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Issue: Smilin' Ed Comics #4
Publication Date: March 1981
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantaCo Enterprises
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: FantaCo Enterprises
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 28
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Bar code on cover appears to be fake and part of cover design.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and white interior
Dimensions: 8.5"x11" (#1); 7.25"x10 7/8" (#2); Standard Modern Age US (# 3 & 4)
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
Binding: Saddle-stitched
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Special Television Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Raoul F. Vezina; Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph)
Raoul F. Vezina; Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph)
Michael A. Gallitelli (photograph); ? (art)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Smilin' Ed
Smilin' Ed Smiley
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Miscellaneous
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Art manipulated color photo. Cover format is similar to that of "TV Guide" at that time.
Saturday [TV listing]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Issue indicia and credits in the form of 'TV Guide' style listings for Smilin' Ed Television stations.
Who Asked You?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Skulan; Raoul F. Vezina
Raoul F. Vezina
Raoul F. Vezina
Raoul F. Vezina
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Smilin' Ed
Smilin' Ed Smiley; Tex Treason; Phil Silverfin; Argyle; Brazilia; Steve Martian; Rona Rabbit
Ed gets two weeks to prove he can become a television star. He makes appearances on shows parodying Hollywood Squares; The Love Boat, a Sassoon jeans commercial; and the talk show circuit. Along the way, Tex Treason, the star Ed is being groomed to replace, attempts to eliminate him.
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Miscellaneous
18
Blind Date

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Hembeck
Fred Hembeck
Bill Anderson
Fred Hembeck
Subject Matter
humorous
Jessica Wall; Wally Wilson
A girl has a blind date with a man who is obsessed with television.
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Miscellaneous
5
The Ed Letters Department

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Letters from Ahmed Basir Adbul-Jabbar; George Erling; Gary Hallgren; Michael T. Gilbert; Ronnie Rat, Esq.; Howard Cruse; and Steve Bissette. No editorial responses.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Raoul F. Vezina
Raoul F. Vezina
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Smilin' Ed
Smilin' Ed Smiley
What a Jerk, That Smiley!
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover advertisement for a subscription to Smilin' Ed Smiley comics from Fantaco.
Frobidden Planet

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Advertisement for the Grand Opening of the Big Apple's first Multi-Media Emporium! Forbidden Planet on April 18, 1981. On back cover of issue.

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