ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Simpsons Archive: Simpsons Comics Guide - Simpsons Comics (1 - 9)</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"> </head> <body bgcolor="FFFFFF" text="000000" link="005F3F" vlink="005F3F" alink="006F00"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="322"> <img src="../bin/head0.gif" alt="THE SIMPSONS ARCHIVE" width="322" height="37"> </td> <td width="278" valign="top"> <img src="../bin/head17.gif" alt="FAQS, GUIDES & LISTS"> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="600"> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------> <font size="1"><br></font> <font size="5"><b>The Simpsons Comics Guide</b></font> <font size="1"><br><br></font> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics</b></font> <font size="1"><br><br></font> <font size="3"><b>Issues 1&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;9</b></font> <font size="1"><br><br></font> <!-- TOP NAV --> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <a href="comics.html"><b>&lt;&lt; Guide Index</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="comics_sc01.html"><b>Issues 10-19 &gt;&gt;</b></a> </font> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC001"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001.gif" width="127" height="196" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001bc.gif" width="127" height="197" alt="Simpsons Comics #1 Back Cover Creepy Crawly Tales"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #1</b>&nbsp;</font><font size="3"> - Version #1&nbsp;&nbsp;(Nov 1993)</font><br> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>First Issue Collector's Item!</b></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>The Amazing Colossal Homer</b></font><br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 24</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script, Layouts:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Finished Art:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Additional Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Co-Plot, Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1></font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>A Matt Groening Production</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL001US">Simpsons Classics #1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Awards:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> Won <a href="./awards.html#OW20">Eisner Award for Best Short Story</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>for Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> </table> <br> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Bart Simpson's Creepy Crawly Tales<br>The Collector!</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 5</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script &amp; Layouts:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Sondra Roy</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inspiration:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Susan Grode</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1></font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>A Matt Groening Production</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL001US">Simpsons Classics #1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b><a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance, Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>He's here... and he's hungry! "The Amazing Colossal Homer!"<br>Giant Simpsons pull-out poster inside!<br>Part 1 of ultra-giant 4-part Bongo universe poster! </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>A Ghastly Tale of Unspeakable Horror... "The Collector"<br><b>Homer: </b>D'oooh!</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>------------------------------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bongo Comics Group&nbsp;&nbsp;----------------------</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Publisher:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Editor in Chief &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1> Creative Director:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Editor in Chief &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Creative Director:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Managing Editor:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Jason Grode</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Art Director:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Publicity Director:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Antonio Coffman</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Special Thanks to&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Don Welsh</b></font></td> </tr> </table> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> Bongo Entertainment, Inc., 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.<br>(310) 788-1367, Fax (310) 788-1200.<br> </font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> This was one of the first four comics released by Bongo Comics, each of which included one of four parts (this was part 1) of an "Ultra-Giant 4-Part Bongo Universe Poster." This edition costs $2.25 (vs. $1.95 for the other versions below) and doesn't have a bar code on the cover. This was also reprinted in the limited edition <b><a href="comics_le00.html#LE002">Bongo Comics Group Spectacular</a></b> volume. </font> </td> </tr> </table> <A NAME="SC001AN"></A> <A NAME="SC001AN01"></A> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001L.gif" width="196" height="302" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001ff01.gif" width="202" height="302" alt="Fantastic Four #1"> </center> <font size=1><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> The <b>front cover</b> pays homage to the original Fantastic Four #1 cover from November 1961. Note the person running into Moe's on the right, the shadow of the cooling towers, Lisa standing to the right of a crushed car, even the cracks in the street.&nbsp;&nbsp;(Continues <a href="#SC001AN02">below</a>)<br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <A NAME="SC001AN02"></A> <font size="1"><br></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001bcL.gif" width="194" height="302" alt="Simpsons Comics #1 Back Cover Creepy Crawly Tales"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001tc43.gif" width="206" height="302" alt="Tales From the Crypt #43"> </center> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> The <b>back cover</b> pays homage to EC Comics and the Tales from the Crypt design, with the BC Bongo Comics logo replacing the EC logo on the upper right and left, fonts matching the original TALES and CRYPT words, and IRONY replacing the word TERROR down the upper left hand side of the cover.<br> <!-- COVER NAV --> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <!