Comic books October 1988

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Cover art by Dan DeCarlo. "Surf Turf," script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; Reggie uses dirty tricks to try and win the surfing contest but Archie and Moose turn the tables on him. Sunkist Fun Fruits ad with Archie and his friends. Archie's Club News. Archie's Wacky Page. A Public Service Message from Archie Comics about AIDS awareness. "Turtle Stew," script by Ellen Leonforte, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Archie and his friends go out on a raft on the lake and think they spot snapping turtles but it turns out to just be old tires. "You Know It's Not Your Day When..." starring Archie and the Gang, script and pencils by Dan Parent, inks by Rudy Lapick. "The Challenge," script by George Gladir, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Jim DeCarlo; Jughead competes in an eating competition against Rhino from Central. FruitSlush ad with The Archies. "Very Commendable," script by Jim Ruth, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Archie gets a job putting out street signs and inadvertently redirects traffic through Mr. Lodge's driveway. "Super Soup" starring Sabrina the Teenage Witch; Aunt Hilda makes soup for the mailman with chicken but also some other strange ingredients. Post Pebbles Cereal ad with The Flintstones. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.

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Story & art: Kaoru Shintani. Shin's joyful prison reunion with Mick is cut short when a daring escape plan is beset by complications. Then in London, Saki and his bodyguard become victims of "A Howling in the Fog"! Deluxe B&W Format. Cover price $1.50.

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Story & art: Kaoru Shintani. A Mach 2 escape flight in two of Farina's robot planes has Shin and Mick anxiously awaiting their return to Area 88. All goes well until they discover the remote-activated self-destruct mechanisms within each plane! Will they make it, or will Farina discover their escape and blow them out of the sky? The answer awaits in "A Dark Cloud Over the Intrigue"! Deluxe B&W Format. Cover price $1.50.

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"X-Change" Written by Henry Vogel. Art by Mark Propst. 24 Pages, B&W. Cover price $1.75.

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October 1988 - Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, Text (With B&W illustrations and photos). Cover price $2.00.

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"Hearts of Oak…and Heads to Match!" Part 3 of 4. Script by Walt Simonson. Art by John Buscema (layouts) and Tom Palmer (finishes). Cover by John Buscema and Tom Palmer. With the Avengers as her helpless pawns, Kang Nebula makes her move! Ravonna (calling herself Nebula) and Earth's Mightiest Heroes depart Hydro-Base in a quinjet…and fly into the time stream! Their destination? An ominous time bubble in the present day space-time continuum! Will the Avengers be able to penetrate the magnificent time bubble? And if yes, what will they find inside? Therein lies the mystery! Meanwhile, the three Kangs from the council of Kangs follow the quinjet in hot pursuit! Will they catch Nebula in time? The whole space-time structure of the universe is at stake! (Note: Possible cameo appearances by Clark Kent and Lois Lane on pages 2 and 3.) 32 pages Cover price $1.00.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. The Kang Korps guest star in "Hearts of Oak...and Heads to Match!" Script by Walt Simonson, layouts by John Buscema, finished art by Tom Palmer. Buscema/Palmer cover. Cover price $1.00.

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"Avengers Disassemble!" Script by Steve Englehart. Art by Al Milgrom (layouts) and Mike Machlan (finishes). Cover by Al Milgrom and Mike Machlan. Earth's Mightiest Heroes are coming apart at the seams! Due to the gigantic rift between Hawkeye and Mockingbird over the death of the Phantom Rider! And after a big argument at the west coast compound; Mockingbird, Tigra, and Moon Knight leave the team! Which means none of them are around when Mantis suddenly appears! What a shock! Clint, Wanda, and the Vision haven't seen her since the end of the Celestial Madonna saga years ago (in Giant-Size Avengers #4). But she's here now and ready to fight! What is going on? Appearances by the Voice, Wonder Man, Hank Pym, and the Wasp. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Guest-starring Mantis. Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Al Milgrom and Mike Machlan. Hawkeye and Mockingbird are splitting up. What does this mean for the future of the team? 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

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A very different sister, a sister of the Handmaidens of the Sacred Blood saves Daisy. And when the sister tells Daisy, the Badger and Ham about a mission to help some torture victims, they try to help in "Sister Twyster." Script by Mike Baron and art by Ron Lim & Sam Grainger. Cover price $1.75.

