Epic Illustrated October 1984

Overview/Page 6
notes on stories and contributors
Futureview/Page 8
premiering the column of tomorrow
review by John Robert Tebbel and Martha Thomases
The Sacred and The Profane: Chapter VII/Page 9
the mission concludes
story by Dean Motter/ art by Ken Steacy
Apocrypha: Part II/Page 22
can hope be born into a ruined world?
story & art by John Lakey and Laura Lakey
Indecision/Page 33
casebook of a psychic dentist
story & art by Rick Geary
The Gardener/Page 37
a princess faces her future with dismay
story & art by Michael Kaluta
Cerebus: His First Fifth/Page 42
the adventures of the aardvark as a boy
story by Dave Sim/ art by Dave Sim and Gerhard
The Last Galactus Story: Part I/Page 52
the first rumblings of intergalactic doom
story & pencils by John Byrne/ inks by Terry Austin/ colors
by Glynis Wein
Toadswart: Part II/Page 58 into the heart of the fire story & art by Tim Conrad
Mediaview/Page 67
the summer's s-f and fantasy on the silver screen
review by Dennis O'Neil
Bookview/Page 82
a prince and a recurrence of robots
review by Jo Duffy
Landed/Page 83
a cosmic cycle of life and death
story & art by Keiichi Koike
Feedback/Page 97
reader reaction to our twenty-fourth issue