Comic books December 1996

Yearbook. Mike Holloway (Tomorrow People), Rob LaBelle (X-Files), Jennifer Lien (Star Trek: Voyager), James Morrison (Space: Above and Beyond), Radio Doctor Who, Alien Nation make-up, Bill Mumy (Babylon 5), Lois & Clark, Peter David. Cover price $6.95.

Nude variant cover. Written by David Quinn with art by Leonard Kirk and Albert Holaso. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers.

Nude variant cover signed by Everette Hartsoe, no limitation stated, comes with London Night certificate of authenticity. Written by David Quinn with art by Leonard Kirk and Albert Holaso. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers.

Nude Commemorative cover. Written by David Quinn with art by Leonard Kirk and Albert Holaso. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers.

Mature readers. Written by David Quinn. Art by Leonard Kirk and Albert Holaso. 6-in. x 10-in. 24 pages. B&W. Cover price $3.00.

Hardcase is back! One of the Ultraverse's first heroes returns from the future to stop the dreaded Demon Seed, destroyer of galaxies! What is the secret of the universe's mightiest villain? Is this the end of UltraForce?! This shocker tells all! Written by Len Wein. Art by Andy Park and Norm Rapmund. Cover by Mike Deodato. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart Very Fine $4.00

Add to cart Fine $3.00

Add to cart Fine $3.00

Add to cart Good $2.65

Playing with Fire - Written by Barbara Kesel. Art by Leonard Kirk, Terry Pallot and Bob Almond. Cover by Leonard Kirk. Continuing the adventures of a teenage mutant Kree! While she doesn't know what she is or where her powers come from, Ultragirl does know one thing: something worse than super villains are on her tail -- Hollywood agents! Guest-starring the New Warriors! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart Fine $3.60

Add to cart Fine $3.60

Go inside the big bang that spawned Galactus's ex-herald, the hot-headed Firelord! Written by James Felder. Art and cover by Dave Hoover and Bill Anderson. Cover price $0.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $4.00	Add to cart Fine $3.00	Add to cart Fine $3.00	Add to cart Very Good $2.65
Add to cart Very Good $2.65

Cover by Adam Kubert. Brief Spider-Man appearance in Fight And Flight, script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Adam Kubert and Cedric Nocon, inks by Jesse Delperdang and Scott Hanna; Spidey shows up at X-Mansion late at night to warn his buddies about the dangers posed by presidential candidate Graydon Creed; Mystique fantasizes about killing her son (the aforementioned Creed); Beast and Cyclops are on a transatlantic flight (tailing J. Jonah Jameson no less) when Havok rips the top off of the plane and dukes it out with his brother; Bastion kills a Bugle reporter who has uncovered the secret of Creed's parentage. Interview With Terry Kavanagh by Mark Bernardo, art by Roger Cruz and Bud La Rosa. Interview With Roger Cruz by Mark Bernardo, art by Roger Cruz and Bud La Rosa. 44 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00	Add to cart NM 9.4 $8.00 View scan	Add to cart NM- 9.2 $5.00	Add to cart Very Fine $4.80
Add to cart VF 8.0 $4.80

Cover art by Mau Heymans. Statuesque Spendthrifts starring Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, and The Maharajah of Howduyustan, script and art by Carl Barks. Mind Over Mustard starring Gyro Gearloose and Thinking Cap, script by Vic Lockman, art by Phil De Lara. The Moving Money Bin starring Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Gyro Gearloose, and the Beagle Boys, script by Bob Langhans, art by Victor Arrigada Rios [as Vicar]. Untitled Donald Duck story, pencils by Tony Strobl. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $20.00 View scan

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $13.00

Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks and Geoffrey Blum. Gladstone presents classic Scrooge stories by Carl Barks and behind-the-scenes articles, originally factory bagged with a trading card. Uncle Scrooge's battle with his rival Flintheart Glomgold over who is the world's richest duck comes down to which one has the bigger ball of string. Scrooge must move his money bin to make way for an expressway. Plus an article about Scrooge stories involving him moving his money. The Second-Richest Duck; Migrating Millions; Scrooge's Fetch. NOTE: May or may not come with trading card. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $8.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $12.50 View scan

