Issue Details

Issue	#14
Published	August 1999
Cover Price	$0.25 USD
Pages	4
Editing	Sarah Grace McCandless
Notes	credits given for title header art; first page/cover also has 2 comic strips (indexed separately)

Cover Details - "Hey Kids! Comics!"

Characters	Concrete [Ron Lithgow]
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Paul Chadwick ?
Inks	Paul Chadwick ?
Colors	Paul Chadwick ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	credits given for title header art; first page/cover also has 2 comic strips (indexed separately)

Half page Buffy The Vampire Slayer story "PLAYING WITH FIRE Part Four"

Characters	Bryan; Willow; Giles; Buffy
Synopsis	Ghost boy helps slay vampires.
Genre	teen; occult; horror
Script	Christopher Golden
Pencils	Hector Gomez
Inks	Hector Gomez
Colors	Hector Gomez ?
Letters	Hector Gomez ?
Notes	on first page/cover
Reprinted	web: http://www.darkhorse.com/multimedia/ecomics/?sku=buffy.1

Half page Hellboy story "THE VÂRCOLAC Part One"

Characters	Hellboy; Countess Ilona Kakosy
Synopsis	Hellboy tries to stake a vampire.
Genre	occult; horror
Script	Mike Mignola
Pencils	Mike Mignola
Inks	Mike Mignola
Colors	Mike Mignola ?
Letters	Mike Mignola ?
Notes	on first page/cover; character appearances information from revised trade paperback version with extra material
Reprinted	in Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom (Dark Horse, 2000) [nn]; (Shogakukan, 2000); Hellboy: La mano derecha del destino (Norma Editorial, 2001); Hellboy: La main droite de la mort (Delcourt, 2001); web: http://www.darkhorse.com/multimedia/ecomics/?sku=hellboy.1

1 page Hellboy; Sin City; The Monstermen [The Monster Men]; The Horror of Collier County; American Splendor; Groo; Concrete; Usagi Yojimbo; Grendel; Sock Monkey; Body Bags; Madman illustration "Dark Horse Maverick"

Characters	Hellboy; Wallace; Mr. Benedict; Fran; Mel; Harvey Pekar; Groo; Rufferto; Concrete [Ron Lithgow]; Miyamoto Usagi; Grendel [Hunter Rose]; Sock Monkey; Clownface; Panda; Madman
Genre	humour
Pencils	Mike Mignola; Frank Miller; Gary Gianni; Rich Tommaso; Sergio Aragonés; Paul Chadwick; Stan Sakai; Matt Wagner; Tony Millionaire; Jason Pearson; Michael Allred
Inks	Mike Mignola; Frank Miller; Gary Gianni; Rich Tommaso; Sergio Aragonés; Paul Chadwick; Stan Sakai; Matt Wagner; Tony Millionaire; Jason Pearson; Michael Allred
Colors	Jason Hvam
Letters	Cary Grazzini ?
Notes	Dark Horse Maverick "lineup" in a police lineup

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes

illustrated August 1999 Dark Horse shipping list; colour back cover/last page comic strip format house ad for Dark Horse Zippo lighters; no art or writing credits given for comic strip ad

Half page Martin Mystery [Martin Mystère] story "THE MYSTERY OF THE BUTTERED SLICE OF BREAD"

Characters	Martin Mystery [Martin Mystère]; Java
Synopsis	A man discovers a conspiracy to make buttered bread always fall buttered side down.
Genre	adventure
Script	Alfredo Castelli
Pencils	Giancarlo Alessandrini
Inks	Giancarlo Alessandrini
Colors	Giancarlo Alessandrini ?
Letters	Giancarlo Alessandrini ?
Notes	On back cover/last page; English language version of "Il mistero della tartina imburrata" strip. Originally done for the Premio Satira Politica di Forte dei Marmi (published in exhibition catalogue, 1995).
Reprinted	web: http://www.darkhorse.com/multimedia/ecomics/index.html?sku=martin.1