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Written by Jan Strnad. Art by Davide Fabbri. Cover by John Bolton. Being a member of the Starship Troopers is a high honor, leading to self-worth and reward. Three youths find that when aliens attack their home planet, it's time to take some action. Introducing the power suits and canine corps, some of the more fascinating aspects of Robert Heinlein's classic science-fiction novel. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Jan Strnad. Art by Davide Fabbri. Cover by John Bolton. Following the disaster on New Kansas, the trio of friends, Tom, Payson, and Kit, find themselves in a juvenile care facility, monitored by shady government spooks. Tom, haunted by memories of his father's death at the hands of the bugs, is an emotional wreck, intent upon avoiding Federal Service. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Jan Strnad. Art by Davide Fabbri. Cover by John Bolton. Tom Trask is in jail as his best friend Payson gets taken hostage by the bugs on Klendathu. It seems the only way that Tom can help is by signing up for Federal Service and testing out the new power armor that's been developed to help the troopers squash the bugs. But will Tom be able to reach his friend in time or will poor Payson get his brain sucked out by a Brain Bug?! Yeah, right. . . like I'm gonna tell you here! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Jan Strnad. Art by Davide Fabbri. Cover by John Bolton. Tom Trask suits up in the power armor and rockets down to the bug-filled planet of Klendathu to save his friend Payson. But can one man in power armor take on a planet of bugs? Can Tom reach Payson before his brain is sucked out by the Brain Bug? And if they do make it past the bugs will they make it safely back to the relative safety of deep space? 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Gordon Rennie and Warren Ellis. Art by Paolo Parente and Davide Fabbri. Cover by Paolo Parente. Acclaimed writer Gordon Rennie (Species: Human Race) and cutting-edge artist Paolo Parente (Lobo: Death and Taxes) continue their three-part prequel to the science-fiction/adventure film, Starship Troopers! Earth has sent its first line of defense to Klendathu, a remote planet in the far reaches of space. If their instruments are correct, this backwater planet is exhibiting signs of life. And while the scientists are debating whether or not that life would be intelligent, the crew aboard the spaceship Cortez discovers that it is, at the very least, deadly. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Gordon Rennie and Warren Ellis. Art by Paolo Parente and Davide Fabbri. Cover by Paolo Parente. The troopers of spaceship Cortez have two problems: First, their crash-landed shuttle needs some serious repairs; second, the monstrous, arachnidlike natives have finished their mating ritual and are now hungry. Strap yourself in for the amazing conclusion of Insect Touch! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $285.00 View scans Paper: White Label #4063178006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 9.8 $325.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #4319214012 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics	Add to cart CGC 9.8 $350.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Slab: Scratch on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3969657022 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics	Add to cart CGC 9.6 $100.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #3904312011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Add to cart CGC 9.6 $109.00 View scans Paper: White Label #3995034008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 9.6 $240.00 View scans Paper: White Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Double Cover: 1st cover 9.2, interior cover 9.6. Label #4087148018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

First appearance of the Rocketeer. Torin finds himself transported from 43 A.D. to the 22nd year of the new millennium. Why is he there? The galaxy is in danger and in need of his help in finding some lost amulets which contain great sources of power in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has the Rocketeer with script and art by Dave Stevens. Cover price $1.00.

A propaganda machine portrays Torin and Tamara as evil and dangerous. And when the pair encounter and try to help intergalactic slaves, the slaves are more scared of Torin and Tamara than they are of captivity in "Flotilla." Script by John Ostrander and art by Lenin Delsol & Mike Gustovich. Cover price $1.00.

Torin and Crayne continue to try to avoid pursuing foes and get the side-slip device for the ship and get off the planet Keldomage and Tamara fights against brainwashing and everything else while held hostage in the palace d'Orsini in "Tamara Stands Alone." Script by John Ostrander and art by Lenin Delsol & BeeDeep & Co. Issue also has Grimjack in "Buried Past – Part 2" with script by John Ostrander and art by Timothy Truman. Cover price $1.00.

