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Jon Sable Freelance (1983) comic books 1984-1986

  • Issue #8
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 8

    Sable is hired by a woman who wants him to clear her of theft before the police find her in "Murder is the Last Resort." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #8 VF/NM 9.0 (First Comics 1983) ~ Mike Grell✨ 

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  • Issue #9
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 9

    The investigation Sable was hired for in the last issue turns into something much bigger – a plot to start World War III in "Cliffhanger." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.

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    $5 Jon Sable Freelance #9 VF First 1984 Script/Art Grell I Combine Shipping
    1 day left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #9 NM 9.2 (First Comics 1984) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #10
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 10

    Sable takes a break from his mercenary work to work on a deadline with his book, visit friends, and make a television appearance in "Triptych." Look for appearance by real life former "Today" television show movie critic Gene Shalit. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #10 VF+ 8.5 (First Comics 1983) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #11
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 11

    Sable meets his match while on a job to protect diamonds in "The Cat." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a one-page text feature on "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 3." Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #12
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 12

    Sable tries to help a friend whose son who was declared missing in action during the Vietnam War in "M.I.A." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a one-page text feature "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 4." Cover price $1.00.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #12 NM 9.2 (First Comics 1984) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #13
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 13

    Sable faces not only danger but also his own troubling memories as he tries to locate a friend's son in Vietnam who was declared missing in action during the Vietnam War in "M.I.A. Part 2 – Here There Are Tigers." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #14
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 14

    Sable travels to East Berlin to try to rescue a ballet dancer's wife in "The Wall." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a one-page text feature "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 4." Cover price $1.00.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #14 NM 9.2 (First Comics 1984) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #15
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 15

    Sable joins an expedition that may have a clue to the location of the tomb of Christ in "Green Hell." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #15 F/VF 7.0 (First Comics 1984) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #16
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 16

    Sable's nemesis from issue #11 returns and convinces him to join her in stealing a secret formula in "The Return of the Cat." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #17
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 17

    The ballet dancer that Sable helped in issue #14 is killed and now Sable must protect and help his wife in "Deadly Games - Part 1." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #17 VF+ 8.5 (First Comics 1984) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #18
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 18

    After recovering from his injuries, Sable travels to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles to help the ballet dancer's wife in "Deadly Games – Part 2." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #18 VF+ 8.5 (First Comics 1984) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #19
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 19

    Sable becomes the hunted when he returns to Africa to visit his past in "Prey." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #19 VF/NM 9.0 (Dec 1984, First Comics) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #20
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 20

    Sable ends up as the victim when he tries to stop an armed robbery and a rookie cop's career is on the line in "The Rookie." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.

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    $4 Jon Sable, Freelance #20 VF/NM; First | Mike Grell NYPD Police Cover CO2

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  • Issue #21
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 21

    While recuperating from injuries, Sable tries to prevent a woman from getting away with murder in "Widowmaker." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.

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    1 day left Auction Jon Sable Freelance 21 high grade unread Copper Age First Comics
    7 hours left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #21 VF/NM 9.0 (Feb 1985, First Comics) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #22
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 22

    Still recuperating, Sable visits with friends, works on his writing and decides to take an assassination contract with the Central Intelligence Agency in "The Contract." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has "Safari Sketchbook" of a trip to Africa with Sable writer/artist Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.

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    7 hours left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #22 VF 8.0 (Mar 1985, First Comics) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #23
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 23

    In Israel, Sable works with an agent to track down and stop a terrorist plot in part two of "The Contract – The Crucified Man." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has another chapter of Sable writer/artist Mike Grell's "Safari Sketchbook" of his trip to Africa. Cover price $1.25.

  • Issue #24
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 24

    Cover art by Mike Grell. "The Contract Part Three," script and art by Mike Grell; Sable figures Sparrow is planning to blow up the Dome of the Rock to start a holy war. "Keeping Going" article by Mike Gold; One of the longest running debates in the comics medium centers on the issue of whether a feature should live on after its creator dies or retires. Ads for The First Choice and Mauser's Story. "Safari Sketchbook" by Mike Grell; The wrap-up of Mike and Sharon's safari to Africa. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.25.

