November 1984 - December 1984

American Flagg! #18.

Edited by Mike Gold. The comic features the story “Northern Lights… Double Cross, Conclusion,” by Howard Chaykin. Cover illustration by Howard Chaykin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Evanston, IL: First. Cover/indicia date: March 1985 (November 1984). Cover price: $1.25.

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 #68.

The comic features the story Church & State (Chapter 17): “Another Thing Coming,” by Dave Sim & Gerhard. Cover illustration by Dave Sim. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Aardvark-Vanaheim. Cover/indicia date: November 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.

Elfquest, Book 4, Wendy Pini & Richard Pini.

Published on November 1, 1984. Edited by Kay Reynolds. The book features the stories from Elfquest #16-20. The stories were colored by Wendy Pini with Joe Barruso and M. Lucie Chin for book publication. Cover illustration by Wendy Pini. Trade-paperback book. Color interiors. 180 pages. Brookfield, MO: Starblaze (Donning). Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $12.95.

The Far Side Gallery, Gary Larson.

Published on November 1, 1984. The book collects the contents of The Far Side, Beyond the Far Side, and In Search of the Far Side collections of Gary Larson’s The Far Side daily-newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Gary Larson. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. Kansas City, KS: Andrews and McMeel. Cover/indicia date: September 1984. Cover price: $10.95.

The New Mutants #25.

Published on November 6, 1984. Edited by Ann Nocenti. The comic features the story “The Only Thing to Fear…,” by Chris Claremont & Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. March 1985. Cover price: 60¢.

Mad #252.

Published on November 18, 1984. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Armanli, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker, Don “Duck” Edwing, John Ficarra, Dan Fiorella, Chris Hart, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Mike Metz, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Antonio Prohias, Larry Siegel, Lou Silverstone, Angelo Torres, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Armanli. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: January 1985. Cover price: $1.25.

Sergio Aragonés’ Groo the Wanderer #1.

Published on November 13, 1984. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features the story “The Song of Groo,” by Sergio Aragonés, with Mark Evanier. Cover illustration by Sergio Aragonés. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Epic (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: March 1985. Cover price: 75¢.

Mad’s How to Be a Successful Dog, Larry Siegel & Angelo Torres.

Published on November 16, 1984. The book features new material by scriptwriter Larry Siegel and artist Angelo Torres. Cover illustration by Angelo Torres. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Warner Books. Cover/indicia date: November 1984. Cover price: $2.25.

The Spirit #7.

Published on November 20, 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 “Pool’s Toadstool Facial Cream” (06-09-1946), “The Bucket of Blood” (06-16-1946), “The Rubber Band” (06-23-1946), “The Lost Fortnight” (06-30-1946), and “Dulcet Tone” (07-07-1946). Cover illustration by Will Eisner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 44 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: October 1984. Cover price: $2.95.

Marvel Super Special #36.

Published on November 21, 1984. Edited by Bob Budiansky. The magazine features the story “Dune,” by Ralph Macchio & Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz. Magazine format. Color interiors. 68 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: 1985. Cover price: $2.50.

Note

The story is a comics adaptation of the 1984 feature film Dune, directed and scripted by David Lynch, after the novel by Frank Herbert.

The Saga of the Swamp Thing #34.

Published on November 27, 1984. Edited by Karen Berger. The comic features the story “Rite of Spring,” by Alan Moore & Stephen R. Bissette, with John Totleben. Cover illustration by Stephen R. Bissette & John Totleben. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: DC. Cover/indicia date: February 1985. Cover price: 75¢.

American Flagg! #19.

Edited by Mike Gold. The comic features the story “Bullets & Ballots! (Part 1),” by Howard Chaykin. Cover illustration by Howard Chaykin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Evanston, IL: First. Cover/indicia date: April 1985 (December 1984). Cover price: $1.25.

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 #69.

The comic features the story Church & State (Chapter 18): “Ignore It, It’s Just Another Reality,” by Dave Sim & Gerhard. Cover illustration by Dave Sim. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Aardvark-Vanaheim. Cover/indicia date: December 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.

I’m Not Your Sweet Babboo!, Charles M. Schulz.

The book features material first published in 1982 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: Owl (Holt, Rinehart and Winston). Cover/indicia date: December 1983. Cover price: $4.95.

Note

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

Love and Rockets #10.

Edited by Gary Groth. The magazine includes the Locas story “Las Mujeres Perdidas, Part Five,” by Jaime Hernandez, and the Palomar story “Ecce Homo,” by Gilbert Hernandez. Cover illustrations by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. Thousand Oaks, CA: Fantagraphics. Cover/indicia date: January 1985 (December 1984). Cover price: $2.50.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

The New Mutants #26.

