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This is the 9th issue, the January-June 1964 issue indexing PS Magazine #'s 134-139. PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Indexes are published twice yearly and cover the first six and the last six months of each year. The interior is text only (an index), but the front and back cover feature full page illustrations from the Will Eisner (creator of the Spirit) Studio.

This is the 25th issue, the Jan.-Dec 1974 issue indexing PS #254-265. PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Indexes are published twice yearly and cover the first six and the last six months of each year. The interior is text only (an index), but the front and back cover feature full page illustrations from the Will Eisner (creator of the Spirit) Studio.

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by Aaron Williams Every school has field trips, and ps238 is no exception. However, they go a little farther afield than most: the moon! But this isn't just a rock-hunting sightseeing tour; it's a mission to deliver a very important package! What perils await them there? b&w $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Chromium cover - Title Box is White - Has a cover price of $3.50. In the year 4020...The mysterious Psi-Lords have arrived from deep space, offering their incredible powers to safeguard Earth's solar system. The trouble is, no one trusts them to do the job...that is, until the citizens of Saturn's moon, Titan, fall victim to the return of the Spider-Aliens! This issue, along with Magnus Robot Fighter (1991 Valiant) #39 and Rai (1992) #24, begins the story of Earth in the year 4020 -- 17 years after the end of the war against the Malevs! This debut issue is completely rendered in Valiant Vision (3-D). "Postcard from Olympus" is written by Tony Bedard, with art and wraparound chromium cover by Mike Leeke and Dick Giordano. Cover price $3.50.

Gold Chromium cover - Title Box is Gold - NO Cover Price. In the year 4020...The mysterious Psi-Lords have arrived from deep space, offering their incredible powers to safeguard Earth's solar system. The trouble is, no one trusts them to do the job...that is, until the citizens of Saturn's moon, Titan, fall victim to the return of the Spider-Aliens! This issue, along with Magnus Robot Fighter (1991 Valiant) #39 and Rai (1992) #24, begins the story of Earth in the year 4020 -- 17 years after the end of the war against the Malevs! This debut issue is completely rendered in Valiant Vision (3-D). "Postcard from Olympus" is written by Tony Bedard, with art and wraparound chromium cover by Mike Leeke and Dick Giordano.

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THE CHAOS EFFECT - EPSILON: Part 2 (of 4; 15 of 18). Presented in Valiant Vision. In the year 4020...The Psi-Lords find their long-ranged communications scrambled, and scan to find the root of the disturbance. Imagine their surprise when Solar the Destroyer appears on the bridge of their station! The Destroyer is on his way to Earth and nothing is going to stop him -- not even the Psi-Lords! "Destroyers" is written by Tony Bedard, with art by Mike Leeke and Dick Giordano. Cover by Mike Leeke and Bob Layton. Cover price $2.25.

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INFECTION - Part 1 of 2. The Psi-Lords' space station, the Palisade, hosts a delegation of aliens from Sirius who say they have come on a diplomatic mission of peace. However, the Psi-Lords soon discover that the aliens have brought along their own nanotechnology, which infects the Palisade, threatening the lives of everyone aboard and raising the possibility of interstellar war! Written by Tony Bedard, with art by Mike Leeke, Anthony Castrillo and Dick Giordano. Cover by Dick Giordano. Cover price $2.25.

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INFECTION - Part 2 of 2. The danger of interstellar war grows as the Psi-Lords' space station is torn apart by alien nanotechnology. Can the Psi-Lords survive the micro-invasion, and, if they do, will they be forced to blast the aliens from Sirius to kingdom come? Written by Tony Bedard, with art by Mike Leeke, Dick Giordano and Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Mike Leeke and Dick Giordano. Cover price $2.25.

Includes: cover art by Jeff Jones; The Mad Doll Man, script by Al Hewetson, art by Jose Gual; Lunatic Picnic, script by Hewetson, art by Zesar Lopez; The Truth Behind the Horrors of Salem article; The Weird Way It Was, script by Hewetson, art by Pablo Marcos; The Swordsman of Sarn, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Jack Katz, inks by Vince Colletta; Gary Friedrich Profile; And the World Shall Shudder, script by Hewetson, art by Villanova; and Welcome to My Asylum, script by Hewetson, art by Villanova. 68 pgs. Cover price: $0.60. Cover price $0.60.

