Acme Comics
The First Name In Fanzines*

Acme Comics #1 Fall 1982 $1 28 pages 8½x11 cardboard covers Cover Kevin Robinette (wrap around) IFC Advertising Page 2 Introduction Dennis Pimple Art Ken McDonald Page 3-4 "What's Up Doc?" Jon Liggett (Script), Joe Graves (Art) Page 5-8 "Found A Job" T Motley Page 9-13 "Tree Spirit" Kirk Bath (Story & Art), Dennis Pimple (Script) Page 14-15 "He Never Knew What Hit Him" Joel Millsapps Page 16 Advertising Page 17-23 untitled Frank Albanese Page 24-28 "No Quarter" George Doro IBC Advertising
Acme Comics #2 Spring 1983 $1 28 pages 8½x11 cardboard covers Cover Phil Normand (wrap around) IFC Art Kirk Bath Page 1 Contents page Art Joel Millsapps Page 2 Introduction Dennis Pimple Page 3-7 "Shades of Night" Dennis Pimple (Writing), Dan Mares (Art) Page 8-9 "Diamond Sam" T Motley Page 10-14 "Retribution" Frank Albanese (Story & Art), Dennis Pimple (Script) Page 15-17 Dave & Deni Sim Interview T Motley (Writing), Phil Normand (Art) Page 18-25 "The Colony" Norm Dwyer Page 26-27 "Mr. Fly in What's For Breakfast?" Bob Conway Page 28 Art Donald Martinez IBC Art John Kelly
Acme Comics #3 Summer 1983 $1 28 pages 8½x11 cardboard covers Cover Greg Dye (wrap around) IFC Art Phil Normand Page 1 Contents page Art Kirk Bath Page 2 Introduction Dennis Pimple Art Marcel Peelen Page 3-6 "Thunderin' Hooves" Dennis Pimple (Writing), Norm Dwyer (Art) Page 7-11 Cinnabar Article Dennis Pimple (Writing), T Motley (Art) Page 12 Advertising Page 13-19 "On The Road To Cinnabar" Part I Edward Bryant (Original story), Phil Normand (Adaptation) Page 20 Art Bob Conway Page 21-23 "The Passage" Alan Jones Page 24-28 "The Shambling Thing" Douglas Hawk (Writing), Stefano Gaudiano (Art) IBC Art Joel Millsapps
Acme Comics #4 Winter 1984 $1 28 pages 8½x11 (+ 4-page insert) 2-color cardboard covers Cover Donald Martinez (wrap around) IFC Art Norm Dwyer Page 1 Contents page Art Quang Ho Page 2 Introduction Dennis Pimple Art Joel Millsapps Page 3-6 "I Love The Night" George Doro (Pencil, Plot from a Blue Oyster Cult song), Kirk Bath (Ink, Lettering) Page 7-9 "Like Beasts At Bay" Kevin Farrell Page 10 "The Twins" Dennis Pimple (Writing), Dave Toth (Art) Page 11-14 "Mark's Adventures: The Mission That Failed" Mark Valverde Insert "Slinky Task Force" Dennis Pimple (Writing), T Motley (Art) Page 15 "War Of The Worlds: 1984 AD" Dave Toth Page 16-17 "Oh, Such Agony" Rich Arnold Page 18-24 "The Wizard's Staff" Rich Perkins (Writing), Frank Albanese (Art) IBC Art Dave Toth
Acme Comics #5 Fall 1984 $1 28 pages 8½x11 (+ 8-page minicomic insert) 3-color slick covers Cover Ken Box (wrap around) IFC Art Marcel Peelen Page 1 Contents page Art Stefano Gaudiano Page 2 Introduction Dennis Pimple "The Ride" Dennis Pimple (Story), Denise Pimple (Art) Page 3-8 "To Grandmother's House We Go" George Doro (Plot, Script), Valerie Thatcher (Plot, Art) Page 9-10 "Revenge Of The Pillow People" Marcel Peelen Page 11-18 "Simu-Sport" Rich Arnold Page 19-26 "Alter Tunes" Greg Dye Page 27-28 "Official Handbook Of The Ad-Page Universe" Dennis Pimple (Writing), George Doro (Art) IBC "Favorite Hollywood Couples" T Motley Insert Muscle Man minicomic Dennis Pimple (Writing), Norm Dwyer (Art), Phantasy Press (Publisher)
