A goofy hero from the Golden Age becomes a vigilante in the Dark Age!
(note: text info to be updated in the future)
MAD-DOG
published by Marvel Comics
On the CBS/Paramount series, BOB, Bob Newhart played Bob McKay, creator of goofy Golden Age series Mad-Dog who is asked to work with "graphic novelist" Harlan Stone to bring the character back in the 90s. . . as a violent vigilante. Marvel published a short-lived licensed Mad-Dog comic book series (with an ACE COMICS logo as on the TV show) that was a flip-book. Side 1 was a 90s version, while side 2 was a goofy Golden Age version as done by Bob McKay (here played by Ty Templeton).
• #2 (June 1993)
$1.25, Color, 32 pages / 22 story (11 each story)
Cover 1: Gordon Purcell, RAM (signed)
"Sifting Through Old Bones" 11 pp.
Writer: Evan Dorkin
Pencils: Gordon Purcell
Inker: Ian Akin
Letterer: Steve Dutro
Color: Robbie Busch
Editor: Fabian Nicieza
Ed in Chief: Tom DeFalco
Cover 2: Ty Templeton (signed Bob McKay)
"Mad-Dog's All-Out Action Ish!! Part Two"
Writer: Ty Templeton
Pencils: Ty Templeton
Inker:Jeff Albrecht
Color: Mike Worley
Our Hero: Fabian Lad
— "The Official Bob: An Episode Guide I" episodes #1-14 by Andy Mangels (1 pp.)
• #3 (July 1993)
$1.25, Color, 32 pages / 22 story (11 each story)
Cover 1: Gordon Purcell, Ian Akin (signed)
"Blood Trail" 11 pp.
Writer: Evan Dorkin
Pencils: Gordon Purcell
Inker: Ian Akin
Letterer: Steve Dutro
Color: Robbie Busch
Editor: Fabian Nicieza
Ed in Chief: Tom DeFalco
Cover b Ty Templeton (signed Bob McKay)
"Mad-Dog's All-Out Action Ish!! Part One" 11 pp.
Writer: Ty Templeton
Pencils: Ty Templeton
Inker:Jeff Albrecht
Letterer: Ty Templeton
Color: Robbie Busch
— "The Official Bob: An Episode Guide II" episodes #15-25 by Andy Mangels (1 pp.)
• #4 (August 1993) [interior indicia says issue #5, September 1993]
$1.25, Color, 32 pages / 22 story (11 each story)
Cover 1: Gordon Purcell RAM (signed)
"Biting the Hand That Feeds You"
Writer: Evan Dorkin
Pencils: Gordon Purcell
Inker: Ian Akin & Mick Gray
Letterer: Steve Dutro
Color: Robbie Busch
Editor: Fabian Nicieza
Ed in Chief: Tom DeFalco
Cover 2: Howard Chaykin? (signed McKay)
"The Trainer!!"
Writer: Ty Templeton
Co-Plot: Sam Agro
Pencils: Ty Templeton
Inker:Jeff Albrecht
Letterer: Ty Templeton
Color: Mike Worley
Benign Neglect: Fabian Nicieza
— "The Official Bob: He's Got the Power" interview and profile with Bob artist Paul Power by Andy Mangels (1 pp.)
