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Publishers / Kitchen Sink Press / Blab! (1988) / #6
6Summer 1991
$7.95; 9.55 CAD

Blab! #6

Kitchen Sink Press · Summer 1991 · on sale 1991

First appearance: Necropolis Keester
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Identification plate

Series
Blab! (Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
Summer 1991
Key date
July 1991
On-sale date
1991
Indicia publisher
Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
Price
$7.95; 9.55 CAD
Pages
132
ISBN
0878161317

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Necropolis Keester - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0It's Wild! It's Weird! It's...cover1pencils: Richard Sala; inks: Richard Sala; colors: Richard Sala
1As American as Mom, Apple Pie and Martiniscomic story2script: Mary Fleener; pencils: Mary Fleener; inks: Mary Fleener; letters: Mary FleenerMary Fleener
2Blab #6credits, title page1letters: typeset
3You Can't Win: The Autobiography of Jack Blackcomic story18script: Joe Coleman; pencils: Joe Coleman; inks: Joe ColemanJack Black; Thomas the Coachman; Smiler; "Foot-and-a-half" George; The Sanctimonious Kid; Soldier Johnnie; Bat Masterson; Gold Tooth; Salt Chunk Mary
4Where Is Christine Brooder?comic story13script: Richard Sala; pencils: Richard Sala; inks: Richard Sala; letters: Richard SalaChristine Brooder; Pillow-Killer; The Grocer; Barber; Pharmacist; Captain McGraw; Local Librarian; Inky; Johnny Gluepot; Pet-Shop Manager
5Mixture for Murder - A True Story of Debasementcomic story9script: Lloyd Dangle; pencils: Lloyd Dangle; inks: Lloyd Dangle; letters: Lloyd DangleJohn Brown; Mary Brown; Earle; Jaques Harper; The Cop; The Neighbor; Norman; The Eldest Daughter; The Pathologist; The Prison Nun; Mary's Lawyer
6The Showdowncomic story17script: Doug Allen; pencils: Doug Allen; inks: Doug Allen; letters: Doug AllenSteven
7He Drank to Forget and Forgot to Stop Drinkingcomic story5script: Skip Williamson; pencils: Skip Williamson; inks: Skip Williamson; letters: Skip WilliamsonNecropolis Keester First
8Alcoholic Cartooniststext article9script: Monte Beauchamp, John Petrie; pencils: Daniel Gillespie Clowes; inks: Daniel Gillespie ClowesBob Wood; Bill Everett; Graham Ingels; Wally Wood; Roger Brand
9The Lying Ear - Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gaugin in Arlescomic story19script: Frank Stack; pencils: Frank Stack; inks: Frank Stack; letters: Frank StackVincent van Gogh
10Blab! Dating Depotillustration9script: John Petrie, Carole Sobocinski; pencils: Monte Beauchamp, Mark Landman; inks: Monte Beauchamp, Mark LandmanShecky Golecky; John Wayne Speck; Ms. A Doll Phlitter; Lucretia Lugosi; Uncle Studsy; Ophelia Overbyte; Bang U. Plenty; Dr. Metzger
11Down at the Kitty Katcomic story6script: Spain Rodriguez; pencils: Spain Rodriguez; inks: Spain Rodriguez; letters: Spain RodriguezSpain Rodriguez, Fred Toote'
12Travail, Misery, Disillusionment and Pending Oblivion With Snappy Sammy Smootcomic story3script: Skip Williamson; pencils: Skip Williamson; inks: Skip Williamson; letters: Skip WilliamsonRagtime Billy, Snappy Sammy Smoot
13Pets That Drinkcomic story6script: Gary Leib; pencils: Gary Leib; inks: Gary Leib; letters: Gary LeibLittle Wayne
14Babes on Broadway (Chapter Two from a Work in Progress)text story12script: Josh Alan Friedman; pencils: Richard Sala; inks: Richard Sala
15Great Moments in Alcoholism - Last Vegas, 1967illustration1script: Justin Green; pencils: Justin Green; inks: Justin GreenPop/Justin's Father [John Green]; Clancey Hayes; Frank Sinatra; Frank Sinatra's Friends
16In This Crazy Issue: Alcohol-Drenched Tales, Featuring:promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

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Sources

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