Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	1985 (no month listed)
Cover Price	1.75 CAD; 1.50 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Mark Shainblum (Editor in Chief); Gabriel Morrissette (Art Director)
Notes	Reprinted in trade paperback.

Cover Details - "Origin"

Characters	Mackenzie Queen
Synopsis	Headshot.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Bernie Mireault
Pencils	Bernie Mireault
Inks	Bernie Mireault
Colors	Bernie Mireault
Letters	typeset
Notes	Reprinted in trade paperback.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Murphy's Lawyer"

Synopsis	Introduction to how the comic got published.
Script	Bernie Mireault; Mark Shainblum
Letters	typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "This series is dedicated to..."

Characters	Mackenzie Queen
Synopsis	Dedication page (done in 1985).
Script	Bernie Mireault
Pencils	Bernie Mireault
Inks	Bernie Mireault
Letters	Bernie Mireault
Notes	May or may not be reprinted in trade paperback.

32 page Mackenzie Queen story "Mackenzie Queen: Part 1: Origin"

Characters	Mackenzie Queen; Kuru; Madonna; Ice Men
Synopsis	Madonna and Kuru, aliens, come to Earth to give the Book of Balance to a worthy human. The ice men follow them. Mackenzie Queen, magic user, remembers a strange encounter.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Bernie Mireault
Pencils	Bernie Mireault
Inks	Bernie Mireault
Letters	Bernie Mireault
Notes	Drawn in 1983.
Reprinted	in Mackenzie Queen (Caliber Press, 1990 series) #[nn]

1 page Mackenzie Queen promo (ad from the publisher) "Next - UDUDU"

Characters	Ududu
Synopsis	Picture of Ududu looking left.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Bernie Mireault
Pencils	Bernie Mireault
Inks	Bernie Mireault
Letters	Bernie Mireault
Notes	May or may not be reprinted in trade paperback.

1 page story "That Girl on her Pseudosaur"

Synopsis	Girl and her dinosaur in a desert discussing how they should have stayed in another comic strip.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Jacques Boivin
Pencils	Jacques Boivin
Inks	Jacques Boivin
Letters	Jacques Boivin

1 page story "Everybody Speaks English"

Synopsis	Characters discuss how speaking English makes their life better.
Genre	Slice of Life
Script	Jacques Boivin
Pencils	Jacques Boivin
Inks	Jacques Boivin
Letters	Jacques Boivin
Notes	Dated 1974

1 page story "Genesis Smoke Shop"

Synopsis	Two guys discuss opening up a smoke shop.
Genre	Slice of life
Script	Jacques Boivin
Pencils	Jacques Boivin
Inks	Jacques Boivin
Letters	Jacques Boivin
Notes	Dated 1979.

1 page Northguard advertisement "Northguard"

Characters	Northguard
Synopsis	Ad for Northguard Comic
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Gabriel Morrissette
Inks	Gabriel Morrissette
Letters	typeset

1 page advertisement "Your Attention Please"

Characters	Ice Man; Northguard
Synopsis	Subscription ad.
Pencils	Bernie Mireault; Gabriel Morrissette
Inks	Bernie Mireault; Gabriel Morrissette
Letters	Bernie Mireault; Gabriel Morrissette