Comic books May 1998

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Cover by Jason Johnson and Danny Miki. Flattened, script by Chuck Dixon, art by Staz Johnson and Stan Woch; Robin rescues "Hardback" Bock; they team up to battle Quakemaster , Arnold Wesker's newest puppet; Nightwing saves Gordon and Mayor Grange; Batman continues helping survivors. Cataclysm crossover continued from Batman: Arkham Asylum—Tales of Madness #1. 36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Variants, Part 1. Stories by Ted Nomura and Jochen Weltjens. Art by Ted Nomura and Jochen Weltjens. Cover by Joseph Wight. Antarctics English-language manga team presents new stories based on the beloved anime series. As Fokker and Focke face off over the deserts of the Middle East, officer Lisa Hayes finds herself in an alternate time-line where Admiral Fokker now commands the SDF-1. Plus a back-up story set in the Robotech-verse by artist Jochen Weltjens. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.

Story by Doug Lanford. A real Robotech rarity, from the early days of video game consoles. Crystal Dreams follows the adventures of Kyle Bartley, a disgraced mecha pilot turned mercenary, who finds himself in the path of a new Zentraedi invasion. This was a tie-in comic for a Nintendo 64 Robotech game, Crystal Dreams (also known as Robotech Academy). Financial problems of producer GameTek meant that the game was never completed, other than a demo version that was shown at the 1998 E3 electronics trade show. All that remained of it was this promotional comic book from Antarctic Press that was handed out at E3, and is now much sought-after by Robotech fans. 8 pages, B&W.

Story by Asylum Khan. Art and cover by Jean-Sebastien Duberger and Pierre-Andre Dery. Antarctic Press presents new stories based on the beloved anime series. During the events of Robotech: New Generation, an injured, amnesiac stranger is taken in by a group of humans. While he recovers, he develops a bond with a young woman. But as his memory returns, he is revealed as the Invid prince Corg. He is sworn to kill all humans – but suddenly thats not so easy. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

The World's leading horror culture and entertainment publication! This issue features articles on Tom Savini, horror in music videos and the impact of horror on Western culture! Cover price $2.75.

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Cover photo by Gavin Wilson and Richard Bruning. The City Act Two: Staten Island, script by Steven T. Seagle, art by Guy Davis; The Golden Age Sandman's paramour, Dian Belmont, journeys to the borough of Staten Island in search of a legendary author who has vanished without a trace. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

TV listings, plus article on The X-Files. David Duchvony/Gillian Anderson cover. Cover price $5.95.

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Unfinished Business: Part 2 of 3 - Story and art by Erik Larsen. Can the city hold up to the super-powered brawl unfolding in its battered streets? Includes character dossiers for Rock and Smasher. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

The International Journal of Imaginative Modelling and Special Effects. Alien Resurrection, Lost in Space, Babylon 5, reviews, and more 8-1/4 in. x 11-5/8 in.; black and white (four color pages); 52 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.00.

Fiction (Karen Haber, Stephen Baxter, Eric T. Baker, Adam-Troy Castro, Gene O'Neill); columns on science, art, games, and books; and more. Cover by John Berkey. 8-in. x 10.75-in.; color; 100 slick pages. Cover price $3.95.

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Scooby and the gang are guests of honor at the Sleuthcon, where a lottery is held in which the winner will get to be an honorary member of Mystery Inc. The winner, Evander Cranapple, knows everything about the gang and their mysteries and tries to help them with a case in "Six is a Crowd." Script by Chris Duffy and art by Joe Staton & Andrew Pepoy. Issue also has "Shaggy's Sasquatch Search" with script by Michael Kupperman and art by Tim Harkins. Cover price $1.95.

Cover sculpture by Doug TenNapel, photo by Joe Sanabria. Untitled story, script and art by Doug TenNapel; A Scud: Heartless Series 666 is bought by an angel to take out hell's "Chairman of the Board." 28 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Sensational Spider-Man Identity Crisis #27 cover with Sensational Hornet #1 cover underneath. "Inventing the Hornet!" Identity Crisis Part 3 of 8. (Peter Parker as the Hornet Part 1 of 2.) Plot by Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. The Looter breaks into Norman Osborn's office at the Daily Bugle looking for the $5 million bounty! However the loony super-villain's heist is interrupted by the first appearance of the Hornet! Who is this new superhero? Well, it's actually your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man wearing a new costume! Peter and Mary Jane thought it would be a good idea for the web-slinger to lay low while the aforementioned $5 million reward remains in effect! So here comes the Hornet! Will the Looter have any better luck against the Hornet than he did against Spider-Man? Probably not! Cameo appearances by Hobie Brown, Flash Thompson, Norman Osborn, J. Jonah Jameson, Billy Walters, and the Vulture. (Notes: Amazing Spider-Man 434 & 435 are parts 1 & 2 of the Identity Crisis storyline. This story was reprinted in 1998 in the trade paperback: Marvel Finest's Spider-Man Identity Crisis; and again in 2012 in the trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man Identity Crisis.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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Sensational Hornet #1 cover with Sensational Spider-Man Identity Crisis #27 cover underneath. Spider-Man: Identity Crisis: Part 3 of 8 - Hornet: Part 1 of 2 - Hornet vs. Vulture. With a bounty on Spidey he is forced to disguise himself with new costumes. Cover price $1.99.

