5-402: Eclipse Monthly was a full color comics anthology title published from 1983 to 1984 by Eclipse Comics . It was a successor to the company's previous anthology title Eclipse . Unlike its predecessor, Eclipse Monthly had the same page format as a standard US comic, albeit consisting of 52 pages per issue; each edition was priced at US$ 2.00, a large price for a regular title at the time. It
10-480: A stable line-up, with most features recurring; however, from #4 it dropped to 36 pages and a $ 1.50 cover price, with the number of features reduced accordingly. After the title finished, The Masked Man would graduate to its own regular title. At Major Spoilers , Matthew Peterson enjoyed the anthology, especially the stories with the Masked Man . Reviewing the final issue of the title, R.A. Jones of Amazing Heroes
15-477: The medium of comics , typically from multiple series, and compiles them into an anthology or magazine . The comics in these anthologies range from comic strips that are too short for standalone publication to comic book chapters that might later be compiled into collected comic book volumes (such as manga tankobon and comic albums ). ( at Tales of the Unexpected ); continues same numbering Britain has
20-420: Was also in full colour, and creators again retained ownership of their creations featured in the magazine. Three features - B.C. Boyer's The Masked Man , Ragamuffins by Don McGregor and Gene Colan and Trina Robbins ' adaptation of Sax Rohmer 's novel Dope - continued from Eclipse . New additions included Steve Ditko 's Static and Doug Wildey 's Western Rio . Eclipse Monthly largely had
25-438: Was unimpressed by Jetta ; while he praised Wildey's art for Rio and Boyer's script for The Masked Man he was largely negative about the anthology, and was unsurprised it was ending. Jones speculated that the high cost of the format was a reason behind the book's cancellation. This comics -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Comics anthology A comics anthology collects works in
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