Comic books July 1996

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1st Printing - Written by Burne Hogarth and Harry Hurwitz. Art by Burne Hogarth. Step back 60 years ago to a time when comics -- a new medium born in excitement, innocence, and great aspiration -- were capturing the attention of readers everywhere. This is the time in which Burne Hogarth came and changed the face of sequential storytelling with his all-time-classic strips "Tarzan" and "Prince Valiant." Over the last several years, Hogarth and his collaborator, screenwriter Harry Hurwitz, had been working on a new comics series, one which would do for the comics of the 1990s what his earlier work had done for those of the 1930s and 1940s. The result is Morphos the Shapechanger. Hogarth and Hurwitz had created the first installment of a four-issue miniseries which will, sadly, never be completed due to their untimely deaths. Dark Horse is proud to present the first complete, full-color chapter in its entirety, packaged in deluxe format with the finished script of the subsequent issues. The text is profusely illustrated with both preliminary and finished artwork by Hogarth. This is a story of hope that ends with a promise for a better tomorrow, and we only wish we could see what that complete vision would have been. FC. Cover price $4.95.

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Regular cover by Bill McEvoy and Mike Taylor. Written by Bill McEvoy and Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Bill McEvoy and Paul Abrams. A flip-book featuring two bad girls who fight monsters in their own different ways. Pig-tailed punk grrrl Moxi takes on the mindless zombie servants of the demonic duo Anguish and Turmoil. Aspiring warlock Alexander Santili trades hearts with a demon, and opens the way for an alien invasion of Earth —an invasion that can only be halted by Hellina and her advisor Perg. 32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $3.00.

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Variant cover by Bill McEvoy and Mike Taylor. Written by Bill McEvoy and Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Bill McEvoy and Paul Abrams. A flip-book featuring two bad girls who fight monsters in their own different ways. Pig-tailed punk grrrl Moxi takes on the mindless zombie servants of the demonic duo Anguish and Turmoil. Aspiring warlock Alexander Santili trades hearts with a demon, and opens the way for an alien invasion of Earth —an invasion that can only be halted by Hellina and her advisor Perg. 32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $3.00.

Signed Edition cover by Bill McEvoy and Mike Taylor, signed by Bill McEvoy and limited to 250 copies. Written by Bill McEvoy and Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Bill McEvoy and Paul Abrams. A flip-book featuring two bad girls who fight monsters in their own different ways. Pig-tailed punk grrrl Moxi takes on the mindless zombie servants of the demonic duo Anguish and Turmoil. Aspiring warlock Alexander Santili trades hearts with a demon, and opens the way for an alien invasion of Earth — an invasion that can only be halted by Hellina and her advisor Perg. Includes Lightning Comics Certificate of Authenticity. 32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $3.00.

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American Entertainment Exclusive Edition cover by Bill McEvoy and Mike Taylor, limited to 3000 copies. Written by Bill McEvoy and Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Bill McEvoy and Paul Abrams. A flip-book featuring two bad girls who fight monsters in their own different ways. Pig-tailed punk grrrl Moxi takes on the mindless zombie servants of the demonic duo Anguish and Turmoil. Aspiring warlock Alexander Santili trades hearts with a demon, and opens the way for an alien invasion of Earth —an invasion that can only be halted by Hellina and her advisor Perg. Includes American Entertainment Certificate of Authenticity. 32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers

Platinum Commemorative Edition cover by Bill McEvoy and Mike Taylor, limited to 1000 copies. Written by Bill McEvoy and Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Bill McEvoy and Paul Abrams. A flip-book featuring two bad girls who fight monsters in their own different ways. Pig-tailed punk grrrl Moxi takes on the mindless zombie servants of the demonic duo Anguish and Turmoil. Aspiring warlock Alexander Santili trades hearts with a demon, and opens the way for an alien invasion of Earth —an invasion that can only be halted by Hellina and her advisor Perg. May or may not include Lightning Comics Certificate of Authenticity. 32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers.

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Polybagged with card. Hunter, Kramer, Valerie and Wolfe are overpowered by the Nepharite's undead soldiers, but the Nepharite wants them kept alive...for sinister (and most assuredly disgusting) purposes. Meanwhile, a dark secret is revealed about Crenshaw, and Stahler reveals that the Eye of Algeroth would give power over the living as well as the dead! Written by William King, with art by Davide Fabbri, Alex Horley and Paolo Parente. Cover by Simon Bisley. Mature Readers. 32 PG. Cover price $2.95.

