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Publishers / Fantagraphics / Aesop's Fables (1991) / #1

1Spring 1991
$2.50

Aesop's Fables #1

Fantagraphics · Spring 1991 · on sale 1991

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Identification plate

Series: Aesop's Fables (Fantagraphics, 1991 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: Spring 1991
Key date: April 1991
On-sale date: 1991
Price: $2.50
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Rayson Films; letters: Gil Jordan
1	The Wolf at the Cottage	comic story	2	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Hilary Barta; inks: Hilary Barta; letters: Gil Jordan
2	The Ant and the Dove	comic story	2	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Rick Geary; inks: Rick Geary; letters: Gil Jordan
3	The Stag and the Lion	comic story	1	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Val Semeiks; inks: Val Semeiks; letters: Steven Haynie
4	The Bear and the Travellers	comic story	3	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Randy Jones; inks: Randy Jones; letters: Gil Jordan
5	The Donkey's Shadow	comic story	2	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Stanley Goldstein; inks: Stanley Goldstein; letters: Gil Jordan
6	The Lion in Love	comic story	2	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Jay Rath; inks: Jay Rath; letters: Gil Jordan
7	The Cat and Aphrodite	comic story	4	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Shary Flenniken; inks: Shary Flenniken; letters: Gil Jordan
8	The Bear, the Beetle, and the Crow	comic story	6	script: Charles Santino; pencils: George Trosley; inks: George Trosley; letters: Gil Jordan
9	The Dog at the Bridge	comic story	1	script: Charles Santino; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell; letters: Gil Jordan
10	The Wasp and the Snake	comic story	3	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; letters: Gil Jordan
11	Why the Ant Is a Thief	comic story	1	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Gil Jordan
12	The Eagle, the Jackdaw, and the Shephard	comic story	3	script: Charles Santino; pencils: Stanley Goldstein; inks: Stanley Goldstein; letters: Gil Jordan

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Collection	Year
Bleeding Heart #3	1992	On eBay ›
Speechless #[nn] ISBN 1-891830-14-7	2001	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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