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Issue Details

Issue #2
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 unrelated to interior stories. Individual stories have different Editor credits. 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"

Genre science fiction
Pencils John Pound (painting)
Inks John Pound (painting)
Colors John Pound (painting)
Letters Steve Vance (cover design and logotype)
Notes Cover art is unrelated to interior stories. Individual stories have different Editor credits. 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.

14 page story "Windwagon Smith and the Martians"

Characters Thomas Smith; Moohay Nillay
Synopsis A Victorian "windwagon" inventor is transported to Mars and challenged to a "windwagon" race.
Genre period; science fiction
Script Lawrence Watt-Evans (original story); Fred Burke (adaptation)
Pencils Darick Robertson
Inks Mark Pacella
Colors Sam Parsons (painting); Reuben Rude (painting)
Letters Wayne Truman
Editing Letitia Glozer
Notes Adaptation of a 1989 prose short story first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Reprinted in 2000+ (Epix, 1991 series) #8/1991 ([Oktober] 1991) [as "Windwagon Smith och Marsianerna"]

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 "SILENT NIGHT"

Characters Stella Angela Kelly [Angel Star]; Robert [Robbie]; Jan Van Der Meer; Bailey
Synopsis A UN peacekeeper pilot tries to prevent a war between Eritrea and Sudan.
Genre science fiction
Script Ben Bova (original story); Fred Burke (adaptation)
Pencils Rafael Kayanan
Inks Rafael Kayanan
Colors Sally Parsons ? [as Sal Parsons]
Letters Bill Pearson ? [as W. Pearson]
Editing D. Kingsley Hahn
Notes Adaptation of a 1987 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.

14 page story "MAROONED OFF VESTA"

Characters Warren; Shea; Mike Brandon
Synopsis Survivors of a spaceship crash try to land their ship on an asteroid.
Genre science fiction
Script Isaac Asimov (original story); J. D. Scott (adaptation)
Pencils Michael Davis
Inks Michael Davis
Colors Michael Davis
Letters Bill Pearson
Editing D. Kingsley Hahn
Notes Adaptation of Isaac Asimov's first published short story. Original prose story first published in 1938.

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 #3"

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 Michael Davis
Inks Michael Davis
Colors Michael Davis
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover of comic. Illustrated with art from page 40 of this issue.