Written by Steven Grant. Art by Christopher Taylor and Rick Magyar. Cover by Arthur Suydam.
Ripley finds that the most horrifying thing about fighting Aliens may actually be the battle within.
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"Moment of Truth" Betrayal Part 3 of 3. Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Rurik Tyler. Inks by Bob Downs. Cover by Rurik Tyler and Dave Simons.
In a shocking betrayal, Sam has handed Victoria Montesi and Professor Hastings over to the Darkholders! And now the sinister worshippers of Chthon want Victoria to give them the location of a special Darkhold page! Auspiciously though, Jinx stowed away in Sam's vehicle as it departed Los Angeles! And once inside the Darkholders' compound, he frees his fellow Redeemers at the first opportunity! So Vicki, Louise, and Jinx have a chance to escape, but only if they can convince Sam that they are the heroes... not the villains! Cameo appearances by Modred and Diabolique. Special feature: One-page pin-up of the Darkhold Redeemers by Rurik Tyler and Bud LaRosa.
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"For Want of a Soul!" Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Rurik Tyler. Inks by Bob Downs. Cover by Rurik Tyler and Bob Downs.
Back home in Pennsylvania, the Darkhold Redeemers regroup after barely surviving the climatic events of the Midnight Massacre saga! Louise, Victoria, Sam, and Jinx must come terms with their near death experiences and plot a path forward! Meanwhile on the streets of London, Modred the Mystic bumps into the Dwarf! And per his modus operandi, the Dwarf offers Modred a Darkhold page... that will allow him to reclaim his lost soul from Chthon! Will Modred accept it? Of course! But will Modred regret it? Stay tuned! Cameo appearance by Diabolique.
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"For God and Country" Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Richard Case. Inks by Mark McKenna. Cover by Richard Case.
At the Library of Congress in our nation's capital; Victoria Montesi, Sam Buchanan, and Professor Hastings search for another missing page from the Darkhold. And lo and behold they find it! But hours earlier in the library, the devious Dwarf gave an envelope to a serial arsonist. The deranged arsonist opened the envelope and read the aforementioned missing page! And now he wants to detonate a gamma bomb in Washington D.C.! Can the Darkhold Redeemers locate and defuse the gamma bomb before it's too late? Cameo appearance by Modred the Mystic.
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"No Place Like It On Earth" Guest-starring the Scarlet Witch. Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Tony Harris. Inks by Jimmy Palmiotti. Cover by Tony Harris and Jimmy Palmiotti.
In Washington D.C., the Darkhold Redeemers meet Modred the Mystic! And after the duplicitous Modred tells the trio his origin, he tells them where the next Darkhold page will appear: South Carolina! So Professor Hastings, Sam Buchanan, and Victoria Montesi make tracks for the Palmetto State! Meanwhile at the Avengers' west coast compound, Wanda Maximoff senses a great evil in the air! Are the pages of the Darkhold haunting the Scarlet Witch? Cameo appearances by the Dwarf, Sabretooth, Living Lightning, and the Wasp.
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"Cry N'Garai!" Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Nelson Felchle. Inks by Mark McKenna (pp. 1-18) and Andrew Pepoy (pp. 19-22). Cover by Richard Case.
In a small town in South Carolina, evil runs amok! As a local woman uses a Darkhold page to take revenge on the townsfolk! Victoria, Sam, and Professor Hastings frantically search for the missing page; but encounter another major problem (besides the demon hordes): Sabretooth! Oh my, where did he come from? The Darkhold Redeemers don't care at the moment! And luckily Sam is able to convince Victor Creed to join them! At a cairn on the outskirts of town; the Redeemers, Sabretooth, and Modred make their final stand against the multitude of demons! They must close the portal to Chthon's realm... or this tiny town will be history!
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"The Living Dead" Guest-starring the Punisher and Ghost Rider. Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Richard Case (pp. 1-7, 15-18) and Al Bigley (pp. 8-14, 19-22). Inks by Mark McKenna (pp. 1-13, 15-18) and Ariane Lenshoek (pp. 14, 19-22). Cover by Richard Case.
The Punisher is in Brooklyn to shut down the drug operations of the phony Reverend Styge! But the gun-toting vigilante doesn't know that Styge has a page from the Darkhold that allows him to resurrect the dead! In the meantime, Victoria Montesi has a vision about horrible things happening at a graveyard in New York! So the Darkhold Redeemers rush to a cemetery in Brooklyn in time for Reverend Styge's special service... to resurrect Frank Castle's family! When the reverend starts chanting, the Punisher starts shooting! And then here comes the Ghost Rider! Amid the chaos can Sam, Victoria, and Louise keep the living alive... and the dead entombed? Cameo appearances by the Scarlet Witch, Agatha Harkness, and Doctor Strange.
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"Duel" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch. Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Richard Case (pp. 1-5,17-22) and Al Bigley (pp. 6-16). Inks by Stan Woch (pp. 1-5, 17-22) and Ariane Lenshoek (pp. 6-16). Cover by Richard Case.
The reappearance of several missing Darkhold pages has come to the attention of the Master of the Mystic Arts! And after conferring with Agatha Harkness and Wanda Maximoff, Dr. Strange realizes that a mysterious dwarf and a mysterious trio are present whenever a page reappears! So when Victoria Montesi, Sam Buchanan, and Professor Hastings travel to Hawaii to find another page; a powerful trio follows them! Modred senses what's happening and goes to the Aloha State too! On the beaches of Maui, the battle lines are drawn: the Sorcerer Supreme, the Scarlet Witch, and Agatha Harkness vs. the Darkhold Redeemers and Modred the Mystic! The islands haven't seen a fight like this in 50 years!
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"Day of Infamy" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch. Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Rurik Tyler. Inks by Bud LaRosa. Cover by Rurik Tyler and Bud LaRosa.
Like a bolt from the blue, a squadron of Japanese Zeros strafes the beach where the Sorcerer Supreme and Modred the Mystic are fighting! Oh no, how did the obsolete planes reach Maui? Apparently the diabolical Dwarf gave a Darkhold page to a troubled veteran from the second world war! And his mind is now reliving and recreating the attack on Pearl Harbor! With the beachgoers' lives in danger, the Darkhold Redeemers join forces with Dr. Strange, Wanda, and Agatha Harkness to stop the madness and recover the lost page! During the frantic ordeal, Agatha and Louise speculate that the Darkhold's Malachy Prophesy refers to the Scarlet Witch! But once the battle ends, Wanda's only concern is settling an old score with Modred! From this point forward; Victoria, Sam, and Louise are on their own!
32 pages. Cover price $1.75.
"Wish Fulfillment" Betrayal Part 1 of 3. Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Rurik Tyler. Inks by Bud LaRosa. Cover by Rurik Tyler and Bud LaRosa.
After their adventure in Maui, the Darkhold Redeemers are on their way back to Los Angeles! And while cruising at 30,000 feet, Professor Hastings notices that one of the stewardesses is her daughter! How nice... a midair mini-family reunion! Unfortunately, there is someone else familiar on the flight too: the Dwarf! Oh no, is he giving a passenger a Darkhold page as the plane prepares for descent? Yes he is! And shortly thereafter sheer pandemonium erupts! Sam, Victoria, and Louise battle the demons as best they can! But once the pilots are killed, the trio has a much bigger problem! Is anyone getting off the plane alive?
32 pages. Cover price $1.75.
"Wish Fulfillment" Betrayal Part 1 of 3. Script by Chris Cooper. Pencils by Rurik Tyler. Inks by Bud LaRosa. Cover by Rurik Tyler and Bud LaRosa.
After their adventure in Maui, the Darkhold Redeemers are on their way back to Los Angeles! And while cruising at 30,000 feet, Professor Hastings notices that one of the stewardesses is her daughter! How nice... a midair mini-family reunion! Unfortunately, there is someone else familiar on the flight too: the Dwarf! Oh no, is he giving a passenger a Darkhold page as the plane prepares for descent? Yes he is! And shortly thereafter sheer pandemonium erupts! Sam, Victoria, and Louise battle the demons as best they can! But once the pilots are killed, the trio has a much bigger problem! Is anyone getting off the plane alive?
32 pages. Cover price $1.75.
Marvel and DC's sequel to DC Versus Marvel continues. X-Man Jubilee from the Marvel Universe convinces Access to transport her to the DC Universe so she can catch up on unfinished business with Batman's partner, Robin! Also in this issue: the high-wire heroism of Daredevil and the double villainy of Two-Face!
Written by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein.
FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $1.95.
In the conclusion to the miniseries sequel to DC Versus Marvel, the greatest super-teams of the Marvel Universe and the DC Universe meet at last! The JLA joins the X-Men in flagrant conflict in an effort to save all that matters in both realities. And what Access himself hopes to save is his relationship with Ming Kuo-Fan in the Marvel Universe and his budding romance with Caitlin Fitzgerald in the DC Universe. Perhaps with the help of Batman, Cyclops, Superman, Iceman, Wonder Woman, Phoenix, Aquaman, Jubilee, Martian Manhunter, Cannonball, Flash, Storm, Green Lantern and Bishop, Access will be able to lead the life he believes is his destiny.
Written by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein.
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Cover pencils by Ian Churchill, inks by Bud LaRosa. Luck of the Irish, script by Mark Waid, pencils by Ian Churchill and Lee Weeks., inks by Jason Minor, Bob McLeod, and Bud LaRosa;
Black Tom sends Juggernaut to bring in Deadpool so that Killebrew can use the merc's regenerative powers to heal Tom's condition; Pool and Siryn get caught between Juggernaut and Daniel Peyer of Interpol.
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Cover pencils by Ian Churchill, inks by Bud LaRosa. Deadpool Sandwich, script by Mark Waid, pencils by Ian Churchill and Ken Lashley, inks by Bud LaRosa
Deadpool and Siryn battle both Juggernaut and Interpol agent, Daniel Peyer; Banshee discovers that his old pal Peyer has been lying to him and is out for revenge against Deadpool; Killebrew attaches DP's severed hand to Black Tom in hopes of curing him of his condition.
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Cover pencils by Ian Churchill, inks by Bud LaRosa. Mano a Mano, script by Mark Waid, pencils by Ian Churchill and Ken Lashley, inks by Bud LaRosa, Tom Wegrzyn, Philip Moy, and W. C. Carani
DP, Siryn and Banshee battle Juggernaut and Black Tom, who has been fitted with Pool's severed hand; As Killebrew's solution to Tom's condition takes a turn for the worse, the heroes and villains cease hostilities as Black Tom is taken in for medical help by Banshee; Deadpool makes off with Killebrew, the man who created him for Weapon X, so the good doctor can find out why his healing factor is failing.
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Cover pencils by Walter McDaniel, inks by Anibal Rodriguez. New Year's Evolutions (Or How To Get Ahead in Business Without Really Trying), script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Walter McDaniel, inks by Anibal Rodriguez
Zoe shows Deadpool around the offices of Landau, Luckman and Lake and the merc with a mouth still manages to get into all kinds of trouble.
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Cover pencils by Walter McDaniel, inks by John Livesay.
Payback Part Two: The Quick and the Dead starring Deadpool, Blind Al, Dr. Killebrew (Death), Ilaney Brukner, Zoe Culloden, Monty, and Ajax,
script by Joe Kelly, pencils
Cover pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill. Operation: Fat Wacky Doctor's Game, script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill and Norman Lee
While Deadpool is peeping in on Siryn, a band of ninjas is capturing Weasel; Deadpool tracks down his buddy which brings him to a compound in the Nevada desert where Taskmaster is training his pupils. Being quickly taken down by Taskmaster, Pool discovers that the bad guy has offered Weasel a job working for his organization; Changing up his tactics to throw off Taskmaster's powers, DP takes down the villain but not before having his middle finger cut off. Deadlines text article: Idelson talks about the series and a correction is made regarding the behind the scenes feature in issue #1 which includes two pages of production art from that issue.
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Cover pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill. Stumped! (Or This Little Piggy Went..... Hey! Where's the Piggy?), script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill and Norman Lee
In trying to grow his middle finger back in front of his merc buddies, DP is deeply embarrassed when he finds out that he can't do it; Black Tom taunts Pool by sending him the glove from the hand he removed (in the 2nd Deadpool limited series) and DP collects Siryn so the two can head off to take down her evil uncle; Instead they find Killebrew, one of the doctors who created Deadpool for Weapon X, and he explains that Pool's faulty healing factor is due to the fact that he is dying.
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Cover pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill. Why Is It to Save Me, I Must Kill You, script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill and Norman Lee
In order for Killebrew to create a cure for Deadpool's condition, Pool needs to get a sample of blood from the Hulk; The Hulk turns out not to be too fond of this idea and the fight is on; DP is successful, however, and Killebrew injects him with a serum that should restore the merc with a mouth back to a healthy condition. Sketch art for the Daredevil/Deadpool '97 Annual, pencils by Bernard Chang.
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Cover pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill. The Doctor is Skinned (or The End of Our First Story Arc), script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness and Kevin Lau, inks by Nathan Massengill
With Wade cured of his debilitating condition, he is set on killing his healer and old tormentor, Killebrew, for crimes the doctor perpetrated on him in his days with the Weapon X project, but Siryn stands in the way; T-Ray continues contract killing while plotting revenge on Deadpool. Behind the Scenes article.
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Cover pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill. Man, Check Out the Head on That Chick!, script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill and Norman Lee
Deadpool takes a job which involves breaking a woman out of the loony bin; He takes another job to kill the same woman in the same loony bin; Sneaking in using Weasel as cover, Pool is forced to fight Vamp who is working at the asylum; Vamp turns into Animus which confuses DP hormonally; Reaching the subject of his rescue/murder attempt, things become clear as the subject turns out to be Typhoid Mary whose distinct personalities have each put out a contract, one for her release and one for her death. Sketch art for the upcoming Daredevil/Deadpool '97 Annual, pencils by Bernard Chang. Alpha Flight three-page promo, script by Steven Seagle, pencils by Scott Clark.
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Cover pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill. Typhoid....It Ain't Just Fer Cattle Any More (or Head Trips), script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Nathan Massengill
DP takes his new gal-pal, Typhoid Mary, to Hellhouse and introduces her to his fellow mercs; Weasel teleports into Pool's house and meets Al; T-Ray and Deadpool exchange words and Ray embarrasses Pool by burning his mask off and exposing his hideous face in front of the whole gang; Mary moves in to help and DP kicks her out of a window; This triggers Mary's repressed memories and she heads for New York looking for Daredevil. Behind the Scenes article; Introduction and sketches of the new villain who will appear in Deadpool #9.
44 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.99.
