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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	April 1974
Cover Price	0.75 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Mike Friedrich
Notes	Second printing, November 1975. Third printing, April 1977. Fourth printing, March 1978 (1.50 USD cover price) uses the "Green Women" cover variant and Cody Starbuck image for the back cover. Fourth printing also has different story sequences order.

Cover Details

Characters	Cody Starbuck
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Howard Chaykin; Jim Starlin (4th print)
Inks	Howard Chaykin; Jim Starlin (4th print)
Colors	Howard Chaykin; ? (4th print)

1 page credits "Contents"

Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Becky Wilson
Inks	Becky Wilson
Letters	Cynthia Dewhurst
Notes	Story titles and creators with illustration and indicia information. Sequence content from 4th printing. 1st printing had editorial/introductory text by Mike Friedrich?

8 page story "...The Birth of Death!"

Characters	Uncle Mort (host)
Genre	Horror
Script	Jim Starlin
Pencils	Jim Starlin
Inks	Jim Starlin
Letters	Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted	in Star*Reach Classics (Eclipse, 1984 series) #1 (in color)

7 page story "Death Building"

Genre	Horror
Script	Jim Starlin
Pencils	Jim Starlin; Al Milgrom
Inks	Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom
Letters	Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted	in Star*Reach Classics (Eclipse, 1984 series) #1 (in color)

2 page story "Fish Myths"

Genre	Funny Animal
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Steve Skeates
Inks	Steve Skeates
Letters	Steve Skeates

2 page story "Suburban Fish"

Genre	Humor
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Steve Skeates
Inks	Steve Skeates
Letters	Steve Skeates

12 page story "A Tale of Sword and Sorcery"

Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Script	Ed Hicks
Pencils	Walt Simonson
Inks	Walt Simonson
Letters	Walt Simonson

16 page Cody Starbuck story "Cody Starbuck"

Characters	Cody Starbuck
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Howard Chaykin
Pencils	Howard Chaykin
Inks	Howard Chaykin

1 page story "The Origin of God!"

Script	Jim Starlin
Pencils	Jim Starlin
Inks	Jim Starlin
Letters	Jim Starlin
Reprinted	in Star*Reach Classics (Eclipse, 1984 series) #1 [in color]

1 page advertisement "Would You Buy a Used Comic From This Man?"

Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Advertisement for titles from Star*Reach Productions.

1 page illustration "Death"

Characters	Death
Script	Jim Starlin
Pencils	Jim Starlin
Inks	Jim Starlin
Notes	Image on back cover.