January 1978 - March 1978

Mad #197.

Published on January 3, 1978. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker, Don “Duck” Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Dean Norman, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Jack Rickard, Lou Silverstone, Dennis Snee, and Angelo Torres. Cover illustration by Jack Rickard. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: March 1978. Cover price: 60¢.

Heavy Metal, Vol. 1, No. 11.

Published on January 12, 1978. Edited by Sean Kelly & Valerie Marchant. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were first published in the French magazines Métal Hurlant and Pilote. The stories include “Marvels of the Universe,” “Free Fall,” and The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius (Parts 6 and 7), all by Moebius (Jean Giraud), “Den (Part 11),” by Richard Corben, and “Urm the Mad (Part 1),” by Philippe Druillet. Cover illustration by Alex Niño. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: February 1978. Cover price: $1.50.

Mad Stew, Nick Meglin, et al.

Published on January 15, 1978. The book features new material by scriptwriter Nick Meglin and various artists, including Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Angelo Torres, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo, with black-and white drawings by the interior artists. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner. Cover/indicia date: January 1978. Cover price: $1.50.

The Spirit #17.

Published on January 17, 1978. Edited by Will Eisner & Denis Kitchen. The magazine features stories first published between 1946 and 1951 in Will Eisner’s The Spirit Sunday-newspaper comic-book insert. The stories include “The Story of Rat-Tat the Toy Machine Gun” (09-04-1949), “Wanted, Dangerous Job” (04-30-1950), “Alligator Farm” (06-04-1950), “Cpe Cod Vacation” (09-03-1950), “Stonewall Zmynko” (01-06-1946), “Snowbound” (12-10-1950), “To the Spirit with Love” (02-18-1951), and “Here Are the Facts” (05-06-1951). Cover illustration by Will Eisner. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 60 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: November 1977. Cover price: $1.50.

Note

This is the first issue published by Kitchen Sink. The series resumes the numbering of the Warren series that ended in 1976.

The X-Men #110.

The estimated newsstand availability date is January 17, 1978. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features the story “The ‘X’-Sanction!,” by Chris Claremont & Tony DeZuñiga. Cover illustration by Dave Cockrum, with Terry Austin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: April 1978. Cover price: 35¢.

Note

The copyright date is December 20, 1977.

Howard the Duck #23.

The estimated newsstand availability date is January 24, 1978. Edited by Steve Gerber. The comic features the story “Star Waaugh,” by Steve Gerber & Val Mayerik. Cover illustration by Gene Colan, with Alan Weiss. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: April 1978. Cover price: 35¢.

Note

The copyright date is December 27, 1977.

The Amazing Spider-Man, No. 2.

The book features the Spider-Man stories by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko that were first published in The Amazing Spider-Man #7-13. Introduction by Stan Lee. Cover illustration by John Romita. Mass-market paperback book. Color interiors. 164 pages. New York: Pocket (Simon and Schuster). Cover/indicia date: February 1978. Cover price: $1.95.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.

The cover illustration is a modified version of the cover for The Amazing Spider-Man #68.

Cerebus the Aardvark #2.

The comics features the story “Captive in Boreala,” by Dave Sim. Cover illustration by Dave Sim. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 28 pages. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Aardvark-Vanaheim. Cover/indicia date: February 1978. Cover price: $1.00 Canadian.

Note

This is a Canadian publication. The exact publication date is unknown. There is no U. S. copyright record.

Heavy Metal, Vol. 1, No. 12.

The estimated publication date is February 9, 1978. Edited by Sean Kelly & Valerie Marchant. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were first published in the French magazine Métal Hurlant. The stories include The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius (Part 8), by Moebius (Jean Giraud), “Den (Part 12),” by Richard Corben, and “Urm the Mad (Part 2),” by Philippe Druillet. Cover illustration by Jim Burns. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: March 1978. Cover price: $1.50.

Note

The copyright date is January 12, 1978. This appears to be an error in the filing. It is the same date given for the previous issue. The February 9 date was arrived at by adding four weeks to the previous issue’s publication date.

Stalking the Perfect Tan, G. B. Trudeau.

