Rook (1979 Magazine) comic books 1978-1980
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Issue #1
After appearing in Eerie for two and a half years, The Rook gets his own magazine. Painted cover art by Richard Corben. Ads for Alien Invasion Comix and Movie Aliens Illustrated. The Original Master Of Time Part 1, script by Bill DuBay, art by Lee Elias; Restin Dane sets out to find out what became of Adam Dane, the first master of time, and travels to the future, whilst sending Bishop Dane back to 1892 to start searching from there; Story is prefaced with a couple of paragraphs from H.G. Wells' The Time Machine (1895); It is implied that the character Herbert is Wells himself. They Came Out Of The Picadillies starring Buck Blaster And The Starbusters, script by Nicola Cuti and Bill Dubay, pencils by Jim Janes, inks by Rudy Nebres. The Time To Be Forgotten!, script by Bill Dubay, pencils by Jim Janes, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Untitled Bolt story, script by Rich Margopolis, art by Alex Nino. Magazine size. 76 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #2
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Painted cover art by Bob Larkin. The Original Master Of Time Part 2, script by Will Richardson, art by Lee Elias; Restin is captured by the Morlocks and imprisoned alongside some Eloi; They escape and eventually Restin joins up with a separate band of Eloi who speak English; Morlocks recapture them, and this time they are freed by Restin's father (Adam, the eponymous Original Master of Time). The Fighting Armenian starring The Rook, script by Will Richardson, pencils by Romeo Tanghal, inks by Rudy Nebres. Comes The End Time Part1, script by Will Richardson, art by Alfredo Alcala; Voltar returns from the wars to discover his homeland of Elysium has been devastated by the forces of Gog and Magog; He pledges himself to fight against the invaders. Magazine size. 76 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #3
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Painted cover art by Bob Larkin. The Original Master Of Time Part 3, script by Will Richardson, art by Lee Elias; The mysterious MacQuarb shows Bishop and Wells the past and the future, then sends them into the future to rescue Restin and Adam, destroy the Morlocks, and restore the correct order of things; Adam and his wife Louise have to remain in the future were they will rebuild the world. Bravo For Adventure Part 1, script and art by Alex Toth; Set in 1935; Pilot Jesse Bravo is hired to act as stunt-co-ordinator on a movie shooting in Lone Pine. The cast of characters who converge on Lone Pine include crime boss Kardos trying to find Bo Bannon, who has run up a large gambling debt to him; Bannon is engaged to Vivi Powell, who breaks it off with him when she finds out about the debt. Comes The End Time Part 2, script by Will Richardson, art by Alfredo Alcala; Voltar and Minorca journey to the Forest of Thorns which guards the entrance to the Goblin underworld; The thorns attack them, killing Minorca and disabling Voltar. Magazine size. 76 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #4
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Painted cover art by Nestor Redondo. Master Of The World Part 1, script by Budd Lewis, art by Lee Elias; In the past Doyle and Verne organize an expedition to uncover the cause of a mysterious explosion in Siberia; They stray into a conflict between Cossacks and Mongols, and are then attacked by an alien space-ship; Meanwhile, in the present, Bishop organises a bogus emergency to help lift Restin out of a funk, and sends him back to the Wild West to solve the mystery of the disappearance of inept train-robber Al Jennings. Bravo For Adventure Part 2, script and art by Alex Toth; Bo deliberately crashes to his death when he realises there is no way out; Vivi takes this badly and cuts off her hair; Max and Patsy show up, gunning for Jesse, but Vivi takes them both out when they try to manhandle him; He then takes them to see the recuperating Nico who sets them straight. Comes The End Time Part 3, script by Will Richardson, art by Alfredo Alcala; The Nether-Warlord saves Voltar from the thorns, but only so they can do combat. Magazine size. 76 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #5
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Stories in this issue include: The Rook: Master of the World part two by Budd Lewis and Lee Elias; Viking Prince by Jose Ortiz; and Voltar part five by Will Richardson (a.k.a. Bill DuBay) and Alfredo Alcala. Cover art by Jordi Penalva. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #6
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Stories in this issue include: The Rook: Master of the World part three by Budd Lewis and Lee Elias; Viking Prince part two by Jose Ortiz; and Voltar part six by Will Richardson (a.k.a. Bill DuBay) and Alfredo Alcala. Cover art by Bob Larkin. Cover price $1.75.
