| Ongoing: | y |
| Scifi: | y |
| Publisher: | First Comics |
| Date: | October 1983 – March 1988 |
| Issues: | 50 |
| Writers: | Howard Chaykin |
| Artists: | Howard Chaykin |
| Letterers: | Ken Bruzenak |
| Colorists: | Lynn Varley |
| Editors: | Mike Gold |
| Creators: | Howard Chaykin |
| Tpb: | Volume 1 |
| Isbn: | 1-58240-983-8 |
| Subcat: | First Comics |
| Sort: | American Flagg! |
American Flagg! is an American comic book series created by writer-artist Howard Chaykin, published by First Comics from 1983 to 1989. A science fiction series and political satire, it was set in the U.S., particularly Chicago, Illinois, in the early 2030s.[1] Writers besides Chaykin included Steven Grant, J.M. DeMatteis, Alan Moore and John Francis Moore.
American Flagg, which ran 50 issues (October 1983 – March 1988),[2] was one of the first titles to be published by First Comics, an early alternative press comics company founded in Evanston, Illinois[3] in 1983.[4] Unusually for the time, the company offered its freelance writers and artists creator rights, including ownership of their creations. Regardless, writer-artist Howard Chaykin, then living in New York City, felt trepidation when First Comics approached him to do a project. He recalled in 2010: