Atlantis Attacks crossover: "I Must Go Down to the Sea Again." Script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Walt Simonson.
Also in this issue: Doctor Doom and Magneto star in "That I Be Bound in a Nutshell." Script by Ralph Macchio, art by Byrne. Cameos by the Fantastic Four and Mephisto. "Inferno Aftermath." Script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Jim Fern, inks by Joe Rubinstain. The Sub-Mariner stars in "Saga of the Serpent Crown part 10: Emperor of Death." Script by Peter Sanderson, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Keith Williams. 2-page pin-up by Jon Bogdanove/Al Milgrom. Byrne cover.
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The Fantastic Four, the New Mutants, Forge, and Banshee guest star in Days of Future Present part 2 (of 4): "Act of Faith." Script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Jon Bogdanove, inks by Al Milgrom. Back-up story: "Tribute the First." Script by Peter David, pencils by David Ross, inks by Geof Isherwood. 2-page Beast/Marvel Girl pin-up by Dale Keown/Bob McLeod. Bogdanove/Milgrom cover.
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The X-Men, X-Force, and the New Warriors guest star in Kings of Pain part 4: "King of Pain." Script by Fabian Nicieza, pencils by Terry Shoemaker, inks by Al Milgrom. Back-up stories: "Tribute the Third." Script by Peter David, pencils by Guang Yap, inks by Joe Rubinstein. The Freedom Force star in Sacrificial Lambs part 3: "The Killing Stroke." Script by Nicieza, pencils by Steven Butler, inks by Rubinstein. Mike Mignola cover.
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Spiral guest stars in Shattershot part 3: "The Historians of Tales to Come." Script by Fabian Nicieza, pencils by Joe Quesada, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Back-up stories: "Drowning in Paperwork." Script by Peter David, pencils by Darick Robertson, inks by Andrew Pepoy. "Cal & Guido." Script by Peter David, pencils by Joe Madureira, inks by Pepoy. 2 pin-ups by Bill Sienkiewicz; 1 by Steve Leialoha. Quesada/Rubinstein cover.
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Polybagged with collector card. "Charon." Script by Peter David, pencils by Terry Shoemaker, inks by Mark McKenna. Back-up stories: "What Have You Got to Hide." Script by Skip Dietz, pencils by Buzz, inks by Al Milgrom. "Crawlin From the Wreckage." Script by Dietz, pencils by Chris Batista, inks by Jeff Albrecht. Charon collector card (art by Shoemaker/Bob Wiacek). Buzz/Ivy cover.
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Kerry Gammill artProfessor X confronts new villainess Haven, as she continues to cut a swath of destruction! She's already murdered one X-Factor member...who's next? Written by J.M. DeMatteis and various. Art by Mat Broome, Steve Moncuse, Terry Austin, Kerry Gammill and Hilary Barta. Plus: pin-ups by Tom Raney, Ian Churchill, S. Clarke Hawbaker and Steve Lightle. Cover by Tom Raney.
64 pages. Cover price $2.95.
Painted cover by Tommy Lee Edwards. Jeff Jensen (w). Arthur Ranson (p).
The mystery grows - and a conspiracy forms! Agents Kearse and Gray travel to San Francisco, where the "Sanctuary" movement - in which churches provide safe haven for mutants - has been targeted by extremists. There, they will encounter four strange young girls - and the mutants who are trying to save them. And as the two agents dig deeper into the mutant subculture, they're forced to confront unpleasant truths - about themselves! (MarvelPG)
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Fear and Loathing - Written by Jeff Jensen. Art by Arthur Ranson. Cover by Tommy Lee Edwards.
F.B.I. agents Gray and Kearse uncover a secret government conspiracy to destroy mutants beginning with a bomb set off to blow up Xavier's School. Gray and Kearse both battle and come to terms with their private demons as they battle injustice against mutants. Characters: Catherine Gray; Aaron Kearse; Wither; X-Men [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Storm; Wolverine; Beast] (cameo).
32 pages, full color. Marvel PG Cover price $2.50.
Written by PETER DAVID. Pencils by VALENTINE DE LANDRO & MARCO SANTUCCI, inks by PAT DAVIDSON, MARCO SANTUCCI, PATRICK PIAZZALUNGA & CRAIG YEUNG. Cover by DAVID YARDIN with NATHAN FAIRBAIRN.
'DIRTY SEXY MONET' AND 'CORTEX'-Monet St. Croix: Smoking hot. Steamy. Gorgeous. Did we mention she was smoking hot? And suddenly she's taking charge of protecting X-Factor's client from a serial killer while displaying extreme romantic interest in one of the team. Business as usual? Or something darkly sinister going on? And if you were the one Monet was coming on to, would you care? Meanwhile: what is 'Cortex'? The word keeps coming up in Madrox's serial killer investigation. Now he confronts the one individual who may hold the answers: None other than Victor Von Doom-but it's Doctor Doom as you've never seen him before. The shocks never stop and the surprises never let up!
32 pages. full color. Cover price $2.99.
Cover by John Van Fleet. Adaption of the pilot episode. "Pilot Episode," script by Chris Carter (original story) and Roy Thomas (script adaption), art by John Van Fleet
F.B.I. Agent Dana Scully is assigned to the X-Files to observe and report on the activities of Fox "Spooky" Mulder; Their first case takes them to Bellefleur, Oregon where they investigate the mysterious deaths of four teenagers from the same graduating class; Bizarre clues lead to three more classmates in danger and events that may not have rational explanations. The Making of the X-Files Comic Book Series article by Dwight Jon Zimmerman.
