The Griffin comic books issue 1

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Twenty years ago, the Acacians recruited teenager Matt Williams of Earth to become a super-soldier in their cosmic fighting force. Now, Matt's sick of it, but going home is against the Acacians' rules. Matt doesn't care and, with the powers the aliens have given him, he doesn't have to play by any rules if he doesn't want to. So, THE GRIFFIN comes home, accompanied by an eight-foot-tall, banana-yellow sidekick - to family and friends who believed he was dead these past twenty years, pursued by Acacian agents determined to bring him back, or see him destroyed! THE GRIFFIN (parts of which, now totally revised, were originally published in black-and-white by Slave Labor Graphics) is created by writer Dan Vado and artist Norman Felchle and features the inking of Mark McKenna and coloring of Steve Oliff and his Olyoptics computer crew. Painted cover by Matt Wagner. Prestige Format. Cover price $4.95.

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Written by Alexander Buccellato and David Wohl. Art by Cedric Nocon and Sal Regla. Mace Griffin has had a hard life. Driven from his family home by the corrupt Enforcers, Mace joins up with the peace-keeping force known as The Rangers. But before Mace can use his training to its fullest, he is framed for the death of his Ranger squad. Mace now has to face five years in a dangerous prison. If he survives his sentence, there is only one place left to turn, only one last hope of righting all the wrongs in his life. That hope is with the Bounty Hunters Guild, and with a new life, as Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter. Based on the hit video game from Universal Interactive! 32 slick pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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1st printing. By Ben Riggs. For twenty years, a story has been told about the first company that made DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, TSR, and the story goes something like this: Dungeons & Dragons created the genre of role-playing games in 1974, and that made TSR successful. In the 1990's, Wizards of the Coast created a new kind of game, the collectible card game. People started playing Wizards' flagship product, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, and that competition killed TSR. In a twist worthy of a Greek tragedy, Wizards ended up buying TSR. It is a story of competition and creative destruction, as capitalism teaches us is right and good. That story is entirely wrong. Through hundreds of hours of interviews, endless research, and the help of anonymous sources providing secret documents, the true story of what happened to TSR and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS can finally be told. TSR did not so much die in capitalist combat as it bled to death of self-inflicted wounds. The true history is that of disastrous mistakes, and decisions founded on arrogance rather than good sense. Debts were racked up, geniuses driven from the company, and thousands of products were shipped and sold at a loss, with no one noticing until after the fact. The story of TSR provides a negative blueprint, an example of what a company should not do in the geek business space. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 304 pages, Text Only. Cover price $19.00.

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1st printing. By Fredrik Stromberg. As one of the most effective and powerful forms of communication, it comes as no surprise that comic art has been misappropriated by governments, self-interest groups, do-gooders, and sinister organizations to spread their message. World War II comic book propaganda-with Superman, Batman, and Captain America raising war bonds, and bashing cartoon Japanese and Germans-was so ubiquitous that there was barely a US comic untainted by the war effort. The sub-textual sequential art continued well into the Cold War, with both sides producing comics extolling themselves and defaming the enemy. Softcover, 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Art by Cluadia Campos. In the war against vampires, mankind has only one hope: The Dark-Hunters. Ancient warriors who died of brutal betrayal, the Dark-Hunters have sworn themselves into the service of the goddess Artemis to protect us. It's a pact with pretty good perks - immortality, power, psychic abilities, wealth and a cool wardrobe. But it comes with a few drawbacks: fatal sun poisoning and a new, irreparable dental problem. But aside from the fangs and nocturnal lifestyle, it's not so bad. Until Kyrian meets the most frightening thing imaginable: an accountant who's being hunted by one of the most lethal vampires out there! Softcover, 208 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W Cover price $9.99.

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Female Force Kathy Griffin #1 - April 2011. Written by Marc Shapiro, illustrated by Gene Decicco. Cover by Michat Szyksznian. Comedian Kathy Griffin's life story. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Story by Dan Vado. Art and cover by Norman Felchle. The first series about the space-borne superhero, written by Slave Labor Graphics publisher Vado. 20 years ago, Matt Williams became a superhuman warrior for an alien race, but now he wants to go home to Earth. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.75.

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Story by Dan Vado. Art by Phil Allora. Cover by Norman Felchle. SLG publisher Vado brings his space-borne superhero back home to Slave Labor Graphics. After the events of the 1991 DC miniseries, The Griffin and fellow super-soldier Anarchy roam the universe, exiled from Earth and pursued by an alien empire. Intended as a new series, but this was the only issue. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.