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Issue: Action Girl Comics #1
Publication Date: October 1994
 
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Publisher: FlagSlave Labor
Indicia Publisher: Slave Labor Graphics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 28
ISBN:
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Price: $2.50 USD
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Content Items: 23 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sarah Dywe
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Sarah Dyer?
Sarah Dyer?
Sarah Dyer?
Sarah Dyer?
Subject Matter
Action Girl
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Miscellaneous
1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sarah Dyer
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Introduction to the theme of this new anthology comic - to promote all-ages, girl-positive and boy-friendly features by female creators.
Soundtrack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jessica Abel
Jessica Abel
Jessica Abel
Jessica Abel
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Miscellaneous
1
Action Girl: Cakes & Dresses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sarah Dyer
Sarah Dyer
Sarah Dyer
Sarah Dyer
Subject Matter
Action Girl
Action Girl paper doll, with three outfits (New Wave Action Girl; Little Action Girl; 1990s Action Girl) and accessories (sheet cake; devil's food cake; key lime pie). Also a 5-panel comic strip titled Kimi & Kitty.
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Miscellaneous
1
River Baby Dream Child

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Elizabeth Watasin
Elizabeth Watasin
Elizabeth Watasin
Elizabeth Watasin
Subject Matter
A-Girl
Young man floats down a river in a canoe, while singing songs and dreaming.
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Miscellaneous
2
Credits page indicates this story originally appeared in Strangers in Paradise, but does not specify which series or which issue.
All Girls Together

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carol Seatory
Carol Seatory
Carol Seatory
Carol Seatory
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Miscellaneous
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"Bilingue"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leanne Franson
Leanne Franson
Leanne Franson
Leanne Franson
Subject Matter
Girl wearing a Bi-Pride T-shirt is asked by various people what it means, she tells one it means bilingual and tells another it means bicycle.
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Damn Crow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rebecca Dart
Rebecca Dart
Rebecca Dart
Rebecca Dart
Subject Matter
Unseen narrator talks about a crow that keeps hanging around, only to later be revealed that the narrator is dead and the crow is pulling scraps of flesh from the narrator's skull.
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"Ding Dong"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Subject Matter
A young single woman visits a girl friend who has recently had a baby and sees how drastically her friend's life has changed.
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Miscellaneous
1
This story is plagiarized from a 1-pager by French comics artist Claire Bretécher. Bretécher's piece appears, translated into English, as 'Susie Homemaker' in National Lampoon Presents Claire Bretecher (National Lampoon, 1978) and as 'A Woman's Work' in Frustration (Methuen, 1982). In Cain's version, the baby is actually thrown into the waste-bin at the end; in the original, the baby is held suspended over the open bin as the mother considers dropping it.
Action Girl Gears Up For Winter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sarah Dyer
Sarah Dyer
Sarah Dyer
Sarah Dyer
Subject Matter
Action Girl
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Miscellaneous
1
A cut-and-color activity page, featuring an Action Girl apper doll. Outfits include: Action Girl Goes Thrifting; Action Girl is Very Cold; Action Girl Stays Home to Work on a Zine; Action Girl Dresses as Medusa for Halloween; Early-80's Action Girl.
Reservoir

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Megan Kelso
Megan Kelso
Megan Kelso
Megan Kelso
Subject Matter
A girl sneaks over a fence at night to go swimming in a reservoir. While swimming a possum steals her clothes and shoes. After she gets out she gets stuck climbing back over the fence, some geese fly down and help her get off the fence, then fly away.
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Miscellaneous
4
Hey, Amy! What Do You Want To Be When You ... Grow Up???

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Amy Frushour
Amy Frushour
Amy Frushour
Amy Frushour
Subject Matter
Amy
Single panel answers to the title question at ages 3 (apple tree), 6 (first lady astronaut), 9 (a leper), 12 (Mark Tawin), 15 (happy), 18 (left alone), and Now (not going to happen).
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1
What's Been Going On

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ms. Phink
Ms. Phink
Ms. Phink
Ms. Phink
Subject Matter
Spot illos of various activities engaged in over the last few days - New Year's Eve party, drinking Coke Classic, palying with a cat, shopping.
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1
"Isn't It Wonderful To Be Loved!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leanne Franson
Leanne Franson
Leanne Franson
Leanne Franson
Subject Matter
A woman is drawing, her cat tries to interrupt to get attention. Eventually the cat curls up on top of the paper, preventing the woman from doing anything except rubbing the cat.
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Miscellaneous
1
It's The Story of Fluffy, The Cat Who Was A Rock Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen
Subject Matter
Fluffy
An overview of the rise and fall of Fluffy. The cat is discovered, becomes an overnight success rock star, then succumbs to a hedonistic lifestyle and loses everything. Fluffy then realeases a comeback album that bombs, and finally finds a career doing TV commercials for cat food.
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Miscellaneous
2
A Poem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
She-Ra
She-Ra
She-Ra
She-Ra
Subject Matter
A 4-panel illustrated poem about a girl getting her first bra.
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Miscellaneous
1
True Grunge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jessica Abel
Jessica Abel
Jessica Abel
Jessica Abel
Subject Matter
A man and a woman are sitting on a couch reading newspapers. The woman scratches her head and comments that her head itches. The man asks when she last showered, the woman says 7-10 days ago. Both resume reading their newspapers for several more panels without speaking. In the last panel the woman reaches up and scratches her head again.
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Miscellaneous
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A Poem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
She-Ra
She-Ra
She-Ra
She-Ra
Subject Matter
A 4-panel illustrated poem about a girl getting her first bra.
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Miscellaneous
1
Your Hostesses

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Info about the contributors to this issue, in order of appearance in the issue. Info tells about their other credits, and gives mailing addresses for each contributor, along with mail order prices for their own publications.
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Miscellaneous
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Advertisement for an Action Girl T-shirt featuring a drawing of Action Girl by Evan Dorkin.
Further Reading

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Info on other books recommended by the editor, both for self-published mini-comics and for other comics, also has a coupon for a Slave Labor Graphics catalog and a free Action Girl sticker (featuring the image from the T-shirt).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Advertisement for Slave Labor comics, giving toll free phone number that both fans and retailers can call to get catalog, order issues, or get shipping info.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Advertisement for 1995 Alternative Press Expo convention (A.P.E. II).

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