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Mayhem (1989 Dark Horse) 1 FN- 5.5

Water damage.

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Cover by Chris Warner. This new series is guaranteed to live up to its title! Each issue contains 3 twelve-page, action-packed stories of Mayhem! John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke (the team from Dark Horse Presents' Homicide) create strange, violent new tales of The Mask; new writer Tim Eldred and artists Harrison Fong and Robert Caracol carry the cast of Mecha into all-out war; and Jerry Prosser and new artist Wayne Tanaka continue the adventures of The Mark as he battles against the fascist regime of the Archon! B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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.

Nexus The Newspaper Strips HC (2020 Dark Horse) 1-1ST FN 6.0

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Coming of Gourmando!"

Written by Mike Baron. Art and cover by Steve Rude.

Something long dormant beneath the surface of Ylum comes alive, triggering a visit from the planet-devouring Gourmando and his mysterious ally. With powers far beyond those of even Nexus himself, this unstoppable being banishes Nexus to an unknown realm-and the only way out is to face one's worst fears!

Mike Baron and Steve Rude deliver a new Nexus adventure in this special collection that also includes the newly remastered "Nexus: The Origin" comic and the classic Rude hand-painted Sundra story, "When She was Young."

o At 12 inches by 17 inches, this full-color hardcover is reproduced in the lavish artist's edition format.
o Multiple Eisner Award-winning team!
o "The greatest superhero comic of all time." - Newsarama

Hardcover, 12-in.x 17-in., 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $99.99.

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

Paper: White

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

Paper: White

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

Paper: White

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

Paper: White

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.

Usagi Yojimbo HC (1987-2019 Dark Horse) Limited Edition 4-1ST NM 9.4

Signed, remarked, and numbered by creator Stan Sakai. Limited to 1500 copies. Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Dragon Bellow!" Story and art by Stan Sakai. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 180 pages, B&W.

Vampirella Morning in America (1991) 1 NM 9.4

Written by Kurt Busiek. Art by Louis La Chance and John Nyberg. Cover by Michael Kaluta. 48 pages,B&W. Cover price $3.95.