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Publishers / Fantagraphics / Itchy Planet (1988) / #1

1Spring 1988
$2.25; 3.40 CAD

Itchy Planet #1

Fantagraphics · Spring 1988 · on sale 1988

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Identification plate

Series: Itchy Planet (Fantagraphics, 1988 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: Spring 1988
Key date: April 1988
On-sale date: 1988
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.25; 3.40 CAD
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Crisis On Finite Earth	cover	1	pencils: David Suter, Sir John Tenniel; inks: David Suter, Sir John Tenniel
2	Itchy Planet no. 1 Contents	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
3	Reviews	text article	1	letters: typeset
4	Survey - AIDS Comics	text article	1	letters: typeset
5	Pa•ra•dox	comic story	4	script: Larry Gonick; pencils: Larry Gonick; inks: Larry Gonick; letters: Larry Gonick	Richard Nixon; Ronald Reagan
7	Nuclear Winter	comic story	5	script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Leonard Rifas; inks: Leonard Rifas; letters: Leonard Rifas
8	Love and Boundaries, or, How I Learned That I Cold Push the Button	text article	3	script: Jerry Gold; pencils: Leonard Rifas; inks: Leonard Rifas
9	Look out! It's the Nuclear Family	comic story	6	script: Norman Dog, Larry Gonick; pencils: Norman Dog, Larry Gonick; inks: Norman Dog, Larry Gonick; letters: Norman Dog, Larry Gonick	Debbie; Mom; Dad
10	Television	text article	1	script: Neil Postman
11	Revival	comic story	4	script: Michael Dougan; pencils: Michael Dougan; inks: Michael Dougan; letters: Michael Dougan	Michael Dougan; Mom; Sunday School Teacher
12	U.S. Comic Books & Nuclear War	text article	5	script: Leonard Rifas

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Collection	Year
The Best Comics of the Decade #2 ISBN 0560970374; 9780560970371	1990	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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