Story and art by Stan Sakai.
In "The Potter" we meet a potter at odds to make ends meet until a thief breaks into his home and hides a priceless jewel. Meanwhile, Katsuichi receives a message from his former student, Usagi, and he and his current students hurriedly prepare to keep an appointment with death.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Usagi comes to the rescue of a girl attacked by masked bandits. She turns out to be the maid of the area's most renowned courtesan, recently back from seclusion. It comes to light that the assault was not a random attack, but the tip of a conspiracy. Usagi is soon embroiled in a plot involving the province's nobles and the successor to a lord's throne. Part one of a two-part story.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Usagi is on his way to collect the outlaw's bounty for Gen when he stops to entertain some children. He tells them a classic folk tale, Momotaro, placing himself in the role of the hero who was born from a peach, as he goes off to battle evil ogres with the help of three companions. "Momo-Usagi-Taro" is based on one of the most beloved tales of Japanese folklore, full of fantasy and adventure.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Usagi, while crossing a snow-covered mountain pass, comes across a little girl and her severely wounded father, the only survivors of a party attacked by bandits. It's rabbit against nature as the ronin attempts to usher them safely through the pass, in a snowstorm, stalked by predatory animals, with the threat of an avalanche literally above their heads!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Usagi encounters the mysterious female samurai, Inazuma, whom he had met in previous travels. She has been on the run from assassins, and, during her brief rest, she tells the story of her drunken husband and the twists of fate that turned her into a fugitive.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
An assassins' guild to one side and a hostile, mysterious medicine peddler to the other, Usagi Yojimbo is between a rock and a hard place. High in the mountains above ancient Japan, he is forced into battle along the narrow Chrysanthemum Pass.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
The war between the cat ninjas and the bat ninjas resumes. Chizu, the leader of the cat ninjas is transporting a secret document, and when she meets up with Usagi, he is compelled to help her against the bats.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Those who travel the haunted paths of The Tangled Skein are warned to make an offering of protection to the demons that rule the woods. When a traveling party fails to make that sacrifice, they pay the price in another way -- the young woman traveling with them is overcome with great illness. Now it's up to Usagi to exorcise the demons the only way he knows how -- in battle.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
He's lost his clan's treasure to the kidnappers of Lord Kiyoshi, and he's mistakenly shot his friend Rhogen, thinking him involved in the rebel assault. Now Usagi has only two opportunities to save face -- he must free Kiyoshi from his captors and bring the criminals to justice. Or he must die trying.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Clan Shirohoshi's Lord Kiyoshi had been kidnapped by the traitor, Rhogen, and Usagi's honor demanded that he rescue his liege -- and wreak vengeance on the space pirate who abducted him! The trail leads to a remote world of giant insects and a nomad clan with its own reasons to hate Usagi and the Shirohoshi lord.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
An innocent Noodles has been captured by the corrupt police force, and there's nothing Usagi can do -- except expose his persecutors' deceptions. Policeman Yoriki Matsuda is a puppet of the local criminals, but once the puppet is eliminated, the puppet masters fall as well.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Written by Walter Simonson. Art and cover by Lee Weeks.
"The Ancient of Days" is the last of her kind -- a winged sauroid with powerful telepathic abilities. Her race, the Mahar, once ruled the sacred city of Pellucidar from on high, until they fell so low that they could no longer survive let alone maintain control of the natives. Now, as Tarzan seeks to rid the ancient jungle city of an invading band of Predators, this Mahar sees an opportunity for the sauroids to rule again -- an opportunity for her to take control of Pellucidar. It's just a matter of playing one side against the other . . . a very small matter for such a powerful telepath. Join Tarzan, the Predators, and virtually every inhabitant of the interior world's steaming jungles for a climactic, free-for-all battle that will shake the world to its fiery foundations!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
Written by Russ Manning. Art by Russ Manning and Rick Hoberg. Cover by Mike Allred.
Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio search for Luke and Leia, but will their quest leave them dismantled on a decidedly anti-droid Gambler's World? Dark Horse has unearthed a series of strips by the famed Russ Manning and presents them here for the first time ever in color! These strips have been reformatted and expertly retouched by Rick Hoberg, who worked with Manning on the original strips. As a special treat, Star Wars fan and Madman creator Michael Allred has created a classic color cover for this issue.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
Requiem for a Rogue: Part 1 of 4 - Written by Michael A. Stackpole and Jan Strnad. Art by Gary Erskine. Cover by Kevin Ryan.
