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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 40
Editing Cat Yronwode

Cover Details

Characters Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins (signed)
Inks Trina Robbins
Colors Trina Robbins ?
Letters L. Lois Buhalis ?
Notes Fashions submitted by Lynn Dudley

1 page The Penumbra text article

Synopsis Yronwode writes about the low probability of coming censorship of comic books because the country is focused on other issues: the Iran Contra hearings and the sex scandals of evangelist James Bakker and Presidential candidate Gary Hart.
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; editorial dated May 7, 1987; page also includes listing of coming comics from Eclipse

10 page California Girls story "Introducing the California Girls"

Characters Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon; Laverne Laverne; Roxanne; Lulu Mendoza; Edward Bear; Harold
Synopsis The girls are looking for jobs so they can afford new dresses for the prom. They are spotted by a director who hires them to star in a series of commercials.
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Lynn Dudley; Jonathan Macy; Irene Kim; Natasha Kim; Bob Burden; Misty Woodford
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "Max and Mo's Friend, the Real 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 Charles Ventura

1 page California Girls activity "Rockin' Lulu"

Characters Lulu Mendoza
Synopsis paper doll page
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Barbara Cottrell; Maria Barrera; Irene Kim

1 page California Girls text article "The California Girls Need Your Help!"

Characters Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon
Synopsis solicitation of comments for a future letters page
Script Trina Robbins ?
Pencils Trina Robbins (illustration)
Inks Trina Robbins (illustration)
Letters typeset

2 page California Girls activity "Is This Max... or Mo?"

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 Color centerfold; fashions submitted by Irene Kim; Barbara Cottrell; Lynn Dudley; Maria Barrera

1 page Designer of the Month text article "Irene Kim"

Synopsis Article about comics fan Irene Kim who has submitted fashion designs for the California Girls cast.
Script Trina Robbins ?
Pencils Irene Kim (illustration)
Inks Trina Robbins (illustration)
Letters typeset

11 page California Girls story "Nothin' Like the Real Thing"

Characters Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon; Gene Lombard; Grammy Muldoon
Synopsis When Max gets sick just before her date with Gene, she asks Mo to take her place, but her twin makes a bad impression on him, so Max has to figure out exactly what happened.
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Misty Woodford; Barbara Cottrell; Maria Barrera; Irene Kim; Kathleen Webb; Jonathan Macy; Lynn Dudley
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]