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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June 1998
Cover Price 2.95 USD
Pages 36
Editing Scott Allie; Philip Amara; Rachel Penn; Ian Stude (assistant); Ben Abernathy (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Abu Gung
Pencils Mike Mignola
Inks Mike Mignola
Colors Dave Stewart

5 page story "Abu Gung And The Beanstalk"

Characters Abu Gung; Old Women; Devil
Synopsis An alternative telling of the beanstalk tale.
Script Mike Mignola
Pencils Mike Mignola
Inks Mike Mignola
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Pat Brosseau
Notes Story is redrawn and slightly rewritten for Amazing Screw-On Head, The (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #[nn].

1 page story "Bring On The Robots"

Synopsis Dreams of robots.
Script Pat McEown
Pencils Pat McEown
Inks Pat McEown
Colors Pat McEown
Letters Pat McEown
Notes Gregory Benton is credited as 'Master of Puppets'.

6 page Castle Waiting story "Hook, Line And Sinker"

Characters Sister Peace; Simon; Old Man of the River; Leeds
Synopsis Simon is tempted.
Genre Fantasy
Script Linda Medley
Pencils Linda Medley
Inks Linda Medley
Colors Linda Medley
Letters Todd Klein

4 page story "The Cluck Of Fear"

Synopsis Terror strikes the farm. In rhyme.
Genre Humour
Script Chris Garbutt
Pencils Chris Garbutt
Inks Chris Garbutt
Colors Chris Garbutt
Letters Chris Garbutt

4 page story "Tales Of Red Erchie The Bold"

Characters Red Erchie; Granpa
Synopsis As a young child Granpa followed the adventurer Red Erchie.
Script Keith Young
Pencils Steve Parkhouse
Inks Steve Parkhouse
Colors Dark Horse Digital
Letters Steve Parkhouse
Notes The strip is continued in the next issue.

4 page story "Pip And Norton"

Characters Pip; Norton
Synopsis Pip wants a spinning Buddha.
Script Gavin McInnes; Dave Cooper
Pencils Dave Cooper
Inks Dave Cooper
Colors Dave Cooper
Letters Dave Cooper