Fast Willie Jackson, Vol 1., No. 1

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Fast Willie, Volume 1, Number 1 from October 1976 published by Fitzgerald Periodicals, Inc. The first issue was written by Bertram Fitzgerald and illustrated by Gus LeMoine. The comic book features eight (8) stories: "Fast Willie in Finders Keepers," "Jose Martinez in Spanish Food for Thought," "Happy Birthday, Frankie," "Don’t Thread on Dee Dee," "Jabar in the Good Old Days," "Fast Willie in Lost Souls," "Hannibal in King of Kung-Fu," and "Jabar in the One and Only." The front cover of the magazine is predominately white with color illustrations. The top third of the cover features the comic’s masthead in red outlined in black with stylized text that reads [FAST / WILLIE / JACKSON]. Above the title is a graphic of Fast Willie’s head with a yellow speech bubble that says [CAN YOU DIG IT?], and another man’s head with a speech bubble that reads [YEAH! I CAN DIG IT!]. The comic book’s issue, [OCT.

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