Comic books April 1996

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1st printing. By Maurice Horn. A look back a true American art form - Comic Strips! Featuring histories, dossiers, and comic strips starring Alley Oop, Beetle Bailey, Betty Boop, Buck Rogers, Bugs Bunny, Charlie Chan, Donald Duck, Flash Gordon, the Flintstones, Gasoline Alley, Joe Palooka, Krazy Kat, Modesty Blaise, Polly and Her Pals, Pogo, and many, many more! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 414 pages, PC/PB&W.

2nd and later printings. By Maurice Horn. A look back a true American art form - Comic Strips! Featuring histories, dossiers, and comic strips starring Alley Oop, Beetle Bailey, Betty Boop, Buck Rogers, Bugs Bunny, Charlie Chan, Donald Duck, Flash Gordon, the Flintstones, Gasoline Alley, Joe Palooka, Krazy Kat, Modesty Blaise, Polly and Her Pals, Pogo, and many, many more! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 414 pages, PC/PB&W.

NO Dust Jacket - 2nd and later printings. By Maurice Horn. A look back a true American art form - Comic Strips! Featuring histories, dossiers, and comic strips starring Alley Oop, Beetle Bailey, Betty Boop, Buck Rogers, Bugs Bunny, Charlie Chan, Donald Duck, Flash Gordon, the Flintstones, Gasoline Alley, Joe Palooka, Krazy Kat, Modesty Blaise, Polly and Her Pals, Pogo, and many, many more! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 414 pages, PC/PB&W.

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Features include Judge Dredd in "The Pit--True Grot" part 3 (script by John Wagner, art by Alex Ronald), Sinister Dexter in "Finnigan's Minigun" (script by Dan Abnett, art by Tom Carney), Rogue Trooper in "Hot Metal" part 4 (script by Steve White, art by Steve Tappin), R.A.M. Raiders in "Love & War" part 2 (script by Alan McKenzie, art by Calum Alexander Watt), and Canon Fodder part 7 (script by Kek-W. art by Chris Weston). Weston cover.

Features include Judge Dredd in "The Pit--Unjudicial Liaisons" part 1 (script by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra), Vector 13 in "Case Zero: Oath of Office" (script by Gordon Rennie, art by Garry Marshall), Rogue Trooper in "Street Fighting Man" part 1 (script by Steve White, art by Steve Tappin), R.A.M. Raiders in "Love & War" part 3 (script by Alan McKenzie, art by Calum Alexander Watt), and Canon Fodder part 8 (script by Kek-W, art by Chris Weston). Mark Harrison cover.

Features include Judge Dredd in "The Pit--Unjudicial Liaisons" part 2 (script by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra), Vector 13 in "Case One: Extraction Point" (script by Simon Jowett, art by Paul Johnson), Sinister Dexter in "The Eleventh Commandment" part 1 (script by Dan Abnett, art by Charles Gillespie), R.A.M. Raiders in "Love & War" part 4 (script by Alan McKenzie, art by Calum Alexander Watt), and Rogue Trooper in "Street Fighting Man" part 2 (script by Steve White, art by Steve Tappini). Jason Brashill cover.

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Features include Judge Dredd in "The Pit--Unjudicial Liaisons" part 3 (script by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra), Vector 13 in "Case Two: Trinity" (script by Simon Furman, art by John Higgins/TCS), Sinister Dexter in "The Eleventh Commandment" part 2 (script by Dan Abnett, art by Charles Gillespie), R.A.M. Raiders in "Love & War" part 5 (script by Alan McKenzie, art by Calum Alexander Watt), Rogue Trooper in "Street Fighting Man" part 3 (script by Steve White, art by Steve Tappin). Watt cover.

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Cover pencils by Billy Tan Mung Khoy, inks by Duy Truong (as D-Tron). Untitled story, script by Len Wein and Marc Silvestri (co-plot), pencils by Billy Tan Mung Khoy and Marc Silvestri, inks by Duy Truong (as D-Tron), Billy Tan Mung Khoy, John Di Rito (assists), Jose Guillen (assists), and Chance Wolf (assists); Scrap and his future buddies defeat 18 and recover the scrap metal. 20 attacks but is also defeated; Scrap decides to join the rebellion until he can find a way home. Designing the World of 21. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Cover art by Chris Ware. Cut out and construct Corrigan house activity page. Untitled Jimmy Corrigan story; Jimmy's grandfather makes some friends as a child, investigates the site of the Chicago World's Fair, and learns all parents are not the same. Untitled Frank Phosphate story; Frank's airship crashess Scripts and art by Chris Ware. 36 pgs. $4.50. Cover price $10.95.

