Heavy Metal, Vol. 1, No. 5.
Published on July 11, 1977. Edited by Sean Kelly & Valerie Marchant. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were published in the French magazine Métal Hurlant. The stories include “The Black Queen,” by Marcel Gotlib & Philippe Druillet, “Polonius (Part 1),” by Picaret & Jacques Tardi, “Hamilton Potemkine,” by Philippe Druillet, “The Long Tomorrow (Part 2), by Dan O’Bannon & Moebius (Jean Giraud), and “Den (Part 5),” by Richard Corben. Cover illustration by Bernie Wrightson. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: August 1977. Cover price: $1.50.
Howard the Duck Annual #11.
The estimated newsstand availability date is July 12, 1977. Edited by Steve Gerber. The comic features the story “Thief of Bagmom!,” by Steve Gerber & Val Mayerik, with Mary Skrenes. Cover illustration by Gene Colan, with Tom Palmer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: 1977. Cover price: 50¢.
Note
The copyright date is June 14, 1977.
The X-Men #107.
The estimated newsstand availability date is July 19, 1977. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features the story “Where No X-Man Has Gone Before!,” by Chris Claremont & Dave Cockrum, with Dan Green. Cover illustration by Dave Cockrum. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: October 1977. Cover price: 25¢.
Notes
The copyright date is June 21, 1977.
Creepy #92.
Published on July 20, 1977. Edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). The comic includes the story “Instinct,” by Nicola Cuti & Richard Corben. Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 100 pages. New York: Warren. Cover/indicia date: October 1977. Cover price: $1.75.
Eerie #87.
Published on July 20, 1977. Edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). The comic includes the story “Years & Mind Forever,” by Bruce Jones & Richard Corben. Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 100 pages. New York: Warren. Cover/indicia date: October 1977. Cover price: $1.75.
Howard the Duck #17.
The estimated newsstand availability date is July 26, 1977. Edited by Steve Gerber. The comic features the story “Doctor Bong!,” by Steve Gerber & Gene Colan, with Klaus Janson. Cover illustration by Gene Colan, with Tom Palmer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: October 1977. Cover price: 30¢.
Note
The copyright date is June 28, 1977.
Omega the Unknown #10.
The estimated newsstand availability date is July 26, 1977. Edited by Steve Gerber. The comic features the story "Blockbuster," by Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes, and Jim Mooney. Cover illustration by Dave Cockrum, with Pablo Marcos. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: October 1977. Cover price: 30¢.
Notes
The copyright date is June 28, 1977.
This is the final issue of the series. In a footer caption on the last story page, editor/co-scripter Steve Gerber announced that he, co-scripter Mary Skrenes, and artist Jim Mooney would conclude the feature in an upcoming issue of The Defenders. However, Skrenes had already left the comics business, and had no intention of working on the story. Gerber never worked on it, either. In May 1978, Marvel publisher Stan Lee terminated Gerber's employment contract with the company. The reason was his failure to meet his work quota, along with other unspecified contract violations. (Gerber had threatened to sue Marvel over ownership of the Howard the Duck character.) In 1979, The Defenders title ran a two-issue resolution to the Omega feature. It was scripted by Steven Grant. According to Grant, the story was commissioned solely to end reader inquiries about it. Gerber and Skrenes had no input. Gerber disavowed the story, claiming it was not in accord with his and Skrenes' plans for the feature.
The Avengers Annual #7.
The estimated newsstand availability date is August 3, 1977. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features the story “The Final Threat,” by Jim Starlin, with Joe Rubinstein. Cover illustration by Jim Starlin. Standard-format comic-book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: 1977. Cover price: 60¢.
Notes
The copyright date is July 6, 1977.
“The Final Threat” continues the Warlock feature from the story in Marvel Team-Up #55. Jim Starlin’s 1970s run on Warlock concludes with the story in Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2.
Red Sonja #6.
The estimated newsstand availability date is August 9, 1977. Edited by Roy Thomas. The comic features the story “The Singing Tower,” by Roy Thomas & Frank Thorne, with Clair Noto & Wendy Pini. Cover illustration by Frank Thorne. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: November 1977. Cover price: 35¢.
Note
There is no known copyright date. No registration appears to have been filed.
Published on August 15, 1977. The book features new material by cartoonist Don Martin, with some scriptwriting assistance from Dick DeBartolo and Don “Duck” Edwing. Cover illustration by Don Martin. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner. Cover/indicia date: August 1977. Cover price: $1.25.
Heavy Metal, Vol. 1, No. 6.
Published on August 16, 1977. 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 “Major Fatal” and “It’s a Small Universe,” by Moebius (Jean Giraud), “AAARRRZZZ,” by Philippe Druillet, “Polonius (Part 2),” by Picaret & Jacques Tardi, and “Den (Part 6),” by Richard Corben. Cover illustration by Philippe Druillet. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: September 1977. Cover price: $1.50.
