Art Cover. Cover pencils by Rob Liefeld, inks by Jonathan Sibal. "Godyssey," script by Rob Liefeld (Plot) and Robert Napton, pencils by Ed Benes and Michael Chang, inks by Norm Rapmund, Sean Parsons, Marlo Alquiza, and Jonathan Sibal
Avengelyne has a nightmare about Jesus climbing down from the cross to battle Zeus and the Greek gods; Glory arrives to tell her that her dream is a premonition as Zeus has started a war against the Christian heaven (he is jealous that nobody pays attention to him anymore); Avengelyne and Glory travel to Mount Olympus to beg Zeus to stay his hand but end up insulting him instead and are forced to fight his children; Zeus blasts Avengelyne, a servant of heaven, down to Hades.
32 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.99.
Story, art and cover by Joseph Michael Linsner.
A solo reprinting of a story that originally appeared in Linsners Angry Christ Comix collection. A successful freelance artist suddenly has six fingers on one hand, and tries to figure out how this has happened and what it means for his life.
32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Joe Benitez and Peter Steigwald. Secretary. Bodyguard. Assassin.
The Executive Assistant is all of the above rolled into one. Enter EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: IRIS! The exciting fourth issue of Aspen's newest action adventure series, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: IRIS takes a look at Iris's dark past and what led her to become the deadly assassin she is today! Iris learns old wounds never truly heal as she revisits her youth and the brutal lifestyle she once inhabited in China. With revenge in her heart and tragic memories still burning inside her, Iris sets out on a mission to bring justice to the man responsible for her broken path--and now cloudy future. And in the process, she could potentially save the lives of many other young girls headed down the same road she took.
From the creative minds of David Wohl and Michael Turner, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: IRIS delivers the thrills unlike anything you've ever seen!
Cover price $2.99.
Regular Edition - Written by Bruce Schoengood. Art by Dell Barras.
A Superpowered secret agent rushes to stop a terrorist plot to extort millions from the US Government by unleashing a virulent plague across the nation!
36 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover 1C by Thad Rhodes. Breakthrough. Story by Shelby Robertson, Steven Mateo, and Thomas Roan. Art by Shelby Robertson.
Entity tries to get in on the bad girl trend of the 1990s, with art by child prodigy (and future superstar artist) Shelby Robertson in a Rob Liefeld style. Miro, Volant, Vindictive, Hope, and Tamarin battle the wiles of Lord Hawkins and his seemingly endless army of super-powered henchmen.
32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.
Enter: Krusada. Story by Shelby Robertson, Steven Mateo, and Thomas Roan. Art by Shelby Robertson. Cover by Shelby Robertson and Rob Hunter.
Entity tries to get in on the bad girl trend of the 1990s, with art by child prodigy (and future superstar artist) Shelby Robertson in a Rob Liefeld style. The team finds a new ally in Krusada, a faceless female ninja wielding an energy sword. Also featuring a black-and-white preview of future Entity hit comic Nira X.
32 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story by Shelby Robertson, Steven Mateo, and Thomas Roan. Art by Shelby Robertson. Cover by Shelby Robertson and Abraham Madison.
Entity tries to get in on the bad girl trend of the 1990s, with art by child prodigy (and future superstar artist) Shelby Robertson in a Rob Liefeld style. Lord Hawkins sends a new super-powered female assassin after the Fem 5 gals.
32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover pencils by Mark Heike, inks by Stephanie Heike. "Drawn To the Flames," script by Mark Heike and Stephanie Heike, pencils by Mark Heike and Jeff Austin, inks by Jeff Austin;
From out of the past, the supernatural sizzle of the being known as Firebeam; Among the Femforce regulars, there is nothing but questioning and self-doubt with Ms. Victory, Nightveil and Synn, so leave it to Firebeam to thwart a plot to bring the spirit of the most hated man in world history back to life-without even knowing the villains behind it! "Night of the Goddess," script by Chris Irving, art by Chris Sammee; Its back to the fighting 1940's in a retro drama starring She-Cat, who is aided and abetted by Reddevil against Heil and Ilsa; Surprise appearance by Ms. Scarab.
"Danger Waits Down Any Path," script by Paul Monsky, art by Silvano; Tara Fremont defends her newly-acquired Jungle Island.
"An Immaterial Love Story" starring Darkshade and Black Phantom, script and inks by Chris Irving, pencils by Rellly Brown.
44 pgs., B&W. Cover price $6.95.
Cover art by Will Meugniot. Scattered Moments
Chapter 1, script by Bill Black, pencils by John Dell, inks by Mark Heike; In a brief calm before the coming storm that will be The Black Shroud War, we see our cast in tiny, more personal snippets of their lives, "Scattered Moments" if you will; Jennifer Burke, the new Ms. Victory runs into newly-revived Jet-Girl while testing her experimental flying disc.
Chapter 2, script by Richard Rome [as The Count], pencils by Richard Rome [as The Count] (layout), Bill Black, and Mark Heike, inks by Mark Heike.
