Comic books September 1996

Written by Mike W. Barr and Nathaniel Lachenmeyer. Art by Joel Naprstek and Frank Teran. Cover by Joel Naprstek. The past collides with the future as the GI Joes' tough-as-nails living legend, Sgt. Savage, enters a virtual-reality simulation of battle-torn World War II Germany! But when the program goes haywire, Savage isn't sure if he's experiencing VR or the real thing! If he dies in the program, he dies in real life, and the only way back to his reality is through an entire army of very real Nazi soldiers! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

On the run and wanted for murder, Simone must shatter the illusions that make life in Bollockstown worth living in order to find out the truth. But will the truth destroy the girl...or the town? Written by Peter Milligan. Art and painted cover by Duncan Fegredo. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Family Secrets - Written by Jo Duffy. Art by J. Morrigan and Pam Eklund. Cover by Ed Benes and Jonathan Sibal. Glory has her hands full when it turns out that one of Edison's college pals has a grandmother who is an evil sorceress! Appearances by Lord Silverfall, Lady Demeter, Edison (Rumble) and Luwanda Numor. 32 pages, full color. NOTE: There is no #16 issue for this series. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $14.00 View scan

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $14.00

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

Written, pencilled & cover by BOB EGGLETON. Inks by ANDREW PEPOY. When an undersea volcano disturbs Godzilla's slumber, the King of the Monsters awakens to find himself among the dinosaurs and other savage creatures of the Mesozoic era. Godzilla's in monster paradise - until he encounters a marauding monster from space intent on driving the dinosaurs to an early extinction. It's a clash with reverberations that will be felt through the ages! Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $3.00

Cover by Fred Perry, Tim Ely, and Marc Jackson. Stories by Fred Perry, Mike Kelly, Dave McKechnie, David Bitkowski, Michael Vega, Rodel Capua, K. A. Pezzano, Jim Schumaker and Diana X. Sprinkle. Art by Fred Perry, Mike Kelly, Dave McKechnie, Michael Vega, Rodel Capua, Kevin Stokes, Jim Schumaker and Diana X. Sprinkle. Short stories and pinups set in the universe of Gold Digger, where archaeologist Gina Diggers and her adopted were-cheetah sister, Britanny, explore Earths hidden mysteries. Fish Tale; Amulets of Doom; Something To Hold On To; The Search for the Holy Grail; Briannas Corner; Parking Panic; Uninvited Guest; GD-18. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.99

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Cover pencils by Rodolfo Demaggio, inks by Robert Campanella. The Lotus Seed Part One: Queen of the Shadows starring Green Arrow [Connor Hawke], Eddie Fyers, Oliver Queen [Green Arrow] (flashback), and Lady Ren (first appearance), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Rodolfo Damaggio, inks by Robert Campanella; Connor and Eddie go on a quest for the gardens of W'eng Chun. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.60

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Onslaught Impact 2. "Even the Brave Can Fall!" The Sentinels are attacking New York and Phil decides to sit this battle out by working at the Bugle until a giant robot attacks the building; the Green Goblin takes down a Sentinel but not before suffering a crisis of conscience and wrecking his glider and his mask. Characters: FEATURE: Green Goblin III [Phil Urich]; GUESTS: Ben Urich; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; VILLAINS: Sentinels; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Hobgoblin; Angel Face; Rhino; Daredevil; Spider-Man; Scarlet Spider. Written by Tom DeFalco, with art by Josh Hood and Derek Fisher. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

"A Beginning!" Guest-starring Donna Troy. Story by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Darryl Banks and Romeo Tanghal. Kyle Rayner has a very important date to attend. Will his duties as Green Lantern jeopardize his future with Donna? Cover price $1.75.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Issue 167, August, 1996. Tarzan newsletter by Vernell Coriell. 8.5 in. x 11 in. 2 Pages B&W.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Captured by the psychotic Mad Jack Power and tortured for his darkest secret, Grifter relives the horrors of his days with Team 7. But Mad Jack has his own secrets, and the price of the prize he seeks is the soul of Cole Cash...or the life of Alicia Turner. Written by Steven Grant. Art and cover by Mel Rubi and Richard Friend. FC, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Steven Seagle. Art by Luciano Lima and Joe Pimentel. Cover by Kyle Hotz. Cole Cash (also known as Grifter) is what you might call an arms enthusiast. Paul Newman (not that Paul Newman) is an anti-gun activist. Both are in Vegas for a firearms convention, and each is looking to disrupt the show for his own reason -- Newman wants to wipe firearms off the face of the earth, and Cash wants to steal a state-of-the-art armament known as the Probability Annihilator. Cash has got a dead-accurate eye -- perhaps the best in the world -- to back up his play, but Newman's got something that'll outfire any ol' weapon! Newman's got . . . The Mask! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Strap yourself in for the meanest car chase comics has ever seen! Underworld-terrorist-bent-on-revenge Gray has returned to the Windy City looking for Rally Vincent -- she blew off his hand, and he's looking to even the score! But to do that he's gonna have to catch her first, and the long, open expanses of Lake Shore Drive and the winding, submerged maze of Lower Wacker ought to make that mission almost impossible -- almost! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Elijah's Fury in the Last Days. Story, art and cover by Keith Alan Morris. An anthology by indy publisher Hall of Heroes that fostered new talent such as Trent Kaniuga. An issue-length story by Keith Alan Morris, featuring unusual multimedia collage art digitally composed with a computer, which was rare for that era. Morris was later a filmmaker and album cover designer. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.60