Published on December 4, 1984. Edited by Ann Nocenti. The comic features the story “Legion,” by Chris Claremont & Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. March 1985. Cover price: 65¢.

Note

The comic is the first appearance of Legion (Daniel Haller).

Steve Canyon #7.

Published on December 4, 1984. Edited by Peter Poplaski. The magazine features the episodes published between February 9 and May 18, 1949 in Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon daily-newspaper strip. Introduction by Milton Caniff. Cover illustration by Milton Caniff & Peter Poplaski. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 68 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: September 1984. Cover price: $3.50.

Crisis on Infinite Earths #1.

Published on December 11, 1984. Edited by Marv Wolfman. The comic features the story “The Summoning,” by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez, with Dick Giordano, Robert Greenberger, and Len Wein. Cover illustration by George Pérez. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: DC. Cover/indicia date: May 1985. Cover price: 75¢.

Note

Crisis on Infinite Earths, a 12-issue limited series, was DC Comics’ first effort at a line-wide crossover storyline. It differed from Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, Marvel’s earlier project of this sort, in one major respect. Secret Wars, while its events impacted the connected company titles, did not demand to be read for readers to understand the storylines in those series going forward. Any changes to the various series were immediately understandable from context. As such, Secret Wars was an addendum project that readers of the connected series could comfortably ignore. Crisis, on the other hand, not only demanded that it be read in order to understand the various connected series, it demanded that all crossover issues with the multitude of outside titles be read as well. Readers were required to buy issues of titles they otherwise weren’t following to keep up with the story. This interconnected-storyline format became the norm for crossover-event series afterward. The format is controversial. While boosting short-term sales, it also alienates many readers in the long-term.

Sergio Aragonés’ Groo the Wanderer #2.

Published on December 11, 1984. Edited by Archie Goodwin. The comic features the story “Dragon Killer,” by Sergio Aragonés, with Mark Evanier. Cover illustration by Sergio Aragonés. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Epic (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: April 1985. Cover price: 75¢.

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #101.

Published on December 25, 1984. Edited by Danny Fingeroth. Cover illustration by John Byrne. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Marvel. Cover/indicia date: April 1985. Cover price: 65¢.

The Saga of the Swamp Thing #35.

Published on December 26, 1984. Edited by Karen Berger. The comic features the story “The Nukeface Papers, Part 1,” 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: March 1985. Cover price: 75¢.

Mad #253.

Published on December 27, 1984. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Don “Duck” Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Harry North, Esq., Paul Peter Porges, Antonio Prohias, Irving Schild, Larry Siegel, Angelo Torres, Sam Viviano, 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: March 1985. Cover price: $1.25.

The Cartoon History of the Universe #7.

The comic features the story “All About Athens,” 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: 1984. Cover price: $2.00.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #8.

The comic features the story “The Idiots Abroad, Part One,” by Gilbert Shelton & Paul Mavrides. Cover illustration by Gilbert Shelton & Paul Mavrides. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. San Francisco: Rip Off. Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $2.00.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in Grass Roots, Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan.

The book is a bound edition of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #5, featuring work by Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan. Cover illustration by Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 56 pages. San Francisco: Rip Off. Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $10.95.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

Harold Hedd in “Hitler’s Cocaine #1.

The comic features the stories “Cuzzin Elmo,” “The New Alarm Clock,” “The Inheritance,” and “Hitler’s Cocaine,” all by Rand Holmes. Cover illustration by Rand Holmes. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $2.00.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

The stories were first published in the German magazine U-Comix.

Harold Hedd in “Hitler’s Cocaine #2.

The comic features the stories “Peggy’s Cove,” “The Bomb,” “The Salvage,” “The Refuge,” and “Epilogue,” all by Rand Holmes. Cover illustration by Rand Holmes. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink. Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $2.00.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

The stories were first published in the German magazine U-Comix.

Raw One-Shot, No. 3: Jack Survives, Jerry Moriarty.

Edited by Françoise Mouly & Art Spiegelman. The book features new material by cartoonist Jerry Moriarty. Cover illustration by Jerry Moriarty. Trade-paperback book. Color and black & white interiors. 44 pages. New York: Raw. Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $6.95.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

Raw One-Shot, No. 4: Invasion of the Elvis Zombies, Gary Panter.

Edited by Françoise Mouly & Art Spiegelman. The book features new material by cartoonist Gary Panter. Cover illustration by Gary Panter. Hardcover book. Color and black & white interiors. 44 pages. New York: Raw. Cover/indicia date: 1984. Cover price: $7.50.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration was filed.

Next: January to February 1985.