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The Original Encyclopedia of Comicbook Heroes - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "BATMAN!" Written by Michael Fleischer.
Everything you ever wanted to know about DC's Dark Knight - and so much more - can be found in this amazing volume, brought back into print for the first time in 30 years! Originally published in 1976, this extensive volume - the first in a series - includes everything you could want to know about Batman, his allies and enemies, weapons in his war on crime and his adventures from the 1930s to the 1970s!
Softcover, 392 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.
From the start, the ongoing ORION series has proven that writer/artist Walter Simonson has a keen mastery of the characters that populate the "Fourth World" created by comics legend Jack Kirby. But that's not to say that Simonson is the only person capable of handling those iconic figures and, beginning with ORION #3, the magnanimous Simonson begins sharing the spotlight in backup features written by him and others and illustrated by some of the rest of the best artists the comic-book field has to offer. And to start things off right, the backup story in ORION #3 is drawn by none other than Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Sin City, 300)! The 6-page story tells the incredible, not-for-the-faint-of-heart story of Orion's fierce and horrifying birth, revealing details of Orion's mother Tigra's treachery against Darkseid and Darkseid's own, unforgettable revenge against mother and son alike. Future issues are planned that will feature other stories of Orion and his fellow New Gods, illustrated by an array of artists that includes Dave Gibbons, Howard Chaykin, Erik Larsen, and many more!
Looker and Black Lightning mount a rescue when there's "Nothin' Left To Lose!" Part 4 of 4, continued from the previous issue. Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo.
The People's Heroes appear. Back-up tale: Looker and Halo take on Firefly (Garfield Lynns) in "Who's Black and White and Blonde All Over?" Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Mark Beachum, inks by Gray Morrow. 1-page Watchmen (Ozymandias) ad featuring original Dave Gibbons art. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
A deadly plague wreaks havoc in "Biohazard!"
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Mike Gustovich. Jurgens/Gustovich cover.
Cover price $1.50.
Looker and Black Lightning mount a rescue when there's "Nothin' Left To Lose!" Part 4 of 4, continued from the previous issue.
Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. The People's Heroes appear. Back-up tale: Looker and Halo take on Firefly (Garfield Lynns) in "Who's Black and White and Blonde All Over?" Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Mark Beachum, inks by Gray Morrow. 1-page Watchmen (Ozymandias) ad featuring original Dave Gibbons art. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
Batman rejoins the team, just in time to help combat Eclipso in "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - - !" Part 1 of 2, continued next issue.
Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
The Outsiders must reverse a mystically-prolonged eclipse in "...Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light!" Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Eclipso. Batman smiles several times. (He must have missed being an Outsider ever since he quit the team back in Batman and the Outsiders #32.) 1-panel cameos by Hawkman and Booster Gold. Back-up tale: Looker and Metamorpho star in "Freeway of Fear!"
Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Brian Bolland. Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez/Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
In "The Winds of Change!", a reformed Windfall joins the team as the Masters of Disaster escape from their prison in Markovia. Part 1 of 2, continued next issue. Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Back-up tale: Halo has an active imagination in "Halo, Senior and Katana, Junior!"
Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Dan Spiegle. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
The Masters of Disaster spring their trap in "...An Ill Wind..." Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Back-up tale: Geo-Force and Metamorpho star in "Gross Encounters!"
Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
An imposter infiltrates the team in "Strike Force Kobra". Part 1 of 2, continued next issue. Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Kobra returns.
Back-up tale: Baron Bedlam maneuvers himself into power in "Meanwhile, Back In Markovia..." Story serves as lead-in to Outsiders (1985-88) Special #1. Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Al Vey. 1-page Who's Who Update 1987 ad featuring original John Byrne art. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
The Outsiders take the battle to Kobra to save Metamorpho in "Showdown With The Strike Force!" Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue.
Script by Mike W. Barr, art by Jim Aparo. Mike Carlin takes over from Barr as editor.