-- <a href="comics.html"><b>&lt;&lt; Previous Cover</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;--> <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC002AN"><b>Next Cover &gt;&gt;</b></a> </font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC001BC"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001Barcode.gif" width="127" height="197" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #1&nbsp;</b></font><font size="3"> - Version #2&nbsp;&nbsp;(Nov 1993)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>(Content same as above)</b></font><br> <br> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif">This version has a bar code on the cover page and doesn't include a poster but only costs $1.95.</font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC001BART"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="1"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001Bart.gif" width="127" height="198" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> </td> <td width="270" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #1&nbsp;</b></font><font size="3"> - Version #3<br>(Nov 1993)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>(Content same as above)</b></font><br> <br> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif">This version has no poster and is priced at $1.95. More significantly, this version includes a "Bart Simpson" bar code on the cover page. <!-- a closeup of which appears on the right. --> The "Bart Simpson" bar codes on these special versions of <b><a href="./comics_sc00.html#SC001BART">Simpsons Comics #1</a></b>, <b><a href="./comics_is00.html#IS001BART">Itchy & Scratchy Comics #1</a></b>, <b><a href="./comics_bm00.html#BM001BART">Bartman #1</a></b> and <b><a href="./comics_rm00.html#RM0001BART">Radioactive Man #1</a></b> together form a complete headshot of Bart which is illustrated <b><a href="./comics_bartcode.html">here!</a></b> </font> </td> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="3"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001bartcode.gif" align=right width="127" height="204" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC001V4"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="3"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001v4.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #1&nbsp;</b></font><font size="3"> - Version #4&nbsp;&nbsp;(Jan 2001)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>The Amazing Colossal Homer</b></font><br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 24</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script, Layouts:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Finished Art:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Additional Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Co-Plot, Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1></font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>A Matt Groening Production</b></font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Homer vs. The Wallpaper</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>4</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Neil Alsip</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>James Lloyd</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Harkins</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Letters:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Jeannine Black, Jason Ho</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Guy Incognito</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Editor:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Interior Design:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy in Catch of the Day</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(faux advertisement)</font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>1</b></font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> Given the potential for confusion I hesitated to even list this here but for completeness sake it indeed should be. This is a miniature version of the comic, only measuring 3 5/8" by 2 3/8", in a plastic slip case on a keychain. Nonetheless it contains an accurate and complete reprint of the stories above, with Homer vs. The Wallpaper taken from <A href="comics_sc05.html#SC054">Simpsons Comics #54</a> and Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy in Catch of the Day taken from <A href="comics_sc05.html#SC050">Simpsons Comics #50</a>. </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC001V5"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="3"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001v5.gif" width="127" height="194" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> </td> <td width="270" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #1&nbsp;</b></font><font size="3"><br>Version #5&nbsp;&nbsp;(Mar 2010)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>(Content same as original)</b></font><br> <br> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> This version is an official reprint of the original Bongo comic republished by Abrams ComicArts that was included in a sleeve in the back cover of the comic reprint volume <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC034US">The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis</a>. Bottom right hand corner of the reprint (shown on the left) includes the Abrams ComicArts logo that appears to the right. </font> </td> <td width="165" valign="top"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001v5logo.gif" width="160" height="42" alt="Abrams ComicArts Logo"> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <!-- Incorrect description, removed for now <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc001german.gif" width="127" height="181" alt="Simpsons Comics #1"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #1&nbsp;</b></font><font size="3"> - German Edition&nbsp;&nbsp;(1994)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> This is the German version of Simpsons Comics #1. It is the combination of the main stories of Simpsons Comics #1 and #2. </font> </td> </tr> </table> --> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC002"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc002.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #2"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc002bc.gif" width="127" height="196" alt="Simpsons Comics #2 Back Cover Patty & Selma's Ill-Fated Romance Comics"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #2</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(Jan 1994)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Cool Hand Bart</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 22</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script, Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Finished Art:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Co-Plot, Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1></font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>A Matt Groening Production</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL001US">Simpsons Classics #1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Patty &amp; Selma's Fascinatin' Fashions!