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Issue Details

Issue #0
Published November 1996
Cover Price 2.95
Pages 36
Editing Herb Mallette ? (Editor in Chief)
Notes published in two versions with or without a music CD insert (regular version indexed); print run: 12,000 (regular edition), 2,000 (CD edition); "For Mature Audiences" warning on cover

Cover Details

Characters Erica Davis [Kathryn Spence]
Genre funny animals; soap
Pencils Martin Wagner
Inks Martin Wagner
Colors Martin Wagner (using Adobe PhotoShop 3.0)
Letters Martin Wagner ? (logo); typeset (text)
Notes published in two versions with or without a music CD insert (regular version indexed); print run: 12,000 (regular edition), 2,000 (CD edition); "For Mature Audiences" warning on cover

1 page Antarctic Blast text article "GOBBLE! GOBBLE!"

Script Jennifer Leal
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover Antarctic Press indicia/editorial page

1 page Hepcats illustration "Hepcats"

Characters Erica Davis [Kathryn Spence]
Genre funny animals; soap
Pencils Martin Wagner
Inks Martin Wagner
Colors Pat Duke (using Adobe PhotoShop 3.0)
Letters Martin Wagner ? (logo); typeset (text)
Notes credits/pinup page

1 page Martin Wagner text article "IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK!"

Characters Martin Wagner
Genre bio
Script Martin Wagner
Pencils Hollye Hitt (colour photo)
Letters typeset
Notes creator's editorial page; discusses the history of Martin Wagner self-publishing Hepcats and plans for the Antarctic Press series

20 page Hepcats story "friday."

Characters Joey McLyon; Gunther Rhino; Erica Davis [Kathryn Spence]; Arnie Coarnes; Jay; Monica; David
Synopsis Joey and Gunther meet Erica for the first time.
Genre funny animals; soap
Script Martin Wagner
Pencils Martin Wagner
Inks Martin Wagner
Colors Martin Wagner (pages 3, 15, 18, 22, using Adobe PhotoShop 3.0); Pat Duke (pages 4-7, 12, 13, 19, using Adobe PhotoShop 3.0); Robert Acosta (pages 8-11, 14, 16-17, 20-21, using Adobe PhotoShop 3.0)
Letters Martin Wagner (hand-lettered)

2 page Hepcats letters page "DEAR Hepcats"

Genre funny animals; soap
Script Martin Wagner; Steven Wilson; David Stroup; Robert Reid; Stephan Mukai; Sean Daily; Steve Martindale
Pencils ? (album cover photo art)
Letters typeset
Notes letter column; includes comments by Martin Wagner & Steven Wilson about the "Radio Hepcats" music CD; illustrated with album covers for No-Man's Flowermouth CD & Porcupine Tree's Signify CD

6 page Super Dynamo Boy text story "The Adventures Of SUPER DYNAMO BOY"

Characters Jimmy [Super Dynamo Boy]
Genre funny animals; super-hero; children
Script Martin Wagner [as Joey McLyon]
Pencils Martin Wagner [as Joey McLyon]
Inks Martin Wagner [as Joey McLyon]
Colors Martin Wagner [as Joey McLyon]
Letters Martin Wagner [as Joey McLyon] (hand-lettered)
Notes illustrated text story; supposed to be a 3rd grade writing assignment by one of the characters in Hepcats

1 page Hepcats promo (ad from the publisher) "A THOROUGHLY MERETRICIOUS & SLIMY ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE YOU FROM YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY"

Characters Erica Davis [Kathryn Spence]; Arnie Coarnes; Gunther Rhino
Genre funny animals; soap
Pencils Martin Wagner
Inks Martin Wagner
Colors Morgan; Martin Wagner
Letters typeset
Notes colour house ad for trade paperbacks, back issues, and T-shirts

1 page Hepcats advertisement "THE Hepcats MALL"

Characters Arnie Coarnes; Erica Davis [Kathryn Spence]; Gunther Rhino; Joey McLyon
Genre funny animals; soap
Pencils Martin Wagner (Hepcats art); ? (art on comic shop cards)
Inks Martin Wagner (Hepcats art); ? (art on comic shop cards)
Letters typeset
Notes page of business cards for retailers that supported Hepcats

1 page Hepcats promo (ad from the publisher) "WIZARD #64 #65"

Characters Arnie Coarnes; Erica Davis [Kathryn Spence]; Gunther Rhino; Joey McLyon
Genre funny animals; soap
Pencils Martin Wagner
Inks Martin Wagner
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover promo for Wizard magazine issues with Hepcats article and review

1 page advertisement

Notes back cover ad for bedazzled records