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Issue: Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1

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Publication Date: May 1983

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Issues: #1 of 12 Issues (38 Printings)

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Variant: Variant Test Market Edition, 35¢ Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/11/1983

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.35 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Karen Berger (editor)

Notes: 35-cent version test-marketed in Austin, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: limited series

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2 Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1 [Direct]

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1 [Canadian]

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1 [Newsstand]

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1 [Variant Test Market Edition, 35¢ Cover Price]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (5 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Ernie Colón (signed)

Inker(s): Ernie Colón (signed)

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): typeset; Todd Klein (logo)

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, superhero

Feature(s): Amethyst

Character(s): Amethyst; Dark Opal

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-316

Notes: Todd Klein designed the Amethyst logo (from letter page of issue #6). Colors credit from Tom Ziuko.

The Birthright

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn

Penciller(s): Ernie Colón

Inker(s): Ernie Colón

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, superhero

Feature(s): Amethyst

Character(s): Amethyst; Dark Opal (villain); Fire Jade (intro); Herb Winston; Marion Winston; Belaz; Granch; Citrina; Sardonyx (villain); Fauna; Laral; Lord Amethyst (flashback); Lady Amethyst (flashback); Gemworld

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Pages: 25

Job Number: J-8036

Notes: "With special thanks to Dave Manak." Story continues from The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #298 (April 1983), which was the first appearance of Amethyst, the Gemworld, and the twelve houses that rule it.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ernie Colón

Inker(s): Ernie Colón

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Amethyst

First Line: Amy was an ordinary girl... until last night.

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for this issue. Appears on page 23 in this issue.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Meanwhile...

First Line: Weary

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Pages: 1

Notes: Dick talks about convention season, how to break into comics, and the Atari comics. Appears on page 24 in this issue.

Ads

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Pages: 8

Notes: A total of 7 one-page and 2 half-page ads for: M Network (video games, Mattel), Bubble Yum (gum, Nabisco), Dungeons & Dragons (card game set, TSR Hobbies), Build your own collection of diecast metal racing cars (model, Model Expo), Karate-Kung Fu (martial arts merchandise, Asian World of Martial Arts, 1/2 page), Grit (newspaper, Grit Publishing, 1/2 page), Prizes or Cash (card sales, Olympic Sales Club), Star Wars Jedi Arena (video game, Parker Brothers), and Lock 'N' Chase (video game, Mattel Electronics). Appear in various places in this issue.