Cerebus #20.
The comic features the story “Mind Game,” 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: September 1980. Cover price: $1.25 Canadian.
Note
This is a Canadian publication. The exact publication date is unknown. There is no U. S. copyright record.
The New Teen Titans #2.
Published on September 11, 1980. Edited by Len Wein. The comic features the story “Today… the Terminator!,” by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez, with Romeo Tanghal. Cover illustration by George Pérez. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: DC. Cover/indicia date: December 1980. Cover price: 50¢.
Note
“Today… the Terminator!” is the first appearance of Deathstroke the Terminator (Slade Wilson).
Elfquest #8.
Published on September 15, 1980. Edited by Richard Pini. The magazine features the story “Hands of the Symbol Maker,” by Wendy Pini & Richard Pini. Introduction by Richard Pini. Cover illustration by Wendy Pini. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 44 pages. Poughkeepsie, NY: WaRP Graphics. Cover/indicia date: September 1980. Cover price: $1.25.
Heavy Metal, Vol. 4, No. 8 (#44).
Published on September 15, 1980. Edited by Ted White. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were first published in the French magazine Métal Hurlant, Pilote, and Pilote Mensuel. The stories include “Blind Citadel” and “Red-Beard and the Brain Pirate,” both by Moebius (Jean Giraud). Cover illustration by Hajime Sorayama. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: November 1980. Cover price: $2.00.
The Mad Survival Handbook, Stan Hart and Paul Coker, Jr.
Published on September 15, 1980. The book features new material by scriptwriter Stan Hart and artist Paul Coker. Jr. Cover illustration by Paul Coker, Jr. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner Books. Cover/indicia date: September 1980. Cover price: $1.75.
Playboy’s New Kliban, B. Kliban.
Published on September 17, 1980. The book features single-panel cartoons by cartoonist B. Kliban that were originally published in Playboy magazine. Cover illustration by B. Kliban. Trade-paperback book. Color interiors. 80 pages. New York: Wideview. Cover/indicia date: 1980. Cover price: $6.95.
Here Comes the April Fool!, Charles M. Schulz.
Published on September 19, 1980. The book features material first published in 1979 and 1980 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 1980. Cover price: $4.95.
Note
The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.
Gay Comix #1.
Published on September 22, 1980. Edited by Howard Cruse. The comic features original material by Theo Bogart, Howard Cruse, Demian, Kurt Erichsen, Billy Fugate, Roberta Gregory, Rand Holmes, Lee Marrs, and Mary Wings. Cover illustration by Rand Holmes. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: September 1980. Cover price: $1.25.
Note
The comic was the first anthology to exclusively feature the work of gay and lesbian cartoonists.
The X-Men #140.
The estimated newsstand availability date is September 23, 1980. Edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). The comic features the story “Rage!,” by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Cover illustration by John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: December 1980. Cover price: 50¢.
Note
The copyright date is August 26, 1980.
What Do You Mean, I Still Don't Have Equal Rights??!, Cathy Guisewite.
Published on September 25, 1980. The book features material originally published in Cathy Guisewite's Cathy daily-newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Cathy Guisewite. Trade-paperback book. Color and black-and-white interiors. 152 pages. Kansas City, KS: Andrews and McMeel. Cover/indicia date: 1980. Cover price: $3.25.
The Spirit #25.
Published on September 29, 1980. Edited by Will Eisner, Denis Kitchen, and Cat Yronwode. The magazine includes stories first published in 1947 and 1952 in Will Eisner’s The Spirit Sunday-newspaper comic-book insert. The stories include “Captured” (03-30-1941), “Coot Gallus” (11-24-1946), “The Return of the Autumn Mews” (10-09-1949), “Doppelganger” (10-19-1947), and “The Last Man on the Planet Moon” (08-31-1952). Cover illustrations by Will Eisner & Lou Fine (main) and Will Eisner (frame). Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 60 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: August 1980. Cover price: $1.75.
Note
“The Last Man on the Planet Moon” is by Jules Feiffer & Wallace Wood.
The Cartoon History of the Universe #5.
The comic features the story "Brains and Bronze," by Larry Gonick. Cover illustration by Larry Gonick. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. San Francisco: Rip Off. Cover/indicia date: 1980 (October 1980). Cover price: $1.25.