1st printing. By Rebecca Sugar and Eric Powell. Intergalactic legend. All-American hero. He fights aliens in space so we don't have to fight them here. Ok, so he's got a giant pug head and gay sidekick! What of it? And sure most of those aliens were just looking for love, but they were asking to get punch in their big bulbous heads with those giant brains of theirs floating all over the place! Pug Davis, the debut of newcomer Rebecca Sugar, is a laugh out loud breath of fresh air! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

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1st printing.

Written by Mike Baron. Art and cover by Hugh Haynes and Jimmy Palmiotti.

In one of Frank Castle's wildest adventures yet, the Punisher will go to any lengths to track his prey. Even into outer space.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

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Quest Presents Lance Carrigan of the Galactic Legion Cover price $1.00.

Questar is a slickly produced magazine of "science fiction/fantasy adventure." Issue #5 includes: a short letter from Robert Bloch, Mike Gornick interview, Alien feature, Just Imagine: Jeanie strip by Forrest J Ackerman (script) and James Warhola (art), Kirk Alyn interview, The Rescue strip by Steve Ditko, Moonraker feature, Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley interview, and Star Trek movie preview. Cover price $2.00.

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"Asylum," art by Bob Powell; For thousands of years, an advanced planet had committed horribly insane people to a far-distant planet; But this time a mission is turned back by the now highly-advanced civilization on this distant planet: the planet Earth! "First Man on the Moon," art by Bob Powell. "Supreme Penalty" featuring Chief scientist Frances and Judge Krenk, art by Bob Powell. "Disc Jockey," art by Bob Powell; Sam Webb is a radio station owner and a very unpopular disc jockey who will not take himself off the air; He's so bad that Martians, out of frustration, arrive and forcibly remove him from his post. "So You Want to Go to the Moon" article. "The Invasion," art by Bob Powell; A couple watch a TV news broadcast chronicling an alien invasion and are terrified when Earth's military forces are quickly defeated; Fearing for their lives, they pack and literally run for the hills; They don't hear the news announcer then reveal that the invasion broadcast was an "original tele-screen drama entitled The Invasion From Mars!" Cloverine Salve ad featuring Yogi Berra. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Al Williamson. Space travel and adventure from Harvey as the 1950s Space Race shifts into high gear. Human moon scouts find a crashed flying saucer and search for its pilot, but soon wish they hadn't. Space explorers find interplanetary outlaw Wiley Breck chained to an asteroid and left to die, but rescuing him has consequences. The Three Rocketeers must recapture a crimelord who escapes a space prison, in a story with terrific Kirby-Williamson art. Featuring art and cover by comics legends Jack Kirby and Al Williamson. The Three Rocketeers: The Long Long Years; Saucer Man; Report from Space; D.P.; The Ruby; Space Garbage; Garden of Eden. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. By Josh Latta. 2 great RASHY RABBIT adventures in 1 book! First in A RABBIT IN KING ARTHUR'S FOOD COURT, Rashy is a menial worker in a renaissance restaurant in the local mall but he catches a break: his friend has happened upon a Big Score and they devise a plan to sell it and rake in the cash. But when the owners of the Score track down who took what's theirs, that's when the troubles begin. Then in RASHY RABBIT IN DROPPIN' ANCHOR, after Hunny leaves Rashy in hopes that he will become a man, Rashy goes on a sea adventure with the cantankerous Cap'n Patootie - to try to win Hunny back. Softcover, 64 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $12.00.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Based on the Stories by Ray Bradbury. Adapted by Bruce Jensen, Timothy Truman, Ray Zone, Steve Leialoha, Chuck Roblin, Lebbeus Woods, Al Feldstein, and Wally Wood. Cover by Timothy Truman and Steve Fastner. Edited by Howard Zimmerman. Introduction by Ray Bradbury.

