Comic books in 'Glasses / Dark Glasses'

Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Fred Kida, Dick Rockwell, Bill Walton, Robert Martinott, Frank Borth, Claude Moore and Eloise Taylor. From the publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, Lover's Lane offered somewhat edgier, more lurid tales than other romance comics of the era. Edith and Jeff agree to date other people while he's in the service, but neither of them really wants to. Eloise offers advice to a reader on how to handle the temporary separations caused by military service. Joyce's friends Ted and Bob want to date her, but both should have remained in the friend zone, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Particularly sweet painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Every Girl Has Her Day; Don't Take Me for Granted; Do's and Dont's of Blind Dating; Love Customs; Love Is Where You Are; The Love Clinic; Love Problems; How Did He Propose?; ...Then a Boy Came Along... 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Ruth Atkinson, Frank Bolle, Sid Greene and Eloise Taylor. From the publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, Lover's Lane offered somewhat edgier, more lurid tales than other romance comics of the era. Wanda gets new attention from boys after she gets rid of her braces and glasses, but then her parents upstage her at a party. Country boy Bart wants to marry Fay, but she wants to go to the city and start a new life, and he doesn't. Tom doesn't really love Alicia, but being engaged is good for his career, so he won't let her call it off. One+One=Love; You Never Can Tell; Just for the Fun of It; The Love Clinic; Love Problems; How Did He Propose? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Philip Kennedy Johnson. Art and Cover by Flaviano. In the aftermath of a nuclear first strike that has left the East Coast uninhabitable, five teenagers are being sent west, away from the wreckage that was once their home. Halfway through the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, the shuttle that promised safety has broken down, stranding them in the middle of nowhere with only one another to count on. Their only hope seems to be a town just on the edge of the horizon, but the closer they get the stranger things become. If they want to survive, they will have to learn to trust one another-and with society crumbling around them, trust does not come easily. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Stories, art and cover by Ed Brubaker. Caliber Press presents the first issue of the indie series that established future superstar writer Ed Brubaker. Slice-of-life stories about petty crime, as Tommy deals with the consequences of his weak moral compass and the wrong group of friends. Tommy seeks inspiration for escaping his dead-end job and life from his equally dysfunctional friend Felix; Tommy gets drunk and aggressive during a visit to a nightclub. An Intro...; Mondo Lowlife; You're a Good Man, Chester Brown... or The Trouble with Comics; The Last Time Tommy Went to a Niteclub; The Mighty Mutants of Maynardville; Lowlife Room-Mates. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

A Life of Crime. Story, art and cover by Ed Brubaker. Caliber Press presents the second issue of the indie series that established future superstar writer Ed Brubaker. Slice-of-life stories about petty crime, as Tommy deals with the consequences of his weak moral compass and the wrong group of friends. Pilfering things from work escalates to armed robbery, as Tommy and his friend Peter seek money for their new drug habit. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

Stories, art and cover by Ed Brubaker. Aeon/MU Press picks up the indie series that established future superstar writer Ed Brubaker. Slice-of-life stories about petty crime, as Tommy deals with the consequences of his weak moral compass and the wrong group of friends. Tommy may be erratic and larcenous, but his dysfunctional boss at the bookstore, Dick, is truly weird. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

Stories, art and cover by Ed Brubaker. Aeon/MU Press continues the indie series that established future superstar writer Ed Brubaker. Slice-of-life stories about petty crime, as Tommy deals with the consequences of his weak moral compass and the wrong group of friends. As if Tommys life wasnt dysfunctional enough, his relationship with Annie goes off the rails after he discovers shes cheating on him. The Girlfriend and the Boyfriend; Tommy in The Cheap Date; My Friend Felix. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

