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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published December 1989
Cover Price 1.95 USD; 2.35 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Chris Ulm (editor-in-chief, editor); Mickie Villa (editorial assistant); Dan Danko (editorial assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Rivalsan Kuma; Ramen Rider; Hokoto No Kenterminator; Nightstalker; Arnie; Tomorrow Man
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Pencils Ben Dunn (signed)
Inks Ben Dunn (signed)
Colors Scott Bieser
Notes print run: 9192; Kamen Rider Black spoof; Hokuto No Ken [Fist of the North Star] spoof; Terminator spoof; Batman spoof; Superman spoof
Reprinted in Ninja High School Perfect Memory (Antarctic Press, 1990 series) #1 (1990) [in B&W]

Half page Ninja High School credits "NINJA HIGH SCHOOL"

Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover credits list; Dan Nakrosis is (incorrectly?) credited for lettering the sequence 3 story

Half page Ninja High School recap "Ninja High School:"

Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Pencils Ben Dunn
Inks Ben Dunn
Letters typeset (text); Clem Robins ?; Dan Nakrosis ? (sound effect & speech balloon)
Notes inside front cover recap of previous story; illustrated with a panel from page 12 of the story in this issue

26 page Ninja High School story "THE TOUGHEST CONTEST IN THE WORLD!"

Characters Arnie; Reece Chambers [Twilight Avenger]; Overseer; Rex Ruthless [Lex Luthor spoof]; Nightstalker; Tomorrow Man; Rivalsan Kuma; Hokoto No Kenterminator; Ramen Rider; Lord Nemesis; Blitzkrieg; Iron Vixen; Jokester [Joker spoof]; Dr. Gorilla; Prof. Gloom
Synopsis Heroes and villains are summoned to a fighting contest that will determine whether good or evil will dominate the world for the next five years.
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Ben Dunn (creator & plot); Fred Lee Cain
Pencils Ben Dunn
Inks Ben Dunn
Letters Clem Robins ?; Dan Nakrosis ? (See Notes.)
Notes Page count includes title page, which credits Clem Robins for lettering. Cameos: Galaxy Express 999; Dirty Pair; Dr. Doom; Darth Vader; Captain Harlock; Aquaman; Captain America; Captain Marvel; Captain Action; Spider-Man; Iron Man; Dr. Octopus; ; Twilight Avenger; Mirai shônen Conan [Future Boy Conan] spoof; Star Wars (cameo spoof); Kamen Rider Black spoof; Hokuto No Ken [Fist of the North Star] spoof; Terminator spoof; Batman spoof; Superman spoof; Mr. Mind spoof
Reprinted in Collected Ninja High School, The (Antarctic Press, 1994 series) #5 (1994); in Ninja High School Textbook (Antarctic Press, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Ninja High School Pocket Manga (Antarctic Press, 2003 series) #4 (June 2004); in Ninja High School Classic (Eidalon, 2003 series) #2

4 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes B&W house ad for Tom Corbett Space Cadet; Malibu back issue list; inside back cover B&W house ad for Robotech II: The Sentinels and Robotech II: The Sentinels: The Malcontent Uprisings; colour back cover house ad for Apache Dick

1 page advertisement

Notes B&W Diamond Comic Distributors ad for PREVIEWS and GALLERY OF PROVEN SELLERS catalogues

3 page Ninja High School letters page "NINJA MAILBOX"

Characters Ichi-Kun Ichinohei [Itchy Koo]; Jeremy Feeple; Princess Asrial; Mimi Masters; Rivalsan Lendo; Boris Otto Konig; Renee Karen Larzac; Teresa Amy Curtiss
Genre Martial arts; Science fiction; Teen; Humour
Script Alan R. Nepomuceno [as ARNie]; Chris "Two Sheds" Paider; Allan D. Burrows; Steve W. Shannon; Admiral DMC McKeever; Philippe Lhoste
Pencils Ben Dunn ? (header art); Alan R. Nepomuceno; Riley; Ted Nomura [Nomura Shingo]
Inks Ben Dunn ? (header art); Alan R. Nepomuceno; Riley; Ted Nomura [Nomura Shingo]
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; explains an incorrect "second printing" blurb on the cover of the first printing of Ninja High School #13 & announces a second printing of issue #6; includes promotional art for the Trouble with Tigers crossover limited series; Tigers of Terra [Families of Altered Wars]
Reprinted in Ninja High School Perfect Memory (Antarctic Press, 1990 series) #1 (1990) [Riley fan art & "Trouble With Tigers" art]