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Cover by Miran Kim (mixed media) and Ken Staniforth (photo). "One Player Only," script by Stefan Petrucha, art by Charles Adlard and Miran Kim
A gifted computer game programmer murders the other members of his project team and claims to have been controlled by an experimental computer program.
36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim (mixed media) and Jack Rowan (photo). "Falling," script by Stefan Petrucha, art by Charles Adlard
Mulder rushes to the woods to look for a crashed UFO, only to have a group of children mistake him for an alien.
36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. "The Kanashibari." Story by John Rozum. Art by Charles Adlard.
Someone, or something is killing students at a Hawaii university. Mulder has some thoughts about a choking ghost but Scully has other suspects. When they find out the full story behind the killings, will it clear everything up? Or make it even cloudier?
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. "Donor." Story by John Rozum. Art by Charles Adlard.
Have you signed your organ donor card? If you havent, how would you feel if your spouse decided to donate your organs after you died? Hopefully not like the man Mulder and Scully are chasing. He seems intent on retrieving his organs from their recipients.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. "Silver Lining." Story by John Rozum. Pencils by Gordon Purcell. Inks by Josef Rubenstein.
A man disfigured in a car accident finds a coat with a special lining. It can drain the life from others and use it to repair his damaged face. Can Scully and Mulder find him and stop him before his transformation is complete and he disappears?
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. Be prepared. Part 1. Part 1 of 2. Story by John Rozum. Pencils by Gordon Purcell. Inks by Josef Rubinstein.
A group of Boy Scouts set out on a survival adventure. When one of the Scout Masters goes off the deep end the boys run off, but only some of them escape. Mulder and Scully show up to take the case. When Scully asks why he is interested, Mulder says the Scout Master sounds like he is suffering from the Windigo Syndrome, something that has seemed to be turning men into monsters in the area for years. They find even more evidence when they track down the Scout Master.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. Remote Control. Part 1. Part 1 of 3. Story by John Rozum. Pencils by Charles Adlard and Gordon Purcell. Inks by Charles Adlard, Josef Rubinstein and company.
Someone is killing psychics. A group called remote viewers, those able to see details of a far away place if given the co-ordinates, were used by the CIA for a while. There were twelve when the project was shut down. All of the psychics went into private practice, but now someone has killed ten of them. Clues point to the CIA as the ones responsible. A high ranking source tells Mulder its because they believe one of them has turned traitor.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. Remote Control. Part 2. Part 2 of 3. Story by John Rozum. Pencils by Charles Adlard and Gordon Purcell. Inks by Charles Adlard, Josef Rubinstein and company.
Scully and Mulder use their own remote viewer to track down the rouge psychic. Their task just became a lot more urgent when the people the psychic is working for steal some weapons from the US Army. It becomes much more of an X-File when it becomes known their real target is a crashed UFO in US custody.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. "A Little Dream of Me," script by Stefan Petrucha, art by Charles Adlard
A rouge FBI agent plays upon Mulder's emotions by offering to reunite him with his long lost sister in exchange for access codes to the Pentagon's computers.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
Cover by Miran Kim. Surrounded. Part 1. Part 1 of 2. Concept by Don McGregor. Story by John Rozum. Pencils by Alex Saviuk. Inks by Rick Magyar.
An Anti-Government militia compound in Oregon has been under siege for six weeks. All of a sudden the militiamen ask for Mulder and Scully by name. When they get there, the FBI agents find the compound has been infiltrated. By what, they dont know, but it has stripped the flesh from one of the men in the compound.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. "Firebird, Part One: Khobkas Lament." Part 1 of 3. Story by Stefan Petrucha. Art by Charles Adlard.
Scientists investigating the site of the 1908 Tunguska crash experience weird effects. Witnessing this is one of the survivors of the original incident way back when. A few months later the skeleton of one of the scientists shows up in Nevada with varying amounts of Carbon-14 sucked from different parts of the body. This leads Mulder and Scully to a strange building in the desert, the old man who survived the original crash, and an even stranger creature.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.50.
Cover by Miran Kim. "Firebird, Part Three: A Brief Authority." Part 3 of 3. Story by Stefan Petrucha. Art by Charles Adlard.
As the military tries feverishly to destroy the alien creature, Mulder and Scully believe they have found the solution. Now they must reunite Khobka with his amulet and get him to the creature before it destroys the entire state of Nevada.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Miran Kim. Story by Stefan Petrucha. Art by Charles Adlard. "Hallow Eve".
A dig in Africa recovers bones of what may be "Eve", mother of the human race. Unfortunately, everyone who touches them on their trip to a Massachusetts university ends up dead. Is there a ghost of the worlds first woman protecting the remains, or will Mulder and Scully find there is a more down to Earth explanation?
48 pages. Full color. Cover price $3.95.
Cover by George Pratt. "Soma." Story by John Rozum. Pencils by Alexander Saviuk. Inks by Rick Magyar.
Six women have died from what appears to be spontaneous human combustion. All are sixty-two years old, widowed, and recent immigrants from India. Sounds like an X-File. Shortly after Scully and Mulder begin investigating, a seventh woman survives what seems to be an attack from a cloud of smoke. She relates an amazing story. Back in India she was a member of a cult that expected women to burn themselves alive if their husbands died. Just before she came to America her husband passed away, but she did not follow the dictate. Now her husbands ghost appears to have come to find out why.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.
