Can Can comic books issue 9

Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, focused on the then-new US Air Force. A flier goes berserk after one too many wartime missions. A US airman must never reveal the details of his heroic but top-secret mission. Pilots who are related to each other share fortitude and flying ability. Combat Crazy; Off the Record Hero; Return to Victory; Dragons Luck; Kin Courageous. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Price Variant. $1.20 cover price. Cover art by Dan Parent. "Veronica in Russia," script by Robert Fleming, pencils by Dan Parent, inks by Henry Scarpelli; The setting of this story is shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Veronica accompanies her father on a trip to Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union; She spends time with her guides Yuri and his sister Nina, where she experiences the history of Russia and they all learn the meaning of freedom. Say No to Drugs public service announcement starring Archie, Betty, and Veronica. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.20.

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Canadian edition with .95 cents cover price. Tempest returns to New Earth to try to learn about the Dark Destroyer in "Memory Lane." Script by Gerry Conway and art by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez and Bob Smith. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian edition with .95 cent cover price - The Masters of Disaster try to flush out Black Lightning in "Enter: The Masters of Disaster!" Part 1 of 2, continued next issue. Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Back-up tale: Halo stars in "Battle For The Band!" Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Bill Willingham, inks by Mike DeCarlo. Aparo cover. Cover price $0.95.

Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Legends crossover: chapter 11. Chronos sets his plan into motion, even as Blue Beetle's under a presidential order not to interfere, in "Timepiece!" Story leads into Legends #4. Script by Len Wein, pencils by Paris Cullins, inks by Dell Barras. Cover price $1.00.

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Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. "To Laugh and Die in Metropolis!" Story by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Karl Kesel. Tired of trading blows with that sour-puss Batman, the Clown Prince of Crime makes his way to Metropolis. However, the Joker just can't seem to fathom why the Man of Steel can't see the humor in this move. Meanwhile, billion dollar miscreant Lex Luthor sets out to prove that anybody can be bought, for the right price. Cover price $1.00.

by Various Maestros of manga like Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Brian Denham, and Rod Espinosa show you that you don't have to come from an overcrowded island in the Pacific Rim to be a manga artist. Tips, tricks, and step-by-step instructions continue you on the road to being a menancing manga machine! b&w, 32pg $4.95 Cover price $4.95.

French Canadian Reprint Series. Reprints material from various romance titles. Reprints the cover of Sweethearts Vol. 2 (1954-1973) #110. 36 pgs. B&W.

CANADIAN EDITION - Giant-Sized Summer 1959 issue. Cover art by Harry Lucey. Chance Encounter, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics; Archie avoids a new girl in town because he doesn't want Veronica to think he's dating the girl. Habit Foaming, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty and Veronica argue about breaking bad habits. Evil Eyeful, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Samm Schwartz; Jughead pretends to have an evil eye and practices on his friends. Article about Buffalo Bill. Advertisement for Archie Giant Series Magazine #6. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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This replica of Moon Girl #3 is authentically restored and includes all ads and editorial content. Quality production. 32 pages, full color on glossy paper. Cover price $14.99.

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Canadian Edition with $1.00 cover price. Millennium Week 1. One of the Justice League's own turns out to be a Manhunter in "Seeing Red". Story picks up from events in Millennium #1. Plot and breakdowns by Keith Giffen, script by J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by Kevin Maguire, inks by Al Gordon. Back-up tale: Jack-O-Lantern hears out Rumaan Harjavti's proposal in "Brief Encounter". Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. Plot and pencils by Giffen, script by DeMatteis, inks by Gordon. Maguire/Gordon cover. Cover price $1.00.

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The Seedy Side of Love and Sex. Cover by Troy Nixey. Stories and art by Ed Steckley, Jesse Reklaw, Timothy T. Markin, Eric Searleman, F. Andrew Taylor and John Marr. A comics anthology based on the notorious zine of the same title, featuring true tales of death, disaster and crime. He's My Wife; One Last Wish; Baseball Annie Gets Her Man; Acid Testing a Marriage; She Should've Stayed in Dodge City; Gary Heidnik! Psycho Lover; Fun With Sid & Nancy; Joe Sixpack Explains Roman Polanski; If the Bluebeard Fits, Behead the Twit. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Cover art by Brent Anderson and Bob Wiacek. Fish Tale, script by Louise Jones (Simonson), pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Bob Wiacek, the Power Pack battle a giant serpentine creature. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.75.

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Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "The Poison in the Apple!" Written by Cary Bates. Art by Carmine Infantino and Tony DeZuniga. Cover by Jerry Bingham. Who are the survivors? Don't miss this super catch-up issue when everything comes together in an explosion of action. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. "The Twilight Heroes" Part 2 of 2. Story by David Michelinie. Art by Geof Isherwood and Vince Colletta. Cover by Kyle Baker. It's the conclusion to the Smithville Thunderbolt story. One Smithville hero's story will have a happy ending; while the other one's story comes to a tragic ending. And the Amazing Spider-Man is left somewhere in between. 32 pages Cover price $0.75.

Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Booster must stop an assassin targeting the President in "Time Bridge Chapter 2". Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. Script and pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Mike DeCarlo. The Legion Of Super-Heroes. Jurgens/DeCarlo cover. Cover price $1.00.

Cover by Ellis Chambers. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Paul Parker, Frank Sieminski and Ed Waldman. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Inspector Dan Mundy reluctantly teams with his rival, female reporter Ida Lee, while investigating a murder at sea aboard a pleasure cruise. Ascot-wearing, pipe-smoking reporter Link Shields loves to solve crimes in his column, but the latest life under threat is his own. An ex-sign-painter uses his skills with signs to turn to crime, resulting in some creative criminal sign usage. Surprise at Buoy 13; The Case of the Deadly Dahlia; Ambush Aboard Ship; Force of Habit; The Corpse's Clue; Signs of Crime. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Friend Sonja, husband Math, suitor Alain and son Kynon head out to rescue Branwyn from the ice queen. The Queen commands Cavalok to kill Branwyn, thinking she is Sonja, and to bring back her heart in "The Queen of Hearts!" Characters: Red Sonja; Alain D'Bruges; Math Mac Llion; Kynon; Branwyn; Vassilisa; Vlad Bloodhawk; Cavalok. Written by Louise Simonson, with art by Mary Wilshire and Art Nichols. Cover by Mary Wilshire. Cover price $0.75.

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Canadian edition with $0.95 cover price - "Borrowed Time!" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Paul Ryan and Sam De La Rosa. Cover by Ryan & Bill Sienkiewicz. Power Princess had fallen in love with Hyperion, but it was with an imposter. Now, she must discover for herself if her feelings for the real Hyperion are true or was it all an illusion. Plus, finally, Tom Thumb gets his hands on the cure, but is it soon enough to help the diminutive genius? 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Millennium 4. Cover art by Jerry Bingham. The Final Price, script by John Ostrander, pencils by Luke McDonnell, inks by Bob Lewis; The Suicide Squad is sent in to destroy the Manhunter's temple; Karin Grace is revealed to be a Manhunter, but she changes sides before she dies. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.00.

Canadian edition with $1.50 cover price. The New Mutants and Loki guest star in "There's No Place Like Home." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Art Adams, inks by Alan Gordon, Mike Mignola, and Adams. Adams/Walt Simonson cover (based on the Thor/Journey Into Mystery 83 cover by Jack Kirby). New Mutants x-over continued from New Mutants Special Edition (1985) issue 1. Cover price $1.50.

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Canadian edition with $1.35 cover price. Written primarily by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman (with research by E. Nelson Bridwell and others), Who's Who is a meticulously detailed, alphabetically arranged series of reference volumes that provides personal data, history, and powers and weapons for countless DC characters, both popular and obscure, both new (circa mid 1980s) and old. Volume nine has entries for Gorilla Grodd, Granny Goodness, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and many others. Character renderings are by such artistic greats as Bret Blevins, Jim Aparo, Eduardo Barreto, Russ Heath, and Irv Novick. FULL DETAIL: 9 - Character/artist listing: Garn Daanuth by Jan Duursema; Gemworld by Ernie Colon and Karl Kesel; General Immortus by Bret Blevins; Gentleman Ghost by Joe Kubert; Geo-Force by Jim Aparo; Ghost by Carl Potts and Bob Wiacek; Ghost Patrol by Luke McDonnell and Karl Kesel; G.I. Robot by Mike Chen and Murphy Anderson; Gizmo by George Perez; Global Guardians by Eduardo Barreto; Glorious Godfrey by Jack Kirby and Bob Smith; Golden Gladiator by Russ Heath; Golden Glider by Irv Novick and Dick Giordano; Goldface by Gil Kane; Gordanians by Bruce Patterson; Gorilla City by Alan Kupperberg and Rick Magyar; Gorilla Grodd by Carmine Infantino and Bill Sienkiewicz; Granny Goodness by Jack Kirby and Greg Theakston; Gravedigger by Dick Ayers and Ricardo Villagran; Green Arrow I by George Tuska and Bill Wray; Green Arrow II by Mike Grell; Green Lantern I by George Freeman; Green Lantern II by Gil Kane; Green Lantern III by Joe Staton; Green Lantern Corps by Brian Bolland; Green Man by Shawn McManus; Grimbor by Craig Hamilton and Dick Giordano; Grim Ghost by Bill Sienkiewicz; Guardian by Jack Kirby and Greg Theakston; Guardians of the Universe by Gil Kane. Paris Cullins/Dick Giordano cover. Cover price $1.35.

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Canadian edition with $1.25 cover price - "Wrath of the Shambling God!" Script by Michael Fleisher, art and cover by Ernie Chan. Cover price $1.25.

