Can Can comic books issue 22

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Written by Andrew Kreisberg. Art by Mike Norton, Bill Sienkiewicz and Josef Rubinstein. Cover by Ladrönn. The rift between Black Canary and Green Arrow widens as Discord and Cupid attack! And joining the creative team is finisher Bill Sienkiewicz (REIGN IN HELL) on the Green Arrow section...with Josef Rubinstein staying on the Black Canary sections of the new GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY! Don't miss the start of the action-packed co-features in this very issue! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Canadian edition $0.75 cover price.. Regular series begins (first appearance is in Marvel Graphic Novel 4). Cover art by Bob McLeod. Initiation!, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Bob McLeod, inks by Mike Gustovich; The New Mutants get acclimated to their new home, new talents, new friends, and new teachers, unaware that they are being watched; Moira learns that Professor X has a son; and Psyche is attacked in the Danger Room by an unknown assailant; Origin of Karma. Second appearance of the New Mutants (after Marvel Graphic Novel #4). 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Redjac returns to plague Kirk and his crew, leading to a confrontation on the surface of Enoch IV in "Wolf On The Prowl". Part 1 of 2, continued next issue. Script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Tom Sutton, inks by Ricardo Villagran. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian edition with .75 cents cover price. Arak battles Angelica the sorceress and Haakon the warrior in "Siege of a Time-Lost City." Valda the Iron Maiden appearance. Script by Roy Thomas and art by Adrian Gonzales and Alfredo Alcala. Cover price $0.75.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. "Like Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust...!" Written by Larry Hama. Art by Mike Vosburg and Jon D'Agostino. When Cobra tries to crash a hero's funeral, two ne recruits step up to the plate to save the day. Meet Duke and Roadblock! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Duke and Roadblock. Cover price $0.75.

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Volume 22 - 1st printing. "In Formosa's Dire Straits!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

Collects the Steve Canyon daily and Sunday strips from February 8th to August 8th, 1955. Steve finds danger on the island nation of Formosa, better known as Taiwan. Kitchen Sink also provides a wealth of behind-the-scenes material about Caniff's career. This issue features in-depth historical articles and maps about the real-life nation of Taiwan and its volatile relationship with mainland China.

Softcover (squarebound), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W.

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Volume 22 - 2nd or later printing. "In Formosa's Dire Straits!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

Collects the Steve Canyon daily and Sunday strips from February 8th to August 8th, 1955. Steve finds danger on the island nation of Formosa, better known as Taiwan. Kitchen Sink also provides a wealth of behind-the-scenes material about Caniff's career. This issue features in-depth historical articles and maps about the real-life nation of Taiwan and its volatile relationship with mainland China.

Softcover (squarebound), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W.

Cover price $11.95.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in four untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Lolita Brewster, Mr. Brewster, Rover, Babykins and Mr. Dripplesnip. Also: Fire Chief Swenson's plan to expose Will Bragg as a braggart backfires in an untitled story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan, Inspector Flanagan and Gully. And: Candy in 2-page text story "Ted Turns the Tables" co-starring Ted Dawson, Tina, Trish Traynor, Cornelia Clyde and Freddy Burton. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. "Rub-Out!" Story by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Bob Wiacek. Can Northstar and his sister, Aurora, survive an encounter with the morbidly obese menace of Pink Pearl? Plus, two men set out a mission to avenge the death of James Hudson, and they'll use the instrument of his destruction to it. Introducing the new "Box!" Cover price $0.75.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. The Titans engage Brother Blood and his forces as America watches the action on live tv in "Ashes To Ashes!" Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. Script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by George Perez, inks by Romeo Tanghal. Blackfire cameo. Perez/Tanghal cover. Cover price $0.75.

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Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Indiana Jones has only 24 hours to live! But he, Marion and Marcus must still find Ben Ali Ayoob! It takes place in Switzerland--where our heroes struggle on, knowingly accompanied by a paid assassin! Will Indy get out of this one alive? Don't ask! "End Run" is written by David Michelinie and James Owsley, with art and cover by Joe Brozowski and Mel Candido. Cover price $0.75.

