover
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Inside this van are six crazed individuals...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Chin
Penciller(s): Parsonavich
Inker(s): Parsonavich
Letterer(s): Sam Wray
Editor(s): Don Chin; Letitia Glozer
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Character(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters [Bruce; Chuck; Clint; Jackie]; The Pot-Luck Organization [Big Eddie Baxter; Billy B. Bibbit; Jacques D'Baux; Bobby Gorr; Mongo; Sister Mary Blister]; Warden Bullhead Baxter; The Heap (cameo); Master Lock; Parsonavich (cameo); Randi
Synopsis: While on the lam for destroying the Statue of Liberty, Clint finds Randi, a woman he had met at a concert. She convinces the boys to evade capture by removing their clothes and putting socks on their ears. The police then believe they are her dogs. The Pot-Luck Organization catches up to them at a Disney-style theme park. Continued next issue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Disclose Notes: Clint remembers meeting Randi at a Dead Kennedy's concert in New York during the song "Goons Of Hazard". The song is from their 1985 album "Frankenchrist" and by the time this comic was released their live performance schedule was being derailed by frivolous prosecution tied to that album. Their last live shows were played in early 1986 (followed by a studio album and compilation), so the conversation restricts the event to a period of a few months in late 1985/early 1986.
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Houston Fantasy Fair

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Keith S. Wilson
Inker(s): Keith S. Wilson
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Stan Lee, Larry Niven; Lockjaw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An ad for convention scheduled August 7-9, 1987. An original illustration shows Lee and Niven straining to hold Marvel character Lockjaw on a leash.
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Howdy, Hamster-fans!...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Chin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Feature(s): Hamster Droppings
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Chin states that artist Parsonavich's real first name is Patrick, although it is frequently listed elsewhere as Chris (as at the Who's Who of American Comics site, last updated in 2006). Wikipedia currently identifies him as Patrick Parsons working with Chris Walker, but does not cite any source for this information. Chin himself said in an editorial in issue #2, "Parsonavich's first name isn't 'Chris', as has been indicated in Eclipse Comics flyers and in the press. It's simply Parsonavich... one word, four syllables." In the context of the tone of this series it could be presumed that this is self-mythologizing (in line with drawing themselves into the story). It could also be that all of his credits are collective pseudonyms for Parsons and Walker as a team (as in Gemini= Jim Starlin + Al Milgrom).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Chuck Fiala; Chris Ware (uncredited); Michael T. Gilbert
Inker(s): Chuck Fiala; Chris Ware (uncredited); Michael T. Gilbert
Letterer(s): Chuck Fiala; typeset; Michael T. Gilbert
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Ad for Fiala's "Bullet Crow" (Eclipse) 2-issue mini-series.
Ad for Ware's graphic novel "Floyd Farland, Citizen of the Future".
Ad for Gilbert's "Mr. Monster's Hi-Shock Schlock!".
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The New T-Shirt!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ty Templeton (unsigned; credited in internal editorial)
Inker(s): Ty Templeton
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Character(s): Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters [Bruce; Chuck: Clint; Jackie]
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Although this ad is B&W and does not mention color, this issue's editorial describes this shirt as being full color. It is also a different design from the shirt advertised in the previous issue.
Back issues featuring either Chin or the ARBBH are also offered.
Inside back cover

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