Published on February 9, 1978. The book features material first published between January 3 and July 2, 1977 in G. (Garry) B. Trudeau’s Doonesbury daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by G. B. Trudeau. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Cover/indicia date: February 1978. Cover price: $1.95.

Mad #198.

Published on February 14, 1978. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Henry Clark, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker, Don “Duck” Edwing, Arnoldo Franchioni, Stan Hart, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Antonio Prohias, Lou Silverstone, and Angelo Torres. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: April 1978. Cover price: 60¢.

Story of O, Pauline Réage & Guido Crepax.

Published on February 14, 1978. The book is an English-language version of cartoonist Guido Crepax's 1975 Italian-language graphic-novel adaptation of Pauline Réage's 1954 French-language prose novel L'Histoire d'O. The English-language translator is unknown. Cover illustrations by Guido Crepax. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 160 pages. New York: Grove. Cover/indicia date: 1978. Cover price: $7.95.

Mad Overboard.

Published on February 15, 1978. The book features selections first published in Mad #138-145. The contributors include Gilbert Barnhill, Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Don “Duck” Edwing, George Hart, Stan Hart, Frank Jacobs, Don Martin, Norman Mingo, Ronnie Nathan, Dean Norman, Alphonse Normandia, Antonio Prohias, Sy Reit, Jack Rickard, May Sakami, Larry Siegel, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner. Cover/indicia date: February 1978. Cover price: $1.50.

Red Sonja #9.

The estimated newsstand availability date is February 21, 1978. Edited by Roy Thomas. The comic features the story “Chariot of the Fire Stallions!,” by Roy Thomas & Frank Thorne, with Clair Noto. Cover illustration by Frank Thorne. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: May 1978. Cover price: 35¢.

Note

The copyright date is January 24, 1977.

Fantasy Quarterly #1.

Published on February 28, 1978. Edited by Timothy Donahue. The comic includes the Elfquest story “Fire and Flight,” by Wendy Pini & Richard Pini. Cover illustration by Wendy Pini. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 40 pages. Lansing, MI: Independent Publishers Syndicate. Cover/indicia date: Spring 1978. Cover price: $1.00.

Note

“Fire and Flight” is the first Elfquest story.

The numbering resumes in Elfquest #2.

The First Kingdom, Jack Katz.

Published on March 1, 1978. The book features the material from the first six issues of Jack Katz’s comic-book series The First Kingdom. Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. Cover illustration by Jack Katz. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 216 pages. New York: Pocket (Simon & Schuster). Cover/indicia date: March 1978. Cover price: $5.95.

Heavy Metal, Vol. 1, No. 13.

Published on March 7, 1978. Edited by Sean Kelly & Valerie Marchant. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were first published in the French magazines Métal Hurlantand Pilote Mensuel. The stories include “The Flora of Paradise 9” and The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius (Parts 9 and 10), by Moebius (Jean Giraud), “Den’s Farewell,” by Richard Corben, and “Urm the Mad (Part 3),” by Philippe Druillet. Cover illustration by Bob Morello. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: April 1978. Cover price: $1.50.

Al Jaffee’s Mad Inventions, Al Jaffee.

Published on March 15, 1978. The book features new material by cartoonist Al Jaffee. Cover illustration by Al Jaffee. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner. Cover/indicia date: March 1978. Cover price: $1.25.

Howard the Duck #24.

The estimated newsstand availability date is March 21, 1978. Edited by Steve Gerber. The comic features the story “Where Do You Go—What Do You Do?—the Night After You Save the Universe?,” by Steve Gerber & Gene Colan, with Tom Palmer. Cover illustration by Gene Colan, with Alan Weiss. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: May 1978. Cover price: 35¢.

Note

The copyright date is February 21, 1978.

Mad #199.

Published on March 28, 1978. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker, Don “Duck” Edwing, Stan Hart, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Bob Jones, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Jack Rickard, Larry Siegel, Lou Silverstone, and Angelo Torres. Cover illustration by Al Jaffee. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: June 1978. Cover price: 60¢.

The X-Men #111.

The estimated newsstand availability date is March 28, 1978. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features the story “Mindgames!,” by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Cover illustration by Dave Cockrum, with Terry Austin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: June 1978. Cover price: 35¢.

Note

The copyright date is February 28, 1978.

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