Comic books February 1998

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Challenge 8: Mother's Love - Story and Art by Yukito Kishiro. Alita and her unlikely allies take on the central computer that runs both Tiphares and the Scrapyard, and behold its surprising face! Will the end of Alita's courageous quest also be the end of the world? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $124.99 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Another Universe Gold Edition. Label #4297693016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Another Universe exclusive gold edition. Cover pencils by Joe Madureira, inks by Vince Russell. Untitled story, script by Munier Sharrieff and Joe Madureira, pencils by Joe Madureira, inks by Vince Russell and Tom McWeeney (pg. 8); Gully, the only daughter of Aramus, he reads a story on a stormy night; She's at home with her nanny, waiting for her father; Unknown to her, he has a trap set to catch people posing as royal guards; Royal guards arrive; They have been searching for the missing Aramus, and they ask for shelter from the storm; Once inside, they transform into the were-men. 4-page Joe Madureira sketchbook. 20 pgs., full color. Cover price $7.95.

Another Universe exclusive Signed Gold edition. Cover pencils by Joe Madureira, inks by Vince Russell. Untitled story, script by Munier Sharrieff and Joe Madureira, pencils by Joe Madureira, inks by Vince Russell and Tom McWeeney (pg. 8); Gully, the only daughter of Aramus, he reads a story on a stormy night; She's at home with her nanny, waiting for her father; Unknown to her, he has a trap set to catch people posing as royal guards; Royal guards arrive; They have been searching for the missing Aramus, and they ask for shelter from the storm; Once inside, they transform into the were-men. 4-page Joe Madureira sketchbook. 20 pgs., full color. Cover price $7.95.

The Beatles Book (also known as Beatles Monthly) was a long-running fanzine produced by Beat Publications that was dedicated to the legacy of the incredible pop-culture phenomenon known as The Beatles. First published in August 1963, the magazine ran until production stopped with the 77th issue published in December,1969. It was revived in May, 1976, reprinting the first 77 issues with a few pages of added content. Beat Publications then continued producing new issues in October, 1982 until the publication ultimately ceased production with issue #321 printed in January, 2003. 6" x 8", 46 pages, B&W.

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Photo Edition cover. Cover price $3.95.

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Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Henry Scarpelli. "Boy Toy," script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Mike Esposito; Betty is envious of Veronica's new Tamagachi-like "Virtual Archie." "Reception Conception," script by Bill Golliher, pencils by Dan DeCarlo; mini-satellite TV system story. "Nets to You," script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Mike Esposito; Betty makes the women's basketball team and Archie makes the men's team; Because of this they have little or no time to spend together. "The Big Turnaround," script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Mike Esposito; Betty and Veronica come up with a way to drive up attendance at the local library and save it from budget cuts. "The Same Ol' Story," script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Mike Esposito; Betty Cooper reads to children at the local library and two of the kids remind her of herself and Archie when they were young. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.75.

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Written by Mike Pellowski and Kathleen Webb. Art by Dan DeCarlo. Cover by Dan DeCarlo and Alison Flood. Veronica goes to the ski lodge to meet cute guys, but ends up with a bunch of bratty kids. Betty and Veronica both have nightmares about Archie that are so horrible they can't look at his face in the morning. Veronica comes to school with an attitude and Betty tries to rein her in without hurting her. Veronica faces missing the Christmas Dance due to a severe cold. Editor Gorelick promotes Archie's Christmas Stocking #5 and Nights Into Dreams #1. 36 pages, full color. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

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Add to cart VF 8.0 $20.00 View scan Signed by writer/artist Dan Parent with Lone Star Comics certificate of authenticity. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Dan DeCarlo. "Blame That Tune," script and pencils by Dan Parent, inks by Rudy Lapick; When The Archies won't let Betty or Veronica perform solos of songs written by Brigitte, the girls quit the band and form a trio with Brigitte. School Fashion page by Rex W. Lindsey. "Burnin' Up," script and pencils by, inks by Rudy Lapick; As a class assignment, Betty and Veronica spend a day at a Riverdale Fire Station; Veronica proves to be distracted, inept and accident prone, until something close to her becomes involved. "Caught In the Act," script and pencils by Dan Parent, inks by Rudy Lapick; A reporter gets a picture of Mr. Lodge using Veronica's karaoke machine and prints it, to Mr. Lodge's dismay. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.75.