Stories, art and cover by Ed Brubaker. Aeon/MU Press picks up the indie series that established future superstar writer Ed Brubaker. Slice-of-life stories about petty crime, as Tommy deals with the consequences of his weak moral compass and the wrong group of friends. Tommys tumultuous relationship with Sunny is punctuated by a nearby wildfire they can see from their buildings roof. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. "Luba in America" Part 1; Luba sets out to find if her family will be safe in America, and if she can get her husband across the border. "The Sisters, The Cousins and the Kids..." "The Old Man Sets Up!" "El Show Super Duper Sensacional de Doralis." "That Family Thing Again." La Sorpresa. 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. "Luba In America" Part 2; Luba, with the help of a passer-by, gets the old man back to his hotel room after he collapses; Then she goes to a meeting with a woman, in the hope of clarifying if Luba's family are under any kind of threat from political/criminal activities carried out in the past; The woman has no idea of what Luba is talking about, and sends her on her way; When she gets back to the hotel room the old man has gone, apparently abducted. "As You Know It." "Damp And Snuggy." "All in the Family." "The Old Man's Touch." 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. "Luba In America" Part 3; Luba sees a preview of the Show Doralis has prepared about her and Palomar; Then Doralis breaks the news that she's gay. "Boots Takes the Case"; Someone is selling secrets about Pipo's T.V. show. Boots is hired to investigate. "Firstborn." "Bromea." 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $3.50.

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. Untitled story; Meditations on the meaning of Karma as Khamo helps the police bust some drug dealers. "Meeting Cute, F*cking Cuter"; Fritz tries to set Petra up with Hector; Hector wants to stay with Fritz, but relents as she's open about her other relationships. The meeting with Petra leaves Hector considering his options. "El Show Super Duper Sensacional Fantastico de Doralis." "The Goddess And The Goof"; Petra hears that her ex is getting remarried. This preys on her mind when she goes on a dinner date with Hector. 'Buen Viaje, Socorro.' 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $3.50.

Stories, Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. Three all-new stories! Luba and Khamo face the drug lord in "Luba's Science Lesson." Steve returns a favor to Scott the Hog, while Petra deals with Fritz's ex in "The Beloved and the Damned." And Petra's boyfriend has a restraining order slapped on him by a past girlfriend in "And Justice for Some!" 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

Story, Art and Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. The hammer-wielding Luba and her friends take one last timeout for another intriguing issue of familial adventure. This time, everyone says goodbye to cousin Ofelia as Sergio and Gato team up to end the Fortunato curse once and for all. Also, Pipo's mysterious attacker is found out! It's an epic of farewells and broken hearts in the final issue of Luba. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

Luba's Comics and Stories (2000) featuring Ofelia and the Little Ones. Mature reader content. Cover price $3.50.

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Written by Kurt Sutter and Caitlin Kittredge. Art by Jesus Hervas, Rodrigo Lorenzo and Mario Garcia Del Arco. Cover by Adam Gorham. Lucas makes the decision to lie low in the past, but the evil forces that pursue him will not be deterred. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Main feature: Behind the Scences on Lucasfilm's New Series Maniac Mansion. B&W/color, 16 pages, slick paper stock. Cover price $2.50.

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WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ART BY DEAN ORMSTON AND WARREN PLEECE; COVER BY DUNCAN FEGREDO In stores July 5. A supernatural detective thriller unfolds in a standalone issue illustrated by Dean Ormston (THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE DEATH), with layouts by Warren Pleece. Elaine Belloc is a typical British schoolgirl, except that she can conjure, speak to the dead and see both the past and the future. When her best friend Mona is murdered, Elaine and Mona's ghost set out to find out why: but the killer comes hunting the hunters, and Elaine's only hope for survival is the devil himself. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

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WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ART BY TED NAIFEH; PAINTED COVER BY TARA MCPHERSON In stores December 17. Downtrodden paralegal John Sewell has a whole lot of problems in his life. But when an obnoxious spirit possesses his body, he finds that there are worse things than a cheating girlfriend, a corrupt boss and a derailed career. Featuring guest art by Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin). MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

