Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	February 1984
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mike Gold

Cover Details - "Sudden Death Overtime"

Characters	Reuben Flagg; Crystal Marakova
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Howard Chaykin (signed)
Inks	Howard Chaykin (signed)
Reprinted	in American Flagg!: The Definitive Edition (Image and Dynamic Forces, 2008 series) #1

1 page First Notes story "Funny How Time Flies"

Synopsis	A company-wide in-house promotional for First Comics.
Script	Mike Gold
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover

28 page American Flagg story "Southern Comfort! Part 2"

Characters	Nadine Domeczek; Mandy Kreiger; Reuben Flagg; Crystal Marakova; Fahey Fontana; Medea Blitz; William Windsor Jones; Jules; Sam Louis Obispo; Mistress Bettina; Emmett Golem; Pelham Riverdale; Arcadia Driftwood; Ivor Overholt; Desiree Deutsch-Marx Overholt; Roger Deutsch-Marx
Synopsis	The basketball tour continues to Brasilia.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Howard Chaykin
Pencils	Howard Chaykin
Inks	Howard Chaykin
Colors	Leslie Zahler
Letters	Ken Bruzenak
Reprinted	in American Flagg!: Southern Comfort (First, 1987 eries) [nn]; in American Flagg!: The Definitive Edition (Image and Dynamic Forces, 2008 series) #1

Half page advertisement

Synopsis

Advertisement for Glenwood Distributors, a comics wholesaler.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis

An in-house promotional for Jon Sable, Freelance.

2 page Plex Mail letters page "untitled"

Synopsis	Letters of comment from Jon Keyes, Lansing IL; Nina V. Twersky, Los Altos Hills CA; Russ Clevodey, Poughkeepsie NY; Randy Paske, Gilbert MN; Wayne Sallee, Chicago IL; Mark Stanislawski, Milford CT; and Dean O. Carter, Notre Dame IN.
Script	Mike Gold
Letters	typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "First Comics Readers' Poll"

Synopsis

A poll of First Comics' readership.

1 page The Winning Line-Up! promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	An in-house promotional for E-Man #11, American Flagg #5, Starslayer #13, Warp #10, Jon Sable #9, and Mars #2.
Notes	inside back cover

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "More Powerful Than Ever"

Synopsis	An in-house promotional for Starslayer.
Notes	back cover