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Cover art by Jerry Acerno. Murder By Microphone starring Shadow Lady, script and art by Jerry Acerno; Matt Baker/Phantom Lady tribute. The Poachers Of The Elephant Graveyard! starring Zhantika Princess Of The Jungle, script by Lyle Dodd, pencils by Mark Lewis, inks by David Zimmerman; Sheena tribute. Eye Of The Gorgon (Table of Contents)Venus Goddess of Love & Laughter, script by Ed DeGeorge, pencils by Tony Manginelli, inks by Shawn Van Briesen; Golden Age Wonder Woman tribute. House ad for Your Big Book of Big Bang Comics paperback. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

2nd and later printings. Collects Biobooster Armor Guyver: Part 6 (1997) #1-6.

Story and art by Yoshiki Takaya.

There's terrible discontent among Chronos' hordes of mutant Hyper-Zoanoids. While Alkanphel and Commander Gyro are duking it out over the ominously named weapon 'The Remover,' Aptom infiltrates Relics Point, Chronos's headquarters and laboratory, to 'absorb' the remaining members of the Hyper-Zoanoid Five, Four, Three, Two, One... Meanwhile, the two Guyvers take their first tentative steps into the powerful organic spaceship at the heart of Relics Point. Will our heroes' plan to use the spaceship to destroy Chronos succeed or blow up in their faces?

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.95.

Auction Item: CGC 9.4 View scan Auction opens April 29 Paper: White Label #4113609020	Add to cart Very Fine $8.00	Add to cart Very Fine $8.00	Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.49
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Presenting the all-new team of Black Canary and...Batgirl?! Barbara Gordon, back in the cape and pointy ears, is once again fighting crime around Gotham City, facing a sinister plot that begins with the Mad Hatter and ends with every villain in Arkham Asylum. But if she isn't crippled and this isn't a dream--and it most definitely is not--how do you explain it? Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Greg Land and Drew Geraci. Cover by Gary Frank and John Dell. FC, 48 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.95.

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Features Dave Sim (Cerebus) and Scott Morse work along with other independents. Cover price $1.25.

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"Hot Metal" - Continued from the previous issue. The bloodiest, most vicious battle in the history of comics rages on to its devastating conclusion. Bloodshot must find out his past, but X-O can't let him. It's a no-holds-barred, all-out battle between the man who cannot die and the most powerful weapon on Earth. A major turning point in the life of Raymond Garrison! Written by Len Kaminski, with art by Sal Velluto, Bob Almond and Steve Geiger. Cover pencils by Sal Velluto. FC, 32 pgs. Cover price $2.50.

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"The Quick and the Dead" - Warcat -- the genetically altered superkiller -- really would try to terminate Bloodshot...if only she could keep her hands off him! It's love, hate, sex and Vietnam! Written by Len Kaminski and D.G. Chichester, with art by Kevin Kobasic, Bob Almond and Mark McKenna. Cover pencils by Sal Velluto. FC, 32 pgs. Cover price $2.50.

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The hitwomen from the pages of Resurrection Man star in their own New Year's Evil special! Bonny and Carmen are the deadly guns-for-hire known as the Body Doubles. Now they must compete with countless other assassins to collect a lucrative bounty. All they have to do is survive going against the killer elite of Deadshot, Merlin and Deadline in this mad, mad, mad, mad world of ultra-violence and gunplay. Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Art by Joe Phillips and Jasen Rodriguez. Cover by Jason Pearson. FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $147.01 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Gold Edition Label #4320202004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Wizard 13 1/2 Limited Gold Foil Cover.

