Comic books June 1988

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Story and art by Michael Gilbert. Continuing the "Origins" saga! The birth of baby Stern! Also, we get to meet Mr. Monsters of ages past! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.75.

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Into the Womb. Story by Neal Adams. Art by Neal Adams. Cover by Neal Adams. The return of Ms. Mystic, the magical hero created by the legendary Neal Adams. Injured in battle, Ms. Mystic seeks help from the spirit of the Earth itself; the result is the creation of the super-team known as the Elementals, later to be called Urth 4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00.

Vol. 78 # 1. Official publication of the Society of American Magicians. Demonstrations, news, and announcements. Darwin photo cover. Magazine format, black and white; 48 pages on white paper. No cover price.

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When a tenderfoot Marine pilot is shot down, Squad Leader Phillips and his men try their best to get him to safety...and maybe even show him that there's more to war than just impersonal death from above! "Milk Run" is written by Doug Murray, with art by Wayne Vansant and Geof Isherwood. Cover by John Beatty. Cover price $1.25.

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June 1988. Subliminal Sex. The very first Evil Clown Comics, written by Nick Bakay, illustrated by Alan Kupperberg; an article illustrated by punk-pop artist Joe Coleman; a one-page Harvey Pekar story illustrated by Don Simpson. Stories and art by Paul Krassner, Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs, Buddy Hickerson, Frank Springer, Gerard Jones, and Shary Flenniken. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover model is supermodel Carol Alt. Cover price $3.95.

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Cover art by Henry Scarpelli. Health Education public service announcement about AIDS awareness, with the Archie gang. "Funny Business," script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Henry Scarpelli, inks by Rudy Lapick; Students in the Riverdale Junior Business Association have to establish an after-school business; Jughead and Betty, Reggie and Veronica, Eugene and Moose, and Archie and Amani form teams, but each of their business plans has a flaw. Sunkist Fun Fruits ad with Archie and his Friends. Mr. Lodge's Puzzle Page by Rod Ollerenshaw. "Dream Date Nightmare," script by Mike Pellowski (as Mike Pollowski), pencils by Henry Scarpelli, inks by Rudy Lapick; Archie wins a contest for a "dream date" with TV star Glory Carter, but the dream turns into a nightmare when Glory turns out to be a selfish, media-obsessed brat. Katy Keene Comics Digest ad. "The April Fool," script by Mike Pellowski (as Mike Pollowski), art by Henry Scarpelli; Reggie plays tricks on the rest of the gang on April Fool's day. Archie's Posters ad. "Ticket to Happiness," script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Henry Scarpelli, inks by Rudy Lapick; Archie loses his ride tickets at a carnival and gives them up when he finds they were found by a couple of poor kids. Archie's Club News. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.

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Cover pencils by Bret Blevins, inks by Terry Austin. Instant Replay!, script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Bret Blevins, inks by Terry Austin; Wolfsbane, Magik, and Warlock are still coping with recent deaths; the New Mutants attend Cypher's memorial; Warlock tries to "resurrect" Cypher; the New Mutants bid Cypher farewell; Magik decides to go after Forge, whom she believes killed the X-Men. Statement of Ownership: Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 347,712. Single issue nearest to filing date: 392,116. 36 pgs. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $1.00.

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Reprints New Teen Titans (1984-1996 2nd Series) #30 - "Revolution!" Part 3 of 4. Guest-starring Superman, Batman and Robin (Jason Todd), Flash (Wally West), Robotman (of the Doom Patrol), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Star Spangled Kid, Doctor Midnight, and Booster Gold. Written by Marv Wolfman and Paul Levitz. Art by Eduardo Barreto and Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Michael Bair & Mark Beachum. The Titans and Robotman have been thoroughly thrashed by the power of Brother Blood. Now, Frances Kane leads strike force of heroes into the villain's stronghold to rescue the fallen teen heroes. Cover price $1.00.

Canadian edition with $1.35 cover price. Reprints New Teen Titans (1984-1996 2nd Series) #30 - "Revolution!" Part 3 of 4. Guest-starring Superman, Batman and Robin (Jason Todd), Flash (Wally West), Robotman (of the Doom Patrol), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Star Spangled Kid, Doctor Midnight, and Booster Gold. Written by Marv Wolfman and Paul Levitz. Art by Eduardo Barreto and Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Michael Bair & Mark Beachum. The Titans and Robotman have been thoroughly thrashed by the power of Brother Blood. Now, Frances Kane leads strike force of heroes into the villain's stronghold to rescue the fallen teen heroes. Cover price $1.35.

