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Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	1980
Cover Price	1.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	1st print cover=$1.25; 2nd print cover=$2.50

Cover Details - "Brains and Bronze: The Rise of Ancient Greece"

Genre	Period; Humor
Script	Larry Gonick
Pencils	Larry Gonick
Inks	Larry Gonick
Colors	Larry Gonick
Letters	Larry Gonick
Notes	1st print cover=$1.25; 2nd print cover=$2.50

1 page The Cartoon History of the Universe foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Genre	Period; Humor
Script	Larry Gonick
Pencils	Larry Gonick
Inks	Larry Gonick
Letters	Larry Gonick
Notes	Introductory strip.
Reprinted	In Cartoon History of the Universe, The (Random House, 2001 series) #[1]

48 page The Cartoon History of the Universe story "Brains and Bronze"

Synopsis	Covers the Ancient Greeks.
Genre	Period; Humor
Script	Larry Gonick
Pencils	Larry Gonick
Inks	Larry Gonick
Letters	Larry Gonick
Reprinted	In Cartoon History of the Universe, The (Random House, 2001 series) #[1]

1 page recap "Recommended reading"

Genre	Period
Script	Larry Gonick
Pencils	Larry Gonick
Inks	Larry Gonick
Letters	Larry Gonick
Reprinted	In Cartoon History of the Universe, The (Random House, 2001 series) #[1]

1 page The Cartoon History of the Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "Who are these Athenians?"

Genre	Period; Humor
Script	Larry Gonick
Pencils	Larry Gonick
Inks	Larry Gonick
Colors	Larry Gonick
Letters	Larry Gonick
Notes	Preview for next issue on back cover.