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Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. irestorm gets Firehawk up to speed by relating "The Secret Origin of Firestorm". Script by Gerry Conway and Carla Conway, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Sal Trapani. Rafael Kayanan/Dick Giordano cover. Cover price $0.95.

Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "I Have Seen the Future...and It Is Me!" Absentminded professor Barry Metzner holds the key to the future -- and that makes the present tough for the Maid of Might! Written by Paul Kupperberg, with art by Carmine Infantino and Bob Oksner. Cover by Eduardo Barreto. Cover price $0.95.

Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Part 1 of 3 - "Swamped!" Written by Alan Moore. Art by Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Something is wrong with the Swamp Thing and the only one that may be able to help is the notorious Floronic Man?! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian edition with .95 cents cover price. Still aboard the Black Unicorn pirate ship, Arion and company head for shore after battling a sea monster, but find danger on the land in "Blue Glass and Smoke." Script by Paul Kupperberg and art by Cara Sherman-Tereno and Bob Smith. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian Price Variant. $1.20 cover price. Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. "Drugs Are Uncool!" public service announcement with Archie. "Film at Eleven," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Tim Kennedy, inks by Henry Scarpelli; Archie wants to make a video for a TV show that shows funny videos and Jughead stages an elaborate hoax. "The Trend Setter," script by George Gladir, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Mike Esposito; A clothing store hires Jughead to wear their clothes in order to influence others to buy them. "Snow Emergency!", script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Chic Stone; Jughead braves a blizzard to go get ice cream. "Jughead's Family Tree" article, pencils by Rod Ollershaw. "Jughead's Flea Market Fantasy" illustration, pencils by Dan DeCarlo Jr. Archie's Club News. Activity half-page with Miss Beazly, pencils by Rod Ollerenshaw. "Crime Stopper," script by George Gladir, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Rod Ollerenshaw; After seeing a movie of Detective Slim Jim, Jughead dreams that he is Slim Jim and catches Dick Tracy style villains. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.20.

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Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger: Part 12 of 12 - "To All Things an Ending!" Story by John Byrne. Art by Ron Wilson and Joe Sinnott. Ben Grimm's epic adventure on Battleworld, the planet the Beyonder created for the Secret Wars (see Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984) #1-12), comes to it's startling end. What will this mean for the denizens of battleworld? What about Tarianna, the warrior woman that Ben has come to love? And, what does the mechanical monster, Ultron, have to do with all? Story continues in Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #277. 32 pages, FC Cover price $0.75.

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Canadian edition with $1.75 cover price. Cover art by Walter Simonson. No Man Escapes The Manhunters, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Howard Simpson, inks by Bob Downs, Howard Simpson, and Damon Willis; a tie-in to Millenium, Week 2; it ties in all the characters who've been called Manhunter into the Millenium continuity, and it outlines the origins of the cult right up until the Millenium story-line. Cover price $1.75.

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Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Stopping off in Las Vegas, Blue Devil and Wayne catch up with alien bouncers Lehni and Jorj (from #6), then come to blows with an interstellar "Bounty Hunter". Script by Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin, pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Bill Collins. Paris Cullins/Gary Martin cover. Cover price $0.95.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. It's a flashback to age 10 in "Heroic Failures of Superboy." Continued next issue. Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 8-page Krypto story "Dog Detective of Smallville." Written by Bob Rozakis, with art by Romeo Tanghal and Dave Hunt. Also: 2-page illustration "Map of Smallville." Cover by Schaffenberger and Hunt. Cover price $0.75.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Cover art by Jerry Ordway. The Powerstone Corrupts--Absolutely!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Jerry Ordway, inks by Mike Machlan; aided by two allies, the Ultra-Humanite gets the best of Superman and various other Squadron members; they take the Powerstone and the Hammer of Thor. Cover price $0.75.

