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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published September-October 1984
Cover Price $0.75 AU
Pages 28
Editing David Vodicka

Cover Details

Script Ed Pinsent
Pencils Ed Pinsent
Inks Ed Pinsent
Letters Ed Pinsent

2 page story "I Wait For The Dog Ships"

Synopsis A man recounts meeting the dog ships as a youth.
Genre humor
Script Graeme Dickinson
Pencils Graeme Dickinson
Inks Graeme Dickinson
Letters Graeme Dickinson

1 page story "Giggle"

Characters Sheila
Synopsis Sheila goes to a gig.
Genre biography
Script Ian Eddy
Pencils Ian Eddy
Inks Ian Eddy
Letters Ian Eddy

4 page story "The Pyjama Girl"

Synopsis A murder mystery
Genre crime
Script Eddie Campbell
Pencils Eddie Campbell
Inks Eddie Campbell
Letters Eddie Campbell
Reprinted in Little Italy (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #1; in Eddie Campbell Comics (2001); in Taboo (Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications, 1988 series) #1

4 page story "I'm A Soldier"

Synopsis Soldiers on patrol.
Genre adventure
Script Tony Thorne
Pencils Tony Thorne
Inks Tony Thorne
Letters Tony Thorne

2 page story "It's Ever So Dark"

Synopsis Monsters in the bedroom.
Genre slice of life
Script Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Pencils Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Inks Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Letters Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy

1 page story "A Patient Practice"

Synopsis Someone waits.
Genre humor
Script Fil Barlow
Pencils Fil Barlow
Inks Fil Barlow
Letters Fil Barlow

2 page story "For The Birds Part 2"

Characters Elli; Perchie
Synopsis Elli and Perchie observe prehistoric nature.
Genre humor
Script Ian Eddy
Pencils Ian Eddy
Inks Ian Eddy
Letters Ian Eddy
Notes Strip continued from Fox Comics #4.

1 page story "Aeroplane"

Characters Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Synopsis Recollections of a childhood mishap.
Genre autobiography
Script Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Pencils Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Inks Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Letters Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy

3 page Windy Wilberforce story "Her Trip To Africa"

Characters Windy Wilberforce; Mrs. Higglesthwaite; Puffy Pachyderm
Synopsis Windy lets his temper get the better of him.
Genre humor
Script Ed Pinsent
Pencils Ed Pinsent
Inks Ed Pinsent
Letters Ed Pinsent

4 page Roscoe The Dawg story "Roscoe Season Part 4"

Characters Roscoe; devil
Synopsis Roscoe is propositioned while under the influence.
Genre crime
Script Martin Trengove
Pencils Martin Trengove
Inks Martin Trengove
Letters Martin Trengove
Notes Strip continued from Fox Comics #4.

1 page illustration

Pencils Chris Lopez
Inks Chris Lopez

1 page illustration

Pencils Ed Pinsent
Inks Ed Pinsent
Letters Ed Pinsent
Notes On the back cover