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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	December 1988
Cover Price	$2.00 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Letitia Glozer; Lex Nakashima (conceptual editor)
Notes	indicia: XANADU COLOR SPECIAL no. 1

Cover Details - "PHELIA'S TALE"

Characters	Queen Phelia Majoris; Lieutenant Valerian; Captain Tasfalen; Lord Ignatius
Genre	funny animals; fantasy
Pencils	Vicky M. Wyman (signed)
Inks	Vicky M. Wyman (signed)
Notes	indicia: XANADU COLOR SPECIAL no. 1

1 page The Penumbra text article "LEST WE GET SWELL-HEADED:"

Script	Catherine Yronwode
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover B&W indicia page editorial about the mainstream media's reactions to "graphic albums".

27 page Xanadu story "Winter has come to the Empire of Xanadu and snow rests like a blanket on the palace of Empress Alicia, daughter of Allynrud."

Characters	Lady Fatima [Fata]; Empress Alicia; Octavius; Queen Phelia Majoris; Lord Ignatius; Captain Tasfalen; Lieutenant Valerian; Tabbe LeFauve
Synopsis	Tells the story of a tragic love affair that destroyed an ancient empire.
Genre	funny animals; fantasy
Script	Steven A. Gallacci [as Steve Gallacci] (plot); Vicky M. Wyman
Pencils	Vicky M. Wyman
Inks	Vicky M. Wyman
Colors	Sam Parsons
Letters	Wayne Truman
Notes	An "alternate retelling" of this story was serialized as a text story in Ever-Changing Palace, The (LX, Ltd., 1990 series) #2-#6.

6 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes

B&W house ads: back issue list for Mai, The Psychic Girl; Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Poster; Fusion; Komplete Kat Komics, The; back issue list for Airboy spin-offs; colour back cover house ad: Brought To Light; Iran-Contra Scandal Trading Cards

1 page public service announcement "Have You Ever Wanted to DO SOMETHING About Fixing the Ozone Layer, Stopping Pollution, and Cleaning Up Toxic Waste- But Didn't Know Where to Start? Well, Here's a BEGINNING!"

Genre	propaganda
Letters	typeset
Notes	B&W text article from Friends of Garbage Reincarnation, Inc. encouraging people to protest the use of Styrofoam fast food containers.