Top comics artists adapt stories by science-fiction master Bradbury: The Aqueduct, by Bruce Jensen; The Veldt, by Timothy Truman; Gotcha!, by Ray Zone and Chuck Roblin; Homecoming, by Steve Leialoha; There Will Come Soft Rains, by Lebbeus Woods; There Will Come Soft Rains (reprinted from ECs Weird Fantasy (1950) #17) by Al Feldstein and Wally Wood.

Softcover, 80 pages, full color.

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He Challenged the Unknown featuring Richard Francis Burton. Queen of the Westerns starring Dale Evans. The Brady Gang featuring John Dillinger, Alvin Karpis, Alfred Brady, Clarence Shaffer, and James Dalhover. Sam Spade Wildroot Creme Oil ad, pencils by Lou Fine. Bill Dillingham bio, script and art by Stookie Allen. The King of Coins featuring Vernon L. Brown, art by Win Mortimer. The Star Spangled Banner article. The Planet of Peril featuring Tommy Tomorrow. R.C. Cola, art by Creig Flessel. Scripts by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

This item was sent out to members of the media to promote Warner Brothers Pictures' "Red Planet" starring Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tom Sizemore. It includes a synopsis, list of characters, promotional information, and introduction to the actors. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 9-in. x 12-in., 28 pages, B&W.

Written by Nick Sumida. Art by Allison Strejlau. Cover by Zack Hazard. Mordecai and Rigby are so tired of Benson yelling at them. They just want a break from their illtempered boss, but the these two park workers are about to get an education on what truly makes Benson tick. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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The fun continues as Commander Hoek and Cadet Stimpy go undercover as "The Croco-Men from Planet Zed!" When Ren & Stimpy learn how to play a hot new game, Teacher Bingo, readers will be holding their stomachs with laughter. Written by Dan Slott. Art by Mike Kazaleh. Painted cover by Bill Wray. Cover price $1.75.

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Cover art by Dennis Fujitake. "Saline Solution," script by Keith Laumer (story), Dennis Fujitake, and Jan Strnad, art by Dennis Fujitake; Retief tries to settle a mining claim; Adapted from the short story by Keith Laumer, 'Saline Solution' first published in IF Worlds of Science Fiction, March, 1963. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. The sixth Return Of Lum graphic novel, an electrifying tale of boy meets bikini-clad alien princess, features more creatures than you can shake a stick at! An alien kindergarten class comes to Earth for a field trip and Lum's papa fixes her up with a smorgasbord of alien bachelors with bizarre physiognomies. Plus much more! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

1958-59 Revell Collector's Catalog of model kits features pictures of all the rare and early hobby kits including airplanes, boats, military artillery, helicopters, rockets, and cars. It has the strategic service planes, modern airliners, 3 pages of missiles and rockets, including the rare 3 Stage XSL-01 Manned Space Ship (the picture of this model alone makes this catalog worth seeing). Also, pictured are Disney's Perri Squirrel, Teddy the Koala Bear, and Friskie the Beagle Puppy. 120 early and rare kits are photographed and featured in full color. This is a wonderful piece of reference material for model lovers and hobby enthusiast alike. 24 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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2nd and later printings. Written by Robert Silverberg. Art by William Meyerriecks. On the strange world of Alpha C IV, young space cadet Larry Stark and the brave crew of the starship Carden find themselves caught up in the middle of a revolt against planet Earth. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 118 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $0.50.

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A science fiction adventure anthology edited by Robin Snyder, with contributions by students at the Joe Kubert School. Featuring The Expert by Steve Ditko, a revised adventure story from the 1970s. Also featuring Marshall of the Zodiac by Rich Margopoulos and Tom Mandrake, with an art assist by Erik Larsen. More stories and art by Robert Kanigher, Steve Bissette, Alex Nino, Jim Stenstrum, Richard Connolly and Tim Gula. Mature readers. Black and white; 32 pages. Painted cover by Pat Boyette. Cover price $1.70. NOTE: Dare is continued in Crisis # 55 - 56. Cover price $1.70.

