American Flagg! 1983 #27 - back issue - $3.00
The issue's letters page, including the issue indicia and a miniature of the cover of American Flagg! #28.
An essay about telemarketing and the Fantagraphics series Journey. It is accompanied by a panel from Grimjack, and a listing of First Comics' August 1985 (cover-dated December) releases.
A subscription ad for First Comics' ongoing titles.
An ad listing First Comics' ongoing series.
No copyright registration was filed for the issue. There is no official on-sale date. The issue's First Notes promotions page indicates that it was scheduled to go on sale in August 1985. According to the listings in Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series) #77, The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #101, and from the shipping schedule as printed in the untitled newsletter from the comic book store Comics Plus in Dearborn, Michigan, published August 2, 1985, issue #1, that the expected on-sale date was August 16, 1985.
- - The page features letters by T. M. Maple, Wm. Waters, and Jill Beifuss. John Ostrander replies.
- The Erogenous Zone - Part 7 of 7. The full-length concluding episode. Parts 1-6 were back-up stories in American Flagg! #21-26. The subplot involving Raul the Cat and a robot dog is an homage-parody of the George Herriman newspaper strip Krazy Kat. Amy Little, Deiter "Daddy Fleshbucks" Reich, and Dirty the Dog are porn-themed parodies of the Annie, Daddy Warbucks, and Sandy the Dog characters from the Little Orphan Annie newspaper strip.
- A Public Services Message - The page appears between pages 6 and 7 of "The Erogenous Zone."
- Collecting Dust: A Guide to Preserving Comic Books, part 3 - The article appears between pages 8 and 9 of "The Erogenous Zone."
- What?! No First Comics? - The ad appears between pages 20 and 21 of "The Erogenous Zone."
- The First Choice... Keeps Getting Better! - The ad appears between pages 22 and 23 of "The Erogenous Zone."
- High Calber Entertainment - The promotional house advertisement appears on the inside back cover. A promotional house advertisement for Jon Sable, Freelance (First, 1983 series) accompanied by an illustration of the character.
- The First Computer-Generated Comic - An ad for Shatter (First, 1985 series) #1. Appears on the back cover.
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