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Issue: Ninja High School: The Special Edition #2
Publication Date: October 1988
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Issues: #2 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMalibu Comics
Brand: EternityView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Eternity Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 CAD
$2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chris Ulm (editor in chief); Herb Malette (original printing editor)
Disclose Notes: Print run indicated in Ninja High School Perfect Memory #1 (Antarctic Press, 1990): 5415
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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The Contest! (Small-Bodied!)

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ben Dunn
Inker(s): Ben Dunn
Colorist(s): Scott Bieser
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, martial arts, science fiction, teen
Feature(s): Ninja High School
Character(s): Ichi-kun Ichinohei [Itchy-koo]; Jeremy Feeple; Professor Johann Steamhead; Princess Asrial; Rivalsan Lendo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art includes dedication to John Kim for specific reasons unknown. Letters from John Kim appeared frequently in early iterations of "Ninja Mailbox," the Ninja High School letter column.
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Frontispiece

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (text); Ben Dunn (story panels)
Penciller(s): Ben Dunn
Inker(s): Ben Dunn
Letterer(s): typeset (text); Punjab (credit from original printing); Phil Deadshot (credit from original printing)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, martial arts, science fiction, teen
Feature(s): Ninja High School
Character(s): Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Professor Johann Steamhead
First Line: The world can be saved by steam!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Issue credits, corporate masthead, indicia, and preview panels of artwork from pages 13 and 28 of the main story in this issue.
Lettering credits taken from the original printing of this story in Ninja High School (Antarctic Press, 1987 series) issue #2.
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Title Page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Dunn
Penciller(s): Ben Dunn
Inker(s): Carlos Castro
Letterer(s): Punjab (credit from original printing); Phil Deadshot (credit from original printing)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, martial arts, science fiction, teen
Feature(s): Ninja High School
Character(s): Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Jeremy Feeple; Princess Asrial
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page including credits and pin-up style illustration.
Lettering credits taken from the original printing of this story in Ninja High School (Antarctic Press, 1987 series) issue #2.
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The Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Dunn
Penciller(s): Ben Dunn
Inker(s): Carlos Castro
Letterer(s): Punjab (credit from original printing); Phil Deadshot (credit from original printing)
Editor(s): Herb Mallette
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, martial arts, science fiction, teen
Feature(s): Ninja High School
Character(s): Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Jeremy Feeple; Ricky Feeple; Anna Feeple; Hokoto no Kenterminator (introduction); Rivalsan Lendo; Professor Johann Steamhead; Princess Asrial; Arnie; Terrence Weasel; Professor Hossenfeffer (introduction); Brumhilda (introduction); Greta Grizzly
First Line: Morning in the small, mid-western town of Quagmire...
Synopsis: The fight between Itchy and Asrial over who gets to marry Jeremy is interrupted by Lendo's own plot to marry Itchy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 31
Disclose Notes: The artwork has been slightly modified since the original printing to better reflect updated character designs and styles.
Lettering credits taken from the original printing of this story in Ninja High School (Antarctic Press, 1987 series) issue #2.
Cameo appearances of several Gundam-inspired armor suits for Asrial.
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The Contest! (Small Bodied!) Pin-Up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ben Dunn
Inker(s): Ben Dunn
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, martial arts, science fiction, teen
Feature(s): Ninja High School
Character(s): Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Jeremy Feeple; Princess Asrial; Rivalsan Lendo; Professor Johann Steamhead
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centerfold poster reprinting the cover of this issue in black and white.
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The Contest! (Original)

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ben Dunn
Letterer(s): Ben Dunn
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, martial arts, science fiction, teen
Feature(s): Ninja High School
Character(s): Ichi-kun Ichinohei [Itchy-koo]; Princess Asrial; Jeremy Feeple
First Line: Ben's original penciled title page for Ninja High School #2.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previously unpublished art for the title page of Ninja High School (Antarctic Press, 1987 series) issue #2 (1987).
Asrial wears a mecha battlesuit styled after Optimus Prime (Transformers).
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Back Issues

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Order form listing available backstock of Malibu titles.
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War of the Worlds

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Brooks Hagan ?
Inker(s): Brooks Hagan ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): War of the Worlds
First Line: The aliens have landed!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for War of the Worlds (Malibu, 1988 series).
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Bloodbrothers

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Greg Espinoza
Inker(s): Ken Hooper
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bloodbrothers
First Line: 1200 years into the future, four corporations vie for control of an orbiting space habitat.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Bloodbrothers (Malibu, 1988 series) previewing cover art to issue #4 (March 1989).
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Dinosaurs for Hire

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, crime
Feature(s): Dinosaurs for Hire
Character(s): Reese
First Line: In a cold world, you need a dinosaur to keep you warm.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Dinosaurs for Hire (Malibu, 1988 series).
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Robotech II: The Sentinels

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Waltrip
Inker(s): John Waltrip
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Robotech
Character(s): Rick Hunter
First Line: Ten years after Macross...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Robotech II: The Sentinels (Malibu, 1988 series) inside back cover.
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Ex-Mutants

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ex-Mutants
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Ex-Mutants (Malibu, 1987 series) on back cover.

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