Ana Ishikawa catches up with her old friend Tomoe, has a falling out with Detective Peter DeNyse and takes on one of the Nara Sohei in "The Way of the Warrior: Part 7."
Story by William Tucci with Peter Gutierrez, script by Tucci & Gutierrez, pencils by Tucci, inks by Rod Ramos & Rob Stull. Plus: Shi and Lethargic Lad team up in a 4-page tale by Greg Hyland, which concludes in Lethargic Comics (1994) #12. Cover by Tucci. Cover price $2.50.
Ana wears her grandfather's gift with honor, then takes on a number of mercenaries in an effort to protect her young friend Brian in "The Way of the Warrior Part 8."
Story by William Tucci & Peter Gutierrez, script by Tucci & Gutierrez, pencils by Tucci, Mitch Byrd & Jamal Igle (pencil assist), inks by Rob Stull. Cover by Tucci.
Cover price $2.95.
Cover art by Alan Weiss.
"Dark Day of the Red Sun II Target: USA," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Alex Nino; As a sick Shield goes in for what appears to be routine surgery, the doctors realizes he sicker than he knows; Using the last of his powers, he goes to stop the Souless Samurai and Deathstar, sacrificing his life in the process. "Screen Test for a Tin Hero Chapter Three: Showdown at Sunrise," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Eduardo Barreto and Bill Dubay (page 1 only); Steel Sterling makes short work of the motorcycle gang, meets some more of the neighborhood folk, interferes with a CIA sting, and auditions for the Tin Man movie.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.00.
Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Numbering continues from Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) #19.
Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Serial killer Joseph Medley goes to the chair for his compulsion for strangling women. Inspector Roc investigates the case of The Bloodless Corpse, featuring art by pioneering African-American cartoonist Alvin Hollingsworth. Holdup men Joe and Sammy have a fatal flaw: when Sammy gets nervous, he kills people. The Strangler; The Bloodless Corpse; The Poisonous Heart; Death's Calling Card; Prison Panic!!
36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
All reprints. Cover by Wallace Wood. Dead Right!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kame
A fortune teller predicts to a woman that a man who wants to marry her, but she finds repulsive, is going to inherit twenty-five thousand dollars and die shortly afterward, so she marries him. Under Cover!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; When Sam Masters sees a secret society whip a girl to death he tries to contact the F.B.I. before they can catch him. Not So Tough!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. Sugar 'N Spice 'N..., script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly).
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
Bridges. Story by Herb Mallette. Art by Joseph Wight, plus pinups by Richard Pollard Sr., Pete Woods, Michael-Anthony Lisboa and Pat L. Duke. Cover by Pat L. Duke.
A spin-off from Warrior Nun Areala, featuring a female rogue nun with a penchant for bikes and big guns. Mary finally tracks down the depraved Tuyranev family, but its going to take more than shotgun shells to banish the demon that theyve summoned.
24 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.
Comics with CD. Compact Disc Edition cover by Joseph Wight. Story by Herb Mallette. Art by Joseph Wight, plus pinups by Fred Perry, mpc, Shon Howell and Pat Kelley. A spin-off from Warrior Nun Areala, featuring a rogue nun with a penchant for bikes and big guns. Investigating a young womans murder, Mary encounters a family that is making sacrifices to demons, but she may be too late to stop what theyve summoned. Also featuring Shotgun Mary pin-ups from various artists in the Atlantic Press stable. This edition of the comic shipped with a CD containing a demon-stomping soundtrack by retro-synthpop band Pink Filth. Includes CD. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $8.95.
Regular cover by Pete Woods. Story by Herb Mallette. Art by Pete Woods. A spin-off from Warrior Nun Areala, featuring a rogue nun with a penchant for bikes and big guns. In a small town, Mary stands up to a man who has the entire populace terrified. But he has the devil in him – literally – and Mary must use extreme means to get it out. 24 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.
Story by Herb Mallette. Art by Pete Woods, Steve Powell, Rich Pollard, Michael-Anthony Lisboa, Jochen Weltjens, Paul H. Way, Bryant Velez, and John Bounds. Cover by Jochen Weltjens. A spin-off from Warrior Nun Areala, featuring four short tales of the rogue nun with a penchant for bikes and big guns. Mary plays hardball with a demonic Little League team; a demon learns that Mary's still deadly even when shes in the tub; Mary pursues a courier from Hell; a filmmaker makes a movie about Shotgun Mary. Beelzeball; Splish, Splash; Bike Messenger from Hell; Interview with the Demon Hunter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Dave Manak, Arnold Drake, Dek, George Kashdan, Bill Burke and Joe Gill.
