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| Text | Editorial | Mark Paniccia | 1 |
| Pinup/Poster | (Same as front cover) | Ken Penders, Leonard Kirk, Terry Pallot, Renee Pulve | 1 |
| Infos and stats | Mark Lennard - Romulan, Klingon, Vulcan, a man of many hats | Robert Felix, Catherine Felix | 2 |
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| Text | Editorial | Phil S. Crain | 1 |
| Infos and stats | Aron Eisenberg: Nog - No ordinary guy! | Chris Kipiniak | 2 |
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| Text | Kiss and tell: Inside dope and editorial | Stephen Ross Gerber | ? |
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| Frontispiece | (b/w, on inner front cover) | ? | 1 |
| Infos and stats | The Hyborian age of Conan (map) | Rick Hoberg | 2 |
| Text | Meet the people behind Conan: Robert E. Howard (1 page), Roy Thomas (1 page), John Buscema (1 page), Alfredo Alcala (1 page), Marie Severin (1 page) | David Anthony Kraft | 5 |
| Text | Conan of the silver screen | James Delson | 3 |
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| Text | Final Encounter: Some last words, thoughts, and background information on doing the comics adaptation of Close Encounters | Archie Goodwin | 1 |
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| Text with art/photos | Looking back on the Beatles (photos by JR) | David Anthony Kraft, John Rowlands | 3 |
| Infos and stats | The Beatles Story - Discography 1964-1978 | ? | 2 |
| Text | The Beatles Story - The Reel Beatles | Mark Esposito | 8 |
| Pinup/Poster | - | John Rowlands | 2 |
| Text with art/photos | The Beatles Story - Filmography | ? | 3 |
| Text with art/photos | Looking back on the Beatles | David Anthony Kraft | 2 |
| Text with art/photos | The Beatles Story - Backstage | David Anthony Kraft | 2 |
| Pinup/Poster | - | John Rowlands | 1 |
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| Text | Kiss OFF! An Editorial | ? | 1 |
| Text | Biographies from Ralph Macchio, John Romita Jr., Richard Marschall, James Shooter | ? | 3 |
| Text | Kiss talk about their first Movie | ? | 2 |
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| Text | From the "Jaws" of disaster by the skin of his teeth: Interview with Jaws 2 director Jeannot Szwarc Steve Swires (script) | ? | 3 |
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| Frontispiece | Conan defending a woman against man-brutes in a foggy cave (inner front cover) | John Buscema | 1 |
| Infos and stats | The Hyborian age of Conan (map) | Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson | 2 |
| Text | Uncle Crom wants you (Hyborian Legion) | Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson | 4 |
| Text | A chronology of the Conan comics | Jim Neal | 4 |
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| Text | SF in animation | Maurice Horn | ? |
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| Pinup/Poster | (inside front cover) | John Buscema, Peter Ledger | 1 |
| Infos and stats | A map of Weird World | Peter Ledger | 5 |
| Text with art/photos | The knowledge of elves (a poem by DM, illustrations by RDN) | Doug Moench, Rudy D. Nebres | 3 |
| Pinup/Poster | - | John Buscema, Peter Ledger | 2 |
| Preview | What lurks ahead (preview of next issue) | ? | 2 |
| Sketch | A John Buscema scrapbook | John Buscema | 3 |
| Text with art/photos | Washed ashore on Weirdworld | Doug Moench | 4 |
| Text | How this book came to be | ? | 2 |
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| Pinup/Poster | (inside front cover) | John Buscema, Rudy D. Nebres, Peter Ledger | 1 |
| ? | What has gone before (review of previous issue and title page) | ? | 5 |
| Preview | What lurks ahead (preview of next issue) | Doug Moench, John Buscema, Rudy D. Nebres, Peter Ledger | 2 |
| Text | How this book came to be | John Buscema, Rudy D. Nebres, Peter Ledger | 3 |
| Text | The stuff of which dreams are made (early history of comics, second part in next issue) | Richard Marschall | 5 |
| Sketch | A John Buscema scrapbook | John Buscema, Rudy D. Nebres, Peter Ledger | 3 |
| Pinup/Poster | - | John Buscema, Rudy D. Nebres, Peter Ledger | 1 |
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| Pinup/Poster | (inside front cover) | John Buscema, Rudy D. Nebres, Peter Ledger | 1 |
| ? | What has gone before (review of previous issue and title page) | ? | 3 |
| Infos and stats | A map of Weird World (reprint from A Marvel Comics Super Special #11) | Peter Ledger | 2 |
| Text | Encounter at Halfway Earth - Weird | Doug Moench | 4 |
