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Issue: The Amazing Screw-On Head #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2010
 
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Books [facing left]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: 09/01/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9781595825018
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Price: $17.99 USD
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Content Items: 26 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Allie (editor); Samantha Robertson (associate editor); Daniel Chabon (assistant editor); Mike Richardson (publisher)
Disclose Notes: Designed by Amy Arendts.
Per indicia: Copyright 2002, 2009, 2010 Michael Mignola. Printed at 1010 Printing International, Ltd., Guangdong Province, China. Published by Dark Horse Books / A Division of Dark Horse Comics, Inc. / 10956 SE Main Street, Milwaulkie, OR 97222.

Title is from copyright page. Cover title is "The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects".
Nominated for a "Best Graphic Album-Reprint" Eisner Award.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: 6.9" x 10.4"
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Cary Grazzini; Amy Arendts
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous, occult
Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head
Character(s): Screw-On Head
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Pages: 1
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Endpapers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover and first interior page reprint art from "The Magician and the Snake" [Seq. 13], followed by a blank black page. The last interior page and inside back cover reprint the same art, preceded by a blank black page.
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Half-Title Page

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Letterer(s): Cary Grazzini (logo); Amy Arendts
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Pages: 1
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Frontispiece

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous, occult
Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head
Character(s): Screw-On Head
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Pages: 1
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Title Page

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Letterer(s): Cary Grazzini (logo); Amy Arendts
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Pages: 1
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Masthead & Indicia

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Dedication

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Alexander Gardner (photo)
Inker(s): Alexander Gardner (photo)
Colorist(s): Alexander Gardner (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "For my wife, my daughter, and former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln."
Photo credit is from Library of Congress website, thanks to indicia pointer to digital ID cph.3a53289 in LOC's Prints and Photographs Division.
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Part One: The Amazing Screw-On Head [Section Title]

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Letterer(s): Amy Arendts
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Pages: 1
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The Amazing Screw-On Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Pat Brosseau; Mike Mignola (effects, balloons)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous, occult
Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head
Character(s): Screw-On Head (introduction); President Abraham Lincoln; Mister Groin (introduction); Mister Dog (introduction); Emperor Zombie [Prof. H.G. Manifold] (introduction); Doctor Snap (introduction); unnamed vampire lady (introduction); Gung the Magnificent (introduction)
Synopsis: At the behest of President Lincoln, Screw-On Head attempts to thwart the nefarious plans of Emperor Zombie and his associates.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Screw-On Head #1 published May 2002
was The Amazing Screw-On Head [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 31
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Newly Unearthed Curiosities from the Secret Files of the Amazing Screw-On Head

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Amy Arendts
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous, occult
Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head
Character(s): Screw-On Head; unidentified beings
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The main story is followed by a gallery of odd portraits.
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Part Two: Other Curious Objects [Section Title]

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Letterer(s): Amy Arendts
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Pages: 1
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Abu Gung and the Beanstalk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Clem Robins
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous, occult
Character(s): Abu Gung; unnamed narrator; old women [Molinka; Polinka; unnamed sister]; the old women's father (cameo flashback); the Devil
Synopsis: The Devil sits atop a magic beanstalk climbed by adventurous Abu Gung.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story is redrawn and slightly rewritten from an earlier version first published in Scatterbrain (Dark Horse, 1998 series) #1.
Narrator identifies Abu Gung as the future Gung the Magnificent (cf. "The Amazing Screw-On Head").
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Curious Portrait

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, occult
Character(s): unidentified man
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Pages: 1
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The Magician and the Snake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Katie Mignola ["age 7"]; Mike Mignola ["much, much older"]
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Clem Robins
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous, occult
Character(s): The Magician; a royal monkey; The Snake
Synopsis: Before his cosmic debt comes due, a magician and his best friend, a snake, make the most of their time together.
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From Content Item: FlagDark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings #[nn] published September 2002
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Pages: 6
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The Witch and Her Soul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Clem Robins (title, dialogue); Mike Mignola (effects)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous, occult
Character(s): Manx; Hankel; a dead witch; the Devil
Synopsis: The Devil collects the soul of an old witch and makes a bargain with her sentient puppets.
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Pages: 6
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The Prisoner of Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Clem Robins (title, dialogue); Mike Mignola (effects)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous, occult, science fiction
Character(s): Doctor Snap; Doctor Snap's roundtable peers; Professor Cyclops (introduction); Martians
Synopsis: In a tavern one night, Doctor Snap relates how his and Professor Cyclops' spirits traveled to Mars and prevented an invasion of Earth.
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: First caption suggests that full title is "How Doctor Snap Murdered Professor Cyclops and What Came of It. Or -- The Prisoner of Mars".
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Curious Portrait

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, occult
Character(s): unidentified winged puppet
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Pages: 1
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In the Chapel of Curious Objects

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Clem Robins (title); Mike Mignola
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, occult
Synopsis: The reader is taken on a brief tour of the Chapel of Curious Objects.
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Pages: 3
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Curious Portrait

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, occult
Character(s): unidentified man
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Pages: 1
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Story Notes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Curious Portrait

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed) [as M]
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, occult
Character(s): unidentified creature
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Pages: 1
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Sketchbook

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Screw-On Head; Doctor Snap; Emperor Zombie; unnamed vampire lady; Abu Gung; the Devil; Martians
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Cover rough, character designs, and other curious objects are presented with commentary from the artist.
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Original Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous, occult
Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head
Character(s): Screw-On Head; Abraham Lincoln (image)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Screw-On Head #1 published May 2002
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Pages: 1
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Also from Dark Horse Books

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Writer(s): blurbs
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): various
Letterer(s): various
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dark Horse Books
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse, 2010 series); Marquis: Inferno, The (Dark Horse, 2009 series); Exurbia (Dark Horse, 2009 series); and MySpace Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse, 2008 series) are advertised with small cover reproductions.
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Hellboy [Backlist]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Kevin Nowlan (logo); typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hellboy
Character(s): Hellboy; Lobster Johnson; Roger the Homunculus
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Pages: 1
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Back Cover

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): blurbs
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Amazing Screw-On Head
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The back cover hypes the contents above panel reproduction from the main story, quote from Comic-Book Resources, publisher icon, price, and barcode.

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