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1st printing. Robin vows to take down Felipe Garzonas for his crimes, no matter the cost, in "The Diplomat's Son". Part 1 of 2, continued next issue. Script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Mark Bright, inks by Steve Mitchell. 1st printing. NOTE: Most issues from 397-432 were reprinted in 1989 and sold in multipacks. These 2nd and 3rd prints have back cover ads dated 1989. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

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2nd printing. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

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1st Printing. "Batman: Son of the Demon" Story by Mike W. Barr. Art by Jerry Bingham. Son of the Demon was one of DC Comics original Elseworld style stories. Batman must team-up with his arch nemesis Ra's Al Ghul to stop a madman from destroying the world. A romance between the Dark Knight and Ra's daughter, Talia, ignites and she conceives a son. This child would later grow up to appear in the critically acclaimed Kingdome Come series by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. Softcover, 78 pages, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., full color. Cover price $8.95.

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Book three of a four-issue series, "Escape" finds a weary Batman (with help from Robin) doing just that: escaping from Deacon Joseph Blackfire's religious cult. Prestige format, written by Jim Starlin with art by Bernie Wrightson. Cover price $3.50.

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DC Edition - 1st printing. Collects Batman (1940-2011) #404-407.

Written by Frank Miller. Art by David Mazzucchelli and Richmond Lewis.

Featuring the early days of Batman by the man who brought you his last. A 25-year-old Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham after 12 years abroad, while Lieutenant James Gordon joins a corrupt Gotham police force. Bruce Wayne dons the cape and cowl for the first time to take the fight to the criminal element. Harvey Dent appears as Assistant District Attorney and Selina Kyle becomes Catwoman.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

The Beatles Book (also known as Beatles Monthly) was a long-running fanzine produced by Beat Publications that was dedicated to the legacy of the incredible pop-culture phenomenon known as The Beatles. First published in August 1963, the magazine ran until production stopped with the 77th issue published in December,1969. It was revived in May, 1976, reprinting the first 77 issues with a few pages of added content. Beat Publications then continued producing new issues in October, 1982 until the publication ultimately ceased production with issue #321 printed in January, 2003. 6" x 8", 46 pages, B&W.

Featuring: Slaine in "Tomb of Terror" by Pat Mills, Glenn Fabry & David Pugh; Time Twisters by Alan Moore & Jesus Redondo. Slaine cover.

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In 1955, an adventure anthology comic debuted from DC Comics featuring some of the best art and stories of the day. Since it featured the adventures of such heroes of yore as The Silent Knight, The Viking Prince, The Golden Gladiator and Robin Hood, the comic was aptly titled THE BRAVE & THE BOLD. In the 1960s, the format of B&B changed to feature team-ups of DC super-heroes until, with B&B #74, Batman became permanent guardian of the title, appearing with a host of guest stars over the next 126 issues. Now DC re-presents some of the best of the best from the pages of THE BRAVE & THE BOLD in this 6-issue Deluxe Format mini-series. Leading off the series is the classic team-up of Batman and Green Arrow from B&B #85, written by Bob Haney and featuring the art of longtime BRAVE & BOLD penciller Neal Adams. Rounding out the book are a trio of stories from the earliest days of the title, including a tale of The Golden Gladiator, with art by Russ Heath, Joe Kubert's Viking Prince (both from B&B #1), and The Silent Knight, also by Heath (from B&B #5). These masterworks from the past are surrounded by an all-new wraparound cover by one of today's best artists, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Cover price $2.50.

