| Issue | #1 |
| Published | July 1997 |
| Cover Price | 2.95 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Nadine C. Messner-Loebs |
| Notes | Title on cover reads "Bliss Alley: Alchemy at Street Level". |
| Pencils | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Inks | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Colors | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Notes | Title on cover reads "Bliss Alley: Alchemy at Street Level". |
| Synopsis | From the "Last Issue" blurb in Bliss Alley #2: "Wizard Walker, who can see things that only cats see, saved a couple of homeless kids from a junkyard dog named Marbles, and in doing so inadvertly made an enemy of Waste Johnson, 'a crazy person, with a great man trapped inside him.' All these people live in the area around Bliss Avenue, which the locals call Bliss Alley. Their city is Putney Falls, a mid-western college town in genteel decline. Street folk, derelicts, students and various others who are down on their luck cluster here, eating the cheap food from Taco Blitz and chasing an elusive buck. Wizard Walker doesn't know why he can see things that other people can't, but he has resolved to figure it out." |
| Script | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Pencils | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Inks | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Letters | Bill Messner-Loebs (?) |
| Synopsis | A brief "Notes from the Ol' Scout" column covering Loebs' current work, along with a sketch of John Walker, in the promotional/letters section of the comic. |
| Script | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Pencils | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Inks | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | Two essays on comics originally intended for an ongoing column that never saw print. Topics include a guide to convention and signing etiquette, and one on getting your comics signed. |
| Script | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | A promo page featuring information (and a map) about the city of Putney Falls, a next issue blurb, brief blurbs about comics by other creators, and links to information on the web about the homeless. |
| Script | Bill Messner-Loebs |
| Letters | typeset |