March 1984 - April 1984

American Flagg! #10.

Edited by Mike Gold. The comic features the story “Solidarity for Now [Part 1],” by Howard Chaykin. Cover illustration by Howard Chaykin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Evanston, IL: First. Cover/indicia date: July 1984 (March 1984). Cover price: $1.00.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed. First Comics cover-dated their color comics four months ahead of publication.

Cerebus #60.

The comic features the story Church & State (Chapter 9): “Sophia, Henrot-Gutch, Astoria, Elf, Theresa,” by Dave Sim. Cover illustration by Dave Sim. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Aardvark-Vanaheim. Cover/indicia date: March 1984. Cover price: $1.70.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. This is a Canadian publication. No copyright registration has been filed in the United States.

Love and Rockets #6.

Edited by Gary Groth. The magazine includes the Locas stories “Las Mujeres Perdidas, Part One” and “Amor y Cohetes,” by Jaime Hernandez, and the Palomar stories “Act of Contrition, Part Two” and “The Mystery Wen,” by Gilbert Hernandez. Cover illustration by Gilbert Hernandez. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. Stamford, CT: Fantagraphics. Cover/indicia date: May 1984 (March 1984). Cover price: $1.95.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration has been filed.

Heavy Metal, Vol. 8, No. 1 (#97).

Published on March 1, 1984. Edited by Julie Simmons-Lynch. The magazine features both original material and English translations of work that first appeared in the French magazine Métal Hurlant . The stories include The Third Incal (Chapter 3): “Planet of Gold,” by Alexandro Jodorowsky & Moebius (Jean Giraud), and Salammbô II: Carthage (Chapter 3), by Philippe Druillet. Cover illustration by Boris Vallejo. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: April 1984. Cover price: $2.50.

Note

Salammbô II: Carthage is adapted from the novel Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert

The Uncanny X-Men.

Published on March 13, 1984. Edited by Jim Shooter. The book features material originally published in The X-Men #129-137, by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, with Terry Austin. Introduction by Stan Lee. Cover illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz. Trade-paperback book. Color interiors. 196 pages. Cover/indicia date: 1983. Cover price: $9.95.

Notes

The book is the first collection of a multi-issue storyline featuring company-owned material from one of the legacy newsstand publishers.

The book was only distributed to the “direct sales” comics-store market.

Later printings of the book are titled X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, with Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Terry Austin credited as the authors on the front cover.

‘Toons for Our Times, Berke Breathed.

Published on March 19, 1984. The book features material originally published in Berke Breathed’s Bloom County daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Berke Breathed. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 100 pages. New York: Little, Brown. Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $6.95.

The Saga of the Swamp Thing #26.

Published on March 27, 1984. Edited by Karen Berger. The comic features the story “…A Time of Running…,” by Alan Moore & Stephen R. Bissette, with John Totleben. Cover illustration by Stephen R. Bissette, with John Totleben. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: DC. Cover/indicia date: July 1984. Cover price: 75¢.

Mad #247.

Published on March 29, 1984. 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, Stan Hart, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Harry North, Esq., Antonio Prohias, Irving Schild, Lou Silverstone, Angelo Torres, Richard Williams, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Richard Williams. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: June 1984. Cover price: $1.25.

American Flagg! #11.

Edited by Mike Gold. The comic features the story “Solidarity for Now, Part 2,” by Howard Chaykin. Cover illustration by Howard Chaykin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Evanston, IL: First. Cover/indicia date: August 1984 (April 1984). Cover price: $1.00.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed. First Comics cover-dated their color comics four months ahead of publication.

Cerebus #61.

The comic features the story Church & State (Chapter 10): “Stormy Weather [et al.],” by Dave Sim. Cover illustration by Dave Sim. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Aardvark-Vanaheim. Cover/indicia date: April 1984. Cover price: $1.70.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. This is a Canadian publication. No copyright registration has been filed in the United States.

Heavy Metal, Vol. 8, No. 2 (#98).

Published on April 1, 1984. Edited by Julie Simmons-Lynch. The magazine features both original material and English translations of work that first appeared in the French magazine Métal Hurlant . The stories include The Third Incal (Chapter 4): “Crystal Forest,” by Alexandro Jodorowsky & Moebius (Jean Giraud), and Salammbô II: Carthage (Chapter 4), by Philippe Druillet. Cover illustration by Luis Royo. Magazine format. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: HM Communications (National Lampoon). Cover/indicia date: May 1984. Cover price: $2.50.

Note

Salammbô II: Carthage is adapted from the novel Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert

The New Mutants #18.

Published on April 3, 1984. Edited by Ann Nocenti. The comic features the story “Death-Hunt,” by Chris Claremont & Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel: August 1984. Cover price: 60¢.

Mad’s Dave Berg Looks at the Neighborhood.

Published on April 16, 1984. The book features new material by cartoonist Dave Berg. Cover illustration by Dave Berg. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner. Cover/indicia date: April 1984 . Cover price: $1.95.

The Spirit #4.

Published on April 17, 1984. Edited by Denis Kitchen. The comic features stories first published in 1946 in Will Eisner’s The Spirit Sunday-newspaper comic-book insert. The stories include “Nylon Rose” (03-17-1946), “The Last Trolley” (03-24-1946), “Yafodder’s Mustache” (03-31-1946), and “The Kissing Caper” (04-07-1946). Cover illustration by Will Eisner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: March 1984. Cover price: $2.00.

Next: May to June 1984.