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Women of Marvel Variant Cover by Janet Lee. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Jake Parker. MONSTER MASH! In the not-so-distant future, what happens when you water Groot a little too much? GROOTZILLA has arrived, and he ain't happy! He's faster than a speeding Rocket, more powerful than Drax the Destroyer, and able to eat tall buildings in a single gulp! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Written by Skottie Young. Art by Jake Parker. Cover by Skottie Young. As the finest gun-wielding, pick-pocketing, smack-talking raccoon there is, Rocket's skills are gonna get put to the ultimate test. Is he really alone?! Find out once and for all. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

What The Duck?! Variant Cover by Rob Guillory. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Jake Parker. As the finest gun-wielding, pick-pocketing, smack-talking raccoon there is, Rocket's skills are gonna get put to the ultimate test. Is he really alone?! Find out once and for all. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Written by Skottie Young. Art by Jake Parker. Cover by Skottie Young. Does the book of Half-World actually exist? Or was it all just one big HOAX? And finally, is Rocket really alone in the world? You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wish you were a raccoon! (I mean a gun-wielding, smack-talking tough guy who happens to be covered in fur!) 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Skottie Young. Stories by Joe Caramagna. Art by Adam Archer and Ty Templeton. As a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket Raccoon is part of a team that has saved the entire universe more times than he can count on one paw! But what does the rambunctious rodent do when he's not space hopping with his star-bound friends? When left to his own devices, is Rocket Raccoon still a hero...or will he only watch out for his own bushy tail? Find out in the all-new FREE COMIC BOOK DAY adventure "Business Opportunities"! Plus: re-presenting a cosmic tale featuring Spider-Man, White Tiger, Nova, Iron Fist and Power Man in..."Space Oddities"! 32 pages, full color.

1st printing. Collects Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #271 and Rocket Raccoon (1985) #1-4 and material from Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #13, Marvel Preview (1975-1981 Magazine) #7, Annihilators (2011 Marvel) #1-4, and Annihilators Earthfall (2011 Marvel) #1-4. Cover by Mike Mignola. After the Guardians of the Galaxy disbanded, Rocket Raccoon settled into a quiet life with a steady job in a mailroom. But when a killer clown made of sentient wood attacks him at work, the trigger-fingered and quick-witted hero must journey to Planet X - home of his old buddy Groot, the giant tree-creature - in search of answers! The cosmic dream team is reunited at last! Then: Mojo, bloated entertainment mogul of the Mojoverse, battles Rocket Raccoon and Groot...onstage! It's a high-stakes campy cosmic free-for-all! Plus: get caught up on the early adventures of Rocket and Groot! Softcover, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Collects Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #271, Rocket Raccoon (1985) #1-4 and material from Marvel Preview (1975-1981 Magazine) #7. Written by BILL MANTLO. Art by KEITH GIFFEN, MIKE MIGNOLA and SAL BUSCEMA. Covers by MIKE MIGNOLA. It's Rocket Raccoon, the deadliest weapons expert in the galaxy! Before he lent his expertise to the war effort during Annihilation, before he saved the universe as one of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket Raccoon was the Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant! Experience his original adventures with the Incredible Hulk, and his anthropomorphic allies and enemies on his home planet of Halfworld! Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. NOTE: See Marvel Premiere Classic Library Edition HC Vol. 72 for Variant cover. Cover price $24.99.

