Written by Mike Allred. Art by Luis Escobar, Bill Morrison, and Mike Allred. Cover credited to Matt Groening. Parody of Little Shop of Horrors.
Written by Jeff Smith, Stephanie Gladden, and Bill Morrison. Parody of Call Me Ishmael. Written by James Robinson. Art by Chris Roman and Bill Morrison. Parody of Cat People. Bart Simpson as a paper doll activity page. Based on The Simpsons TV show.
52 pages, full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Cover Sketch by Bisley
Blank Cover. Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Freddie Williams II.
DC Comics and IDW team up for the crossover you never saw coming as two of the greatest entertainment icons meet for the first time! In Gotham City, a series of deadly raids leads Batman to believe he's up against a group of highly trained ninjas known as the Foot Clan! Somehow, they've crossed over to another dimension and are determined to take advantage of the situation while looking to get back home. But they haven't come alone: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo are hot on their trail. Get ready for excitement as heroes and villains from both worlds clash and team up in an epic battle that threatens the very fabric of reality!
32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.
Comic book version of Lee Falk's classic comic strip character, The Phantom.
Painted front and back cover art by George Wilson. The Game, script by Bill Harris, art by Bill Lignante; Prince Ragon entices men into a deadly game by offering great rewards; When the Phantom interferes, Ragon has Diana kidnapped to force the Phantom to play; The Phantom fights his way through to Diana and captures Ragon to boot. Look closely on page 18 and see the Phantom's eyes, one of the few times they are actually shown.
Origin and notes about the Phantom in one-page features on inside front and back covers. Number on cover 10014-211. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
#18/218
Limited 1 for 218 Hand Sketched Variant Cover by Jae Lee Fire of Creation: Part 1 of 6 - (W) Garth Ennis (A) Aaron Campbell
1938: The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action and deadly intrigue, as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself. As storm clouds gather across the globe, American Military Intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston, determined to beat a host of spies and assassins to the greatest prize of all... but what that might be, only the Shadow knows.
Cover price $3.99.
1st printing. Written by Jim Starlin, Steve Skeates, Ed Hicks and Howard Chaykin. Art by Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Steve Skeates, Walt Simonson and Howard Chaykin.
In this issue: "...The Birth of Death!" by Jim Starlin; "Death Building" by Starlin and Al Milgrom; 2-page stories "Fish Myths" and "Suburban Fish" by Steve Skeates; "A Tale of Sword and Sorcery" by Ed Hicks and Walt Simonson; "Cody Starbuck" by Howard Chaykin; and 1-page story "The Origin of God!" by Starlin.
48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.
First appearance of the Rocketeer.
Torin finds himself transported from 43 A.D. to the 22nd year of the new millennium. Why is he there? The galaxy is in danger and in need of his help in finding some lost amulets which contain great sources of power in an untitled story.
Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has the Rocketeer with script and art by Dave Stevens.
Cover price $1.00.
The original series that introduced the Turtles to the world. An errant time traveler accidentally sends the Turtles and herself through time, where they meet Dave Sims Cerebus the Aardvark.
Story, art and cover by Dave Sim, Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird; backgrounds by Gerhard.
Black and white; 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
This collectible has an extremely interesting but tumultuous history. Mirage Studios was the comic book publishing company founded by TMNT creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in the mid-1980s. As the TMNT started to skyrocket in popularity with the 1980s cartoon, major blockbuster movies, and the ongoing comic series, there was a whole team of people working at Mirage Studios on various parts.
One of the artists at Mirage Studious was Craig “A.C.” Farley who is probably most known for his covers from TMNT issues #50-62, known as the City at War story arc. A.C. Farley is an incredibly talented artist and there was a push to create a high-end collectible to celebrate Mirage Studios reaching its 50th comic issue milestone. Leonardo was the first bust created and there were rumors that each of the four turtles were planned to have their own bust created.
Initially, 500 of these Leonardo busts were planned in the production run. Mirage even put out a Leonardo’s Been Busted! teaser image announcing the bronze-tinted statues. As you can see on the box cover art below, there is a “1 of 500” printed at the bottom of the cover label. For clarity, these did not end up being individually numbered – each box says “1 of 500.”
Unfortunately, only about 80 of the statues were produced due to issues with the modeling company, Geometrics. These were designed to be cast in bronze-filled resin but, unfortunately, the 80 produced were made in white resin (photos below).
