Comic books August 1998

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"Deal with the Devil!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring the Avengers. Story by Dan Jurgens. Art by John Romita, Jr. And Klaus Jansen. The unthinkable has happened, the unstoppable Destroyer has murdered the God of Thunder. But before Hela, Mistress of the Underworld, can claim her prize, a mysterious being of great power intervenes. Marnot, in order to return the cosmic balance, anchors Thor's essence to the noble form of the mortal Jake Olson, a man who would sacrifice all for the life of another. Now the Thunder God must return to the field of battle with all hast if he is to save his comrades, the Avengers, from the very monster who sent him to death's doorstep. Cover price $1.99.

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"Deal with the Devil!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring the Avengers. Story by Dan Jurgens. Art by John Romita, Jr. And Klaus Jansen. The unthinkable has happened, the unstoppable Destroyer has murdered the God of Thunder. But before Hela, Mistress of the Underworld, can claim her prize, a mysterious being of great power intervenes. Marnot, in order to return the cosmic balance, anchors Thor's essence to the noble form of the mortal Jake Olson, a man who would sacrifice all for the life of another. Now the Thunder God must return to the field of battle with all hast if he is to save his comrades, the Avengers, from the very monster who sent him to death's doorstep. Cover price $1.99.

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1st printing. By Charles Marier. "Trees Company" Tired of tales about spandex-clad heroes that you just can't relate to? Introducting Thoughtful Man! Every issue features a completely powerless hero who survives, well... by blind stupid luck, pretty much. Just like you and me! 7-in. x 10 1/2-in., 28 pages, B/W. Cover price $2.50.

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1st printing. By Charles Marier. "Disorder In The Court" Tired of tales about spandex-clad heroes that you just can't relate to? Introducting Thoughtful Man! Every issue features a completely powerless hero who survives, well... by blind stupid luck, pretty much. Just like you and me! 7-in. x 10 1/2-in., 28 pages, B/W. Cover price $2.50.

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Faust regular cover variant by Tim Vigil. This issue features Faust, Cavewoman, Onyx, and The Ravening stories. 60 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $4.95.

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MATURE READERS. Ravening variant. This issue features Faust, Cavewoman, Onyx, and The Ravening stories. 60 pgs, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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"Matters of Gravity" Guest-starring the Lightning Rods. Script by Kurt Busiek. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Scott Hanna. Cover by Mark Bagley and Scott Hanna. It's a wild west shootout in Wyoming! As the Thunderbolts clash with the (robot) Hulk, the Lightning Rods, and Graviton! Oh no, where did the powerful Master of Gravity come from? Marvel's Most Wanted heroes don't know, but they valiantly attack him anyway! As expected the fight goes poorly until Atlas enters the fray! And then Dr. Karla Sofen (aka Moonstone) works her psychiatric charm on Graviton! What a strange way to win a battle! In the meantime south of the border, Baron Zemo and the new Citizen V cross swords in deadly combat! Cameo appearance by Techno. Thunderbolts Lineup: Atlas, Jolt, MACH-1, Moonstone, and Songbird. (Note: Graviton previously appeared in Avengers Unplugged (1995) #2. He will face the T-Bolts again in Thunderbolts #28. Citizen V and Baron Zemo battle for a second time in Captain America (3rd series) Annual 1998. This issue features a gatefold cover.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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All about Action Figure collecting, Big Jim Cover price $5.95.

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In this issue: McFarlane Toys rules the world! Plus: 1998 Disney retirees; Transformers Merge Group; Masters of the Universe; Star Wars Expanded Universe; Grateful Dead Bean Bears retirees; X-Files variants; and WWF Bend'ems. Also: Collectible Action Figure, Toy and Beanie Price Guide. Cover features Skull Queen figure. Cover price $5.95.

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Han Solo in Hoth Gear with Tantuan cover. Cover price $3.99.

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Archer and Chip Hazard from Small Soldiers cover. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Darick Robertson. Freeze Me With Your Kiss - Part 3, script by Warren Ellis, art by Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos; In the conclusion to the 3-part "Freeze Me with Your Kiss," the secret of Spider's wife--whose cryogenically frozen head has been stolen--is revealed, and the mad police dog Stomponato gets his. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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"Popularity Contest" - How do the Troublemakers react when they become the hottest media darlings in the country? And how does G&G make chicken salad out of chicken &^%$?! You'll be surprised to see what their plan is. And so will the Bellicose Brothers, Ninjak and an all-new villain named Turnabout! Written by Fabian Nicieza, with art by Kevin West and Dan Davis. FC, 32 pgs. Cover price $2.50.