Back-up tale: The Outsiders star in several EC Comics-style vignettes in "Tales of the Outsiders". Script by Mike W. Barr, art by: Howard Simpson and Bob Smith; Johnathan (spelled this way in credits) Peterson and Bob Orzechowski; and Bill Wray. Joe Orlando draws the back-up's splash page.
Aparo cover. Cover price $1.50.
The People's Heroes and the Force of July join forces to stop the tri-power of Fusion in "...And the Rockets' Red Glare..." Part 1 of 2, continued next issue.
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by David Ross, inks by Bob Smith. Gorbachev cameo. Jim Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
The Outsiders must protect President Reagan from Fusion in "Night of Camp David!" Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue.
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Trevor Von Eeden and Erik Larsen, inks by Bill Wray and Larsen. Jim Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
Major Disaster infiltrates Outsiders HQ in "The Eve of Disaster!" Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Bill Wray.
Metamorpho undergoes procedure to make him human. Major Disaster last appeared in Green Lantern #183-184. Atomic Knight guest-stars. Andrew Helfer edits. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
A crisis in Markovia forces Geo-Force to return to his homeland in "...Uneasy Lies The Head..." Story continues in Millennium #1.
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Bill Wray. Atomic Knight guest-stars. Aparo cover.
Cover price $1.50.
While on Kobra's trail, the Outsiders cross paths with former leader Batman in "The Skull...The Serpent...And The Outsiders". Script by Mike W. Barr, art and colors by Kevin Nowlan.
44 pages of story. Painted cover by Nowlan. Cover price $2.50.
Zero Hour issue. The Eradicator, Halo, Looker, Faust and Wylde take on an alien menace in "From The Ashes".
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Paul Pelletier, inks by Robert Campanella. Pelletier/Campanella cover.
Cover price $1.95.
Alpha - Travis Charest cover.
Geo-Force, Faust, Technocrat and Wylde take the spotlight in this version of #1. Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Paul Pelletier, inks by Robert Campanella. 1-page ad drawn by Jon Bogdanove, featuring Superman asking for support from the public on behalf of flood victims. Cover by Travis Charest links with cover to #1B (Omega).
Cover price $1.75.
Omega - Travis Charest cover.
Looker, Katana and Halo take the spotlight in this version of #1. Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Paul Pelletier, inks by Robert Campanella. 1-page ad drawn by Jon Bogdanove, featuring Superman asking for support from the public on behalf of flood victims. Cover by Travis Charest links with cover to #1A (Alpha).
Cover price $1.75.
The team is on the run from the authorities, not to mention the killing machine Sanction, in "Decline & Fall".
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Paul Pelletier, inks by Robert Campanella. Eradicator cameo. Pelletier/Campanella cover.
Cover price $1.75.
A figure from the past returns, disrupting the team's vacation in Paris in "Le Paree - - C'est Fini!"
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by David Ammerman, inks by Robert Campanella. Rik Levins/Campanella cover.
Cover price $2.25.
Final Issue. The Outsiders get some help from Steel, Superboy, Supergirl, Alpha Centurion and the Atomic Knight to take down Eclipso in "One Wedding and a Funeral". Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue.
Script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Casey Jones, inks by Chad Hunt. Jim Aparo/Klaus Janson cover.
Cover price $2.25.
Written by Judd Winick Art and cover by Tom Raney
The Outsiders vs. The Fearsome Five! Things get ugly when team-leader Nightwing puts the Outsiders in serious danger to save the day!
32 pg, FC, $2.50 US Cover price $2.50.
Written by Judd Winick Art by Dan Jurgens & Nelson Cover by Ian Churchill
Conflicts between Nightwing and Arsenal's leadership come to a head in the aftermath of the Fearsome Five confrontation, and Jade is forced to exert her power over the team. Will Jenny Hayden become the new leader of the Outsiders?
32 pg, FC, $2.50 US Cover price $2.50.