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"Duckburg, U.S.A.," "The Rural Eggs-pert," and "Winning Ways." Back-up story starring April, May, and June, "Super Sales Girls." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ted Nomura, Marcel Magnette, Justo Miranda, and Paula Mercado. Cover by Ted Nomura. Sometimes listed as Families of Altered Wars #106 or Luftwaffe 1946 Vol. 03 #7. In this alternate-history world, the Axis powers succeeded in extending the war into 1946, allowing artists Nomura and company to create fanciful jet fighters and other aircraft as part of Hitlers Luftwaffe air force. In "Luftwaffe: 1946," Colonel Condorcet once again turns his combat nurses into a fighter squadron. In "Tigers of Terra," the Southern Alliance changes sides. Plus "Reichdreams" from Spains Miranda and Mercado, and more stories from Marcel Magnette of Belgium. Raumkrieg, Part 3; Tigers of Terra: Shadow War, Part 3; Brotherhood of Tigers, Part 1; Jenin: 2002, Act 4; Odd Hurricane, Part 3; Reichdreams Research Services: Batwings, Part 4; Evolution to Tigers of Terra, Part 5. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Cover by Tom Yeates. Untitled story, script by Bruce Jones, pencils by Bo Hampton, inks by Tom Yeates; Sir Wilford Kingsly is desperately seeking someone to find his kidnapped daughter; He wants John Luger, but Luger has....problems; However, when someone DOES decide to take the job, it only adds a dangerous new wrinkle to the current state of affairs. 36 pgs., full color. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

Limited 1 for 15 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by David Walker. Art by Guillermo Sanna. Cover by Sanford Greene. CAGED Part 3 Luke's on the chain gang, but they're not doing road work… What horrors await the prisoners in the dreaded mine?! 28 pages, full color, Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by TIM BRADSTREET. Written by MIKE BENSON and ADAM GLASS. Art by SHAWN MARTINBROUGH. 'MOON OVER HARLEM,' PART 1-A lot can change in ten years. And rarely for the better. Local legend, Luke Cage, invincible, unstoppable, unflappable, finds that out the hard way when he returns to the mean streets of Prohibition-era Harlem after a ten-year stretch in Riker's Island. All he wants is to be back in the loving arms of his woman, but certain powerful men have different plans for Cage. Willis Stryker, Cage's childhood friend turned Godfather of Harlem, wants him on his crew, and under his thumb. And wealthy white socialite Randall Banticoff, whose wife is now very dead, murdered in a Harlem alley, wants Cage to investigate her death. Cage is about to learn that coming home is never easy, and to survive he might just have to kill a whole lot of people. 32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99 Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 20 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Faith Erin Hicks. Written by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis. Art by Brooke A. Allen. The girls have a lot more to worry about than crazy creatures and supernatural events...they have FIELD DAY. It's a competition between the Lumberjanes and the Genteel boy camp next door that's going to be filled with surprises! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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"Moon Mayhem". 12 pages, Full Color. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in.

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by Art Baltazar, also known as Lunar Lizard, is facinated with space. He loves to conduct experiments often using his sidekick monkey, Quigley, in many of them. Karl became a Rocket Scientist after an accidental Lab Explosion... gifting him with supreme intellect. Now, Karl and Quigley explore the vast reaches of space in the name of Science. Although Karl is dedicated to Science, his explorations often lead to trouble, danger, and an occasional Evil Green Alien! Guest-starring a talking Robot named Nanoo and a Viking named Rupert. Funny stuff. 32pgs, B&W $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

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Eternity's Halloween Special written and illustrated by Madman. b&w. Cover price $1.95.

2nd printing (black background). Cover price $2.95.

