Satellite Sam

Satellite Sam is a creator-owned American comic book series by Matt Fraction and American artist Howard Chaykin distributed by Image Comics starting in July 2013.^[1]

Satellite Sam
Cover of Satellite Sam #1
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	July 2013
No. of issues	15
Creative team
Created by	Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin
Written by	Matt Fraction
Artist(s)	Howard Chaykin

Plot

Carlyle White, a children's television show presenter in the 1950s, is found dead with a box of photographs of scantily clad women in provocative positions. His son believes the box of photographs is the key to solving his father's murder. The story follows Carlyle's son, a recovering alcoholic, as he steps into his father's shoes as the television character Satellite Sam, deals with his addictions, and wrangles producers, writers, and journalists during the nascent days of television.^[2]

Collected editions

Title	Material collected	Publication date	ISBN
Satellite Sam Vol. 1	Satellite Sam #1-5	March 2014	9781607068525
Satellite Sam Vol. 2: Satellite Sam and the Kinescope Snuff	Satellite Sam #6-10	October 2014	9781632151209
Satellite Sam Vol. 3: Satellite Sam and the Limestone Caves of Fire	Satellite Sam #11-15	August 2015	9781632154057
Satellite Sam Deluxe Edition	Satellite Sam #1-15	October 2015	9781632154781