Acme Comics #6 Fall 1985 $1.50 28 pages 8½x11 (+ 8-page insert) 2-color cardboard covers Cover T Motley (wrap around) IFC-IBC "At The Comics Shop" Dennis Pimple (Writing), Rich Arnold(Art), Dan Mares (Idea) Page 1 Contents page Art T Motley Page 2 Introduction T Motley "Black Holes" Rich Arnold Page 3-12 "Hap Hazard In London" Richard Florence Page 13-16 "Love At 55" Bob Cornely Page 17 Advertising Page 18-25 "Charlock, A Warrior Of The 23rd Century" Norm Dwyer (Story,Art), Dennis Pimple (Script) Page 26-28 "Acmegrams" Dennis Pimple (Writing), T Motley (Art) Insert "Video Death" Mark Valverde (Art, Game Design), Dennis Pimple (Rules), T Motley (Packaging)
Acme Comics #7 Summer 1986 $2 32 pages 8½x11 2-color cardboard covers Cover Rich Arnold (wrap around) IFC-IBC "Kit Carson Of The Solar Academy" trading card set Dennis Pimple (Writing), Rich Arnold (Art) Page 1 Contents page Art T Motley Page 2 Introduction Dennis Pimple "Moses 1984" Joe Vecchio Page 3-5 "Teeth And Claws" Nelson Sprinkle Page 6-12 "Sailers: Some People Will Do Anything For A Credit" Scott Johnson Page 13 Advertising Dennis Pimple (Writing), Rich Arnold (Art) Page 14-22 "Charlock" Part 2 Norm Dwyer (Story,Art), Dennis Pimple (Script) Page 23-26 "Night Of The Boring Dead" Mark Putt & Ken Neabert Page 27-31 "Acme Reprint Classic" Dennis Pimple (Writing), T Motley & Rich Arnold (Art) Page 32 Art John McColloch
Acme Comics #8 Fall 1987 $2 40 page comic 4-color slick covers Cover George Doro (Art), T Motley, Jim Lemons, John McColloch (Color) Page 1 Contents page Page 2 Introduction Jim Pitt (né Dennis Pimple) Page 3-8 "Dr. Autopsy" Smallhead (né Mark Putt) Page 10-15 "Uber Wiedergeburt" Jim Lemons Page 18 "Caffeine Comics" Eric Sprinkle Page 23-29 "Crisis On Infinite New Universes" Scott Johnson (Writing, Art), Richard Florence, John McColloch, Rich Arnold (Pencil), T Motley (Art) Page 31-39 "Charlock" Part 3 Norm Dwyer (Story,Art), Dennis Pimple (Script) Cover, IFC, Page 1,2,9,16,17, 19-22,30,40, IBC, Back Cover "Covers of the Acme Comics Group" Rich Arnold, Bob Conway, George Doro, Richard Florence, Scott Johnson, Jim Lemons Harry Lyrico, John McColloch, Joel Millsapps, T Motley, Dennis Pimple, Smallhead, Eric Sprinkle, Nelson Sprinkle, Seth Thompson "Acme Comics Checklist" Dennis Pimple
Acme Comics #9 Summer 1989 $3 48 page comic 4-color slick covers Cover Brian Comber IFC Introduction Dennis Pimple Page 1-2 "Willie n' Twillie" T Motley Page 3-10 "Tale of The Arabian Knights" David Buchanan & Brian Comber Page 11-16 "Return of Dr. Autopsy" Smallhead (né Mark Putt) Page 17-22 "No Glory: The Smallhead Portfolio" Smallhead (né Mark Putt) (Art), T Motley (Editing) Page 23-25 "Head Trip!" Scott Johnson Page 26-31 "The Last Steve Foley Interview" Dennis Pimple (Writing), T Motley, Phil Normand (Posing, Art) Page 32-42 "Charlock" Part 4 Norm Dwyer (Story,Art), Dennis Pimple (Script) Page 43-45 "The Perfect Sacrifice" Smallhead (né Mark Putt) Page 46-48 "4:00 am" Yeti Motel (né T Motley) IBC Art Joel Millsapps Back Cover Art Brian Comber
