Comic books September 1981

Mexican reprint of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) #76. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $7.00.

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Cover art by Mort Drucker. Mad Super Special ad. "Flopeye," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker; A satire of the movie Popeye. "Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Blazing Hot Day on the Desert," script and art by Don Martin. "A Mad Look at Some... Celebrities Diapers," script by Paul Peter Porges, art by Bob Clarke; featuring Attila the Hun; Hare Krishna; Jesse James; Pythagoras; Harry Houdini; Mickey Mouse; Muhammad Ali; Napoleon; The Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan; Yasir Arafat; Lady Godiva; Steve Martin; Arnold Schwarzeneger; and Kiss. "If They Can Put a Man on the Moon, Then Why Can't They...," script by John Ficarra, art by Jack Davis. "Mad's Airline President of the Year," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge. "Mad's Really Relevant Book of Lists," script by Frank Jacobs. Altered States Flip Cover by Jack Rickard. "Assaulted State," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Angelo Torres; A satire of the movie Altered States. "Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Blazing Hot Day on the Beach," script and art by Don Martin. "The Lighter Side of...," script and art by Dave Berg; The Lighter Side of Dining Out; Collections; Photography; Punishment; Television; The Car; TV News; Food; Crime; Boating; Obsessions; The Beach; The Telephone; and Accidents. Spy vs. Spy by Antonio Prohias. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.90.

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"Comic Strips They'd Really Like to Do," script by Charles Schulz, Walt Kelly, Allen Saunders, Mort Walker, and Mell Lazarus, art by Charles Schulz, Walt Kelly, Ken Ernst, Mort Walker, and Mell Lazarus; satires of each creators strip. "If Comic Strip Characters Answered Those Little Ads," art by Wally Wood. "The Mad Comic Opera," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Wally Wood; A parody of Broadway musicals using comic strip characters; Rex Morgan has kidnapped Annie and intends to remove her unique eyes, but Sandy leads Dick Tracy and Tarzan to a rescue, which is aided by Snuffy Smith. "Adult TV Cartoons," script by Al Jaffee, art by Wally Wood. "Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?", script by Larry Siegel, art by Jack Rickard. "Don Martin Looks at Spider-Man," script and art by Don Martin. "Comicland," script by Frank Jacobs and E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Wally Wood; featuring Orphan Annie, Sandy, Prince Valiant, Superman, Donald Duck, Charlie Brown, Little Lulu, and others. "If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Bob Clarke. "A Mad Look at Super Heroes," script and art by Sergio Aragones; featuring Superman, Wonder Woman, Plastic Man, Batman, Billy Batson (Captain Marvel), Flash, Captain America, Spider-Man, Thor, and Green Lantern. "Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog," script by Larry Siegel, art by Bob Clarke; Famous comic strip characters illustrate various examples of miserable situations. "If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People," script by Al Jaffee, art by Wally Wood. "If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Wally Wood; What if Paddy Chayefsky wrote Donald Duck, Gilbert & Sullivan wrote Dick Tracy, Rudyard Kipling wrote Peanuts, etc.? "If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Jack Rickard; Comics drawn in the styles of Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Grant Wood, Millet, Rousseau, and Whistler. "Future Educational Comic Pamphlets," script by Larry Siegel, art by Wally Wood. "A Mad Look at Superman," script by Don Edwing, art by Don Martin. "Comics for Publications That Don't Have Comics," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Bob Clarke; If comic strips had their content adjusted for niche publications. "If Comic Strip Characters Were as Old as Their Strips," script by Earle Doud, art by Wally Wood. 100 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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Volume 61, Issue 3 - September 1981. Cover by Barbara Berger. Fantasy and Science Fiction stories by Robert Holdstock, Michael Ward, John Morressy, John Kessel, Barry N. Malzberg, Thomas Wylde, Tony Sarowitz and Jane Yolen. Science article by Isaac Asimov. Softcover. 5-in. x 7-in., 162 pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $1.50.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and others. Ghost hunter Dr. Graves presents, and sometimes participates in, tales of ghosts, monsters and the supernatural. An all-Ditko issue, featuring stories and a cover by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, all likely written by Joe Gill. A judge learns that he sentenced the wrong man to death for war crimes. A haunted sailboat rescues a stranded couple. An artificial heart (years before they really existed) goes terribly wrong. The Hanged Man; Return to Trilby Shoals; The Eternal Heartbeat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

Tweety & Sylvester

Vol. 1, Issue 3. September, 1981. Includes articles about: Chuck Norris, Akira Kurosawa, Bruce Lee, stunt choreography, and more. 8" x 10 3/4" 78 pages. Black and white with an occasional color page. Cover price $1.75.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark. The official comic book adaptation of the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg classic, introducing Indiana Jones. Written by Walt Simonson, with art by John Buscema and Klaus Janson. Story later reprinted in Raiders of the Lost Ark #1-3 and Marvel Movie Spotlight #1. Full color; 68 pages. Painted cover by Howard Chaykin. Cover price $2.50.