Chapter 3, script by Richard Rome [as The Count], pencils by Richard Rome [as The Count] (layout) and Bill Marimon, inks by John Dell and Mark Heike. My Green-Eyed Lady
Chapter 4, script and pencils by Don Secrease, inks by Bill Koch and Don Secrease.
22 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
Cover pencils by Will Meugniot, inks by Mark Heike. War!, script by Rik Levins (Plot) and Bill Black (Script), pencils by John Nadeau, Bill Marimon, and John Dell, inks by Mark Heike
At the Western Hemisphere opening to the Well Of Souls, in the cavern below Jungle Island, The Black Shroud amasses a battalion of his villains to hold off the FemForce from crossing through to unite with their allies; Unknown to the combatants, Buckaroo Betty Bates has inexplicably been drawn to the present through the Time Triangle, and is having coffee with Nikki Latimer; At what's left of Weir Asylum, Cap'n Joel and Curly find Darkfire is awake, lucid, and maybe understands what all this means!
44 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
Photo cover of Sharon Blair as Synn. In The Clutches Of The Claw (part 2), script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Mark Heike
In a storyline that continues from the one-shot Reddevil comic released several months earlier, the Femforce is face-to-face with a modern version of the greatest anti-hero of the Golden Age of comics, Lev Gleason's The Claw!; Magically brought to life out of Reddevil's memory, The Claw has amassed a gang of thugs, losers and tiny winged demons; and working out of a suddenly-active volcano, is picking up his plot for world domination right where he left off fifty years ago. And the only answer to defeating him is to be found in...a vintage comic book. Untitled Dragonfly story, script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Chad Hunt and Mark Heike.
36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
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Cover by Bill Black and Mark Heike. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and Jack Cole. Art by Mark Heike, Dick Ayers, and Jack Cole.
AC Comics presents adventures of Lev Gleasons original Daredevil from the Golden Age, renamed Reddevil for obvious legal reasons. Reddevil is reminiscing to his fellow heroes about his 1940s battles with The Claw (featuring a reprint of Jack Coles Daredevil Kills the Claw from 1941). When the Claw suddenly reappears in modern-day Florida, its Reddevil to the rescue. Stapled at the top of book and reads horizontally. Clutches of the Claw, Part 1; Claw.
32 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $2.95.
Cover pencils by Bill Black, inks by Mark Heike. Unn...Woman Good!, script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Mark Heike and Chad Hunt
With special permission, Tara Fremont takes leave to return to her roots and help an old college friend on a project in Floridas Everglades; When she arrives, she finds the locals terrorized by a giant monstrosity that turns out to be none other than the Frightenstein (formerly Frankenstein) monster!; Transfixed by Taras beauty, she is able to escape the beast and save her friend. Text piece about "Femforce: The Movie, actress Sharon Blair as Synn. Two Sided Triangle!, script by Mark Heike, pencils by Richard Pollard, inks by Mark Heike.
36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
Cover pencils by Bill Black, inks by Mark Heike. Fury of Frightenstein!, script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Mark Heike
Lumbering about in the Everglades after last issue, Frightenstein stumbles upon an abandoned Antibellum mansion floating in mid-air above the swamps surface- the sanctum sanctorum of Nightveil; Wandering inside to rest, the brute accidently knocks over a bottle of mystic fluid; The bath temporarily gives him a new ability that makes him more dangerous than ever. A visit to the studio of film director John Carl Buechler. Gone With the Wind! starring Nightveil, script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Ayers and John Nadeau (Rayda sequence only), inks by Mark Heike and Chad Hunt.
36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
The Capricorn Chronicles Book One: Red Rage, script by Bill Black, pencils by Mark Heike, inks by C. Bradford Gorby
While the rest of the Femforce work disaster relief for the thousands of victims of the just-passed Hurricane Andrew, Synn searches the Limbo Void for a sign of the missing Nightveil; When the huuricane winds reach even the goat god Capricorns realm, the quick-thinking Alizarin Crimson blames Nightveil, and enraged Capricorn soon hatches a plot to have revenge on NV, and all humans; And as a Cloak-Of-Darkness bereft Nightveil (it was carried away on the hurricanes winds) wanders among the homeless refugees, Synn thinks back on her first encounters with Crimson.
36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
Cover art by Mark Heike. The Capricorn Chronicles Book Two Red Reign, script by Bill Black, pencils by Mark Heike, inks by Brad Gorby
In the aftermath of the hurricane, a strange plague begins to slowly spread; It is Capricorns revenge--The Red Death!; Nightveils Cloak Of Darkness has drifted into the hands of a young Hawaiian refuge, with an unexpected result; And as young presidential hopeful Wendell Clanton rises in the polls, we notice he has a campaign manager who looks suspiciously like Alizarin Crimson, and a campaign contributor who seems to be a giant goat god; While searching for Nightveil in the Limbo Void, Synn meets the strange No-Nose Nanette, and Nightveil (whoever she is) is having trouble with her cloak.
