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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Patty Leidy (signed)

Inker(s): Patty Leidy (signed)

Colorist(s): Sarah Dyer

Letterer(s): Patty Leidy (signed)

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

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Writer(s): Sarah Dyer

Letterer(s): typeset

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Patty Leidy

Penciller(s): Patty Leidy

Inker(s): Patty Leidy

Letterer(s): Patty Leidy

Subject Matter

Character(s): Godzilla

First Line: Who's got those sexy eyes?

Synopsis: A young woman recounts her crush on Godzilla - the movies, the toys, the comics, etc - from childhood to young adulthood.

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Pages: 3

Triple Lutz

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Beth Johnston

Penciller(s): Beth Johnston

Inker(s): Beth Johnston

Letterer(s): Beth Johnston

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The Woman Who Was a Bird

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Writer(s): Rebecca Dart

Penciller(s): Rebecca Dart

Inker(s): Rebecca Dart

Letterer(s): Rebecca Dart

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Synopsis: A man with a young son marries a woman who is actually a bird who transforms herself into a person, but then sings a song to transform herself back into a bird while the man is at work. The son discovers her secret and tells his father. The next day the man sings the song to the woman, which causes her transformation back into a bird. When the transformation is complete, the man shoots the bird.

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I Had a Lot on My Mind

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Amanda Lewis

Penciller(s): Amanda Lewis

Inker(s): Amanda Lewis

Letterer(s): Amanda Lewis

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Synopsis: A young woman recounts the story of how for four years during college she fed her hamster her leftover microwave Eventually she realized that she hadn't filled the hamster's water for a long time. She found the hamster near death, but managed to revive him. The day she graduated from college, though, her roommate's cat ate the hamster.

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Straighten Up and Fly Right

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Writer(s): Carolyn Ridsdale

Penciller(s): Carolyn Ridsdale

Inker(s): Carolyn Ridsdale

Letterer(s): Carolyn Ridsdale

Subject Matter

Character(s): Fishead; Sal; Gus; Hitler; Bob; Maggie

Synopsis: Sal gives Fishead mystery pills he got free for being his supplier's best customer. The pills cause Fishead to black out, when he wakes he doesn't recall what he's done - things like spray painting swastikas on walls or dressing as a KKK member. Sal helps collect donations for Gus while Gus (dressed as Elvis) does a street performance of songs. Sal's supplier is actually Hitler, who plans to achieve mind control through pharmaceuticals. Fishead tries to explain to Sal, who sends Fishead off with Maggie, who is in a protest group of Hitler's next test subjects.

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Pages: 7

Notes: According to the foreword/introduction in Action Girl Comics (Slave Labor Graphics, 1994 series) #4, this story was originally scheduled for that issue when it was planned for 5 pages in length, but got bumped back to this issue when the story grew to 7 pages.

The Indefatigable Gwen in "Marketing"

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Jennifer Sorensen

Penciller(s): Jennifer Sorensen

Inker(s): Jennifer Sorensen

Letterer(s): Jennifer Sorensen

Subject Matter

Character(s): Gwen; Ted

Synopsis: Gwen and Ted walk through the Food Empire supermarket, complaining about the commercialism of movie tie-in cereals and the fake, wholsome-sounding names of products. Suddenly they fall through a trap door in the floor, are swept along a conveyer belt, and eventually end up back in the supermarket, this time inside the frozen food case, as giant Old Santa Fe Man-Sized Burritos.

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Scary Biscuits

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Writer(s): Carol Seatory

Penciller(s): Carol Seatory

Inker(s): Carol Seatory

Letterer(s): Carol Seatory

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Six single-panel scenes of things that are scary - TV programs talking about fatal diseases for which you have the symptoms, mysterious buff-colored envelopes in the mail, store alarms that go off as you walk through with your purchases, medical procedures that require smear tests, late-night phone calls, and conversations that start with "I think we need to talk..."

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Your Hostesses

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: 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. Also includes info about some contributors to previous issues that are not in this issue.