Malrev 4 is an uncivilized planet in a pretty, but otherwise useless, corner of the galaxy. Inhabited by vicious, unthinking brutes, it's like a living museum of pre-evolution. You wouldn't bother going there unless you had a death wish . . . or you were a member of Rogue Squadron and you were trying to rescue a downed cruise liner.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Based on the story by Brian Daley. Adapted by Archie Goodwin. Art by Alfredo Alcala. Cover by Igor Kordey.
Years before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, Han Solo and Chewbacca travelled to the Corporate Sector in an attempt to free the prisoners of the secret prison known as Stars' End. Adapted from Brian Daley's novel of the same name, this series of newspaper strips has been out of circulation since they originally appeared. Collected here in this three-issue series, fans of Star Wars and artist Alfredo Alcala will be thrilled to see these available again.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
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Luke, Tanith, and Tanith's father become slaves of the Serpent Masters. C-3PO and R2D2 appear to be destroyed.
Script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Steve Buccellato. Cover by Williamson and Matthew Hollingsworth.
Cover price $2.50.
by JOHN WAGNER and CAM KENNEDY; cover by RYAN BENJAMIN
With the news of the destruction of the Death Star spreading throughout the galaxy, the Rebellion has grown bolder?and the Empire has cracked down harder. On a remote world, the struggle between self-rule and Imperial edict has erupted into a civil war that pits brother against brother. When the feared bounty hunter Boba Fett is dropped into the middle of the action, things really heat up! But with the Rebellion's forces consolidationg, and the Imperial fleet on the way, which side will Fett support? Boba Fett as you love him, by the team that brought you the Boba Fett: Death, Lies, and Treachery collection!
FC, 32pg . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
All 3 stories written by Alan Moore! Featuring stories originally commissioned in the early 80s by Marvel UK for their Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back b & w magazine, presented here in color. "Rust Never Sleeps" by Alan Moore & Alan Davis; "The Pandora Effect" starring Han, Leia & Chewbacca by Alan Moore & Adolfo Buylla; "Tilotny Throws a Shape" by Alan Moore & John Stokes. Cover by Christopher Moeller.
Cover price $2.50.
Written by Tom Veitch. Art by Chris Gossett and Mike Barreiro. Cover by Dave Dorman.
The dramatic conclusion to the saga of Onderon! Sent on a deadly training mission to a planet overrun with gigantic beasts, the young Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma must settle a war that has raged for centuries without losing his cool -- or his head!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
First Printing. Seeking to exploit a fatal flaw in the Rebel fleet's escape strategies, the Empire plants a sleeper agent in the Alliance's midst and sets into motion a series of events that will have devastating consequences for Luke Skywalker and his companions. Meanwhile, Darth Vader's own agenda runs counter to the Empire's schemes, and he's ensnared Lt. Janek Sunber to carry out a secret mission that will lead the idealistic Imperial officer straight into the heart of the Rebellion. ? A compelling new story set between the events of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back exploring Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance's desperate struggle against the Galactic Empire, delivered in high-octane, widescreen style by writer Rob Williams and artist Brandon Badeaux
Cover price $2.99.
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A girl named Frija helps Luke and the droids survive after their crash on the ice planet Hoth. The girl and her mean father turn out to be robots.
Script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Al Williamson and Allen Nunis, inks by Steve Buccellato. Cover by Tom Yeates and Matthew Hollingsworth.
Cover price $2.50.
Written by RYDER WINDHAM. Art by IAN GIBSON. Cover by KILIAN PLUNKETT.
Olag Greck is a con man and arch criminal, and he's hiding out exactly where you might expect: among his own, wretched kind on the smuggler planet Nar Shaddaa. But knowing where he is and actually arresting him are two completely different matters as the newly-deputized Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio discover. Smugglers and criminals have no affection for old droids, particularly when they're carrying badges! They're just a couple of used appliances in hot pursuit of a perp, and a world of accomplices stand in their way!
Cover price $2.50.
Written by Dan Jurgens. Art and cover by Dan Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan.
Away from the nurturing yellow sun, his powers fading fast, Superman struggles to stay alive amongst the Alien-infested ruins of Argo. But the real threat isn't the Alien queen that's stalking him; it's the chestburster planted inside him! Can he beat the bug inside his chest, or is he doomed to die on a distant planet?
FC. Cover price $4.95.
