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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1990
Cover Price $4.95 USD
Pages 52
Editing Letitia Glozer; Charles Ardai (consulting editor, Davis Publications, Inc.); Cynthia Manson (consulting editor, Davis Publications, Inc.)
Notes Cover art is based on the sequence 6 story. Cover price taken from back cover. No publication date in comic; indexed date from copyright notice. Davis Publications, Inc. is the publisher of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

Cover Details - "THE BEST OF ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE"

Characters Possum Dark; Ginny Sweethips [as Nurse Nora]
Genre science fiction
Pencils Dave Stevens (painting)
Inks Dave Stevens (painting)
Colors Dave Stevens (painting)
Letters Steve Vance (cover design and logotype)
Notes Cover art is based on the sequence 6 story. Cover price taken from back cover. No publication date in comic; indexed date from copyright notice. Davis Publications, Inc. is the publisher of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

1 page credits "T able O f C ontents"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover B&W indicia/credits page. No series title in indicia.

1 page text article "ORBiT"

Letters Steve Vance (logotype)
Notes Title page. Indexed series title is from this page.

1 page illustration "untitled"

Pencils Stan Woch ? (see Notes)
Inks Stan Woch ?
Colors Stan Woch ?
Notes Abstract art page. No credits or signature on page; indexed art credits from Stan Woch's "book design" credit on inside front cover credits page.

10 page story "Nothing For Nothing"

Characters Explorer; Captain; Trader
Synopsis Aliens try to trade with Cro-Magnon humans.
Genre science fiction
Script Isaac Asimov (original story); Fred Burke (adaptation)
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Colors John Bolton
Letters Wayne Truman
Notes Adaptation of a 1979 prose short story first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

1 page illustration "untitled"

Pencils Stan Woch ? (see Notes)
Inks Stan Woch ?
Colors Stan Woch ?
Notes Abstract art page. No credits or signature on page; indexed art credits from Stan Woch's "book design" credit on inside front cover credits page.

18 page story "GINNY SWEETHIPS' FLYING CIRCUS"

Characters Ginny Sweethips [as Barbara Jean, Nurse Nora, & Schoolteacher Sally]; Del; Possum Dark; Moro Gain; Dog Quick; Fred
Synopsis A woman, an accountant droid, and an anthropomorphic opossum try to survive the collapse of civilization by selling sex, tacos, and dangerous drugs.
Genre science fiction
Script Neal Barrett, Jr. (original story); Leslie Clague (adaptation); Steve Niles (adaptation)
Pencils Mark Pacella
Inks Mark Pacella
Colors Sam Parsons
Letters Mindy Eisman [as M. Eisman]
Notes Adaptation of a 1988 prose short story first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Mature content: suggestive scenes and language.

1 page illustration "untitled"

Pencils Stan Woch ? (see Notes)
Inks Stan Woch ?
Colors Stan Woch ?
Notes Abstract art page. No credits or signature on page; indexed art credits from Stan Woch's "book design" credit on inside front cover credits page.

14 page story "Fermi and Frost"

Characters Timothy Clary; Harry Malibert; Steve; Elda
Synopsis Refugees from World War III try to survive a nuclear winter in Iceland.
Genre science fiction
Script Frederik Pohl (original story); Brent Eric Anderson (adaptation)
Pencils Brent Eric Anderson
Inks Brent Eric Anderson
Colors Brent Eric Anderson
Letters Kurt Hathaway
Notes Adaptation of a 1984 prose short story first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes Colour Eclipse Books back issue list for "graphic albums".

1 page advertisement

Notes Colour subscription ad for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "W hat's N ext: O rbit #2"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover B&W page listing the contents of the next issue in this series.

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "untitled"

Genre science fiction
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Colors John Bolton
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover of comic. Illustrated with art from page 5 of this issue.