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Cover by Stan Goldberg. "Snow Job," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Reggie tries to buy a cooler full of snowballs that two urchins have saved since wintertime. Sunkist ad with the Archie gang. Betty And Veronica's Back To School Fashions by Dan DeCarlo. Mr. Weatherbee teaches a class on AIDS awareness, pencils by Dan DeCarlo Jr., inks by Jim DeCarlo. "The Date," script by George Gladir, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Archie overhears Betty renting a video for "the man in my life" and thinks he's been replaced. "No Greater Love," script by George Gladir, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Reggie sets Archie up to look like he's two-timing Betty so she'll go sailing with him. Wylers ad with the Archie gang. "Turnabout Tape," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Veronica gives Betty a tape of Archie's romantic entreaties that she secretly recorded, hoping Betty will play it while she jogs. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.75.

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Canadian Price Variant. 95¢ cover price. Cover by Stan Goldberg. "Snow Job," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Reggie tries to buy a cooler full of snowballs that two urchins have saved since wintertime. Sunkist ad with the Archie gang. Betty And Veronica's Back To School Fashions by Dan DeCarlo. Mr. Weatherbee teaches a class on AIDS awareness, pencils by Dan DeCarlo Jr., inks by Jim DeCarlo. "The Date," script by George Gladir, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Archie overhears Betty renting a video for "the man in my life" and thinks he's been replaced. "No Greater Love," script by George Gladir, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Reggie sets Archie up to look like he's two-timing Betty so she'll go sailing with him. Wylers ad with the Archie gang. "Turnabout Tape," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Mike Esposito; Veronica gives Betty a tape of Archie's romantic entreaties that she secretly recorded, hoping Betty will play it while she jogs. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.95.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. "Model Mania!", script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Jim DeCarlo; When Archie and Reggie are drooling over women's fashions in a magazine, Betty and Veronica decide to try to imitate the poses of the models in the magazine. Archie and His Friends ad. Public service announcement about AIDS with the Archie gang. "Grease Monkey!", script by Rich Margopoulos, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by James DeCarlo; Veronica makes fun of Betty for getting a job as a mechanic but ends up needing her services anyways when her date's car breaks down. "The Spelling Test!", script by Hal Smith, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Jim DeCarlo; Veronica visits an antique bookstore to buy a gift for her father; She buys a magical spell book instead of a spelling book. FruitSlush Mush ad with The Archies. "Just an Average Kind of Guy," script by Bill Golliher, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty makes a list of positive and negative qualities about Archie and uses reverse psychology on Veronica to win a date to the dance with Archie. 32 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.

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Cover art by Howard Chaykin. Black Kiss Book Five, script and inks by Howard Chaykin, pencils by Howard Chaykin and Ella Vine (graphic design); Laine and Grove (who look virtually identical) provide Pollack with a lead as to where the reel is after the death of Father Murtaugh. This takes Pollack first of all to an occult bookshop called "The Oath of Incannabulata" where he steals a copy of a book about the mysterious "Order of Bonniface." Adults only. 16 pgs. $1.25. Cover price $1.25.

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"A Cat Can Look at a King…!" Written by Peter B. Gillis. Art by Denys Cowan and Sam DeLaRosa. T'Challa has prevented all-out war, now the Black Panther must face his greatest challenge yet – the very source of his power. Can T'Challa survive, let alone defeat, a one-on-one duel with his God?! Don't miss the issue that proves that the Black Panther is the most dangerous man alive! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover art by Charles Vess. Count Dracula, script by Rickey Shanklin, pencils by Adam Hughes and Neil Vokes (breakdowns), inks by Mark Wheatley; Burkholdt sends the bounty hunter, Charon, to kill Dracula. Death Dreams of Dracula starring Rick Ravine, script by Rickey Shanklin, art by Pat Boyette. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.