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Eighteen issues were released between 1974 and 1979. Most of the content was intended for an adult audience. Contributors included such Marvel and DC Writers and Artists as Howard Chaykin , Jim Starlin , and Barry Windsor-Smith . It also included prose Short Stories by such respected authors as Roger Zelazny , who wrote the 13-page "The Doors Of His Face, The Lamps Of His Mouth", with illustrations by Gray Morrow , in issue #12 (March 1978).

  • Reach, that published the Comic Book series ''Quack''; ''Imagine''; and Lee Marrs ' ''Pudge, Girl Blimp'', along with a number of One-shot Comics . The company ceased publishing in 1979.


  • Reach'' material as ''Star---Reach Classics'' in 1984.



CONTRIBUTORS

): Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith .]]
Johnny Achziger   •   Neal Adams   •   Jeff Bonivert   •   Frank Brunner   •   Howard Chaykin   •   Mark Cohen   •   Gene Day   •   Steve Englehart   •   Fabio Gasbarri   •   Michael Gilbert   •   Dick Giordano   •   Sitoshi Hirota   •   Robert Gould   •   Eric Kimball   •   Paul Kirchner   •   Steve Leialoha   •   Lee Marrs   •   Al Milgrom   •   Gray Morrow   •   Dean Motter   •   Masaichi Mukaide   •   Michael Netzer (Nasser)   •   P. Craig Russell   •   Dave Sim   •   Walt Simonson   •   Steve Skeates   •   Mary Skrenes   •   Bob Smith   •   Ken Steacy   •   Jim Starlin   •   Joe Staton   •   Mike Vosburg   •   Mal Warwick   •   Len Wein   •   Barry Windsor-Smith   •   Mark A. Worden   •   John Workman   •   Roger Zelazny


CRITICAL APPRAISAL

  • Reach'' Bibliography" "[I t was an independent comic, long before anyone seriously mentioned or had even really conceived of an indy market that could challenge the major publishers. At its beginning, ''Star---Reach'' sold though the few comic shops around, as well as Head Shops , or via subscriptions and mail order. ... ''Star---Reach'' published mostly Science Fiction and Fantasy stories, at a time when the conventional wisdom was that those genres didn't sell. Plus, they were intelligent science fiction stories. If you read Tolkien or Heinlein or Bester or Le Guin , these stories fit right in. ... Michael Gilbert, John Workman, Lee Marrs, Robert Gould, Dave Sim, Ken Steacy, Dean Motter, Gene Day and Paul Kirchner got their first major exposure here. ... Howard Chaykin's Cody Starbuck and Gideon Faust characters both demonstrated what Chaykin was really capable of, long before the mainstream allowed him the same creative freedom. Frank Brunner did some of his last and best work for comics here. Sim wrote (his art was still on a learning curve) some great stories for artist Fabio Gasbarri and illustrated at least one strong one himself."



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