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Jon Sable Freelance (1983) comic books 1985-1987

  • 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.

  • 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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    3 days 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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    3 days 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.

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    6 days left Auction JON SABLE FREELANCE #23 (1985) The Crucified Man, Safari Sketchbook

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  • 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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    3 days 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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    3 days 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
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    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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    3 days 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
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    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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    3 days 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
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    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.

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    3 days left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #32 First Comics Jan 1986

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  • 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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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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    3 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
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    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
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    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
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Issue #44
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 44

    "The Hard Way, part one". Part 1 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Judith Hunt. Inks by Mike Manley. An unreleased film, "The Hard Way" is finally being screened since it stars a recently departed actor. Jon Sable becomes involved because Myke Blackmon's roommate Grey had a role in the film. So when one of the only two remaining copies of the film is destroyed by a truck bomb, Sable is hired by the producer to protect the last copy. Travelling to Cannes on the producer's yacht are the main stars of the film, plus Jon Sable. Everything is going fine……until one of the stars is murdered. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

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    6 days left Auction Jon Sable Freelance #10,18,44 (Nov 1984, First) Mike Grell

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  • Issue #45
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 45

    "The Hard Way, part two". Part 2 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Judith Hunt. Inks by Brian Thomas. In an attempt to gain clues as to who murdered Glenn Forrest, Jon and company view the film, "The Hard Way". Finding a vital clue in the film, Sable begins to put the pieces together, unravelling a sordid tale of Hollywood and the people that work there, and kill there. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #46
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 46

    "The Tower. Part 1 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Art by Mike Manley. Gunmen have taken over a Chicago office tower, sealing off the top floors while they hold a group of executives hostage. Unknown to them, one of the hostages is a man intent on killing his boss who had blackmailed the man's wife into an affair. His wife meanwhile, hires Jon Sable to prevent that murder. Now Sable just has to find out how to scale the tower and get inside. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #47
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 47

    "The Tower, part two". Part 2 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Art by Mike Manley. Jon experiences more than his share of trials as he scales a Chicago office building. Even if he survives the climb, will he be able to save the hostages inside, and prevent the murder he was hired to head off? 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #48
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 48

    "The Prisoner". Part 1 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Mike Manley. Inks by Mike Machlan. Jon is asked to handle security for a visit by British royalty to a small European duchy. The problem is, there are forces within the country Jon knows nothing about, and since Jon has more than a passing resemblance to the country's ruler, they have their own plans for him. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #49
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 49

    "The Prisoner, part 2". Part 2 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Mike Manley. Inks by Mike Machlan and Al Vey. Set up to be the patsy in a game of international intrigue, Sable fights back with all of his wits. Escaping his imprisonment, can he prevent the assassination of a prominent British royal and avoid a major international incident at the same time? 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #50
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 50

    "Cats Tale". Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Robb Phipps. Inks by Sam De La Rosa. Maggie the Cat is back, and she needs Sable's help. It seems she's stolen some jewels from someone high up in the Mafia. Bigger problem is, she also stole his record book. When it is discovered that there's more to the book than meets the eye, Jon comes up with a plan to make sure all of the guilty parties are punished. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

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    4 days left Auction 4 John Sable Freelance FIRST Comic Books #49 50 51 52 5 KM7

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  • Issue #51
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 51

    '24 hours'. Part 1 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Art by Gerald Forton. Eden Kendall's son Adam shows up suddenly in New York, just as Eden has to go out of town on business. Solution. Get Jon Sable to hang out with him. Problem is, Jon gets a call about a job while they are together and since his client is in a heap of trouble, he heads out immediately. Unfortunately, his client's problem comes to a head just after Jon leaves and she calls back. Hearing the message on Jon's machine, Adam figures on having himself a real New York adventure. Real bad idea. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

  • Issue #52
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 52

    "24 hours, part 2". Part 2 of 2. Cover by Mike Grell and Lurene Haines. Story by Mike Grell. Pencils by George Booker. Inks by Val Mayerik. Eden Kendall's son Adam is on the run with Jon's client Shareen. Staying one step ahead of their pursuers and Jon, they finally make it back to Jon's place, just in time for a showdown. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

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    2 days left Auction JON SABLE FREELANCE #52 VF 1987 First comics vol. 1

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  • Issue #53
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 53

    Down Time. Cover by Mike Grell and Lurene Haines. Story by Mike Grell. Art by Gerald Forton. A chance meeting between Jon, Myke and Captain Winters in a club leads to a telling of the history of the police captain. But before they part ways, Jon and Winters must deal with a duo who have been targeting clubs just like this one to rob. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

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    2 days left Auction Jon Sable, Freelance #53 VF 8.0 First Comics Mike Grell 1987 $1.75

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  • Issue #54
    Jon Sable Freelance (1983) 54

    "The Trojan Wars, Part 1". Part 1 of 3. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Art by Tony Salmons. The CIA gets wind of a shipment of guns headed for the IRA. The head agent though is and old flame of Myke Blackmon's, and for his own reasons, he gets Jon Sable involved. In the course of tracking down the shipment, Jon finds out that someone from his past is deeply involved in the plot. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.