Deadline No. 12
October 1989 · Shaky Kane A-Men cover · Tank Girl / Wired World / Johnny Nemo / MDMA feature
Deadline No. 12, October 1989, is an early original issue of the British alternative comics-and-culture magazine founded around the Steve Dillon/Brett Ewins circle.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- Deadline
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Main magazine appears intact in the supplied evidence, but has not been page-by-page collated. Front cover, rear cover and contents/masthead page are present. The cover’s “FREE VIDEOLA AND MAGAZINE OFFERS!” wording and the contents-page Videolas free-offer listing are treated as promotional offers, not evidence that a separately bundled physical extra is missing.
- Date
- October 1989
Catalogue note
Deadline No. 12, October 1989, is an early original issue of the British alternative comics-and-culture magazine founded around the Steve Dillon/Brett Ewins circle. Shaky Kane supplies the A-Men cover, while the issue carries Tank Girl by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin, Wired World by Philip Bond and Johnny Nemo by Peter Milligan, Steve Dillon and Brett Ewins. Its contents also place comics beside a contemporary MDMA article, record reviews and youth-culture material, preserving Deadline’s distinctive late-1980s mixture of comics, music and countercultural publishing.
Why this object matters
Kane’s A-Men cover, original alternative strips and contemporary MDMA feature make this a concentrated comics/club-culture document. Award Gold at 9.0, aligning its substantive importance with the neighbouring Deadline issues rather than favouring the birthday number.
Evidence limits: Main magazine appears intact in the supplied evidence, but has not been page-by-page collated. Front cover, rear cover and contents/masthead page are present. The cover’s “FREE VIDEOLA AND MAGAZINE OFFERS!” wording and the contents-page Videolas free-offer listing are treated as promotional offers, not evidence that a separately bundled physical extra is missing.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9 / 10 · Gold Star.
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