UK Humor magazine featuring characters from the Marvel Comics universe. 36 Pages, B&W, 35p cover price, 8-in x 11 1/4-in.

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Featuring Material Originally Presented in Avengers (1963 1st Series) #74 - "Pursue the Panther!" Starring the Avengers. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema and Tom Palmer. Say it isn't so! Has the Black Panther turned evil? The Avengers mean to find out. Plus 2 new pages of artwork recapping Thor's history and first appearance in the Avengers. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.50.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. Featuring Material Originally Presented in Avengers (1963 1st Series) #74 - "Pursue the Panther!" Starring the Avengers. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema and Tom Palmer. Say it isn't so! Has the Black Panther turned evil? The Avengers mean to find out. Plus 2 new pages of artwork recapping Thor's history and first appearance in the Avengers. 32 pages, FC.

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Issue #19 - Sept. 9, 1981. Daredevil by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan plus the Black Panther by Jack Kirby. 8 1/4-in. x 11 3/4-in., 28 pages, black and white.

Issue #21 - Sept. 23, 1981. Reprints Daredevil by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan and the Black Panther by Jack Kirby. 8 1/4-in. x 11 3/4-in., 28 pages, black and white.

Issue #22 - Sept. 30, 1981. Reprints Daredevil by Gray Friedrich and Gene Colan plus the Black Panther by Jack Kirby. 8 1/4-in. x 11 3/4-in., 28 pages, black and white.

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Originally presented in Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #153 - "The World, My Jury!" Guest-starring Nick Fury, Captain America, Matt Murdock (Daredevil) and the Fantastic Four. Written by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich. Art by Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe and John Severin. The Hulk stands trial for crimes against humanity! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.50.

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Captain Britain in "A New Life" Script by Paul Neary and Dave Thorpe. Pencils and Inks by Alan Davis. Captain Britain is returned home to England by Merlyn with a new costume which has the powers of his scepter integrated into it. He and his elf sidekick, Jackdaw, arrive right in the middle of a bank robbery being perpetrated by the Crazy Gang. After the gang is rousted and escapes, Cap learns that the world he has been sent to is an alternate version of earth and not the one he remembers. First appearance of Jackdaw, Mad Jim Jaspers, Jester, Queen of Hearts, and the executioner. Reprints Avengers #182 "Honour Thy Father". Reprints X-Men #65 "Before I'd Be Slave". 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. The Sandman Always Strikes Twice, script by Len Wein, art by Sal Buscema; Angry over the death of a friend, Spider-Man makes fast work of the Sandman when the villain seeks him out for revenge; reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, the (Marvel, 1963 series) #154. Beginning...The Saga of Captain Britain, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Fred Kida; Brian arrives at the Darkmoor Research Centre to report for work just as the complex is being attacked by Stragg who plans on capturing the nuclear scientists to use in his own business ventures; Brian escapes on a motorcycle but falls off a cliff when he is blinded by Stragg's airship. 36 pgs. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. The Sandman Always Strikes Twice, script by Len Wein, art by Sal Buscema; Angry over the death of a friend, Spider-Man makes fast work of the Sandman when the villain seeks him out for revenge; reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, the (Marvel, 1963 series) #154. Beginning...The Saga of Captain Britain, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Fred Kida; Brian arrives at the Darkmoor Research Centre to report for work just as the complex is being attacked by Stragg who plans on capturing the nuclear scientists to use in his own business ventures; Brian escapes on a motorcycle but falls off a cliff when he is blinded by Stragg's airship. 36 pgs. $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. The Sandman Always Strikes Twice, script by Len Wein, art by Sal Buscema; Angry over the death of a friend, Spider-Man makes fast work of the Sandman when the villain seeks him out for revenge; reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, the (Marvel, 1963 series) #154. Beginning...The Saga of Captain Britain, script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Fred Kida; Brian arrives at the Darkmoor Research Centre to report for work just as the complex is being attacked by Stragg who plans on capturing the nuclear scientists to use in his own business ventures; Brian escapes on a motorcycle but falls off a cliff when he is blinded by Stragg's airship. 36 pgs.

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"Critical Mass!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Paladin, and Dazzler. Plot by Tom DeFalco. Script by Dave Kraft. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Mike Esposito. Cover by John Romita, Jr. and Bob Wiacek. The battle against Thermo has gone poorly in the streets outside a local nightclub. Spider-Man is down and Paladin is out! But the saving grace for the two heroes may be the name on the nightclub marquee...Dazzler! The mutant songstress successfully drives off Thermo to buy Spidey and Paladin time to recover! But that only sets the stage for round two the next day. Will the addition of Dazzler's power be the difference the second time around? The wall-crawler and Paladin sure hope so! (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 231 and 232.) 32 pages Cover price $0.50.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Critical Mass!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Paladin, and Dazzler. Plot by Tom DeFalco. Script by Dave Kraft. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Mike Esposito. Cover by John Romita, Jr. and Bob Wiacek. The battle against Thermo has gone poorly in the streets outside a local nightclub. Spider-Man is down and Paladin is out! But the saving grace for the two heroes may be the name on the nightclub marquee...Dazzler! The mutant songstress successfully drives off Thermo to buy Spidey and Paladin time to recover! But that only sets the stage for round two the next day. Will the addition of Dazzler's power be the difference the second time around? The wall-crawler and Paladin sure hope so! (Note: This two-part story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 231 and 232.) 32 pages Cover price $0.50.