Written by Yehudi Mercado. Art and Cover by Bachan. Primo Rocket used to be the fastest speederracer in the galaxy, but after a crash that sealed the fate of his spacestationcity home, Rio Rojo, Primo has resigned himself to life as a lowly spaceship salvage yard owner. However, his two 'kids'harvest clone Beta, and Beta's genius girlclone Zetacan't seem to keep out of trouble. When the dysfunctional family suddenly becomes the target of an intergalactic manhunt, the family has to come together to save their home. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Yehudi Mercado. Art by Bachan. Cover by Yehudi Mercado. Primo Rocket used to be the fastest speederracer in the galaxy, but after a crash that sealed the fate of his spacestationcity home, Rio Rojo, Primo has resigned himself to life as a lowly spaceship salvage yard owner. However, his two 'kids'harvest clone Beta, and Beta's genius girlclone Zetacan't seem to keep out of trouble. When the dysfunctional family suddenly becomes the target of an intergalactic manhunt, the family has to come together to save their home. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Yehudi Mercado. Art and Cover by Bachan. Behind the wheel of a salvage space hauler, on the run from an armada of robot religious zealots, and catering to the whims of a wild, mad scientist alien, the Rockets are in for a lot more than they bargained for. Luckily, if life has taught them anything, it is that nothing good ever comes easy. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Stories by Walter Gibson and Otis Adelbert Kline. Art by Charles Nicholas and Joe Orlando. Cover by Joe Orlando. A science-fiction tale based on the novel "Maza of the Moon" by Otis Adelbert Kline. An American inventor becomes the first human to land an object on the moon, by firing a giant space-gun at it. To his surprise, the people of the moon fire back. When he visits the satellite, he becomes caught up in the conflict between two warring peoples, one of which is ruled by a beautiful moon-princess. The story was written by Walter Gibson, best known as the author of The Shadows pulp adventures (under the name Maxwell Grant). Also featuring a Flash Harper backup story, and a classic space-opera cover by Joe Orlando. Rocket to the Moon; The Death Doll! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #62 (98 pgs), with Silver Surfer cover art by John Fantucchio. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Squa Tront, The Comic Artist #1, The Collector #14, and more; a letters column (including a missive by Fred Hembeck); "Oddities & Flashbacks" by Raymond Miller; "Comics Craze Comeback" reprinted newspaper article; "Are Things Looking Up for Comicdom?" by Howard P. Siegel; The RB-CC Information Center; part one of "The Effects of Comics" by George Schwartz; "The Savage Earth" strip by Newton; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. 65-cent cover price. Cover price $0.65.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #94 (96 pgs), with cover art by Gil Kane. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: "Pulps Era of Adventure" by James Van Hise and Robert Weinberg; "The RBCC Information Center; "Comic Collector's Comments" by Howard P. Siegel; "The Keyhole" column by Hamilton Benedict; a Captain Marvel drawing by Don Newton; ads for Overstreet's The Comic Book Price Guide #2, D-Con '73, and Houstoncon '73; a column reviewing The Monster Times #14, Comic Zine #2, Death Rattle #1, Funny World #14, and other items; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 1.00 cover price. Circulation: 2250. Cover price $1.00.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #108 (92 pgs), with The Day the Earth Stood Still photo cover. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: the "All New Expanded RBCC Information Center" by Don Rosa; reviews of The Exorcist (movie) and Asimov's The Gods Themselves; an article about The Day the Earth Stood Still by James Van Hise; "A Twist of the Dial" radio column by John Cooper; Raymond Miller's Nostalgic Look at MLJ; Wood's World strip by Wallace Wood; "The Williamson Collector"; "Pulps Era of Adventure" by James Van Hise; "Comic Collector's Comments" by Howard P. Siegel; "The Keyhole" column by Gary Brown; ads for Grave Tales, Classic Comics & Their Creators (book), The SFCA Price Guide for Comic Book Collectors, and Houstoncon '74; a column reviewing Thunda #1, Serial World #1, Weird Fantasy #13, and other items; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 1.25 cover price. Circulation: 2000. Cover price $1.25.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #121 (76 pgs), with cover art by Don Rosa. Back cover features a photo of Vaughn Bode. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. This Vaughn Bode memorial issue features: Vaughn Bode art; Vaughn Bode articles by Gary Brown, Manny Lezcano, Geoge Beahm, and James Van Hise; various fanzine reviews; "The EC Artist Collector"; "Comic Collectors Comments" by Howard P. Siegel; an interview with Vaughn Bode; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Edited by James Van Hise. 1.25 cover price. Sept., 1975. Circulation: 1,500. Cover price $1.25.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #124 (80 pgs). The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: Subjectivity strip by James Van Hise and Kerry Gammill; Maxor of Cirod strip by John Adkins Richardson; a feature on Dell Comics by Jeff Gorell; a report on the 1975 San Diego Comic Convention; "Ray Bradbury and Me" by Hise; a review of Movie Magic (book); the "RBCC Information Center" by Don Rosa; a feature on The Outer Limits by James Van Hise; "The E.C. Artist Collector" by Hise; "Comic Collector's Comments" by Howard P. Siegel; "The Keyhole" column (about Howard the Duck) by Gary Brown; ads for Star Trek: Houston, Omnicon, and a Conan record album; a column reviewing Graphic Gallery #6, Erbania #37, Paradox #9, Outworlds #24, and other items; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by James Van Hise. 1.50 cover price. Circulation: 1600. Cover price $1.50.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #133 Cover price $1.50.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #138

