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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published September 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 40
Editing cat yronwode

Cover Details

Characters Laverne Laverne; Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon
Genre teen
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins (signed)
Inks Trina Robbins
Colors Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis ?

1 page The Penumbra text article

Synopsis Yronwode writes about new interns at Eclipse, including Beau Smith, and a Summer Poster Offer.
Script cat yronwode
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; page also includes list of coming comics from Eclipse

9 page California Girls story "Their Lucky Day"

Characters Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon; Grammy Muldoon; Molly Pennebaker; Polly Pennebaker
Synopsis Max and Mo's horoscope predicts a lucky day which turns out to be true; everything works out so they can win a trip to Hawaii in a contest they entered at the last minute, and then they find a missing diamond with a $20,000 reward.
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Casey Robbins; Courtney Pope; L. Lois Buhalis; Melinda Bland; Natasha Kim
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "Roxanne"

Characters Roxanne
Synopsis paper doll page
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Tisha Ponce
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

3 page California Girls story "The Real Roxanne"

Characters Roxanne; Laverne Laverne; Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon
Synopsis Laverne pesters Roxanne at her new job selling dresses.
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Dawn Glauner; Athleen Johnson; Paul Dini; Susan Barrows; Wren Britton; Alva Ross; Gala Tressler; Joshua Quagmire
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page Designer of the Month text article "Wren Britton"

Synopsis Profile of fan designer Wren Britton [Orrin Sethe Britton]
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Wren Britton
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters typeset

2 page California Girls activity "Max and Mo in 3-D, sorta"

Characters Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon
Synopsis paper doll pages
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Colors Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Wren Britton
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Mail letters page

Script Trina Robbins
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Beth Winegarner; Barbara Cottrell; Wren Britton; Kelly Muldrow; David Puckett; Lindy Bland; Courtney Pope; Suzanne Dall'Aste

1 page California Girls activity "Laverne"

Characters Laverne Laverne
Synopsis paper doll page
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Jennifer Moore
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page public service announcement Earth Island's "Do It Yourself" SDI Survival Kit

Synopsis Test how effective the SDI missile shield defense system would be in your geographical area using the government's own statistics.
Genre political/propaganda
Pencils Mark Nelson
Inks Mark Nelson
Notes Paid for by the Earth Island Institute, San Francisco, CA.

7 page California Girls story "The Origin of Smidgen"

Characters Smidgen; Dr. Doomuch; Igor; Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon; Grammy Muldoon
Synopsis Smidgen is captured by Igor and Dr. Doomuch and subjected to the doctor's scientific experiments, which make him smaller and smarter. After escaping, he ends up on the Muldoons' doorstep, where he is taken in by the family.
Genre teen; adventure
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Joshua Quagmire
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Taffy O'Hare; C. C. Beck; Otis Blackwell; Wren Britton
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]