(AUGUST 1996)
* John Ney Rieber: writer * Peter Gross: artist *
* Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh: colorist *
* Richard Starkings and Comicraft : lettering *
* Neil Gaiman: consultant * Julie Rottenberg: editor *
* Michael Wm. Kaluta: cover art *
page 1, panel 2: Enter Psyche. In Greco-Roman mythology, Psyche was a beautiful mortal woman whom the god of love, Cupid, fell in love with.
She was eventually granted immortality so that they could wed. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 3: Enter Cupid (Eros to the Greeks), god of love, husband of Psyche. In myth, Cupid is an archer; those who are struck by arrows
from his quiver fall in love. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sull ivan)
page ?, panel 5: "Butterfly girl": two meanings of the Greek word "psyche" are "soul" and "butterfly". (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 3, panel 4: "Baywatch" is a syndicated television program about lifeguards patrolling a fictional beach. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 6, panel 2: What's up with Leah and insurance? See #31.
page 7, panel 5: In terms of total area (and omitting the rest of the United Kingdom), you could fit slightly more than seventy-three Englands inside
the United States. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan )
page 9, panel 1: This is a reenactment of THE BOOKS OF MAGIC #18, page 23, panel 5. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 15, panel 3: "Beavis and Butthead" is a cartoon on MTV about two socially-maladjusted teenagers. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 5: Cypress Hill is a gangsta rap band. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 17, panel 2: The Bee Gees were a soft-pop band in the 70s. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 22, panel 6: "Dom": Dom Perignon, a kind of champagne. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 4: Zeus is the king of the gods in Greek mythology; he corresponds to Jupiter in Roman legends. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