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Cover art by Kieron Dwyer and Denis Rodier. Love Breaks starring Superman and Admiral Koontz, script by David Michelinie, pencils by Kieron Dwyer, inks by Denis Rodier; Lois Lane breaks off her engagement to Clark Kent. Comic Buyer's Guide 1996 Fan Awards. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.95.

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This is the 2nd Printing of Action Comics # 720. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover art by Sarah Dyer. Action Girl & Flying Girl in: Big Present, script and art by Sarah Dyer; Flying Girl drops a note down to Action Girl telling her to meet at a certain time and location on Saturday. Zero Hour, script and art by Patty Leidy; Beth decides she doesn't want the same old noodles for supper and decides to go out for Chinese food, three friends come with her. The Devil's Doing, script and art by Rebecca Dart; Tells how catfish lost their scales because during creation the Devil was about to fry the catfish and had already scraped off the colorful red, blue and yellow scales when the Good Lord came along and stopped him. Miss Africa Day, script and art by Suzanne Baumann. Action Girl Coloring Page. 28 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.

Vintage men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult humor comics and nude pin up girls. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $5.95.

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This month: BIG Entertainment's BIG crossover event; Fiasco Comics' Megaton Man vs. Forbidden Frankenstein #1; interviews with Brinke Stevens, Glenn Danzig, Dave McKean, Mark Wheatley, Mike Manley, Don Simpson, plus Artist of the Month Paul Pope; News Flashes: Kitchen Sink Press' Cages, Harris Comics' Vampirella #25, all the latest news for gamers from TSR, Steve Jackson and Heartbreaker. Covers feature BIG Entertainment (by Rich Buckler) and Megaton Man vs. Forbidden Frankenstein. Cover price $2.25.

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Cover art by Pete Garcia. Liberal Man Is Born, script by Marcus Pierce Jr., art by Pete Garcia; A Democratic campaign manager, after being humilitated in the 1994 elections, is mystically transformed into a superhero; Liberal Man then desperately wants to help President Clinton after an electoral defeat. Adventures of Liberal Man back cover art by Pete Garcia. 36 pgs. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Rob Stull. The all-new animated adventures of Spider-Man! This series presents new stories which mirror, but do not directly adapt, the wall-crawler's cartoon. Shot in the Dark; Spidey disapproves of the Punisher's violent crime fighting methods and tries to put a stop to them. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.99.

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Flip book of combining Adventures of Spider-Man #1 and Adventures of the X-Men #1. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Michael Eury. Art by Neil Vokes and Jay Geldhof. Cover by Bruce Timm. Beware the beautiful bombshell -- she's armed with a ballistic kiss that'll literally blow you off your feet! She's blonde, she's bad, and she's just bursting out all over! And if The Mask can't see past her drop-dead mug, this dreamboat will leave dock with half the loot in Edge City! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

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This is the 99 cent edition. It is NOT the $1.99 version with Spider-Man Flip-book. Cover art by Dwayne Turner. The Green Revolution Part 1: Bring Us a Leader, script by Ralph Macchio, pencils by Ben Herrera, inks by Mike Christian; olverine and the Hulk are throwing down in the Rockies when X-Factor shows up and captures them both; The duo are taken to Hulkbuster base where Wolvie escapes and, feeling a kinship with a fellow creature being poked and prodded with experimentation, he frees the Hulk just as the Leader blows through the wall. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.99.

