Fish Police (Vol. 1)

    (Fishwrap, 1985-1987)
©1985 Fishwrap Productions and Steven B. Moncuse

Imagine an ill-tempered police detective who lives alone. Imagine a woman waiting for him when he comes home. Imagine that woman needing the detective’s help. This scenario may seem like a scene from a film noir hardboiled detective story, except for one small difference. Every character in this book is a fish of some sort. This mid-eighties, self-published, black-and-white comic book tells the story of an alternate dimension in which fish function like people. They have the same problems; crime, love, and mean bosses, but these characters also have a hard time walking up stairs.

The first issue begins the “Hairball Saga,” a tale about a drug that can supposedly send fish into another realm where things called humans walk up stairs using legs. The title was later picked up by Marvel Comics for the Fish Police (Marvel) series in 1992.
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  • 1
    #1
    Dec 1985
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse
    Indicia title: Inspector Gill of the Fish Police
    6 copies from $6.50
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Steve Moncuse
    May 1986
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse
    Indicia changed to The Fish Police
    9 copies from $1.04
  • 2
    #2
    Feb 1986
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse
    7 copies from $1.99
  • 3
    #3
    Apr 1986
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse
    13 copies from $0.75
  • 4
    #4
    Jun 1986
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    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse
    16 copies from $0.75
  • 5
    #5
    Oct 1986
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    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse, Arthur Adams
    Indicia says Aug 1986
    16 copies from $0.50
  • 6
    #6
    Dec 1986
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    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse, Matt Wagner, Steve Purcell
    Indicia says Oct 1986
    12 copies from $0.75
  • 7
    #7
    Feb 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse, Sam Kieth
    Indicia says Feb 86
    7 copies from $1.00
  • 8
    #8
    May 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse, Frank Cirocco
    7 copies from $1.25
  • 9
    #9
    Jul 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse, Ken Macklin
    9 copies from $0.99
  • 10
    #10
    Sep 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse, Steve Leialoha
    11 copies from $0.99
  • 11
    #11
    Nov 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse, Ted McKeever
    5 copies from $0.99
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Oct 1987
    Cover: $9.95
    W: Steve Moncuse  ·  A: Steve Moncuse
    2 copies from $12.50