Comic books May 1996

Vol. 36, #5. The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field. This issue: Bruce Sterling - Unstable Networks (an interview); Interview with Sharon Shinn; Hugo Nominations; Nebula Winners; International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Cover features Bruce Sterling and Sharon Shinn. Cover price $4.50.

Cover and Mechanics by Jaime, Radio Zero and Music For Monsters by 'Bert, Somewhere In California by Mario Cover price $4.95.

1st printing.

The LucasArts Archives were a series of CD-ROM video games released in the 1990s to coincide with the promotion of the then-upcoming expanded theatrical re-releases of the original Star Wars trilogy. A series of manuals and user's guides, like this one, accompanied the games and provided gamers with reference, secrets, and hints to help them unlock the full potential of their gaming experience.

In all, from 1995 to 1998, over 30 titles were released including games for the Indiana Jones franchise uunder the banners The LucasArts Archives Vol. I, The LucasArts Macintosh Archives Vol. I, The LucasArts Archives Vol. II: The Star Wars Collection, The LucasArts Archives Vol. III, and The LucasArts Archives Vol. IV: The Star Wars Collection II.

Softcover (Saddle-Titched/Stapled), 7-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, B&W.

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Cover by Richard Williams. Stories and art by Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Russ Cooper, John Reiner, Andrew J. Schwartzberg, Don (Duck) Edwing, Paul Peter Porges, Barry Liebmann, Tom Cheney, Josh Gordon, Michael Gallagher, Frank Jacobs, Bill Fibbers, Gerry Gersten, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker, Jr., Rick Tulka, Steve Smallwood, David Small, Tom Bunk, Mort Drucker, Dave Manak, Lisa Blackshear, Gerry Mooney, Glenn Barr, Dennis Langdon, Jr., Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Updated versions of Beatles songs, featuring art by the likes of Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres and noted caricaturist Drew Friedman. A lifestyle magazine for Satanists, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. If other objects in the house came alive like Toy Story. Renting the Popemobile. Mad's takes on graduation, telemarketing, and Court TV. Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Letters page includes a photo of Ron Howard reading Mad's spoof of Apollo 13. Mad's Beatles Songbook; A Mad Look at Graduations; Chilling Thoughts; Appliance Story, or How Other Things In Your House Behave When You're Not Around; The Ghastly Gastronomical Glitch; Telemarketing Theatre; Why Is It?; A Court TV Scene We'd Like to See; The Devil's Advocate - The Monthly Newsletter For Satan Worshippers; Drama on Page 29!; The Lighter Side of...; The Popemobile For Rent; When "Per Serving" Information is Placed on Everything; Amazing Discoveries Products that Never Left the Lab; Spy vs. Spy; Carolwhine Sitting Pretty; Fold-In; The Zit. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Written andillustrated by the Usual Gang of Idiots. Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots. The best MAD comic srtrips from the decade that gave us Star Wars, Rocky, MASH, Welcome Back Carter, and Disco! Softcover, 276 pages, PC/PB&W.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. Written andillustrated by the Usual Gang of Idiots. Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots. The best MAD comic srtrips from the decade that gave us Star Wars, Rocky, MASH, Welcome Back Carter, and Disco! Softcover, 276 pages, PC/PB&W.

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Volume 90, Issue 5 - May, 1996 - Whole No 540. Cover illustrates "Airborn." Softcover. 5-in. x 7-in., 164 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $2.95.

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Slave Labor Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by James Kochalka.

Magic Boy is an old, decrepit man. Lonely and confused, he decides to build a robotic replica of himself. However, the robot goes insane and attacks his creator, then goes back in time, and kills his creator's childhood self. The robot then lives out the entirety of his creator's life in his stead. Space and time warp around Magic Boy and his Robot Elf, and fact and fantasy fracture and get shuffled together.

Softcover, 72 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $9.95.

By ART HOLCOMB & DOUG WHEATLEY. Cover by EDWARD BEARD, JR. The sky war begins! The stakes rise as the conflict between the vicious Palladia Mors and the Chromium Dragon Rhuell is joined by a third dragon - the evil Vaevictus Asmodi! The most powerful creatures in the Magic: The Gathering Legends expansion set, the Elder Dragons are avatars of Dominaria's long-forgotten past. Many of the secrets of these majestic beasts are revealed in the conclusion to this two-issue series. FC, 32 pages (2 of 2) Cover price $2.50.

