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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1986
Cover Price 2.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Gary Groth
Notes Other credits: Art director, Tom Mason; Production manager, Kim Thompson; Production assistant, David Nelson; Typesetting, Inez M. Selleck; Circulation, Julie Strnad; Printed at Port Publications.

Cover Details

Characters Kief Llama; Hesheme
Synopsis Kief Llama encounters Hesheme, a digging creature.
Genre Science Fiction; Fantasy
Script Matt Howarth
Pencils Matt Howarth
Inks Matt Howarth
Colors Matt Howarth ?
Letters Anthony Sciarra (logo)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Synopsis Foreword by Lou Stathis
Script Lou Stathis
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover; also includes credits, table of contents and indicia

17 page story "Shark-Hunt"

Characters Keif Llama; Foreman Majors; Hesheme; Simon Rieche; Pilot Osborne
Synopsis Keif Llama is sent by Confed to Caladrea, a moon of Iidossorn, to solve a problem with the mining operation. The mining is carried out by large digging creatures call fosstrics. Hesheme, a fosstric, explains that they are having problems with worms. She calls on a worm expert, Simon Rieche, to help solve the problem. They attempt to remove a huge worm that makes up much of the moon's volume, then realize their mistake. The problem of microscopic worms in the rock is caused by the mining company's artificial atmosphere. The moon is evacuated, but the fosstrics carry on mining under a treaty with Confed.
Genre Science Fiction; Fantasy
Script Matt Howarth
Pencils Matt Howarth
Inks Matt Howarth
Letters Matt Howarth ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "New gratuitious weirdness from Matt Howarth and Howski Studios"

Synopsis Ad for WRAB: Pirate Television, Medium Condensed, The Mighty Virus, and Neo-Canton Legacy
Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils Matt Howarth
Inks Matt Howarth
Letters Matt Howarth

7 page story "Solar Piracy"

Characters Arth; Paddington
Synopsis Paddington sends Arth to steal a treasure from a star. After defeating a guard, Arth succeeds. Paddington double-crosses Arth, but the mission is foiled when the star explodes.
Genre Science Fiction; Fantasy
Script Matt Howarth
Pencils Matt Howarth
Inks Matt Howarth
Letters Matt Howarth?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Because you deserve the best"

Synopsis Ad for Honk!, featuring an interview with Don Martin
Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin
Letters Typeset

5 page story "Kill her"

Characters Unnamed woman; Barrett
Synopsis An unnamed woman attempts to commit suicide with an overdose of pills. Barrett, a guardian of the afterlife, talks her out of it by showing what lies ahead for her.
Genre Fantasy
Script Matt Howarth
Pencils Matt Howarth
Inks Matt Howarth
Letters Matt Howarth?

2 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Ad for Neat Stuff, Love and Rockets, The Comics Journal, Lloyd Llewellyn, Threat!, Amazing Heroes, Adventures of Captain Jack, Critters, Journey, Nemo, The Doomsday Squad, and Anything Goes!
Script ? (ad copy)
Letters Typeset
Notes Last page and inside back cover

1 page illustration "Waiting for the Zappbus"

Characters Keif Llama
Synopsis Keif Llama stands with her luggage and a group of aliens.
Genre Science Fiction; Fantasy
Script Matt Howarth
Pencils Matt Howarth
Inks Matt Howarth
Colors Matt Howarth?
Letters Matt Howarth
Notes Back cover