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CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #1

Cover Date: Summer 1978
Cover Price: $Still .10
Publication Date: 1978-09-01

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Milgrom


Story: "The Lure of the Magnetic Menace" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsMichael Nasser
InksVince Colletta
LetteringKarin Kish
ColorsNone
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Black Lightning

Comment(s):

Story originally intended for Black Lightning #12.

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #260 (December-January 1979-80)


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Second Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

PlotMike W. Barr
StoryRoger McKenzie
PencilsJohn Fuller
InksBob Wiacek
LetteringKarin Kish
ColorsNone
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Ray (last in Black Lightning #11/2; next in DC Comics Presents #62; also in flashbacks to his origin)

Villain(s):

Dark (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Cliff (first appearance; engineer aboard the Strato-balloon; in flashback only)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story was intended for Black Lightning #12.


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Third Story: "The Travelers of Dark Destiny" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDavid Michelinie
PencilsRomeo Tanghal
InksBob Smith
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsNone
EditingLarry Hama

Feature Character(s):

Claw

Supporting Character(s):

Trysannda
Prince Ghilkyn

Villain(s):

Dalivar the Unethical

Comment(s):

This story was intended for Claw the Unconquered #13.


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Third Story: "When the Rivers of Ravenroost... Ran Red" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTom DeFalco
PencilsRomeo Tanghal
InksBob Smith
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsNone
EditingLarry Hama

Feature Character(s):

Claw

Supporting Character(s):

Trysannda
Prince Ghilkyn

Villain(s):

Dalivar the Unethical

Comment(s):

This story was intended for Claw the Unconquered #14.


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Fifth Story: "The Deserter" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsDick Ayers
InksRomeo Tanghal
LetteringMilt Snapinn
ColorsNone
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Deserter (Aaron Hope; first appearance; a lawman that does not use a gun)

Villain(s):

Jase Carson

Location(s):

Arizona Territory

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 1874.
This story was originally scheduled to be published in Showcase #107, then changed to Deserter #1.


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Sixth Story: "Tapestry of Dreams" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Burkett
PencilsJuan Ortiz
InksVince Colletta
LetteringClem Robins
ColorsNone
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Madame Xanadu

Comment(s):

This story was originally intended for Doorway to Nightmare #6.

Story Reprinted in:

Unexpected #190 (March-April 1979)


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Seventh Story: "The Typhoon is a Storm of the Soul!" (25 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsAl Milgrom
InksBob McLeod
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsNone
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Firestorm (Ron Raymond and Martin Stein)

Villain(s):

Typhoon (Jonathan 'Spit' Shine)

Comment(s):

Originally intended for Firestorm Vol. 1 #6, but later seen as the stories in Flash Vol. 1 #294/2-Flash Vol. 1 #296/2. The story printed there have a similar villain, but a different person and origin, so this story is not in continuity.

Story Reprinted in:

Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (2011)


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Eighth Story: "The High Price of Food" (20 Pages)
"Chapter 2 The Commodore Meets the Lobster Men"
"Chapter 3 Project Lobster Ranch"
"The Catch"

Credits:

StoryJoe Simon
PencilsJerry Grandenetti
InksCreig Flessel
EditingJoe Simon

Feature Character(s):

Green Team:
J.P. Houston (last in 1st Issue Special #2)
Cecil Sunbeam (last in 1st Issue Special #2)
Commodore Murphy (last in 1st Issue Special #2)
Abdul Smith (last in 1st Issue Special #2)

Villain(s):

Russian fishermen (first appearance for all; trying to corner the world market on fish)

Other Character(s):

The Paper Hanger (first appearance; bears an uncanny resemblance to Adolph Hitler)

Comment(s):

This story was originally prepared for a proposed Green Team title (and would have been issue #2), but that never came about, so the story originally intended for issue #1 was printed as 1st Issue Special #2.


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Ninth Story: "The Deadly Paper Hanger" (20 Pages)
"Chapter 2 Saint Bernard"
"Chapter 3 Project Takeover"
"Chapter 4 Orchard in the Jungle"
"Chapter 5 Surprise"

Credits:

StoryJoe Simon
PencilsJerry Grandenetti
InksCreig Flessel
EditingJoe Simon

Feature Character(s):

Green Team:
J.P. Houston (next in Animal Man #25)
Cecil Sunbeam (next in Animal Man #25)
Commodore Murphy (next in Animal Man #25)
Abdul Smith (next in Animal Man #25)

Villain(s):

Saint Bernard (first appearance; Bernie Blue; a cheap hustler who runs a mission and takes the welfare monies that should help the homeless)

Other Character(s):

The Paper Hanger

Comment(s):

This story was originally prepared for a proposed Green Team title (and would have been issue #3), but that never came about, so the story originally intended for issue #1 was printed as 1st Issue Special #2.


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