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Captives of the Sky Pirates (Chapter 2) - Story, Art and Painted Cover by Mark Crilley. The prince of Smoo has been kidnapped by the evil Alia Rellapor so Akiko and her companions must set off across the foreboding Moonguzzit Sea to get him back. Unfortunately, they fly directly into a band of unsavory Sky Pirates who take them captive! Spuckler and Gax are thrown into the arena for the pirates' amusement. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $170.00 View scans CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Sigs: Bob Budiansky on 4/29/2018 & Mark Bagley on 10/6/2018. Direct Edition. Label #18-39B9473-004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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Cover pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Larry Mahlstedt. It's Carnage versus Spidey in Web of Carnage Part 2 of 4, "And Now - Spider-Carnage," script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Larry Malhstedt and Randy Emberlin; Spidey and Peter learn the Spider-skeleton is an actual Spider-Man clone and that Ben's girlfriend Jessica Carradine is the Burglar's daughter (SenSM #3, '96); Meanwhile, Carnage terrorizes the city even though Cletus Kasady is safe in his cell; Seeking answers, Spidey follows Ravencroft guard Dickerson to an underground super-villain-worshipping club where Dickerson sells Carnage memorabilia filched from Ravencroft; Carnage attacks the club, and battles Spidey, escaping after bringing down the roof; At the Daily Bugle, Jessica gets a job to photograph Spidey as a public menace; Spidey tails Ravencroft security chief John Jameson, discovering him possessed by the Carnage symbiote. The story continues from Sensational Spider-Man 3 and continues in Spider-Man 67. 36 pgs., full color. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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"Family History!" Story by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, Wonder Woman and the mutant Storm are merged to create the Amazon. Learn of the Amazon's connection to the Olympian Gods and her vendetta with the Lord of the Seas, Poseidon. Plus, who is the mysterious woman named Diana and what is her connection to Ororo? Cover price $1.95.

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April 1996. Cover by Vincent Di Fate. "Higher Education (part 3 of 4)" by Charles Sheffield & Jerry Pournelle. Other science fiction stories by Paul Levinson, Doug Larsen, Brian C. Coad, Sarah Zettel, and Scott L. Towner. Illustrations by Alan M. Clark, Joseph Griffo, and Todd Lockwood. Softcover, 5-in. x 7.25-in.; 160 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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The Cold War is cooling down, but not before James Bomb, Secret Agent, slips over the Berlin Wall one last time. Unfortunately for him, gadget guru "W" is on vacation and filling in for him are gadget trainees "X," "Y" and "Z"--Yakko, Wakko and Dot! The free world doesn't stand a chance! FC, 32 pg. Cover price $1.75.

Issue 2. Spring 1996. The official magazine of the Japanese Animation Society of Hawaii. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 32 slick pages. Cover price $3.95.

Anime & Manga Monthly - news, reviews, video games, music & more. Welcome home to...Maison Ikkoku. Manga Feature: their destiny was foreordained in X/1999 by CLAMP. Plus: name Pioneer LDCA's mascot! 80 pages. Cover price $4.95.

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Cover art by Dave Johnson. Brother's Keeper, script by Peter David, pencils by Martin Egeland, inks by Howard M Shum; Aquaman goes to the Dreaming City in the Himalayas to enlist their aid, but they are ruled by Ocean Master. Atlan flees; Garth, formerly known as Aqualad, frees Aquaman and Dolphin from OM's trap. 36 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

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Orange Cover. "The Origin of Araknis" Written and Illustrated by Michael and Mario Ortiz. 24 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.

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Special Edition White cover. Written and Illustrated by Michael and Mario Ortiz. 24 Pages, Full Color. Note: Issue number on back. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Dan DeCarlo. Stories by Mike Pellowski, Bill Golliher, Frank Doyle and Hal Smith. Art by Stan Goldberg, Fernando Ruiz, Henry Scarpelli and Rex W. Lindsey. In "Seeing is Deceiving," the usually clumsy Archie uses the wrong eye drops and winds up blind as a bat! Mayhem ensues! Also, Archie has a hard time dealing with winter snow when bikinis are on his mind in "Neither Snow Nor..."! Plus, Archie in: "Cold Spell!"; "Top This!"; and "The Million Dollar Suit"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

Canadian Price Variant. $2.95 cover price. Softcover digest, 4 7/8" x 6 5/8", 196 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

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"Picking Up the Pieces" - Acclaim presents a unique, off-the-wall-and-in-your-face project guaranteed to shock, amaze and delight mature comic readers everywhere. Armed & Dangerous, a 4-issue b&w mini-series, is the brainchild of Bob Layton and Bob Hall. It's the corner you know you shouldn't turn...the wrong side of the tracks...the place where losers go when they're running for their lives. Bob Hall spins a spellbinding graphic noir of a boy's arrival at the threshold of manhood, and the shadowy world of gangsters and gun molls who stand in his way. Story, art and cover by Bob Hall. Suggested for Mature Audiences. B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Continuing the sequel to The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, featuring the adventures of a young Cable! Written by Scott Lobdell and Jeph Loeb. Art by Gene Ha and Andrew Pepoy. Wraparound cover. Cover price $2.95.