</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 2</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL001US">Simpsons Classics #1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Patty & Selma's Ill-Fated Romance Comics No. 1<br>My Sister, My Homewrecker!</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 5</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script &amp; Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Editor:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL001US">Simpsons Classics #1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance, Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Bob's Back! Bart is trapped by his greatest foe - Sideshow Bob!</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Patty: </b>Holy jumpin' Moses!<br>Selma's new lover is Marge's husband *choke* Homer Simpson!</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> </table> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> <b>Bongo Beat</b> promotes and celebrates the first four Bongo Comics. </font> </td> </tr> </table> <A NAME="SC002AN"></A> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="193" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc002bcL.gif" width="188" height="292" alt="Simpsons Comics #2 Back Cover Patty & Selma's Ill-Fated Romance Comics"> </center> </td> <td width="199" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc002_True Romance 1.gif" width="194" height="292" alt="All True Romance #1"> </center> </td> <td width="208" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc002_First Love 17.gif" width="202" height="292" alt="First Love #17"> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> A parody of the Romance Comic genre that began in the third period of the golden comic era. The back of Simpsons Comics #2 "Ill-Fated Romance Comics" takes it's heading using several elements of comics from that period. Note the scripted Romance in <b>Ill-Fated Romance Comics</b>, using a heart for the letter "o", mirroring the heading of <b>All True Romance #1</b> (above, center) from March 1951. The presence of a heart in the upper left corner was another common element, used by "Lovers" comics and many others. Lastly, a cover illustration showing the shocked or sad third party surreptitiously observing a romantic couple was a very common theme, as illustrated in <b>First Love #17</b> (above, right) from March 1952.<br> </font> <!-- Analyses Navigation --> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <br> <a href="comics_coveranalyses.html"><b>&lt;&lt; Analysis Index</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC001AN"><b>&lt; Previous Cover</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC003AN"><b>Next Cover &gt;</b></a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC003"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc003.gif" width="127" height="192" alt="Simpsons Comics #3"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc003bc.gif" width="127" height="193" alt="Simpsons Comics #3 Back Cover Krusty, Agent of K.L.O.W.N."> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #3</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(March 1994)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>The Perplexing Puzzle of The Springfield Puma</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 20</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script, Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Finished Art:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Co-Script, Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Additional Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1></font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>A Matt Groening Production</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL002US">Simpsons Classics #2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Krusty, Agent of K.L.O.W.N.<br> Keeping Law & Order With Novelty items</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>6</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance, Dan Castellaneta,</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1></font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Deb Lacusta</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL002US">Simpsons Classics #2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> </table> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> Credits for Krusty story simply supplied as "A Groening Castellaneta Lacusta Vance Morrison Bavington Vance Production"<br> </font> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1">Bongo Beat: <b>Don't Trust Anyone Over 12, Man</b>, by Matt Groening.<br></font> </td> </tr> </table> <A NAME="SC003AN"></A> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc003bcL.gif" width="194" height="302" alt="Simpsons Comics #3 Back Cover Krusty, Agent of K.L.O.W.N."> <img src="../bin/comics_sc003_shield4.gif" width="206" height="302" alt="Nick Fury S.H.I.E.L.D. #4"> </center> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> The <b>flip cover</b> above and the story within pays homage to comic artist Jim Steranko and the series he is most admired for, Jack Kirby's <b>Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.</b>. Many elements of the <b>Krusty, Agent of K.L.O.W.N.</b> cover above mirror <b>Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #4</b> from September 1968 including the title, the Bongo [Marvel] Comics Group logo, the psychedelic background, and Krusty [Nick] with gun in hand and a beautiful "babe" behind. This homage was no surprise, as this is the cover whose coming was foretold in the Ground Zero section of <a href="comics_rm00.html#RM0088"><b>Radioactive Man #88</b></a>. See also the series of flip covers beginning with <a href="comics_sc03.html#SC036"><b>Simpsons Comics #36!</b></a><br> </font> <!-- COVER NAV --> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <br> <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC002AN"><b>&lt;&lt; Previous Cover</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC004AN"><b>Next Cover &gt;&gt;</b></a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC004"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc004.gif" width="127" height="194" alt="Simpsons Comics #4"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc004bc.gif" width="127" height="194" alt="Simpsons Comics #4 Back Cover The Gnarly Adventures Of Busman"> </td> <td width="305" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #4</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(May 1994)</font><br> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Exclusive Simpsons Trading Card Inside!