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Issue: World War 3 Illustrated #12
Publication Date: January 1989
 
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Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: World War 3 Illustrated
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 32 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Seth Tobocman; Sabrina Jones
Disclose Notes: Squarebound issue. No publication date listed. The "Midnight Demolition" article in this issue describes an event that occurred in May 1989. The year shown above is from the timeline published in the "World War 3 Illustrated: 1979–2014" collection by PM Press.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interiors #1-35; Mostly Black & White with Occasional Color #36 & up
Dimensions: Standard US Magazine Size #1-39; 7" x 11" (17.78 cm x 27.94 cm) #40 & up
Paper Stock: Newsprint #1-39 ?
Binding: Saddle-Stitched #1-11; #13-38; Perfect Bound #12; #39 & up
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Bio Hazard- Ecology Health Crisis

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Marguerite Van Cook; James Romberger
Marguerite Van Cook; James Romberger
Marguerite Van Cook ?; James Romberger ?
?
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Biohazard

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Deborah Ross
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Accompanied by a brief text piece.
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Ecology / Health Crisis

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Accompanied by production and publication credits
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Pryzguk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Desmond; Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Isabella Bannerman
Isabella Bannerman
Isabella Bannerman
Subject Matter
Ed Koch
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Miscellaneous
2
Includes an anti-gay quote from the now former-Pope.
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The Curse of Umbra (A Work in Progress)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brian Allen [as Brian Damage]
Brian Allen [as Brian Damage]
Brian Allen [as Brian Damage]
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Miscellaneous
12
The artist passed away of AIDS likely not long after this issue was published. Much of the story appears to be raw pencil with some inked panels.
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Rockville is Burning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Huff; Wave 3
Isabella Bannerman; Seth Tobocman; Scott Cunningham; Brian Damage (set design)
Isabella Bannerman; Seth Tobocman; Scott Cunningham; Brian Damage (set design)
? (computer generated)
Subject Matter
Anchorman [Dan] (photo of Kayeton Kurowski); Director (photo of Bob Huff); Terrorist 1 (photo of Jim Eigo); Terrorist 2 (photo of Brian Damage); Terrorist 3 (photo of Ann Otto); Reporter [Tom Garble] (photo of Robert Huff); Demonstrator (photo of Mark Harrington); Doctor (photo of Scott Wald); Jerry Falwell (photo); Frank Young (photo); NIAID Official; Hemophiliac with AIDS (photo of Tom Keane); Nine-Year-Old (photo of David Z. Kirschenbaum)
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Miscellaneous
13
Mostly computer-generated art derived from photos combined with a few hand-drawn panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Keough
Tom Keough (signed)
Tom Keough (signed)
Tom Keough (signed)
Subject Matter
Annie
March 28, thousands demonstrate at city hall to protest the fact that the government won't do hardly anything to help people with AIDS
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Miscellaneous
4
Titled "Tom Keough on New York City Hospitals" in the table of contents
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Real Estate

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eric Drooker (scratchboard ?)
Eric Drooker (scratchboard ?)
Eric Drooker (scratchboard ?)
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FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated: Confrontational Comics #[nn] published September 1995
as Real Estate [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Midnight Demolition

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
ACT-UP; William Butler
Myron Trei (photo)
Myron Trei (photo)
typeset
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3
Accompanied by three photos
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Baird Jones (photo); David Wojnarowicz; David Sandlin [as D. Sandlin]; Gary Panter ; F. Lede; ?
Baird Jones (photo); David Wojnarowicz; David Sandlin [as D. Sandlin]; Gary Panter ; F. Lede; ?
typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Willoughby Jones (photo); Bizarro Jimbo
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Miscellaneous
3
Nine ads from mostly NYC-related businesses. A full-page ad for a Wojnarowicz exhibition at the P•P•O•W gallery; Monday / Wednesday / Friday Video Club includes a small Willoughby Jones photo taken by Jones; "Gracie Mansion" features a small Sandlin illustration; International Coalition for Addict Self-Help; View - "Genorosity;" "Without Borders" Anarchist Conference and Festival; Generator Experimental Music Gallery; "Sohozat Space Age Varieteria" with a small Panter "Bizarro Jimbo" illustration; "Wetlands" with a small illustration from Lede
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My Mother, My Mother

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Chuck Sperry as [C. Sperry]
Subject Matter
Body; Body's Mom; Naugi
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FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated: Confrontational Comics #[nn] published September 1995
as My Mother My Mother [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Savannah River Plant: My Nightmare & Yours

