Jon Sable Freelance (1983) comic books 1980-1989
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Issue #1
Published Jun 1983 by First Publishing.$12.00
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Written and Illustrated by Mike Grell. Move over James Bond! Get out of the way Boba Fett! Make space Dr. Seuss?! It's Jon Sable, the best bounty hunter/secret agent in the world, and his "alter ego" B.B. Flemm, popular children's book author. Intrigue, espionage, and good ol' fashioned punch 'em in the mouth action abound in this series by noted Jack of all trades, Mike Grell. In this issue: "The Iron Monster!" When a conspiracy to kill then President, Ronald Reagan, transpires, Ronnie himself takes matters into his own hands and hires Jon Sable. Turns out, the hired assasin is an old war buddy of Sable's who is every bit as good as he is. Will Sable be able to save the leader of the free world in time, or will it be bedtime for Bonzo? Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #2
Published Jul 1983 by First Publishing.$8.00
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A woman hires Sable to find who killed her father in "Death is a Bum Deal." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #3
Published Aug 1983 by First Publishing.$6.00
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The origin of Sable is revealed in "A Storm Over Eden," part one of a four-part story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #4
Published Sep 1983 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable's revenge for those who killed his family begins as the origin story for Sable continues in "Battlemask, " part two of a four-part story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #5
Published Oct 1983 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable joins some mercenaries as the origin of Sable of continues in "Killzone," part three of a four-part story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #6
Published Nov 1983 by First Publishing.$6.00
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With the mercenary team work over, Sable becomes a writer, moves to New York and starts his own freelance mercenary work in "A Deadly Shade of Violent," part four of a four-part story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #7
Published Dec 1983 by First Publishing.$6.00
$6.00
Sable tries to help a key witness for a trial who has disappeared in "The Target." Look for the appearance by real life former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson in the story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a one-page text feature on "The Origins of Independent Comics." Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #8
Published Jan 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable is hired by a woman who wants him to clear her of theft before the police find her in "Murder is the Last Resort." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #9
Published Feb 1984 by First Publishing.$7.49
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The investigation Sable was hired for in the last issue turns into something much bigger – a plot to start World War III in "Cliffhanger." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #10
Published Mar 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
$6.00
Sable takes a break from his mercenary work to work on a deadline with his book, visit friends, and make a television appearance in "Triptych." Look for appearance by real life former "Today" television show movie critic Gene Shalit. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #11
Published Apr 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable meets his match while on a job to protect diamonds in "The Cat." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a one-page text feature on "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 3." Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #12
Published May 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable tries to help a friend whose son who was declared missing in action during the Vietnam War in "M.I.A." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a one-page text feature "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 4." Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #13
Published Jun 1984 by First Publishing.$8.00
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Sable faces not only danger but also his own troubling memories as he tries to locate a friend's son in Vietnam who was declared missing in action during the Vietnam War in "M.I.A. Part 2 – Here There Are Tigers." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #14
Published Jul 1984 by First Publishing.$8.00
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Sable travels to East Berlin to try to rescue a ballet dancer's wife in "The Wall." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a one-page text feature "The Origins of Independent Comics – Part 4." Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #15
Published Aug 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable joins an expedition that may have a clue to the location of the tomb of Christ in "Green Hell." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #16
Published Sep 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable's nemesis from issue #11 returns and convinces him to join her in stealing a secret formula in "The Return of the Cat." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #17
Published Oct 1984 by First Publishing.$8.00
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The ballet dancer that Sable helped in issue #14 is killed and now Sable must protect and help his wife in "Deadly Games - Part 1." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.00.
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Issue #18
Published Nov 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
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After recovering from his injuries, Sable travels to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles to help the ballet dancer's wife in "Deadly Games – Part 2." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #19
Published Dec 1984 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable becomes the hunted when he returns to Africa to visit his past in "Prey." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #20
Published Jan 1985 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable ends up as the victim when he tries to stop an armed robbery and a rookie cop's career is on the line in "The Rookie." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #21
Published Feb 1985 by First Publishing.$8.00
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While recuperating from injuries, Sable tries to prevent a woman from getting away with murder in "Widowmaker." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #22
Published Mar 1985 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Still recuperating, Sable visits with friends, works on his writing and decides to take an assassination contract with the Central Intelligence Agency in "The Contract." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has "Safari Sketchbook" of a trip to Africa with Sable writer/artist Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #23
Published Apr 1985 by First Publishing.$8.00
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In Israel, Sable works with an agent to track down and stop a terrorist plot in part two of "The Contract – The Crucified Man." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has another chapter of Sable writer/artist Mike Grell's "Safari Sketchbook" of his trip to Africa. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #24
Published May 1985 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Cover art by Mike Grell. "The Contract Part Three," script and art by Mike Grell; Sable figures Sparrow is planning to blow up the Dome of the Rock to start a holy war. "Keeping Going" article by Mike Gold; One of the longest running debates in the comics medium centers on the issue of whether a feature should live on after its creator dies or retires. Ads for The First Choice and Mauser's Story. "Safari Sketchbook" by Mike Grell; The wrap-up of Mike and Sharon's safari to Africa. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #25
Published Jun 1985 by First Publishing.$8.00
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Sable wraps up things from his last case and in his life and then goes away for a vacation with a friend where he talks about his past in "Homecoming Part 1 – The Angel." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story by Peter B. Gillis and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #26
Published Jul 1985 by First Publishing.$8.00
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Sable tells about his father's adventures in World War II and how his father and mother met in "Homecoming Part 2 – The Moses Line." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #27
Published Aug 1985 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable talks about how he first met his father when he came to America and his childhood in "Torch Song." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #28
Published Sep 1985 by First Publishing.$8.00
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Sable and Myke come to terms in their relationship and when Sable attends an auction with props from famous movies, someone steals one of the items in "Bye Bye Blackbird." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #29
Published Oct 1985 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable has to become a detective to find out who stole the Maltese Falcon in "Murder…In Spades." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #30
Published Nov 1985 by First Publishing.$6.49
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Sable continues to play detective to find out who stole the Maltese Falcon in "The Stuff of Dreams." Script and art by Mike Grell. Issue also has a "Shatter" chapter (the "first computerized comic") with story and art by Mike Saenz. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #31
Published Dec 1985 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable joins forces with some international mercenaries who have been hired to check out ominous activities in Central America and what they find out could prevent or cause World War III in "Gauntlet." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #32
Published Jan 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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In Central America, Sable and the mercenaries try to find out what's in a secret cargo and prevent a war from starting in "The Gauntlet – Part 2." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #33
Published Feb 1986 by First Publishing.$8.00
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Sable and company journey to Los Angeles to view the animated version of B.B. Flemm's (Sable's alter ego) children's books in "Cave of the Half-Pints." This is a fun and comical issue as Sable takes a back seat to his fictional leprechaun creations as drawn by MAD magazine artist Sergio Aragones. Script and art by Mike Grell and Sergio Aragones. Cover price $1.25.
