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Issue: The Book of Ballads and Sagas #3
Publication Date: June 1996
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGreen Man Press
Brand: Green Man Press
Indicia Publisher: Green Man Press
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
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Price: $4.50 CAD
$3.50 USD
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Content Items: 11 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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The Daemon Lover

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: It seems like all I hear these days is every faction of comics' fandom pointing the finger of blame at each other.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover introductory text with illustration and indicia information at bottom of page.
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The Book of Ballads and Sagas #3 Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: List of contents and credits.
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Barbara Allen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Barbara Allen
First Line: T'was early in the spring when all the buds were swelling...
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In Content Item: FlagBallads #[nn] published January 1997
as Barbara Allen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBallads #[nn] published January 1997
as Barbara Allen [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Based on the ballad which is included as the last page of the sequence.
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The Galtee Farmer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Galtee Farmer
First Line: There was an old Galtee farmer...
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In Content Item: FlagBallads #[nn] published January 1997
as The Galtee Farmer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBallads #[nn] published January 1997
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Based on the ballad which is included as the last page of the sequence.
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The Daemon Lover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): The Daemon Lover
First Line: Go your ways, Allan MacKenzie...
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In Content Item: FlagBallads #[nn] published January 1997
as The Daemon Lover [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBallads #[nn] published January 1997
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Based on the ballad which is included as the last page of the sequence.
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Southern Folk Ballads

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): W. K. McNeil
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: In the South, as elsewhere in the United States, three types of ballads are know...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Information on Southern Folk Ballads from a prominent American folklorist. Excerpted and condensed from the author's book published by August House.
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A Vess Miscellany

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Velveteen Rabbit; Cinderella; Red Riding Hood; Aladdin
First Line: I goofed up big time, so there won't be any pages of 'Skade' this issue.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Various full-page illustrations by Vess:
• Untitled, "I goofed up..."
• Untitled, exterior view of forest, castle, horse and rider.
• Rupert Bear, "With deep love and appreciation, this one's for Alfred Bestall"
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
• Into the Woods
• Cinderella
• Velveteen Rabbit
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Scarecrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Scarecrow
First Line: Back in Kansas when I was just a kid, they used ta spin tales...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: A story by Vess that isn't a ballad or a saga.
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Discography / About the Artists

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Places where you can find recording of the ballads. Information on the contributors who worked on the book.
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Barbara Allen

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Barbara Allen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration on back cover.

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