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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.75 USD; 2.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Randy Stradley

Cover Details

Characters Boris the Bear
Genre Funny Animals
Pencils James Dean Smith
Inks James Dean Smith

21 page Boris the Bear story "This place isn't so bad."

Characters Boris the Bear; Hari Kari Hare (satire on Usagi Yojimbo); Sloberus (satire on Cerebus); Tampa Mice (satire on Miami Vice); Juvenile Deviant Hard-Shelled Assassins (satire on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles); Fledgling Fluoroscopic Brownie-Button Rodents (satire on Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters); the following characters are satirized: Bullwinkle; Woody Woodpecker; Smurfs; Space Arks; Wile E. Coyote; Road Runner; Bugs Bunny and many others.
Synopsis Boris the Bear encounters and destroys all funny animal characters he encounters.
Genre Funny Animals
Script Randy Stradley; Mike Richardson (story)
Pencils James Dean Smith
Inks James Dean Smith
Colors Steve Mattsson
Letters John Workman
Reprinted from Boris the Bear (Dark Horse Comics, 1986 series) #1

8 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional Advertisements"

Letters typeset
Notes Charles Vess' The Book of Night (comic book, Dark Horse Comics); Mecha (comic book, Dark Horse Comics); The American #2 (comic book, Dark Horse Comics); Get Real With the Bear of Steel (sportswear, Dark Horse Comics); The Mark #1 (comic book, Dark Horse Comics); Boris the Bear #12 (comic book, Dark Horse Comics); Concrete #4 (comic book, Dark Horse Comics); Trekker #3 (comic book, Dark Horse Comics)

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Important Message!"

Pencils J. Bradrick
Inks J. Bradrick
Letters typeset
Notes Funny promotional on the consequences of purchasing cheap imitation comics other than Dark Horse Comics.