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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published July 1983
Cover Price $1.95
Pages 36
Editing William P. Marks
Notes Published bi-monthly by Vortex Magazine, Canada.

Cover Details - "Vortex"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Ken Steacy
Inks Ken Steacy
Colors Ken Steacy

1 page Jean-Paul foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents"

Synopsis Volume 1, #4, July 1983 Table of Contents for this issue.
Genre funny animals
Pencils John Van Bruggen
Inks Anthony Van Bruggen (finished art)
Letters typeset

9 page Jean Paul; Franz story "Swine Song"

Synopsis Jean-Paul and Franz discuss existentialism while their home heads towards Earth on a collision course.
Genre Funny Animals
Script John Van Bruggen
Pencils John Van Bruggen
Inks Anthony Van Bruggen (finished art)
Letters Thom Grignon

9 page Dr. Landsky story "...No Time At All!"

Synopsis Dr. Landsky discovers time travel only to find himself stuck in a future on the brink of destruction.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Phil Lewin
Pencils Paul McCusker

5 page story "Street Noise"

Synopsis A musician creates harmony and peace through his craft in a violent dystopia controlled by an alien and robotic military.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Ken Steacy
Inks Ken Steacy
Reprinted from Potlatch Presents The 1980 Comics Annual (Potlatch Publications, 1979 series) #nn

5 page story "Wasted Days"

Genre Fantasy; Horror
Script Oscar Wilde
Pencils Ronn Sutton
Inks Ronn Sutton
Notes Script taken from Oscar Wilde, (1854-1900) "Wasted Days" in Kottabos Volume 3, No. 2 (1877)

4 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 4 one and two page advertisements: Two New Locations (promotion, Silver Snail Comic Shop); Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (comic books, Sea Gate Distributors)

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional Ads"

Notes A total of 2 promotional advertisements: A City of Dreams Can Be a City of Nightmares (Mr. X, Vortex Magazine); We're Gonna Go Way Out! (subscriptions, Vortex Magazine)