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Another series I loved is "the Masked Man" by writer/artist B.C. Boyer. It is somewhat similar in style to Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT, featuring a similar looking masked hero, and his shorter chubby friend, who writes about his hero friend and narrates the stories. In each issue, they meet someone and help them, in stories that are both funny and tragic human interest stories.

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It first appeared as an anthology series in ECLIPSE magazine issues 7 and 8, that last 2 issues of that black and white anthology series, in 1982.

Then it appeared in the anthology's new form of ECLIPSE MONTHLY 1-10, in 1983-1984. While there were a number of regular series in this anthology, "The Masked Man" was the only series to appear in every issue.

Then the series spun off into its own title, as THE MASKED MAN 1-12, from 1984-1988. The last few issues 10-12 going to a black and white format, as many titles from Eclipse, Fantagraphics and other publishers did in this period, to remain solvent during a difficult period for the comics industry.

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There was also another 8-page backup series by B.C. Boyer called "The Incredible Seven" that ran in Don McGregor's SABRE series, in issues 4, 5 and 6 in 1983 (that I believe was Boyer's first sale to Eclipse, but ran after the first Masked Man stories were published).
Boyer tied in and concluded this earlier backup in a Masked Man story in ECLIPSE MONTHLY 5, Feb 1984.

After the MASKED MAN series ended in 1988, B.C. Boyer disappeared from comics for a while.
Boyer came back into comics a few years later and did a series called HILLY ROSE 1-9, from 1995-1997. A humorous whimsical mixture of Walt Kelly's "Pogo" series, that combined elements of Cho's LIBERTY MEADOWS, and a futuristic space travel backdrop. With a lot of decorative and fun Norman Rockwell-esque pin-up pages and color back covers.This was likewise a black and white series. Rough economic times in the comic industry, amid a glut of substandard black and white titles in that era, killed both MASKED MAN and HILLY ROSE, and seemed to push Boyer out of comics into other work.
Too bad, I liked his stuff a lot.

Complete issues scanned online:

ECLIPSE MONTHLY
https://viewcomiconline.com/eclipse-monthly-issue-1/

SABRE (B.C. Boyer "Incredible Seven" backups in 4-6. Concluded in ECLIPSE MONTHLY 5)
https://viewcomiconline.com/sabre-issue-4/
https://viewcomiconline.com/eclipse-monthly-issue-5/

HILLY ROSE
https://viewcomiconline.com/hilly-rose-issue-1/