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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1989
Cover Price 2.95 USD
Pages 60
Editing ?
Notes cover title: Ninja High School YEARBOOK for 1989; indicia: Ninja High School YEARBOOK 1989 Number 1; Volume 1. There are a total of 42 characters on this cover; only the largest drawings in the centre were indexed.

Cover Details

Characters Princess Asrial; Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Jeremy Feeple; Captain Soandso; Arnie; Rivalsan Kuma; Kudusai Ichinohei; Anna Feeple; Bob Feeple; Rivalsan Lendo; Mimi Masters; Johann Steamhead; Sammi Kondo; Kyoko Tadasuke; Zetra 1; Zetra 2; Zetra 3
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Pencils Ben Dunn (signed)
Inks Ben Dunn (signed)
Colors Shon Howell
Notes cover title: Ninja High School YEARBOOK for 1989; indicia: Ninja High School YEARBOOK 1989 Number 1; Volume 1. There are a total of 42 characters on this cover; only the largest drawings in the centre were indexed.
Reprinted in Ninja High School Perfect Memory (Antarctic Press, 1990 series) #1 (1990)

1 page advertisement

Notes inside front cover B&W ad for STARSHIPS AND Dragons (comics shop)

1 page Ninja High School; Captain Harlock spoof credits "CONTENTS"

Characters Princess Asrial
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Michael Cogliandro
Pencils Ben Dunn ?
Inks Ben Dunn ?
Letters typeset
Notes indicia/contents page

6 page Ninja High School spoof; Tigers of Terra [Families of Altered Wars] spoof; cameo spoofs: G.I. Joe; Zot; X-Men; Bloody Bones & Blackeyed Peas; Tiger-X; Hotspur; Dynamo Joe; Messerschmitt; Popeye; Airboy; Mighty Tiny; Swords of Texas; Captain Harlock story "after the con......"

Characters Ben Dunn; Noelani Pearl Vought; James Joseph Condorcet IV; Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Jeremy Feeple; Princess Asrial; Robert W. Gibson
Synopsis Ben Dunn falls asleep after a convention and travels across multiple comics Features.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Ben Dunn
Pencils Ben Dunn
Inks Ben Dunn
Letters Ben Dunn ?
Notes cameo spoofs: Zot; Magneto; Cyclops; Batgirl; Supergirl; Dr. Strange; Buddy Bones; Percival Stout, Jr.; Jordy Mills [Lone Wolf]; Marlene Onrei; Popeye

2 page Ninja High School; Urusei Yatsura spoof; cameo spoofs: Dâti pea [Dirty Pair]; Rupan sansei [Lupin III] story "THE BALLGAME"

Characters Mr. Invader; Arnie; Mendou Shuutarou [as Mendo]; Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Princess Asrial; Jeremy Feeple; Johann Steamhead; Lum; cameo spoofs: Yuri; Kei; Arsène Lupin III
Synopsis Tomobiki High School plays a baseball game against Quagmire High School.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Ian Gould ?; Steven Stamatiadis [as Steve Stamatiadis] ?
Pencils Steven Stamatiadis [as Steve Stamatiadis] ?
Inks Steven Stamatiadis [as Steve Stamatiadis] ?
Notes Story does not give detailed credits about who did art and/or writing, but only Stamatiadis signed the artwork.

6 page Ninja High School story "Welcome home, Jeremy."

Characters Jeremy Feeple; Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Princess Asrial; Anna Feeple (cameo); Arnie; Sammi Kondo (cameo)
Synopsis Jeremy's "sex-attraction" curse gets him in trouble yet again.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Ian Gould
Pencils Steven Stamatiadis
Inks Steven Stamatiadis
Notes Story takes place after NINJA HIGH SCHOOL (Malibu, 1988 series) issue #12.