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $12.50 View scan

Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks and Geoffrey Blum. Gladstone presents classic Scrooge stories by Carl Barks and behind-the-scenes articles, originally factory bagged with a trading card. A hypnotist reveals Scrooge's past life as pirate Matey McDuck, who hid a fortune in stolen treasure. Scrooge decides that he must find that treasure before Donald and his nephews do. Uncle Scrooge becomes a contestant on a quiz show, but he learns that winning will put him into a higher tax bracket. Plus an article about the story "Back to Long Ago." Back to Long Ago; The Colossalest Quiz Show; Reincarnations. NOTE: May or may not come with trading card. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $8.95.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Mary Jane Watson makes her first appearance in UNTOLD TALES! She knows Peter Parker is Spider-Man--so why is she so terrified to meet him? Plus: will the Radioactive Man crash Peter's first party? "The Boy Next Door" is written by Kurt Busiek, with art by Pat Olliffe and Dick Giordano. Cover by Pat Olliffe and George Perez. Cover price $0.99.

Issue #16 of Untold Tales of Spider-Man flipbook with Uncanny Origins #4. Cover price $1.99.

Add to cart Fine $10.00

Add to cart Fine $10.00

Story and art by Stan Sakai. Usagi, while crossing a snow-covered mountain pass, comes across a little girl and her severely wounded father, the only survivors of a party attacked by bandits. It's rabbit against nature as the ronin attempts to usher them safely through the pass, in a snowstorm, stalked by predatory animals, with the threat of an avalanche literally above their heads! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.49

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Standard cover edition. Written by Graeme Burrows with art by Dan Schaefer. B&W, 32 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Deluxe edition. Written by Graeme Burrows with art by Dan Schaefer. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. Collects Vengeance of Vampirella (1995-1996) #25 and Vampirella Death and Destruction (1996) #1-3. Written by Tom Sniegoski and Christopher Golden. Art by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

White die-cut cover, art by Joe Quesada. Untitled story, script by Warren Ellis, pencils by Amanda Conner, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti; Occult detective Sam Feaveryear is drawn to Queen Hill Cemetery where he witnesses the rebirth of Vampirella; Sam fills her in on where she is and what has been going on in the world; Vampi tells Sam of her death and of meeting her mother Lilith in the afterlife where her true origin was revealed to her; She tells him that, just as she was being returned to life, she witnessed her mother being killed. Cont. from Vengeance of Vampirella (Harris, 1994 series) #25. 36 pgs., full color. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Regular edition photo cover. NOTE: A "mature" edition photo cover was also published. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Fine $15.00

Mature Readers Edition.

Special die-cut linen cover edition.

Dynamic Forces Signed Edition. Signed and numbered by penciler Amanda Conner and inker Jimmy Palmiotti. Limited to 250 copies and includes a numbered certificate of authenticity from Dynamic Forces.
Special die-cut linen cover edition.

Adam Hughes cover Cover price $2.95.

Dynamic Forces Signed Edition. Signed by Louis Small Jr. Limited to 250 copies. Includes Dynamic Forces certificate of authenticity. Cover price $2.95.

Film/entertainment magazine based in Venice, California. Patrick Stewart cover and interview. Also in this issue: Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison, Joely Richardson, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Courtney B Vance, James Ellroy, Republica, Evan Dando, Soundgarden, Emily Watson, and Propaganda Films. 8.25-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 92 pages on slick paper. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $8.10

Add to cart Fine $7.49

Add to cart Fine $7.49

Continuing Venom's war with Wolverine! Trapped in a bizarre dimension, Venom and Wolverine have to put aside their differences or Dirt Nap and Chimera will open a six-pack of butt-stomp. Written by Larry Hama. Art by Joe St. Pierre and Al Milgrom. Cover by Joe St. Pierre. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Cover by Mike Kaluta. "Starlight Drive, Part Three." Part 3 of 7. Story by Lucius Shepard. Pencils by Al Davidson. Inks by Kim DeMulder. The Immaculate, now named Ildiko, grows more and more self aware. In a trance, she tells Johnathan about a race called the IntilImani who have evolved to such a degree that they could control reality. Is this how the city of Vermillion came into being? Johnathan has no time to ponder this as Ildiko leads him into another reality to prove her story. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.25.