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #150 (96 pgs), with cover art by front and back Rocky Horror Picture Show cover art by Tim Hammell. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: "The Fred Hembeck No One Cares About" by Hembeck; "Inside the RBCC" strip; "RBCC Artist's Jam" strip; Pertwillaby Papers strip by Don Rosa; a piece on the Superman film by James Van Hise (including Superman art by Marc Hempel; an article about Clark Ashton Smith by Hise; "Comics Commentary" by Hise; "Future History Comic Chronicles" strip; R.C. Harvey's Comicopia column; "Confessions of a Girlie Cartoonist by R.C. Harvey; "Why Rockey Horror?" by Hise; a column reviewing Afta #3, Lollapaloosa #2, Rock Comics #1, Space and Time #51, and other items; a letters column; and comic book ads. Back cover art by. Published by James Van Hise. 1.95 cover price. Circulation: 3300. Cover price $1.95.

"The End of an Era" by William Parente looks at the demise of EC Comics. 8 pages; black and white; 8.5 x 11 in. John Fantucchio front cover; Buddy Saunders back cover. Cover price $0.65.

by Frank Espinosa. Set 2,000 years into a mythical future, the world as we know it has been destroyed in a catastrophe and its magnetic field distorted. The only way for mankind to now navigate through the broken land masses is by the unique abilities of the Mappers, a genetically engineered group of men and women who act as human compasses.When a living storm known as the Omerylla Coil devastates the Island of Kova, young Rocketo Garrison is saved by the Commonwealth. He is taken to live with Horace Voltea, an old Mapper of great renown, and under his guidance, Rocketo taps into the power of the Mappers for the first time. 7x10, 32pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

by Frank Espinosa & Marie Taylor The journey to the Hidden Sea begins! At the end of the Solarium War, Rocketo Garrison is a broken man, his mapping abilities useless. He takes a lowly job at Perdition's Point lighthouse but his lonely, self-imposed exile ends when former partner, Spiro Turnstile, suddenly appears. Spiro has the inside track on a rare treasure thought to be in The Hidden Sea. But unbeknownst to him, Spiro has been followed by members of The Hand, a secret criminal syndicate he has betrayed. A citywide chase through Sansebo ends when our hero is thrown unconscious into the Great Atlas Ocean. 32pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