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"Shanga, the Star-Dancer!" Guest-starring Blue Diamond. Story by Tom DeFalco. Art by Ron Wilson and Chic Stone. With the hero Blue Diamond out for the count and his girlfriend, Alicia held hostage, can even the Thing stand against the cosmic might of Star-Dancer? Cover price $0.50.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Shanga, the Star-Dancer!" Guest-starring Blue Diamond. Story by Tom DeFalco. Art by Ron Wilson and Chic Stone. With the hero Blue Diamond out for the count and his girlfriend, Alicia held hostage, can even the Thing stand against the cosmic might of Star-Dancer? Cover price $0.50.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. "Shanga, the Star-Dancer!" Guest-starring Blue Diamond. Story by Tom DeFalco. Art by Ron Wilson and Chic Stone. With the hero Blue Diamond out for the count and his girlfriend, Alicia held hostage, can even the Thing stand against the cosmic might of Star-Dancer?

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"Fight without Reason!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Day. Shang Chi comes face-to-face with the one man he has never truly defeated, Shen Kuei, the man called Cat. In the wake of last issue, Chi finds his rival in the arms of Leiko Wu, the woman he loves. Now, these two Masters of Kung Fu must engage in a martial arts battle to rival all others. For honor, for love. Cover price $0.50.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Fight without Reason!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Day. Shang Chi comes face-to-face with the one man he has never truly defeated, Shen Kuei, the man called Cat. In the wake of last issue, Chi finds his rival in the arms of Leiko Wu, the woman he loves. Now, these two Masters of Kung Fu must engage in a martial arts battle to rival all others. For honor, for love. Cover price $0.50.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. "Fight without Reason!" Story by Doug Moench. Art by Gene Day. Shang Chi comes face-to-face with the one man he has never truly defeated, Shen Kuei, the man called Cat. In the wake of last issue, Chi finds his rival in the arms of Leiko Wu, the woman he loves. Now, these two Masters of Kung Fu must engage in a martial arts battle to rival all others. For honor, for love.

Whitman edition. Cover price $0.50.

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Stranded in an uncharted jungle, his eyes seared sightless in an accident, Acroyear battles the deadliest threat of all--Devil of "Tropica!" Written by Bill Mantlo, with art by Pat Broderick and Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Bob Layton. Cover price $0.50.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. Stranded in an uncharted jungle, his eyes seared sightless in an accident, Acroyear battles the deadliest threat of all--Devil of "Tropica!" Written by Bill Mantlo, with art by Pat Broderick and Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Bob Layton.

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"To Catch a Killer!" Written by Doug Moench. Art and cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. Moon Knight and Frenchie chase down a drug dealer all the way to New Orleans during Mardi Gras. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.50.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. "To Catch a Killer!" Written by Doug Moench. Art and cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. Moon Knight and Frenchie chase down a drug dealer all the way to New Orleans during Mardi Gras. 32 pages, FC.

Movie Monsters (1981) #003

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September 1981. Back to School. A magazine talk show by John Hughes; a guide to campus life by Michael Reiss and Al Jean (pre-Simpsons). Stories and art by P.J. O'Rourke, Gahan Wilson, Rick Geary, Ron Barrett, M. K. Brown, Mark Marek, and B. K. Taylor. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Jeanette Adams. Cover price $2.00.

Issue #16 - Oct. 1981. Mystery Men checklist with cover reproductions, reprint Rex Dexter strip from Mystery Men #5, profile on Jack Bender and his original art collection, 1981 San Diego convention report with photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 28 pages, black and white. Cover price $3.00.

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A promoter tries to gain the rights to market Superboy in "Day Superboy Sold Out." Characters: Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Introduction: Huey McKay. Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 8-page Strange Encounters of the First Time story "Danger:Condition Red," continued from last issue. Written by Bob Rozakis, with art by John Calnan and Dave Hunt. Cover by Schaffenberger and Hunt. Cover price $0.50.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. A promoter tries to gain the rights to market Superboy in "Day Superboy Sold Out." Characters: Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Introduction: Huey McKay. Written by Cary Bates, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: 8-page Strange Encounters of the First Time story "Danger:Condition Red," continued from last issue. Written by Bob Rozakis, with art by John Calnan and Dave Hunt. Cover by Schaffenberger and Hunt.