Gobbledygook #1 (1986) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Gobbledygook (Mirage, 1986 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 1986
Key date: December 1986
On-sale date: 1986
Indicia publisher: Mirage Studios
Price: $3.50; 4.90 CAD
Pages: 100

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Mirage Studios Presents... Gobbledygook	cover	2	pencils: Peter Alan Laird; inks: Kevin Brooks Eastman; colors: Peter Alan Laird
1	Don't Sleep on Main Street	comic story	1	script: Peter Alan Laird; pencils: Peter Alan Laird; inks: Kevin Brooks Eastman	A robot
2	I'm Only a Loser	comic story	2	script: Kevin Brooks Eastman; pencils: Kevin Brooks Eastman; inks: Peter Alan Laird; letters: Kevin Brooks Eastman	Loser
3	Technofear	comic story	7	script: Peter Laird; pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird; letters: Steve Lavigne	Donatello, Michelangelo
4	Monsters	illustration	2	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
5	Satyr Playing Sax	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
6	Ghost	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
7	Aliens	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
8	The Crossing	comic story	4	script: Kevin Eastman; pencils: Kevin Eastman; inks: Kevin Eastman; letters: Kevin Eastman
9	The Adventures Of Splat And Beggar	comic story	5	script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; pencils: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; inks: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; letters: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
10	The Louder The Better	comic story	9	script: Kevin Eastman; pencils: Kevin Eastman; inks: Eric Talbot; letters: Kevin Eastman
11	Women with 8-Ball	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
12	Triceraton Battling Octopoid Robot	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
13	Dragons	illustration	3	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
14	You Had To Be There	comic story	4	script: Kevin Eastman; pencils: Kevin Eastman; inks: Richard Corben; colors: Richard Corben; letters: Kevin Eastman	Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo
15	The Cosmic Crows	comic story	7	script: Steve Lavigne; pencils: Steve Lavigne; inks: Steve Lavigne; letters: Steve Lavigne
16	Before The Cola Wars	comic story	6	script: Kevin Eastman; pencils: Kevin Eastman; inks: Jim Lawson; colors: Jim Lawson; letters: Steve Lavigne
17	Halloween	illustration	2	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
18	Corporate Executive	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
19	Woman Phasing Through Wall	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
20	The Cosmic Crows	comic story	1	script: Ryan Brown; pencils: Ryan Brown; inks: Ryan Brown; letters: Ryan Brown
21	Pursuit	comic story	10	script: Peter Alan Laird; pencils: Peter Alan Laird; inks: Peter Alan Laird; letters: Peter Alan Laird	Police Androids
22	Out on a Limb	comic story	1	script: Michael Dooney; pencils: Michael Dooney; inks: Michael Dooney; letters: Michael Dooney
23	That Old Sinking Feeling	comic story	1	script: Michael Dooney; pencils: Michael Dooney; inks: Michael Dooney; letters: Michael Dooney
24	A Few Well Chosen Words	comic story	1	script: Michael Dooney; pencils: Michael Dooney; inks: Michael Dooney; letters: Michael Dooney	Tuke
25	Aliens	illustration	4	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird
26	Shopping Spree	comic story	4	script: Michael Dooney; pencils: Michael Dooney; inks: Michael Dooney; letters: Michael Dooney	Gizmo Sprocket
27	Crazy Man	comic story	8	script: Kevin Eastman; pencils: Kevin Eastman; inks: Ryan Brown; colors: Jim Lawson; letters: Steve Lavigne	Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
28	The Further Adventures Of Jimmy & Gyro, The Cosmic Crows	comic story	1	script: Ryan Brown; pencils: Ryan Brown; inks: Ryan Brown; letters: Ryan Brown
29	Barbarian	illustration	1	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird

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Sources

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