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1984 Magazine
198M
(Warren, 1978-1980)
™ and ©1978 Warren Publishing Company
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(From the Slings & Arrows Comic Guide)
This magazine-format title bills itself as “illustrated adult fantasy,” which here translates as “porn with a science-fiction theme” or “Hey! If I set this in the future or another planet, I can cram in any amount of rape, torture, bestiality, cannibalism and compliant robot women, and claim it’s daring and progressive fantasy.” This really is a foul series, reeking with hatred and resentment for women and sex—and apparently convinced that these attitudes are normal and universal. Let’s take “Little Beaver” in #26 as an example. A group of men take a pubescent girl, place a bomb inside her vagina, and send her to the enemy in the expectation that she will be raped by the commanding officer, thus triggering the bomb. And the style of the artwork (and previous “Little Beaver” stories) leave you in no doubt that this is intended to titillate, which is deeply frightening. Presumably there are men who can read this comic without feeling ashamed to be male, but one wouldn’t care to meet them. Admittedly, not all of the comic is that extreme, and many stories aren’t porn at all, though they’re all weak and poorly told. In the whole series, there’s only one story genuinely worth reading, “The Missionary” by Carlos Gimenez in #15, which makes a good point about the fixation on pain and suffering in certain aspects of Christianity. Are there other reasons for opening any of these issues? Well, if you must, there’s artwork by Alex Niño (every issue), Richard Corben (#1–8) and Frank Thorne (#7–29). And let’s not forget Peter Hsu, whose “Ariel Hart” stories (#22, 26) are easily the most explicit in the series, and whose frankness deserves some kind of recognition—it’s not every artist who would want the world to know that he’s a graduate of the Barbie Doll School of Anatomy, and has only the vaguest idea of how the female pelvic area is put together. The title is updated to 1994 with #11, but avoid. ~FC
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Date: 6/1/1978
Cover Price: $1.50
NM Guide: $6.00
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Date: 8/1/1978
Cover Price: $1.50
NM Guide: $14.50
4 copies available from $7.75
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Date: 9/1/1978
Cover Price: $1.50
NM Guide: $4.00
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Date: 10/1/1978
Cover Price: $1.75
NM Guide: $4.00
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Date: 2/1/1979
Cover Price: $1.50
NM Guide: $4.00
No copies available
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Date: 6/1/1979
Cover Price: $1.50
NM Guide: $4.00
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Date: 8/1/1979
Cover Price: $1.75
NM Guide: $19.00
1 copy available for $7.00
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Date: 9/1/1979
Cover Price: $1.50
NM Guide: $4.00
No copies available
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Date: 10/1/1979
Cover Price: $1.75
NM Guide: $4.00
No copies available
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Date: 12/1/1980
Cover Price: $1.75
NM Guide: $4.00
No copies available
| Series continued in 1994 #11 | | |