Below is a complete checklist of publications released under the WCG Comics imprint, going back to both the company’s “Golden” and “Silver Ages” (1972-77 and 1978-80 respectively). We can also be found at the websites of the Comic Book Database and the Grand Comics Database.
Independent Comics
Date / Issue # / Title
Rob Hanes Adventures
10/00 1 Where in the World is Rob Hanes?
01/01 2 Back in the Game
04/01 3 Image is Everything
07/01 4 Changing of the Guard
07/04 5 The Glowworm Identity
10/04 6 The Hunt for Octavius Jebru
01/05 7 Death on the Moors
09/05 8 The Last Explorer
07/06 9 Rescue in Koman
06/07 10 The Pride of the Chickenhawks
07/08 11 Rob Hanes and the Pirates
07/09 12 Stranded!
07/12 13 Crime Takes a Holiday / Not Your Father’s Private Eye
07/13 14 Regime Change
07/14 15 Just Another Gilded Age
07/15 00 Enter Justice International
11/15 16 The Real Julianne Love; The Glowworm Conspiracy; Pact with the Devil; Bounty Hunters
07/16 17 Wilde Child; Silent Partner
07/17 18 Death at Comicon; Prufrock
07/18 19 Enemy of the State
07/19 20 Citizen Humbert
07/20 21 It’s Just Another Rob Hanes Adventure
08/21 22 Operation Werwolf
06/22 23 The Taking of the Peregrin
Rob Hanes Adventures Special Edition
07/13 01 The EU Express (in full color)
07/16 02 Rob Hanes; Loyalties; Koman!
Adventure Strip Digest
08/94 1 The Princess
12/94 2 The EC Express
08/95 3 New World Order
06/96 4 Hostile Takeover
Trade Paperback Collections
03/96 The Rob Hanes Archives: The Glowworm Conspiracy; Meet Rob Hanes; A Night on the Town; The Two Lady Agathas; The Assassin; Masks; The Care Package; In the Company of Spies; Behind the Scenes at Adventure Strip Digest
09/10 Rob Hanes Adventures, Vol. 0
07/17 Rob Hanes Adventures, Vol. 1
07/18 Rob Hanes Adventures, Vol. 2
Rob Hanes
03/91 1 The Care Package
Other Publishers
05/93 Heroic #4 (Jim Main/Main Publishing) / anthology (“guns,drugs and videotape”)
03/94 Three Days of the Fanboy (audiotape)
08/94 It Magazine #1 (“Pact with the Devil”)
06/95 The Small Press Swimsuit Spectacular (Allied Comics) / pinup
07/95 Wolff & Byrd #7 (Exhibit A Press) / pinup
01/95 Negative Burn #30 (Caliber Comics) / anthology (“Bounty Hunters”)
01/96 Negative Burn #39 (Caliber Comics) / anthology (“Pact with the Devil”)
07/98 The Factor #0 (Pinup)
02/99 Love in Tights #2 (“The Real Julianne Love”)
Fanzines/Small Press
Adventure Strip Digest
11/91 1 Rob Hanes
03/92 2 The Two Lady Agathas
07/92 3 The Princess
01/93 4 EC Express
05/94 5 The Assassin
Rob Hanes Archives
08/93 1 Masks
Adventure Strip Digest beta (ashcans)
05/98 1 Image is Everything
08/98 2 Changing of the Guard>
Rob Hanes Adventures beta
10/99 1 Back in the Game
One Shots
08/92 ASD One-Shot (“The Bounty Hunters” – Freebie at San Diego Comicon)
08/94 Behind the Scenes at ASD Freebie at San Diego Comicon
Published Articles and Letters of Comment
08/85 “Reassessing Comics,” Comics Journal #101, pps. 88-93.
05/86 “Sex, Violence, and Mediocrity: Randy Reynaldo on Hell on Earth and The Shadow #1,”Comics Journal#108, pps. 36-39.
12/90 “A Case History of Comics as Art: The Work of Milton Caniff,” term paper, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, December 1990.
11/91 “You Eisner-Basher You,” letter to the Comics Journal #146, pps. 9-11.
1991 “A History of the Adventure Strip,” The Comet #9, pps. 10–15 (fanzine).
1992 “The Adventure Strip Before World War II: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Soldier of Fortune,” The Comet #10, pps. 22–24 (fanzine).
08/96 “Happy Birthday,” letter to the Comics Journal #189, pps. 2-3.
01/04 “Publishing FAQ,” WCG Comics website.
12/04 Letter to Editor, Comic Book Artist #5 (vol. 2), p. 32 (Dec. 2004).
02/05 “Astute, Visionary Businessman,” letter to the editor, Comics Buyer’s Guide #1603 (April 2005).
04/04 “Coming to Terms,” letter to the editor, Comics Buyer’s Guide #1586 (April 9, 2004).
08/05 Will Eisner Tribute, Comic Book Artist #16 (vol. 2), p. TK.
11/05 “At the Threshhold: Diamond Threatens to Cancel Comics That Don’t Measure Up,” by Michael Dean (quoted in the article), The Comics Journal #272 (Nov. 2005).
