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Alien 3 Movie Adaptation (1992) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4698600013

Written by Steven Grant. Art by Christopher Taylor and Rick Magyar. Cover by Arthur Suydam. Ripley, probably the most practiced Alien-fighter in known space, finds herself up against the beast one more time in this adaptation of the most eagerly awaited film of the summer! FC Cover price $2.50.

Aliens Hive (1992) 2 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4693639021

Written by JERRY PROSSER. Art and cover by KELLEY JONES. Stanislaw Mayakovsky and his new "partner" have designed a cyberantic Alien to steal the Alien Queen Mother's royal jelly, the galaxy's most valuable commodity. This issue the cyberantic Alien's big test comes as "Norbert" is sent deep into the heart of an Alien hive! Cover price $2.50.

Aliens Predator Deadliest of Species (1993) 1A CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4698217013

"Time of the Preacher." An alien captures Caryn Delacroix, a genetically engineered woman who was already dealing with nightmares and her husband's inappropriately amorous son. Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Jackson Guice, inks by John Beatty. Cover by John Bolton. Cover price $2.50.

Aliens TPB (1992 Dark Horse) 2nd Edition 1-1ST CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Second Edition.

Label #4742856002

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Book One!" Collects Aliens (1988-1989) #1-6. Written by Mark Verheiden. Art by Mark A. Nelson. The collection includes all six issues of the Aliens series plus the short story from Dark Horse Presents #24 by Mark Verheiden & Mark A. Nelson. Also included are all of Nelson's frightening frontpieces form all printings of the series. Softcover, 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.95.

Aliens vs. Predator (1990) 1 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4630503008

Written by Randy Stradley. Art by Phill Norwood and Karl Story. Cover by Phill Norwood. Continuing the story begun in the pages of Dark Horse Presents #34-#36, this is it--Dark Horse Comics' most ambitious project to date! The inhabitants of the colony planet Ryushi are peaceful ranchers--men and women who lead simple lives. But their lives are tragically shattered as they become part of a "coming of age" ceremony for that race of deadly alien hunters--the Predators. However, the Predators' prey are not the human inhabitants of Ryushi, but rather something far more dangerous--Aliens! Cover price $2.50.

Barb Wire (2015 Dark Horse) 1B CGC 9.8 Hughes Red Logo Variant

Paper: White

Variant Cover.

Label #4708673004

Written by Chris Warner. Art by Pat Olliffe and Tom Nguyen. Cover by Adam Hughes. Nail-hard tough and drop-dead gorgeous, Barb Wire is the baddest bounty hunter on the mean streets of Steel Harbor, where gangsters can lift bulldozers and leap rusting factories in a single bound. The hunting is stupid good and the bounties are hella big-if Barb lives long enough to collect! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Dark Horse Presents (1986) 34 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4422411006

Cover by Chris Warner. This issue of Dark Horse's premier title features the fantastic climax of Book Two of Leopoldo Duranona's Race of Scorpions, the final episode of the current adventures of Michael Kraiger's radioactive misfit, The Zone, and a special Aliens story by Phil Norwood and Randy Stradley that will kick off one of Dark Horse's most exciting projects! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.75.

Dark Horse Presents (1986) 34 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4646695007

Cover by Chris Warner. This issue of Dark Horse's premier title features the fantastic climax of Book Two of Leopoldo Duranona's Race of Scorpions, the final episode of the current adventures of Michael Kraiger's radioactive misfit, The Zone, and a special Aliens story by Phil Norwood and Randy Stradley that will kick off one of Dark Horse's most exciting projects! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.75.

Drawing on Your Nightmares Halloween Special (2003 Dark Horse) 0B CGC 9.2 JSA Niles

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Steve Niles Authenticated Autograph. Retailer Incentive Edition.

Label #4735000020

Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Mike Mignola. Story by Steve Niles and Eric Powell. Art by Ben Templesmith and Eric Powell. The Dark Horse horror line offers up a special bag of tricks for autumn. Following up their smash-hit series Criminal Macabre, Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith present Cal McDonald's latest case, in which the foul-mouthed private dick rubs elbows with undead gangsters in Las Vegas. The Goon creator Eric Powell introduces us to the even seedier side of life in his zombie-infested burg, featuring the Goon's eight-armed, hard-luck poker buddy Spider. Brett Matthews, writer from the Angel TV shows, gives us a twisted taste of the upcoming Tales of the Vampires, the new series of comics written by Joss Whedon and the writers from his TV show. No tricks ? this comic's ALL treats! Full color, 32 pages. $2.99

Fear Agent (2005) 1A CGC 9.8 Moore

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Label #0139878006

Written by Rick Remender, Art by Tony Moore and Sean Parsons, Cover by Tony Moore and Rick Remender. The Fear Agents are no more. Once known throughout the universe for driving three invading alien races from Earth, they stood as a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Now, Heath Huston drunkenly scuttles across the galaxy as an alien exterminator, the last of their ranks. Combining the aesthetic elements of all three of the genres that made EC comics the high water mark of sequential storytelling (science fiction, war, and horror) Heath's adventures take readers on monthly jaunts to brave new worlds overrun by jellyfish brains, wild ape-men and rickety robots bent on intergalactic domination! 32 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.99.