Betrayed by Crayne and trapped in prison, Torin tries to lead a rebellion while Chris tries to find out what happened in "Betrayal." Script by John Ostrander and art by Timothy Truman. Issue also has Grimjack in "Night of the Killer Bunnies" with script by John Ostrander and art by Timothy Truman & Bruce Patterson and a text feature, "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 5" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.00.

After the Jolly Roger encounters the legendary Golden Moby, they are led on an incredible and dangerous treasure hunt in "Treasure of the Mobae." Script by John Ostrander and art by Timothy Truman & Hilary Barta. Issue also has the Black Flame in "Flocks of Angels See Thee to Thy Rest" with script by Peter B. Gillis and art by Tom Sutton & Don Lomax and a text feature, "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 3" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.25.

The Jolly Roger and its crew are bound for the City at the Beginning of Time and when they end up on Parallax, encounter a mystery in "Empirical Data." Script by John Ostrander and art by Timothy Truman & Hilary Barta. Issue also has the Black Flame in "The Blood " with script by Peter B. Gillis and art by Don Lomax and a text feature, "Scapegoat in Four Colors – Part 4" by Charles Meyerson. Cover price $1.25.

The Black Flame, the backup feature in this title, takes the spotlight in this issue with a full-length 28-page story. The Black Flame and company have to travel through the Nightmare Realm and try to figure out a way to safely escape in "Land of the Great Dreamers." Script by Peter B. Gillis and art by Tom Sutton & Don Lomax. Cover price $1.25.

A rescue mission leads the crew of the Jolly Roger into a trap and an old foe and some new foes in "Deceptions." Script by John Ostrander and art by Jon Eddings & Mark A. Nelson. Issue also has the Black Flame in "Gonna Ride That Midnight Train" with script by Peter B. Gillis and art by Tom Sutton & Don Lomax. Cover price $1.25.

Cover by Adrian Kleinbergen. Untitled story, script by Gordon Derry, art by Adrian Kleinbergen; Seer, the Shaman, is on a dream-quest, seeking among the ruins of a once-great civilization for a way to unite all humans, androids and Magabites in peace; Chela has found a power source for her machines; the Starstone, which the Mags steal. 36 pgs., B&W. $2.00. Cover price $1.70.

Cover by Adrian Kleinbergen. Untitled story, script by Gordon Derry, art by Adrian Kleinbergen; Azrok attacks to kill the humans and capture the Starstone; Our friends search for the Starstone among the Magabites. Azrok captures the Starstone and attempts to kill Seer. 36 pgs., B&W. $2.00. Cover price $1.70.

Cover by Adrian Kleinbergen. Untitled story, script by Gordon Derry, art by Adrian Kleinbergen; Seer is revived by the power behind the Starstone and joins with both androids and Mags to combat Azrok; Raze dies in battle. 36 pgs., B&W. $2.00. Cover price $1.70.

Richard Powers cover art. Dominus, script by Arnold Drake, art by Alberto Giolitti; adapted from the story by Barrington J. Bayley. The Last Guinea-Pig, script by Arnold Drake (as G. Cruz-Santos), art by Frank Bolle; adapted from the story "The Proper Study" by Joan Hunter Holly. Who Goes There?, script by Arnold Drake, art by Jack Abel; adapted from the story by John W. Campbell, Jr. Rabbits to the Moon, script by Steve Skeates, art by Jack Sparling; adapted from the story by Raymond C. Banks. The Music of Minox, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Shaka, script by Ed Summer, art by Adolfo Buylla; adapted from the story by Chad Oliver. 68 pgs. $0.79. Cover price $0.79.

Cover by Michael Kaluta. Kiss Daddy Goodnight, script by Elaine Lee, art by Michael Kaluta; Starstruck's final issue may also be Brucilla's last stand!; She is accused of treason and the Brigade, Verloona, the Baron and almost everyone else on Rec Station 97 are against her!; Will the mystery witness please sign in?; And will she save Brucilla? 36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.75.

Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta. There are plenty of fish in the sea, but only the empath fish girls at Uncle Bob's Fantanimalland can read minds! Chubby little Bronwyn eats food meant for the Mystic Nyts of the Sea, unlocking latent psychic powers while Ronnie, meanwhile, has a plan to scare Brigade Academy Cadets away from the Veil's property in Neutral Zone 8. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Virgin Variant Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta. There are plenty of fish in the sea, but only the empath fish girls at Uncle Bob's Fantanimalland can read minds! Chubby little Bronwyn eats food meant for the Mystic Nyts of the Sea, unlocking latent psychic powers while Ronnie, meanwhile, has a plan to scare Brigade Academy Cadets away from the Veil's property in Neutral Zone 8. Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta. What happens when the archetypal outsider and the ultimate team player meet over a double death commando in a bar on Rec 97? The perfect partnership begins, and destruction and mayhem ensue! Galatia 9 and Brucilla the Muscle run a scam that wrecks the Rec and wind up running from the Station police. Will they make it to the Harpy with enough credit to pay the nursery fee? Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Virgin Variant Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta. What happens when the archetypal outsider and the ultimate team player meet over a double death commando in a bar on Rec 97? The perfect partnership begins, and destruction and mayhem ensue! Galatia 9 and Brucilla the Muscle run a scam that wrecks the Rec and wind up running from the Station police. Will they make it to the Harpy with enough credit to pay the nursery fee? Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta. All in the Cards Galatia and Bru blast off-station and The Dome's patrons take bets on their progress, as they run the Brigade gauntlet. Chasing the gals in a Brigade Tiger, the hapless Dwannyun accidentally shoots down Ronnie's agents, sending their captive, Erotica Ann, crashing into the station. Bru and the Cap escape the Brigade, but will they find the tracking device that Kalif has attached to their ship? The penultimate issue! Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Virgin Variant Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta. All in the Cards Galatia and Bru blast off-station and The Dome's patrons take bets on their progress, as they run the Brigade gauntlet. Chasing the gals in a Brigade Tiger, the hapless Dwannyun accidentally shoots down Ronnie's agents, sending their captive, Erotica Ann, crashing into the station. Bru and the Cap escape the Brigade, but will they find the tracking device that Kalif has attached to their ship? The penultimate issue! Cover price $3.99.

Written by Elaine Lee. Artr and cover by Michael Kaluta. Mike Kaluta and Elaine Lee present "Make a Wish" as they continue their Starstruck saga. Re-presenting material from previous Starstruck publications, this issue reveals the origin of Galatia 9, following her from her fourth birthday to her twenty-first. We witness everything from her baptism of fire in battle through to her incredible adventures in space! 48 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Cover art by Graham Ingels. Lance Lewis story (introducing the space detective). Curtis funny animal filler page. Case of the Punch-Drunk Portrait starring Fighting Yank, art by Ken Battefield. Airminded Rollo filler page, art by Al Hartley. Eyes of the Jungle text story by Donald Bayne Hobart. Jefferson Jones story, art by Hal Sherman. Company Guard text story William McClellan. Death in the Doll House starring Front Page Peggy. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Lance Lewis story, art by Graham Ingels. The Phantom Posse text story by Chuck Stanley. Tygra of the Flame People (featuring the intro and origin of Tygra). Fighting Yank story. Norwegian Boy text story by William B. McClellan. Gorilla Gossip featuring True Animal Lore. Mr. "Teen Age" starring Jefferson Jones, art by Hal Sherman. Daily Good Turn text story by Frank Roslyn. Zippie story by Al Hartley. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Beasts of Dr. Krafte starring Tygra. The Man-Killer on Mars text story starring Lance Lewis by Edward Hasset. Lance Lewis story. Fighting Yank story, art by Ken Battefield. Jefferson Jones story, art by Hal Sherman. Flash in the Pan text story by Charles S. Strong. The Death Boat starring Don Davis, art by Leonard Sansone. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Phalanx of Fear starring Tygra. The Scourge of the Dark Seas! starring Sea Eagle. The White Elephant text story starring Tygra by Charles Strong. The Amoeba Men! starring Lance Lewis, Space Detective. The Joneses story. The Longest Arm text story by Edward Hassett. Jefferson Jones story, art by Hal Sherman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Stone Man from Space! starring Tygra, art by Art Saaf. Zippie one-page story, art by Al Hartley. Music of the Spheres starring Lance Lewis, art by Rafael Astarita. Jefferson Jones story, art by Mike Suchorsky. Tygra and the Amazons text story by Charles Strong. Junior Judo story, art by David Berg. Pretty Boy Floyd bio, art by Ralph Mayo (splash panel) and Bob Lubbers. Research in Crime text story. Caribbean Cutthroats starring Sea Eagle, art by Charles Quinlan. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Sept 1939. Cover by Alex Schomburg (1st pulp cover by Alex). Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Robert Arthur, John Russell Fearn, and Edmond Hamilton. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Alfred Bernhard Nobel bio in comic form. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Jan 1940. Stories by Edmond Hamilton and Oscar J. Friend. Two-page Benjamin Franklin bio in comic form. Eight Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