One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Charlton Comics was the publisher during this final run of the series. Spoofs of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, plus the movie Network. The debut of Jack Sparling's spicy good-girl series Cher D'Flower. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and 1970s TV talk shows. Nyetwork; The Bionic Woman Vs Love; The Too Late Night; Dept of Sick Trickery; Sickies; Rite On!; Sick Is ...; The Fort Knox No! No!; On the Rocks; Next Time... Don't Ask!; Makes Cents; Talk-Show Freak!; Cher D'Flower!
8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.
Cover by Joe Shuster and Tom Yeates. Written by Jerry Siegel. Art by Joe Shuster.
Featuring previously unpublished work produced in the 1930's by Siegel and Shuster. In this issue: Snoopy and Smiley in Strips No. 1-18. Plus: "World in Future -- 1980"; Kaye in "The Strangest Story Ever Told"; Inko in an untitled story; Bruce Verne in "G-Man of the Future"; The Waif in an untitled story; Flossie in an untitled story; Gloria Glamour in an untitled story; untitled Horrible Happenings story; and Cornelius in "Always a Gentleman."
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.
1st Edition - 1st printing. By Arlen Schumer.
The first book dedicated to the Silver Age of comics (1956-1970) and the artists that defined it, author Arlen Schumer highlights the careers of eight acknowledged Hall of Fame artists who rendered definitive versions of the industry's great characters: Carmine Infantino, Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, and Joe Kubert, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams, and Steve Ditko.
Hardcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 176 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 2,000 copies.
1st printing. Story and art by Will Morris.
Of all the superstitions held by the crew of Dunure fishing boat The Silver Darling, the most perilous of all is that under no circumstances should a white-handled knife ever be carried on board. Ignoring this generation-long tradition, Danny, the latest to help out the family business, steps onto the boat with a mop top, oil-skinned jacket, and an ivory-handled knife. Determined to bring an "enlightened attitude" aboard, Danny is biding his time until he moves on to college in Glasgow.
Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.
Stories by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Art by Jack Kirby, Mike Royer and Steve Ditko. Cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Thibodeaux.
One of the final series from legendary artist Jack Kirby, based on his ideas for an unproduced film. Government agent Morgan Miller, transformed into a mutant by his scientist father, must battle other super-powered beings. Silver Star learns of the existence of his enemy, Darius Drumm, an early subject of his father's experiments who has the ability to warp reality.
The backup story features the Mocker, another offbeat hero from Marvel legend Steve Ditko, making this one of the very rare post-Marvel comics to feature both of the Marvel Age art legends, Kirby and Ditko. Unfortunately, Ditko was not pleased with the results. Darius Drumm; The Mocker: With These Hands….
32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.
Signed edition, signed and numbered by Bruce Jones, Scott Hampton, and April Campbell and limited to 750 copies.
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story by Bruce Jones and April Campbell. Art and cover by Scott Hampton. Collects Silverheels (1983) #1-3, plus the unpublished fourth issue. Sometimes listed as Eclipse Graphic Novel #12. Silverheels lives in a future reservation, but he dreams of life on the outside. But escape reveals a world under the thumb of an alien empire, where a fascistic state struggles to maintain its hold on power. Silverheels escapes from the reservation and joins the aliens cadet training program. It's difficult and dangerous, but a chance encounter with an aristocrats daughter named Miranda gives Silverheels the will to survive.
Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 64 pages. Full color. Cover price $24.95.
#1-4 + 1B Dynamic Forces Signed Edition
by Ben Templesmith
With the Earth laid waste by an assault from microscopic nanites, humanity hides in underground cities. But those cities are being destroyed by the "Gosiodo" ? machine beings engineered to convert the remnants of humanity to the will of the nanites. It's up to seven men and women, seemingly immune to the nanotechnology, to fight back... before there's nothing left to fight for. A stunning new series by Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night)!
Mature Readers FC, 32pg $3.99 Cover price $3.99.
"Choosing Sides" Guest-starring Diamondback and the Whizzer. Script by Hank Kanalz. Pencils by Kevin West. Inks by Bob Almond. Cover by Kevin West and Bob Almond.
Diamondback convinces Siren to help her blow up the Taskmaster's training academy! Rachel Leighton has set the charges to explode in one hour! And it's Siren's job to get everyone out of the building before then! But one of the Taskmaster's training sessions with a new pupil is running late!
So Diamondback asks the Whizzer to assist in the evacuation! However the new pupil has a special ability to open up inter-dimensional portals! And with time running out, Jen Pearson decides that's her best chance to survive! Could the portal save Siren's life and get her back to the Ultraverse at the same time? Story continues in the Siren Special (1996) #1.
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