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Penley
John Penley (photo)
John Penley (photo)
typeset
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Accompanied by a single photo
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?; typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Four ads from mostly NYC-related businesses- "Two Boots Pizza;" "Soul Assassins" free record; "Purple Geezus" EP; Katheryn Love
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Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper (signed)
Peter Kuper (signed)
Peter Kuper (signed)
Subject Matter
Peter Kuper; Death; Humphrey Bogart (photo); Ingrid Bergman (photo); Ronald Reagan (photo); Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers
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FlagHeavy Metal Magazine v13 #2 published May 1989
was Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Includes an extra page not included with the original version.
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The Cancer Strip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sabrina Jones
Sabrina Jones (painted)
Sabrina Jones (painted)
Sabrina Jones (painted)
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Miscellaneous
10
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (ink brush ?)
typeset
Subject Matter
Some people I know are afraid of death. We think up crazy horrible stories about our own deaths
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1
Typewritten text combined with six illustrations
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Love Thorns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Beatrice Schafroth
Beatrice Schafroth
typeset
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Miscellaneous
7
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Sex Series

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Wojnarowicz
David Wojnarowicz (photo collage)
David Wojnarowicz (photo collage)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
10
Accompanied by a page-long text piece
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The Ohio 7- Living for the Revolution

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maggie Smith; Barbara Curzi-Laaman; Thomas Manning
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
Thomas Manning (photo); Jaan Laaman (photo); Barbara Curzi-Laaman (photo); Carol Manning (photo); Ray Levasseur (photo); Pat Levasseur (photo); Richard Williams (photo)
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Accompanied by six photos
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"Stenzilz iz uh nifty mode a vizual ikspression en fast, readable graffiti!!"]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sue Siobhan
Sue Siobhan
Sue Siobhan
Sue Siobhan (stencil)
Subject Matter
Sledgehammer Sue
Sledgehammer Sue
A how-to guide on doing street graffiti stencil
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Miscellaneous
3
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McFactory of Blood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Scott Cunningham [as S. Cunningham] (signed)
Subject Matter
Ronald McDonald; The Alien; Little Boy; The Farmer; Frank Perdue; Doc
A brutally explicit anti-industrial food story.
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Miscellaneous
12
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Guns, Drugs, & Money- Triangular Trade and America's Political Merry-Go-Round

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eric Drooker
Eric Drooker
Eric Drooker
typeset
Subject Matter
George Herbert Walker Bush; Ronald Reagan; Oliver North; Dan Quayle; Larry Davis
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5
Accompanied by five illustrations
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Crime and Criminals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Anna Lascari
Anna Lascari (ink only ?)
Anna Lascari
Anna Lascari
Subject Matter
Heroin Addict
A depiction of how drug prohibition economically benefits drug dealers
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Miscellaneous
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Careening to... California

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Elmer Lang
James Romberger [as James] (signed)
James Romberger [as James] (signed)
typeset
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3
Accompanied by two illustrations
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My Oakland, There is a There There

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ishmael Reed
James Romberger
James Romberger
typeset
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Miscellaneous
11
Accompanied by five illustrations of varied sizes all inked except for the final one which appears to be painted.
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The Long Summer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Marguerite Van Cook
Marguerite Van Cook
Marguerite Van Cook
Marguerite Van Cook
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Miscellaneous
6
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The Salt Marsh Strip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Seth Tobocman
Seth Tobocman
Seth Tobocman
Seth Tobocman
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FlagYou Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive #[nn] published May 1999
as Wetlands (The Salt Marsh) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The title is from the table of contents. First line of dialogue: "Why can't we go swimming anymore?"
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The Salt Marshes & Why They Are so Cool

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maddalena Polletta
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
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A Family Text

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Peter Plate
Sebastian Schroeder (graphite + photo collage)
Sebastian Schroeder (graphite + photo collage)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
7
Accompanied by four illustrations of varied sizes
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B.B.J. (Baby Blaze Juggler no. 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Barron Storey
Barron Storey
Barron Storey
Barron Storey
Subject Matter
B.B.J.; Mother
Storey combines the political and personal in this complex tour-de-force that includes themes of environmental and personal self-destruction.
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Miscellaneous
11
The artist's first name is mispelled in the table of contents. The title is from the table of contents and the story's first page. The artist has elsewhere called this story "Life is a Force, Death is a Wish."
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Why I Went and Got Arrested on Wall Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maria Maggenti
Seth Tobocman [as S. Tobocman] (signed)
Seth Tobocman [as S. Tobocman] (signed)
Seth Tobocman [as S. Tobocman] (signed)
Subject Matter
Maria Maggenti
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FlagYou Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive #[nn] published May 1999
as Why I Went and Got Arrested on Wall Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Andrea Neuman (painting)
Andrea Neuman (painting)
Andrea Neuman (painting)
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Miscellaneous
1
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