Add to cart Very Fine $2.60

Story, art and cover by Chris Knowles. The tale of troubled teenage girl Robin, and Thomas, the guardian angel who is forbidden to interfere in her life. Robin runs away to the dangerous streets of Manhattan and meets her destiny. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Written by Kirk Lindo, art by B. Dallas Patton & Richard Best. Cover price $2.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Written by Andrew Vachss. Andrew Vachss' writing has been described as "red-hot and serious as a punctured lung" (Playboy), "hypnotically violent ... made up of equal part broken concrete block and razor wire" (Chicago Sun-Times), and "short and choppy, like the ticking of a time bomb" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $17.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $14.00 View scan

Add to cart Fine $10.00

Doorway to Nightmares - Written by Joseph Illidge. Art by Prentis Rollins, Caesar, Ken Branch and Hector Collazo. A spy within Hard Co.'s ranks leads Hardware into the middle of an interdimensional war between SYSTEM and a bizarre race of creatures. Before it's over, Dakota's armored crimefighter will need help from Starlight and the Heroes to save Times Square from becoming the site of a bloodbath. Fracote Format. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

Closure - Written by Joseph Illidge. Art by Prentis Rollins, Caesar, Hector Collazo, Rodney Ramos and Rober Quijano. Cover by Prentis Rollins. The Heroes guest-star as Hardware joins forces with Donner, Blitzen and Static to stop the K'lumnii invasion of Earth. Meanwhile, Starlight, Iota and Payback fight to protect a bang baby from Agent Scar as SYSTEM tries to shut down Project Revolving Door...permanently. Fracote Format. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Buddy tells Lisa to go get help for her emotional instability in "Nothing that Twenty Years on the Couch Couldn't Cure." A lampooning of psychiatry, the story also has Buddy running into Tom Kaufman (a character not seen in years), who is now a police officer and a proud family man. The backup strip is a one-pager called "Lisa Leavenworth, at Your Service." Written and drawn by Peter Bagge, with inks by Jim Blanchard. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Jeff Mariotte script; Jason Johnson pencils; Richard Friend inks; Amie Grenier letters; Claudia La Rue color; Roy Allan Martinez & Gerry Alanguilan cover; Cover price $1.75.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+.

Vallejo cover, Manara, Azpiri, September, 1996, issue 165. Dubbed "The adult illustrated fantasy magazine," Heavy Metal also publishes tales of horror, science fiction, and adventure. This issue includes the following stories: Museum by Fernando de Felipe; Raul Fulgurex in the Mutineers are Revolting by Tronchet and Gelli; On the Road Again-Calypso Rock by Baru; No Man's Land by Lorenzo Diaz and Carlos Puerta; Towards a New Beginning by Azpiri; Park Charles-Chimera by Barriero and Risso; and Rasputin by Manara. Includes Manara art gallery. Cover art by Boris Vallejo. Cover price $4.50.

Title changed from Pirate Corps to Hectic Planet with reprint. Story, art and cover by Evan Dorkin. Slice-of-life tales about space slackers, along with Dorkins wry comic musings. Tigger's love of a lifetime: a night on planet goes horribly wrong for Halby; Milk and Cheese experience Halloween to its fullest. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.75.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Paul Jenkins. Art and cover by Sean Phillips. A Taste Of Heaven; Time and space twist and collide when John Constantine experiences a weird sense of deja vu while on a case--one that traces back to the 19th Century and James Constantine of Porlock! 36 pages, full color. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $7.20

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $6.60

Story and art by Mike Mignola. Hellboy thought this assignment was over when he bagged the vampire, Giurescu. Well, think again! Giurescu's mistress is Hecate, an ancient spirit of chaos, and she's not going to let her man go without a fight! It's the world's greatest paranormal investigator against chaos incarnate in Hellboy: Wake the Devil, the most disastrous mission in the history of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense! And in the penultimate chapter of "Silent as the Grave," Gary Gianni's MonsterMen reveal the ghostly hand behind a series of deaths going back eighty years. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Regular cover by Paul Abrams. Written by Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Paul Abrams. Specially chosen by Lucifer himself to become a super-powered soldier of darkness, Hellina was purified by the power of Perg and transformed into a warrior against Hells forces on Earth. Hellina and Perg discover that demon-hearted Alexander Santili is the front for an alien invasion. 24 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.75.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $5.60 View scan

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Variant cover 2B by Ivan Reis and Eddie Wagner. Written by Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Paul Abrams. Specially chosen by Lucifer himself to become a super-powered soldier of darkness, Hellina was purified by the power of Perg and transformed into a warrior against Hells forces on Earth. Hellina and Perg discover that demon-hearted Alexander Santili is the front for an alien invasion. 24 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $9.95.

