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Published by Charles Brown, Locus is a fanzine that reports on science fiction and fantasy writing. Issue #190 includes: industry news; book reviews; books published in June; and L.A. in '78 report. 12 pgs. June 30, 1976. 60 cents. Cover price $0.60.

(W) Ben McCool (A/CA) Robb Mommaerts Based on a concept by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, the creative minds behind the wildly popular Penny Arcade webcomic! This fantastic tale introduces the world of the Lookouts. Follow these young adventurers as they learn to master the perilous and enchanted Eyrewood forest, where wonder and danger exist in equal measure. When men must know, a boy must learn. Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Walter Carzon & Horacio Ottolini. Stories by Alison Heartinger & C M Baldwin, Dave King and Sean Carolan & Jennifer Moore. Art by Cosme Quartieri & Khato, Nelson Luty & Horacio Ottolini and Oscar Saavedra & Ruben Torreiro. As the 20th century draws to a close, the Looney Tunes must learn to coexist or be replaced by softer, squeakier toons. Placed in a sealed biodome, can they resist the temptations of anvils and the Acme deathtraps to emerge as kindler, gentler cartoon stars? See for yourself in "Once a Toon, Always a Toon"! Plus: "Lot'O Misery" and "Love Disconnection"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.75.

by Seeley & Hay Witness the first meeting of superherodom's most Dysfuctional Duo, Love Bunny and Mr. Hell! Freelance superhero, Beth "Lovebunny" Bowers is always on the lookout for her big break into the super-hero business. Has the opportunity arrived when she is called to the scene of a deceased witch's house to put a stop to the witch's now free demons before they send everybody back home as a snack for mom? b&w, 32pg $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ART BY CHRIS WESTON AND JAMES HODGKINS; COVER BY DUNCAN FEGREDO In stores June 7. The first story arc starring Lucifer Morningstar comes to a startling conclusion. Having absorbed the Living Tarot Deck inside of her, wannabe magician Jill Presto has begun manifesting truly magical powers. Jill's new "act" has her dispensing swift and deadly vengence on a terrified audience. Lucifer finally forces the Deck to give him his "six-card-spread" reading...and now the devil learns that sometimes too much information is a dangerous thing. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Dave Breger, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake's girlfriend Narda runs afoul of the servants of the Witch of Kaloon; Heroes on Wings profiles record-setting WWII air ace David McCampbell. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Private Breger; High Spots; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dollar-A-Dither. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by PETER DAVID. Penciled by MIKE NORTON. Cover by CAMERON STEWART. Those with fear in their heart burn at the touch of MAN-THING! Knowing that the Thingster's lurking about, will Spidey be able to summon the courage to save people trapped in a Florida swamp? We ain't tellin' ya here! Pick up the issue! 32 PGS./All Ages. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Monsters on the Prowl!" Collects Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man (2005) #17-20. Written by PETER DAVID. Art by MIKE NORTON. Cover by CAMERON STEWART. All-new, all-ages, all-action fun featuring Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, Fin Fang Foom and Frankenstein's Monster! Guest-starring Hawkeye! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 3/4-in., 96 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $6.99.

Weirdworld is the feature in "The Were-Men of Lord Raven!" Script by Doug Moench, pencils by Mike Ploog, inks by Craig Russell. Weirdworld pin-ups by Pat Broderick/Alan Weiss and John Buscema/Rudy Nebres. Back-up story: "Elegy." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by David Ross, inks by Bob Wiacek. Appearances by Nick Fury, the Thing (of the Fantastic Four), the Beast, Wonder Man, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Binary, and Carol Danvers. Russell front cover; Ross back cover. Cover price $1.50.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder, W. Jourdain and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Mary helps out a struggling greenhouse owner by taking him to a land of gigantic flowers in the Amazon Forest, where there are also gigantic butterflies, bees and a caterpillar. Mary searches for the killer stalking a college campus. Mary sets out to rescue female explorers lost at the North Pole and encounters cavemen, in a story featuring a cameo by Billy Batson. Plus a PSA featuring Captain Marvel and MM, promoting tolerance and honesty in the "Game of Life." Beautiful cover by Jack Binder. Flower Land; Mary Marvel and the College Crimes!; Vita Min Shows Presents of Mind; Gun-Slinging Is an Art; Whipper-Snappers: Tee Hees on the Tee Off; The Talk of the Town; Freddy Freshman: A Clothes Call; Dizzy Daisy Knows What She's Worth; Mary Marvels Rescue at the North Pole. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Julie Andrews (as Mary Poppins) and Dick Van Dyke (as Bert). Movie photo on inside front cover. "Mary Poppins," art by Mike Arens; A nanny with magical powers comes to work for a banker's miserable family. Based on the 1964 Disney film. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" song lyrics. Movie still on back cover. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Signed by Gary Montalbano - 1st printing. Showcasing over 450 pieces of artwork, generally focusing upon sci-fi and fantasy, Memories Within Dreams follows the 25-year career of conceptual designer, illustrator, and fine artist Gary Montalbano. Hardcover, 10-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $35.00.

