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  • Issue #1
    Buckaroo Banzai (1984 Marvel) 1

    "Buckaroo Banzai!" Adapted by Bill Mantlo. Art by Mark Texeira and Armando Gil. The official comics adaptation of the spectacular film starring Peter Weller and John Lithgow. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.

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    $60 Buckaroo Banzai #1 (1984) CGC 9.2 WP Bill Mantlo - Mark Texiera - Armando Gil
    $95 BUCKAROO BANZAI Limited Series #1 CGC 9.4 Newsstand Edition 1985
    $100 Buckaroo Banzai #1 (1984) CGC 9.6 WP Bill Mantlo - Mark Texiera - Armando Gil
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  • Issue #1B
    Buckaroo Banzai (2006 Moonstone) 1B

    Michael Stribling Cover - by Rauch, Thompson, Williams, Calero, Haley, & Stribling RETURN OF THE SCREW: Part 1?Everyone's favorite adventurer/surgeon/rock star is back, just in time to save the world one more time! Along with his Hong Kong Cavaliers, Banzai must battle more than one surprise arch enemy, each with their own motives, but all acting in concert to bring Banzai (and the universe as we know it) to his knees! All this action comes sandwiched between a couple of great rock and roll guitar solos, a few surgical procedures, a crazy gun battle on land and air, Buck's one chance for the ultimate revenge, his soul in turmoil, all the chicks digging him, engineering synchronicity, pretty toilets, a human pickle, and a giant sombrero! It just doesn't get more fun than this! 32pgs, FC (1 of 3)SRP: $3.50 Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1C
    Buckaroo Banzai (2006 Moonstone) 1C

    David Michael Beck Cover - by Rauch, Thompson, Williams, Calero, Haley, & Stribling RETURN OF THE SCREW: Part 1?Everyone's favorite adventurer/surgeon/rock star is back, just in time to save the world one more time! Along with his Hong Kong Cavaliers, Banzai must battle more than one surprise arch enemy, each with their own motives, but all acting in concert to bring Banzai (and the universe as we know it) to his knees! All this action comes sandwiched between a couple of great rock and roll guitar solos, a few surgical procedures, a crazy gun battle on land and air, Buck's one chance for the ultimate revenge, his soul in turmoil, all the chicks digging him, engineering synchronicity, pretty toilets, a human pickle, and a giant sombrero! It just doesn't get more fun than this! 32pgs, FC (1 of 3) Cover price $4.50.

  • Issue #1A
    Banzai Girls (2007 Arcana Studios) 1A

    by Jinky Coronado & Paul S. Brittain Eight months after the storyline chronicled in the Banzai Girl manga collection, Jinky Coronado and Michelle have become bona fide popstars! Their new CD is out, and they're touring the world - but all is not well at home. A massive, hairy creature known as the Kapré has been spotted in the woods... and kids inciting its wrath are disappearing. Katie J is all grown up and has plans to take on the hirsute Kapré by herself. It's all-out action, fabulous fights, pleated skirts, and everyone's favorite Asian schoolgirl back in action. Whoever thought a strict schoolgirl dress code could be this much fun? Plus, a special sequence plotted by novelist Paul S. Brittain, and an all-new Katie's World strip! Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1A
    Buckaroo Banzai The Prequel (2008) 1A

    Cover by David Palumbo. by Earl Mac Rauch & Chewie Screenwriter Earl Mac Rauch and Director W.D. Richter return to their creation, Buckaroo Banzai, with a brand new story! 'Of Hunan Bondage' is the wild epic tale that sets up the film, an adventure so secret, so wild, so hair raising, that it couldn't be told before now! His rock and roll band on the road, no money, his voice lost, a doppelganger, the overthruster invention without inspiration, Banzai is on the road to nowheresville! Also, flashback to the origins of Banzai's musical career, and the Hong Kong Cavaliers, and the oft-rumored about but never talked about final fate of the Illinois Mongoose! All that, plus the interweaving plots of the Secret Yak police in China, and what happened to Peggy Priddy and the insidious Hanoi Xan! Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #1B
    Buckaroo Banzai The Prequel (2008) 1B

    Limited Variant Cover by Matt Haley. by Earl Mac Rauch & Chewie Screenwriter Earl Mac Rauch and Director W.D. Richter return to their creation, Buckaroo Banzai, with a brand new story! 'Of Hunan Bondage' is the wild epic tale that sets up the film, an adventure so secret, so wild, so hair raising, that it couldn't be told before now! His rock and roll band on the road, no money, his voice lost, a doppelganger, the overthruster invention without inspiration, Banzai is on the road to nowheresville! Also, flashback to the origins of Banzai's musical career, and the Hong Kong Cavaliers, and the oft-rumored about but never talked about final fate of the Illinois Mongoose! All that, plus the interweaving plots of the Secret Yak police in China, and what happened to Peggy Priddy and the insidious Hanoi Xan! Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League SC (2024 Dark Horse) A Novel 1-1ST