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"The Cuckoo Conspiracy!" Written by R.J.M. L'Officier. Art by Mike Collins and Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Mike Collins and Dick Giordano. The conniving Godiva returns and she plans to take the Titans down once and for all. Plus, the Titans meet the grandfather of their newest member, Danny Chase. Cover price $1.75.

June 27, 1988. issue with cover feature, "Who is Roger Rabbit?" Color/B&W, 86 pages, slick paper stock. Cover price $2.00.

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"Return to the bowl shaped world." Part 1 of 6. 20 pages. Story by Mike Baron. Pencils and cover by Steve Rude. Inks by John Nyberg. Nexus, Judah, and Badger begin their trek across the bowl shaped world and their specially designed ship pays immediate dividends. "Guild War, Part 2 – Broadsword." Part 2 of 3. Continued from issue 43. 6 pages. Story by Roger Salick. Pencils by Angel Medina. Inks by Sam Grainger. Judah and Zzasha enlist telekinetic heads to help them free Zzasha's brother from the assassins guild. 26 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

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Painted cover by Jim Steranko. "The Delta Equation," script by Bob Harras, pencils by Paul Neary, inks by Kim DeMulder; Fury leads a S.H.I.E.L.D. team to stabilize the nuclear core of the crashed Helicarrier, only to be over-run by a joint AIM/HYDRA team, sent to steal the core; Fury is contacted by a sleeper agent, who informs him of Roxxon's involvement, and Fury brings it to the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Board of Directors; S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated at the deepest levels, and soon Fury must run to keep safe from the long arm of the agency that he once led. 52 pgs., full color. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

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Ex-Mutants Cover price $1.95.

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"Wisper of Doom!" Written by Mark Ellis. Art by Franc Reyes. The rival Houses of Pandona invade House Dracus with the intention of killing the Overlord and all the Amita K'un. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover art by Ben Dunn. The Girl Who Came In From The Cold, script by James Hanrahan, art by Ben Dunn, letters by Lone Star Comics' own Craig Miller; Jeremy and Ricky fly to Japan to visit their Grandfather. Three page previow of Tiger X issue 1 by Ben Dunn. 44 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

News about Ralph Snart Adventures, Speed Racer, Terminator, and more. Folds out into a color Terminator poster by Tony Adkins. Folds up to a 8-3/4 in. x 11-1/8 in. flyer.

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Mandrake In Hollywood. Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Fred Fredericks. Adventures of the comic strip magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips Jan. 1 - April 9, 1938, including the 11th Mandrake story and the first week of the 12th. In Hollywood, Mandrake gets a job at Granite Studios; meanwhile, child star Sonny, the most spoiled brat on Earth, has been kidnapped. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

This issue covers Avengers (1st series) 109 thru 126, Defenders 8 thru 11, and Giant-Size Avengers 1. Each issue reviewed in the index has a full-page summary and a full-page reprint of the original cover. Index contributors and consultants include George Olshevsky, Ron Bialkowski, Peter Garcia, Chuck Huber, Carol Klutey, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Mougin, Murray Ward, and Mark Gruenwald. Cover pencils by Jim Valentino. Cover inks by Tom Morgan. The wraparound cover illustrates the Steve Englehart-era Avengers surrounded by their familiar foes including the Collector, Dormammu, Kang, Loki, Magneto, Thanos, and the Zodiac. Splash page art by Jim Valentino and Tom Morgan. The splash page depicts the Avengers paying tribute to the fallen Swordsman. Both the last page and the back inside cover continue several lengthy issue summaries. Square bound binding. 48 pages Cover price $2.95.

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Stories by Archie Goodwin. Art by Al Williamson and Stanley Pitt. Cover by Al Williamson. Pioneer reprints the late '60s run of the adventure strip (originally known as Secret Agent X-9), when it was called Secret Agent Corrigan and staffed by comics legends Goodwin and Williamson. Reprints Secret Agent Corrigan dailies Jan. 6 - July 4, 1969. Communist agent Madame Lei hires hitman Joe Ice to kill Phil Corrigan for interfering with her plans for world domination. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Mind-Trippers - Fantasy Addicts Speak Out; Computers With a Heart; Lost World - Hidden Forest of Madagascar. Cover by Takashi Terada. Cover price $3.50.

