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Simpsons Comics #81 (2003) · The Collector

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Simpsons Comics (1997)
#81

Titan#81

Simpsons Comics

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Simpsons Comics #81

Homer's Run / The Secret Origin of Sideshow Mel! / A Recipe for Disaster

Publisher: Titan
Cover date: July 2003
On sale: Jun 12, 2003
Cover price: £2.40

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Credits

Writers: Ian Boothby, Gail Simone, Jesse Leon McCann, Seran Williams
Pencillers: Luis Escobar, Ryan Rivette, Kim Le
Inkers: Steve Steere Jr., Margeaux Pepoy, Mike Rote
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Homer takes an early retirement and takes his family to an island in Hawaii that turns out to be built out of garbage.

Art Villanueva

Letterer

Karen Bates

Covers

Bill Morrison, Jason Ho

Cover colors

Nathan Kane

Editor

Bill Morrison

Characters

Agnes Skinner
Bart Simpson
Bernice Hibbert
Chief Wiggum
Dr. Julius Hibbert
Edna Krabappel
Groundskeeper Willie
Helen Lovejoy
Homer Simpson
Krusty the Clown
Lisa Simpson
Luann van Houten
Maggie Simpson
Marge Simpson
Ned Flanders
Principal Skinner
Reverend Lovejoy
Sideshow Mel

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