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Issue: Comic Reader #196
Publication Date: November 1981
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Issues: #196 of 119 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagStreet Enterprises
Brand: STView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Street Enterprises
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 64
ISBN:
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Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (9 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Jerome L. Sinkovec (Publisher); Michael Tiefenbacher (Managing Editor)
Disclose Notes: The front cover features Dominic Fortune, The Spirit, and Doc Savage by Mike Mignola; the back cover features The Sorcerer by Bob Layton.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"; later 7" x 10.25"; later 8.5" x 11"
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing; Monthly
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Episode 94

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rosa
Penciller(s): Don Rosa
Inker(s): Don Rosa
Letterer(s): Don Rosa
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Kentucky
Character(s): Mr. Bingham, Captain Kentucky (aka Lancelot Pertwillaby), Muhammad Ali
First Line: You see this?!
Synopsis: When Muhammad Ali visits Louisville, Captain Kentucky does the unthinkable and challenges him to the fight of the century.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
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Episode 95

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rosa
Penciller(s): Don Rosa
Inker(s): Don Rosa
Letterer(s): Don Rosa
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Kentucky
Character(s): Captain Kentucky, Muhammad Ali
First Line: In a last-ditch bid to achieve the fame that has so long eluded him, a determined, if rather foolish, Captain Kentucky is at the Hyatt-Regency attempting to goad Muhammad Ali into a grudge match!
Synopsis: After an exchange of colorful and rhyming words, Muhammad Ali and Captain Kentucky agree to fight. The one caveat? To Captain Kentucky's dismay, no artificial powers are allowed.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chuck Fiala
Penciller(s): Chuck Fiala
Inker(s): Chuck Fiala
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Chuck Fiala
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bullet Crow, Fowl of Fortune
Character(s): Bullet Crow, Phantom Bunny, Coronary Canary, Edmond Eagle
First Line: It sure is nice that Edmond Eagle has been totally rehabilitated!
Synopsis: While catching some rays atop the observatory, Phantom Bunny and Bullet Crow discuss the rehabilitation of the nefarious Edmond Eagle. Meanwhile, Edmond is inside beating up Coronary Canary.
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In Content Item: FlagBullet Crow, Fowl of Fortune #2 published April 1987
as Strips 030-053 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Strip #031
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel]
Penciller(s): ? [as Joe Shuster]
Inker(s): ? [as Joe Shuster]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk
First Line: The whole city driven indoors by Mxyzptlk's plague of bees, if there were only something I could do!
Synopsis: After vanquishing Mr. Mxyzptlk’s plague of bees from Metropolis, Superman is forced to help Mxyzptlk get a top chef’s job at an exclusive restaurant. What could go wrong?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1945.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Strips R232-R247. Phillip Douglas credited as writer with strip R240, which begins "Hoop of Fire."
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The Groomgate Killer; The Aphrodite Affair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Francis Durbridge
Penciller(s): John McNamara
Inker(s): John McNamara
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Paul Temple
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Reprint Notes: from Paul Temple daily (London Evening News) 1970-??-?? - 1970-04-28; from Paul Temple daily (London Evening News) 1970-04-29 - 1970-05-??
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Strips 69-81, 1-11. "The Aphrodite Affair" begins in these strips (with #1).
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Episode 96

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rosa
Penciller(s): Don Rosa
Inker(s): Don Rosa
Letterer(s): Don Rosa
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Kentucky
Character(s): Captain Kentucky, Muhammad Ali
First Line: Ladeez and gennelmin... yer attenshun pleez...
Synopsis: Muhammad Ali and Captain Kentucky step into the ring and prepare for the fight of this, or any the century.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
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Episode 97

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rosa
Penciller(s): Don Rosa
Inker(s): Don Rosa
Letterer(s): Don Rosa
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Kentucky
Character(s): Captain Kentucky, Muhammad Ali
First Line: CK has gotten his long-sought chance at world fame; but our champion of truth and justice has reasoned that to fight Ali with his super powers would be unfair!
Synopsis: Round One begins! Muhammad Ali and Captain Kentucky duke it out in the ring. After taking a vicious beating, Captain Kentucky cheats and secretly consumes a vial of “octa-hexa-glop” super serum to regain his superpowers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed sideways. Copyright 1981.
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Marvel Express

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Wayne R. Smith
Penciller(s): Brian Hayes
Inker(s): Brian Hayes
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Nova, the Wasp (cameo), Cyclops (cameo), the Hulk (cameo)
First Line: Hi there! Do I look familiar?
Synopsis: Nova, with the help of the Wasp, Cyclops, and the Hulk, promotes the benefits of the incredible Marvel Express card. Don't leave home without it.
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Pages: 1

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