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Stories by Jim Bricker. Art by Jim Bricker, Shepard Hendrix and Doug Gray. Cover by Jim Bricker. A comedy series set in 1980s San Francisco, as Joe tries to maintain a peaceful existence with his roommates Cliff (an aging frat-boy) and female reporter Robin. Cliff meets his father; Joe visits April; Robin learns she has a secret admirer. In the backup story, a guy keeps bumping into Satan. Beforeward; What Has Gone Before; Open Season; Midward; Satan Cruised the Boardwalk; Afterward. Intended as an ongoing series, but this was the final issue. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Mike Dimpsey. Art by Ken Steacy and Andrew Pratt. Cover by Ken Steacy. A controversial (to fans) adaptation of the beloved manga and anime series from Now Comics. Astro Boy must unite the police, the military and the rebel robots to face a Cybersharknado. 24 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Israeli Elite Units since 1948!" Written by Sam Katz. Art by Ronald Volstad. In 1947, when the UN partitioned Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, the true war for Israel's existence began. Throughout the War of Independence the PAL'MACH (Hebrew abbreviation for 'Strike Companies') spearheaded Israel's forces. Disbanded in 1949, the PAL'MACH was replaced by other specialist units, including paratroop forces, the GOLANI Infantry Brigade, the Naval Commandos, and territorial and other reconnaissance commando formations. An acknowledged expert on the Israeli Defence Forces, Samuel Katz presents an overview of these IDF elite units, including the mysterious SAYERET MAT'KAL, a highly classified elite unit whose exploits involve the 1972 raid on a hijacked Belgian Sabena Boeing 707. Softcover,64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 188 - 1st printing. "Polish Armies 1569–1696 (2)!" Written by Richard Brzezinski. Art by Angus McBride. The 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was almost as varied as modern America. Alongside Slavs lived Lithuanians and other Balts, Germans, Tatars, Armenian merchants, Jewish traders, and even a remarkably large populations of Scots. This variety of cultures had a strong influence on the Polish army. Along with the predominantly Polish and Lithuanian 'winged' hussars served numerous foreigners from both within and outside the Commonwealth: Tatars and Cossacks, Wallachians, Transylvanians, Moldavians, Hungarians, Serbians and Albanians; and from the West, French, Italians, Dutch, Walloons, Swedes and Scots. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

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Suicide Park - Written by John Wagner and Alan Grant. Art by Cam Kennedy and Steve Montano. Cover by Cam Kennedy. It's the grand opening of Boss Angel's ultimate theme park, and the Outcasts are just dying to get in! So back off -- B.D. and his bucket o'Queeg are comin' through! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.

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The high-seas adventures of the 13th Phantom continue as his modern-day descendant follows a murder trail to the concrete jungles of Manhattan. Written by Peter David, with art by Joe Orlando and Dennis Janke. Cover by Orlando and Dave Gibbons. New Format. Cover price $1.25.

"The Phantom of the Opera," script by Al Hewetson (adaptation) and Gaston Leroux (original novel), art by Jesus Duran; Soprano Christine Daae is stalked, then abducted by a grotesquely disfigured man who lives under the Paris Opera House; Her other admirer Raoul, with the help of a mysterious man known only as the Persian, eventually rescues her. "The Thing in the Black Dress," script by Al Hewetson, art by Jesus Suso Rego; A woman seeks to be the queen of society in her town, and to dispose of her younger rival she spreads the rumor that the younger woman is a vampire; But rumors and accusations can work both ways. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Rick Hoberg and Arne Starr. Cover by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The past she believed was hers has proven to be an illusion, and now Power Girl must create a new present for herself...if the forces of Chaos from out of her past don't destroy her first. Power Girl stars in her first mini-series, which offers the last surviving daughter of ancient Atlantis an all-new beginning and life. As Karen Starr, she's a successful young entrepreneur in the computer software field, with a life full of everyday hassles. As Power Girl, she's become the target of one of her grandfather Arion's greatest and most powerful foes, the Weaver, servant of Chaos and the ages-old guardian of the mighty Threads of Magic. The battle begins near Karen's Brooklyn home. It will end in that dark relic of the age when magic ruled the Earth, the dimension called Darkworld, with Power Girl in a battle for her life and the fate of the world. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.00.