</b></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>It's In The Cards</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 21</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script, Layouts:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Finished Art:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison &amp; Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Co-Plot, Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Art Assist:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Phil Ortiz</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Player to be&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Named Later:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL002US">Simpsons Classics #2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>The Gnarly Adventures Of Busman #1</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>5</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script, Layouts:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Fellow Traveller:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC001US">Simpsons Comics Extravaganza</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL002US">Simpsons Classics #2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance, Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance, Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Extras: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B1<br>Willy "The Dupe" Dipkin</b></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="130" valign="top" colspan="1" rowspan="1"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc004inserta.gif" align=right width="127" height="178" alt="Simpsons Comics #4 SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B1"><br> <center> <b>&nbsp;&nbsp;See Below!</b> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="465" valign="top" colspan="2"> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> Beginning with this issue we see the advent of humorous Groening credits.<br> </font> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Bongo Beat: <b>A Salute to Richard Milhouse Nixon (Yes, Bart's Friend Was Named After Him)</b>, by Matt Groening.&nbsp;&nbsp; Heaven forfend anyone thinks otherwise, this is an accurate diatribe against our former President.</font> <font size="1"><br><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> This issue included SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B1 Willy "The Dupe" Dipkin. Back of card provides advertisement "Simpsons Trading cards Series II, from SkyBox International and Bongo Comics, playing in your home town this August." <br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <A NAME="SC004AN"></A> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc004insertaL.gif" width="200" height="280" alt="Simpsons Comics #4 SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B1 Willy Dipkin"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc004insertaRipken.gif" width="202" height="280" alt="Fleer Bill Ripkin"> </center> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> Not a front cover parody but a parody on the SkyBox insert card, correlated with the first story title "It's in The Cards". On the left we see SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B1, Willy Dipkin, parodying the Fleer 1989 Bill Ripkin card. Written on the end of Willy Dipkin's bat are the words "Fish Face" (written by Bart in the story), parodying a famous obscenity written on Bill Ripken's bat. Everything else on the SkyBox card mirrors the Fleer card, from the background stripes, the position SECOND BASE, and the uniform itself including the player's number. </font> <!-- COVER NAV --> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <br><br> <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC003AN"><b>&lt;&lt; Previous Cover</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC006AN"><b>Next Cover &gt;&gt;</b></a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC005"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc005.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #5"> </td> <td width="305" valign="top" rowspan="1"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #5</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(July 1994)</font><br> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Exclusive Simpsons Trading Card Inside!</b></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>When Bongos Collide!</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 26</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script &amp; Layouts:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Co-Plot, Finished Art:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Co-Plot, Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inking Assist:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Nuclear Regulator:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC003US">Bartman:<br>The Best of the Best</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL003US">Simpsons Classics #3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Cover Illustration: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance, Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Extras: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B4<br>Black Belch Smell-O-Rama card</b></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="130" valign="top" colspan="1" rowspan="1"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc005inserta.gif" align=right width="127" height="178" alt="Simpsons Comics #5 SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B4"><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="435" valign="top" colspan="2" rowspan="1"> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Bongo Beat: <b>My Rock 'N' Roll Life, Part One: So You Want To Snort Derisively</b>, by Matt Groening.&nbsp;&nbsp; Part Two was printed in <b><a href="comics_bm00.html#BM003">Bartman #3</a></b>.<br> This Bongo Beat article was subsequently reprinted in <b><a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC011US">Simpsons Comics Royale</a>.</b><br> </font> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Pages 8, 23 and 24 have comic panels that include grey screens that are only visible using the SkyBox <b>Decoder Screen</b> card that is bound into <b><a href="comics_is00.html#IS003">Itchy & Scratchy #3</a></b>. </font> <font size="1"><br><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> This was Part 2 of 3 of the "When Bongos Collide" Crossover story that is continued from<br> <b><a href="comics_is00.html#IS003">Itchy & Scratchy #3</a></b> and concludes in <b><a href="comics_bm00.html#BM003">Bartman #3</a></b>. </font> <font size="1"><br><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> This issue included SkyBox Simpsons Trading Card B4 Black Belch. "Simpsons Smell-O-Rama Cards" "The infamouse Black Belch can wipe out entire city blocks with a single blast of his noxious inner fumes. Scratch the gas cloud to discover the heady aroma of his deadly vapors!" Back of card provides advertisement "Look for 10 different Smell-O-Rama cards in Simpsons Trading cards, Series II, from SkyBox International and Bongo Comics, stinking up stores this August." <br><br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top" rowspan="1"> <center><img src="../bin/comics_sc005cover.gif" alt="Simpsons Comics #5 Wraparound Cover artwork"></center> <font