Comic books in 'Knife', graded by CBCS

SECOND PRINTING Cover by Piotr Kowalski Limit 1 per customer! (W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Piotr Kowalski Finally, a good reason for you come in the comicbook store -- to buy SEX! Simon Cooke has retired from his own 'alternative lifestyle' and returned to the city he'd previously sworn to protect. Now he's just another average citizen -- or is he? The term 'adult' has never been so appropriate as it is when it applies to SEX. Cover price $2.99.

THIRD PRINTING Cover by Piotr Kowalski Limit 1 per customer! (W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Piotr Kowalski Finally, a good reason for you come in the comicbook store -- to buy SEX! Simon Cooke has retired from his own 'alternative lifestyle' and returned to the city he'd previously sworn to protect. Now he's just another average citizen -- or is he? The term 'adult' has never been so appropriate as it is when it applies to SEX. Cover price $2.99.

"Sex to Sexty: Best Man!" Men's Magazine with adult jokes and cartoons. 64 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $1.00.

"Sex to Sexty: Monkey Business!" Men's Magazine with adult jokes and cartoons. 64 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $1.00.

"Sex to Sexty: Hot Notchos!" Men's Magazine with adult jokes and cartoons. 64 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $1.25.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Blitzkrieg Squad of Baron Strucker!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by George Roussos; Adolf Hitler orders Baron Strucker to crush the Howling Commandos; To achieve his task, he creates the Nazi equivalent: his Blitzkrieg Squad. Pin-up and information about the B-26 Martin Marauder bomber. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

"A Little Town in France." Script by Gerry Conway, pencilled by Dick Ayers, inks by Syd Shores. The letters page contains a statement of ownership--average print run 351,047; average paid circulation 185,962. Cover price $0.15.

"Into the Jaws of the Jungle." Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by John Tartaglione. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. "Into the Jaws of the Jungle." Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by John Tartaglione. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Joe Kubert. Gimme Sky!, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Doug Wildey; Rock plays Frogman to destroy a German port in this flashback to his early life. Battle Album story, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Ric Estrada; details on possible future weaponry. 36 pgs. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

"No Grave for Easy!" Written by Robert Kanigher. Art by Frank Redondo. Cover art by Joe Kubert. Easy Company faces their biggest challenge yet when death knocks at the door! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.

"The Worry Wart!" Written by Robert Kanigher. Art by Frank Redondo. Cover by Joe Kubert. Meet the new edition to Eady Company - Worry Wart! Includes the back-up tale "Who Mourns for Decker?" By Sid Wright. Plus, "Super Bomb!" And, "Give Peace a Chance!" By Brian Bilby. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.60.

"You Never Kill a Stranger!" Written by Robert Kanigher. Art by Frank Redondo. Cover by Joe Kubert. Rock learns that old compatriots die hard! Includes the back-up tale "War Wit!" By Brian Bilby. Plus "Soldier's Grave!" By Robert Kanigher and Alex Toth. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.

"The Eternal Sergeant!" Written by Robert Kanigher. Art by Adrian Gonzales. Cover by Joe Kubert. What if Sgt. Rock was alive during the Roman Empire?! Includes the back-up tale "The Ninja!" By Jim Balent. Plus, Battle Album: "The Infanrty Man!" By Jack Arata. And, A Out Ranked comic strip by Bill Bossetsy. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.

Into the middle of the war comes a "Visitation." A strange visitor from the Cosmos has a bizarre effect on the men of Easy Company. Written by Bob Kanigher, with art by Adrian Gonzales and a cover by Joe Kubert. Cover price $0.75.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.50.

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Stories by Bill Black and Rik Levins. Art by Bill Black, Willie Blyberg and Rik Levins. Cover by Rik Levins and Bill Black. AC Comics focuses on the mystical hero known as The Shade. First, the origin of the Shade, as an American GI in Vietnam learns ancient secrets of mystical power after a crippling attack in an ancient temple. In America, he joins forces with Femforce member Tara to battle Umbra, the Voodoo priestess. Then, The Shade must counter the creature a lab animal has become, after an experiment to boost human intelligence goes wrong. In the backup story, Western hero The Latigo Kid encounters a con man with hypnotic powers. Beginnings; Voodoo Night; Project Psion; Eyes of the Hypnotist. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Part 2 of 3. Shade struggles with Troy Grenzer, the psychotic killer whose body he inhabits and who still lives within his mind, in a devastating battle that takes Shade and Kathy beyond the edge of sanity. Written by Peter Milligan, with art by Chris Bachalo and Mark Pennington. Painted cover by Brendan McCarthy. Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.50.