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Richie Rich stars in Richie Rich and the Missing Crown! (Richie hunts for the crown of Richard the Lionhearted) and The Hiding Place (part two of Missing Crown). Little Lotta in A Hospital Case (Lotta attempts to keep things quite in hospital zone). Little Dot stars in Uncle Branes' Will Power Invention (Dot wears a headband that lets her place dots by thinking about it). Ad for the Casper the Friendly Ghost and Company TV show. Cover pencils by Warren Kremer. $0.12. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

A digest-sized compilation of stories featuring the richest kid in the world. Richie visits an impoverished Central American country and realizes a little can go a long way when you're Richie Rich. When a tax auditor asks for a bribe, Richie tries to figure out an appropriate response. Nurse Jenny catches a crook so she can treat his allergy attack. President Richie; The State Visit!; The Almost Perfect Driver; Nurse Jenny: The Sensitive Crook; Irona: The Robots Club; The Fort Knocks Tour; The Search for the Art Room; Glop Art; Dollar Sent; Cadbury: Very Noticeable; The Mystery of Ghost Gulch; The Old Timers. 5-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.

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The ultimate rich kid has to have the ultimate butler, and Cadbury is the man. While visiting the Wild West, Richie and Cadbury encounter twin hillbilly outlaws the Grimey Brothers. The Brothers take Cadbury hostage, but fortunately, Richie has his boulder disguise handy. Cadbury fills in for a stuntman, testing even the perfect butler's resolve. In another story, Cadbury must provide bad service in order to pass his initiation into the Butler's Club. The Grimey Brothers; Cleaning Up the West; Cadbury: The Stunting Butler; Cadbury: Cadbury, You Cad! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

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Stories and art by Ernie Colon and others. The richest kid in the world meets time-traveling Timmy, in a short-lived series designed to introduce the chrononaut kid. Richie and Timmy track strange meteors through time, in a two-part story. Timmy helps Richie investigate a missing-strawberry mystery. Little Dot's Uncle Branes is testing out his new invention with Little Dot nearby, when he gets their minds switched with his test animals. Richie Rich Meets Timmy: Clock Around the Rock; The Mad Meteors; Back and Forth in Time; The Wild Strawberry Mystery; The Minibikers; Little Lotta: A Day to Remember; Little Dot: Lost: One Mind! Only issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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52-Page Giant. Cover price $0.50.

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"The Planet Collectors"; Prof. Keenbean discovers that an unimaginably huge race of aliens is approaching Earth; How huge?; They juggle planets. Fortunately, a concerted launch of all of Earth's missiles manages to drive them off. Untitled one-page story; Mrs. Rich's jewelry becomes an unusual component of an otherwise normal camping trip. "Precious Equipment"; Richie is disconcerted by the fact that his Mom brought along a backpack full of jewelry for their mountain-climbing expedition. "Taking the Cake" text story. "Cure For Crooks"; Two criminals hold the Rich family at gunpoint; But, when they are treated kindly and given a chance to go straight, they take it. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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After comics named Millions and Billions, the only place the world's richest boy could go was Zillionz. Conflict erupts after an especially dense snowfall. Richie enters a town where no one is supposed to say the word "don't," and finds out what happens if he does. The Snowbounders; The Cold War; Never-Say-Dont-Town; Sometimes You Have to Say Dont. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

Rip-Snorting Science Fiction Issue! Beatnik Maidens of the Moon by Trina Robbins; other stories by Mary Fleener, Joe Lee, Paul Ollswang, and Larry Todd. Cover spoof of old EC sci-fi comics by Hal Robins. Mature readers. Black and white; 52 pages. Cover price $2.95.

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Adaptation of the Macross saga of the 1980s popular animated TV series, Robotech. Breetai and Gloval join forces to try to take care of the invading Robotech Masters and Miriya leads the way in "Viva Miriya." Script by Markalan Joplin and art by Mike Leeke & Mike Chen. Wraparound cover. Cover price $1.75.

