Proposition Player (1999) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Dec 1999 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
Written and by Bill Willingham; Art by Willingham and Paul Guinan; painted cover by John Bolton In stores October 27. A professional poker player finds a game he never bargained for in a caustically hilarious miniseries from writer/artist Bill Willingham (The Elementals ). Meet Joey Martin, a "proposition player" paid by a casino to fill empty seats at high-stakes poker games. Arrogant, talented, and strangely likable, he's especially good at talking his way into trouble, like when he trades beers to a bar full of colleagues in exchange for vouchers for their souls. Joey thinks he's "won" a pile of worthless scraps of paper, but envoys from Heaven and Hell -- including an ever-expanding angel and the devilishly sexy Hell Mary -- have other ideas. MATURE READERS FC, 32 pg. (1 of 6)" Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #2
Published Jan 2000 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY BILL WILLINGHAM; ART BY PAUL GUINAN AND RON RANDALL; PAINTED COVER BY JOHN BOLTON In stores November 17. The exploits of a professional poker player suddenly thrown into a high-stakes game of mythical proportions continue as Joey Martin begins to realize that the 32 souls signed over to him as a bar prank make him awfully attractive to all kinds of trouble. Enter Hell Mary, the sexy demon operative assigned to extract the souls from Joey's possession using the most sinful types of persuasion. Meanwhile, Bill, the Angel of the Lord, tries a less gentle tactic, taking Joey on a warning tour of a panreligious skid row, where the skeptical poker player could well end up ? unless he plays his cards right. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (2 OF 6)" Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #3
Published Feb 2000 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY BILL WILLINGHAM; ART BY PAUL GUINAN AND RON RANDALL; PAINTED COVER BY JOHN BOLTON In stores December 22. The exploits of a professional poker player suddenly thrown into a high-stakes game of mythical proportions continue as ace poker player Joey Martin starts to see right through the scare tactics of Bill, the Angel of the Lord, who gets stuck explaining to his boss why he hasn't yet procured Joey's small fortune of human souls. While the sexy Hell Mary takes a crack at Joey using her feminine wiles, Bill ups the ante to mass destruction, setting the stage for a whole new set of headaches for everyone's favorite proposition player. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (3 OF 6)" Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #4
Published Mar 2000 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY BILL WILLINGHAM; ART BY PAUL GUINAN AND RON RANDALL; PAINTED COVER BY JOHN BOLTON In stores January 19. The exploits of a professional poker player suddenly thrown into a high-stakes game of mythical proportions continue. One by one, Joey Martin's friends turn up in his tiny apartment-cum-afterlife, in forms that represent their horrible deaths ? from a box of ashes to a pile of alligator dung. Meanwhile, the competition between Heaven and Hell continues as Bill and Michael kidnap Joey's girlfriend while Hell Mary tries to seduce Joey into selling her the souls. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (4 OF 6)" Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #5
Published Apr 2000 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY BILL WILLINGHAM; ART BY PAUL GUINAN AND RON RANDALL; PAINTED COVER BY JOHN BOLTON In stores February 16. Vegas is in flames, his girlfriend is about to get tortured, and his annoying friends (now trapped in hideous forms following their horrendous deaths) are crowding his humble apartment/afterlife. But nothing can stop Joey Martin from raising the stakes as he plays the last hand of high-end celestial poker. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (5 OF 6)" Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #6
Published May 2000 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY BILL WILLINGHAM; ART BY PAUL GUINAN AND RON RANDALL; PAINTED COVER BY JOHN BOLTON In stores March 29. The bizarre game of high-stakes celestial poker comes to a close. Arch-rivals Bill ? the Angel of the Lord ? and Hell Mary join forces to up their odds in the final round. But when the players reveal their hands, there's a lot more in the cards for Joey Martin (not to mention his dead girlfriend) as Chaos Monkeys, Minotaurs and poker chips converge on Cloud 9. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (6 OF 6) Cover price $2.50.