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"The Blood of Angels" - Presenting the origin of one of the most powerful characters from the Magic: The Gathering Legends expansion set -- the Fallen Angel. This is the violent, epic tale of Trine, a majestic Serra Angel summoned and betrayed by the foulest of wizards. Trine's dark odyssey of self-discovery, vengeance and redemption commences on the battlefields of prehistoric Dominaria...and culminates in a confrontation between the Fallen Angel and her Serra Angel sisters! Written by Nancy Collins, with art by Richard Kane Ferguson, Dennis Calero and Don Perlin. Cover by Clyde Caldwell. Prestige Format, FC, 64 pgs. Cover price $5.95.

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Walt Simonson cover Cover price $2.25.

Walt Simonson cover Cover price $2.25.

Cover, story and art by Dennis Cramer. 28 pages, B&W, mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Paper Doll book featuring Mara the Celtic Shamaness. 6.5" x 10", 48 pages, full color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $3.95.

Includes 2 Exclusive Trading Cards - 1st printing. By Nathan Archer. In 1962, at the height of the cold war, the Brooklyn-based Topps Chewing Gum Company released a set of trading cards that combined a classic, H.G. Wells-style alien invasion with the graphic atrocities of war. The result were the legendary Mars Attacks cards, and the reaction was immediate. National uproar: Deemed too gruesome for innocent young minds, the cards were quickly suppressed. But even as they disappeared from the market, their cult status grew. . . and grew. Finally, in 1995, Topps re-released the set, adding new--and equally gruesome--cards. The invasion began anew, leading to comic books, novels, a major motion picture deal (with Tim Burton directing), and other insidious means by which the Martian wave would spread across the land. Martian Deathtrap pits a desperate band of human defenders against the merciless interplanetary invaders. The battleground is a huge mansion filled with trapdoors, secret passages, giant insects, and death lurking around every corner. For the Martians, their mission is to secure the captured ground by whatever means necessary. For the humans, the goal is to beat the odds and simply survive. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 244 pages, Text Only. Cover price $18.00.

Does NOT Include 2 Exclusive Trading Cards - 1st printing. By Nathan Archer. In 1962, at the height of the cold war, the Brooklyn-based Topps Chewing Gum Company released a set of trading cards that combined a classic, H.G. Wells-style alien invasion with the graphic atrocities of war. The result were the legendary Mars Attacks cards, and the reaction was immediate. National uproar: Deemed too gruesome for innocent young minds, the cards were quickly suppressed. But even as they disappeared from the market, their cult status grew. . . and grew. Finally, in 1995, Topps re-released the set, adding new--and equally gruesome--cards. The invasion began anew, leading to comic books, novels, a major motion picture deal (with Tim Burton directing), and other insidious means by which the Martian wave would spread across the land. Martian Deathtrap pits a desperate band of human defenders against the merciless interplanetary invaders. The battleground is a huge mansion filled with trapdoors, secret passages, giant insects, and death lurking around every corner. For the Martians, their mission is to secure the captured ground by whatever means necessary. For the humans, the goal is to beat the odds and simply survive. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 244 pages, Text Only. Cover price $18.00.

Includes 2 Exclusive Trading Cards - 1st printing. By Ray W. Murrill. In 1962, at the height of the cold war, the Brooklyn-based Topps Chewing Gum Company released a set of trading cards that combined a classic, H.G. Wells-style alien invasion with the graphic atrocities of war. The result were the legendary Mars Attacks cards, and the reaction was immediate. National uproar: Deemed too gruesome for innocent young minds, the cards were quickly suppressed. But even as they disappeared from the market, their cult status grew. . . and grew. Finally, in 1995, Topps re-released the set, adding new--and equally gruesome--cards. The invasion began anew, leading to comic books, novels, a major motion picture deal (with Tim Burton directing), and other insidious means by which the Martian wave would spread across the land. In War Dogs of the Golden Horde, the mayhem escalates to a global scale. Martian armies invade Mongolia--only to discover that the descendants of Genghis Khan are as fierce and warlike as the legendary conqueror. The merciless will win the day. The question is, who is more savage: Mongol or Martian? Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 244 pages, Text Only. Cover price $18.00.

