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Issue: normalman #2
Publication Date: March 1984
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Issues: #2 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAardvark-Vanaheim
Brand: Aardvark Vanaheim
Indicia Publisher: Aardvark-Vanaheim Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 28
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.70 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Deni Sim
Disclose Notes: On-sale date, month only, from Amazing Heroes #44.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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The Excruciatingly Average normalman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Valentino ?
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Valentino (signed)
Colorist(s): Jim Valentino; Diane Valentino
Letterer(s): Jim Valentino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): normalman
Character(s): normalman; Ultra-Conservative; Captain Everything
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete normalman #1 published July 2007
as normalman #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover loosely based on Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #39.
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A Note from the Publisher

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Deni Sim
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Deni Sim comments on the problems with lateness of the first issue and promotes this one. Also a list of companies distributing the comic.
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...And One Shall Slay Him!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Valentino
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino
Inker(s): Jim Valentino
Colorist(s): Jim Valentino; Diane Valentino
Letterer(s): Jim Valentino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): normalman
Character(s): normalman; Ultra-Conservative; Fanatic Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]; Captain Everything; Legion of Superfluous Heroes [Entropy Empress (Cameo); Euphemism Lad (Cameo); Fan Boy (Cameo); Flaccid Lad (Cameo); Flatulent Lass (Cameo); Gangrene Girl (Cameo); Generic Lad (Cameo); Generous Lass (Cameo); Glutinous Girl (Cameo); Hackneyed Kid (Cameo); Half-Wit Lad (Cameo); Hedonistic Girl (Cameo)]; Sgt Fluffy; Rotten Kid; Aimless (Flashback Cameo); Old Maid; Sophisticated Lady; The Trendoid; Man-Man; The Pope of Pain
Synopsis: Rotten Kid captures Normalman and tries to sell him to the Ultra-Conservative. Meanwhile Captain Everything battles Sgt Fluffy for no particular reason.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete normalman #1 published July 2007
as ...And One Shall SLAY Him! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Marvel Comics parody issue.
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Look for This Cover Next Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): normalman
Character(s): normalman; The Pope of Pain
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for normalman #3, with cover depicted. "On sale May 15th!!"
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino]
Penciller(s): Mike McGee (photographer); Diane Valentino (photographer)
Inker(s): Mike McGee (photographer); Diane Valentino (photographer)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Conform with norm
Character(s): Jim Valentino (photos); David Clark (photo); Aaron Valentino (photo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A letters page without any letters yet, so Valentino comments on various subjects. Illustrated with two photos.
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normalman T-shirt

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino
Inker(s): Jim Valentino
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): normalman
Character(s): normalman; Captain Everything
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete normalman #1 published July 2007
as [untitled] [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Graphitti Designs normalman T-Shirt for $9.95.
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It's a Boy

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Valentino
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino
Inker(s): Jim Valentino
Colorist(s): Jim Valentino; Diane Valentino
Letterer(s): Jim Valentino
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Valentino; Diane Valentino; Aaron James Valentino (baby); (3 other Valentino children)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Birth announcement for Aaron James Valentino, born Jan. 5, 1984.
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...Time Marches On...No One is Immune...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Letterer(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): humor
Synopsis: Elders complaining about youth culture in the 1960s, then the 1960 youth later complaining about the 1980s youth culture.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Everything in Space

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Valentino [as Valentino] (signed)
Colorist(s): Jim Valentino; Diane Valentino
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): normalman
Character(s): Captain Everything
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete normalman #1 published July 2007
as normalman #2 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Loosely based on Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #29 (Incorrectly listed as #19 in the Complete normalman TPB)

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