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Elementals (1984 1st Series Comico) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4411714006

Created by Bill (Fables) Willingham. Pencils and plot by Bill Willingham, Script by Michael Wolf. Think you know about metahumans/mutants? If you haven't read the Elementals, you know nothing! Four people resurrected from the dead with the powers to control the very element which killed them. No one trusts them, not the government, the city they protect, or other metahumans. Will these 4 unlikely heroes (Vortex, Monolith, Morningstar, and Fathom) be able to stand together against the lies and forces set upon them, or will they fall prey and crumble under the pressure? In this issue: "Spontaneous Generation" Picking up where Texas Comics' Justice Machine Annual no. 1 left off, we find our heroes at home trying to make sense of recent events. A visit from an FBI agent investigating the supposed deaths and resurrection of the 4 prompts an unscheduled lunch atop Seattle's Space Needle where the Elementals are attacked by an evil supergroup, but for what purpose? Fans of J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars, Morrison's X-Men, or Millar's Ultimate X-Men should definitely give this a read. Cover price $1.50.

Elementals Sex Special (1991) 1A CBCS 9.8 Gould

Paper: White

Label #21-2491A44-001

Regular cover. Cover by Gould. "Sex, Lies, sans videotape." 16 pages. Story by Bill Willingham. Pencils by Mike Leeke. Inks by Mike Chen. Fathom has been trying to track down the metamorphing dolphin, Walker to enlist him in organizing the ocean's metahumans to fight in the war against the Oblivion planet. He's been looking for her for a totally different reason. "A little seduction." 10 pages. Story and pencils by Bill Willingham. Inks by Mike Chen and Dan Schaefer. F.I.S.H. agent Mary Lo has been tasked with obtaining secrets from Tommy Czuchra. The story's title should give you a clue as to how she goes about it. This issue was originally intended as issue 18 of the second Elementals series and thus, many of the plot elements are integral to that series. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.

Escape (1996) 1 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Label #19-2AD1FA5-013

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Mage The Hero Discovered (1985) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4037849014

1st appearance of Kevin Matchstick. Outrageous Slings and Arrows - Story, Art and Cover by Matt Wagner. In the eternal struggle, it is the fact that men need heroes more than heroes need men. Kevin Matchstick is needed. He doesn't know it. Thrust into a battle that he doesn't understand, and experiencing a power that he can't control, Kevin is the hero reborn. Alone in the world and lost in the confusion spawned by the dark power of the minions of the Umbra Sprite, Kevin discovers that there IS a comrade for him...Mirth, the enigmatic and evasive world-mage. Note: Part 1 of 15 of the Hero Discovered story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

Mage The Hero Discovered (1985) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4037849020

1st appearance of Kevin Matchstick. Outrageous Slings and Arrows - Story, Art and Cover by Matt Wagner. In the eternal struggle, it is the fact that men need heroes more than heroes need men. Kevin Matchstick is needed. He doesn't know it. Thrust into a battle that he doesn't understand, and experiencing a power that he can't control, Kevin is the hero reborn. Alone in the world and lost in the confusion spawned by the dark power of the minions of the Umbra Sprite, Kevin discovers that there IS a comrade for him...Mirth, the enigmatic and evasive world-mage. Note: Part 1 of 15 of the Hero Discovered story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

Primer (1982 1st Series) 2 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4402527014

1st appearance of Grendel (Matt Wagner art). 1st appearance of Argent. Cover price $1.50.