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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	1995
Cover Price	2.95 CAD
Pages	84
Editing	Dave Sim

Cover Details

Characters	Cerebus
Genre	satire
Pencils	Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)
Inks	Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)

8 page Cerebus story "The Name of the Game Is Diamondback"

Characters	Cerebus
Synopsis	Cerebus plays cards
Genre	satire
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Marshall Rogers (layouts); Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim
Notes	takes place between issues 11 and 12
Reprinted	from Swords of Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1981 series) #1 (January 1981)

6 page Cerebus story "The Morning After"

Characters	Cerebus
Synopsis	Cerebus has a hangover
Genre	satire
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Joe Rubinstein
Letters	Mike Higgins
Reprinted	from Swords of Cerebus #2 (6/81)

8 page Cerebus story "What Happened Between Issues 20 and 21"

Characters	Cerebus, Astoria
Synopsis	Cerebus is kidnapped and put in a freak show
Genre	satire
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Gene Day
Letters	Dave Sim
Reprinted	from Swords of Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1981 series) #3 (Fall 1981)

10 page Cerebus story "Magiking"

Characters	Cerebus, the Magician
Synopsis	Cerebus learns that Aardvarks magnify magic powers
Genre	satire
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim
Notes	takes place between issues 12 and 13
Reprinted	from Swords of Cerebus #4 (Fall 1982)

11 page Cerebus story "Silverspoon"

Characters	Cerebus; Silverspoon; Lord Julius
Synopsis	Cerebus books passage for Palnu and meets fellow passenger, Lord Silverspoon, son of Lord Julius
Genre	satire
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Dave Sim
Notes	11 Sunday style pages in the style of Prince Valiant. Takes place between issues 13 and 14
Reprinted	from Comics Buyer's Guide, various 1980 issues

7 page Cerebus story "A Night On the Town"

Characters	Cerebus
Synopsis	Cerebus carouses and meets the local gendarmes
Genre	satire
Script	Dave Sim
Pencils	Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)
Inks	Dave Sim; Gerhard (backgrounds)
Letters	Dave Sim
Reprinted	from Swords of Cerebus #6 (Fall 1984)

6 page Cerebus story "Cerebus Dreams"

Characters	Cerebus
Synopsis	Cerebus dances with a chicken
Genre	satire
Script	Barry Windsor-Smith
Pencils	Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks	Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters	Barry Windsor-Smith
Reprinted	from Swords of Cerebus #5 (Fall 1983)

19 page story "Untitled Jam"

Script	Dave Sim; Chester Brown
Pencils	Dave Sim; Chester Brown
Inks	Dave Sim; Chester Brown
Letters	Dave Sim; Chester Brown
Notes	Sim and Brown did alternate panels with no plan involved