Pakkins’ Land

    (Caliber, 1997)
™ and © Caliber Comics

Narnia and Middle–Earth were probably the quarries where Gary and Rhoda Shipman mined the stones that pave Pakkins’ Land’s hidden pathways. When a wrong turn takes a boy from a day’s hike to an epic quest, he’s grateful to find plenty of talking animals to guide his way, though most of them are preoccupied with the return of their fabled king, a man known as Pakkins (also the name of the old man who owns the forest back in the mundane world). With the potential to become a good childrens’ title, Pakkins Land needs a little more characterization of its earnest hero, and to let the pictures carry the story. At times it reads very much like a prose tale that happens to be illustrated at every third sentence. Still, it’s not a bad way to introduce kids to the interplay between words and pictures in comic books.

— Brendan McGinley
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#0

June, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
3 copies available from $0.99 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#1

October, 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
2 copies available from $2.98 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#1 - 2nd printing (Cover reads Special 2nd Edition)

October, 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
4 copies available from $0.99 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#2

December, 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
1 copy available for $2.98 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#2 - 2nd printing (Cover reads Special 2nd Edition)

December, 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
2 copies available from $0.99 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#3

February, 1997
Cover Price: $2.95
2 copies available from $2.95 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#3 - 2nd printing (Cover reads Special 2nd Edition)

February, 1997
Cover Price: $2.95
1 copy available for $2.98 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#4

May, 1997
Cover Price: $2.95
3 copies available from $0.99 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#5

June, 1997
Cover Price: $2.95
3 copies available from $2.95 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
#6

July, 1997
Cover Price: $2.95
1 copy available for $2.98 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman
Book #1

October, 1997
Cover Price: $9.95
1 copy available for $7.98 		Gary Shipman, Rhoda ShipmanGary Shipman