36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
Cover pencils by Keith Pollard, inks by Mark Heike. Red Dominion, script by Bill Black, pencils by Mark Heike, inks by C. Bradford Gorby
Synn befriends No-Nose Nanette in Limbo, and she is able to speed our heroine on her search for Nightveil, but when she finds her, it's the wrong one!?!; As the horrible Red Rain of Capricorn falls on Russia, a doomsday strike of nuclear retaliation is launched on the U.S. , and Ms. Victory takes the brunt of the explosion with her own invulnerable body; As Wendall Clanton's followers are bringing Capricorn to our world to feast on souls, the real Nightveil returns, and together with Azagoth and The Haunted Horseman, stop him at the gate. The Femforce returns to interior color with this issue.
36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
Cover pencils by Mark Heike. Sentinels Anew, script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Mark Heike and Bill Black
With the tragic death of young Jason, the Wayne and Burke families are in shambles; While Joan Wayne leaves for The Colorado Project to undergo post-nuke testing, daughter Jennifer tries to leave government service, but is blackmailed into a new job by General Gordon; Shell become the new leader of the revived Golden Agers formerly known as the Vault Heroes. The Vault Of Heroes Presents...Microman, script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Bill Black.
36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.
copy with 6.25-in. x 8.25-in print. Cover pencils by DW Jr. Mind Over Muscle!, script by Bill Black, pencils by Brad Gorby and Andrew Pepoy, inks by Mark Heike and Chris Allen;
Trapped in the nursing home lab of Dr. Misari, the elderly Joan Wayne is subjected to a test of Misaris age-reversing hormone; To use Joans trained scientific mind to record the tests effects despite her broken jaw, Misari hooks her up to a monitor that will visualize and record her thoughts; Under the effects of sedation, Joan dreams of her last few weeks with Paragon at the Colorado Project; Once she learns that Joan is actually Ms. Victory, and finds her hormone seems to be working on Joans mutated body chemistry, she uses an intravenous hookup to attach Joans bloodstream to several of her earlier, unsuccessful experiments. Doctor Lieber Strikes! starring Paragon, script by Bill Black, pencils by Andrew Pepoy, inks by Chris Allen and Mark Heike.
36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Special 10Th Anniversary Issue; Not Signed. Cover pencils by C. Bradford Gorby, inks by Mark Heike.
Pandemonium At Pleasant Isle!, script by Bill Black, pencils by Brad Gorby, inks by Mark Heike; To celebrate 10 years of the Femforce comic book, this wacky story takes place at a special V.I.P. opening for the fictional theme park based on the Femforce universe, Super Cosmos; As the members of the Femforce tour the park and attractions along with the AC Comics creative staff, things go terribly wrong, and thrill rides turn to deathtraps; How can that be?; Theme park designer Harcourt Leer is actually Dr. Pretorius, robotics wizard and Femforce villain whose face had never been seen; A laugh riot as caricatures of the real AC family mix with their fictional creations.
36 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.
Cover by Bill Black and Mark Heike. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Dick Briefer and Mark Heike. Art by Mark Heike, Dick Briefer, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, David Jorgenson, Norb Frydrych and Richard Glascun.
Modern-day members of Femforce introduce classic sci-fi and horror stories from 1950s comics, including a Dick Briefer Frankenstein story (here called the Frightenstein Monster). A rival mad scientist tries to use the Monster in a plan to resurrect the Nazis; A spaceships course for the center of the universe causes the crew to evolve rapidly, leaving even Jocko the monkey in human form. The Lady and the Monster; The Report; River of Blood; The Lonely.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Stories by Bill Black and Richard Rome. Art by Richard Rome, Dick Ayers, Chad Hunt, and Bill Black. Cover by Brad Gorby and Mark Heike.
A spin-off from Femforce, featuring solo adventures of members of the all-female superhero team. While stalking a killer who uses a baseball bat, She-Cat reflects on her origin and her own bestial nature. Also, She-Cat battles Lady Luger and her Nazi agents in a reprint of the very first She-Cat story, from Femforce Special #1. Major League Hitter!; Bombs Over Hollywood!
32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.
Catspaw. Stories by Bill Black and Steven L. Meyers. Art by Dick Ayers, Brad Gorby, Mark Heike and Nar Castro. Cover by Brad Gorby and Mark Heike.
A spin-off from Femforce, featuring solo adventures of members of the all-female superhero team. Just as anti-superhero hysteria is hitting a peak, a string of murders in Washington DC seems connected to She-Cat. She-Cat and Ms. Victory must find the true culprit before the public turns against them.
32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Michael Okamoto. Text by Hart Fisher, Brian Pulido, and David Quinn. Art by Stephen Hughes, Brian Pulido, David Mack, Rick Veitch, Stephen R. Bissette, Kyle Hotz, John Hebert, Kirk Van Wormer, J. Bruce Bogle, Louis Small Jr., James Daley, Dimitri Patelis, Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Forte, Larry Saunders, Kenneth Lilly, Noeland Collins, Daniel Presedo, John Lucas, Michael Avon Oeming, David Quinn, Joe Janovsky, Matt Roach, Mike Roach, Chip Marler, Henry Hues, Larry Frank, and Michael Okamoto. Horror pinups from notorious publisher Boneyard Press, featuring a number of rising and future stars of the comics art world.
32 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $3.95.
