Comic books June 1988

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Cover pencils by Bret Blevins, inks by Terry Austin. Instant Replay!, script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Bret Blevins, inks by Terry Austin; Wolfsbane, Magik, and Warlock are still coping with recent deaths; the New Mutants attend Cypher's memorial; Warlock tries to "resurrect" Cypher; the New Mutants bid Cypher farewell; Magik decides to go after Forge, whom she believes killed the X-Men. Statement of Ownership: Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 347,712. Single issue nearest to filing date: 392,116. 36 pgs. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $1.00.

Reprints New Teen Titans (1984-1996 2nd Series) #30 - "Revolution!" Part 3 of 4. Guest-starring Superman, Batman and Robin (Jason Todd), Flash (Wally West), Robotman (of the Doom Patrol), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Star Spangled Kid, Doctor Midnight, and Booster Gold. Written by Marv Wolfman and Paul Levitz. Art by Eduardo Barreto and Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Michael Bair & Mark Beachum. The Titans and Robotman have been thoroughly thrashed by the power of Brother Blood. Now, Frances Kane leads strike force of heroes into the villain's stronghold to rescue the fallen teen heroes. Cover price $1.00.

Canadian edition with $1.35 cover price. Reprints New Teen Titans (1984-1996 2nd Series) #30 - "Revolution!" Part 3 of 4. Guest-starring Superman, Batman and Robin (Jason Todd), Flash (Wally West), Robotman (of the Doom Patrol), Green Lantern (John Stewart), Star Spangled Kid, Doctor Midnight, and Booster Gold. Written by Marv Wolfman and Paul Levitz. Art by Eduardo Barreto and Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Michael Bair & Mark Beachum. The Titans and Robotman have been thoroughly thrashed by the power of Brother Blood. Now, Frances Kane leads strike force of heroes into the villain's stronghold to rescue the fallen teen heroes. Cover price $1.35.

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"The Cuckoo Conspiracy!" Written by R.J.M. L'Officier. Art by Mike Collins and Romeo Tanghal. Cover by Mike Collins and Dick Giordano. The conniving Godiva returns and she plans to take the Titans down once and for all. Plus, the Titans meet the grandfather of their newest member, Danny Chase. Cover price $1.75.

June 27, 1988. issue with cover feature, "Who is Roger Rabbit?" Color/B&W, 86 pages, slick paper stock. Cover price $2.00.

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"Return to the bowl shaped world." Part 1 of 6. 20 pages. Story by Mike Baron. Pencils and cover by Steve Rude. Inks by John Nyberg. Nexus, Judah, and Badger begin their trek across the bowl shaped world and their specially designed ship pays immediate dividends. "Guild War, Part 2 – Broadsword." Part 2 of 3. Continued from issue 43. 6 pages. Story by Roger Salick. Pencils by Angel Medina. Inks by Sam Grainger. Judah and Zzasha enlist telekinetic heads to help them free Zzasha's brother from the assassins guild. 26 pages. Full color. Cover price $1.75.

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Painted cover by Jim Steranko. "The Delta Equation," script by Bob Harras, pencils by Paul Neary, inks by Kim DeMulder; Fury leads a S.H.I.E.L.D. team to stabilize the nuclear core of the crashed Helicarrier, only to be over-run by a joint AIM/HYDRA team, sent to steal the core; Fury is contacted by a sleeper agent, who informs him of Roxxon's involvement, and Fury brings it to the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Board of Directors; S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated at the deepest levels, and soon Fury must run to keep safe from the long arm of the agency that he once led. 52 pgs., full color. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

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Ex-Mutants Cover price $1.95.

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"Wisper of Doom!" Written by Mark Ellis. Art by Franc Reyes. The rival Houses of Pandona invade House Dracus with the intention of killing the Overlord and all the Amita K'un. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover art by Ben Dunn. The Girl Who Came In From The Cold, script by James Hanrahan, art by Ben Dunn, letters by Lone Star Comics' own Craig Miller; Jeremy and Ricky fly to Japan to visit their Grandfather. Three page previow of Tiger X issue 1 by Ben Dunn. 44 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

News about Ralph Snart Adventures, Speed Racer, Terminator, and more. Folds out into a color Terminator poster by Tony Adkins. Folds up to a 8-3/4 in. x 11-1/8 in. flyer.

