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Issue Details

Issue #42
Published [June] 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Bill Morrison

Cover Details - "Sibling Rival"

Characters Bart Simpson; Lisa Simpson; Santa's Little Helper
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family
Pencils Jason Ho [signed as J. Ho]
Inks Mike Rote (signed)

1 page USDA public service announcement "School Supplies"

Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes PSA for the food pyramid. www.mypyramid.gov. On inside front cover.

12 page Bart Simpson story "Battle of the 'Plexes!"

Characters Homer Simpson; Marge Simpson; Bart Simpson; Lisa Simpson; Lenny Leonard (flashback); Carl Carlson (flashback); Bernice (flashback); Mr. Burns [Charles Montgomery Burns] (flashback); Waylon Smithers (flashback); Professor Frink [John Nerdlebaum Frink] (flashback); Moe Szyslak (flashback); Doris (flashback); Patty Bouvier (flashback); Selma Bouvier (flashback); Barney Gumble (flashback); Cletus (flashback); Helen (flashback); Luann (flashback); Brandine (flashback); Usher Chalmers (flashback); Miss Hoover (flashback); Clancy Wiggum (flashback); Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (flashback); Sideshow Bob Terwilliger (flashback); Ned Flanders (flashback); Snake (flashback); Julius Hibbert (flashback)
Synopsis "Go back in time with Homer and Marge when the boys and girls of Springfield fought over bragging rights to the brand-new movie duoplex." [per solicitation]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family
Script Tom Peyer
Pencils Carlos Valenti
Inks Dan Davis
Colors Nathan Hamill
Letters Karen Bates

6 page Bart Simpson story "Say Hello to My Little Friend... Scarface!"

Characters Bart Simpson; Milhouse van Houten; Sherri; Terri; Ralph Wiggum; Dolph; Jimbo Jones; Kearney; Nelson Muntz; Hell's Satans
Synopsis "Springfield Elementary's got a new kingpin, when Ralph comes to school with a scar on his face, and Bart concocts a criminal past for him that gets them in a heap of trouble." [per solicitation]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family
Script James W. Bates
Pencils John Costanza
Inks Phyllis Novin
Colors Nathan Hamill
Letters Karen Bates

7 page Bart Simpson story "Ponce Upon a Time"

Characters Bart Simpson; Homer Simpson (photos); Marge Simpson; Lisa Simpson; Ponce De Leon (flashback); Milhouse van Houten; Jake Brickbat; Reverend Lovejoy (dream)
Synopsis "Bart, determined not to grow up to be like Homer, goes in search of the Fountain of Youth." [per solicitation]
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family
Script Mary Trainor
Pencils Nina Matsumoto
Inks Mike DeCarlo
Colors Nathan Hamill
Letters Karen Bates