Issues 1-26 of 'The Fish Police', plus 'The Fish Police Special', plus issues 1-6 of 'Fish Shticks'

Fish Police is a comic book series by cartoonist Steve Moncuse. The plot centers on law and crime in a fictional underwater metropolis with the protagonist, Inspector Gill, trying to solve various, often Mafia-related, crimes while avoiding being seduced by the buxom Angel. The comic featured several marine species as its characters, while the plots and dialogue were reminiscent of film noir.

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Issues 1a-6a Fishwrap Productions, 1985-1987

Fish Police Special, Comico, 1987

Issues 5b, 7b and 8-17 Comico, 1988-1989

Issues 18-26 Apple Comics, 1989-1991

Issues 1c-6c Marvel Comics, 1992-1993

Issues 1-6 of Fish Shticks, App Comics, 1992-1993


Written and Illustrated by Steven Moncuse for all publishers

Colors in the Comico issues by Tom Vincent, Matt Webb, Trishie Schutz

Additional Inking in the Apple Comics issues by Juanita van Koppenhagen

Colors in the Marvel issues by Tom Vincent

Color for Fish Police Special by Tom Vincent

Fish Shticks Written by Steven Moncuse, Illustrated by Steve Hauk

Some of the Comico issues feature new backup stories by people like Matt Howarth, Arthur Adams, Eric Shanower and more. Also, from publisher to publisher, beyond some issues being in color and some in b&w, there are also some small changes to page count and page layout.

Fish Police started in 1985 as a self-published black-and-white title by Moncuse through his own Fishwrap Productions. After 12 issues the title was picked up by Comico in 1987, which reprinted issues 1-4 in a trade titled Hairballs, followed by color reprints of the other 8 Fishwrap issues. After issue 17, Comico went bankrupt, but Fish Police was then acquired by Apple Press, which continued the numbering begun by Comico. Apple published the title until early 1991, stopping at number 26. In 1992–1993, Marvel Comics reprinted the first six issues of the original self-published series, this time in full color.

Apple also printed a six-issue spin-off, Fish Shticks, between 1992 and 1993. Written by Moncuse and drawn by Steve Hauk, this series was more gag-based than the original.