Canadian edition with $1.35 cover price. Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Rick Hoberg and Arne Starr. Cover by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The past she believed was hers has proven to be an illusion, and now Power Girl must create a new present for herself...if the forces of Chaos from out of her past don't destroy her first. Power Girl stars in her first mini-series, which offers the last surviving daughter of ancient Atlantis an all-new beginning and life. As Karen Starr, she's a successful young entrepreneur in the computer software field, with a life full of everyday hassles. As Power Girl, she's become the target of one of her grandfather Arion's greatest and most powerful foes, the Weaver, servant of Chaos and the ages-old guardian of the mighty Threads of Magic. The battle begins near Karen's Brooklyn home. It will end in that dark relic of the age when magic ruled the Earth, the dimension called Darkworld, with Power Girl in a battle for her life and the fate of the world. 32 pages, FC.Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Rick Hoberg and Arne Starr. Cover by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The past she believed was hers has proven to be an illusion, and now Power Girl must create a new present for herself...if the forces of Chaos from out of her past don't destroy her first. Power Girl stars in her first mini-series, which offers the last surviving daughter of ancient Atlantis an all-new beginning and life. As Karen Starr, she's a successful young entrepreneur in the computer software field, with a life full of everyday hassles. As Power Girl, she's become the target of one of her grandfather Arion's greatest and most powerful foes, the Weaver, servant of Chaos and the ages-old guardian of the mighty Threads of Magic. The battle begins near Karen's Brooklyn home. It will end in that dark relic of the age when magic ruled the Earth, the dimension called Darkworld, with Power Girl in a battle for her life and the fate of the world. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.35.

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Cover pencils by Jon Bogdanove, inks by Hilary Barta. "Seeing the Light!," script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Stan Drake; The team meets Rebecca Littlehale, a young girl who has recently discovered shes a mutant; Rebecca can teleport to any bright light she sees; However, since shes unable to control her abilities, she teleports across New York City, ending up on the ledge outside Power Packs apartment, before zapping away again; The search for Rebecca. 36 pgs., full color. $0.60. Cover price $1.00.

Cover art by Gary Kwapisz. The Promised Land, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Gary Kwapisz; Harvey Pekar recalls a time in the 1960s when he considered emigrating to Israel. Untitled story, script by Gabriel Solano Lopez, art by Francisco Solano Lopez ; Ana returns to Paris, but can't find contentment. Untitled Gaston Lagaffe story, script by Franquin and Dwight R. Decker (translation), art by Franquin; Gaston refines the coffee machine. Letter to a Philistine text story by Herman Hesse. There's Something Wrong With A Perfect Lawn, script and art by Carol Tyler; Harvey is obsessed with moving into a planned community. My First Car, script and art by Lindsay Arnold (as Linzee Arnold); The pulling power of Linzee's 1927 car. Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas by Gustave Flaubert, art by Rick Geary. Ad for "Daydreams and Nightmares: The Fantastic Visions of Winsor McCay" and "The Reaper of Love", art by Winsor McCay and Bernie Wrightson. 68 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.95.

Volume 2- 1st printing. "The Singing Sword!"

Story and art By Hal Foster.

Hal Foster's epic Prince Valiant Sunday strips are collected in these full-color treasury volumes. Prince Valiant Volume #2: The Singing Sword, story and art by Hal Foster, was published by Fantagraphics Books.

Softcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 48 pages, full color.

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Pitt tie-in (Uncredited) - "The Girl with the Far Away Eyes!" Story by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Ron Lim and Mike Witherby. Meet Overtime, a woman that can foresee the future, but she is powerless to change it. This could spell doom for Psi-Force. Includes a back-up story starring Codename: Spitfire. "The Sublet!" Story by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Mark Bagley and Chris Ivy. Cover price $1.25.

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Story by Mike Baron. Art by Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams. Frank plans to exchange one bad guy for another but things go haywire, as they tend to do when a ninja shows up. It's all Frank can do to stay one step ahead of the assassin's katana blade. Plus, the death of Microchip's son. 32 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Story by Mike Baron. Art by Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams. Frank plans to exchange one bad guy for another but things go haywire, as they tend to do when a ninja shows up. It's all Frank can do to stay one step ahead of the assassin's katana blade. Plus, the death of Microchip's son. 32 pages. Private Notes: Death of Microchip's son. Baron, Whilce Portacio, & Scott Williams Cover price $1.00.