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Story, art and cover by Fred Perry. A crossover between Asrial from Ninja High School and Cheetah from Gold Digger. Answering an ancient distress call, Asrial ventures to Earth and encounters Cheetah, a lycanthropic cat-woman, and mistakes her for an enemy. When the actual villain shows up, the warrior women join forces against him. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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"Political Suicide!" Story by D.G. Chichester. Art by Scott McDaniel and Derek Fisher. In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, Daredevil and Deathstroke's daughter, Ravager are merged to create Dare. While Catwoman and Elektra are merged to create Catsai. Together these two femme fatales are the deadliest assassins in the world, and they're here in Gotham City to murder the mayor, an amalgam of the Kingpin and the Riddler. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover pencils by Sam Liu. Everything I need to know, I learned from an assassin! (Chrysalis part 2), script by Rob Liefeld and Garrett Omata, pencils by Sam Liu, inks by Danny Miki and Lary Stucker; Cybrid [Jonah] has left the monastary. Joshua Tiersma, leader of Cynosure, has sent Preacher John to bring him back; Prudence Roberts is promoted to VP of the Discreet Investments division. Baptism of Fire (part 3 of 3) featuring Battlestar Galactica, script by Robert Napton, pencils by Richard Horie, inks by Rene Micheletti; The early years of Adama and Cain; They are on a mission to take out the Cylon communications on Onaka so Battlestar Cerberus can take out the entire Cylon station. Beanworld - chapter three, script and art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover art by Dean Hsieh. Act 1 / scene 4 BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT, script and art by Dean Hsieh; Athena visits Hephaestus for a medical check-up; Serpenteena try to perform a show in a bowling alley; Hephaestus gives Kallie a ride home from university, where Jay tells them he thinks Athena has responded to a want ad for models. B&W house ads for Pervert Club and Athena. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Robert Napton and Rob Liefeld. Art by John Stinsman and Marlo Alquiza. The countdown to Avengelyne's baby begins as the ongoing series starts at last! Month in, month out, you'll enjoy the tale of the fallen angel as the forces of light and darkness continue to surround her! The future becomes uncertain as the question of immaculate conception or demonic deception strikes to the very core of Avengelyne's being! Guest-starring Devlin. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Robert Napton and Rob Liefeld. Art by John Stinsman and Marlo Alquiza. The countdown to Avengelyne's baby begins as the ongoing series starts at last! Month in, month out, you'll enjoy the tale of the fallen angel as the forces of light and darkness continue to surround her! The future becomes uncertain as the question of immaculate conception or demonic deception strikes to the very core of Avengelyne's being! Guest-starring Devlin. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Robert Napton and Rob Liefeld. Art by John Stinsman and Marlo Alquiza. Cover by Andy Park. The countdown to Avengelyne's baby begins as the ongoing series starts at last! Month in, month out, you'll enjoy the tale of the fallen angel as the forces of light and darkness continue to surround her! The future becomes uncertain as the question of immaculate conception or demonic deception strikes to the very core of Avengelyne's being! Guest-starring Devlin. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

Dynamic Forces Signed Edition with certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by John Stinsman and limited to 500 copies. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Robert Napton and Rob Liefeld. Art by John Stinsman and Marlo Alquiza. Cover by John Stinsman and Marlo Alquiza. The countdown to Avengelyne's baby begins as the ongoing series starts at last! Month in, month out, you'll enjoy the tale of the fallen angel as the forces of light and darkness continue to surround her! The future becomes uncertain as the question of immaculate conception or demonic deception strikes to the very core of Avengelyne's being! Guest-starring Devlin. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

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"Crawling from the Wreckage" Script by Terry Kavanagh and Howard Mackie. Pencils by Mike Deodato. Inks by Tom Palmer. Cover by Mike Deodato and Tom Palmer. Plot continues from Incredible Hulk 440. Following the epic clash between the thunder god and the Green Goliath in the Canadian wilderness, Earth's Mightiest Heroes search for the remaining G-bombs left behind by Omnibus! The Vision, Swordsman, and Masque fly to St. Louis; while Thor and the Black Widow rush to the Louisiana Superdome! If the Avengers can defuse the bombs, everything will be okay! If they can't...everything will be gone! Meanwhile after crash landing in the Grand Canyon, Wanda and Clint fight for their lives against renegade army troops! Their duel in the desert pits sorcery and archery vs. military might! Appearances by Hotshot and Jailbait. Cameo appearance by Moonraker. Avengers Lineup: Black Widow, Giant-Man, Thor, Vision, and the Wasp. (Notes: After long absences Hawkeye and the Scarlet Witch finally rejoin Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The Avengers appear next in Spider-Man Team-Up 4.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.