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Issue: Contemporary Pictorial Literature #5
Publication Date: January 1973
 
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Indicia Publisher: CPL/GANG Publications
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Pages: 16
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Price: $0.35 USD
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Content Items: 10 (1 story, 0 covers)
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Disclose Notes: The fifth issue published in 1973, so the release was likely in the fall.
A 16-page fanzine that included a 4-page catalog insert.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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cover

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Editorial states that "Doc" Larry Brnicky got the Neal Adams sketch for the cover at New York Comicon.
Charlton Portfolio Poster #1.

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Editorial

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Gorgon (Inhumans)
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Includes an illustration of Gorgon from the Inhumans.
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The Avenger

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adventure, crime
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The 2nd page is a full-page illustration that has no apparent artist's signature. Byrne is credited as the main artist for the issue.
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Centerfold illustration.
Doc at Marvel

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Larry Brnicky (credited)
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Includes a new full page illustration by John Byrne and small cover copies of issues #5, #6 and #7 of Doc Savage (Marvel, 1972 series).
The Shadow's Nose and Other Anatomical Comments

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mystery
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Presumably the art is by John Byrne who is credited as the featured artist for the issue. Other sources suggest the artist was Bob Layton.
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horror
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Four-panel story without dialog or a discernable signature. Other sources have attributed the comic to John Byrne.
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Back cover with address box for mailing.

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