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Issue: American Flagg! #25
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Publisher: FlagFirst
Brand: First ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: First Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/21/1985
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
$1.25 USD
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Content Items: 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Gold
Disclose Notes: No copyright registration was filed for the issue. The issue's First Notes promotions page indicates that it was scheduled to go on sale in June 1985. According to the listings in Amazing Heroes #74 and The Comics Journal #100, the expected on-sale date was June 21.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Saturday Night--Dead!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Howard Chaykin (signed)
Howard Chaykin (signed)
Alex Wald ?
Ken Bruzenak ?; Alex Jay (American Flagg! logo)
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, science fiction
American Flagg!
Reuben Flagg; Dana DeNonno; Cameron Parkehouse
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Gold (letter replies)
Howard Chaykin
Howard Chaykin
typeset
Subject Matter
Plex Mail
Reuben Flagg; Grace DeWolfe
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Miscellaneous
1
The page features letters from Charles N. Wirstrom, William Barber, and Charles Van Meter. The replies are by Mike Gold.

The page also includes the issue indicia and a miniature of the cover of American Flagg! #26.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen! Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Chaykin
Howard Chaykin
Howard Chaykin
Alex Wald
Ken Bruzenak
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, science fiction
American Flagg!
Reuben Flagg; Donna DeNonno; Yuri Kholyakov; Olga Panova; Sherman Peabody; Cameron Parkehouse; Titania Weis; Dave; Keith; Antonio de la Cristo
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Miscellaneous
20
Summer Thrills

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Gold
Joe Staton (E-Man); Rich Larson (Whisper); Doug Rice (Dynamo Joe)
Joe Staton (E-Man); Rich Larson (Whisper); Doug Rice (Dynamo Joe)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
First Notes
E-Man; Whisper; Dynamo Joe
A teaser essay for these series: The Original E-Man and Michael Mauser; Whisper; and Dynamo Joe. A listing of First Comics' June 1985 (cover-dated October) releases.
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Miscellaneous
1
Get a Super Helping of Super Heroes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Romita Jr.; John Buscema; Jackson Guice
Al Milgrom; John Buscema ?; Jackson Guice
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
An ad for Bud Plant, Inc. It features cover images for: The Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book (Marvel, 1983 series); How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way (Simon & Schuster, 1978); and Swords of the Swashbucklers [Marvel Graphic Novel (Marvel, 1982 series) #14].

The ad takes up the first half of the page between pages 8 and 9 of "Mad Dogs & Englishmen! Part 3."
The First Choice

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Rude
Steve Rude
Les Dorscheid
typeset; Mary Pulliam
Subject Matter
Nexus; Badger; Judah the Hammer
A subscription blank for First Comics' ongoing series. It is accompanied by a panel from Nexus (First, 1985 series) #7.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
The ad appears on the bottom half of the page between pages 8 and 9 of "Mad Dogs & Englishmen! Part 3."
The First American Flagg! Graphic Novel

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Chaykin
Howard Chaykin
?
typeset; Alex Jay (American Flagg! logo); Ken Bruzenak (Hard Times logo)
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, science fiction
American Flagg!
Reuben Flagg; Raul the Cat; C. K. Blitz; Hilton "Hammerhead" Krieger
A house ad for American Flagg!: Hard Times (First Comics Graphic Novel Number Three (First, 1985 series). The graphic novel features the story serialized in American Flagg! #1-3.
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Miscellaneous
1
The art in the ad is a collage of figures from various panels from published American Flagg! episodes.

The ad appears on the page between page 20 of "Mad Dogs & Englishmen! Part 3" and page 1 of "Welcome to the Pleasure Dome."
Welcome to the Pleasure Dome

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Don Lomax
Don Lomax
Alex Wald
Ken Bruzenak
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, science fiction
American Flagg!
Mort Gort; Deiter "Daddy Fleshbucks" Reich; Medea Blitz; Luther Ironheart; Amanda "Mandy" Krieger; Raul the Cat; Jules "Deathwish" Folquet
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Miscellaneous
8
Part 5 of 7. Parts 2-6 each spotlight a different member of the American Flagg! supporting cast. The final part in issue #27 brings all the feature's characters together for a full-length episode.

This installment's spotlighted character is Medea Blitz.

Deiter "Daddy Fleshbucks" Reich is a porn-themed parody of the Daddy Warbucks character from the Little Orphan Annie newspaper strip.
Collecting Dust: A Guide to Preserving Comic Books, part 1

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles Meyerson
Alex Wald (signed)
Alex Wald (signed)
Alex Wald (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
Collecting Dust
An essay on comic-book collecting and preservation. It is accompanied by a cartoon of Death reading a crumbling comic book.
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Miscellaneous
1
The article appears on the page between pages 2 and 3 of "Welcome to the Pleasuredome."
Comix Fair '85

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
KSW (signed)
KSW (signed)
KSW ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Badger
An ad for the Comix Fair comics convention in Houston, Texas on July 26, 27, and 28, 1985.
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Miscellaneous
1
The ad appears on the inside back cover.
She Vowed Never to Wear the Costume Again...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rich Larson (signed)
Rich Larson (signed)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, martial arts, superhero
Whisper
Whisper
A house ad for Whisper Special (First, 1985 series) #1.
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Miscellaneous
1
The ad appears on the issue's back cover.

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