Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	February 1983
Frequency	six times per year
Cover Price	1.60 CAD; 1.40 USD
Pages	28
Editing	Deni Sim (publisher); Karen McKiel (assistant to the publisher)

Cover Details

Characters	Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed)
Colors	Mary MacGillivray (credited)
Letters	Arn Saba
Notes	Mary MacGillivray is credited as Mary MacGiliivray (sic) on the back cover.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A Note From the Publisher"

Synopsis	A note about how Neil the Horse came to be published by Aardvark-Vanaheim.
Script	Deni Sim (signed)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Neil the Horse illustration "Neil the Horse is dedicated to Carl Barks"

Characters	Neil the Horse; Donald Duck (silhouette)
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Neil the Horse filler "Ladeez and gents, on the high wire..."

Characters	Neil the Horse; Ma'amselle Poupee; Soapy
Synopsis	Reprints of three comic strips dated 1977 and 1978.
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed)
Letters	Arn Saba (signed)
Reprinted	from (comic strip)

6 page Neil the Horse story "Sur Les Toits de Bananaburg"

Characters	Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis	Soapy comes up with suction-cup shoes for Neil so that they can explore the roof-tops.
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Warren Greenwood (credited)
Letters	Arn Saba (signed)

1 page illustration "Some are special; born to run..."

Synopsis	Poem and picture.
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed)
Letters	Typeset

4 page Neil the Horse story "Goes to Hell"

Characters	Neil the Horse; Soapy the Cat
Synopsis	Neil is sentenced to go to Hell after eating 10000 bananas, but causes such a ruckus that Hell kicks him out.
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed); Dave Roman (credited as D. Roman)
Letters	Arn Saba (signed)
Notes	Original in colour. Dave Roman is credited beside Arn Saba's signature, but his exact role is not given.
Reprinted	from Potlatch Presents The 1980 Comics Annual (Potlatch Publications, 1979 Series) #nn

1 page filler "The Devil's Interlude"

Synopsis	Song from Neil the Horse Goes To Hell, including sheet music.
Script	Arn Saba (signed); Pete McCabe (arrangement)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Neil the Horse filler "Who will help me plant my seeds?"

Characters	Neil the Horse; Soapy; Ma'amselle Poupee
Synopsis	Three daily strips from 1978.
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed)
Letters	Arn Saba (signed)
Reprinted	from (comic strips)

6 page Neil the Horse text story "Neil the Horse in Old New France"

Characters	Neil the Horse; Soapy; Ma'amselle Poupee
Genre	Funny Animal
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (credited)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Barb Rausch is credited with "assistance and costume design". Continued in the next issue.

2 page Neil the Horse story "Mam'selle Poupee and Neil the Horse"

Characters	Mam'selle Poupee; Neil the Horse
Synopsis	Wordless strip of a dance between Mam'selle Poupee, Neil the Horse and a sailor.
Genre	Funny Animal
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed)
Letters	Arn Saba (signed)

1 page letters page "The Pony Express"

Synopsis	No letters in this issue, instead it has thank-you's to people who helped get the book published, as if written by Neil, Poupee and Soapy.
Script	Arn Saba
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "Great Women of ze Comics"

Characters	Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
Synopsis	Dress-up doll with costumes to dress Mam'selle Poupee up as Daisy Mae, Sheena and Little Orphan Annie.
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (signed)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (signed)
Letters	Arn Saba (signed)

1 page Neil the Horse illustration "Ribbons and Bows..."

Characters	Mam'selle Poupee; Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis	Poem about colour.
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor
Script	Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils	Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (credited)
Inks	Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (credited)
Colors	Mary MacGillivray (credited)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Appears on back cover of comic. Mary MacGillivray's name is spelt incorrectly here as MacGiliivray.