Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	July 1983
Cover Price	$1.95
Pages	36
Editing	William P. Marks
Notes	Published bi-monthly by Vortex Magazine, Canada.

Cover Details - "Vortex"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Ken Steacy
Inks	Ken Steacy
Colors	Ken Steacy

1 page Jean-Paul foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"

Synopsis	Volume 1, #4, July 1983 Table of Contents for this issue.
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	John Van Bruggen
Inks	Anthony Van Bruggen (finished art)
Letters	typeset

9 page Jean Paul; Franz story "Swine Song"

Synopsis	Jean-Paul and Franz discuss existentialism while their home heads towards Earth on a collision course.
Genre	Funny Animals
Script	John Van Bruggen
Pencils	John Van Bruggen
Inks	Anthony Van Bruggen (finished art)
Letters	Thom Grignon

9 page Dr. Landsky story "...No Time At All!"

Synopsis	Dr. Landsky discovers time travel only to find himself stuck in a future on the brink of destruction.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Phil Lewin
Pencils	Paul McCusker

5 page story "Street Noise"

Synopsis	A musician creates harmony and peace through his craft in a violent dystopia controlled by an alien and robotic military.
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Ken Steacy
Inks	Ken Steacy
Reprinted	from Potlatch Presents The 1980 Comics Annual (Potlatch Publications, 1979 series) #nn

5 page story "Wasted Days"

Genre	Fantasy; Horror
Script	Oscar Wilde
Pencils	Ronn Sutton
Inks	Ronn Sutton
Notes	Script taken from Oscar Wilde, (1854-1900) "Wasted Days" in Kottabos Volume 3, No. 2 (1877)

4 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes

Total of 4 one and two page advertisements: Two New Locations (promotion, Silver Snail Comic Shop); Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (comic books, Sea Gate Distributors)

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional Ads"

Notes

A total of 2 promotional advertisements: A City of Dreams Can Be a City of Nightmares (Mr. X, Vortex Magazine); We're Gonna Go Way Out! (subscriptions, Vortex Magazine)