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Mandrake In Hollywood. Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Fred Fredericks. Adventures of the comic strip magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips Jan. 1 - April 9, 1938, including the 11th Mandrake story and the first week of the 12th. In Hollywood, Mandrake gets a job at Granite Studios; meanwhile, child star Sonny, the most spoiled brat on Earth, has been kidnapped. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

This issue covers Avengers (1st series) 109 thru 126, Defenders 8 thru 11, and Giant-Size Avengers 1. Each issue reviewed in the index has a full-page summary and a full-page reprint of the original cover. Index contributors and consultants include George Olshevsky, Ron Bialkowski, Peter Garcia, Chuck Huber, Carol Klutey, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Mougin, Murray Ward, and Mark Gruenwald. Cover pencils by Jim Valentino. Cover inks by Tom Morgan. The wraparound cover illustrates the Steve Englehart-era Avengers surrounded by their familiar foes including the Collector, Dormammu, Kang, Loki, Magneto, Thanos, and the Zodiac. Splash page art by Jim Valentino and Tom Morgan. The splash page depicts the Avengers paying tribute to the fallen Swordsman. Both the last page and the back inside cover continue several lengthy issue summaries. Square bound binding. 48 pages Cover price $2.95.

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Stories by Archie Goodwin. Art by Al Williamson and Stanley Pitt. Cover by Al Williamson. Pioneer reprints the late '60s run of the adventure strip (originally known as Secret Agent X-9), when it was called Secret Agent Corrigan and staffed by comics legends Goodwin and Williamson. Reprints Secret Agent Corrigan dailies Jan. 6 - July 4, 1969. Communist agent Madame Lei hires hitman Joe Ice to kill Phil Corrigan for interfering with her plans for world domination. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Mind-Trippers - Fantasy Addicts Speak Out; Computers With a Heart; Lost World - Hidden Forest of Madagascar. Cover by Takashi Terada. Cover price $3.50.

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Stories by Jim Bricker. Art by Jim Bricker, Shepard Hendrix and Doug Gray. Cover by Jim Bricker. A comedy series set in 1980s San Francisco, as Joe tries to maintain a peaceful existence with his roommates Cliff (an aging frat-boy) and female reporter Robin. Cliff meets his father; Joe visits April; Robin learns she has a secret admirer. In the backup story, a guy keeps bumping into Satan. Beforeward; What Has Gone Before; Open Season; Midward; Satan Cruised the Boardwalk; Afterward. Intended as an ongoing series, but this was the final issue. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Mike Dimpsey. Art by Ken Steacy and Andrew Pratt. Cover by Ken Steacy. A controversial (to fans) adaptation of the beloved manga and anime series from Now Comics. Astro Boy must unite the police, the military and the rebel robots to face a Cybersharknado. 24 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Israeli Elite Units since 1948!" Written by Sam Katz. Art by Ronald Volstad. In 1947, when the UN partitioned Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, the true war for Israel's existence began. Throughout the War of Independence the PAL'MACH (Hebrew abbreviation for 'Strike Companies') spearheaded Israel's forces. Disbanded in 1949, the PAL'MACH was replaced by other specialist units, including paratroop forces, the GOLANI Infantry Brigade, the Naval Commandos, and territorial and other reconnaissance commando formations. An acknowledged expert on the Israeli Defence Forces, Samuel Katz presents an overview of these IDF elite units, including the mysterious SAYERET MAT'KAL, a highly classified elite unit whose exploits involve the 1972 raid on a hijacked Belgian Sabena Boeing 707. Softcover,64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 188 - 1st printing. "Polish Armies 1569–1696 (2)!" Written by Richard Brzezinski. Art by Angus McBride. The 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was almost as varied as modern America. Alongside Slavs lived Lithuanians and other Balts, Germans, Tatars, Armenian merchants, Jewish traders, and even a remarkably large populations of Scots. This variety of cultures had a strong influence on the Polish army. Along with the predominantly Polish and Lithuanian 'winged' hussars served numerous foreigners from both within and outside the Commonwealth: Tatars and Cossacks, Wallachians, Transylvanians, Moldavians, Hungarians, Serbians and Albanians; and from the West, French, Italians, Dutch, Walloons, Swedes and Scots. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

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Suicide Park - Written by John Wagner and Alan Grant. Art by Cam Kennedy and Steve Montano. Cover by Cam Kennedy. It's the grand opening of Boss Angel's ultimate theme park, and the Outcasts are just dying to get in! So back off -- B.D. and his bucket o'Queeg are comin' through! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.

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The high-seas adventures of the 13th Phantom continue as his modern-day descendant follows a murder trail to the concrete jungles of Manhattan. Written by Peter David, with art by Joe Orlando and Dennis Janke. Cover by Orlando and Dave Gibbons. New Format. Cover price $1.25.