Does NOT Include 2 Exclusive Trading Cards - 1st printing. By Ray W. Murrill. In 1962, at the height of the cold war, the Brooklyn-based Topps Chewing Gum Company released a set of trading cards that combined a classic, H.G. Wells-style alien invasion with the graphic atrocities of war. The result were the legendary Mars Attacks cards, and the reaction was immediate. National uproar: Deemed too gruesome for innocent young minds, the cards were quickly suppressed. But even as they disappeared from the market, their cult status grew. . . and grew. Finally, in 1995, Topps re-released the set, adding new--and equally gruesome--cards. The invasion began anew, leading to comic books, novels, a major motion picture deal (with Tim Burton directing), and other insidious means by which the Martian wave would spread across the land. In War Dogs of the Golden Horde, the mayhem escalates to a global scale. Martian armies invade Mongolia--only to discover that the descendants of Genghis Khan are as fierce and warlike as the legendary conqueror. The merciless will win the day. The question is, who is more savage: Mongol or Martian? Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 244 pages, Text Only. Cover price $18.00.

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Cover art by Howard Porter. "Holy War," script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Mike Collins, inks by Anibal Rodriguez (as Hanibal Rodriguez), Jeff Albrecht, Keith Champagne, and Prentis Rollins; Martian Manhunter protect the Alien philosopher K'rkzar. Pinups: JLA by Dusty Abel; JLI by Anibal Rodriguez (as Hanibal Rodriguez) and Jeff Albrecht; Justice Riders by Sergio Cariello and John Dell; New Conglomerate; JLA Women by Kevin Maguire; Captain Atom by Marc Campos; Zatanna by Jeff Parker; Maxima by Randy DuBurke; and Bloodwynd. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $3.50.

Includes Poster

1st printing.

Based on the Story byWritten by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Adapted by Joey Cavalieri. Art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott.

Based on the original material in Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #94 and 126.

This is a prose recounting of Marvel's First Family's harrowing encounters with their sinister arch foes, the high flying Wizard, the Inhuman, Medusa, the uncanny Trapster, and the always dangerous Sandman - The Frightful Four!

Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $5.99.

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Article on Thor reaching # 500, and the Avengers hitting #400, with comments from Mark Gruenwald, Mark Waid and William Messner-Loebs; article on the history of Thor and the Avengers; Time Slip: Daredevil illo by Tim Sale; article on Untold Tales of Spider-Man, with comments from Kurt Busiek, Tom Brevoort and Pat Olliffe; Marvel's Silliest Moments: the Hulk eats beans; John Romita, Jr. interview; the X-pencilers share their techniques, with comments from Ian Churchill, Carlos Pacheco, Chris Bachalo, Joe Madureira, Steve Skroce, Adam Kubert and Andy Kubert; John Byrne remembers his first Marvel comic; Beast Files: Genesis. Cover by Mike Deodato, Jr. and Scott Koblish. Cover price $1.50.

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This is the 2nd printing and does not have an acetate (plastic) outer cover. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Rich Hedden. Art by Goran Delic. Cover by Kyle Hotz. The Big Easy doesn't seem so easy when Big-Head comes to town -- at least, not for Lt. Kellaway! He's searching for The Mask amongst the absolute mayhem of Mardi Gras, and he can't tell the difference between the mystical green mug and all the other masked revelers! If you're looking for bizarre fun, then look no further. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

Direct Edition. Cover art by Sam Kieth. The Pier, script and pencils by Sam Kieth, inks by Sam Kieth and Jim Sinclair (finishes); Iago attacks Sara; Mark comes looking for Julie. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Newsstand Edition. Cover art by Sam Kieth. The Pier, script and pencils by Sam Kieth, inks by Sam Kieth and Jim Sinclair (finishes); Iago attacks Sara; Mark comes looking for Julie. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Dynamic Forces Signed Edition with certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by Garth Ennis, Brandon Peterson and Batt and limited to 500 copies. Cover price $2.95.

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Throughout history, there have been many remarkable women chosen to bear the powerful Witchblade. Now, in the first cross-over with Medieval Spawn, fans will learn of one such woman. Discover the romantic link between these two powerful beings, and the key they hold to the present day Spawn and Witchblade. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and cover by Brandon Peterson and BATT. FC, 32 pg. Cover price $2.95.

ETM Gold Foil Exclusive Edition. Garth Ennis script. Cover price $2.95.

Platinum (Silver Foil) Pittsburgh Comic Con Exclusive Limited to 500 copies. Throughout history, there have been many remarkable women chosen to bear the powerful Witchblade. Now, in the first cross-over with Medieval Spawn, fans will learn of one such woman. Discover the romantic link between these two powerful beings, and the key they hold to the present day Spawn and Witchblade. Written by Garth Ennis. Art and cover by Brandon Peterson and BATT. FC, 32 pg.

"Stone Canyon Shakedown!" Story and art by Grant Miehiem. Lord Zedd dispatches his strongest minion Goldar to release a lava creature from the core of the Earth to destroy the hated Power Rangers once and for all. Then in "Major Munch!" Story and art by Darick Robertson. When Zedd tries to use a popular kid's program to take over the world, it's up to the Power Rangers to stop him. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.75.