Fear Agent (2005) 1RRP CGC 9.2 SS Remender Moore RRP Variant

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Signed by Rick Remender on 7/01/06 and Signed by Tony Moore on 7/02/06. Retailer Incentive Edition.

Label #0778209002

RRP Retailer Summit Cover. Written by Rick Remender, Art by Tony Moore and Sean Parsons, Cover by Tony Moore and Rick Remender. The Fear Agents are no more. Once known throughout the universe for driving three invading alien races from Earth, they stood as a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Now, Heath Huston drunkenly scuttles across the galaxy as an alien exterminator, the last of their ranks. Combining the aesthetic elements of all three of the genres that made EC comics the high water mark of sequential storytelling (science fiction, war, and horror) Heath's adventures take readers on monthly jaunts to brave new worlds overrun by jellyfish brains, wild ape-men and rickety robots bent on intergalactic domination! 28 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.99.

Godzilla vs. Barkley (1993) 1 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4680273002

Written by Mike Baron and Alan Smithee. Art by Jeff Butler and Keith Aiken. Cover by Dave Dorman. The world's mightiest monster battles earth's greatest athlete in the most outrageous, board-slamming, super-dunking game of hoops in the history of History itself! A clash so huge, only writer Mike Baron and artists Jeff Butler and Keith Aiken can fit it on a page. Bigger than Bigfoot, space aliens, and Elvis combined! Until your last breath, you will remember what you were doing on the fateful day Godzilla met Charles Barkley. FC. Cover price $2.95.

Hellboy The Third Wish (2002) 2 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4556966004

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created, written, & illustrated by MIKE MIGNOLA Hellboy battles various and sundry horrors of the deep! A giant fish woman explains that, in order for the world to survive, Hellboy must die; while faeries, elves, and a chicken discuss the fate of the universe. On sale August 21 FC, 32pg (2 of 2) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Nexus Meets Madman (1996) 1 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4554958011

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Written by Mike Baron and Mike Allred. Art and cover by Steve Rude. In his nightmares, Nexus has seen visions that would wake the dead. And in his role as interplanetary executioner, he's faced down the galaxy's most vicious mass murderers and sentenced them to the most horrible of punishments. But when a renegade robot overcomes Nexus with sickly sweet sensations of cotton candy, pink flowers, and circus music, he must look for help -- and he finds it in the form of Madman! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Original Mysterymen (1999) 1 CGC 9.9

Paper: White

Label #4698813018

Cover by Bob Burden. "Who Are The Mysterymen?"; Essay discussing the history of the Mysterymen, their previous appearances in Flaming Carrot Comics, and an introduction to this mini-series. "Monster in a Shipyard," script by Bob Burden, pencils by Stephen Sadowski, inks by Christian Alamy; Bored and hung over, The Strangler, The Metro Marauder, and The Spleen go over to the shipyard to shoot guns and encounter a monster. 36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Predator (1989) 1 CGC 7.5 1st Printing

Paper: White

Label #4690703020

First Printing. Written by Mark Verheiden. Art by Chris Warner and Sam de la Rosa. The Predators are back, only this time their hunting ground isn't the tropical jungles of South America--it's the concrete and street jungles of New York City! It's the hottest summer on record, and Detective Schaefer suspects that his brother's disappearance is somehow tied to the wave of gruesome murders plaguing New York! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.25.

Predator vs. Magnus Robot Fighter (1992) 2 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4532991012

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Written by Jim Shooter and John Ostrander. Art by Lee Weeks. Valiant and Dark Horse combine their resources to produce the spectacular conclusion to this exciting face-off! Predator faces Robot Fighter -- and only one will walk away. Don't miss this historic match-up! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

R.I.P.D. City of the Damned (2012) 1 CGC 9.2

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Label #4554958007

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(W) Peter M. Lenkov, Jeremy Barlow (A) Tony Parker (CA) Dave Wilkins Roy Pulsipher and Nick Walker are dead, but that doesn't mean their time in law enforcement is over. Both Roy and Nick are officers in the Rest in Peace Department, sworn to serve the Almighty and protect the living from evil's foul corruption. Their current case has them chasing a ghostly fanatic determined to undo all of creation-a threat with very personal connections to Roy's past, stretching back a hundred years into a weird, Wild West and Roy's first day on the job. It's a twisted history that Nick is only starting to uncover, and one that could have him reconsidering ever joining the R.I.P.D.! Cover price $3.50.