Sensational Spider-Man Identity Crisis #27. Newsstand edition looks like #27A but with no Hornet #1 cover underneath; not a double cover issue. Spider-Man: Identity Crisis: Part 3 of 8 - Hornet: Part 1 of 2 - Cover pencils by Mike Wieringo, inks by Rich Case. Inventing the Hornet! (Identity Crisis [Part 1]) starring Hornet (intro; Peter Parker (also as Spider-Man)), Looter, Norman Osborn, Hobie Brown, Vulture, Mary Jane Parker, Billy Walters, Flash Thompson, and SHIELD, script by Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo (co-plotter), pencils by Mike Wieringo, inks by Rich Case; Peter tackles the Looter in his first foray as the Hornet. 36 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese - 1st printing. Written by Chiaki J. Konaka. Art by Yoshitoshi Abe. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 9-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese - NO Slipcase - 1st printing. Written by Chiaki J. Konaka. Art by Yoshitoshi Abe. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 9-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese.

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By Tom Sniegoski, & Randy Green. Billy Tucci cover. Cover price $2.95.

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Impact. Story by Herb Mallette. Art by Kelsey Shannon. Cover by Nathan Lumm. A spin-off from Warrior Nun Areala, featuring the early adventures of Shotgun Mary, a rogue nun with a penchant for bikes and big guns. Summoned to aid a group of warrior priests, Mary arrives just in time to get the men out of danger and into their van. But escape is not so easy when the driver is possessed by a revenant spirit. 24 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.

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Story by Larry Hancock. Art and cover by Michael Cherkas. A follow-up to Silent Invasion, the cult-classic series about alien invasions and conspiracy paranoia in the 1950s. Former FBI agent Phil Housley, one of the few people to know about the original invasion, is hired to find the missing Howard Finster. Final issue of the series; story resumes as Secret Messages from NBM. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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"Sunrise and Shadow Fall!" Guest-starring the Gargoyle. Story by J.M. DeMattis. Art by Roger Cruz, Joe Bennett, and Manny Clark. Art for page 31 by Jon J. Muth. As, the Silver Surfer and Alicia Masters celebrate their new found love for one another, they are attacked by Isaac Christians, the Gargoyle. Why is this former Defender, a group the Surfer helped found, attacking them now? 32 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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Cover art by Bill Morrison. The Absent-Minded Protestor, script by Doug Tuber, Tim Maile, and Steve Luchsinger, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Tim Bavington; The Heroic Life And Mortifying Death Of Radioactive Man Chapter II, script by Bill Morrison and Kayre Morrison, pencils by Bill Morrison, inks by Steve Steere Jr.; Radioactive Man is dead and the Superior Squad are arguing among themselves. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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Cover by Tim Levins. Shapes Part 1: The Prodigal Son, script by J. Torres, art by Tim Levins, Jeff Wasson, and Tim Levins; In a town populated by super-powered people, investigator Zara Rush takes a case to find a shapeshifter, and remembers a time with her missing father. 36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

"Friendly Rogues and Foul Villains!" Written by Ken Penders. Art by Manny Galan and Jim Amash. Story continued from Knuckles the Echidna (1997-2000) #11. Sonic and Tails find themselves imprisoned in a dungeon with a strange Echidna. Story continues in Knuckles the Echidna (1997-2000) #12. Includes Tales of the Freedom Fighters starring King Avorn in "The Living Crown!" 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.75.

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Battlegrounds - Written by Chris Claremont. Art and Cover by Ron Lim & Chris Ivy. How do you save a country when you've got to get to Math class? The Sovereigns bounce back and forth between fighting a war in the former Soviet Republic of Kuristan and meeting all their obligations in Crossroads. It might be too much even for the Sovs. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.