Part 1 of the 3-part 'Birth Pains.' Shade is reborn into the body of an insane man with the 'help' of his girlfriend Kathy and her girlfriend Lenny. With a new fire in his soul, a madder and more confident Shade now faces a new danger: the kidnapping of the only woman he ever really loved. Written by Peter Milligan, with art by returning regular penciller Chris Bachalo and Rick Bryant. Painted cover by Bachalo with an added fifth color. Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

Part 1 of 2. A new home is a new beginning - a chance to put down some roots, but Shade, Kathy and Lenny tap into a new mind-altering mystery when they take up residence in the oddest hotel in the world and meet a peculiar child, one who arouses secret passions and awakens long-hidden secrets. Written by Peter Milligan, with art by Peter Gross, Chris Bachalo and Rick Bryant. Painted cover by Bachalo. Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.95.

Part 2 of the 3-part 'After Kathy.' In a time machine constructed from madness, Shade, Lenny and Andrea revisit the remnants of Hotel Shade. Buried in the debris from the fire, Shade finds the key to Kathy's past. Meanwhile, Lilly's fate hangs precariously in the balance as she struggles to find shelter in the urban purgatory of New York City. Written by Peter Milligan, with art by Richard Case and Phil Gascoine. Cover by Duncan Fegredo. Suggested for Mature Readers. Cover price $2.25.

July 1, 1935. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 21, Issue 1 - March 1, 1937. Stories include "Death Token" by Maxwell Grant; "O'Hara Came Back" by Laurence Donovan; "A Bowling Ball Never Lies" by George Allan Moffatt; and "Drag 'Em Out" by Norman A. Daniels, plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Edd Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

October 15, 1937. The Shadow stars in "The Keeper's Gold" by Maxwell Grant. Other detective and mystery stories by Robert Arthur, Stephen Gould, and Harold A. Davis. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

March 1, 1940. 3rd appearance of Shiwan Khan. Stories include "The Invincible Shiwan Khan" by Maxwell Grant and "Only Death Shall Pass" by Stephen Gould plus the column "Codes" by Henry Lysing. Edd Cartier illustrations. 6.5" x 9", black and white, 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

April 15, 1941. Cover by Graves Gladney. Stories include a complete Shadow novel "The House on the Ledge" by Maxwell Grant (house pseudonym). Other stories by Stafford Lewis and Ben Conlon. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4", black and white, 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 42, Issue 2 - June 15, 1942. Cover by George Rozen. Stories include a complete Shadow novel "The Devil's Feud" by Maxwell Grant (house pseudonym) and "The Walking Corpse" by Robert C. Blackman. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4", black and white, 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 51, Issue 3 - May 1946. Stories include "The Curse of Thoth" by Maxwell Grant; "Stormy, with Murder" by Norman A. Daniels; "I'm always on Time" by D.A. Hoover; and "Laugh at Locksmiths" by R. Currie Fleming. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 52, Issue 1 - September 1946. Stories include "Happy Death Day" by Maxwell Grant; "A Lion Stealing Chickens" by Ted Stratton; "The Dead Dream" by John D. MacDonald; and "Show Them You're Tough" by Talmage Powell. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

"The Night of the Avenger." The Shadow teams with The Avenger to thwart a nefarious plot by Shiwan Khan. Script by Michael Uslan, art by E.R. Cruz. Cover by Michael Kaluta. Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "The Night of the Avenger." The Shadow teams with The Avenger to thwart a nefarious plot by Shiwan Khan. Script by Michael Uslan, art by E.R. Cruz. Cover by Michael Kaluta. Cover price $0.25.