What The Duck?! Variant Cover by Rob Guillory. Written by Skottie Young. Art by Jake Parker. As the finest gun-wielding, pick-pocketing, smack-talking raccoon there is, Rocket's skills are gonna get put to the ultimate test. Is he really alone?! Find out once and for all. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Stories by Walter Gibson and Otis Adelbert Kline. Art by Charles Nicholas and Joe Orlando. Cover by Joe Orlando. A science-fiction tale based on the novel "Maza of the Moon" by Otis Adelbert Kline. An American inventor becomes the first human to land an object on the moon, by firing a giant space-gun at it. To his surprise, the people of the moon fire back. When he visits the satellite, he becomes caught up in the conflict between two warring peoples, one of which is ruled by a beautiful moon-princess. The story was written by Walter Gibson, best known as the author of The Shadows pulp adventures (under the name Maxwell Grant). Also featuring a Flash Harper backup story, and a classic space-opera cover by Joe Orlando. Rocket to the Moon; The Death Doll! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #31 (74 pgs; ditto), with Kenton of the Star Patrol on the cover. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s, and this issue was published shortly after the merger with Comicollector. It features: ads for Komix Illustrated #12, The Comic Journal #1, and Argosy; pinups of The Parachute Patrol, Captain Wings, and others; a feature on Steve Ditko by Bernie Bubnis; a review of Bradbury's Something This Way Comes by Bob Harner; "Rocketeer Gossip" by Rick Weingroff; a letters column (including missives by Jerry Bails and George R.R. Martin); and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. Chief artist is Buddy Saunders, owner of Lone Star Comics and mycomicshop.com. 45-cent cover price. 1964. Circulation: over 400.

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The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #74 (120 pgs), with uncredited cover art of astronaut standing on mischievously grinning moon. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s, and this issue was published after the merger with Comicollector. It features: "Comic Collectors Comments"; ; ads for Fandom Annual #2, Illustrated Comic Collectors #3, the Frazetta portfolio, and Fancal '71; Master #27 recreation art; a Two-Face/Batman drawing by Newton; the "RBCC Information Center"; Jan Strnad's "Eyeing the Egos" column; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 75-cent cover price. Circulation: 2000. Cover price $0.75.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #81 (124 pgs), with cover art by Richard Corben. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Collage, Witzend #8, Vulcan #1, D Con '71, San Diego Comic-Con, and more; a letters column; "Danny Dreams" strip by Joe Kubert; a piece on The Spider by James Van Hise and Robert Weinberg; the "RB-CC Information Center"; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. 75-cent cover price. Circulation: 2,000. Cover price $0.75.

Issue #131 - Oct. 1976. Special Ray Bradbury issue. Cover by Steve Fabian, back cover by Tom Sutton. Interview with Ray Bradbury, centerspread by Mike Zeck, Bradbury and EC Comics, twelve pages of Pertwillaby Papers by Don Rosa, examination of Bradbury spoken word record albums, six-page comic by Ron Wilbur adapting Bradbury's Time in Thy Flight and much more. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, black and white. Cover price $1.50.

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The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #133 Cover price $1.50.

Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer and others. American space hero Rocketman battles interstellar menaces in the year 25,000 AD, traveling the galaxy in his ship, the Solar Bird. A spaceship crashes on the planet Manon, where the survivors are enslaved by Malok until Rocketman hears about it. Rocketman investigates when Plutonians abduct the king of Saturn to steal his brainwaves, with art featuring some fun futuristic machinery. Wings of Evil; Venus Afire; Goofy Knights; Goodbye Earth; The Invisible Terror; Dopey Don: Arithmetic Lesson; Panic on Pluto. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Strange Fantasy (1952) #1, sometimes listed as issue #2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Guest-starring Forge. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Brett Breeding. Under the guidance of Forge, the man with the mutant ability to invent and build anything, Rom and the united governments of the world begin construction of an Orbiting Global Neutralizer. However, the shape-shifting Dire Wraiths are revealed to be within their ranks. The sinister aliens attempt to sabotage the efforts of our heroes. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Guest-starring Forge. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Brett Breeding. Under the guidance of Forge, the man with the mutant ability to invent and build anything, Rom and the united governments of the world begin construction of an Orbiting Global Neutralizer. However, the shape-shifting Dire Wraiths are revealed to be within their ranks. The sinister aliens attempt to sabotage the efforts of our heroes. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.