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Issue: Paradax! #1

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Publication Date: April 1987

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Publisher: Flag

Vortex

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Indicia Publisher: Vortex Comics Inc.

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Volume:

Pages: 32

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $2.95 CAD
$2.25 USD

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Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): William P. Marks ?

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Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Colour Cover

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

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Binding: Saddle-stitched

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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Brendan McCarthy

Inker(s): Brendan McCarthy

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, science fiction

Feature(s): Paradax (Al Cooper)

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Pages: 1

Table of Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

Notes: Two pages that feature the Characters, Titles and Synopses of the four stories included in this comic book. Heading on top of page that goes across both pages reads: A Strange Days Presentation. Indicia information included.

Frontis page

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Brendan McCarthy

Colorist(s): Page color

Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: A dedication page to Andy Warhol, "artist of the highest order." Background page color of dark blue with half the cover illustration colored in lighter blue. Text in pink.

The Insane People

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Peter Milligan

Penciller(s): Brendan McCarthy; Tony Riot

Inker(s): Brendan McCarthy; Tony Riot

Colorist(s): Brendan McCarthy

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, science fiction

Feature(s): Paradax (Al Cooper)

Character(s): Al Cooper [Paradax]; Clint Eastwood; Ronald Reagan; Dr. Sex; Jack Empty; Shudder; Twitch; Lola

First Line: Al Cooper, alias Paradax!

Synopsis: An everyday tale of an everyday jerk with a magic suit and a taste for beer and infidelity.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Contains adult situations and nudity.

Blithe Horizons

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Peter Milligan

Penciller(s): Brendan McCarthy

Inker(s): Brendan McCarthy

Colorist(s): Brendan McCarthy

Letterer(s): Gordon Robson

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Rudcliff and Williams

Character(s): Ol' Roaring; Rudcliff; Williams; Constance; Fortesque; Rollo Forbes-Smythe

First Line: Welcome to the boudoir of Captain Roaring, master of the seven insaniseas, sniffer of all things foul and fetid…

Synopsis: These two old English eccentrics drift down the sleepy lagoons of life.

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Pages: 8

The Importance of Being Mirkin

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Peter Milligan

Penciller(s): Brendan McCarthy

Inker(s): Brendan McCarthy

Colorist(s): Brendan McCarthy

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, supernatural

Feature(s): Mirkin the Mystic

Character(s): Mirkin; Harriet D'Ashrod; Basil Hallward

First Line: A languid smirk gamboled across my fine lips as I sauntered into the studio and ensconced myself in a rather Baroque chaise longue.

Synopsis: The long-awaited entrée of that connoisseur of ennui, Mirkin the Mystic, in which Mirkin takes a vow of chastity and resigns from Le Cercle Pervers, much to the chagrin of its members.

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Notes: McCarthy's art in this story is reminiscent of the work done by French artist Druillet in the magazine Heavy Metal.

The Return of Ruff and Reddy

Story on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Jack could have been a bridge.

Synopsis: Surreal one-page story/pin-up of Ruff and Reddy...the story of two friends and fiens who halted them.

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Promotional Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 3

Notes: Mister X Posters (merchandise, Vortex Comics); Paradax #2 (comic book promo, Vortex Comics); The Return of Mister X (trade paperback, Vortex Comics)