Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	July 1976
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Denis Kitchen

Cover Details

Pencils	Justin Green
Inks	Justin Green
Colors	Justin Green

Half page text article "Editorial Aside"

Synopsis	Editorial about creative rights.
Script	Denis Kitchen
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Contents"

Synopsis	Contents page with a black and white reproduction of what appears to be an alternative cover.
Script	Denis Kitchen
Pencils	John Pound
Inks	John Pound
Letters	John Pound

1 page text article "Letters"

Synopsis	Readers letters on previous issues.
Script	Various
Letters	Typeset

3 page Tom Terkey story "Tom Comes Out"

Characters	Tom Terkey; Hooker; Pimp; Svenny Smogasbord
Synopsis	Tom sounds off about gays.
Genre	Humor
Script	Gary Hallgren
Pencils	Gary Hallgren
Inks	Gary Hallgren
Letters	Gary Hallgren

3 page Checkered Demon story "The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre Of Columbine Mountain"

Characters	Ogre; Fisk; Simpson; Checkered Demon
Synopsis	The Ogre sends out for the wrong corpse.
Genre	Humor
Script	S. Clay Wilson
Pencils	S. Clay Wilson
Inks	S. Clay Wilson
Letters	S. Clay Wilson
Reprinted	From Arcade (The Print Mint, 1975 series) #5 (Spring 1976)

2 page Two Fools story "Fools Gold"

Synopsis	The two fools are mining and strike it lucky.
Genre	Humor
Script	Ted Richards; Willy Murphy
Pencils	Ted Richards; Willy Murphy
Inks	Ted Richards; Willy Murphy
Letters	Ted Richards; Willy Murphy
Notes	There are no distinct credits, but elsewhere Richards describes the working method for these strips as a jam.
Reprinted	In Two Fools (Saving Grace, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)

5 page Barefootz story "Glory Frogs Again"

Characters	Barefootz; Headrack; Glory
Synopsis	Headrack is feeling guilty.
Genre	Humor
Script	Howard Cruse
Pencils	Howard Cruse
Inks	Howard Cruse
Letters	Howard Cruse

4 page text story "Luke"

Genre	Horror
Script	Will Fowler
Pencils	Pete Poplaski
Inks	Pete Poplaski
Letters	Pete Poplaski

4 page story "The Bubbeh"

Characters	Eva; Eva's Father; Mokroe Rabbi; Alexey; Rueben Aschkenasi; Hermann
Synopsis	Eva's experiences in the Russian pogrom of 1887.
Genre	Bio
Script	Sharon Rudahl
Pencils	Sharon Rudahl
Inks	Sharon Rudahl
Letters	Sharon Rudahl

3 page story "Buddy Baker, Crooner For Hire"

Characters	Buddy Baker; Mr. Sumbitsch; Eddie; Samuel E. Fishant; Monroe Croongoon; Hedda Hopper
Synopsis	Buddy gets his break after all.
Genre	Drama
Script	Leslie Carbaga
Pencils	Leslie Carbaga
Inks	Leslie Carbaga
Letters	Leslie Carbaga
Notes	Continued from the previous issue. The final third page is a recipe for Buddy's Bisquit Tortoni.

6 page On The Job story "A New Dawn In The Jungle"

Characters	Reggie; Coswell; Martha; Nadine
Synopsis	The heat and turmoil of the advertising industry.
Genre	Humor
Script	Skip Williamson
Pencils	Skip Williamson
Inks	Skip Williamson
Letters	Skip Williamson

4 page Panthea story "Panthea part 5"

Characters	Panthea; Mother Night; Mann Unkind; Mongo
Synopsis	Mann Unkind gets what's coming to him.
Genre	Drama
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	Trina Robbins

1 page story "Memoirs From The White Middle Class Kid"

Synopsis	The legacy of the white middle class kid's upbringing.
Script	Joel Beck
Pencils	Joel Beck
Inks	Joel Beck
Letters	Joel Beck

2 page story "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle"

Synopsis	Just what's in that can of beans?
Genre	Horror
Script	Tim Boxell [as Grisly]
Pencils	Tim Boxell [as Grisly]
Inks	Tim Boxell [as Grisly]
Letters	Tim Boxell [as Grisly]

1 page story "A Day In The Life"

Genre	Humor
Script	Ted Richards
Pencils	Ted Richards
Inks	Ted Richards
Notes	A man and his dog.

6 page Flip The Bird story "Macho Motors"

Characters	Flip The Bird; Drag Queen; Drug Dealer
Synopsis	Flip's car sales methods aren't quite working.
Genre	Humor
Script	John Pound
Pencils	John Pound
Inks	John Pound
Letters	John Pound

2 page Profile text article "Trina"

Synopsis	Profile of and interview with Trina Robbins.
Script	Ed Ward; Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	Typeset

1 page story "Those Low-Down Crash Pad Blues"

Synopsis	The problems of being a squatter.
Script	Bob Armstrong
Pencils	Bob Armstrong
Inks	Bob Armstrong
Letters	Bob Armstrong

2 page Henry Henpeck story "King Of The Road"

Characters	Henry Henpeck; Henry's Wife
Synopsis	Henry's wife has a dream...
Genre	Humor
Script	Willy Murphy
Pencils	Willy Murphy
Inks	Willy Murphy
Letters	Willy Murphy
Reprinted	From Arcade (The Print Mint, 1975 series) #6 (Summer 1976)

4 page story "Scooped"

Characters	Fowlton Means; Bimstein; Fontaine Peugeot III; R. Bascombe Forbes; Eddie Fong
Synopsis	A cub reporter stumbles across a wanted banker and his stash.
Genre	Drama; humor
Script	Kim Deitch
Pencils	Kim Deitch
Inks	Kim Deitch
Letters	Kim Deitch

3 page story "Lefty Doomsday Babysits Little Snooks"

Characters	Lefty Doomsday; Harriet; Little Snooks' Father; Little Snooks
Synopsis	After shooting up, Lefty gives Little Snooks a history lesson.
Genre	Humor
Script	Joel Beck
Pencils	Joel Beck
Inks	Joel Beck
Letters	Joel Beck

2 page story "Take The A Train"

Characters	Leslie Carbaga
Synopsis	Leslie gets off the train in Harlem.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Leslie Carbaga
Pencils	Leslie Carbaga
Inks	Leslie Carbaga
Letters	Leslie Carbaga

4 page story "We Fellow Traveleers Part 5"

Script	Justin Green
Pencils	Justin Green
Inks	Justin Green
Letters	Justin Green
Notes	Continued from the previous issue.

1 page story "Higher Education"

Characters	Elvin; Elmo; College Dean; Pastor; Professor
Synopsis	How to leave college.
Genre	Humor
Script	Skip Williamson
Pencils	Skip Williamson
Inks	Skip Williamson
Letters	Skip Williamson

1 page Barefootz story "There must be some mistake Barefootz."

Characters	Barefootz; Ants
Synopsis	Barefootz contemplates nature.
Genre	Humor
Script	Howard Cruse
Pencils	Howard Cruse
Inks	Howard Cruse
Colors	Howard Cruse
Letters	Howard Cruse