Acme Comics #10 1992-1994 $8 100 pages 8½x11 4-color silkscreen cardboard covers Cover T Motley (wrap-around) IFC-IBC "Fuck You" Steve Csutoras (Writing), Craig Gassen (Art) Page 1 Introduction Dennis Pimple & Scott Johnson "Beating A Dead Horse" Tim Winkelman Upper right odd pages "Winkelscope" flip comic Tim Winkelman Lower right odd pages "Food For Thought" flip comic Richard Florence Page 2 "Zen Masterson: Empty Vessel Of The Law" Nelson Sprinkle Page 3-6 "Suicide As Revenge" L. T. Williams Page 7-8 "The "Q" Ship" John McColloch Page 9-12 "Small Press Anal Expulsion" Dennis Pimple (Writing), T Motley, Smallhead, Lauri Ross, Scott Johnson (Art) Page 13-20 "The Accidental Terrorist" Stan Yan Page 21 "P-TV" Dave Toth Page 22-25 "Men!" Laurie Lynnxe Murphy Page 26 "Shore Leave!" John McColloch Page 27-39 "Hap Hazard: Back To Spy School" Richard Florence Page 40 "One Midsummer Night" Joe Vecchio Page 41-42 "Freedom Flight" John McColloch Page 43-45 "Milestones Of Disillusionment" L. T. Williams Page 46 "How To Be A Great Reporter" Scott Mohr Page 47-59 "Ursa Major" Mark Putt Page 60-62 "The Roach Tree" Scott Johnson Page 63-68 "Peace Of Mind" Steve Oelrich (Writing), John McColloch (Art) Page 69-73 "Shirley" L. T. Williams Page 74 "One Fine Summer Day" Joe Vecchio Page 75-76 "Hermy And The Pooch" Alan Jones Page 77-79 "A Social Call" John McColloch Page 80-84 "B.M.O.C." Justin Poucher Page 85-89 "Charlock" Part 5 Norm Dwyer (Art), Dennis Pimple (Writing), George Doro (Punchlines) Page 90-91 "Cliff Notes Faust" T Motley Page 92-93 "Cliff Notes Mo Bee" T Motley Page 94-95 "Cliff Notes Complete Works of Shakespeare" T Motley Page 96-97 "Cliff Notes Ring of the Nibelung Operas" T Motley Page 98-99 "Cliff Notes Iliad and Odyssey" T Motley Page 100 "American Zombie" Tim Winkelman Upper left even pages "Vin Acme" flip comic Lauri Ross Lower left even pages "Box" flip comic Scott Johnson
Acme Comics 2014 Summer 2014 $5.25 Ltd Edition Cover $6.00 52 page full-color comic Cover T Motley Based on "Arcadus Arcane", short story by Dennis Pimple IFC Introduction Dennis Pimple Page 1-20 "Hap Hazard: Belin 1947" Richard Florence Page 21-25 "Two Timer" Eric Sprinkle Page 26-27 "Comics in Life" Diana Coco-Russell Page 28,39,45 "Continued" Jim Lemons Page 29-38 "Victory" Scott Johnson Page 40-41 "Acme's Believe It Or Not" Tim Winkelman Page 42-44 "For A Taste" Eric Sprinkle Page 46-47 "Happy Medium" Eric Sprinkle Page 48 Advertisement/Zombiecatures Stan Yan Page 49 "Acme Fake Ads" Tim Winkelman Page 50-51 "Serve & Protect" Jim Lemons Page 52 Advertisement/Collection Drawers IBC "Great Moments In Comic History" Kevin Robinette Back Cover "Steampunk Zombies" Phil Normand
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