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"The Great Thunder" part 1, By Tim & David Dang. Cover price $2.50.

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Issue #23 - Feb. 1998. Fanzine devoted to Doc Savage. Edited by Howard Wright. Front cover Michael Mims. Special issue devoted to Steve Holland, the model for James Bama's paperback covers plus news, letters, reviews and classifieds. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 50 pages, black and white. Cover price $6.00.

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Story by Phil Van Steenburgh, art by Ali Mitobe. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Cover pencils by Jose Ladronn, inks by Juan Vlasco. The Hellfire Hunt Part 4: Faith and Deception, script by Joe Casey, pencils by Jose Ladronn, inks by Juan Vlasco and Bud LaRosa; Cable travels to Switzerland to find one of his safe houses tended by the Nazi criminal Master Man; The Hellfire Club moves into position; cameo flashback with Captain America, Namor, Human Torch, and Hitler; Cable travels to Switzerland to find one of his safehouses tended by the Nazi criminal Master Man; The Hellfire Club moves into position. 38 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. By Dave McKean. Dave McKean, famous for Arkham Asylum and his covers for Sandman, presents a highly allegorical tale of the dwellers of an apartment building. Running in parallel lines or tangentially, the differing lives each have their own tale to tell under the magic spin of McKean's brilliant imagery and story-telling. It's about a blocked painter, a controversial novelist, and a wise musician. It may be about God, about Jazz, about sex, but also about creativity and artistic fulfillment. Hardcover, 496 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.95.

Slipcase Edition with Signed and Numbered CD - 1st printing. By Dave McKean. Dave McKean, famous for Arkham Asylum and his covers for Sandman, presents a highly allegorical tale of the dwellers of an apartment building. Running in parallel lines or tangentially, the differing lives each have their own tale to tell under the magic spin of McKean's brilliant imagery and story-telling. It's about a blocked painter, a controversial novelist, and a wise musician. It may be about God, about Jazz, about sex, but also about creativity and artistic fulfillment. Hardcover, 496 pages, B&W. Cover price $100.00.

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Undersea Siege variant - "To Serve and Protect" Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Ron Garney. Inks by Bob Wiacek. Cover by Ron Garney and Bob Wiacek. Hydra has seized control of an American nuclear submarine! And the subversive group is planning to use the sub to upload a crippling computer virus into the entire U.S. Naval fleet! The fleet commander believes his only option is to blow up the submarine! But Cap asks for a chance to stop Hydra and save the crew first! After the Living Legend sneaks onboard the sub, he knocks out the Hydra goons and sends the crew safely to the surface! However then Cap realizes the sub must be destroyed to stop the spread of the virus. So the lieutenant commander (who stayed behind) arms the torpedoes! Oh my, how are Cap and the LCDR going to survive the explosion? This may be Cap's wildest escape plan ever! (Notes: Cap's shield is lost at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in this issue. This issue features a gatefold cover. The last page includes a statement of ownership: average print run 217,181; average paid circulation 131,124.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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No Way Out Variant - "To Serve and Protect!" Story by Mark Waid. Art by Ron Garney and Bob Wiacek. In order to prevent the criminal organization known as Hydra from unleashing a computer virus on the US Naval fleet, the Sentinel of Liberty must battle his tenacious enemies within the confines of a nuclear sub. Cap is put between a rock and a hard place when he must decide between saving a woman from drowning or loose his most prized possession forever. When an innocent's life is in danger there really isn't a choice for Captain America. Witness the loss of Cap's shield to the murky depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Cover price $1.99.

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1st printing. Collects Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #450-453.

Written by Mark Waid. Art by Ron Garney and Scott Koblish.

Due to the events of Operation: Rebirth and his association with the Red Skull, Captain America has been charged with treason. So the Sentinel of Liberty sets out on a globetrotting quest to clear his name, expose the true villain, and save his beloved country one more time!

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.99.