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Direct Edition. Written by Todd McFarlane and Brian Holguin. Art by Greg Capullo, Danny Miki and Todd McFarlane. Cover by Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane. "Bloodless!" Bootsy steps between Spawn and Wolfram, the vampire, to keep them from destroying each other. When Wolfram mentions a nest of vampires in the area Spawn goes to investigate just as the police arrive and take Bootsy in for questioning. At the police station, Bootsy passes a cryptic message to Sam and Twitch. Elsewhere, in an abandoned warehouse, a child is being tortured. Spawn breaks in and saves the child who reveals an emblem blazoned across his belly. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: This issue is dedicated to Terri Cunningham. Cover price $1.95.

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Newsstand Edition. Written by Todd McFarlane and Brian Holguin. Art by Greg Capullo, Danny Miki and Todd McFarlane. Cover by Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane. "Bloodless!" Bootsy steps between Spawn and Wolfram, the vampire, to keep them from destroying each other. When Wolfram mentions a nest of vampires in the area Spawn goes to investigate just as the police arrive and take Bootsy in for questioning. At the police station, Bootsy passes a cryptic message to Sam and Twitch. Elsewhere, in an abandoned warehouse, a child is being tortured. Spawn breaks in and saves the child who reveals an emblem blazoned across his belly. 32 pages, FC. NOTE: This issue is dedicated to Terri Cunningham. Cover price $1.95.

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Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Pathway to Judgement!" Collects Spawn (1992) #26-30.

Written by Todd McFarlane. Art by Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane.

Softcover, 120 pages, full color.

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Spectacular Spider-Man Identity Crisis #257 cover with Spectacular Prodigy #1 cover underneath. "Prodigy" Identity Crisis Part 7 of 8. (Peter Parker as Prodigy Part 1 of 2.) Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils by Luke Ross. Inks by Dan Green and Al Milgrom. Cover by John Romita. A new superhero bursts on the scene in New York City: Prodigy! But the new hero is actually your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in disguise! However regardless of his identity or costume, Peter Parker fights crime wherever he finds it! And when a visiting ambassador's daughter is abducted, Prodigy leaps into action! But before Prodigy locates the missing girl, he bumps into a new super-villain called Conundrum...and an old one called Jack O'Lantern! The training wheels have officially come off! Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Anna Watson, Betty Brant, Flash Thompson, Norman Osborn, J. Jonah Jameson, and Billy Walters. (Notes: This story was reprinted in 1998 in the trade paperback: Marvel Finest's Spider-Man Identity Crisis; and again in 2012 in the trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man Identity Crisis.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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Prodigy cover over Spider-Man cover. Spider-Man: Identity Crisis: Part 7 of 8 - Prodigy: Part 1 of 2 - Cover art by John Romita. Prodigy (Identity Crisis [Part 1]), script by J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by Luke Ross, inks by Dan Green and Al Milgrom; Peter Parker becomes Prodigy to rescue the daughter of an ambassador. 36 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

Only has single Spider-Man cover. Spider-Man: Identity Crisis: Part 7 of 8 - Prodigy: Part 1 of 2 - Cover art by John Romita. Prodigy (Identity Crisis [Part 1]), script by J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by Luke Ross, inks by Dan Green and Al Milgrom; Peter Parker becomes Prodigy to rescue the daughter of an ambassador. 36 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

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Spider-Man Identity Crisis #91 cover with Dusk #1 cover underneath. "Undercover" Identity Crisis Part 5 of 8. (Peter Parker as Dusk Part 1 of 2.) Script by Howard Mackie. Pencils by John Romita Jr. Inks by Scott Hanna. Cover by John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna. After wearing the Dusk costume last issue, Peter decides to adopt the Dusk identity back in New York to help clear Spider-Man's name! Arthur Stacy advises Dusk to go find the Trapster, befriend him, and see if he will confess to the murder of Joey Z! But by the time Dusk locates the Trapster, the former Paste Pot Pete is under attack from the Shocker! Apparently Norman Osborn has put a price on the Trapster's head! And the Shocker is ready to collect! So in the heart of Times Square; Dusk will try to stop the Shocker, save the Trapster, and exonerate Spider-Man in one fell swoop! Good luck Dusk! Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson and Jill Stacy. (Notes: Sensational Spider-Man 27 & 28 are parts 3 & 4 of the Identity Crisis storyline. This story was reprinted in 1998 in the trade paperback: Marvel Finest's Spider-Man Identity Crisis; and again in 2012 in the trade paperback: the Amazing Spider-Man Identity Crisis.) 36 pages. Cover price $1.99.