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The Comics Journal#53
Cover: Eliot Brown & Eliot Brown

The Comics Journal #53

Jan 1980 · Fantagraphics · 3.00 USD

Headlines of note: "DC Boosts Story Pages to 25, Trims Ads, Hikes Price to 50¢," "Here Come the Backups!," "Marvel Unimpressed with DC's Move," "Marvel Newspaper Advertising Supplement Succeeds, Goes Quarterly," "Louise Jones Joins Marvel Staff," "Gold Key Comics Line Discontinued," "Comic Strips: Hal Foster Retires," "Undergrounds: Cruse to Edit Gay Comic Book"

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cover pencils Eliot Brown
cover inks Eliot Brown

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Headlines of note: "DC Boosts Story Pages to 25, Trims Ads, Hikes Price to 50¢," "Here Come the Backups!," "Marvel Unimpressed with DC's Move," "Marvel Newspaper Advertising Supplement Succeeds, Goes Quarterly," "Louise Jones Joins Marvel Staff," "Gold Key Comics Line Discontinued," "Comic Strips: Hal Foster Retires," "Undergrounds: Cruse to Edit Gay Comic Book"

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).