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. Air Force fliers face air pirates. Freelance pilot Powerhouse Perkins must make a dangerous delivery in the Far East. Airmen attempt a one-in-a-million rescue mission. Flying Pirates; Powerhouse Perkins: Powerhouse Delivers; Flying Luck; Miracle Rescue; Heroic Decision. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian edition with .95 cent cover price - 1st Alan Davis comic work. Halo's buried memories resurface aboard the JLA satellite in "What She Is And How She Came To Be!" Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Alan Davis. Halo's origin tale concludes next issue. Davis cover. Cover price $0.95.

Canadian edition with $1.35 cover price. Chronos' plan is revealed as Blue Beetle finds himself 200 million years in the past in "A Question Of Time!" Script by Len Wein, pencils by Ross Andru and Gil Kane, inks by Danny Bulanadi. Justice League cameo. Chris Wozniak cover. Cover price $1.35.

Canadian Price Variant. 95¢ cover price. Cover art by Dan and Jim DeCarlo. "Pressed Flowers" script by Rod Ollerenshaw. "Plant Plight"; Alexander is warned not to get too close to the venus fly trap. "Fast Food Dude"; Betty wonders why Jughead always runs after a meal. "Wishful Thinking" script by George Gladir. "The Write Stuff" script by Kathleen Webb. "The Job" script by George Gladir; Betty tells of her lifelong desire to write professionally, Miss Grundy's help, and her eventual first sale of a story. "My Best Friend" activity page. "Kiss and Try to Tell" script by Kathleen Webb. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.95.

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Canadian edition with $.95 cover price - Cover art by John Bogdanove and Bob Wiacek. Trapped!, script by Louise Simonson, pencils by John Bogdanove, inks by Bob Wiacek, Alex Power becomes Dark Alex, Edwin Jarvis guest-stars. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.95.

Canadian Price Variant. $1.65 cover price. Softcover digest, 4 7/8" x 6 5/8", 128 pages, full color. Cover price $1.65.

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Canadian edition with $1.35 cover price - The Justice League helps Booster stave off an alien invasion, while Skeets tries to rescue Michelle in "Tortured Options". Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. Script and pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Ty Templeton. Jurgens/Terry Austin cover. Cover price $1.35.

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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 twenty two has entries for Starfire, Supergirl, Superman, Swamp Thing, and many others. Character renderings are by such artistic greats as Chris Warner, Jim Mooney, Wayne Boring, Carmine Infantino, and John Totleben. FULL DETAIL: 22 - Character/artist listing: Starfire I by Mike Vosburg; Starfire II by George Perez; Star Hawkins by Gil Kane; Star Hunters by Chuck Patton and Bob Smith; Starman I by Chris Warner; Starman II by Steve Ditko and Romeo Tanghal; Starro by Ian Akin; Star Rovers by Mark Wheatley; Star Sapphire by Gil Kane; Steel by Chuck Patton and Larry Mahlstedt; Steelclaw by Jerome Moore and Dell Barras; Steppenwolf by Jack Kirby and Terry Austin; Sterling Silversmith by Joe Brozowski and Roy Richardson; Stiletta by Ron Wagner and Carlos Garzon; Stone Boy by Richard Bruning and Karl Kesel; Stripesy by George Tuska and Joe Rubinstein; Strong Bow by Mark Badger; Suicide Squad by Luke McDonnell and Rick Magyar; Sun Boy by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez; Sunburst by Denys Cowan and Randy Emberlin; Sun Devils by Dan Jurgens and Steve Mitchell; Sun-Eater by Curt Swan and Larry Mahlstedt; Super-Chief by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano; Supergirl by Jim Mooney; Superman I by Wayne Boring and Jerry Ordway; Superman II by Curt Swan and John Byrne; Swamp Thing by Steve Bissette and John Totleben; Syonide by Trevor Von Eeden. John Byrne cover. Cover price $1.35.

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Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Angel and Dazzler vs.Rogue, Mystique and Destiny. Cover price $0.75.

Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Fred Kelly, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and E. G. Letkeman. Superior takes over publishing of the humor and adventure anthology from Chesler / Dynamic. This issue features new material from Canadian artists. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf and his squad usually kill criminals, but in this case they must avenge the strange murders of thieves and burglars. Crooks get Dr. Justice to patch up a gunshot wound and then plan to get rid of him, but they didn't realize he's a trained crime-fighter. Jungle hero Zor and his pet saber-toothed tiger Nu face the Monkeymen of Kul. Riggin' Bill and his shipmates sink a Nazi sub and rescue the survivors, in a story featuring cameos by Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Stalin. Black Dwarf: More Truth Than Fantasy!; Doctor Justice; The Beach-Comber; Rescue for Revenge; Gay Desperado; Zor the Mighty: The Monkeymen of Kul; Mock Murder; Rocketman: Sly as a Fox; Facts!; Rex Tyler: Lawman of the Rockies; Riggin Bill: The Last Shot Got Her. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's humor magazine directed towards college males with a focus on the relationships of men and women of the time. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Bob McCay, Charles Biro, E. Letkeman, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and Dick Ryan. Superior takes over publishing of the early superhero and adventure anthology originally published by Harry Chesler. The most unusual story in this issue is a rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay, in which a sorcerer replaces Dr. Pill in King Morpheus's court, and Nemo must discover his ridiculous secret. The Young Americans visit a farm and run afoul of crooks, who then run afoul of the Young Americans. Also featuring an early humor strip by Charles Biro, later the mind behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Baxter; Pokey Forgets to Remember; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Prehistoric Pete; Murder Mix-Up; Young Americans; Riggin' Bill; Monkey-Shines; Nemo in Adventureland; Gooby-Land; Impy; Punch & Cutey; Facts!; Foxy Grandpa; Winner's Stake. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Rustler's Trap starring Roy Rogers, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy, working for Cattlemens Association, goes after rustlers. The Horse Hunters starring Roy Rogers, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy sets his sights on a mean hombre who hunts horses just to abuse them. A Woman on the Warpath--Pioneers of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois. Trigger story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 22. June 1973. French language reprint of Captain America (1968 1st Series) #162. 6.75" x 10.25". 36 pages. Black and white. NOTE: All text in French.

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Canadian edition with $.1.25 cover price. At last, King Conan has a clue to his son's killers! But with a deadly poison coursing through his blood, he's too sick to go after them! That's where "The Black Dragons" come in! And they're the most fearsome fighting force in the whole Hyborean Age! Written by Alan Zelenetz, with art by Geof Isherwood. Cover by Mike Kaluta. Cover price $1.25.

Issues #1 to #28 of this series contain original Canadian created content. Issues #29 and #30 date from 1946 and contain U.S. reprints in colour, but with original covers. The series restarted in 1950, ignoring previous numbering (#96 is currently the earliest known) and consisted entirely of color reprints of U.S. comics. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Elizabeth Beecher and others. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Gene joins the hunt after a bank teller is killed by a bear attack. But when someone ambushes him during the hunt, Gene suspects there is more going on than just a rogue bear. Panhandle Pete tells the story of Montemayor's Gold. Claws of the Killer; Smart Figurin; Carabajals Loot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with $.1.00 cover price. Ka-Zar the Savage is dead. And Zabu, too. Long live "Shanna the Savage!" Spider-Man appearance. Written by Bruce Jones, with art by Ron Frenz and Mel Candido. Plus, the 'Tales of Zabu!' tale "Freefall" by Bruce Jones and Val Mayerik. Cover by Ron Frenz and Armando Gil. Cover price $1.00.

Volume 22 - 1st Printing. Story and art by Tomohito Oda. Translated and Adapted by John Werry. Komi and her classmates are in the Big Apple, and Manbagi sees it as a chance to make a Big Confession. But as much as she wants to tell Tadano that she likes him, can she go through with it if it means changing her friendship with him (and Komi!) forever? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $9.99.

Canadian price variant. $1.50 cover price. Softcover digest, 4 7/8" x 6 5/8", 128 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

Canadian Edition. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #22 - March(?) 1948. Cover reprinted from Mary Marvel Comics #22. Reprints partial contents of Mary Marvel Comics #22. Canadian edition published by Anglo-American Publishing Company. Cover price $0.10.