Introduction The following are Howard Chaykin projects: American Flagg! Pulp Fantastic American Century Following these is a list of other sites of interest.

American Flagg! This is Howard Chaykin's masterwork. Begun in 1983 and published by First Comics, American Flagg! ran 50 issues, a special, and a handful of graphic novels before ending in 1988. Retitled Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! and given a new #1, this second series ran twelve issues from 1988 to 1989.
American Flagg! premiered in 1983, published by First Comics. The series -- a wild mélange of Chaykin's interests at the time -- quickly took off, selling more than many mainstream titles. Its mature themes, combined with its writing and art, made the series a major series to watch and a significant influence on other works. The series featured plot twists, cinematic panels of sometimes densely piled artistic and textual elements, and a dense layering of details about its society; characters appearing in cameos might suddenly become important.
American Flagg! was set in a satirical future with a corporate U.S.A., mass media saturation, and sex seemingly everywhere. In the series, in 1996, the U.S.S.R. had collapsed. By the time of the series, Germany had reunified and attacked England, Iran and Israel had a limited nuclear exchange, and plagues ran rampant while banks collapsed. Oh, and the U.S. government abandoned Earth in favor of Mars. By 2031, the corporation Plex-USA controlled the U.S. -- except California, which was at the bottom of the Pacific. The Plexus Rangers had replaced the police -- opposed by a resistance movement called the American Survivalist Labor Committee. The top-rated show was Bob Violence and the drug Mananacillin cured every STD out there -- but may have been part of a plan by Plex-USA to sterilize the masses. Rueben Flagg, the Jewish protagonist of American Flagg! who was raised on Mars by patriotic but idealistic parents, was an out-of-work actor and new recruit to the Plexus Rangers.
As the series began, Reuben Flagg arrived in Chicago to begin his tour of duty. In the first issue, he stopped Bob Violence, which aired subliminal messages by the American Survivalist Labor Committee that were causing riots after the show ended. Chaykin began the series with a plan for the first twelve issues. With #27, Chaykin left the series to continue -- notably, briefly under

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
	American Flagg! #1	cover-dated October 1983	0
	American Flagg! #2		0
	American Flagg! #3		0
	American Flagg! #4		0
	American Flagg! #5		0
	American Flagg! #6		0
	American Flagg! #7		0
	American Flagg! #8		0
	American Flagg! #9		0
	American Flagg!: State of the Union	a.k.a. First Comics Graphic Novel #21; collects American Flagg! #7-9; 96 pages	0
	American Flagg! #10		0
	American Flagg! #11		0
	American Flagg! #12		0
	American Flagg! #13		0
	American Flagg! #14		0
	American Flagg! #15		0
	American Flagg! #16		0
	American Flagg! #17		0
	American Flagg! #18		0
	American Flagg! #19		0
	American Flagg! #20		0
American Flagg! #21-27: Alan Moore script
	American Flagg! #21		0
	American Flagg! #22		0
	American Flagg! #23		0
	American Flagg! #24		0
	American Flagg! #25		0
	American Flagg! #26		0
	American Flagg! #27		0
	American Flagg! #28		0
	American Flagg! #29		0
	American Flagg! #30		0
	American Flagg! #31	tells the origin of Bob Violence	0
	American Flagg! #32		0
	American Flagg! #33		0
	American Flagg! #34		0
	American Flagg! #35		0
	American Flagg! #36		0
	American Flagg! #37		0
	American Flagg! #38		0
	American Flagg! #39		0
	American Flagg! #40		0
	American Flagg! #41		0
	American Flagg! #42		0
	American Flagg! #43		0
	American Flagg! #44		0
	American Flagg! #45		0
	American Flagg! #46		0
	American Flagg! #47		0
	American Flagg! #48		0
	American Flagg! #49		0
	American Flagg! #50	final issue; cover-dated March 1988	0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #1	cover-dated May 1988	0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #2		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #3		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #4		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #5		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #6		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #7		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #8		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #9		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #10	has a photo of Elvis Presley on the cover	0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #11		0
	Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! #12	cover-dated April 1989	0
SPECIAL
	American Flagg! Special #1	introduces Time2; cover-dated November 1986; I assume that this was not a book (i.e. did not have a spine)	0
GRAPHIC NOVELLAS
	American Flagg!: Hard Times	a.k.a. First Comics Graphic Novel #3; 100 pages	0
	Time2: The Epiphany	a.k.a. First Comics Graphic Novel #9 (misidentified as #8 in the indicia); 52 pages; cover-dated November 1986	0
	Time2: The Satisfaction of Black Mariah	cover-dated September 1987	0
	American Flagg!: Southern Comfort	a.k.a. First Comics Graphic Novel #12; cover-dated October 1987	0

Co-written with David Tischman, DC / Vertigo published Pulp Fantastic as part of its V2K project, celebrating the beginning of the year 2000. Originally intended to be a four-issue mini-series, Pulp Fantastic concluded with the third issue.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Pulp Fantastic #1-3: Howard Chaykin and David Tischman script; Rick Burchett art
	Pulp Fantastic #1	cover-dated February 2000	1
	Pulp Fantastic #2		1
	Pulp Fantastic #3	cover-dated April 2000	1

Co-written with David Tischman, DC / Vertigo began American Century as an ongoing series in early 2001.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
American Century #1-27: Howard Chaykin and David Tischman script
American Century #1-2, 11, 20-21: Marc Laming pencils
American Century #1-2, 11, 21, 23: John Stokes inks
	American Century #1	cover-dated May 2001	1
	American Century #2		1
American Century #3-10, 12-19, 22, 24-27: I've not entered the art data for these issues
	American Century #3		0
	American Century #4		0
	American Century: Scars and Stripes	collects American Century #1-4 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	0
	American Century #5		0
Larger Version Available	American Century #6		0
	American Century #7		0
	American Century #8		0
	American Century #9		0
	American Century: Hollywood Babylon	collects American Century #5-9	0
American Century #10-13: "White Lightning" storyline
Larger Version Available	American Century #10		0
Larger Version Available	American Century #11	Glen Orbik cover	0
	American Century #12		0
	American Century #13		0
	American Century #14		0
	American Century #15		0
	American Century #16		0
American Century #17-21: "Coming Home" storyline
	American Century #17		0
	American Century #18		0
	American Century #19		0
American Century #20-21: Jim Silke cover
	American Century #20	Digital Chameleon inks	0
	American Century #21		0
American Century #22-23: "Tramps" storyline
	American Century #22	published on Wednesday, 5 March 2003	0
	American Century #23	Luke Ross pencils; Glenn Orbik cover	0
	American Century #24		0
American Century #25-27: "Bite the Big Apple" storyline
	American Century #25		0
	American Century #26		0
	American Century #27	final issue?	0

None at present.	Vertigo Chronology This large, hyperlinked table covers the publications of DC's Vertigo imprint, organized by cover-date and by type.	Off-Site Please be aware that the continued quality, and even existence, of these sites cannot be guaranteed. PersianCaesar.com The website of author Julian Darius, creator of The Continuity Pages. Please support your site.