Nude "A" Edition virgin cover by Ivan Reis and Eddie Wagner, limited to 1700 copies. Written by Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Paul Abrams. Specially chosen by Lucifer himself to become a super-powered soldier of darkness, Hellina was purified by the power of Perg and transformed into a warrior against Hells forces on Earth. Hellina and Perg discover that demon-hearted Alexander Santili is the front for an alien invasion. May or may not include Lightning Comics Certificate of Authenticity. 24 pages, B&W. Mature readers.

Nude "B" Edition cover by Ivan Reis and Eddie Wagner, limited to 1500 copies. Written by Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Paul Abrams. Specially chosen by Lucifer himself to become a super-powered soldier of darkness, Hellina was purified by the power of Perg and transformed into a warrior against Hells forces on Earth.  Hellina and Perg discover that demon-hearted Alexander Santili is the front for an alien invasion. May or may not include Lightning Comics Certificate of Authenticity. 24 pages, B&W.  Mature readers.

Platinum Nude Edition "B" cover by Ivan Reis and Eddie Wagner, limited to 500 copies. Written by Joseph Zyskowski. Art by Paul Abrams. Specially chosen by Lucifer himself to become a super-powered soldier of darkness, Hellina was purified by the power of Perg and transformed into a warrior against Hells forces on Earth.  Hellina and Perg discover that demon-hearted Alexander Santili is the front for an alien invasion. May or may not include Lightning Comics Certificate of Authenticity. 24 pages, B&W.  Mature readers.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $5.80 View scan

Add to cart VF 8.0 $5.80 View scan

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $4.50 View scan

Add to cart Fine $5.30

2nd appearance of Xena in a comic book. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze. "The Warrior Princess, Part Two of Three: The Shaper," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Jeff Butler, inks by Rick Magyar and Steve Montano; Xena and Herc find the fake Herc's army, and learn that it is led by a shape-shifter, Periclymenus; The shaper is on his way to Thebes to kidnap Herc's mom, though; And then off to his alcemist brother's for a potion that gives him lots of power. 36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.49

Surrender the Pink - Written by Matt Wayne. Art by James Fry, Rey Garcia, Hector Collazo, Rodney Ramos, Rich Faber and Andrew Pepoy. Cover by ChrisCross. The Heroes careen through time and space in search of the Inniverse -- the extradimensional source of Iota's shrinking ability -- only to find a disturbing link to Iota's past: The Inner King, who plans to extend his domain into the Heroes' world. Plus, a new threat from the 67th Floor threatens the Heroes' vacant Chrysler Building HQ. (And the Heroes guest star in Hardware (1993) #43, also arriving this month!) 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $4.49

All for Love or the World Well Lost - Written by Matt Wayne. Art by James Fry, Keith Pollard, Hector Collazo, Rey Garcia, Rich Faber, Rodney Ramos and Noelle Giddings. Cover by ChrisCross. As the Heroes battle the Inner King's forces in his extradimensional realm, the King launches a full-scale attack upon New York! Meanwhile, former Shadow Cabinet member Plus and reporter Jackson Kwong try to turn the tide of public opinion when the Heroes are nowhere to be found. (And the Heroes also appear in Hardware (1993) #44, also arriving this month!) 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Very Good $8.70

Volume 30 -1st printing. Softcover, 124 pages, Text ( with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $6.00.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50

Issue #253 - September 1996. Magazine devoted to Marijuana growing. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 96 Pages. Partial color, partial B&W. Cover price $4.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by: Garth Ennis Pencils by: John McCrea. Ten Thousand Bullets Part 2 Tommy receives a contract on a corrupt vigilante: Nightfist. Hacken loses his temper with Pat. Tommy shares the origin of his and Natt's friendship, a story that has consequences for the two down the road in the Who Dares Win storyline. Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

CRACKDOWN: Part 3 of 5. The verdict is in from the United Nations, and it spells doom for the I-Bots. Killaine escapes from the laboratory prison only to find herself in mortal danger. Meanwhile, the I-Bots must face the Silencii, a deadly group of assassins bent on destroying them! Script by Steven Grant, with art by Pat Broderick. Cover by Gil Kane. Cover price $2.25.

"Implosion" written & illustrated by Steven Gilbert. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

UK Series. Includes postcards. Children's activity book featuring Batman. Includes 2 Batman comic stories, a Green Lantern text story, activities, and more! 8 1/4" x 11 3/4", 32 pages, full color, £1.15 cover price.

UK Series. Does not include postcards. Children's activity book featuring Batman. Includes 2 Batman comic stories, a Green Lantern text story, activities, and more! 8 1/4" x 11 3/4", 32 pages, full color, £1.15 cover price.

1st printing.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $10.95.

2nd and later printings.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $10.95.