Editing Peril:The Comics

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'''Thrills! Chills! Explosions! Apologies!''' Welcome to the Skyscraper Comics archive—the permanent home of every known Peril Patrol comic, annual, graphic novel, spin-off and ill-advised prestige revival.
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For years, '''Skyscraper Comics''' chronicled the adventures of [[Peril:Patrol|the Peril Patrol]] in stories distinguished by their startling covers, bewildering plots and strict refusal to consult qualified experts.

Presented below are the surviving highlights of that remarkable publishing history. Issues are arranged by series rather than chronology, since nobody has been able to establish what the chronology was.

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== The Original Series ==

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<h3>Peril Patrol #1</h3>
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[[File:Peril Patrol 1.jpg|center|300px|The Peril Patrol #1]]

The astonishing first appearance of '''Mastermind''', '''Chameleon''', '''Tokyo Joe''' and '''Mister Chips'''! Everything readers needed to understand was placed on the cover, leaving the interior pages free to complicate matters.

'''[[:File:Peril Patrol 1.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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<h3>Peril Patrol #12</h3>
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[[File:Peril Patrol 12.jpg|center|300px|The Peril Patrol #12]]

By issue twelve, the Peril Patrol had survived several villains, two editorial reorganizations and repeated demands that someone explain exactly what Chameleon’s powers were.

'''[[:File:Peril Patrol 12.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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== The Peril Patrol Annuals ==

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<h3>Peril Patrol Annual #1</h3>
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[[File:Peril Patrol Annual 1.jpg|center|300px|The Peril Patrol Annual #1]]

A colossal treasury of all-new Peril Patrol action, supplemented by diagrams, pin-ups and several pages apparently included upside down.

'''[[:File:Peril Patrol Annual 1.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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<h3>Peril Patrol Annual #2</h3>
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[[File:Peril Patrol Annual 2.jpg|center|300px|The Peril Patrol Annual #2]]

The second sensational annual offered even more pages than the first, although contemporary readers disagreed over whether this constituted an improvement.

'''[[:File:Peril Patrol Annual 2.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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== Peril in the Deluxe Format ==

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<h3>Last Tango of the Atomic Head</h3>
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[[File:Last Tango Of The Atomic Head GN.jpg|center|300px|Last Tango of the Atomic Head]]

The landmark graphic novel that proved a Peril Patrol story could be longer, heavier and considerably more expensive without becoming any easier to understand.

'''[[:File:Last Tango Of The Atomic Head GN.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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<h3>Super Yeah! Okay, Chief!</h3>
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[[File:Super Yeah Ok Chief GN.jpg|center|300px|Super Yeah! Okay, Chief!]]

'''Tokyo Joe''' takes center stage in a book-length adventure featuring robots, explosions, extremely confident engineering and the heroic declaration heard wherever danger threatens:

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'''[[:File:Super Yeah Ok Chief GN.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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== Spin-Offs and Other Warning Signs ==

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<h3>The Stranger Limited Series #1</h3>
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[[File:The Stranger Limited Series 1.jpg|center|300px|The Stranger Limited Series #1]]

The mysterious Stranger received his own limited series, allowing readers several uninterrupted pages in which to discover almost nothing about him.

'''[[:File:The Stranger Limited Series 1.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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<h3>The Glamazons #1</h3>
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[[File:Glamazons 1.png|center|300px|The Glamazons #1]]

'''Vavoom! Yokohama Mama! Gunbunny! MILLIE!''' Beauty, brains, bullets and better cable management came together in the spectacular first issue of [[Peril:Allies#The Glamazons|the Glamazons]].

'''[[:File:Glamazons 1.png|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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<h3>Downunda #1</h3>
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[[File:Downunda 1.jpg|center|300px|Downunda #1]]

Adventure from the far side of the world! This first issue demonstrated that Skyscraper Comics could endanger an entirely different continent without appreciably changing its editorial methods.

'''[[:File:Downunda 1.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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== The Peril Patrol Returns ==

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'''Older! Darker! Grimier!''' The heroes returned in a prestige revival that finally asked what the Peril Patrol would look like without optimism, restraint or adequate interior lighting.
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<div class="peril-panel-title">The Peril Patrol Returns #1</div>

[[File:The Peril Patrol Returns 1.jpg|center|500px|The Peril Patrol Returns #1]]

A generation after their original adventures, the Patrol came crashing back into comics in a story of aging heroes, urban decay and accidents subsequently described by witnesses as “completely unavoidable.”

'''[[:File:The Peril Patrol Returns 1.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

=== Interior Art ===

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File:The Peril Patrol Returns 1 Page 1.jpg|'''Interior page''' — The official account of events becomes increasingly specific and decreasingly convincing. [[Media:The Peril Patrol Returns 1 Page 1.jpg|Full size]]
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== Peril Patrol: Watchmen ==

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'''Who patrols the Peril Patrol?''' More importantly, who took the last jelly doughnut?
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<div class="peril-panel-title">Peril Patrol: Watchmen #1</div>

[[File:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1.jpg|center|500px|Peril Patrol: Watchmen #1]]

The Patrol entered the age of deconstructed superheroes with an intricate mystery involving masks, vigilantism, urban corruption and a suspicious absence of jelly doughnuts.

Critics praised its oppressive atmosphere, painstaking symbolism and unusually thorough documentation of Chameleon’s lunch break.

'''[[:File:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1.jpg|View the full-size cover!]]'''

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File:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 1.jpg|'''Page 1''' [[Media:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 1.jpg|Full size]]
File:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 2.jpg|'''Page 2''' [[Media:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 2.jpg|Full size]]
File:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 3.jpg|'''Page 3''' [[Media:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 3.jpg|Full size]]
File:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 4.jpg|'''Page 4''' [[Media:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 4.jpg|Full size]]
File:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 5.jpg|'''Page 5''' [[Media:Peril Patrol Watchmen 1 Page 5.jpg|Full size]]
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'''“Skyscraper Comics—because somebody already paid the printer!”'''
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