Cover pencils by Greg Luzniak, inks by George Perez. Reversals, script by James D. Hudnall, pencils by Ken Bivins, inks by Craig Gilmore (pgs. 1-2) and John Lowe (pgs. 3-24)
Different people are reacting to Hardcase's disappearance Turf vows vengeance against Hardcase, who was recently apprehended by him; The Omega Team try to pick up the pieces as mercenary killers after having faced several defeats against Hardcase; MEanwhile, Hardcase finds himself on the Godwheel where he fights for Ogma, a sentient computer program; Hardcase demands to be taken to Choice, who he hasn't seen in quite some time; Ogma sends him to Choice for a limited time; They reunite and she informs him that she is pregnant; They discuss their different missions before Hardcase is teleported away by Ogma; Hardcase eventually arrives at him home to find it demolished from his fights against Hardwire and NM-E. Everyone begins to take notice that Hardcase is back in a new outfit.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
Cover pencils by Greg S. Luzniak, inks by Craig Gilmore. Hard Road, script by James D. Hudnall, pencils by Tim Hamilton, inks by Rich Rankin and Mark Morales
Hardcase returns to Earth after his ordeal in the Godwheel; He finds his house from his battle against Hardwire and NM-E; He returns to his office to make calls to friends and family and his teammates in Ultraforce, but none of his friends or family are willing to allow him to live with them temporarily; Hardcase realizes that it's because he has enemies and they feel unsafe with Hardcase around; He decides to buy a mobile home while his house gets rebuilt; Hardcase decides now is the time to finally concentrate on taking down Rex Mundi, the source of all his turmoil; Unbeknown to Hardcase, he is being trailed by a time-displaced man who believes that he is Hardcase's son.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
Cover pencils by Tim Hamilton (as Hamilbone), inks by Keith Aiken. Trouble, script by James D. Hudnall, pencils by Tim Hamilton, inks by Philip Moy, Scott Reed, and Dan Schaffer
While Trauma uses her unique style of telekinesis to kill a former KGB agent, Hardcase speaks to Detective Chuck Brown to brief him on his current activities; He also tries to find out if Detective Brown had any information on the enigmatic Rex Mundi but Detective Brown only thought he was a myth or an urban legend; Hardcase decides to use the internet to hire mercenaries that were in the emply of Rex Mundi; He's able to get in contact with Trouble, a member of the Omega Team; They meet in a dingy bar where Hardcase pays Trouble for information on Rex; Trouble explains his connection with Rex Mundi but refuses the money; he wants Hardcase to kill Rex Mundi for this information. Unbeknown to both of them, Rex Mundi and Trauma are in the same bar observing.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
Cover pencils by Tim Hamilton, inks by B. Smith. Mundiquest part II of IV: Tempus Fugit, script by James D. Hudnall, pencils by Tim Hamilton, inks by Philip Moy
Loki, on the Godwheel, searches for the Infinity Gems and finds that some of them have landed in the Ultraverse; Hardcase, accused of killing Trouble, is questioned by police and then released since there is no evidence to incriminate him; Hardcase travels to the desert to think in meditation when he sees a meteor crash. He goes to investigate but it's actually the Time Gem; He places it on his head and immediately knows how to use it. He goes in the past to the last battle of the Squad, his former teammates, and tries to change fate; He travels back and follows where NM-E came from, so he could track Rex Mundi. When that proves fruitless, he helps the Squad defeat NM-E and travels back to his normal time; Expecting to find the Squad still alive, he is surprised when he finds that they still died due to another plan of Rex Mundi.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
Cover inks by Rod Ramos. Hard Decisions, script by James Hudnall, pencils by Jim Callahan, inks by Rodney Ramos
Choice is still with Hardcase and that makes the president of the Choice Corporation very nervous; He is counseled by J.D. Hunt and Rex Mundi; Rex Mundi decides to send the Omega Team, a group of mercenaries, to recapture Choice; Meanwhile, Hardcase and Choice are at Hardcase's home speaking with Detective Brown about the events that transpired earlier that day; When the media arrives, Hardcase and Choice leave the house and head to the beach.
36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover pencils by Rick Hoberg. Strangers In the Night, script by Steve Englehart (plot) and James Hudnall (plot, script), pencils by Roger Robinson, inks by Larry Welch
The Strangers visit Hardcase for advice on how to be an ultra-human and a crime fighter; Hardcase regales the Strangers with his tale of the Squad, his old super-team, and of their unfortunate demise; When telling the story, Hardcase makes a realization that the monster that killed the Squad, NM-E, attacked very soon after the Squad rejected the government agency known as Aladdin; Electrocute informs everyone that she learned where Aladdin's headquarters with her time with J.D. Hunt; Hardcase, Choice and the Strangers go to the headquarters but are stopped by Aladdin agents: Foxfire, Dirt Devil, War Eagle and a mysterious, unknown agent that some of the Strangers recognize.
36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover pencils by Scott Benefiel, inks by Mike Christian. Friends and Enemies, Part Two: Returning Favors, script by James Hudnall, pencils by Scott Benefiel, inks by Mike Christian and Jordi Ensign
Choice exits a nightclub to find Hardcase gravely injured by lacerations against his chest and stomach; Hardcase is in a state between life and death like a drifting soul and can only witness when Hardwire, the ultra that hurt Hardcase, attacks; Thankfully, Choice summoned her shield ability and was safe against the attack; Choice takes Hardcase's body and brings it to a hospital so they can heal him; Hardcase believes he sees the soul of Starburst and she tells him that it was not his time to die. His regenerative abilities are ultra-human so his condition stabilizes quickly; Meanwhile, Rex Mundi gives the Omega Team and Quattro a mission that will take them to the moon.