Photo Cover - 1st printing. Collects Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1994) #1-6. Written by Donald D. Markstein. Art by Gray Morrow. Giant moths! An animated Junkyard! A shopping mall that gives new meaning to the term "Monster Sale"! The Power Rangers tackle these and a host of other weirdies perpetrated by the perfidious Lord Zedd and his mangy minions in this collection of the first six-issue mini-series from Hamilton comics! Softcover, 150 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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Last issue. Cover art by Eduardo Barreto. "A Child in the Future Part 2 Escape from New New York," script by Max Allan Collins, pencils by Steve Erwin, inks by Terry Beatty; Mike helps smuggle Sarah outside of the energy bubble that encloses New New York to be with her father. Ads for Primortals, Xander in Lost Universe, and Teknophage. "The Big Bang Chapter 4," script by Ron Fortier, pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Charles Barnett III. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.25.

The top secret prequel to the next Tom Cruise blockbuster! Featuring a short tale illustrated by Rob Liefeld, plus a special untold tale that precedes the May 1996, $70 million hit film! Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by Rob Liefeld, Pino Rinaldi, Rod Whigham, Andrew Wildman, Jim Amash, Bob Almond, Phil Moy, Scott Reed and Tom Wegrzyn. Cover by Rob Liefeld. 48 pages. Cover price $2.95.

Direct Edition. ORIGINAL UNEDITED EDITION: Rare! Only a few copies exist, the rest having been destroyed by the publisher. When Paramount and Marvel Comics teamed up for this one-shot Mission Impossible comic book based on the 1996 film (starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt), Marvel did not have the rights to use Tom Cruise's likeness, so they depicted Ethan Hunt as an average brunette action hero. After the issue was finished and had gone to press, Tom Cruise read his advance copy and expressed concern that Ethan looked too feminine in a panel on page three. As a consequence, Marvel ordered the printing destroyed, but as is often the case, a few copies survived. Except for the two panels previously cited, "B" copies will be identical to the 2nd printing "A" copies (see A and B page 3 comparisons). Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $450.00 View scans CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Sigs: Bob Almond on 06/29/2019 and Marv Wolfman on 10/18/2019. Recalled Edition. Label #19-3FE1CA8-019 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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Newsstand Version. ORIGINAL UNEDITED EDITION: Many copies were destroyed by the publisher. When Paramount and Marvel Comics teamed up for this one-shot Mission Impossible comic book based on the 1996 film (starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt), Marvel did not have the rights to use Tom Cruise's likeness, so they depicted Ethan Hunt as an average brunette action hero. After the issue was finished and had gone to press, Tom Cruise read his advance copy and expressed concern that Ethan looked too feminine in a panel on page three. As a consequence, Marvel ordered the printing destroyed, but as is often the case, a few copies survived. Except for the two panels previously cited, "B" copies will be identical to the 2nd printing "A" copies (see A and B page 3 comparisons). Cover price $2.95.

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...Nor Iron Bars a Jail - Written by Kevin Dooley. Art and Cover by Steve Crespo & Marcio Morais. Wonder Woman, Fire and Obsidian have been possessed by the Source...and they are out for blood! The only way to save Big Barda from the grip of death in Hadis is for Scott Free to accept his true destiny and the powers that he has so long rejected. Plus: A pinup of Big Barda and Oberon by Dwayne Turner. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Stories by Moebius, William Stout, Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier. Art by Moebius and William Stout. Cover by Moebius. Caliber presents classic stories and little-known tales by legendary French cartoonist Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius. William Stout interprets Girauds fantasy hero Arzach; Moebius presents his storyboards for the unfinished animated film Internal Transfer. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Jean Moebius Giraud. Following up the success of our Moebius: Arzach collection, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present brand-new Moebius material, never before published in English! Mixing humor, psychedelia, sex, and space opera as only Moebius can, The Man from the Ciguri is a book-length continuation of The Airtight Garage. While his friends on the Ciguri search for him, the Major is lost on an alternate earth desperately trying to find his way home, pursued by assassins sent on a vengeance mission by Sper Gossi. Presented in the same color format as Moebius: Arzach, this bookshelf edition presents one of comics' finest storytellers to new audiences with a new tale, as well as reprinting classic Moebius stories "The Hunt for a Vacationing Frenchman," "Absoluten Calfeutrail," and "Double Escape." Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, full color. Cover price $7.95.