size="1"><br></font> <center><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><b>Wraparound Cover artwork from Simpsons Comics #5</b></font></center> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC006"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc006.gif" width="127" height="194" alt="Simpsons Comics #6"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc006bc.gif" width="127" height="194" alt="Simpsons Comics #6 Back Cover Chief Wiggum's Pre-Code Crime Comics"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #6</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(Sept 1994)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Be-Bop-a-Lisa</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> 21</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script &amp; Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Editor:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Head Roadie:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL004US">Simpsons Classics #4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Chief Wiggum's Pre-Code Crime Comics #1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Oct.)<br><b>The End of El Barto</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>5</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script &amp; Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington &amp; Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Cindy Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Bailiff:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL004US">Simpsons Classics #4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance, Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Springfield Penitentiary</b> sign on wall above<br>EL BARTO spray painted below<br>True Tales from the files of The Springfield Police Department!</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> </table> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Bongo Beat: <b>A Personal Letter To You From Matt</b>, by Matt Groening, provides a humorous form letter to speed Matt's reply to all the letters and offers he receives. </font> </td> </tr> </table> <A NAME="SC006AN"></A> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc006bcL.gif" width="263" height="402" alt="Simpsons Comics #6 Back Cover Chief Wiggum's Pre-Code Crime Comics"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc006_Crime Does Not Pay 84.gif" width="261" height="400" alt="Crime Does Not Pay #84"> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> This cover pays homage to the crime comics genre led by Marvel comics, and the cover takes its design from the first and leading crime comic, Crime Does Not Pay, illustrated here with pre-code issue #84 from February 1950. </font> <!-- COVER NAV --> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"><br> <br> <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC004AN"><b>&lt;&lt; Previous Cover</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC008AN"><b>Next Cover &gt;&gt;</b></a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC007"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc007.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #7"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc007bc.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #7 Back Cover McBain Comics"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #7</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(Nov 1994)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>The Greatest D'oh! On Earth</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>22</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Story:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Andrew Gottlieb</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Phil Ortiz</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Lettering:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>[Richard] Starkings / Comicraft</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Electric Crayon</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Edits:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Ringmaster:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL004US">Simpsons Classics #4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>McBain Comics</b><br> Rainier Wolfcastle as McBain in:&nbsp<b>Dead to the Last Drop</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>7</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Nathan Kane</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Letters:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Richard Starkings / Comicraft</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL004US">Simpsons Classics #4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>McBain: </b>Guns Don't Kill People -- I DO!<br>Big Anti-GUN Issue (with "GUN" formatted to stand out)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> </table> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br></font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"> Credits for McBain story supplied in theatrical format as "Written & Directed by Bill Morrison - Titles by C. Craft - Colors in Crayon-O-Vision"<br> </font> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Bongo Beat: <b>Guilt By Association</b>, by Matt Groening, discusses various instances where the Simpsons family has been misappropriated by unofficial parties for questionable purposes and The Simpsons have been blamed for it - such as the rude and crude knock-off T-Shirts, the vegetarian group using Bart saying "Don't Eat a Cow, Man" to the Barneys clothing store holiday window with 3 Bart Simpson dolls as the three wise men. </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC008"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc008.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #8"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc008bc.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #8 Back Cover Edna, Queen of the Congo"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #8</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(Jan 1995)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>I Shrink, Therefore I'm Small</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>21</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Story:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Gary Glasberg</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Luis Escobar</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Lettering:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>[Richard] Starkings / Comicraft</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Electric Crayon / Nathan Kane</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inspiration:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Steve Vance</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Lab Assistant:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL005US">Simpsons Classics #5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Edna, Queen of the Congo #1</b><br> Edna, Queen of the Congo in: <b>Jungle Bungle</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>7</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Story, &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Layouts, Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Luis Escobar</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Lettering:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>[Richard] Starkings / Comicraft</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Electric Crayon / Nathan Kane</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Bushwhacker:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL005US">Simpsons Classics #5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Extras: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Simpsons Trivia, Bongo Profile: <A href="./comics_artists_bill-morrison.html">Bill Morrison</A></b></font></td> </tr> </table> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Bongo Beat: <b>My Life As A Blurb Machine</b>, by Matt Groening, discusses how he's often asked to write blurbs for comics, books, CD's, etc. - and after writing so many he's "all blurbed out!" </font> </td> </tr> </table> <A NAME="SC008AN"></A> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="600" valign="top"> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc008bcL.gif" width="261" height="402" alt="Simpsons Comics #8 Back Cover Edna, Queen of the Congo"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc008_Jumbo Comics 64.gif" width="285" height="402" alt="Jumbo Comics 64"> </center> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> The jungle girl comic genre was one that had its beginnings with <b>Sheena, Queen of the Jungle</b>, first in Jumbo Comics and then in her own comics series.&nbsp;&nbsp;Above we see Jumbo Comics #64 from June 1944, with Sheena, wearing a leopard skin bikini, knife in hand, swinging down to save the captured explorer from the fleeing natives. Likewise we see <b>Edna, Queen of the Congo</b>, swooping down to save the intrepid explorer Seymour Skinner from the fleeing natives, Bart, Milhouse and Nelson. The Sheena issues below, Sheena #9 from 1950 and Sheena #18 from Winter 1952-1953, have switched to a one-piece leopard skin. </font> <!-- COVER NAV --> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <br><br> <a href="comics_sc00.html#SC006AN"><b>&lt;&lt; Previous Cover</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="comics_sc01.html#SC012AN"><b>Next Cover &gt;&gt;</b></a> <br><br> </font> <center> <img src="../bin/comics_sc008_Sheena 09.gif" width="270" height="402" alt="Sheena #9"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc008_Sheena 18.gif" width="260" height="402" alt="Sheena #18"> </center> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ISSUE BREAK --> <A NAME="SC009"></A> <hr size="1" noshade> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="165" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <img src="../bin/comics_sc009.gif" width="127" height="195" alt="Simpsons Comics #9"> <p> <img src="../bin/comics_sc009bc.gif" width="127" height="196" alt="Simpsons Comics #9 Back Cover Barney Gumble"> </td> <td width="435" valign="top"> <font size="4"><b>Simpsons Comics #9</b></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3">(Mar 1995)</font> <font size="1" face="MS Sans Serif"><br><br></font> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>The Purple Prose Of Springfield</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>21</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Script:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Andrew Gottlieb</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Luis Escobar</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Lettering:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>[Richard] Starkings / Comicraft</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Electric Crayon</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Stetistician:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL005US">Simpsons Classics #5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> <font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"><b>Homer Simpson's Pathetic Pal Barney Gumble #1</b><br> Homer Simpson's Pathetic Pal Barney in: <b>Asleep at the Well</b></font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1 color="FFFFFF">MMMMMMMM</font><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pages:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>7</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Story:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Pencils:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Stephanie Gladden</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Inks:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Tim Bavington</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Lettering:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>[Richard] Starkings / Comicraft</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Colors:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Electric Crayon</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Braumeister:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Matt Groening</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Reprinted in:&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKC002US">Simpsons Comics Spectacular</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp(book)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b> <a href="./booklistus02.html#BKL005US">Simpsons Classics #5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp</b>(magazine)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>&nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Front Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>My Diary - Lisa Simpson</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Bill Morrison</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Back Cover Text: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Featuring: The Wife Dodger, The Ear Bender, Old Barkeep<br><b>Barney: </b>I yam what I ya-UuUuuRrP!!</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Departments: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>The Bongo Beat, <a href="comics_fans.html">Junk Mail</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=right width="25%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1>Extras: &nbsp;</font></td> <td width="75%"><font face="MS Sans Serif" size=1><b>Simpsons Trivia, Bongo Profile: <A href="./comics_artists_tim-bavington.html">Tim Bavington</A></b></font></td> </tr> </table> <font size="1"><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Bongo Beat: <b>114 Things I Like That Other People Say They Hate</b>&nbsp; (Or Why You're Lucky You Were Never My Roommate) , by Matt Groening. </font> <font size="1"><br><br></font> <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> Credits for "The Purple Prose Of Springfield" include <b>Matt Groening: Stetistician</b>. 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