11/06 “Whatever Happened to Minicomics?” letter to the editor, Comics Buyer’s Guide #1625 (November 30, 2006).
05/07 “Tiny Press” (letter to the editor), Comics Buyer’s Guide #1628 (Nov. 2007), p. 185-187.
06/12 “Favorite Finds ” (letter to the editor), Comics Buyer’s Guide #1692 (Aug 2012), p. 12-13.
Convention Appearances and Signings
Below is a list of WCG’s convention appearances. (Note: Regardless of whether or not WCG has exhibited, I’ve attended nearly every San Diego Comic-Con since 1985 with the exception of 2000 when I got married and went on my honeymoon! Photos from shows over the years are available at this website.
Note: Though I don’t have contemporaneous reports of the early Comic-Cons I attended, I have written some reminiscences of those early shows at my blog:
- A Look at Comic-Cons Past, Part I: Before the Frenzy (1986–90)
- A Look at Comic-Cons Past, Part II: Comic-Con Explodes (1991-2000)
08/93 San Diego Comic-Con (inauguration of Small Press Area)
08/94 San Diego Comic-Con Small Press Area
02/95 Alternative Press Expo (APE)
04/95 Spirits of Independents Tour/Seattle
04/95 WonderCon (Oakland, CA)
08/95 San Diego Comic-Con Independent Publishers Pavilion
03/96 Alternative Press Expo (APE) III
04/96 WonderCon
08/96 Comic-Con International: San Diego Independent Publishers Pavilion
07/97 Chicago Comicon
10/97 Shining Knight Comics Store and the Canadian Living Parents and Kids Show (Metro Toronto
Convention Center), Toronto, Canada
08/98 Comic-Con International: San Diego Small Press Area
02/01 Alternative Press Expo (APE), San Francisco
08/01 2001 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/04 2004 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
08/05 2005 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/06 2006 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/07 2007 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/08 2008 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/09 2009 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/10 2010 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/11 2011 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/12 2012 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/13 2013 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/14 2014 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
07/15 2015 San Diego Comic-Con: Small Press Area
03/16 2016 WonderCon, Los Angeles Convention Center
07/16 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
07/17 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
07/18 2018 San Diego Comic-Con (Special Guest/Inkpot Award)
07/19 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
07/20 Comic-Con@Home (2020 San Diego Comic-Con) (virtual)
07/21 Comic-Con@Home (2021 San Diego Comic-Con) (virtual)
10/21 Diversity Comic Con 2021 (virtual)
11/21 2021 San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition
05/22 2022 Comic Con Revolution (CCR) Ontario
07/22 Signing at the Comic Bug, Manhattan Beach, CA
07/22 2022 San Diego Comic-Con
07/22 Comic Arts Workshop
9/22 Long Beach Comic Con
03/23 2023 WonderCon, Anaheim, CA
07/23 2023 San Diego Comic-Con
09/23 Signings at the Comic Bug Culver City and Manhattan Beach, CA
12/23 2023 Los Angeles Comic Con
03/24 2024 WonderCon, Anaheim, CA
07/24 2024 San Diego Comic-Con
Self-Made Comics: WCG’s “Golden Age” (1972-77)
Before WCG entered the direct-sales market, we were the “War Comics Group” — self-made comics done for my junior high school classmates. The flagship character for the series was “Sgt. Hanes and Hell Platoon” — not Rob Hanes, but Sgt. Jim Hanes, a precursor (and perhaps distant relative) of Rob. Below is a complete checklist of this run…
An asterisk (*) indicates that this title is lost
War Comics
Groups Comics
02/75 1 Shoot Away Soldier
04/75 2 Mission Impossible
06/75 3 The Bridge
10/75 4 The Rival of the Death Duo
10/73 1 Panzer XI* (IntroducingSgt. Warren and the Lucky Seven)
11/73 2 The Missile*
12/73 3 The Ammo Dump* (Introducing Sgt. Jansson and the Death Commandos)
01/74 4 Team-up (Team-up: Lucky Seven and Death Commandos)
02/74 5 Guarding (Team-up: Lucky Seven and the Death Commandos -Sgt. Hanes introduced)
03/74 6 Paratroop!(Special 28-page team-up starring Daring Company)
04/74 7 The Replacements (First official War Comics issue featuring Sgt. Hanes as lead character)
05/74 8 The Death Regiment (co-starring Sgt. Warren)
06/74 9 Behind the Lines (Hell Platoon introduced)
07/74 10 The Bold Ones
08/74 11 The Town
09/74 12 Counterattack!
10/74 13 To Play – For Keeps!
02/75 14 Left Behind
03/75 15 A Girl for Sgt. Hanes
04/75 16 The Bloody River
05/75 17 Hold that Bridge!
