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Issue: Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #1

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Publication Date: June 2010

Issue #1

Detail

Issues: #1 of 2 Issues (3 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Standard Cover by Dave Johnson

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Publisher: Flag

Dark Horse

Brand: Dark Horse Comics [facing left]

Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 32

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76156817099300111

Price: $3.50 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: 6.6 in. X 10.2 in.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Glossy interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Limited Series

Format Notes:

Variants2

Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #1 [Standard Cover by Dave Johnson]

2 Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #1 [Variant Cover by Peter Snejbjerg]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Standard Cover by Dave Johnson [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- The Abyssal Plain [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

Indicia on this Page

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Content Items (6 total)

Standard Cover by Dave Johnson

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, horror, occult

Character(s): Abe Sapien

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Abe Sapien #2 published May 2012
as Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #1 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Johnson's incorporation of the story title into his artwork can be seen at various sites online that present the cover without trade dress, including an interview with Robot 6 at Comic-Book Resources.

Title Page

Credits on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Abe Sapien

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The inside front cover has title, credits, and indicia with spot illustration.

The Abyssal Plain [Part 1]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, horror, occult

Character(s): Abe Sapien; Iosif; Sal Tasso; Ugo Melchiorre (flashback); Capt. Sullivan

Synopsis: 1948: A Russian submarine carrying special cargo is lost under the Norwegian Sea. 1984: BPRD agents on a salvage ship arrive at the wreckage. Abe Sapien explains that it's thought to contain a helmet known as Melchiorre's Burgonet -- dating to the reign of Pope Clement VII and taken by the Soviets from the Nazis' store of occult relics after World War II.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Abe Sapien #2 published May 2012
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Story title from inside from cover. It begins: "I suppose what it is that I'm trying to say, Polina..."

Advertisements

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): various

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Colorist(s): various

Letterer(s): various

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Pgs. 9, 10, 17, 18, 31, & 32 of the publication contain advertisements for, respectively, the videogame Mass Effect 2 from Electronic Arts, the Janet Evanovich novels Metro Girl and Motor Mouth from HarperCollins Publishers, the Evanovich hardcover Wicked Appetite from St. Martin's Press, the magazine Dark Discoveries, the Hero Initiative limited edition of The Overstreet Comic-Book Price Guide #40 from Gemstone Publishing, and the videogame Dead to Rights: Retribution from Namco Bandai Games.

Letters Page

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Allie provides replies and additional commentary.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letter writers are David Bird and Alexis Rasimowicz.
Next Month box has cover detail from Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1.

Horsepower! June 2010

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ? (design); typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Shooter talks about his childhood love of science and comics in the essay "Growing Up Solar" with detail from cover to Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1. Page also includes Dark Horse Comics masthead and "You Love Comics! We Love Comics, Too!" entries on colorist Wes Dzioba and retailer / con organizer Jim Demonakos.