By CHRISTOPHER MOELLER. In the far future, humanity is in decline, the soul-possessing Vaylen are advancing, and man's only hope is Faith. On the distant outpost planet of Hotok, warrior-priest Faith and his elite troop, the Grey Rats, fight a desperate two-front war - the alien Vaylen invading from the stars, and the decay and corruption they find in Hotok society itself! Cover price $2.95.

By CHRISTOPHER MOELLER. Cotar Faith, warrior-priest on the planet Hotok, is surrounded by enemies. The heretical Church of the Transition, the possibly traitorous Lord Steward, and even his own church are against him as he attempts to shore up the planet's defenses against the alien Vaylen. But Faith has some allies - his hand-picked guard, the Grey Rats; Lieutenant Fox, a fellow warrior-priest of the old school; and the beautiful freelance adventurer Geil Carcajou. But even these friends can't save Faith when he goes undercover in the Scarlet Quarter, where Hotok's criminal underworld dwells. Cover price $2.95.

Painted cover by Daniel Brereton. Stories by Christopher Mills and James Chambers. Art by Kirk Van Wormer, Art Nichols, Pat Broderick, and Fred Harper. A horror anthology in the tradition of Creepy and Eerie, as Autumn, the only living resident of Shadow House, tells tales of terror and the macabre. Private eye Gideon King specializes in cases of the supernatural; The Revenant is a swamp-monster avenger in the Swamp Thing/Heap tradition. Featuring art by famed Marvel artist Pat Broderick. Also featuring letters of comment from Brian Michael Bendis and sci-fi legend William F. Nolan. Autumns Night Off; Dark Streets: Ritual Violence; Fetid Matters: Black Coffin Death. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE Alternate Cover by TOM DERENICK Written by PAT McCALLUM and MIKE SEARLE Art by NELSON and GREG LUSNIAK Colors by BRIAN HABERLIN and PAUL MOUNTS Wizard: The Comics Magazine Editor-in-Chief Pat McCallum, the creator/writer of ToyFare's Twisted ToyFare Theater, teams with InQuest Gamer Editor Mike Searle and artist Nelson (Black Panther) for Shadow Reavers, Black Bull Entertainment's latest launch, following the smash-hit Just a Pilgrim. In the nightmare world of Shadow Reavers, the question isn't if the world will end...it's how. The Warlocks?a dying race of beings corrupted by magic?are manipulating the creatures of myth & legend into waging war on mankind. As judgment day approaches, a small band of soldiers start down a doomed path in their battle to save humanity...even though they've lost their own. Shadow Reavers features fast-paced, over-the-top action and the in-your-face artwork by Nelson, who's called his work on this title "the Fight Club of comics." Meet the Shadow Reavers on August 22, 2001. FC, 32pg Cover price $2.99.

Dynamic Forces Wizard Authentic Blue Foil Edition. Limited to 399 copies. Includes numbered Dynamic Forces Certificate of Authenticity.

Volume 95 - 1st printing. "The Jade Dragon!" and "The Chinese Tapestry!" Written by Maxwell Grant. Art by EPaul Orban and Tom Lovell. Cover by George Rozen. The Dark Avenger known as Ying Ko journeys to San Francisco's and New York's Chinatowns to combat exotic menaces in two pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson. First, The Shadow investigates the strange mysteries of a dead man who still lives and "The Chinese Tapestry" that holds the secret to a fabulous inheritance! Then, The Shadow of Justice falls over Manhattan's Chinese community as the Knight of Darkness attempts to stop a murderous monster from acquiring the occult power of "The Jade Dragon." Plus, a rare Golden Age classic from the first issue of Shadow Comics! Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W chapter illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

Written by Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella. Art by Charles Paul Wilson. Cover by Shane Pierce. In Shadow Show, acclaimed writers and come together to pay tribute to the work of the one and only Ray Bradbury, the incomparable literary artist who has given us such timeless classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Dandelion Wine. Up first is 'By The Silver Water of Lake Champlain,' written by Joe Hill and adapted by Jason Ciaramella (The Cape) and Charles Paul Wilson III (Wraith). In this haunting story, Gail and Joel, two young teens, form an unlikely bond over the discovery of a lifetime. But their lives will soon be changed, forever altered by what they found that foggy day by the silver waters of Lake Champlain. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.