36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover pencils by Scott Benefiel, inks by Mike Christian. Sudden Surprises, script by James Hudnall, pencils by Scott Benefiel, inks by Mike Christian
Hardcase introduces Choice to his secretary, agent and lawyer, hoping they will be able to help Choice by figuring out her past; Soon after that meeting, Hardcase and Choice go to another meeting with the Alternate, who informs them about the source of all ultra's powers and how the source is on the moon; Meanwhile, NM-E continues to stabilize himself and make himself stronger by assimilating any material that comes in handy, preferring organic material; The Alternate also reveals to Hardcase that the person behind the attack that killed the Squad, and the creator of NM-E, is Rex Mundi; The Alternate coerces Hardcase to go to the moon to get the source of power. Continued in Break-Thru (Malibu, 1993 series) #1.
36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover by Brent Anderson. True Confessions, script by James Hudnall, pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Art Nichols
Hardcase is back to filming his latest movie; Choice surprises Hardcase with a visit to the set when she sees him in the middle of a love scene; Choice expresses her interest in Hardcase and he expresses the same interest, but he also tells her how he has not allowed himself to feel his emotions since his girlfriend, Starburst, was placed in a coma; Sometime later, Hardcase and Choice are attacked by Turf, an ultra who has a vendetta against celebrities; They defeat Turf and decide their relationship should progress to a romantic level, which it does; Hardcase visits Starburst in the hospital to tell her that he has found love after a year and how he didn't want to betray her.
36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Battling seasickness, and unknowingly pursued by thugs and cops alike, Harold, Elmo and Irma go diving for the lost WWII plane and its mystery cargo in the explosive finale.
A fun combination of counterculture, aviation/diving adventure, and terrific full-color art by Rand Holmes.
Mature readers. 32 pages. Cover by Holmes. Cover price $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
"Uncle Buddy" lives up to the moniker by spending the day with his sister's kids (who were supposed to be with their deadbeat dad). The play baseball, eat lunch at Burger King, and of course, scream and yell a lot. Pops Bradley stars in a forgettable black-and-white backup story called "Who Will Cut My Hair?"
Written and drawn by Peter Bagge, with inks by Jim Blanchard.
Cover price $2.95.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Grave Business!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; An undertaker who overcharges for his services becomes paralyzed in an auto accident and buried alive because his partner doesn't bother to embalm him. The Vamp!, script by Johnny Craig, pencils by Johnny Craig (pages 1-4) and Jack Davis (pages 5-7), inks by Jack Davis; A man and wife go on vacation in Europe where he meets a vampire that falls in love with him. My Uncle Ekar!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Bum Steer!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Graham Ingels. Poetic Justice!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A wealthy man and his son want the property of the well-liked elderly town garbage man and so they instigate a smear campaign to drive him out. ...On a Dead Man's Chest!, art by Johnny Craig; A man's younger brother begins an affair with his wife; After the three of them go out for a night on the town, the elder brother gets a tattoo on his chest of himself, his brother, and his wife arm-in-arm. Till Death Do We Part!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. What's Cookin'?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series. This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series. Cover art by Graham Ingels. Poetic Justice!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels
A wealthy man and his son want the property of the well-liked elderly town garbage man and so they instigate a smear campaign to drive him out. ...On a Dead Man's Chest!, art by Johnny Craig; A man's younger brother begins an affair with his wife; After the three of them go out for a night on the town, the elder brother gets a tattoo on his chest of himself, his brother, and his wife arm-in-arm. Till Death Do We Part!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. What's Cookin'?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Graham Ingels. Sucker Bait!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; After his father is killed by a vampire, a chemist comes up with a plan to sacrifice himself so that others may live. Lover, Come Hack To Me!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; Every generation, a madwoman is conceived on the night of her parent's wedding who follows the tradition of murdering her newly-wed husband with an ax in the same house. Double-Header!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Foul Play!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Graham Ingels. Thump Fun!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A murderer thinks he is like the character in Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart", imagining he hears a heartbeat in the walls, but after police examine the area they find his older brother's corpse. Terror Train, script and art by Albert B. Feldstein; Gloria was in a cab, running away from her husband Ralph...heading toward the train station and the train that would take her away from this man whom she thought was trying to poison her. Bloody Sure, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall. Hyde and Go Shriek!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series. This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Johnny Craig. A Biting Finish!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man murders his rival and buries his body in the grave of someone who died in 1867. Horror in the Freak Tent!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood; Enraged, a freak show owner blinds the carnival's knife thrower with red-hot pokers; The other freaks get revenge by gagging the owner, strapping him to the board and guiding the thrower's tosses with their comments. A Tasty Morsel!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. Seeds of Death!, script and art by Johnny Craig.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series. Cover art by Johnny Craig. A Strange Undertaking, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels
Ezra Deepley is an undertaker who feels he has suffered injustice at the hands of influential town citizens so when they die during an epidemic of disease, Ezra takes advantage of the situation to revenge himself upon their corpses. So They Finally Pinned You Down!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood. A Grave Gag!!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Cheese, That's Horrible!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series.
This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series.
Cover art by Johnny Craig. Room For One More!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Young Rodney Whitman loses his parents in an automobile accident and goes to live with relatives.
The Basket!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A man born with two heads carries a basket around on his shoulder to prevent others from knowing of his condition. Horror in the School Room, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Howling Banshee!, script and art by Johnny Craig.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
