Prime Cuts #1 (1987) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Prime Cuts (Fantagraphics, 1986 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: March 1987
Key date: March 1987
On-sale date: 1987
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.50; 5.25 CAD
Pages: 68
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Alec Stevens; inks: Alec Stevens; colors: Alec Stevens
1	-	comic story	0.34	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; colors: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Dot; Dash
2	-	comic story	0.66	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; colors: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Polly; Pa; Uncle
3	Prime Cuts Words & Pictures	table of contents	1	pencils: Dori Seda, Alec Stevens, Richard Sala, Robert Crumb, Drew Friedman, Eddie Campbell; inks: Dori Seda, Alec Stevens, Richard Sala, Robert Crumb, Drew Friedman, Eddie Campbell
4	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gary Groth
5	The Outsider	comic story	6	script: H. P. Lovecraft; pencils: Alec Stevens; inks: Alec Stevens; letters: Alec Stevens
6	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez
7	Troubles with Cute Old Refrigerators	comic story	2	script: Aline Crumb, R. Crumb; pencils: Aline Crumb, R. Crumb; inks: Aline Crumb, R. Crumb; letters: Aline Crumb, R. Crumb	Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb
8	Blues	comic story	8	script: Eddie Campbell; pencils: Eddie Campbell; inks: Eddie Campbell; letters: Eddie Campbell	Eddie Campbell; Georgette Maison; Dave Harwood
9	Overheard at America's Lunch Counters	comic story	2	script: Susan Catherine; pencils: Susan Catherine; inks: Susan Catherine; letters: Susan Catherine
10	Portrait	illustration	1	pencils: Kenneth Smith; inks: Kenneth Smith
11	Mr. Hamadryad	text story	7	script: R. A. Lafferty
12	Reality. Fantasy. and Everything in Between	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez	Luba
13	-	comic story	0.34	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Dot; Dash
14	-	comic story	0.66	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Ashur Perkins; Pa
15	-	comic story	0.34	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Dot; Dash
16	-	comic story	0.66	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Polly; Pa; Bob
17	-	comic story	0.34	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Dot; Dash
18	-	comic story	0.66	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Polly; Pa; Ashur
19	The Confidante	comic story	3	script: Dori Seda; pencils: Dori Seda; inks: Dori Seda; letters: Dori Seda	Lina; Cathy; Frank Dunden; Lina's Partner
20	The Thirteen Fingers	comic story	8	script: Richard Sala; pencils: Richard Sala; inks: Richard Sala; letters: Richard Sala
21	Tor Johnson in the Country	comic story	1	script: Johnny Legend; pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman; letters: Drew Friedman	Tor Johnson; Tramp
22	Hero of the Beach Revisited	comic story	2	script: Justin Green; pencils: Justin Green; inks: Justin Green; letters: Justin Green
23	Contributors	credits, title page	1	script: Gary Groth
24	Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter One	comic story	15	script: Mitch Manzer; pencils: Mitch Manzer; inks: Mitch Manzer; letters: Mitch Manzer	Rory Randall; Cindy-Lou; Namron the Invincible; Will
25	Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas	text story	1	script: Gustave Flaubert; pencils: Rick Geary; inks: Rick Geary; letters: Rick Geary
26	-	comic story	0.34	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; colors: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Dot; Dash
27	-	comic story	0.66	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett; colors: Cliff Sterrett; letters: Cliff Sterrett	Pa; Polly
28	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Hal Foster, Milton Caniff, E. C. Segar; inks: Hal Foster, Milton Caniff, E. C. Segar

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Series context

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Sources

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