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#2 Australian #2 Direct #2 Newsstand
Barbie, #1 Australian

Published: April 1991

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Issue Contents:
Fashion Fun and Exciting Escapades!
1 page teen
Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Composite cartoon drawing of Barbie holding a real Barbie doll.

Bubble Baths and Shampoos
Story 1 1 page

"Our new shampoos are full of good clean bubbles for you!"

Characters
  • Mario
  • Princess Toadstool [Peach]
Story Notes

Comic-style multipanel ad where Mario and Princess Toadstool pitch kids’ shampoos and bubble baths with “fruity fresh” scents. Bottles are shown with product names and characters. Tagline panel reads “Nintendo — Choose Player,” and REVLON branding appears at the bottom.

This Issue
Story 2 1 page
Characters
  • Barbie
Story Notes

Table of contents with story synopses, publisher and creator credits and indicia.

The Fashion Show Must Go On!
Story 3 6 pages adventure; fashion; teen

"Midge! Christie! Theresa! What's wrong? We've go to get ready for the big fashion show!"

Storyline

Clarence C. Ment is out to give Barbie's fashion show a rocky start.

Characters
  • Barbie
  • Clarence C. Ment
  • Midge
  • Christie
  • Theresa
Credits
Never Before Has a Force of One Been So Powerful!
Story 4 1 page

"Introducing Wrath of the Black Manta"

Graphics So Real You'll Forget It's Only a Game
Story 5 1 page

"Fight your way through enemy forces to reach the dimensional portal that leads to your home world."

Story Notes

Advertisement for the Nintendo game "Gargoyle's Quest".

Looking Good Feeling Great
Story 6 1 page teen

"How to do the Barbie walk"

Characters
  • Barbie
Story Notes

Exercise tip: how to do the Barbie Walk

Throw a Funny Fashions Dress-Up Party!
Story 7 1 page fashion; teen

"It all started when I looked through an old trunk and found..."

Characters
  • Barbie
  • Theresa
  • Midge
  • Christie
Few Live to Finish This Game
Story 8 1 page

"The whole thing started when you invented this radical formula that turns men into supermen."

Story Notes

Advertisement for the game "Street Fighter 2010: The Final Cut".

Dirty Dancing
Story 9 6 pages adventure; fashion; teen

"Barbie, I can't believe Ricardo Clark is here on this very ship with his South American bandstand!"

Storyline

Courtney isn't really a klutz, but can Barbie convince her to cut loose and "cut some rug"?

Characters
  • Barbie
  • Skipper
  • Courtney
  • Ken
Credits
They Zap, Vanquish, Vaporize and Liquefy Every Other Trading Car on Earth.
Story 10 2 pages

"162 trading cards and not one of them a wimp."

Story Notes

Advertising Marvel Universe Trading Cards.

High Five
Story 11 1 page

"Fleer Basketball Cards score big again in 1990!"

Career Quest, with Linda the Fashion Designer
Story 12 2 pages teen

"Right style, wrong buttons."

Characters
  • Barbie
  • Linda
Prize Pet
Story 13 5 pages adventure; teen

"Whoa! Down boy! You're supposed to be man's best friend!"

Storyline

Dog-sitting can be fun ... except when the dog won't sit!

Characters
  • Barbie
  • Ken
  • Sparky
Credits
Shhh--I'm Reading My Barbie Comics!
Story 14 1 page teen
Characters
  • Barbie
Story Notes

Do-Not-Disturb doorknob sign (cardboard); free gift inserted in polybagged copies.

Star Signals
Story 15 1 page
To know these guys any better, you'd have to make the team.
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Advertisement for NFL Pro Set Collect-A-Books.

Letters to Barbie
Story 17 1 page

"Hi! Welcome to our first issue of Barbie Comics!"

Story Notes

Initial column reaching out to readership with a mail in questionnaire.

50% Off Your Holiday Favorites
Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Subscription order form.

How Columbus Discovered Honey Nut Cheerios
Story 19 1 page

"In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."

Story Notes

Comics form advertisement for General Mills' Honey Nut Cheerios.

Talk Yourself Out of a Touch Situation
Story 20 1 page

"Introducing LaserScope™ from Konami®."