"The Phantom of the Opera," script by Al Hewetson (adaptation) and Gaston Leroux (original novel), art by Jesus Duran; Soprano Christine Daae is stalked, then abducted by a grotesquely disfigured man who lives under the Paris Opera House; Her other admirer Raoul, with the help of a mysterious man known only as the Persian, eventually rescues her. "The Thing in the Black Dress," script by Al Hewetson, art by Jesus Suso Rego; A woman seeks to be the queen of society in her town, and to dispose of her younger rival she spreads the rumor that the younger woman is a vampire; But rumors and accusations can work both ways. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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MATURE READERS.

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Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Rick Hoberg and Arne Starr. Cover by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The past she believed was hers has proven to be an illusion, and now Power Girl must create a new present for herself...if the forces of Chaos from out of her past don't destroy her first. Power Girl stars in her first mini-series, which offers the last surviving daughter of ancient Atlantis an all-new beginning and life. As Karen Starr, she's a successful young entrepreneur in the computer software field, with a life full of everyday hassles. As Power Girl, she's become the target of one of her grandfather Arion's greatest and most powerful foes, the Weaver, servant of Chaos and the ages-old guardian of the mighty Threads of Magic. The battle begins near Karen's Brooklyn home. It will end in that dark relic of the age when magic ruled the Earth, the dimension called Darkworld, with Power Girl in a battle for her life and the fate of the world. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.00.

Canadian edition with $1.35 cover price. Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Rick Hoberg and Arne Starr. Cover by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The past she believed was hers has proven to be an illusion, and now Power Girl must create a new present for herself...if the forces of Chaos from out of her past don't destroy her first. Power Girl stars in her first mini-series, which offers the last surviving daughter of ancient Atlantis an all-new beginning and life. As Karen Starr, she's a successful young entrepreneur in the computer software field, with a life full of everyday hassles. As Power Girl, she's become the target of one of her grandfather Arion's greatest and most powerful foes, the Weaver, servant of Chaos and the ages-old guardian of the mighty Threads of Magic. The battle begins near Karen's Brooklyn home. It will end in that dark relic of the age when magic ruled the Earth, the dimension called Darkworld, with Power Girl in a battle for her life and the fate of the world. 32 pages, FC.Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Rick Hoberg and Arne Starr. Cover by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The past she believed was hers has proven to be an illusion, and now Power Girl must create a new present for herself...if the forces of Chaos from out of her past don't destroy her first. Power Girl stars in her first mini-series, which offers the last surviving daughter of ancient Atlantis an all-new beginning and life. As Karen Starr, she's a successful young entrepreneur in the computer software field, with a life full of everyday hassles. As Power Girl, she's become the target of one of her grandfather Arion's greatest and most powerful foes, the Weaver, servant of Chaos and the ages-old guardian of the mighty Threads of Magic. The battle begins near Karen's Brooklyn home. It will end in that dark relic of the age when magic ruled the Earth, the dimension called Darkworld, with Power Girl in a battle for her life and the fate of the world. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.35.

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Cover pencils by Jon Bogdanove, inks by Hilary Barta. "Seeing the Light!," script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Sal Velluto, inks by Stan Drake; The team meets Rebecca Littlehale, a young girl who has recently discovered shes a mutant; Rebecca can teleport to any bright light she sees; However, since shes unable to control her abilities, she teleports across New York City, ending up on the ledge outside Power Packs apartment, before zapping away again; The search for Rebecca. 36 pgs., full color. $0.60. Cover price $1.00.

Cover art by Gary Kwapisz. The Promised Land, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Gary Kwapisz; Harvey Pekar recalls a time in the 1960s when he considered emigrating to Israel. Untitled story, script by Gabriel Solano Lopez, art by Francisco Solano Lopez ; Ana returns to Paris, but can't find contentment. Untitled Gaston Lagaffe story, script by Franquin and Dwight R. Decker (translation), art by Franquin; Gaston refines the coffee machine. Letter to a Philistine text story by Herman Hesse. There's Something Wrong With A Perfect Lawn, script and art by Carol Tyler; Harvey is obsessed with moving into a planned community. My First Car, script and art by Lindsay Arnold (as Linzee Arnold); The pulling power of Linzee's 1927 car. Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas by Gustave Flaubert, art by Rick Geary. Ad for "Daydreams and Nightmares: The Fantastic Visions of Winsor McCay" and "The Reaper of Love", art by Winsor McCay and Bernie Wrightson. 68 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.95.

Volume 2- 1st printing. "The Singing Sword!"

Story and art By Hal Foster.