by Frank Espinosa & Marie Taylor. Rocketo Garrison wakes up on board a ship to discover he has been kidnapped by a band of treasure hunters led by Spiro Turnstile. When they later encounter the mighty King of the Atlas Ocean, they are given advice on how to navigate the Hidden Sea. Meanwhile, Jordan Scarletto has been called to a private audience with a Prince of Lucerne and given a top secret mission that can, if successful, change the balance of power in the New World. 32pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Rocketo (2005) #0-6. Story and art by FRANK ESPINOSA. The adventures of Rocketo Garrison take place in a mythical future 2,000 years after the world has been destroyed in a catastrophe. This compilation of the first six issues of The Journey to the Hidden Sea tells the story of Rocketo's idyllic childhood and his early training as an explorer and Mapper. After returning from the deadly Solarium War a broken man, Rocketo Garrison is swept away on a journey to the Hidden Sea, a fabled, dangerous land that may hold the key to undreamed of treasure as well as the truth about an ancient mystery. PLUS: introduction by Alex Ross, pin-ups by some of today's leading comic book artists, maps, sketches and background information on the New World and more! Softcover, 10-in. x 6 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Rocketo (2005) #0-6. Story and art by FRANK ESPINOSA. The adventures of Rocketo Garrison take place in a mythical future 2,000 years after the world has been destroyed in a catastrophe. This compilation of the first six issues of The Journey to the Hidden Sea tells the story of Rocketo's idyllic childhood and his early training as an explorer and Mapper. After returning from the deadly Solarium War a broken man, Rocketo Garrison is swept away on a journey to the Hidden Sea, a fabled, dangerous land that may hold the key to undreamed of treasure as well as the truth about an ancient mystery. PLUS: introduction by Alex Ross, pin-ups by some of today's leading comic book artists, maps, sketches and background information on the New World and more! Softcover, 10-in. x 6 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $19.99.

Monsters, Aliens and Rock 'n' Roll by Darren Merinuk. Cover price $2.75.

Written by Mark Evanier. Art and Cover by Roger Langridge. In 'The Washed-Up Wizard,' Rocky and Bullwinkle help an aged magician regain his fame…but why do the evil Boris and Natasha care about his powers of prestidigitation? That can't end well! Plus, a Dudley Do-Right story! Cover price $3.99.

Written by Mark Evanier. Art and Cover by Roger Langridge. In 'First Moose on the Moon,' The Pottsylvania Space Program, which was started in 1961, has finally managed to launch their first rocket…with Boris and Natasha inside! What are they building on the moon?! And Dudley's up against Snidley's new scheme: The Snidely Shopping Network, a TV channel that sells worthless junk. Why can't Dudley turn it off? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Slip the bounds of Reality; let fall the veils of Illusion; see the Truth and enter the world of ROGAN GOSH. Be prepared for the experience of a lifetime as one of the most dazzlingly original comics ever published makes its North American debut. ROGAN GOSH is a psychedelic adventure through Rudyard Kipling's opium dreams, past modern-day London, and into a futuristic India where an extraordinary creature called Rogan Gosh awaits. It's a story that combines Hindu mysticism with science fiction, and spiritual enlightenment with lavishly written Indian restaurant menus. Originally published as a serial in the British anthology 'Revolver,' ROGAN GOSH features a story by Brendan McCarthy and Peter Milligan. McCarthy also provides the lavish illustrations, scripted by Milligan. With a foreword by McCarthy and an afterword by Milligan, along with never-seen character sketches, this 56-page one-shot will mesmerize any reader looking for a comic-book experience beyond the norm. Painted cover by McCarthy. Suggested for Mature Readers. Contains strong language. Prestige Format. Cover price $6.95.

1st printing. Collects Rogue Satellite (1996) #1-6, plus bonus and never-before-seen material. Written by Chris Reilly. Art and cover by Keith Atkinson. For the first time ever, the complete story! This edition includes the six original issues of the classic Slave Labor Graphics series, including two special issues, the final conclusion to the original story, and bonus new material! Written by Chris Reilly (Punch & Judy) and drawn by Kevin Atkinson (The Tick) the series hearkens back to the Golden Age of comics, when things were funny and weird, and not grim, gritty and sullen. Join Caleb Steele, Zach Golem, Betty Edison, and a host of other unforgetable characters on over 200 pages of grand adventure including the never-before-seen conclusion! Softcover, 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

UK Edition. July publication month. "Fort Neuro" - Part 2: Script by Gerry Finley-Day, art by Cam Kennedy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $1.25.

US Edition. September publication month. Cover price $1.25.