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    7 hours left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #24 VF+ 8.5 (First Comics 1985) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #25
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 25

    Sable wraps up things from his last case and in his life and then goes away for a vacation with a friend where he talks about his past in "Homecoming Part 1 – The Angel." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story by Peter B. Gillis and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.

  • Issue #26
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 26

    Sable tells about his father's adventures in World War II and how his father and mother met in "Homecoming Part 2 – The Moses Line." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.

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    7 hours left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #26 FN 6.0 (First Comics 1985) ~ Mike Grell✨

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  • Issue #27
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 27

    Sable talks about how he first met his father when he came to America and his childhood in "Torch Song." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.

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    7 hours left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #27 VF+ 8.5 (Aug 1985, First Comics) ~ Mike Grell ✨

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  • Issue #28
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 28

    Sable and Myke come to terms in their relationship and when Sable attends an auction with props from famous movies, someone steals one of the items in "Bye Bye Blackbird." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.

  • Issue #29
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 29

    Sable has to become a detective to find out who stole the Maltese Falcon in "Murder…In Spades." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.

  • Issue #30
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 30

    Sable continues to play detective to find out who stole the Maltese Falcon in "The Stuff of Dreams." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.

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    7 hours left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #30 VF/NM 9.0  (Nov 1985, First Comics) ~ Mike Grell ✨

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  • Issue #31
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 31

    Sable joins forces with some international mercenaries who have been hired to check out ominous activities in Central America and what they find out could prevent or cause World War III in "Gauntlet." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.

  • Issue #32
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 32

    In Central America, Sable and the mercenaries try to find out what's in a secret cargo and prevent a war from starting in "The Gauntlet – Part 2." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.

  • Issue #33
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 33

    Sable and company journey to Los Angeles to view the animated version of B.B. Flemm's (Sable's alter ego) children's books in "Cave of the Half-Pints." This is a fun and comical issue as Sable takes a back seat to his fictional leprechaun creations as drawn by MAD magazine artist Sergio Aragones. Script and art by Mike Grell and Sergio Aragones. Cover price $1.25.

  • Issue #34
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 34

    Sable and an Indian guide discover a paramilitary compound of supremacists while on a hunting trip in the mountains in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. First Baxter quality paper issue. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #35
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 35

    Injured and cut off from any help, Sable and an Indian battle a group of paramilitary supremacists in the mountains in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

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    $5 Jon Sable Freelance #35 VF First Comics Art/Story M. Grell I Combine Shipping

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  • Issue #36
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 36

    As Myke does a painting of Sable, we see different phases of his current life with his friends and co-workers in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #37
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 37

    In Africa as part of an expedition for the Ivory Ape, Sable is injured by a leopard and then has visions in "Ivory Apes and Peacocks." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

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    6 days left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #37 First Comics Deluxe Series 1986 Mike Grell

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  • Issue #38
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 38

    Still in Africa on the expedition for the Ivory Ape, Sable and Myke do not trust the leader of the expedition in "The Ivory Connection." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #39
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 39

    On their own in the African jungle, Sable and Myke battle to stay alive against human and animal foes in "Ivory Death." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #40
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 40

    While in a competition, Sable angers a fan and ends up in a deadly game in "The Fan." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

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    4 days left Auction John Sable Freelance #40 (1983 Series) First Comics VF/NM

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  • Issue #41
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 41

    Sable escapes the fan's deadly game but then finds he must track down the fan and finish the game in "The Fan – Part 2." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #42
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 42

    Sable stumbles onto a terrorist plot while attending a party in "Appointment with a Lady." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #43
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 43

    Sable joins up with another agent in a race against time as a terrorist plots and plans to create a "masterpiece" of death and danger in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.