Mad #194.
Published on August 17, 1976. 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, Jack Kent, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Jack Rickard, Lou Silverstone, Angelo Torres, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Jack Rickard. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: October 1977. Cover price: 60¢.
The House of Mystery #255.
Published on August 18, 1977. Edited by Paul Levitz. Cover illustration by Bernie Wrightson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 84 pages. New York: DC. Cover/indicia date: November-December 1977. Cover price: $1.00.
Howard the Duck #18.
The estimated newsstand availability date is August 23, 1977. Edited by Steve Gerber. The comic features the story “Metamorphosis,” by Steve Gerber & Gene Colan, with Klaus Janson. Cover illustration by Gene Colan, with Klaus Janson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: November 1977. Cover price: 35¢.
Note
There is no known copyright date. No registration appears to have been filed.
The Amazing Spider-Man.
The book features the Spider-Man stories by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko that were first published in Amazing Fantasy #15 and The Amazing Spider-Man #1-6. Introduction by Stan Lee. Cover illustration by Steve Ditko, with John Romita. Mass-market paperback book. Color interiors. 164 pages. New York: Pocket (Simon and Schuster). Cover/indicia date: September 1977. 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 a panel from the story in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1.
As the Kid Goes for Broke, G. B. Trudeau.
Published on September 9, 1977. The book features material first published between June 28 and December 31, 1976 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: September 1977. Cover price: $1.95.
History Gone Mad, Tom Koch & Angelo Torres.
Published on September 15, 1977. The book features new history-themed material by scriptwriter Tom Koch and artist Angelo Torres. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner Books. Cover/indicia date: September 1977. Cover price: $1.25.
Summers Fly, Winters Walk, Charles M. Schulz.
The book features material first published between 1976 and 1977 in Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Charles M. Schulz. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Cover/indicia date: September 1977. Cover price: $2.95.
Note
The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.
Heavy Metal, Vol. 1, No. 7.
Published on September 20, 1977. 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 “How Good Is Man?” and The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius episodes “Chapter One: A Dangerous Overhaul,” “Chapter Two: Alert on the Tundra,” and “Chapter Three: The Plot Thickens,” all by Moebius (Jean Giraud), “Polonius (Part 3),” by Picaret & Jacques Tardi, and “Den (Part 7),” by Richard Corben. Cover illustration by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: October 1977. Cover price: $1.50.
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2.
The estimated newsstand availability date is September 20, 1977. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features The Thing / Spider-Man story “Death Watch!,” by Jim Starlin, with Joe Rubinstein. Cover illustration by Jim Starlin. Standard-format comic-book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: 1977. Cover price: 60¢.
Notes
The copyright date is August 23, 1977.
“Death Watch!” continues the Warlock feature from the story in Avengers Annual #7. It concludes Jim Starlin’s 1970s run on the character.
The X-Men #108.
The estimated newsstand availability date is September 20, 1977. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features the story “Armageddon Now!,” by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Cover illustration by Dave Cockrum. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: December 1977. Cover price: 35¢.
Notes
There is no known copyright date. No registration appears to have been filed.
This issue is the series’ first with the team of scriptwriter/co-plotter Chris Claremont and penciler/co-plotter John Byrne. Their run is widely considered the feature’s definitive period.
Howard the Duck #19.
The estimated newsstand availability date is September 27, 1977. Edited by Steve Gerber. The comic features the story “Howard the Human!,” by Steve Gerber & Gene Colan, with Klaus Janson. Cover illustration by Gene Colan, with Tom Palmer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: December 1977. Cover price: 35¢.
Note
There is no known copyright date. No registration appears to have been filed.
Shazam! from the ‘40s to the ‘70s.
Published on September 28, 1977. Edited by E. Nelson Bridwell. The book features select stories starring the Shazam! version of Captain Marvel and affiliated characters. These were first published between 1939 and 1976 in the Whiz Comics, Captain Marvel Adventures, Captain Marvel Jr., The Marvel Family, Mary Marvel, and Shazam! comic-book series. The creative personnel include Bill Parker, C. C. Beck, Jack Binder, Otto Binder, E. Nelson Bridwell, Dave Cockrum, Pete Costanza, Ed Herron, Elliot S! Maggin, Bob Oksner, Denny O’Neil, Mac Raboy, Kurt Schaffenberger, Mark Swayze, Bud Thompson, and William Woolfolk. Introduction by E. Nelson Bridwell. Cover illustration by Kurt Schaffenberger. Hardcover book. Black & white and color interiors. 360 pages. New York Crown. Cover/indicia date: 1977. Cover price: $10.00.
Dennis the Menace: "Your Mother's Calling!", Hank Ketcham.
Published on September 29, 1977. The book features material originally published in Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace daily-newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Hank Ketcham. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal. Cover/indicia date: 1977. Cover price: $1.25.
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