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Not polybagged and without card. Hunter, Kramer, Valerie and Wolfe are overpowered by the Nepharite's undead soldiers, but the Nepharite wants them kept alive...for sinister (and most assuredly disgusting) purposes. Meanwhile, a dark secret is revealed about Crenshaw, and Stahler reveals that the Eye of Algeroth would give power over the living as well as the dead! Written by William King, with art by Davide Fabbri, Alex Horley and Paolo Parente. Cover by Simon Bisley. Mature Readers. 32 PG. Cover price $2.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Mutts!" By Patrick McDonnell. Foreword by Charles M. Schulz. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Mutts!" By Patrick McDonnell. Foreword by Charles M. Schulz. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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Cover art by Andrew Robinson. Where The Chips Fall starring Dusty Star, script by Joe Pruett, art by Andrew Robinson. Mr. Mamoulian: A Really Good Book, script and art by Brian Bolland. The Thirst, script by Darko Macan, art by Edvin Biukovi?. Morgen, script by Richard Strauss (Song), John Mackay (Poem), and William Mann (Translation), art by P. Craig Russell. Who Is...The Wretch? starring The Wretch, script and art by Phillip Hester, inks by Paul Fricke. Alan Moore's Songbook: Town of Lights, script by Alan Moore, art by Mark Ricketts. Iron Empires Chapter 3: Second Passage, script by Kevin Moeller, art by Chris Moeller. Mail Order Bride From Space, script by Ian Carney, art by Dave Taylor. Better Living Through Chemistry, script by Warren Ellis, art by Brian Michael Bendis. Flowers starring Carla Anderson, script and art by John McCrea. Ship of Fools: Doin' Time, script by Bryan J.L. Glass, art by Michael Avon Oeming. 4-page Colleen Doran Sketchbook. 68 pgs. $3.95. Cover price $2.95.

The Lord of Destruction - Written by Rachel Pollack. Art and Cover by Keith Giffen. With the war between the gods threatening to destroy Apokolips and New Genesis, Metron restores Highfather's sanity so that he may join Darkseid and Orion in putting a stop to Lightray and his army! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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"Damn the Torpedoes!" Written by Evan Skolnick and Dwight Coye. Art by Patrick Zircher and Andrew Pepoy. You've waited long enough. Witness the startling origin of TURBO! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.50.

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Written by Mike Baron. Art by Steve Rude and Gary Martin. Cover by Steve Rude. Since the nightmares first drove him to do so, Nexus has hunted and killed the galaxy's most notorious mass murderers. So many bodies, he has lost count. But today is different. Today he will execute General Bondi, the man responsible for his father's death. Today, his work is his pleasure. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

July/August 1996. Newsletter from Mike Baron featuring updates on what's next for the comic book Nexus by Mike Baron and Steve Rude. 4 pages, B&W.

July 1996. The premiere gaming magazine for all things Nintendo. Each issue features game strategies, reviews and news on video games and related pop-culture. Full Color, 8.25" x 10.75". Cover price $4.95.

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Story, art and cover by Bill Maus. Introduced in Zen: Intergalactic Ninja, Nira X is a cross-dimensional female mercenary and part of the legendary Cyberangel brigade. A routine trip to the 10th century becomes anything but when Nira encounters a real-life fire-breathing dragon, and finds plate armor sadly lacking. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

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Special Limited Edition San Diego Comic-Con1996 Souvenir Book cover by Bill Maus, limited to 1000 copies. Heaven and Hell. Story and art by Bill Maus. A crossover between two of the scantily-clad bad girls who were all the rage in the 1990s. Deathgate, the embodiment of darkness, escapes from his cosmic prison. Demon-hunter Hellina and interdimensional mercenary Nira-X join forces to stop him, but they must survive Hell itself to do it. 24 pages, Full Color. Mature readers.

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"Justine", "Juju Eyes" and "One for the Brain" written by Hart D. Fisher with art by John Cassaday. B&W, 32 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Terrible Master Urd, Part 4" - As if a power-mad goddess weren't enough, Keiichi and Belldandy have an even bigger problem - and what a big nose that problem has! The giant wolf-spirit Fenrir has come to Earth to aid Urd in her quest to destroy the universe! Something tells me when they get done, man will have to find a new best friend! Cover price $2.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Hellcat Aces of World War 2!" Written by Barrett Tillman. Art by Mark Styling. Grumman's successor to the pugnacious Wildcat, the Hellcat embodied many of the lessons learnt by F4F pilots in the opening months of the Pacific war. Introduced to the fleet in January 1943, and blooded in combat against the Japanese by VF-5 seven months later, the F6F served as the principal US Navy fighter on board carrier decks until VJ-Day. Despite its lethality in the air when ranged against the best Japanese fighters, it still retained docile handling qualities around the carrier deck. Pilots flying the Hellcat claimed nearly 5000 kills in the Pacific, and over 350 pilots achieved ace status on the type. Softcover, 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 295 - 1st printing. "Imperial Chinese Armies (2)!" Written by CJ Peers. Art by Michael Perry. By AD 589, when Yang Chien established himself at the head of a newly reformed Chinese empire, nearly four centuries had elapsed since the fall of the last great imperial dynasty: the Han. Although Yang's new Sui regime consciously modelled itself on its great predecessor, both China and the world outside had changed. The problem for the Sui and their successors was no longer simply to 'overawe the barbarians', but to deal as equals with other cultures that were just as proud and self-confident as their own. Chris Peers examines the imperial armies of China from 590-1260 AD, covering their history, organisation and tactics. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