Sin City A Dame to Kill For (1993) 1A CGC 9.8 Miller

Paper: White

Label #4735711004

1st printing - Story and art by Frank Miller. In Sin City, it's easy to hide from the present, but impossible to forget the past. Frank Miller makes a return trip to Sin City and brings eager readers along for the ride. On the way, meet Dwight, a photographer who specializes in hard-to-get shots... the incriminating kind. The kind that lead to messy, expensive divorces. Dwight's doing his best to forget the past, and was doing a pretty good job until the phone rang. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For #1 is another no-holds-barred, chiaroscuro excursion to the favorite city of Frank Miller, winner of the National Cartoonists' Award for Best Comic Book of 1992. This premiere issue features cover-to-cover story and a special mystery guest. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Sin City That Yellow Bastard (1996) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4735711003

Story and art by Frank Miller. Just one hour to go. Hartigan's polishing his badge and working himself up to kissing it good-bye, it and the thirty-odd years of protecting and serving and tears and blood and triumph that it represents. He's thinking about his wife's slow smile, about the thick, fat steaks she's picked up at the butcher's, about the bottle of champagne she's got packed in ice, about sleeping in till ten in the morning and spending sunny afternoons flat on his back. Just one hour to go and he gets word from a stoolie about that one loose end he hasn't tied up, a young girl who's out there, helpless in the hands of a drooling lunatic. Just one hour to go ... and he's gonna go out with a bang. 32 pages, B&W (and Yellow). Cover price $2.95.

Space Usagi (1996 Dark Horse) 3 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4753351014

Story and art by Stan Sakai. He's lost his clan's treasure to the kidnappers of Lord Kiyoshi, and he's mistakenly shot his friend Rhogen, thinking him involved in the rebel assault. Now Usagi has only two opportunities to save face -- he must free Kiyoshi from his captors and bring the criminals to justice. Or he must die trying. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 0 CGC 9.8

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Label #4743880001

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Written by J. W. Rinzler, Randy Stradley. Art by Mike Mayhew & Various. Cover by Nick Runge. A companion to the eight-issue adaptation of The Star Wars, this is an exclusive peek behind the scenes at the designs that have brought a new-yet incredibly familiar-galaxy to life. Included in this volume are the never-before-seen comics sequences that were used in Dark Horse's pitch to George Lucas! Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 1A CGC 9.8 Beredo

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Label #4743880002

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Cover by Rain Beredo (W) J. W. Rinzler (A) Mike Mayhew Before Star Wars, there was The Star Wars! This is the authorized adaptation of George Lucas's rough-draft screenplay of what would eventually become a motion picture that would change the world. Annikin Starkiller is the hero . . . Luke Skywalker is a wizened Jedi general . . . Han Solo is a big green alien . . . and the Sith . . . Well, the Sith are still the bad guys. High adventure and derring-do from longer ago, in a galaxy even further away! Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 2A CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4743880003

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Cover by Rain Beredo, Nick Runge (W) J. W. Rinzler (A) Mike Mayhew The Empire is poised for an attack on the peaceful world of Aquilae, and only Jedi General Luke Skywalker seems concerned. When King Kayos is killed, Jedi in training Annikin Starkiller is ordered to find Princess Leia, while Skywalker sends his only squadron against the Empire's powerful new battle station! Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 3 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4743880004

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(W) J. W. Rinzler (A) Mike Mayhew (CA) Rain Beredo, Nick Runge A Queen steps down! The Hidden Fortress destroyed! The Imperial army on the march! Annikin Starkiller and Princess Leia rescue two wayward droids in the desert, Darth Vader recruits a famous Knight of the Sith to his army, and a squad of lazersword-wielding Stormtroopers attempt to arrest Jedi General Luke Skywalker! Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 4 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4743880005

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Written by J. W. Rinzler. Art by Mike Mayhew. Cover by Rain Beredo, Nick Runge. General Skywalker and Jedi-in-training Annikin Starkiller have a deadly encounter with mounted Stormtroopers! An encounter with outlaws in a cantina leads to a meeting with smuggler Han Solo! And a Jedi makes the ultimate sacrifice to save one of Princess Leia's younger brothers! Duel in the desert! Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 5 CGC 9.8