Hal Foster's epic Prince Valiant Sunday strips are collected in these full-color treasury volumes. Prince Valiant Volume #2: The Singing Sword, story and art by Hal Foster, was published by Fantagraphics Books.

Softcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 48 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Cover price $2.00.

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Pitt tie-in (Uncredited) - "The Girl with the Far Away Eyes!" Story by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Ron Lim and Mike Witherby. Meet Overtime, a woman that can foresee the future, but she is powerless to change it. This could spell doom for Psi-Force. Includes a back-up story starring Codename: Spitfire. "The Sublet!" Story by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Mark Bagley and Chris Ivy. Cover price $1.25.

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Add to cart CGC 9.8 $109.95 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #1497679010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Story by Mike Baron. Art by Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams. Frank plans to exchange one bad guy for another but things go haywire, as they tend to do when a ninja shows up. It's all Frank can do to stay one step ahead of the assassin's katana blade. Plus, the death of Microchip's son. 32 pages. Cover price $1.00.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Story by Mike Baron. Art by Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams. Frank plans to exchange one bad guy for another but things go haywire, as they tend to do when a ninja shows up. It's all Frank can do to stay one step ahead of the assassin's katana blade. Plus, the death of Microchip's son. 32 pages. Private Notes: Death of Microchip's son. Baron, Whilce Portacio, & Scott Williams Cover price $1.00.

The Question has "A Dream of Rorschach" when, on the skids and torn between two heroic ideals, he buys a copy of the WATCHMEN trade paperback...! Written by Dennis O'Neil, pencilled by Denys Cowan and inked by Rick Magyar. Cover by Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz. Suggested for Mature Readers. Deluxe format. Cover price $1.75.

1st printing. "Twenty Years Later!" By R. Crumb. Featuring cartoon shorts by urban artist R. Crumb including Fritz the Cat, The Old Poo Peroo, The City, and more! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $8.95.

Issue #7 - June 18, 1988. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 22 pages, full color.

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Cover art by Fox. Road to Mulhaarn, script by Chris Bell, pencils by Fox, inks by Dave Harwood; Redfox escapes, but is recaptured; Lyssa's brother calls her home. 28 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

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Cover art by John K. Snyder III. If I Should Die... Before I Wake Part II starring The Prowler, Geraldine Crane, Sally, Scott Kida, Worlrec, Piranha, Sven, Bruno, and Maxie, script by Tim Truman, art by John K. Snyder III. Scout ad, art by Timothy Truman. Misc Memoranda starring The Prowler. $1.95. Cover price $1.75.

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Harvey's flagship title featuring the adventures of Richie Rich, the richest kid in the world. This issue features the debut of two short-lived new characters: Billy Broke and Frosty the Polar Bear. Cadbury even teaches the owls on the Rich estate to "who" grammatically. Oil-rig workers on the Rich estate accidentally strike money. Bring Em Back Alive; Billy Broke; Richie Rich & Cadbury: My Good Old Brolly; Little Dot: Tiny But Terrible; Little Lotta: The Great Snowmobile Race! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.

A digest-sized compilation of stories featuring the richest kid in the world. Richie funds an archaeological dig near Mt. Vesuvius, but the dig is interrupted by the appearance of lava monsters. Richie must figure out the secret of the lava monsters, in a two-part story. In a three-part story, Richie visits his new friend Prince Dion in the Middle Eastern nation of Shirik. But he gets caught up in the middle of a rebellion, and maybe even his money won't save him this time. Hit and Run; The Hidden City; The Lava Monsters; Look Out! There Are Real Monsters; Little Audrey: The Good Guys and the Bad!; Little Audrey: The Bad Guys Get It - But Good!; Richie Rich and Jackie Jokers: Stuck Indoors; Instant Playhouses; Reggie: CATbury; Superichie: Peculiar Vandalism; Superichie: Robots Can Be Revolting!; Little Lotta: Assistant Clowns; Ironas Love Sickness; Little Dot: Uncle Strict; Stumbo: The Ponderous Polluter; Richie Rich Goes to Shirik; The Tower; The Desertion of Shirik. 5-in. x 7-in., 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.

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Dog Cit: Part 2 - By Rich Hedden and Tom McWeeney. Still trapped on the orbiting resort satellite that has been overrun by hordes of ravenous, alien "pit bulls," Roachmill discovers a group of survivors from the creatures' attack. But can the "Exterminator Supreme" find a way off the derelict station? And what about pay-back for the people who set Roachmill up for this job? There's no doubt about it--the action is just beginning. B&W. Cover price $1.75.