SHADOW WAR, Milestone's first crossover event, continues from Icon (1993) #9. This issue features a new format with lightweight glossy paper. When David Hyunsuk Kim injects himself with a strange fluid infested with microscopic robots called nanomachines, he becomes immortal, drawing the attention of the secret society known as the Shadow Cabinet who sends its operative Twilight to recruit Xombi to fight the Shadow War. Continues in Blood Syndicate (1993) #10.
Written by John Rozum, with art by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti. Spot-varnished cover with a metallic fifth ink by Walt Simonson. Glossy Format.
Cover price $1.95.
Part 1 of the 6-part 'Silent Cathedrals.' Xombi emerges from the fallout of the SHADOW WAR into his own ongoing series as David Kim, the research scientist turned freakish hero, returns! Now Xombi's origin is revealed as Kim confronts the demented villainy of Dr. Sugarman, a diseased mind obsessed with creating living creatures...and to do it, Sugarman sends his deadly homunculi into Kim's lab to steal the very nanotechnology that created Xombi.
Written by John Rozum, with art by J.J. Birch. Cover by John Byrne.
Cover price $1.75.
Part 4 of the 6-part 'School of Anguish.' Julian Parker and Rabbi Sinnowitz's betrayer stands revealed: Xombi himself has delivered them into the clutches of the sinister cult Beli Mah.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Cover price $1.75.
Part 5 of the 6-part 'School of Anguish.' It's do or die for Xombi and Rabbi Sinnowitz as they enter their final and bloodiest confrontation with the Beli Mah.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Cover price $1.75.
Local legend in Dakota maintains that a clan of Kinderessen - supernatural creatures that feed on children - lurks in the caverns beneath Paris Island. Now the old wives' tale becomes a text of horror for the young Rabbi Sinnowitz.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch. Beginning this issue, XOMBI is suggested for mature readers.
Cover price $1.75.
Xombi and Cheryl Saltz (from HARDWARE) must battle with the ghost of the first super-computer, Univac.
Written by John Rozum, with art and painted cover by J.J. Birch. Suggested for Mature Readers. Fracote Format.
Cover price $2.50.
Guest stars Boogieman and Bubbasaur team up against the strangest assortment of monsters ever.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch. Suggested for Mature Readers. Fracote Format.
Cover price $2.50.
Iron Butterfly and Boogieman guest-star, joining Xombi, Catholic Girl and Nun of the Above in battle against Utopia's strangest menace yet.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Suggested for Mature Readers. Fracote Format. Cover price $2.50.
Xombi continues his quest for eternal truth as he and Rabbi Sinnowitz learn firsthand the true nature of...the Serpent's tale.
Written by John Rozum, with art by J.J. Birch. Cover by Howard Chaykin.
Suggested for Mature Readers. Fracote Format. Cover price $2.50.
Xombi and his wizened mentor Rabbi Sinnowitz journey to the flying Pagoda for a strange encounter with Mister Missy and...the Bellhop.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Suggested for Mature Readers. Cover price $2.50.
Xombi's journey through mystical realms continues as David Kim meets Lady Kameko, a 40,000 year-old woman who began a love affair with David...eighty years in the future. Plus, Xombi learns that his ultimate destiny may spell disaster for Earth.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Suggested for Mature Readers. Cover price $2.50.
Extra-Sized Final Issue! Rabbi Sinnowitz and Xombi continue their journey through the Shadow Worlds, where David Kim discovers a land of impossible wonders, as well as many shocking secrets about himself. Unknown to them, a careless act in the course of their journey has released the Shadow Worlds' most fearsome captives, the Boogeyman Dread, into our world.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Suggested for Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.
Part 5 of the 6-part 'Silent Cathedrals.' Dr. Sugarman summons foulness from the depths of the Earth to contend with David Kim and Catholic Girl, and with the rest of the mystic coterie.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Cover price $1.75.
Part 6 of the 6-part 'Silent Cathedrals.' Back from his sojourn in the bizarre Garden of Spires, Xombi returns to his laboratory in a desperate attempt to resurrect Kelly Sanborne, whom he inadvertently killed when he first got his regenerative powers.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Cover price $1.75.
Part 1 of the 6-part 'School of Anguish.' Xombi witnesses a murder-for-hire that goes horribly wrong when he crosses the path of Manuel Dexterity, a "hand-centaur" - a creature that is human from the waist up...and a hand from the waist down. While trying to prevent more deaths, Xombi stumbles upon a sinster cult.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Cover price $1.75.
Part 3 of the 6-part 'School of Anguish.' A traitor to the Beli Mah seeks the help of Xombi and Julian Parker, leading them to the School of Anguish, whose graduates include Dexterities, Depression Annie and Doubting Thomas. Now the Beli Mah has everything it needs to rid itself of Xombi - once and for all.
Written by John Rozum, with art and cover by J.J. Birch.
Cover price $1.75.