Written by James D. Hudnall. Art by Schulhoff Tam. Holo-disguised as a woman, Hibiki discovers the true meaning of sexual harassment. Then, when he smuggles his video expose into the TV station, it becomes difficult to tell the good guys from the bad guys! Will Silvie be freed? Is Zara safe? Will Hibiki get the biggest scoop of his life? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

CCover by Mark Fredrickson. Stories and art by Rick Geary, Gary Hallgren, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, John Caldwell, Phil McAndrew, Jeff Kruse, Darren Johnson, David Shayne, Arnie Kogen, Matt Lassen, Desmond Devlin, Barry Liebmann, Hermann Mejia, Richard Williams, Scott Nickel, Alex Cline, Peet Tamburino, Mark Stutzman, Jason Yungbluth, Tim Carvell, Christopher Baldwin, Tom Bunk, Charles Akins, Scott Bricher, James Warhola, Phil McAndrew, Douglas Paszkiewicz, Paul Gilligan, Nathan Bulmer, Tom Richmond, Peter Kuper, and Sergio Aragones, plus Fundalini Pages by Rick Tulka, Ward Sutton, Kenny Keil, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Anton Emdin, Bob Staake, Kevin Pope, Bob Eckstein, Evan Waite, and Garth Gerhart. The return of "The Mad 20," featuring art by Rick Geary, Richard Williams, Gary Hallgren, and the Usual Gang of Idiots; this one features events from 2012, including George Zimmerman, the Lance Armstrong scandal, and the 2012 Apocalypse that wasn't. A parody of The Dark Knight Rises. Mad's takes on alternative medicine, "Eastwooding," and fortune cookies. Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. The Fundalini Pages; The Mad 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2012; Spy vs. Spy; Planet TAD!!!!!; The Strip Club; A Mad Look at Alternative Medicine; The Dork Knight Reprises; The Best of The Idiotical; Fold-In. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $5.99.

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Written by Mark Waid. Art and Cover by Gene Ha. On her own after her separation from Abbie, Mae starts a booming business selling her Earthly 'inventions' to the people of Cimrterén. That is, until she gets kidnapped and forced to make inventions far deadlier than some skateboards and yoyos. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Story, Art and Cover by Gene Ha. A brief trip through the gate back to Indiana leaves Mae feeling more confused than ever. With a dangerous storm ahead in the other world, she'll need reinforcements to help find her dad. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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The Weird Sisters - Story, Art and Cover by Matt Wagner. Kevin Matchstick finds himself both entranced and confused by the witches' covening of Isis Hunter and her two sisters, Magda and Ish. The Sibling Trio have come to help disperse the arcane energy that emanates from the chilly city to the north. Stronger still is the kinetic attraction felt between Kevin and the sensual Magda -- a pairing foretold in an earlier prophecy and which the former had tried his best to avoid. Ladies man Wally Ut has plenty to say about this which only adds to the Pendragon's distractions. Frustrated by his efforts to continue the hunt, Kevin and Joe return to the hilltop graveyard where they had encountered the Red Caps. Convinced that the cemetery is a portal to the lair of the Pale Incanter, they set out to gain entrance by keeping watch for further nasties. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake tries to warn a disbelieving shipyards manager as the Octopus puts his plan into action; Jimmy Thompson's Indian Lore presents concepts in Native American culture. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Dollar-A-Dither; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Story, art and cover by Mio Odagi. One of the first Shoujo manga, or Japanese girls comics, to be translated for the American market. Mio Odagi of Ippongi Bangs Studio Do-Do presents the comedic misadventures of a group of teen girls with magical powers. Rinkos ability to read the future in her tarot cards really comes in handy – too bad shes so self-centered. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. By Kirk Demarais. Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic laser-gun plans, x-ray specs, and even 7-foot-tall monsters (with glow-in-the-dark eyes!). But what would you really get if you entrusted your hard-earned $1.69 to the post office? Mail-Order Mysteries answers this question, revealing the amazing truths (and agonizing exaggerations) about the actual products marketed to kids in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. Hardcover, 156 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

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Written by Kindra Foster Moore. Art and Cover by Peter Sorenson and Pat Sandy. Cover price $1.00.

February/March 1997. This issue: A tribute to John Chambers; Ghosts of Mississippi - Matthew Mungle; Bobbi Brown - exclusive interview; How to Win an Oscar. Cover price $6.95.