| Sketch | A John Buscema scrapbook (on same pages as previous and next feature) | ? | - |
| Text | Over the hills and far away | Ralph Macchio | 2 |
| Text | Polychromatic effulgence (more early history of comics, first part in previous issue) | Richard Marschall | 5 |
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| Pinup/Poster | - | ? | 1 |
| Text | Near misses: An informal history of disaster flicks | Tom Rogers | 5 |
| Text | To simulate a nightmare (Conversation with Meteor's special effects man Bill Cruse) | Tom Rogers | 3 |
| Text | Real life disasters - it can happen | Tom Rogers | 3 |
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| Other art/photos | Photo of the Star Trek movie | ? | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Star Trek - The phenomenon | Tom Rogers | 3 |
| Text with art/photos | Touching base with reality: An interview with Jesco von Puttkamer, science advisor to the Star Trek movie. | Marian Stensgard | 2 |
| Text with art/photos | Star Trek - Motion picture glossary: A list of the new terminology and explanations of the new characters. | Tom Rogers | 3 |
| Other art/photos | - | ? | 1 |
| Other art/photos | - | ? | 2 |
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| ? | The Making of Xanadu (with reproductions of early storyboards for the film's opening) | ? | 1 |
| Infos and stats | I'm alive - Biographies of the stars and creators Olivia Newton-John as Kira (+ picture) Gene Kelly as Danny McGuire (+ picture) Michael Beck as Sonny (+ picture) Lawrence Gordon (producer) (+ picture of Lawrence Gordon, Olivia Newton-John and Joel Silver) Joel Silver (co-producer) Lee Kramer (executive producer) (+ picture of Lee Kramer, John Farrar and Michael Beck) Robert Greenwald (director) (+ picture) Victor J. Kemper (cinematographer) (+ picture) | Scott Edelman | 6 |
| ? | Magic the special effects story, with pictures of •Olivia and the other muses change costumes in a flash of light energy. The lighting effect are composed of many animated elements. •R. Greenberg Associates' animation director Ken Stytzer and cameramen John Lindahl shooting one of Xanadu's effects sequences on the computerized animation stand. Photo by: Rudolph Janu •Joel Hynek, the Greenbergs' optical photography director, at work on the optical printer, a device which combines matted shots and creates special effects such as freeze-frames, accelerated motion and certain fades and dissolves. Photo by: Rudolph Janu •Gene Kelly's aura is whirled and multiplied through a deft combination of rotoscoping (faithfully tracing a real-life image) and bottom lit animation. •One of Xanadu's starting scene transition devices. •Robert and Richard Greenberg, the wizards behind Xanadu's array of special effects. Photo by: Gerhard Gscheidle •A muse comes to life while her sisters remain painted backgrounds. •Michael Beck trapped by a special effects force-field in heaven. •The muses' simple-looking glows are actually the result of careful combination of many animated layers. •The "come-alive" wall sequence •Glow effect replaces cut-outs with real dancers in Fiorucci scene. •The Auditorium before, and after its transformation into Xanadu. •As Olivia sings, the muses dance, the turn to light, which lifts off the platform, as Livia is surrounded by an animated glow, and prepares for her own lift-off. | Danny Fingeroth | 9 |
| ? | Xanimation Xanadu's Fantasy-within-a-fantasy, with pictures of: •Sonny and Kira as cartoon characters. •Sonny and Kira as highly recognizable animated fish •Animation director Don Bluth and special effects animator Dorse Lampher discuss the animation's underwater effects •Animation camera operator Charles Warren and directing animator Gary Goldman double check exposure sequence of the underwater scene. •Special effects inking artist Virginia Lewis at work. | Danny Fingeroth | 1 |
| ? | Dancin'... and music too!, with pictures of: •The battle of the bands explodes into joyous celebration •The cover of the Nine Sisters record album with Olivia Newton-John as the aura shrouded Kira •Co-choreographer Kenny Ortega and Olivia run through a dance routine. •Olivia and the muses put on a once-in-a-lifetime show for the opening night crowed at Xanadu. •Co-choreographer Jerry Trent (left) and his assistant, Bob Thompson, show Olivie and Co. how it's done. •Olivia and Gene dance to Whenever you're away from me. •Michael, Gene, and Olivia camp it up at a clothing boutique. •A bemused Gene Kelly displays the style that has made him America's best loved dancer. •The battle of the bands in full swing. Look out! | Martin A. Jackson | 7 |