March 1940. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Bob Olsen, Oscar J. Friend, and Alfred Bester. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Sir Isaac Newton bio in comic form. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - July 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Eando Binder, Fletcher Pratt and Laurence Manning, and Oscar J. Friend. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Luther Burbank bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Sept 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Benson Herbert, Oscar J. Friend, Ray Cummings, and Gerald Bowman. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Galileo bio in comic form. One Virgil Finlay illustration. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

May 1941. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by David H. Keller, Oscar J. Friend, Leigh Brackett, and John Russell Fearn. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Sept 1941. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by John C. Burroughs and Hulbert Burroughs, A. Rowley Hilliard, Frank Belknap Long, and Robert Moore Williams. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 7, Issue 1 - January, 1942. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Isaac Asimov, Miles J. Breuer, and Raymond Z. Gallun. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

March 1942. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by R.F. Starzl, Malcolm Jameson, Henry Kuttner, and Joseph J. Millard. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Jan 1943. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by A. Rowley Hilliard, Robert Moore Williams, William Morrison, Walt Dennis and Ernest Tucker, and Nathaniel Nitkin. Alex Schomburg illustrations. Dr. Seuss illustration (small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad). 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 15, Issue 2 - May, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Manly Wade Wellman, Robert Heinlein, and John Russell Fearn. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 18, Issue 1 - September, 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Fredric Brown, P. Schuyler Miller, Dorothy and John de Camp, John D. MacDonald, and Jack Vance. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 170 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 22, Issue 2 - November, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Jack Vance, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future in "Pardon My Iron Nerves), L. Ron Hubbard (author's final pulp story), Rog Phillips, Robert Moore Williams, and Mack Reynolds. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

June 1952. Painted cover by Earl Bergey. "Dragon's Island", a complete novel by Jack Williamson, "Sabotage on Sulfur Planet", a novelet by Jack Vance with illustrations by Alex Schomburg, Short Stories - "The Watcher" by Charles E. Fritch, "Skin Deep" by Tarr Roman, "Problem for Emmy" by Robert Sherman Townes, "The Ambassadors" by Anthony Boucher, and "The Men in the Moons" by R.J. McGregor with Alex Schomburg illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

August, 1952. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Philip Jose Farmer "The Lovers" (this is his 1st published sf-story, but his very 1st non-sf story appeared six years earlier in Adventure Vol. 115 No. 5, March 1946), Kendell Foster Crossen, Harry Neal, Charles E. Fritch, Boyd Ellanby, Jack Vance, and Dave Dryfoos. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 29, Issue 3 - April, 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, Ross Rocklynne, Robert Sherman Townes, Robert Donald Locke, Sam Merwin Jr., Richard Barr and Wallace West, Leslie Bigelow, and Peter Phillips. Alex Schomburg and Emsh illustrations. 6.5" x 9", 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Summer 1954. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "The Spiral of the Ages" by Fletcher Pratt, "Finders Keepers" by Margaret St. Clair, "Stormy Weather" by Judith Merril, "The Garden" by Charles A. Stearns, and "Summer Heat" by Sam Merwin, Jr. Special Features: "Topologically Speaking" by George O. Smith, and "Aristotelian and Non-Aristotelian Logic" by Gotthard Gunther. Softcover, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Scott Campbell cover. Cover price $2.50.