Item Specifics

Series Name

AMERICAN FLAGG!

Issue Number

#3 and #4

Publisher

First

Genre

Horror & Sci-Fi

Grade

8.0 VF

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

AMERICAN FLAGG!, created by artist/writer Howard Chaykin, ran for 50 issues (1983 – 1988), and was one of the first titles to be published by First Comics, an early alternative press comics company founded in Evanston, Illinois in 1983. 

Chaykin devised his series set in 2031, as a high-tech but spiritually empty, consumerist world in which the American government has relocated to Mars, leaving what remains of the U.S. to be governed by the all-encompassing corporation known as the Plex. The series star is REUBEN FLAGG, a former TV star drafted into the Plexus Rangers and posted as a deputy in Chicago, Illinois.

In the issue #3 story, "Hard Times Conclusion!", Chaykin writes and illustrates the third part of the title's opening story arc, where new Plexus Ranger REUBEN FLAGG solves the mystery of the murder of his mentor, Hilton Kreiger.

And in issue #4, FLAGG escorts a basketball team to South America and foils an Irish Republican Army highjacking in the story, "Southern Comfort!".

Chaykin's distinctive art style, with liberal use of duo-tone shading, as well as Ken Bruzenak's streamlined and clean lettering and graphics, really look futuristic and definitely sell the year 2031 setting!

These are both solid 8.0 VF copies of this title, which won armfuls of awards in its very first year, including Comics Buyers' Guide 'Best Comic of 1983'!.  No fingerprints or smudges!  No bends or toning! Here are issues #3 and #4 of this great title for the lowest price on HipComic - just $12 . . . and we'll throw in our always-L•O•W shipping!

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Seller Information

Seller

bennettoons (993)

Registered Since

05/07/2005

Feedback

99.6%

Store

Benny's Comics Corner

Item Location

California, United States

Ships To

United States

Shipping Instructions

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Yes

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