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Label #4743880006

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Written by J. W. Rinzler. Art by Mike Mayhew. Cover by Nick Runge. Remember the scene in Star Wars where the Sith Knight traps General Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Annikin Starkiller, and the alien Han Solo-and they have to fight their way free and steal an Imperial starship? No? That's because this is The Star Wars-based on George Lucas's original rough-draft screenplay! Experience a Star Wars that never was! Official eight-issue adaptation of George Lucas's original rough-draft screenplay for Star Wars! 'Fans of the real Star Wars won't dare miss it, and rightly so; it's also worth checking out for anybody who likes a good space opera.' -Comic Book Resources 'The Star Wars' is a pretty fun sci-fi comic. If I had no prior knowledge about how the story actually turned out, I think I'd be just as interested and invested in how this story ends as I am now.' -ScienceFiction.com © 2013 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for The Star Wars are © 2013 Lucasfilm Ltd. Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 6 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4743880007

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(W) J. W. Rinzler (A) Mike Mayhew (CA) Nick Runge A dogfight with Imperial fighter craft, a dangerous detour through an asteroid field, and a forced evacuation in life-pods land Luke Skywalker and company on Yavin-the planet of the Wookiees! But Princess Leia gets separated from the group, and when slavers capture her, Annikin Starkiller goes all Jedi on them! • First look at the Wookiees! • Official eight-issue adaptation of George Lucas's original rough-draft screenplay for Star Wars! © 2014 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars and The Star Wars are © 2013 Lucasfilm Ltd. Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 7 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4743880008

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Written by J. W. Rinzler. Art by Mike Mayhew. Cover by Nick Runge. When Princess Leia falls into the hands of Darth Vader, General Skywalker, Annikin Starkiller, and Han Solo must go on the offensive against the Galactic Empire. But they have a secret weapon on their side-one that the Imperials have vastly underestimated: Wookiees! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars (2013 Dark Horse) Lucas Draft 8 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4743880009

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Written by J. W. Rinzler. Art by Mike Mayhew. Cover by Nick Runge. Annikin Starkiller fights Darth Vader and Prince Valorum to save Princess Leia! Luke Skywalker and the Wookiees attack the Empire's Space Fortress! This is the final battle! It's like nothing you've seen before, but it's all Star Wars! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (2006) 1 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4521658025

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1ST PRINTING. JOHN JACKSON MILLER (W), BRIAN CHING (P), MICHAEL ATIYEH (C), and TRAVIS CHAREST (Cover) FC, 32pg, $2.99. On the planet Taris, a young Padawan named Zayne has been framed for a heinous and brutal crime against the Jedi order. Suddenly a wanted fugitive and on the run from his Jedi Masters, Zayne is forced to ally himself with the under-city's criminals, con artists, and petty thieves he'd previously vowed to bring to justice. Staying alive is the first order of business and if he's ever to clear his name, Zayne must make this new alliance work ... providing he survives the experience. ? To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, Dark Horse is completely relaunching its Star Wars publishing line. This series is the first of many new titles to come. ? A new ongoing monthly series written by John Jackson Miller (Iron Man) and illustrated by Brian Ching (Star Wars Obsession), set four thousand years before the rise of the Empire and the fall of Anakin Skywalker (and eight years prior to the events in the Knights of the Old Republic video game). ? A great starting point for anyone interested in following the Star Wars saga beyond the films. ? Cover by fan-favorite artist Travis Charest (WildC.A.T.S., WildC.A.T.S/X-Men)! Cover price $2.99.

Star Wars Legacy (2006) 0A CGC 9.8 Duursema

Paper: White

Label #3925703003

Written by John Ostrander. Art by Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, Sean Cooke and Douglas Wheatley. Cover by Jan Duursema. Welcome to the beginning of a grand, new chapter in the Star Wars saga! More than a hundred years have passed since the events in Return of the Jedi and the days of the New Jedi Order. There is a new evil gripping the galaxy, shattering a resurgent Empire and seeking to destroy the last of the Jedi. Even as their power is failing, the Jedi hold to one final hope: the last remaining heir to the Skywalker legacy. It's a brave new galaxy for Star Wars fans, at once familiar and surprising-interplanetary intrigue and adventure on an epic scale; iconic heroes and villains cast in new roles and caught in surprising new situations. Everything you've loved about Star Wars, but nothing you expect! This special 25¢ comic sets the stage for the launch of the new Star Wars: Legacy series, which begins in June! ? Continuing Dark Horse's exciting relaunch of its Star Wars publishing line, celebrating the company's twentieth anniversary. Cover price $0.25.

Starship Down (2020 Dark Horse) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4750158025

Written by Justin Giampaoli. Art and Cover by Andrea Mutti. A cultural anthropologist consults with US Naval Intelligence to investigate the discovery of an extraterrestrial ship buried under the ice for thousands of years in Siberia. The meddling Russians, Vatican officials, the international media spotlight, and her own insecurities all threaten her efforts to keep the fabric of society from crumbling. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.