The Copybook Tales

    (Slave Labor, 1996-1997)
™ and ©1996 J. Torres

Jamie was always an avid comic fan, and the flashbacks to his childhood strongly contrast his innocence and fervor then, with the harsher realities of his grown-up life. One scene in particular should strike a chord with any fan: young Jamie lamenting the impossibility of ever selling his comic book collection, side by side with a scene of adult-Jamie fervently counting his cash after just such a deed.

There are no superheroes with dazzling powers in this book, no building-smashing battle scenes, and no maniacal villains with plans of world conquest. There is, however, solid writing combined with quality artwork. It’s a great story about an average guy with big dreams, trying to make it in a world designed to smash your hopes on the rocks.

Copybook Tales started as a mini publication, where it proved popular enough to make it to standard format.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jul 1996
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Joseph Torres  ·  A: Tim Levins
    B&W
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  • 2
    #2
    Oct 1996
    Cover: $2.95
    W: J. Torres  ·  A: Tim Levins
    B&W
    1 copy for $2.99
  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1997
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    W: J. Torres  ·  A: Tim Levins
    B&W
    1 copy for $2.99
  • 4
    #4
    Apr 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: J. Torres  ·  A: Tim Levins
    B&W
    2 copies from $2.99
  • 5
    #5
    Jul 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: J. Torres  ·  A: Tim Levins
    B&W
    1 copy for $3.99
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Mar 2002
    Cover: $19.95
    W: J. Torres  ·  A: Tim Levins
    Collects issues 1-6 plus self-published mini-comics
    1 copy for $7.98