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Issue #34
Published Mar 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable and an Indian guide discover a paramilitary compound of supremacists while on a hunting trip in the mountains in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. First Baxter quality paper issue. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #35
Published Apr 1986 by First Publishing.$8.00
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Injured and cut off from any help, Sable and an Indian battle a group of paramilitary supremacists in the mountains in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #36
Published May 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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As Myke does a painting of Sable, we see different phases of his current life with his friends and co-workers in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #37
Published Jun 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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In Africa as part of an expedition for the Ivory Ape, Sable is injured by a leopard and then has visions in "Ivory Apes and Peacocks." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #38
Published Jul 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Still in Africa on the expedition for the Ivory Ape, Sable and Myke do not trust the leader of the expedition in "The Ivory Connection." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #39
Published Aug 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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On their own in the African jungle, Sable and Myke battle to stay alive against human and animal foes in "Ivory Death." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #40
Published Sep 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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While in a competition, Sable angers a fan and ends up in a deadly game in "The Fan." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #41
Published Oct 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable escapes the fan's deadly game but then finds he must track down the fan and finish the game in "The Fan – Part 2." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #42
Published Nov 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable stumbles onto a terrorist plot while attending a party in "Appointment with a Lady." Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #43
Published Dec 1986 by First Publishing.$6.00
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Sable joins up with another agent in a race against time as a terrorist plots and plans to create a "masterpiece" of death and danger in an untitled story. Script and art by Mike Grell. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #44
Published Feb 1987 by First Publishing.$6.00
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"The Hard Way, part one". Part 1 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Judith Hunt. Inks by Mike Manley. An unreleased film, "The Hard Way" is finally being screened since it stars a recently departed actor. Jon Sable becomes involved because Myke Blackmon's roommate Grey had a role in the film. So when one of the only two remaining copies of the film is destroyed by a truck bomb, Sable is hired by the producer to protect the last copy. Travelling to Cannes on the producer's yacht are the main stars of the film, plus Jon Sable. Everything is going fine……until one of the stars is murdered. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #45
Published Mar 1987 by First Publishing.$7.49
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"The Hard Way, part two". Part 2 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Judith Hunt. Inks by Brian Thomas. In an attempt to gain clues as to who murdered Glenn Forrest, Jon and company view the film, "The Hard Way". Finding a vital clue in the film, Sable begins to put the pieces together, unravelling a sordid tale of Hollywood and the people that work there, and kill there. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #46
Published Apr 1987 by First Publishing.$6.00
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"The Tower. Part 1 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Art by Mike Manley. Gunmen have taken over a Chicago office tower, sealing off the top floors while they hold a group of executives hostage. Unknown to them, one of the hostages is a man intent on killing his boss who had blackmailed the man's wife into an affair. His wife meanwhile, hires Jon Sable to prevent that murder. Now Sable just has to find out how to scale the tower and get inside. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #47
Published May 1987 by First Publishing.$8.00
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"The Tower, part two". Part 2 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Art by Mike Manley. Jon experiences more than his share of trials as he scales a Chicago office building. Even if he survives the climb, will he be able to save the hostages inside, and prevent the murder he was hired to head off? 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #48
Published Jun 1987 by First Publishing.$6.00
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"The Prisoner". Part 1 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Mike Manley. Inks by Mike Machlan. Jon is asked to handle security for a visit by British royalty to a small European duchy. The problem is, there are forces within the country Jon knows nothing about, and since Jon has more than a passing resemblance to the country's ruler, they have their own plans for him. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #49
Published Jul 1987 by First Publishing.$6.00
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"The Prisoner, part 2". Part 2 of 2. Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Mike Manley. Inks by Mike Machlan and Al Vey. Set up to be the patsy in a game of international intrigue, Sable fights back with all of his wits. Escaping his imprisonment, can he prevent the assassination of a prominent British royal and avoid a major international incident at the same time? 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.
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Issue #50
Published Aug 1987 by First Publishing.$8.00
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"Cats Tale". Story and cover by Mike Grell. Pencils by Robb Phipps. Inks by Sam De La Rosa. Maggie the Cat is back, and she needs Sable's help. It seems she's stolen some jewels from someone high up in the Mafia. Bigger problem is, she also stole his record book. When it is discovered that there's more to the book than meets the eye, Jon comes up with a plan to make sure all of the guilty parties are punished. 32 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.