Note
The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.
Cerebus #21.
The comic features the story “Captain Cockroach,” 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: October 1980. Cover price: $1.25 Canadian.
Note
This is a Canadian publication. The exact publication date is unknown. There is no U. S. copyright record.
Mad #219.
Published on October 2, 1980. 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, John Ficarra, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Don Martin, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Larry Siegel, and Angelo Torres. Cover illustration by Don Martin. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: December 1980. Cover price: 75¢.
Daredevil #168.
The estimated newsstand availability date is October 14, 1980. Edited by Denny O’Neil. The comic features the story “Elektra,” by Frank Miller, with Klaus Janson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: January 1981. Cover price: 50¢.
Notes
The copyright date is September 16, 1980.
“Elektra” is the first appearance of the Marvel Comics character. It is Frank Miller’s first story as both writer and penciler of Marvel’s Daredevil series.
Heavy Metal, Vol. 4, No. 9 (#45).
Published on October 15, 1980. Edited by Leonard Mogel. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were first published in the French magazine Métal Hurlant and Pilote. The stories include “Double Evasion,” by Moebius (Jean Giraud). Cover illustration by Chris Achilleos. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: December 1980. Cover price: $2.00.
The Uncensored Mad.
Published on October 15, 1980. The book features select material originally published in Mad #162-169. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Max Brandel, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Larry Gore, Stan Hart, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Paul Peter Porges, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Larry Siegel, Angelo Torres, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Jack Rickard. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner. Cover/indicia date: October 1980. Cover price: $1.75.
The X-Men #141.
The estimated newsstand availability date is October 28, 1980. Edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). The comic features the story “Days of Future Past,” by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Cover illustration by John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: January 1981. Cover price: 50¢.
Notes
No copyright registration appears to have been filed.
“Days of Future Past” is the first appearance of Pyro (John Allerdyce).
The Best of Archie.
Published on October 31, 1980. Edited by Michael Uslan & Jeffrey Mendel. The book features select material from the Archie line of comic books from 1941 to 1980. The creative personnel include Bob Montana, Vic Bloom, Bob Bolling, Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, George Frese, George Gladir, Stan Goldberg, Al Hartley, Harry Lucey, Samm Schwartz, Bill Vigoda, and Bob White. Introduction by Michael Uslan & Jeffrey Mendel. Trade-paperback book. Color interiors. 256 pages. New York: Putnam. Cover/indicia date: 1980. Cover price: $7.95.
Cerebus #22.
The comic features the story “The Death of Elrod,” 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: November 1980. Cover price: $1.25 Canadian.
Note
This is a Canadian publication. The exact publication date is unknown. There is no U. S. copyright record.
Dazzler #1.
Edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). The comic features the story “So Bright This Star,” by Tom DeFalco & John Romita, Jr., with Alfredo Alcala. Cover illustration by Bob Larkin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: March 1981 (November 1980). Cover price: 50¢.
Notes
There is no copyright registration for the issue.
The comic was the first Marvel Comics publication that was distributed exclusively to the “direct sales” comics-store market. (“Direct sales” meant the comics were distributed on a non-returnable basis with a larger purchase discount than in the newsstand market, where unsold publications were returnable for credit.) Due to different shipping practices and more efficient distributor processing, comics-store retailers generally received new comics between two to six weeks before newsstand vendors. Marvel color comics dated March 1981 would have gone on sale at comics-store retailers in November of 1980. Subsequent issues in the Dazzler series were distributed to newsstands.
According to Jim Shooter, Marvel’s editor-in-chief between 1978 and 1987, Dazzler #1 sold 428,000 copies. By comparison, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel’s top-selling series at the time, sold approximately 296,000 copies per issue. The high sales are assumed to be due to collectible speculation.
Mad #220.
Published on November 13, 1980. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker, Don “Duck” Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Bob Jones, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Barry Liebmann, Don Martin, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Lou Silverstone, and Angelo Torres. Cover illustration by Jack Rickard. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: January 1981. Cover price: 75¢.
Don Edwing's Mad Bizarre Bazaar.
Published on November 14, 1980. The book features new material by cartoonist Don “Duck” Edwing. Cover illustration by Don Edwing. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner Books. Cover/indicia date: November 1980. Cover price: $1.75.
