- Script
- Jim Chadwick (signed as Jim) (see notes)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to the first issue of Alternate Existance.
- Synopsis
- Jim runs down the contents of this issue and discusses plans for the next issue. There are also the editor's plugs for other "third-party" publisher books as well, such as Charlton Bullseye, PC (publisher), Justice Machine (Paragon), and Thunder Agent.
Typeset signature "Jim Chadwick" is followed by "Jim" in pen.
- Script
- Jim Chadwick (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Sanders III (credited); Roy Richardson (credited) (an "eleventh hour assist")
- Inks
- Bill Black (credited); Roy Richardson (credited) (an "eleventh hour assist")
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So far... so good.
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Paylomanian spy; Mr. Tyson (the Krell's navigator); Lady Spirit [Sherry Simpson]; Poltergeist [Jeremy Simpson]; Nightmare [Carlton "Butch" Simpson]
- Synopsis
- The Kontorians and Paylomians are advanced aliens at war. A Paylomian spy steals new weapon prototypes but is killed in the escape in a crash landing on Earth in the process. The three grown siblings who aspire to be crime-fighters adopt the weapons and super-identities.
Reference to the spy's race range from Paylomanian to Paylomian, with the latter more common. There is a copy of the novel "Dune" and a Time magazine on the table on page 11. There are five bracelets in the case, but only three are required to power the team.
- Script
- Jim Chadwick
- Pencils
- Liz Dwight
- Inks
- Robert Powell
- Letters
- Bill Black
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. William Kenston Barnes; Mary Barnes
- Synopsis
- The year is 1945 and Dr. Barnes' wife is terminally ill but agrees to have her husband try to cure her with a ray device. It fails and in guilt and shame, he deems it murder and exiles himself to the will of the justice system.
The door handle and glass pattern reverse after Barnes opens the front door on page five. The editorial in this issue indicates Barnes was planned to become a superhero. Robert Powell is not Bob Powell of New York.
- Script
- Jim Chadwick
- Pencils
- Robert Powell
- Inks
- Robert Powell
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm called Syborge, now.
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Dr. William Kenston Barnes; Syborge
- Synopsis
- It's 1971 and a U.S. soldier is in in-country Viet Nam. Hideously injured he's sent back stateside and his sister arranges for cyborg treatment from Dr. Barnes. Robert Powell is not Bob Powell of New York.
This is the same Barnes character from the second feature from this issue. Neither the hero nor his sister is named in this chapter.
- Script
- Jim Chadwick
- Pencils
- Robert Powell
- Inks
- Robert Powell
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They call me Syborge.
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Syborge; the Director of the American Defense Directorate (A.D.D.); Agent Wayne Loring
- Synopsis
- Members of Syborge's original army fire patrol are all assassinated leaving just him. As he investigates, he is contracted and trained further by the American Defense Directorate (A.D.D.).
Robert Powell is not Bob Powell of New York.
- Script
- Jim Chadwick (see notes)
- Pencils
- Bill Black (signed as Bill Black) (splash page only); ? (as Henley, see notes)
- Inks
- Bill Black (signed as Bill Black) (splash page only); ? (as Henley, see notes)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now you vill die, Katzen!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Lady Luger; Adolf Hitler
- Synopsis
- Hitler and Lady Luger hatch a plan to attack the United States using German airplanes that are being stored in an American airfield. These planes are being used on a war picture that Linda is working on. Linda recognizes one of the German actors hired to fly the planes as an ace Luftwaffe pilot and decides to investigate as the Black Cat.
Touted as the first original Black Cat story "in twenty years." The creator credits are just "A Chadwick-Henley production." This only part one of the story.
- Pencils
- ? (as Henley, signed)
- Inks
- Jim Chadwick (signed as Chadwick)
- Characters
- Lobo [Alternate Comics]
- Keywords
- night; rain; skyline
- Pencils
- Robert Powell
- Inks
- Robert Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Star Hunter [Alternate Comics]
- Synopsis
- Star Hunter broods in the cockpit of a shuttle.
Back cover. Color is limited to yellows and blue (and black). Robert Powell is not Bob Powell of New York.