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Issue: Rex Libris #1
Publication Date: August 2005
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Issues: #1 of 13 Issues (14 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagSlave Labor
Brand: SLGView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: SLG Publishing
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 718290753185
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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I, Librarian

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Colorist(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): James Turner
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Rex Libris
Character(s): Rex Libris
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In Content Item: FlagRex Libris #1 published June 2007
as Chapter One, I, Librarian [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Barry's Brain
Character(s): B. Barry Horst
Synopsis: B. Barry Horst introduces himself as "editor" of Rex Libris and publisher of Hermeneutic Press and explains how he got into the comic book business to make money, believing his Visicomboics system is surefire.
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In Content Item: FlagRex Libris #1 published June 2007
as [untitled] [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: B. Barry Horst's "editorials" and references to Hermeneutics Press appear throughout this series and Barry is an occasional character in Rex Libris' adventures.
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): How to Read Advanced Visicomboics
Synopsis: Explains to readers how to obtain a superior comic book reading process, mostly by believing they're experiencing a superior comic book reading process.
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): James Turner
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Rex Libris
Character(s): Rex Libris; Kurui-no-Oni; Mr. Blumenkohl; B. Barry Horst; Hypatia; Sphinx; Thoth
Synopsis: Rex Libris is a librarian at the Middleton Public Library. After defeating the demon Kurui-no-Oni's effort to take out a book without a card and rejecting an offer of employment from Blumenkohl, Rex relates his origins as a 2000+ year old Roman librarian to B. Barry Horst, publisher of his comic book. Barry offers suggestions to "improve" Rex's life story such as making him gay or mentally disturbed. Finally, Rex visits his employer, the god Thoth, who orders Rex to collect an overdue book (and fines) from Vaglox, warlord of Benzine Five.
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In Content Item: FlagRex Libris #1 published June 2007
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Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: The bottom gutters of each page contain "commentary" by B. Barry Horst and Juame, purporting to be behind-the-scenes information on how the comic was created, similar to a DVD commentary. Story continued next issue.
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Middleton Public Library Bulletin Board
Synopsis: A supposed letter column for Rex Libris #1 using fake letters with responses "by" Rex Libris.
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The Obscurantist Adventures of the Meta Dust Mote

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): James Turner
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A mote of dust is haunted by the word "Bennifer."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): James Turner
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nil
Character(s): Proun Nil
First Line: Hello there, viewers, and welcome to this month's edition of Annihilate Today!
Synopsis: Proun Nil appears on Annihilate Today to promote the graphic novel Nil: A Land Beyond Belief.
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Cladogram of the Dadapod

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): James Turner
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examination of the microscopic Dadapod creatures, which only exist between 1 & 2 PM, EST.
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The Meaning of Juame

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Turner
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): James Turner
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An examination of the glyphs "of the coffee stele of the big bean temple," archaeological evidence of ancient coffee shops.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): James Turner
Inker(s): James Turner
Colorist(s): James Turner
Letterer(s): James Turner
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Rex Libris
First Line: Have YOU returned your library books?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover illustration. Was also sold as a poster and t-shirt.

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