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Canadian Price Variant with $1.50 cover price. Part 9 of 9. "God in Man, Man in God!" Story by Jim Shooter. Art by Al Milgrom and Steve Leialoha. This is it, the final battle between the Beyonder and the heroes of the Marvel Universe. However, a titanic battle of this magnitude could destroy the very fabric of reality. Right or wrong, good or bad, the tragic ending to this one will touch everyone. Featuring the Beyonder vs. the Molecule Man, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Uncanny X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk, West Coast Avengers, and the Silver Surfer. Story concludes in a special epilogue in Avengers #266. Cover price $1.50.

Men's humor digest directed towards college males with a focus on the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Borth and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Vic and Pat Colby struggle their way to the top of the Prohibition-era mob, only to make one double-cross too many. Evans Healey takes his sweetheart on a romantic cross-country trip, but she doesn't know he's robbing people along the way to bankroll the trip. A young woman and her brother choose the wrong car while hitchhiking, and soon the police are looking for Bennet Shields. Vic and Pat Colby; On the Level; Evans Healey; This'll Kill Ya!; Stanley Flint and Steve Parker; Our Police Hall of Fame; Behind the Bennet Shields Reign of Terror. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "War Zone!" Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez and Jerry Odrway. This one is big. The dastardly duo of Brainiac and Lex Luthor assemble the greatest force for evil the multiverse has ever seen. With the heroes distracted by the Crisis, the villains of the DCU unite into an army the likes of which has never been seen before and perform a coup de tat on the remaining Earths. Can the heroes mount a counter attack and still remain vigilant against the Anti-Monitor? Plus, Guy Gardner, arguably the most rash character in the DCU, is finally given the Power Ring that was always meant to be his. Featuring the death of the Golden Age Lex Luthor of Earth-2 and Aquagirl. Cover price $0.95.

Canadian edition with $.95 cover price - Comic book version of the popular comic strip cat, Heathcliff. In this issue, Heathcliff and Grandpa are stranded way out in the middle of nowhere when a tire on the car goes flat and they wind up in the middle of feud in "Blow Out." Script by Michael Gallagher and art by Warren Kremer & Jacqueline Roettcher. Then in "Down for the Count," Heathcliff has to battle Count Catula who has abducted Sonja. Script by Michael Gallagher and art by Warren Kremer & Jacqueline Roettcher. And in "Bug Off," Heathcliff has to overcome a tracker that the mice have put on him. Script by Angelo DeCesare and art by Tony Franco & Jacqueline Roettcher. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian edition with $1.75 cover price. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is a meticulously detailed, alphabetically arranged series of reference volumes that provides data (such as biographical info, weapons, and powers) for countless Marvel characters, both popular and obscure, both new (circa 1983) and old. Issue #9 includes entries ranging from Quasar to She-Hulk, with Quicksilver, Rogue, Sabretooth, Scarlet Witch, and others in between. Pages by Mike Grell, John Byrne, Mike Zeck, John Byrne, Walt Simonson, Paul Smith, Sandy Plunkett, Brent Anderson, and Kerry Gammill Cover price $1.75.

Canadian Edition. Photo front and back cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and the Ghost of the Lost Galleon, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; a story centered on the ghost of an old prospector. Johnny Owens-Poison to Outlaws--Great Lawmen of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale. Untitled Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks (Parkhurst). 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition with $1.00 cover price. Early comic book version of the famous "transforming" robots. The Autobots are back and have regained control of the Ark and still have to deal with Shockwave's evil plans. Meanwhile, Josie Beller, injured by the Decepticons, has recovered and wants revenge. Now in a new persona known as Circuit Breaker, she helps G.B. Blackrock in his quest to destroy the robots in "Dis-Integrated Circuits." Script by Bob Budiansky and art by Mike Manley & M. Hands. This is a first printing. All 2nd or 3rd printings have a 2nd, 3rd printing notice on inside at bottom of indicia on first/splash page. 2nd printings were done for most issues from #1 to #9. Cover price $1.00.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Cover by Jack Cole. Art by Jack Cole and Alex Toth. Reuses cover of True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1, but with artwork by Wally Wood removed. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

95¢ Canadian Newsstand Edition. The true origin of Gemworld is revealed in this two-part episode. Written by Gary Cohn, with art by Amethyst co-creator Ernie Colon and Karl Kesel. Cover by Colon and Kesel. Cover price $0.95.

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Cover price of $1.20. Reprints Archie 3000 stories. 6 1/2-iin. x 10 1/4-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.20.

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Canadian edition with $.95 cover price - Color reprints of original b&w series. Cover art by Wendy Pini. The Quest Begins, script by Richard Pini and Wendy Pini, art by Wendy Pini; Years pass; Suntop and Ember are born; Humans finally come to Sorrow's End. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.95.