| Sketch | Suspended in time: Xanadu's glitzy costumes (Costume design sketches by Xanadu's designer, Boobi Mannix) | Roberta McKenzie | 6 |
| Other art/photos | Photo of Olivia, Gene and Michael | ? | 1 |
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| Other art/photos | Photograph of scenes from the movie (on inside of front cover) | ? | 1 |
| Other art/photos | Photo of Carole Bouquet | ? | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Behind the scenes of... For Your Eyes Only | ? | 14 |
| Other art/photos | Photograph of a scene from the movie (on inside of back cover) | ? | 1 |
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| Other art/photos | Photograph of a scene from the movie | ? | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | The Making of Dragonslayer: Enter the dragon | Danny Fingeroth | 5 |
| Text with art/photos | The Making of Dragonslayer: No land is an urland | Danny Fingeroth | 2 |
| Other art/photos | The fruit of the labours of Dragonslayer's dedicated crew | ? | 2 |
| Text with art/photos | Biographies profiles of some very special people (Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Sir Ralph Richardson, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins) | ? | 4 |
| Other art/photos | Photos from a scene of the movie | ? | 2 |
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| Text with art/photos | From Hyboria to Hollywood The making of Conan | David Anthony Kraft | 1 |
| Text | Out of the depths: The creation of Conan the Barbarian | David Anthony Kraft | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Milius (An interview with the screen writer/director) | David Anthony Kraft | 2 |
| Text with art/photos | The man who would be Conan (An interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger) | David Anthony Kraft | 4 |
| Text with art/photos | He designed an age (An interview with Ron Cobb) | David Anthony Kraft | 4 |
| Text with art/photos | From Darth to Doom (An interview with James Earl Jones) | David Anthony Kraft | 2 |
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| Text | The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Entry of Android; Webster's Dictionary entries of Android, Replicant | ? | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Blade Runner - Cast credit. Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford); Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Rachel (Sean Young), Gaff (Edward James Olmos), Pris (Daryl Hannah), Tyrell (Joe Turkel), Leon (Brion James), Bryant (M. Emmet Walsh), Sebastian (Willam j. Sanderson), Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), Holden (Morgen Paull), Chew (James Hong); with a photo of Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah, Joe Turkel, Brion James, M. Emmet Walsh, Willam J. Sanderson, Joanna Cassidy, Morgen Paull, James Hong | ? | 3 |
| Text with art/photos | Blade Runner - Behind the comics adaptation. First cover of A Marvel Comics Super Special #22 by Jim Steranko; Photo of Archie Goodwin, Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon by Eliot R. Brown | Jim Steranko, Eliot R. Brown | 2 |
| Other art/photos | A special album of scenes from the new science-fiction film thriller | ? | 8 |
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| Text | Meet the stars! Aileen Quinn (Annie), Albert Finney (Daddy Warbucks), Carol Burnett (Miss Hannigan), Bernadette Peters (Lily),
Tim Curry (Rooster Hannigan), Ann Reinking (Grace Farrell), Ray Stark -Producer, John Huston -Director / John Huston filmography (see | David Anthony Kraft | 9 |
| Other art/photos | Photo from the movie | ? | 2 |
| Other art/photos | Photo from the movie | ? | 2 |
| Other art/photos | Photo from the movie | ? | 1 |
| Text | Leonard Starr: A Marvel Comics interview with the writer and artist of the Annie comic strip! | David Anthony Kraft | 3 |
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| Text with art/photos | The making of Rock and Rule | David Anthony Kraft | 13 |
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| Other art/photos | How to make a world | ? | 8 |
| Text | Krull-Mania! | ? | 2 |
| Text with art/photos | Here come the brides... | ? | 2 |
| Other art/photos | Photo of Lysetta Anthony | ? | 1 |
| Other art/photos | Photo of Ken Marshall | ? | 1 |
| Pinup/Poster | - | ? | 1 |
| Other art/photos | Photo of ? | ? | 1 |
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| Frontispiece | Tarzan as a boy, riding on a gorilla and swingin a lasso | Charles Ren | 1 |