Strangers (1993 Malibu) comic books 1992-1994

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1A - Regular edition with coupon inside for Ultraverse Premiere #0. Jumpstart! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg. It is a Thursday morning at a quarter to nine, on the Powell Street Hill, in San Francisco. 59 strangers are riding a cable car on their way to work when a bolt of mysterious energy surrounds the car and irrevocably changes each one of the passengers, giving each one ultrahuman abilities. Some die instantly, their bodies unable to handle the strain. Others feel completely unaffected, the changes too small to feel. Some will become heroes, some villains. Confronted by a mysterious sorceress from the clouds who holds the key to unlocking this jumpstart event, six strangers join together to solve the secret of their origin...even if it means a fight to the death! Issue #1 features first appearances of the following Ultraverse characters: Atom Bob, Electrocute, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Yrial, Zip-Zap and the secret origin of the Night Man! Not to mention the other 53 ultrahuman passengers who will be appearing throughout the Ultraverse! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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1B - Regular edition with no coupon for Ultraverse Premiere # 0. Jumpstart! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg. It is a Thursday morning at a quarter to nine, on the Powell Street Hill, in San Francisco. 59 strangers are riding a cable car on their way to work when a bolt of mysterious energy surrounds the car and irrevocably changes each one of the passengers, giving each one ultrahuman abilities. Some die instantly, their bodies unable to handle the strain. Others feel completely unaffected, the changes too small to feel. Some will become heroes, some villains. Confronted by a mysterious sorceress from the clouds who holds the key to unlocking this jumpstart event, six strangers join together to solve the secret of their origin...even if it means a fight to the death! Issue #1 features first appearances of the following Ultraverse characters: Atom Bob, Electrocute, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Yrial, Zip-Zap and the secret origin of the Night Man! Not to mention the other 53 ultrahuman passengers who will be appearing throughout the Ultraverse! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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1H - Holographic edition. Ties with Prime #1 and Hardcase # 1 as first full cover hologram. Jumpstart! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. It is a Thursday morning at a quarter to nine, on the Powell Street Hill, in San Francisco. 59 strangers are riding a cable car on their way to work when a bolt of mysterious energy surrounds the car and irrevocably changes each one of the passengers, giving each one ultrahuman abilities. Some die instantly, their bodies unable to handle the strain. Others feel completely unaffected, the changes too small to feel. Some will become heroes, some villains. Confronted by a mysterious sorceress from the clouds who holds the key to unlocking this jumpstart event, six strangers join together to solve the secret of their origin...even if it means a fight to the death! Issue #1 features first appearances of the following Ultraverse characters: Atom Bob, Electrocute, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Yrial, Zip-Zap and the secret origin of the Night Man! Not to mention the other 53 ultrahuman passengers who will be appearing throughout the Ultraverse! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

1S - Ultra 5000 Limited Silver Foil Edition. 1st appearance the Strangers. Jumpstart! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg. It is a Thursday morning at a quarter to nine, on the Powell Street Hill, in San Francisco. 59 strangers are riding a cable car on their way to work when a bolt of mysterious energy surrounds the car and irrevocably changes each one of the passengers, giving each one ultrahuman abilities. Some die instantly, their bodies unable to handle the strain. Others feel completely unaffected, the changes too small to feel. Some will become heroes, some villains. Confronted by a mysterious sorceress from the clouds who holds the key to unlocking this jumpstart event, six strangers join together to solve the secret of their origin...even if it means a fight to the death! Issue #1 features first appearances of the following Ultraverse characters: Atom Bob, Electrocute, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Yrial, Zip-Zap and the secret origin of the Night Man! Not to mention the other 53 ultrahuman passengers who will be appearing throughout the Ultraverse! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Poly-bagged. Hey! Hugh! Get Off'a McCloud! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Tim Burgard and Larry Welch. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. After a bolt of mysterious energy transforms six strangers into ultrahuman powerhouses, they follow the sorceress Yrial to a hidden city in the clouds. Determined to learn more about the source of their powers, the Strangers battle the inhabitants of the city and earn as their reward Yrial's services as a regular member of the group. In the meantime, the ruthless business tycoon J.D. Hunt has sworn to get Candy back...or destroy her. 32 pages, full color. (#2P is polybagged with a SkyBox Ultraverse trading card.) Cover price $1.95.

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Unbagged copy, no SkyBox Ultraverse trading card. Hey! Hugh! Get Off'a McCloud! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Tim Burgard and Larry Welch. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. After a bolt of mysterious energy transforms six strangers into ultrahuman powerhouses, they follow the sorceress Yrial to a hidden city in the clouds. Determined to learn more about the source of their powers, the Strangers battle the inhabitants of the city and earn as their reward Yrial's services as a regular member of the group. In the meantime, the ruthless business tycoon J.D. Hunt has sworn to get Candy back...or destroy her. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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TNTNT! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Larry Welch and Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg. The Strangers have reached a critical point in their lives when they must decide a direction for the team. Unfortunately, their decision is delayed when J.D. Hunt's ultrahuman enforcers, TNTNT, attack! Their mission? To bring back Candy...at anyone's expense. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Between a Rock and a Hardcase - Written by Steve Englehart & James Hudnall. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. Wraparound Cover by Rick Hoberg & Jerome Moore. It's part 2 of the Hardcase/Strangers crossover, continued from Hardcase (1993) #4! The Strangers, in search of advice on being super-heroes, turn to Hardcase for guidance. Together, they discover that the secret organization Aladdin could hold the answers to all their questions about the source of their powers. But will the Gripman allow them to live with such knowledge? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Includes Rune #0 flip-book by Barry Windsor-Smith. Covers by Rick Hoberg & Joe Rubinstein and Barry Windsor-Smith. Stories by Steve Englehart, Chris Ulm and Mark Evanier. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard, Barry Windsor-Smith & John Floyd and Sergio Aragones. There were 59 people on board that cable car in June when it was struck by the Jumpstart Effect. That's how the Strangers, all passengers on that cable car on that fateful day, received their powers. That's how Larry Bushnell, another passenger, an old man dying of cancer, became Deathwish. The Strangers must stop Deathwish before he gives the city its...deathwish...in "Dynamic Tension!" Plus: "The Hunger," Part G (of M) of Rune #0! And: The Mighty Magnor in the 1-page "Third Chapter" by Sergio Aragones. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $2.50.