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    1st printing. By Earl Mac Rauch. Cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. Available for the first time in paperback! A world-class hero confronts ancient "supernatural" evils in an adventure that spans entire planets and defies everyday notions of reality! Still mourning the losses of his beloved Penny Priddy and his surrogate father Professor Hikita, Buckaroo Banzai must also contend with the constant threat of attack from his immortal nemesis Hanoi Xan, ruthless leader of the World Crime League. To make matters worse, Planet 10 warrior queen John Emdall has sent her Lectroid legions against Earth with a brutal ultimatum. Or is her true target Buckaroo Banzai? As the apocalyptic threats continue to mount, only Buckaroo and his Hong Kong Cavaliers stand in the way of global destruction! Softcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 624 pages, Text Only. Cover price $19.99.

  • Issue #1
    Banzai Girl Annual (2004) 1

    Story and art by Jinky Coronado. Cover by Wilson Tortosa. Model Jinky Coronados comics version of herself returns, still prone to wearing revealing schoolgirl outfits and fighting monsters. Jinky battles a new opponent, a fiendish vampire from Filipino mythology called the Manananggal. Also, photos of Jinky cosplaying as her own character. 48 pages, Full Color. Mature readers. Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1A
    Buckaroo Banzai Tears of a Clone (2011 Moonstone) 1A

    Cover by Paul Gulacy (W) Earl Mac Rauch, Paul D. Storrie (A) David Daza The man, the marvel, the human achievement, is back! From the cult movie starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, and Jeff Goldblum! The creators/film makers are telling new stories! Your favorite neurosurgeon/rock star/adventurer returns, along with his Hong Kong Cavaliers, in 'Tears of a Clone,' where a Death's Head tank squad lurks in suburbia, talking bouncer-robots attack, expensive love wants to erupt, and Lectroids run with scissors, and then... shotguns! The world may never be the same! Covers by Paul Gulacy and Bill Wiist. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #1
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    *18+ Mature Readers Only* 1st (only) printing. Cover by Joel Beck, Roger Brand, and Kim Deitch. "The Origin of Underground Comic Art," script and art by Joel Beck; How Joel Beck's comic career began. "Noodles' Punctured Romance," script and art by Kim Deitch; Noodles is on the run with an inflatable woman. "In More Innocent Times," script and art by Roger Brand; Roger Brand recalls the house he lived in being busted. "The Great Comic Book Conspiracy!", script and art by Joel Beck; Thieves rob a comic shop. "The Unholy Fleas!", script and art by Kim Deitch; Wally Murdock has a doozy of a drunken experience. "It's The Oily Bird That Gets To Squirm!", script and art by Joel Beck; Bert the Penguin is paranoid, but prescient. Plus other stories. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #1
    Buckaroo Banzai (1984 Marvel) Canadian Price Variant 1

    Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. "Buckaroo Banzai!" Adapted by Bill Mantlo. Art by Mark Texeira and Armando Gil. The official comics adaptation of the spectacular film starring Peter Weller and John Lithgow. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #1A
    Buckaroo Banzai Big Size (2008 Moonstone) 1A

    Cover by Michael Stribling. by Earl Mac Rauch & Paul Hanley It's an all-new, rollicking, non-stop adventure tale by Banzai's creator! In a race to save the famed wild asses of the remote Kush mountain range, Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers uncover a large-scale World Crime League operation led by a shadowy figure from the Cavaliers' past. Just who is Dick Ready? Is Tommy ready? Are asses wiped out for their aphrodisiac properties? Who is the mysterious Blind Sheik? Perfect Tommy in an all-out revenge duel to the death - but with knives or guitar solos? A Hong Kong Cavalier breathes his last while another has turned to the dark side? And, most importantly, is any of this caught on tape? Cover price $4.75.

  • Issue #1B
    Buckaroo Banzai Big Size (2008 Moonstone) 1B

    Variant Cover by Paul Hanley. by Earl Mac Rauch & Paul Hanley It's an all-new, rollicking, non-stop adventure tale by Banzai's creator! In a race to save the famed wild asses of the remote Kush mountain range, Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers uncover a large-scale World Crime League operation led by a shadowy figure from the Cavaliers' past. Just who is Dick Ready? Is Tommy ready? Are asses wiped out for their aphrodisiac properties? Who is the mysterious Blind Sheik? Perfect Tommy in an all-out revenge duel to the death - but with knives or guitar solos? A Hong Kong Cavalier breathes his last while another has turned to the dark side? And, most importantly, is any of this caught on tape?