Cover art by Bill Alger. Drag Racing, script by Michael Kraiger, pencils by Bill Alger, inks by Andrew Pepoy; Dick Dastardly and Muttley disguise themselves as women in order to enter the Podunk Powderpuff Rally--a race for women only. Out Of The Blue and Into The Red, script by Sam Henderson, art by Bill Alger; Dastardly's flying crew loses their funding and have to find new ways to stop the pigeon. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover art by Jim Balent. Object Relations, script by Devin K. Grayson, pencils by Jim Balent, inks by John Stanisci; Catwoman steals The Casanova Canary diamond from a Museum and then keeps returning it to steal it again until its curator gets the idea to insure it and steal it himself. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover art by Dave Sim and Gerhard (backgrounds). Rick's Story 8, script by Dave Sim, art by Dave Sim and Gerhard (backgrounds); Cerebus continues to try to explain women to Rick. Mama's Boy part 2 article by Sim. 28 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. The Keening, script by Steven Grant, pencils by Jill Thompson, inks by Bill Reinhold; In Seattle, an Irish renegade runs into a church and seizes hostages; The church is cordoned off by police; Marlon Corbet's fiance, Jessie, is among the hostages, as is a pregnant woman. Marlon sneaks in; The thug is an Irish gunman; A swirling-smoke banshee has pursued him from Ireland; He shot his girlfriend and she laid a dying curse; Marlon invites the banshee in. Panicked hostages flee as the pregnant woman goes into labor; Marlon negotiates; The banshee has no power here, and would death honor the dead girl?; The banshee agrees, "a life for a death"; The Irishman flees; He wants to die, but Marlon tackles him; "Everyone deserves a little salvation"; Jessie is grateful, but can't live in constant fear, so kisses Marlon goodbye. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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Cover pencils by J. H. Williams III, inks by Mick Gray. Baptized In Fire, script by D. Curtis Johnson, pencils by J. H. Williams III, inks by Mick Gray; Cameron Chase is late for her first day of work at the Department of Extranormal Operations; Anything involving meta-humans comes under their jurisdiction, including a youngster in Ohio who has starting throwing fire; Chase is immediately sent to Ohio, along with the head of field personnel Sandy Barrett, to find the person who has started burning things; They find him and convince him to volunteer for training to control his powers, but things don't always go the way they want. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Cover art by Dan DeCarlo and Alison Flood. Cheryl and Jason decide to take up their father's suggestion that the two should sacrifice something they own in order to give the other a present for Christmas, but things take an odd twist in "Tis the Season" (script by Bill Golliher, art by Dan Parent, Jon D'Agostino, and Barry Grossman). Cheryl's Christmas Style pinup page. Cheryl Blossom in "Snow Way Out" (script and pencils by Dan Parent, inks by Jon D'Agostino) and "Deck Those Halls!" (script and pencils by Dan Parent, inks by Jon D'Agostino). Dear Cheryl letters page. 32 pgs. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

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Vol 29, Num 10, #137; Blade, Nick Fury, Prophesy 2, Sphere, Fallen Cover price $5.99.

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January/February 1998 - The Top 10 Sc-Fi TV Episodes of All Time; face to face with Obi-Wan Kenobi - Ewan McGregor talks about the next Star Wars; Tomorrow Never Dies - James Bond takes on the media; Armageddon and Deep Impact collide; Kevin Costner returns to a dark future; 25 movie previews, including Godzilla, Star Trek 9, Lost in Space, The Matrix, Star Wars, Spider-Man & Terminator 3. Patrick Stewart cover. Cover price $4.99.

Classics Illustrated Study Guides (1997 Acclaim) 57 features Kim by Rudyard Kipling. Art by Joe Orlando. Cover by Vince Evans. Includes an essay by Debra Doyle, Ph.D. Square-bound softcover, full color, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in. 64 pages. Cover price $4.99.

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Classics Illustrated Study Guides (1997 Acclaim) 58 features Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Art by Norman Nodel. Cover by Ray Lago. Includes an essay by Debra Doyle, Ph.D. Square-bound softcover, full color, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in. 64 pages. Cover price $4.99.