Borealis comic books issue 2
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Issue #2
Published Jan 2024 by Dark Horse.$4.00
$4.00
Written by Mark Verheiden; Aaron Douglas. Art by Cliff Richards. Cover by Cliff Richards. From writer of comics and screen Mark Verheiden (TheAmerican, Aliens, Timecop, Falling Skies), writer/actor AaronDouglas (Battlestar Galactica, The Bridge), and artist CliffRichards (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Justice League) comes Borealis, a freezing nightmare of paranormal terror! Alaska State Trooper Silaluk Sil Oshas investigation into aseries of gruesome slayings draws her deeper into darkness,as a shipment of illegal liquor lies shattered on thesnow—along with its mobster smugglers, victims of a deadlyforce beyond understanding. With no clear suspect at hand,the local underworld arms up for retaliation, but while Silscase evidence holds no keys to the murderous mystery, theremay be only one place Sil needs to look—into a mirror! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #2
Published Mar 1978 by North Star Press.$17.00
View scan- Staple rust.
BOREALIS #2, SPRING, 1979 - Well-done pro-zine. Published by Canada's Northern Star Press, it includes very early work by Cerebus' Dave Sim ('Space Beavers'), interior back cover by Roy Krenkel, good article by writer Charles R. Saunders on Philip Jose Farmer ('Farmer of the Apes') which deals with Farmer's Tarzan related books ('Tarzan Alive', 'Lord Tyger', 'Lord of the Trees', and others), exceptional article by John Bell on James DeMille (the early and influential Canadian writer whose science fiction - lost race work 'A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder' remains very collectible to this day), article by Spider Robinson as well as artwork by Gene Day and George Freeman and more.... Quite professionally produced.