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Written an illustrated by marc Hempel. B&W, 32 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Yukinobu Hoshino. The humans have learned a lot more from this experiment with artificial intelligence than they'd planned, but has the computer truly learned from them as well? Can Dr. Dyer and his team reach some sort of understanding with the super-computer Spartacus before the nuclear backup plan blows everything sky high? Find out in the exciting conclusion of The Two Faces of Tomorrow! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Direct Edition. Cover by Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend. Lost In Space, script by Steve Seagle and Joseph Harris, pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Tim Townsend; Bishop and Deathbird traverse a hostile alien environment in order to reach a warp portal which will take them back to the Shi'ar Empire; Unfortunately, the gate is destroyed by the Chnitt before they can use it; In Alaska, Jean collapses into a catatonic state. 38 pgs., full color. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

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Newsstand Edition. Cover by Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend. Lost In Space, script by Steve Seagle and Joseph Harris, pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Tim Townsend; Bishop and Deathbird traverse a hostile alien environment in order to reach a warp portal which will take them back to the Shi'ar Empire; Unfortunately, the gate is destroyed by the Chnitt before they can use it; In Alaska, Jean collapses into a catatonic state. 38 pgs., full color. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

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Cover art by Carl Barks. The Hands of Zeus starring Uncle Scrooge, script by Jan Kruse and David Gerstein (translation), pencils by Bas Heymans. Soporific Stuffing starring Uncle Scrooge, script by Bob Karp, pencils by Al Taliaferro. Safe Surprise starring Uncle Scrooge and The Phantom Blot, art by Paul Murry. Cold Duck starring Uncle Scrooge, script by Pat McGreal, art by Jose Colomer Fonts. The Year That Was 1930 - A Blossoming Romance starring Mickey Mouse, script by Walt Disney, pencils by Ub Iwerks and Win Smith, inks by Win Smith. Bolivar, the Beagle Catcher starring Uncle Scrooge, script by Mike Sharland (plot) and Bob Bartholomew (script), art by Daniel Branca. The Year That Was 1953 - The Impact of McDuck photo story, script by Bruce Hamilton. Hurry Home starring Uncle Scrooge, script by Bob Karp, art by Al Taliaferro. Home Cooking starring Uncle Scrooge, script by John Lustig, pencils by Francisco Sabaté Montero. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $6.95.

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Magazine-size reprints of stories by Carl Barks. In this issue: "So Far and No Safari" and "The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack". Also "The Cover Story, part 7" article by Geoffrey Blum. Originally came factory bagged with a trading card. Full color, 56 pages, standard paper stock, cardstock cover, squarebound. NOTE: May or may not come with trading card. Cover price $9.95.

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Magazine-size reprints of stories by Carl Barks. In this issue: "Micro-Ducks From Outer Space" and "The Heedless Horseman". Also "Duck Family Robinson" article by Geoffrey Blum. Originally came factory bagged with a trading card. Full color, 56 pages, standard paper stock, cardstock cover, squarebound. NOTE: May or may not come with trading card. Cover price $9.95.

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The critically acclaimed book returns to chronicle the never-before-told very first meeting between Spider-Man and Dr. Strange! Something is loose in Manhattan! Something that is abducting innocent civilians! Something that leads a young and inexperienced Spidey into his first encounter with The Master of the Mystic Arts--Dr. Strange! Written by Kurt Busiek and Roger Stern. Art by Neil Vokes and Jay Geldhof. Painted cover by Steve Leialoha. 48 pages. Bookshelf format. Cover price $5.99.

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Dark Horse 1st Edition - Volume 10 - 1st printing. "Brink of Life and Death!" Collects Usagi Yojimbo (1993-1995 2nd Series) #15-16 and Usagi Yojimbo (1996- 3rd Series) #1-6. Story and art by Stan Sakai. Dark Horse is proud to present this epic story of good versus evil. Sakai's unique blend of storytelling and Japanese legend has made a unique niche for itself. The tenth in a series of successful Usagi trade paperbacks! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

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2nd and later printings. By Anne Rice. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality. As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence. As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and–night after night–watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood. We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him–in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces–sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him. But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren–vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Hardcover, 560 pages, Text Only.

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Queen's Gambit 3; Written by Gran Morrison with Mark Millar; Shi appearance. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. "Jog Agog," script by George Gladir, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Rich Koslowski; Veronica ends up as a model in an ad for jogging shoes. Shop 'Til You Drop Style illustration. "The Big Surprise," script by George Gladir, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Rich Koslowski; Veronica's designer mistakenly sends her a western outfit, which becomes the rage at Riverdale High. "Toe Hold," script by Hal Smith, pencils by Kathleen Webb, inks by Rudy Lapick. "Tempus Fidgety," script by Hal Smith, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Rich Koslowski; Veronica thinks Archie will make them late to a movie but she ends up being the one that makes them late. "Hangin' in the Hamptons," script by Barbara Slate, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Rich Koslowski; Veronica takes Betty to the Hamptons to sightsee and star gaze. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.75.

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Color/B&W, 12 pages, slick paper stock. Cover price $1.00.

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68 pages, full color. Cover price $6.95.

