Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	January 1984
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mike Gold

Cover Details - "And These Are the Good Guys!"

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 promo (ad from the publisher) "49 Million Miles and 10,000 Years!"

Synopsis	A company-wide promotional for First Comics
Script	Mike Gold
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover

28 page American Flagg story "Southern Comfort!"

Characters	Charles Blitz; Reuben Flagg; Ernesto Hernandez; Nadine Domeczek; Raul; Medea Blitz; Mandy Kreiger; Ester De La Cristo; Cyril Farid-Khan; William Windsor Jones; Crystal Marakova; Clifford X; Wilfredo Santos; Seth; Jules; Desmond
Synopsis	Flagg escorts a basketball team to South America and foils an Irish Republican Army highjacking.
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 series) [nn]; in American Flagg!: The Definitive Edition (Image and Dynamic Forces, 2008 series) #1

Half page advertisement

Synopsis

An 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 Bill Mantlo, New York NY; Thomas F. Smith, Haworth NJ; Willie Holmes, Chicago IL; Michael Eury, Concord NC; Pierre Comtois, Lowell MA; Brian Smith, Marshalltown IA; Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Barboursville, WV.
Script	Mike Gold
Letters	typeset

1 page text article The Origins of "Independent" Comics Part 2

Synopsis	A discussion of Star*Reach and its influence on other independent comics.
Script	Charles Meyerson
Letters	typeset

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

Synopsis	An in-house promotional for E-Man #10, American Flagg #4, Starslayer #12, Warp Special #2, Jon Sable #8, and Mars #1.
Notes	inside back cover

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The First Posters"

Synopsis	An in-house promotional for posters featuring American Flagg and E-Man.
Notes	back cover