Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	March 1983
Frequency	six times a year
Cover Price	1.60 CAD; 1.40 USD
Pages	28
Editing	William Messener-Loebs; Nadine C. Messner (research and production); Deni Sim (publisher)
Notes	Prominent cover price is in Canadian dollars and smaller text notes $1.40 U.S.

Cover Details

Characters	Wolverine MacAlistaire
Genre	Western; adventure; frontier
Pencils	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
Inks	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
Colors	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
Letters	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]

1 page A Note From The Publisher foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Welcome to the first issue of Journey."

Synopsis	Deni recounts when she and Dave met Bill Loebs. Mentions that Journey is a "six-part mini-series".
Script	Deni Sim
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover.

15 page Journey story "Chapter 1: Chase"

Characters	Wolverine MacAlistaire
Synopsis	19th Century frontiersman Joshua MacAlistaire is chased by a bear.
Genre	Western; adventure; frontier
Script	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Pencils	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Inks	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Letters	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Notes	Character first appears in back-up strips in Cerbebus The Aardvark 48-49. He is generally referred to as Joshua MacAlistaire.
Reprinted	in Journey, Book 1: Tall Tales (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #[nn]; in Journey (IDW Publishing, 2008 series) #1

8 page Journey story "Chapter 2: Duel"

Characters	Wolverine MacAlistaire; Three-Finger Pierre
Synopsis	MacAlistaire meets some trappers and agrees to deliver a package.
Genre	Western; adventure; frontier
Script	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Pencils	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Inks	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Letters	William Messener-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Reprinted	in Journey, Book 1: Tall Tales (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #[nn]; in Journey (IDW Publishing, 2008 series) #1

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Animated Cerebus Portfolio"

Synopsis	Ad for The Animated Cerebus Portfolio.
Pencils	Dave Sim
Inks	Dave Sim
Letters	Typeset

1 page Journey filler

Synopsis	Map of the Northwest Territories, circa 1810, showing the area around the Great Lakes.
Pencils	William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Inks	William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Letters	William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
Notes	Inside back cover of comic.

1 page Journey illustration "Containing: True Histories, Pioneer Surrealism, and a Bear Hunt!"

Characters	Wolverine MacAlistaire
Genre	Western; adventure
Pencils	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
Inks	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
Colors	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
Letters	William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
Notes	On back cover of comic.