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The Tao of Physiques! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Dave Simons. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Joe Rubinstein. A menace from the Strangers' past returns, and Electrocute must stand alone against it! Meanwhile, Yrial decides to join the Strangers in more than just name -- she creates a magical being to prove her devotion to the team! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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A BREAK-THRU title. Prototype-A Behavior! - Written by Steve Englehart, Tom Mason & Len Strazewski. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Dave Simons. Part 2 of the Prototype/Strangers crossover, continued from Prototype (1994) #5! Question: How do the Strangers get to the Moon? Answer: Steal a rocket from J.D. Hunt. Needless to say, Hunt is not happy about this turn of events, and neither will the Strangers be when they learn he's sent Prototype after them! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Taken by the Sky - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Steve Skroce and Tim Burgard. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Joe Rubinstein. Now that Break-Thru has revealed the truth about the Jumpstart, the Strangers are as solid as they've ever been...so why does Yrial's chieftain pick this moment to tear her from the group and force her to return to Sky Island? Since he won't explain, the six remaining heroes head out on a multi-part quest for the secrets of Yrial's origin, and the mysterious crime that haunts her past! Plus: 2-page Solution origin by James D. Hudnall and Art Nichols. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Taken By This Guy! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Steve Skroce and Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. While cruising the Caribbean in a sailboat in search of Yrial's past, the Strangers are set upon by the Ultra-Pirate Jolly Roger! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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The Door to Doom - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Joe Rubinstein. Continuing their quest for the secret of Yrial's past, the Strangers find the spot her island came from...and the terrible reason it left. But by that time, it's too late for the Strangers to flee! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Detour! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Terry Austin. The Strangers have fallen into the Alderson Disk, a strange place of many worlds, and if Zip-Zap can't cover enough ground to find their way out again, Yrial's skypeople will destroy the one world we care about! But can a 12-year-old even deal with the secrets of the Ultraverse? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Omega and Alpha - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Wraparound Cover by Rick Hoberg & Joe Rubinstein. Special Anniversary Issue! The top ultra group's first epic comes to an astounding climax as the secret history of Yrial's island is finally revealed! But will that be enough to force Yrial's people to let her rejoin her friends? And what's Chris Columbus doing on the island, anyway? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Flip-book with Ultraverse Premiere #4. Covers by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred and Frank Gomez. Stories by Steve Englehart & Mike W. Barr, Len Strazewski and Kurt Busiek. Art by Mike Gustovich & Thomas Florimonte, Frank Gomez & Troy Hubbs and Kris Renkewitz & Jeff Albrecht. Just back from their first epic, the team is confronted first by Boneyard, and then by Mantra as we begin the Strangers/Mantra crossover, which concludes in Mantra (1993 1st Series) #12! It seems Boneyard wants the "artificial magick" powers Atom Bob generated during the epic, and Mantra's determined that he won't get them! Along the way, Mantra and Spectral have a very interesting discussion. Plus: Prime stars in "Anatomy of a Hero: Part 2"; Lady Killer stars in "Market Realities: Part 1"; and a double-page spread of Hardcase and Choice by Bryan Hitch & Andy Lanning! 64 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

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The Man of Power - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Al Vey. Fifty years ago, the moon entity shot powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men into a young man, but this young man didn't have a strong will. He felt impelled to try to leap off the roof and fly, but his friends and family "saved" him and had him committed to a mental institution. For fifty years he's been drooling onto his straightjacket, but finally he's released -- only to learn that he could have been the world's first Ultra hero. Now he's angry, stronger than a locomotive, and an ultra villain! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Homeboy - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Bob Wiacek. The Strangers have a pleasant encounter with the newly formed UltraForce...or do they? Zip-Zap and Yrial leave the others behind to see Zip-Zap's old neighborhood. Along the way, they bump into a few new Ultras, Gangsta and Brazen. Taken by surprise, a battle breaks out and Zip-Zap and Yrial must stand alone until the rest of the Strangers can arrive! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Party Time - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Al Vey. The Strangers think they have a lazy day ahead of them, full of sun, sports and fun...that is, until a bunch of Ultras crash the party! And that isn't the only thing wrong -- Candy again feels the cold hand of doom from Teknight. Could death be on the horizon? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Blood of an Ultra! - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & (Dennis?) Jensen. Elena (Lady Killer) LaBrava puts on a fashion show and guess who shows up? The killer of killers, the destroyer of Ultras -- Rafferty! It'll be a battle that will leave the Strangers changed forever, because when Rafferty shows up, someone must die! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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The Pitch - Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Eldred. Cover by Rick Hoberg & Jerome Moore. This issue features the return of the Ultra-Pirates from #9! Also, the Strangers begin their hunt for the Pilgrim! Plus, Candy has a run-in with Teknight...but is he really what he seems? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.