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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian)
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Subject: Comics news
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Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 03:23:46 EDT
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From THE COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE, 12 October 1984:

(1) Marvel raises prices on their regular comics to $.65 [why can't this damn
terminal have a "cent sign" key?!] starting with the comics shipping in Decem-
ber. The limited series, as well two of the regular comics, G.I. JOE and TRANS-
FORMERS, will remain on Mando paper for $.75.

(2) The Archie Adventure line is being temporarily held back pending "re-evalu-
ation"

(3) Don Newton apparently did get some work done on INFINITY, INC. before his
untimely death. The first work he did for the title will be published last, in
issue #13 (he did the whole story for that one). #11 will see a framing sequence
Newton did for a George Tuska pencilled story, and #12 will have three pages by
Newton that were the last work he did.

(4) COYOTE will be cancelled sometime in the future due to poor sales. It's sup-
posedly doing reasonably well, but not well enough to be worth it. It's not def-
inite when the comic will end, since Englehart will be taking whatever time he
needs to bring the story to a natural close. Englehart will be using the time
freed up from this to do some other work, including the "Iron Maiden" strip for
Deluxe Comics' T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS, "Green Lantern" for DC, and, rumor has it,
a Silver Surfer project for Marvel.

(5) Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz will team up for a two-issue story in
DAREDEVIL, #219-220. Miller will write and Sienkiewicz will pencil and ink. The
story will wrap up the Kingpin/Vanessa subplot.

(6) Eclipse Comics will take on four more of the titles originally scheduled
from Pacific Comics: (1) SIEGEL AND SCHUSTER: DATELINE 1930'S, featuring pre-
Superman work from the duo; (2) BERNI WRIGHTSON, MASTER OF THE MACABRE #5, the
last issue scheduled for that title; (3) STRANGE DAYS #1,  containing "new wave"
British material; and (4) PRESSBUTTON #1, reprinting material from the British
comic, WARRIOR. The last two are to be regular series from Eclipse.



From THE COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE, 19 October 1984:

(1) First Comics cancels WARP with issue #19 and MARS with #12. Both comics had
relatively low sales, and First needed to make room on the schedule for NEXUS
and BADGER. They also have further plans for the "Dynamo Joe" back-up strip from
MARS. First will retain publishing rights for WARP material, though MARS will be
up for grabs by whomever wants it.

(2) Kitchen Sink will upgrade the format on their three main books. STEVE CANYON
will go from quarterly to bimonthly and from 68 (saddle-stapled) to 76 (square-
bound) pages on higher quality paper. The price will increase to $4.95 [*Still*
a bargain, I say!]. WILL EISNER'S QUARTERLY will likewise become squarebound,
increasing its page count to 68 on heavier paper, keeping its Spirit-reprint
color section. The color SPIRIT comic will increase to 44 pages for $2.95. Kit-
chen claims that the only alternative to this re-formatting was to downgrade the
production.

EDITORIAL COMMENT:

	While I'm not sure that the WEQ will last in this format and price, I
hope that this doesn't sound the death-knell for the other two. In my opinion,
THE SPIRIT, in terms of writing, art, and production (coloring, printing, paper,
etc.) is the BEST COMIC BEING PUBLISHED TODAY, bar none! If it went up to $5.00
an issue, it'd *still* be worth it! Do yourself (as well as comic fandom as a
whole) a favor and buy this comic. It would be a *shame* if this comic were to
fold.


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)

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