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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	October 2004
Cover Price	$17.95
Pages	180
Editing	Dwight Zimmerman
Notes	Collects MISTER X #1-6 (Vortex, 1984 series) plus extras. Compiled & designed by Dean Motter. Series created and designed by Dean Motter and Paul Rivoche.

Cover Details - "MISTER X Volume One"

Characters	Mister X; Radiant City
Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Pencils	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Inks	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Colors	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Letters	Dean Motter (design)
Notes	Collects MISTER X #1-6 (Vortex, 1984 series) plus extras. Compiled & designed by Dean Motter. Series created and designed by Dean Motter and Paul Rivoche.
Reprinted	from MISTER X promotional poster, "CITY" (Vortex, 1983)

2 page Mister X illustration "Robot Alley"

Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Colors	Paul Rivoche
Letters	typeset
Notes	pre-production art

1 page Mister X illustration "Escalator"

Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Letters	typeset
Notes	pre-production art from February 1983

1 page Mister X illustration "Lurking"

Pencils	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Inks	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Colors	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Letters	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Notes	pre-production art from 1982

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Mister X +"

Script	Dean Motter
Letters	typset

1 page Mister X illustration "The Secret"

Pencils	Dean Motter (painted)
Inks	Dean Motter (painted)
Colors	Dean Motter (painted)
Notes	This was the very 1st visual depiction of the character who would become known as "Mister X".
Reprinted	from MEGATRON MAN, album by Patrick Cowley (1981)

4 page Mister X foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Script

Arlen Schumer

1 page Mister X illustration "(Running With Suitcase)"

Pencils	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Inks	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Colors	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Notes	Cover appeared more than a year before MISTER X #1, and depicts a scene that appears in that later issue.
Reprinted	from VORTEX #2 (Vortex, March 1983)

1 page Mister X illustration "Lady In Red"

Script	Dean Motter
Pencils	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Inks	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Colors	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Letters	Dean Motter
Notes	Advance promotional poster from 1983; depicts a character who would not turn up until Dean Motter's later series, TERMINAL CITY (DC, 1996).

3 page Tales From Somnopolis story "I Wake Up?"

Characters	un-named narrator; Mister X
Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Script	Dave McKean
Pencils	Dave McKean (painted)
Inks	Dave McKean (painted)
Colors	Dave McKean (painted)
Letters	Dave McKean
Notes	Dave McKean's 1st published comic book work. Dean Motter felt it would make a fitting prologue to this collection.
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #11

1 page Mister X illustration "Somnopolis Towers"

Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Colors	Paul Rivoche
Notes	Used on Promotional Envelopes and Subscription Ad pages.

1 page Mister X cover reprint (on interior page) "Mister X Premiere Issue"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Colors	Paul Rivoche
Letters	Dean Motter
Notes	Rivoche and Motter received a joint "Best Cover" nomination for this issue in the 1985 Kirby Awards.
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #1

22 page Mister X story "MISTER X"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Script	Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Colors	Paul Rivoche
Letters	Paul Rivoche
Notes	Part 1 of 6. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984).
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #1

1 page Mister X illustration "Pipes"

Script	Dean Motter
Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Colors	Paul Rivoche
Letters	Dean Motter
Notes	Advance promotional poster from 1983

1 page Mister X cover reprint (on interior page) "Mister X Number Two"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Pencils	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Inks	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Colors	Paul Rivoche (painted)
Letters	Paul Rivoche
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #2

20 page Mister X story "MISTER X"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Script	Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Colors	Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters	Paul Rivoche
Notes	Part 2 of 6. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984). Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #2

1 page Mister X cover reprint (on interior page) "Mister X Number Three"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Pencils	Paul Rivoche (painting)
Inks	Paul Rivoche (painting)
Colors	Paul Rivoche (painting)
Letters	Paul Rivoche
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #3

18 page Mister X story "(WHO IS MISTER X?)"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Script	Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Colors	Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters	Ty Templeton
Notes	Part 3 of 6; title taken from last page of previous issue. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984). Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #3

1 page Mister X cover reprint (on interior page) "Mister X Number Four"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Pencils	Dean Motter (painting)
Inks	Dean Motter (painting)
Colors	Dean Motter (painting)
Letters	Dean Motter
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #4

18 page Mister X story "(THE RETURN OF MISTER X)"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Script	Gilbert Hernandez (plot, dialogue); Mario Hernandez (plot)
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez (layouts); Jaime Hernandez
Inks	Jaime Hernandez
Colors	Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters	Ty Templeton
Notes	Part 4 of 6; title taken from last page of previous issue. Credit breakdown from description in AMAZING HEROES #48 (Redbeard Inc., June 1984). Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #4

1 page Mister X cover reprint (on interior page) "Mister X Number Five"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Pencils	Dean Motter (painting)
Inks	Dean Motter (painting)
Colors	Dean Motter (painting)
Letters	Dean Motter
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #5

20 page Mister X story "THE BIZARRE DEATH OF WALTER EICHMANN"

Genre	Science Fiction; Adventure
Script	Dean Motter; Ty Templeton (Script)
Pencils	Klaus Schoenefeld
Inks	Ty Templeton
Colors	Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters	Ty Templeton
Notes	Part 5 of 6. Following this issue, Klaus Schoenefeld & Ty Templeton focused on their own series, KELVIN MACE (which apparently took place in the same "world" as MISTER X) and STIG'S INFERNO (respectively). Tragically, Schoenefeld died in a motorcycle accident after only 2 issues of his series had been published. Klaus Schoenefeld's name misspelled as Klaus Schonefeld in credits.
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #5

1 page Mister X cover reprint (on interior page) "Mister X Number Six"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Pencils	Dean Motter (painting)
Inks	Dean Motter (painting)
Colors	Dean Motter (painting)
Letters	Dean Motter
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #6

22 page Mister X story "THE REVENGE OF ZAMORA"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Script	Dean Motter
Pencils	Seth
Inks	William Diamond
Colors	Klaus Schoenefeld
Letters	Deborah Glenncross
Notes	Part 6 of 6. Klaus Schoenefeld's name was misspelled as Schonefeld in the credits.
Reprinted	from Mister X (Vortex, 1984 series) #6

11 page Mister X story "The Brain Of Mister X"

Genre	Science fiction; Adventure
Script	Bill Sienkiewicz
Pencils	Bill Sienkiewicz (painted)
Inks	Bill Sienkiewicz (painted)
Colors	Bill Sienkiewicz (painted)
Letters	Bill Sienkiewicz
Reprinted	from A1 (Atomeka Press, 1989 series) #1 [1 p.]

11 page The Conceptual Art Of Paul Rivoche illustration "Somnopolitan Sketchbook"

Script	Dean Motter
Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Colors	Paul Rivoche
Letters	typeset
Notes	Pre-production and other art from 1983 & 2001-2002.

1 page Mister X illustration "City" (rough)

Pencils	Paul Rivoche
Inks	Paul Rivoche
Colors	Paul Rivoche
Notes	Rough sketch version of "CITY" promo poster, the finished piece reused as the cover of this book.