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Issue: Spicy Tales #2
Publication Date: October 1988
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Issues: #2 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: For Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagMalibu Comics
Brand: EternityView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Eternity Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: For Mature Readers
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chris Ulm
Disclose Notes: Most stories were reprints of stories that appeared in the 'Spicy' line of pulps by Frank Armer's Culture Publications (owned by Harry & Irwin Donenfeld)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Parkhurst
Inker(s): Harry Parkhurst
Colorist(s): Brooks Hagan
Letterer(s): Scott Bieser (logo designer)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, mystery, western
Feature(s): Polly of the Plains?
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Pages: 1
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More Spicy Tales

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Wooley
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Text Copyright 1988 by John Wooley. A rundown of some of the details involving the history of the 'Spicy' line of pulps & those who worked on the strips that appeared in them.
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Pages: 2
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Winning Her Stripes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Penciller(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Inker(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Letterer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally The Sleuth
Character(s): Sally The Sleuth; The Owl [Nazi spy X-22] (villain); Mein Herr (villain); The Chief; Elisa
Synopsis: Sally and her Chief take on notorious Nazi spy The Owl only to have Sally captured. She is saved by undercover FBI agent Elisa.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This story is self-contained and chronologically takes place years after the later stories in this issue.
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Murder With Music

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Leslie Bellem
Penciller(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Inker(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Letterer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dan Turner
Character(s): Dan Turner; Tanya Trovna; Len Gregg; Jim Horne; Fawn Deer; Dave Donaldson (from the Police Homicide Squad)
Synopsis: Dan is hired by Tayna to bodyguard her boyfriend, Len. After several false leads & Len's death, it is determined that Tayna killed Greg & meant to use Dan as the alibi
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Pages: 8
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Into the Net

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Sokoli
Penciller(s): Joseph Sokoli (signed)
Inker(s): Joseph Sokoli (signed)
Letterer(s): Joseph Sokoli
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Polly of the Plains
Character(s): Polly of the Plains; Villains: Pancho; Pancho's thugs; Supporting Characters: Carmen; Jack; Jean
Synopsis: Polly is wounded by Pancho. Jean is captured & stripped by Pancho and his men when she tries to rescue Polly
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Also inside cover contents state that the Diana Daw story appears before the Polly of the Plains story. Actually Polly's story is before Diana's.
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Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Maxwell [as Clayton Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Max Plaisted
Inker(s): Max Plaisted
Letterer(s): Max Plaisted ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Warriors of the African tribe (villains); the Kappirs (villains); Prince Baldwin; Kabu
Synopsis: In search of a legendary diamond mine, Diana is captured by the Kappirs tribe and is rescued by a knight from the days of the Crusades name Prince.
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Pages: 2
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Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Maxwell ? [as Clayton Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Max Plaisted
Inker(s): Max Plaisted
Letterer(s): Max Plaisted ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Black Knight (villains); Black Knight's knights (villains); Prince Baldwin; Ted Morton
Synopsis: After being saved by Prince Baldwin, they are attacked by the Black Knight. Baldwin is killed and Diana is stripped naked and captured. She escapes and is saved by Ted Morton from the Knights.
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Pages: 2
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Chapter 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Maxwell ? [as Clayton Maxwell]
Penciller(s): Max Plaisted
Inker(s): Max Plaisted
Letterer(s): Max Plaisted ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Diana Daw
Character(s): Diana Daw; Villains: Natives of the Pygmy tribe (villains); Pygmy Chief Matu (villains); Ted Morton; Dr. Ramski; the "savages" he leads
Synopsis: After rescuing Diana, Ted is killed by a jealous ape. She is saved from the ape by some Pygmies and whom have her taken to be sacrificed to the god Taku. She is saved by a raiding party from Dr. Ramski.
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Pages: 2
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Underground Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Penciller(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Inker(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Letterer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally The Sleuth
Character(s): Sally The Sleuth; Spike (villain); Other members of De Gang (villain); The Chief; Peanuts (kid sidekick)
Synopsis: The Chief is captured & tortured by members of 'De Gang'. Sally has Peanuts go & call for the Police & she goes to save him herself, but is captured. Both are about to be knifed when the police arrive & shoot Spike to death & rest are captured
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Crimson Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Penciller(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Inker(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Letterer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally The Sleuth
Character(s): Sally The Sleuth; Lisa (Villain); The Chief; Mr. Lutz
Synopsis: Posing as a cloak model, Sally finds that Lisa has been the one behind the poisonings of Mr Gluntz's models due to her jealousy of them.
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Murder Mania

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Penciller(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Inker(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Letterer(s): Adolphe Barreaux
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Sally The Sleuth
Character(s): Sally The Sleuth; The Maniac (villain); The Chief; Peanuts
Synopsis: Sally acts as a decoy to capture a homicidal maniac who has killed 3 girls in 2 weeks & dropped them in the cemetary. With Peanuts help, her ploy works & The Chief kills the murderer.
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