Cover art by Dan DeCarlo. "Future Shock," script by Hal Smith, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Henry Scarpelli; Veronica buys a crystal ball that can see into the future but has problems interpreting what the future actually holds. "Tooth-Fully Speaking," script by Bill Golliher, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Rudy Lapick; Archie is so excited about taking Veronica to a social event that he accidentally hits her with the door and chips her tooth. "Sleeping Beauty," script by Kathleen Webb, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Rudy Lapick; When Veronica falls into a deep sleep right before she is supposed to leave for London with her family, her parents call on her friends to help wake her up. "Keyless," script by Joe Edwards, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Mike Esposito; Veronica breaks a date with Archie to meet up with a gal pal she met on the internet but finds she has to smooth things over with him when she accidentally locks her keys in the car and has to call him for help. 36 pgs., full color. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

Cover by Simon Bisley. "Obscenity" (W) Glenn Danzig (A) Simon Bisley (C) Steve Oliff, "The Braille Encyclopaedia" (W) Grant Morrison (A) Ted Naifeh. Explicit horror-suspense, erotica. Adults only, FC, 36 pages. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

When his sister's right-wing terrorist group acquires a nuclear warhead, Mike Webb must make a fateful decision--embrace the conspiracy and turn against the only family he has left, or witness the destruction of Moscow. Written by Terry LaBan. Art by Ilya and Ande Parks. Cover by Daniel Torres. Mature Readers. FC, 32 PG. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, William Van Horn, Don Rosa, Ted Thwaites, Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright, Greg Crosby, Jaime Diaz, Paul Murry and Harvey Eisenberg. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey investigates stolen cameras, and encounters the supervillain called the Phantom Blot! This reprints Part 2 of the first appearance of the Phantom Blot in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. In a story by Barks, Gyro Gearloose uses radio waves to calm Grandma Duck's cows. After Gyro Gearloose invents a fluid that can dissolve anything, Donald and his nephews must race it to the center of the Earth! Donald Duck: Winging It; Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot; Chip n Dale: Eggshell Earmuffs; Donald Duck: Traveling Truants; A Goofy Look at Love; Donald Duck: Fit to Be Pied; Gyro Gearloose: Milktime Memories; Mickey Mouse and Goofy: Wallflowers; Uncle Scrooge: The Universal Solvent. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $5.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by Teri S. Wood. Art and cover by Teri S. Wood and Fransene Villalobos. Ma'dives is decimated by the Bono Kirian forces. 28 pages, B&W. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $3.00

Add to cart Fine $3.00

Regular cover by Ben Dunn. A Test of Faith. Story by Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, and Joe Wolfe. Art by Ben Dunn. Ben Dunns demon-hunting bad-girl nun meets Rob Liefelds demon-hunting bad-girl fallen angel. A demon lures Areala, Avengelyne and a member of the Brotherhood of Clerics into battle to save a priest from being sacrificed to Satan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.

Dynamic Forces Edition cover by Ben Dunn, signed by John Stinsman and limited to 150 copies. A Test of Faith. Story by Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, Joe Wolfe. Art by Ben Dunn. Ben Dunns demon-hunting bad-girl nun meets Rob Liefelds demon-hunting bad-girl fallen angel. A demon lures Areala, Avengelyne and a member of the Brotherhood of Clerics into battle to save a priest from being sacrificed to Satan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.

Poster Edition cover by Ben Dunn, limited to 3000 copies. A Test of Faith. Story by Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, and Joe Wolfe. Art by Ben Dunn. Ben Dunns demon-hunting bad-girl nun meets Rob Liefelds demon-hunting bad-girl fallen angel. A demon lures Areala, Avengelyne and a member of the Brotherhood of Clerics into battle to save a priest from being sacrificed to Satan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $5.95.

Commemorative Edition cover by Ben Dunn, limited to 1000 copies. A Test of Faith. Story by Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, and Joe Wolfe. Art by Ben Dunn. Ben Dunns demon-hunting bad-girl nun meets Rob Liefelds demon-hunting bad-girl fallen angel. A demon lures Areala, Avengelyne and a member of the Brotherhood of Clerics into battle to save a priest from being sacrificed to Satan. 32 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Written by Manny Coto. Art by John Stokes. Cover by Geof Darrow. The battle grows on the planet Trelkas as the peace-loving natives try to defend themselves against the invading Broodwarriors. Ignored for his own aggressiveness before the war, scientist Tenris now holds the only hope of defense for the dying world. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Walt Simonson script Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Edited by William M. Gaines. Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Ray Bradbury, Albert B. Feldstein, Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Jack Kamen, and Joe Orlando. Strange, suspenseful tales of horror and science fiction—this is Weird Science! Reprinted from the classic 1950s EC series of the same name. 36 pages, full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.