08/75 18 Baby Lieutenant
09/75 19 On Leave (Co-starring Sgt. Hanes and Sgt. Jansson)
10/75 20 The Death Regiment Returns
07/76 21 King of the Hill
08/76 22 A Difference
09/76 23 Routine Patrol
10/76 24 Buried Home
Miscellaneous Comics
09/76 WCG Super Team-Up #1 Team-up with Batman
06/76 Magas-ine Special Rob Hanes story
06/76 Beacon ’76 IS7 Yearbook- Special Rob Hanes story
Books and Collections
1975 A History of the War Comics Group
1976 War Comics Group on the Inside
1976 Sgt. Hanes (Unpublished strip dailies)
1978 Sgt. Hanes Meets Tarzan
1978 Sgt. Hanes comic strip (additional unpublished strip dailies)
1975 Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey
1975 Phil & Jim
1977 Monti Pison
Self-Made Comics: WCG’s “Silver Age” (1978-80)
WCG Comics Presents
05/79 1 The Wayfarer
06/79 2 Pegasus
Wayfarer
06/79 1 Wayfarer
Pegasus
07/79 1 I am the Omega
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
12/78 1 Rob Hanes Meets the Pink Panther
01/79 2 Escape from Darth Vader
02/79 3 Princess Leia–Captured Again! (Part I)
03/79 4 Princess Leia–Captured Again! (Part II)
04/79 5 Princess Leia–Captured Again! (Part III)
Cigarman (by Rodney Reynaldo)
03/79 1 Origin of Cigarman
04/79 2 Cigarman vs. AC/DC
Books and Fanzines
WCG Comics on the Inside
05/79 1 Meet Craig Clark
07/79 2 Rob Hanes
Miscellaneous Comics
05/79 Trash Gordon
08/79 Rob Hanes Mock covers
05/80 “Deception” Gilroy High Literary Magazine
Other Publications
MAGAZINES & NEWSLETTERS
WCG on the Inside
02/90 0 The Decade in Review
05/90 1 Fanboy Press Announced
08/90 2 Rob Hanes Finds New Distributor
11/90 3 Rob Hanes Changes Format
02/91 4 Initial Sales for Rob Hanes #1 Low
05/91 5 WCG to Join Small Press Federation
06/91 6 WCG Announces Adventure Strip Digest
08/91 7 WCG Voted into the UFO
10/91 8 Rob Hanes to Appear in Comic-Book Anthology
12/91 9 ASD #1 and WCG Notes Finally Released
02/92 10 WCG Staffer May Pencil Indiana Jones Series for Dark Horse
04/92 11 WCG Staff Tour Gotham City
05/92 12 ASD to Feature New Rob Hanes Stories
07/92 13 WCG Moves into New Offices
09/92 14 WCG Staff Invades San Diego
11/92 15 1992 Overview
10/93 16 Triumph at San Diego
12/93 17 1993: A Year of Retrenchment
03/94 17a Emergency Earthquake Report
04/94 18 WCG to Offer Titles to Distributors
06/94 19 Diamond Distributors to Carry ASD
08/94 20 Happy 20th Century
10/94 21 WCG Breaks Previous Sales Record for San Diego Comicon
10/94 22 WCG Invited to Participate in Tour for Independent Comics
02/95 23 WCG Comics Online
05/95 24 WCG Awarded Xeric Grant
09/95 25 All Roads Lead to San Diego
12/95 26 WCG Announces Trade Paperback
03/96 27 Back in Black
06/96 28 WonderCon Smash
09/96 29 Rob Hanes to Move to Caliber
10/96 30 WCG History Back on the Boards
12/96 31 Rob Hanes Online Debuts
03/97 32 Rob Hanes Caliber Title Previewed
06/97 33 Rob Hanes JI in Limbo
09/97 34 Image is Everything
12/97 35 Inside the Mouse Factory
04/98 36a ASD #1 Cancelled by Image
06/98 37 What Next?
09/98 38 Summer Fun
12/98 39 WCG Moves
03/99 40 Packing it in for 1999
06/99 41 The Verdict is In
09/99 42 San Diego Undercover
12/99 43 Out with the Old, In with the New
03/00 44 Ready, Set, Go!
12/03 45 Rob Hanes Adventures to Return
WCG Notes
10/91 1 1991 San Diego Comicon
01/92 2 Tour of the Cartoon Art Museum
07/92 3 View of Misfit Lit
10/92 4 1992 San Diego Comicon
Inside WCG
01/96 1 Focus on the Rob Hanes Archives
04/96 2 ASD #4
02/98 3 ASD #1 (Image)
WCG Catalog
01/92 1
03/92 2
07/92 3 Special Convention Issue
08/93 4
05/94 5 All Issues Back in Stock
01/95 6 WCG World Tour ’95
10/95 7 Winner of 1995 Xeric Grant
04/96 8 Trade Paperback Now Available
08/96 9
01/97 10 Rob Hanes Moves to Caliber
07/97 11 Look Out for Rob Hanes JI #1
07/98 12 ASD Moves to Image Comics
04/98 13 ASD Goes Back to its Roots
06/99 14 What’s Up for 1999?
06/00 15 Rob Hanes is Back
10/00 16 Available January
06/01 17 The Glowworm Conspiracy Revealed in 2001
The Immortal Chronicles
07/98 1 Blasphemy
05/99 2 Misanthropy
12/01 3 The New Millennium
12/03 4 Middle Age