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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published [July] 1994
Cover Price 2.25 USD; 2.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jason Grode (managing editor)
Notes Wrap-around cover.

Cover Details

Characters Homer Simpson; Marge Simpson; Bartman [Bart Simpson]; Lisa Simpson; Maggie Simpson; Itchy; Scratchy; Edna Krabappel; Krusty the Clown; Grampa Simpson [Abe Simpson]; Milhouse van Houten; Sideshow Mel; Mr. Burns [Charles Montgomery Burns]; Waylon Smithers
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero; Horror
Pencils Steve Vance (signed)
Inks Bill Morrison (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Wrap-around cover.

26 page Simpsons; Itchy & Scratchy; Bartman story "When Bongos Collide! [Part 2 of 3]"

Characters Homer Simpson [The Ingestible Bulk]; Marge Simpson [The Entangler]; Bartman [Bart Simpson]; Lisa Simpson [The Jazzler]; Maggie Simpson; Itchy; Scratchy; Ned Flanders; Maude Flanders; Rod Flanders; Todd Flanders; Chief Wiggum; Principal Skinner [Seymour Skinner]; Edna Krabappel; Martin Prince; Milhouse van Houten; Barney Gumble [Black Belch]; Moe Szyslak; Troy McClure; Mr. Burns [Charles Montgomery Burns]; Waylon Smithers; Krusty the Clown; Oldblood [Grampa Simpson [Coma; Abe Simpson]; Jasper [Codger]; Badpan; Phogey; Vague]; Sideshow Mel; Otto Mann; Carl; Lenny; WildB.R.A.T.S. [Kearney [Mall]; Jimbo Jones [Slacker]; Dolph [Switchblade]; Nelson Muntz [Simpleton]]; Kang; Kodos
Synopsis The residents of Springfield gain super-powers after a nuclear explosion, and it's up to Bartman to find out why.
Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family; Superhero; Horror
Script Bill Morrison (co-plot); Cindy Vance (co-plot); Steve Vance (script)
Pencils Steve Vance (layouts); Bill Morrison (finishes)
Inks Bill Morrison; Tim Bavington
Colors Cindy Vance
Notes Story continued from ITCHY & SCRATCHY #3. Story continued in BARTMAN #3.
Reprinted in Bartman: The Best of the Best! (HarperCollins, 1995 series) #[nn]

1 page The Bongo Beat text article "My Rock 'N' Roll Life, Part One: So You Want To Snort Derisively"

Script Matt Groening; ?
Letters typeset
Notes Matt Groening discusses his life as a rock critic in 1982.

4 page Junk Mail letters page "Junk Mail"

Notes Letters and fan art from readers - Timothy D. Beagley, Cy Labar, Paulo Pereira, Jason N. Smith, Yanuel Berrios, Kyle A. Carrozza, Aaron Bergman, Boingo Diez, Doug Jones, Jay Naylor, Olin B. Jenkins, Lori Villano, Robert Fabrin, Brant Whitney, Dustin Adrian, Serge Boutin, Jacob Gilbert, Hurricane Heeran and PFC Mark Joseph Cayco.

Simpsons insert or dust jacket "Trading Card"

Genre Humor; Sitcom; Family
Notes Black Belch Smell-O-Rama trading card from Simpsons Trading Cards Series II from Skybox.