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Issue: Taboo #1
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #1 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagSpiderbaby Grafix & Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: SpiderBaby Grafix and Publishing
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 116
ISBN: 0922003009
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $9.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 35 (14 stories, 2 covers)
Editor(s): Norm Krampetz (credited) (editorial consultant, introductions)
Disclose Notes: Series created by Stephen R. Bissette and John Totleben.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black & White Interior
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: Cardstock Cover
Binding: softcover; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Sin's Breakfast

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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title of cover painting taken from Table of Contents.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: This issue is dedicated to the memory of Greg Irons (1947-1984)
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Disclose Notes: Inside of front cover.
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Table of Contents

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Indicia and Acknowledgments

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page contains illustrations by Clive Barker.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Whisper the word and I come running...
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Introduction by Clive Barker dated December 1987, including illustrations by Barker on two pages.
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Censortivity

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Reprint Notes: from the portfolio "A Benefit Portfolio In Defense Of The First Amendment" (1987)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All royalties from this page were donated to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
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"The Kitty Killer Kids" Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: biography, horror
First Line: S. Clay Wilson weds the spirit of Audrey Beardsley with the dementia of a sex-crazed biker from hell.
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The Kitty Killer Kids

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 2
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"Come On Down" Introduction

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Genres: biography
First Line: Alan Moore is not just and exceptional comicbook writer...
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Come On Down

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Carol Steiner; Phil Malloy; Cheryse
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Pages: 9
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"Scarecrow" Introduction

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Genres: biography
First Line: Cartoonist/illustrator Charles Vess is one of the comic industry's true gentlemen.
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Scarecrow

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Harklin; Billy
First Line: Back 'n Kansas when I was just a kid they used ta spin tales 'bout ol' farmer Harklin 'n his...
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In Content Item: FlagA1 Bojeffries Terror Tome #1 published January 2005
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"Tooth Decay" Introduction

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Genres: biography
First Line: The teeth!–the teeth!–they were here, and there, and everywhere...
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Disclose Notes: Contains a paragraph from Edgar Allan Poe's (misspelled Allen) short story "Berenice".
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Tooth Decay

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Ralph Compton; Crazy Mike; Doctor August (antagonist)
First Line: My name is Ralph Compton.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Based on Tom Sniegoski's short story "Tooth Decay." Adapted by Mike Hoffman in collaboration with the author.
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"Contagious" Introduction

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Genres: biography, horror
First Line: Many of Charles Burns' tales whisper secretly to the body even as they speak directly to the eyes and minds.
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Contagious

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Linda; Paul; Jane Brewster
First Line: It's always the same dream...
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best Comics of the Decade #2 published July 1990
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"Cable" Introduction

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Genres: biography
First Line: During the past five decades, a slew of colorful (and some not so colorful) heroes...
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Disclose Notes: Page contains an illustration by Bernie Mireault.
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Cable

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Derek
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Pages: 13
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"Eyes Without a Face" Introduction

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Inker(s): ? (comic samples)
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (comic samples)
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Genres: biography
First Line: The publication of psychiatrist Dr. Frederic Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent in 1954 contributed greatly...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes samples of classic horror stories that use the "injury-to-eye" motif.
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Eyes Without a Face

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Genres: horror
First Line: That's right, watch me dig the hole...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Artist signature on fifth page of the story.
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"Throat Sprockets" Introduction

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Genres: biography
First Line: Tim Lucas tells us that his story isn't about vampirism...
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Throat Sprockets

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Genres: horror
First Line: The first time I saw "Throat Sprockets" was at the old Eros Theater.
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Pages: 12
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"The Pyjama Girl" Introduction

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Genres: biography
First Line: If any story in this collection personifies why John and I struggled to make TABOO a reality, it is this one.
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Disclose Notes: Contains an illustration from the story "The Pyjama Girl".
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The Pyjama Girl

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Jean Morris; Pyjama Girl; Jeanette Constance Routledge
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From Content Item: FlagFox Comics #5 published September 1984
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"Cottonmouth" Introduction

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First Line: Dig.
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Disclose Notes: Introduction written by Dave Sim with a postscript response by Stephen R. Bissette.
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Cottonmouth

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Genres: horror
First Line: ...swallow...
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"Chigger and the Man" Introduction

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First Line: Through the teeth...
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Chigger and the Man

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Genres: horror
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"Dirk the Gerbil" and "A Late Night Snack" Introduction

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Genres: biography
First Line: Born in Montreal, Canada in 1960, Chester Brown moved to greener pastures in Toronto in 1979.
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Dirk the Gerbil Part One: Life is Fun

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Character(s): Dirk the Gerbil (death)
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Dirk the Gerbil Part Two: Dirk Dies

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Character(s): Dirk the Gerbil; God
First Line: Mom! Mom! I accidentally did something to Dirk!! Mom!!
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A Late Night Snack

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Character(s): Gerbil; Bunny (death)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Little Man: Short Strips 1980 - 1995 #[nn] published June 2006
as A Late Night Snack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Flasher

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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside of back cover.
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Dawn at the Crematorium #15

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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