Heavy Metal, Vol. 4, No. 10 (#46).
Published on November 15, 1980. Edited by Leonard Mogel. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were first published in the French magazine Métal Hurlant and Pilote Mensuel. The stories include “There Is a Prince Charming on Phenixon,” by Moebius (Jean Giraud). Cover illustration by Robert Burger. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: January 1981. Cover price: $2.00.
The Uncanny X-Men #142.
The estimated newsstand availability date is November 25, 1980. Edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). The comic features the story “Mind Out of Time!,” by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Cover illustration by Terry Austin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: February 1981. Cover price: 50¢.
Note
The copyright date is October 28, 1980.
Cerebus #23.
The comic features the story “The Beguiling,” 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: December 1980. Cover price: $1.50 Canadian.
Note
This is a Canadian publication. The exact publication date is unknown. There is no U. S. copyright record.
Daredevil #169.
The estimated newsstand availability date is December 9, 1980. Edited by Denny O’Neil. The comic features the story “Devils,” by Frank Miller, with Klaus Janson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: March 1981. Cover price: 50¢.
Note
The copyright date is November 11, 1980.
Heavy Metal, Vol. 4, No. 11 (#47).
Published on December 15, 1980. Edited by Leonard Mogel. The magazine features both original material and English-language translations of comics stories that were first published in the French magazine Métal Hurlant, Pilote, and Pilote Mensuel. The stories include “Salammbô (Part 3),” by Philippe Druillet, and “The Horny Goof,” by Moebius (Jean Giraud). Cover illustration by Jim Burns. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: February 1981. Cover price: $2.00.
Note
“Salammbô” is adapted from the novel by Gustave Flaubert.
Raw, Vol. 1, No. 2.
Published on December 20, 1980. Edited by Art Spiegelman & Françoise Mouly. The stories include Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, “Chapter One: The Sheik,” by Art Spiegelman, and “The Atlantic Ocean Laundry,” by Ben Katchor. The other contributors include Mark Beyer, Dom Blonde, Drew Friedman, Rick Geary, Scott Gillis, Bill Griffith, Kaz (Prapuolenis), Javier Mariscal, Jerry Moriarty, Ever Meulen, Cathy Millet, Mark Newgarden, Joost Swarte, Lynne Tillman, and S. Clay Wilson. Cover illustration by Joost Swarte. Tabloid-magazine format. Color and black-and-white interiors. 48 pages. New York: Raw. Cover/indicia date: 1980. Cover price: $4.00.
Note
Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus: A Survivor’s Tale begins its serialization in this issue.
The Spirit #26.
Published on December 22, 1980. Edited by Will Eisner, Denis Kitchen, and Cat Yronwode. The magazine includes stories first published in 1941, 1946, 1947, and 1952 in Will Eisner’s The Spirit Sunday-newspaper comic-book insert. The stories include “The Confessions of Monks Mallon” (11-02-1941), “Nylon Rose” (03-17-1946), “The Kissing Caper” (04-07-1946), “Umbrellas!” (12-28-1947), and “The Man in the Moon” (09-07-1952). Cover illustrations by Will Eisner & Lou Fine (main) and Will Eisner (frame). Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 60 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: December 1980. Cover price: $2.00.
Note
“The Man in the Moon” is by Jules Feiffer & Wallace Wood.
The Uncanny X-Men #143.
The estimated newsstand availability date is December 23, 1980. Edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). The comic features the story “Demon!,” by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Cover illustration by Terry Austin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: March 1981. Cover price: 50¢.
Notes
The copyright date is November 25, 1980.
This issue is the last one featuring Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s collaboration. Byrne, partly out of objection to Claremont's overriding influence on the published stories, left to work on other projects. Claremont, the feature's scriptwriter, continued the X-Men series with other cartoonists. By the end of 1980-1981 sales year, approximately four months after the release of this issue, the series officially became Marvel's best-selling ongoing title. It is unknown if the series assumed this status before Byrne's departure, but his and Claremont's run certainly created the momentum that put it on top. The title was the sales benchmark for the field in the years that followed. The Claremont-Byrne period is universally seen as the high point of the feature.
Next: January to May 1981.
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