Volume 296 - 1st printing. "Louis XV's Army (1)!" Written by René Chartrand. Art by Eugene Leliepvre. France had a population of between 22 and 25 million at this time, and maintained the largest standing army in Europe. In peacetime it might have amounted to about 200,000 men; in times of war, it could be anything up to half a million. A substantial part of Louis XV's army consisted of numerous regiments of guard cavalry, heavy cavalry and dragoon regiments, which were considered the best and noblest part. These many units form the subject matter in this first of five fascinating volumes [Men-at-Arms 296, 302, 304, 308 & 313] by René Chartrand covering the army of Louis XV's. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

Volume 297 - 1st printing. "Russian Army of the Seven Years War (1)!" Written by Angus Konstam. Art by Bill Younghusband. During the long and costly conflict known as the Great Northern War [1700-1721], Peter the Great and his newly formed Russian army, which was modelled on western European lines, defeated their Swedish counterparts, who were generally regarded as being the finest troops in Europe. Angus Konstam examines the development, equipment and organisation of the Russian army following the death of Peter the Great, and describes its emergence from three decades of experimentation and political involvement as a major military power during the Seven Years War. This first of two volumes covers the Russian infantry, with its companion, Men-at-Arms 298, focusing on the cavalry. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "British Tommy 1914-18!" Written by Martin Pegler. Art by Mike Chappell. The World War 1 was a watershed in British military and social history, and even now the repercussions can still be felt. No town or village in the British Isles escaped casualty, and the creative genius of a generation was wiped out, at an incalculable loss to society. This book looks in detail at how the British soldier lived, fought and died during the traumatic war years. Enlistment, training and all aspects of life on active service are carefully examined, including discipline, relaxation and even the type and quality of food that soldiers ate. The analysis of the British infantryman's experience is greatly aided by the memories of old soldiers, which provide an interesting and often vivid account of life on the Western Front. Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $18.95.

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#1, July 1996 - Outlaw written and illustrated by Lee Anderson. G.I. Bill written and illustrated by John Amos. 6.5" x 10.25", 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

The Killing Time - Written by Bruce Sakow. Art and Cover by Robert Brown & Mike Witherby. The man-monster called Skinner returns to exact his pound of flesh from Ghost Rider and John Blaze! Tour the hellfire-scarred underbelly of the Marvel Universe for under a buck cover! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.99.

In original unopened poly bag. Cover price $3.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. stories, previews, comics, and price guide. FC, 192 pages. Cover price $3.95.

July, 1996. Issue #13. In original unopened poly bag. Includes full pack of 'The Wyrm' cards. Cover price $3.95.

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Cover art by David Boller. New World Order, script by Stuart Kerr and Ralph Griffith, art by Tim Holtrop, the Goblins and Quadlings plan to take over the land, the denizens of Oz celebrate their freedom. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Special Edition. Cover art by David Boller. New World Order, script by Stuart Kerr and Ralph Griffith, art by Tim Holtrop, the Goblins and Quadlings plan to take over the land, the denizens of Oz celebrate their freedom. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Scott Roberts cover art. Fisty the Clown. The Best, Sandy and Patty get in trouble. That's the Way the Ball Bounces. Jose. No Rhyme or Reason. Stories and art by Scott Roberts. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Where can two lab mice bent on world domination find millions of glassy-eyed minions willing to fork over both money and allegiance? Where else but their local comic book store! Join Pinky and the Brain for the debut issue of their own ongoing series as they attempt to seize world power by producing their own comic book! Will it sell? Buy the first issue and see! Written by David Cody Weiss and Bobbi Weiss. Art by Walter Carzon and Mike DeCarlo. FC, 32 pg. Cover price $1.75.

"Throw That Old Thing Away Grandma". Written by Danny Murphy. Art by Trudy Cooper. 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Cover art by Janine Johnston. Night of the Marauder (Sanctuary Book Two: Vivisection - Chapter Six) starring Lusiphur, script and art by Drew Hayes; Purple Marauder attack Lusiphur and Cassy. 28 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Nude Cover Variant Cover price $3.00.

"The Bum Wrap" written by Eric Dunn with art by Bob Kurthy. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover art by Jerry Ordway. And the Worms of Venus starring Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel (who's adoption details are revealed), Shazam, and Mr. Mind, Sivana, script by Jerry Ordway, pencils by Pete Krause, inks by Mike Manley. Captain Marvel battles the Worms of Venus. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.75.