Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1993
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.15 CAD
Pages 48(?)
Editing Chris Ulm
Notes Sequences 4-10 are on the flip side

Cover Details

Genre horror
Pencils Aaron Lopresti
Inks Gary Martin

22 page Sludge story "You Can Take the Cop out of the Sewer"

Characters Sludge [Frank Hoag] (origin); John Paul Marcello (introduction)
Genre horror
Script Steve Gerber
Pencils Aaron Lopresti
Inks Gary Martin
Colors Paul Mounts; Violent Hues (interior colorists)
Letters Patrick Owsley

4 page Rune; Solution promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters typeset
Notes insert, sending coupons to get Rune #0/Solution #0

2 page The Ultrafiles promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Dan Danko; Diane Botta
Letters typeset
Notes plus covers of Firearm #2, Hardcase #5, Mantra #4, Night Man #1, Prime #6, Prototype #3

Cover Details

Genre Monsters
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks John Floyd
Colors Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters Patrick Owsley
Notes Flip side of Sludge #1

1 page Rune credits "The Prophecy"

Genre Monsters
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks John Floyd
Letters typeset

1 page Rune character profile "The Prophecy"

Characters Rune
Genre Monsters
Script Chris Ulm
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks John Floyd
Colors Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters typeset

3 page Rune story "The Prophecy"

Genre Monsters
Script Chris Ulm
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks John Floyd
Colors Barry Windsor-Smith; Albert Callero (computer colorist)
Letters Patrick Owsley
Notes Part A (of M) of Rune Story
Reprinted in Rune (Malibu, 1994 series) #0

1 page The Night Man text article "The Night Man"

Characters Night Man
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Darick Robertson
Inks Andrew Pepoy
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters typeset

3 page The Night Man story

Characters Night Man; Ginger Robinson
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Darick Robertson
Inks Andrew Pepoy
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Dave Lanphear
Notes preview

1 page The Mighty Magnor story

Characters Magnor
Genre superhero; humor
Script Mark Evanier
Pencils Sergio Aragonés
Inks Sergio Aragonés
Colors Tom Luth
Letters Stan Sakai
Notes Part One of Four