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What If recap. Comes the Horseman...!, script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Adam DeKraker, inks by Andrew Pepoy; a world, in which Wolverine is the Horseman of War, knows great peace; Guardian [James Hudson], the X-Men [Cyclops, Storm, Banshee], Magneto, Apocalypse, Juggernaut, and Pyro appear. 38 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

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Wild West is a bi-monthly publication that bring both fictional and historical stories about life in the untamed West. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Warren Ellis. Art and cover by Chris Sprouse and Kevin Nowlan. When an escape pod crash-lands on New York with injured StormWatch agent Flint enclosed, the WildC.A.T.s decide to get involved. Void teleports the team up to SkyWatch and into the middle of a disaster zone. They discover two things; for one, the aliens arent Daemonite and two, they are going to have one hell of a time getting the survivors, and themselves, off the space station alive. But how can even the WildC.A.T.s survive an encounter with the Aliens when StormWatch has already fallen. Get ready for a horror/sci-fi/super hero slugfest the likes that has never been seen before! Story concludes in StormWatch (1997 2nd Series) #11. 48 pages, FC. Cover price $4.95.

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1st printing. Collects WildCATs: Covert Action Teams (1992) #21-27.

Written by Alan Moore. Art by Jim Lee, Travis Charest, Kevin Maguire, Janson Johnson, Scott Clark, and more.

It's an unforgettable journey as the WildC.A.T.s return home to Khera.

Softcover, 202 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

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Story, art and cover by Billy Martinez. The adventures of Cassandra, an orphaned warrior princess in a world of sword and sorcery. Cassandra's shapeshifting friends Angelique and Georgina join the crusade, but Thytens Bosh mercenaries are hot on her trail. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Cover pencils by Michael Turner, inks by D-Tron; Cover depicts Sara standing in front of a background of yellow clouds. Untitled story, script by Christina Z. and David Wohl, pencils by Michael Turner, inks by D-Tron; Team Tron [Andy Kim; Jeff De Los Santos; Jose Guillen; Marcia Chen] (Assistants); Julie has gone to bed with Church of Prosperity leader Gavin Taylor who grows violent when she starts teasing him; She is saved by the intervention of the man behind Gavin's bid for power, Kenneth Irons; Ian is trying to kill Jake and his Church of Prosperity informant when Sara shows up to stop him; She is able to defeat him and take back the power of the Witchblade. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover pencils by Michael Turner, inks by D-Tron; Script by Christina Z. and David Wohl, pencils by Michael Turner, inks by D-Tron; Team Tron [Andy Kim; Jeff De Los Santos; Jose Guillen; Marcia Chen] (Assistants); Julie has gone to bed with Church of Prosperity leader Gavin Taylor who grows violent when she starts teasing him; She is saved by the intervention of the man behind Gavin's bid for power, Kenneth Irons; Ian is trying to kill Jake and his Church of Prosperity informant when Sara shows up to stop him; She is able to defeat him and take back the power of the Witchblade. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.95.

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Speckle Holofoil Edition.

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Fathom cover. Not polybagged. Last (Wo)Man Standing: Wonder Woman vs. Rogue drawn by Jim Balent; article on The Spirit: The New Adventures, with comments from Neil Gaiman, Kurt Busiek, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and Mark Schultz, and a Mike Wieringo illo; a look at Michael Turner's sketches for Fathom; Wizard's comic convention survival guide; Q & A with Howard Mackie on Spider-Man; the 25 most powerful people in comics; Basic Training by Kevin Maguire; Character Profile: Max Faraday (Divine Right); Off the Cuff with Billy Tucci; Time Travel: Tom Russo looks at John Byrne's arrival on Fantastic Four with FF #232. Cover price $4.99.

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Cover pencils by Leinil Francis Yu, inks by Edgar Tadeo. I'm King of the World!, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Leinil Francis Yu, Carlos Pacheco, Cary Nord, Jeff Matsuda, Melvin Rubi, and Mike Miller, inks by Edgar Tadeo, John Holdredge;, Marlo Alquisa, and Mike Miller; Wolvie poses as a number of heroes in his fight to take down Hydra and the Hand. Tai's appearance in this issue is odd as he was killed in Wolverine #98. 38 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.

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Those lovable, Mojo-made, miniature, misfit mutants are back! Created by Mojo as the ultimate form of action-entertainment, the X-Babies, like the people they're based on, are heroes through and through. And when Arcade, the master of mayhem, targets the diminutive mutants for his own demented and deadly game show, you can bet the kid gloves are off! Written by Ruben Diaz. Art by J.J. Kirby. 48 pages. Cover price $2.99.

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"Sorry is the Hardest Word!" Story by Howard Mackie. Art by Lee Modea and Scott Koblish. While on the run from a platoon of Mandroids, Havok and Polaris rediscover strong feelings for one another. Cover price $1.99.