{"id":808,"date":"2010-06-30T07:42:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=808"},"modified":"2010-06-30T07:43:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T14:43:43","slug":"glow-in-the-dark-comics-5-perg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/glow-in-the-dark-comics-5-perg\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow in the Dark Comics #5 Perg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">During the speculator boom in the 1990s comic book market, publishers enhanced comic covers to increase sales. These gimmicks included shiny foil, holograms and even pop-ups! But, one of the coolest enhancements was the glow in the dark cover. Let&#8217;s shed some light on the subject, shall we?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/perg-1.gif\" alt=\"Perg #1 glow in the dark variant\" title=\"Perg #1 glow in the dark variant\" align=\"left\" \/><b><u>Publisher<\/u><\/b>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics_Lightning-Comics_W0QQ_fsubZ19879137QQ_sidZ13296653QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322\">Lightning Comics<\/a><br \/><b><u>Cover Date<\/u><\/b>: October 1993<br \/><b><u>Cover Price<\/u><\/b>: $3.50<br \/><b><u>Cover Artist<\/u><\/b>: Saltares<\/p>\n<p><em>Perg <\/em>was one of three titles that launched the <strong>Lightning Comics <\/strong>line in 1993. It told the story of a corrupt policeman who was killed by the very citizens he was charged to protect in the 1800s. Perg rose the next day as a spirit for good with the ability to rid people of their evil. <\/p>\n<p>The title only lasted for eight issues but it&#8217;s importance in the comic industry spans far beyond that. Lightning Comics debuted Hellina in this series and she went on to have over twenty solo series and one-shots!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On Ebay<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22perg%22&amp;submit=Search&amp;LH_TitleDesc=1\" target=\"_blank\">Perg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the speculator boom in the 1990s comic book market, publishers enhanced comic covers to increase sales. These gimmicks included shiny foil, holograms and even pop-ups! But, one of the coolest enhancements was the glow in the dark cover. Let&#8217;s shed some light on the subject, shall we? Publisher: Lightning ComicsCover Date: October 1993Cover Price: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glow-in-the-dark-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}