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Issue: Mangazine #1
Publication Date: August 1985
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues (6 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAntarctic Press
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: The Antarctic Press
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ben Dunn (Editor/Publisher)
Disclose Notes: Entire comic for this issue measures 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) wide x 9.75 inches (24.3 cm) tall. Newsprint paper cover (1st printing), glossy cover (2nd printing). Antarctic misspelled several times in indicia [Antartic].
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US; (#1 1st printing: 6.5 in. x 9.75 in.; #3 6.5 in. x 9.5 in.)
Paper Stock: newsprint cover and interior (#1 1st printing); newsprint interiors with glossy cover (Issue #1, 2nd printing and #2-#5)
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mangazine

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Lone Wolf [Jordy Mills]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Extremely Silly Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Extremely Silly
Character(s): Superman; Godzilla; Ronald Reagan; Batman; Conan the Barbarian
First Line: Don't be left out!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Extremely Silly (Antarctic Press, 1986 series).
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Castillo
Penciller(s): Frank Castillo
Inker(s): Frank Castillo
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): StickFigureman; Frank Gidden
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Table of contents with associated credits, illustrated with panels reprinted from elsewhere in this issue.
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Tiger-X: Chapter 1, "Lone Wolf"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Lone Wolf [Jordy Mills] (introduction); Marlene; Lucky Tim; Sam; Larry; Dr. Bordeau Onrei
First Line: In the year 1993, the Mid-East War escalated...
Synopsis: The story of resistance fighters against a Soviet Invasion of the United States.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First appearance of the Tiger-X storyline that would later feature in two limited series from Malibu (Eternity).
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The Adventures of StickFigureman: The Menace of Dr. Evill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Randy Stukey; Robert Gibson
Penciller(s): Mike Cogliandro [miscredited as Mike Cogliondro]
Inker(s): Mike Cogliandro [miscredited as Mike Cogliondro]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): StickFigureman
Character(s): Dr. Robert Evill; Dave [StickFigureman] (introduction); Gordon; Randall; Mike
First Line: Special origin collector's story.
Synopsis: Introduction and origin of StickFigureman.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Dr. Evill is deliberately misspelled.
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Mighty Tiny

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, war
Feature(s): Mighty Tiny
Character(s): Lt. Sabastian Tiny
First Line: You'll find him in Mangazine #3 with a special cover by Ben Dunn and Sam De La Rosa!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mighty Tiny storyline that ran through Mangazine (Antarctic Press, 1985 series) issues 3-5.
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Robbery on the Streets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herb Mallette
Penciller(s): Herb Mallette
Inker(s): Herb Mallette
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Grubworm
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Pages: 1
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Mark 2 Squad: Arrival! Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Castillo
Penciller(s): Frank Castillo
Inker(s): Frank Castillo
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mark 2 Squad
Character(s): Colonel Leonard Kel; Samson; Mark; Dena; Loudark; Kip; Oskra; Goliath; Colonel Samovar Creger; Frank; Joey
Synopsis: After a battle between the Mark 2 Squad and a R.A.M. gunship, the Mark 2 Squad crash-lands on Earth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Fast Food Tripper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Cogliandro [miscredited as Mike Cogliondro]
Penciller(s): Mike Cogliandro [miscredited as Mike Cogliondro]
Inker(s): Mike Cogliandro [miscredited as Mike Cogliondro]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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What's in a Face?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marc Ripley
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Detective Frank Gidden
Character(s): Changeor; Detective Frank Gidden
Synopsis: A shape-changing villain is pursued by a crime-noir-style detective.
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Pages: 6
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Antartic Blast

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): StickFigureman
First Line: Thank you for buying Mangazine.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Background on the Mangazine comic and announcement of a contest to win a Mangazine t-shirt. "Antarctic" misspelled in original title.
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Next issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Castillo
Inker(s): Frank Castillo
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mark 2 Squad
Character(s): Samson
First Line: Ask for it at your favorite comic shop!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad inside back cover for Mangazine (Antarctic Press, 1985 series) issue #2 (February 1986) previewing cover art.
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Earthstrike

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Coming soon from Antartic Press.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad on back cover for Earthstrike, a graphic novel that was never produced.

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