5 page Ninja High School spoof; Appurushîdo [Appleseed] spoof; Mickey Mouse spoof; Mark 2 Squad spoof; cameo spoof: Dâti pea [Dirty Pair] story "NINJA HIGH SEED"

Characters Barrios [Nanny spoof; Briareos spoof; Mickey Mouse spoof]; Ichy Koo [Ichi-Kun Ichinohei spoof]; Jeremy Feeble [Jeremy Feeple spoof]; Dog Supreme [RAM Supreme spoof]; cameo spoofs: Kei; Yuri
Synopsis Jeremy and his ex-wife fight over the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Quagmire.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Craig A. Stormon [as C.A. Stormon]
Pencils Craig A. Stormon [as C.A. Stormon]
Inks Craig A. Stormon [as C.A. Stormon]
Letters Craig A. Stormon [as C.A. Stormon]
Notes Page count includes title page.

6 page Ninja High School; cameo spoofs: Kamen Raidâ [Kamen Rider]; Kinnikuman; SCTV; Saint Seiya, Jaianto robo [Giant Robo] story "NINJA GRAMMAR SCHOOL"

Characters Aiko; Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Hitomi Ichinohei; cameo spoofs: Kinnikuman [Kinniku Suguru]; Ed Grimley; Saint Saywhat [Saint Seiya spoof]; Johnny Seiko [Johnny Sokko spoof]
Synopsis A monster attacks Ichi's elementary school.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Steven A. Ross
Pencils Steven A. Ross
Inks Steven A. Ross
Letters Steven A. Ross

20 page Ninja High School; Dâti pea [Dirty Pair] spoof; Urusei Yatsura spoof; Gatchaman [Battle of the Planets] spoof; cameo spoof: Purojekuto A-ko [Project A-Ko] story "MAROONED"

Characters Princess Asrial; Jeremy Feeple; Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Queen Mara; Key [Kei spoof]; Yury [Yuri spoof]; Loom [Lum spoof]; June [Shiratori no Jun spoof]; Johann Steamhead; cameo spoof: Kotobuki Shiiko [C-ko]
Synopsis Asrial, Jeremy, and Ichi are marooned on the island of anime amazons.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Fred Perry
Pencils Fred Perry
Inks Fred Perry
Letters Fred Perry
Notes Fred Perry's first published work.

10 page Ninja High School; cameo spoof: Beetle Bailey story "DAY OF INFAMY"

Characters Mr. Snorewood; Coin Op Man; Arnie; Pearl; Johann Steamhead; Dr. Oppenfire [Robert Oppenheimer spoof]; General Patent [George Patton spoof]; Senator Gorey; General Eisenhowever [Dwight Eisenhower spoof]; Harry S. Truman spoof
Synopsis A man comes to Quagmire High School claiming to have personally carried the atomic bomb into Hiroshima.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Chas Berlin
Pencils Chas Berlin
Inks Chas Berlin
Letters Chas Berlin
Notes cameo spoofs: Beetle Bailey; John Wayne

1 page Ninja High School; Archie spoof text article "WHY NINJA HIGH SCHOOL No.13 MADE NO SENSE!"

Characters Andrew [Archie Andrews spoof]; Lughead [Jughead Jones spoof]
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Ben Dunn; Leora Herrmann
Pencils Ben Dunn
Inks Ben Dunn
Letters Ben Dunn ? (hand-lettered comments); typeset (letter)
Notes Reprints a letter threatening legal action that a lawyer for Archie Comic Publications sent to Malibu Graphics after they found out that Ben Dunn was planning to do an Archie spoof issue of Ninja High School; illustrated with original character designs.

1 page Ninja High School; Archie spoof (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "THE ORIGINAL COVER OF NINJA HIGH SCHOOL NO. 13"

Characters Betsy [Betty Cooper spoof]; Vernia Van derLogg [Veronica Lodge spoof]; Ronald [Reggie Mantle spoof]; Ox [Moose Mason spoof]; Lughead [Jughead Jones spoof]; Andrew [Archie Andrews spoof]
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Pencils Ben Dunn (signed)
Inks Ben Dunn (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Original cover art for NINJA HIGH SCHOOL (Malibu, 1988 series) issue #13. After Archie Comic Publications threatened legal action, this cover was replaced with a cover that was originally intended for the second printing of issue #6.
Reprinted in Ninja High School Perfect Memory (Antarctic Press, 1990 series) #1 (1990)