Signed by Gary Montalbano - 1st printing. Showcasing over 450 pieces of artwork, generally focusing upon sci-fi and fantasy, Memories Within Dreams follows the 25-year career of conceptual designer, illustrator, and fine artist Gary Montalbano. Softcover, 10-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $25.00.

No number/month on cover. Mickey Mouse in "Lost Treasure Trackers," "Down Under Blunder," and "Main Street Marshal." Issue also has Li'l Bad Wolf in "Good Deed Daddy," a one-page text story "Chipmunk Company," and one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Written by Richard Emms. Art by Dan Boultwood. Meet Allysia. She's deadly. She's cunning. And most of all, she's an assassin -- who's out for monster blood! Monster Club has a new team member, and she wants to find out what really happened to her father when she was just a child, and whether he was really killed by the monsters that are trying to take over the planet. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

Cover by Vince Sullivan. "The Gavonian Affair, Part 12," script and art by W. C. Brigham; The Princess is restored and Tauru is captured, or is it Sandra of the Secret Service on the throne? "Prince of Patrania, Part 12," script and art by Vin Sullivan; A sailor befriends Pincus and hides him from Spike Spaldings captors. "Damsel in Distress, Part 9," script by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, art by W. C. Brigham; Villa ties Jack Woods to his horse and attempts to drag him to death. "Battle with the Monster," starring Don Drake on the Planet Saro, script by Ken Fitch, art by Clem Gretter; Don battles a giant monster. "Fang Gow of China, Part 12," script and art by Leo O'Mealia; Dynamite in the sewers of Paris!; Barry ONeill finally comes face to face with Fang Gow! "The Man from the Fireball," script and art by Tom Hickey; Brad Hardy and Kardos meet the High Priestess of the Gray People who has been exiled because of Lorraine. "The Holdup, Part 4," script and art by Tom Cooper; Jake and Ed are fired for failing to stop the robbery. "The Ceremony," script by Ken Fitch, art by Clem Gretter; Rex agrees to marry the queen but changes his mind at the last minute. "The Purple Tiger, Part 2," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster; Bailey's daughter Doris is captured by the Purple Tiger. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Mike Curtis, Dann Phillips, and Richard Thatcher. Art by Steven Addlesee, Kevin Mulder, Ken Asche, Bill Schmickle and Shawntae Howard. Cover by Ron Murphy. Thatcher returns to his world where a plague is changing humans into furries, previously seen in SFA Spotlight and New Horizons. Sound and Light; A Sailors Tail; Riding the Tange; What If the Morphing Period Happened in the Old West; The One That Got Away; The Great Sandwich Caper. 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $4.95.

1st printing. By Justin Gray and Lee Ferguson. A Moonstone Crime Wave event! In a city that can swallow you whole, only one man can find what cannot be found. Ninette Moeller steps off a flight from Paris and onto the mean streets of New York City. She's after one Lucien Denali, a man who has done her unspeakable damage. She hires the tireless Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, to hunt him down. Sure, it sounds easy - the man's a big name in the underworld, getting him in their sights should be no sweat - but will Mr. Keen underestimate the sheer evil that runs through Denali? Softcover, B&W. Cover price $11.99.

Written by C. Willow Wilson. Art by Adrian Alphona. Cover by Jamie McKelvie. Kamala crosses paths with Inhumanity for the first time -- by meeting the royal pup, Lockjaw! Every girl wants a puppy, but this one may be too much of a handful, even for a super hero with embiggening powers. He may be the Queen's pooch, but this dog's one royal pain in the neck. 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Stephanie Buscema (W) Katie Cook (A) Andy Price Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something's not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It's up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before it's too late!

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Andy Price. (W) Heather Nuhfer. (A) Amy Mebberson. Attention, everypony! Get ready for another unforgettable adventure in the land of Equestria. Twilight Sparkle and gang are confronted with a perilous new danger in the form of a long-unseen enemy! See how the Magic of Friendship prevails in the start of a brand new story arc! Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Tony Fleecs (W) Barbara Kesel (A) Tony Fleecs Fluttershy knows her way around knitting! But her hidden talent starts to take on a startling new form, one that could be the next 'big thing' in Ponyville! Will timid Fluttershy be able to handle the spotlight? The pressure is only going to increase with a visit from Princess Celestia! Cover price $3.99.

Written by Phil Hester. Art by John McCrea, Brian Churilla and Mike Spicer. Cover by John McCrea and Rian Hughes. The ghosts of Ragnarok descend on the crew. Waterson's past is revealed. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Sweetness and Light. The Lampoon flirts with good taste; a parody of romance magazines featuring art by M. K. Brown; a spoof of the National Enquirer. Stories and art by Michael O'Donoghue, P. J. O'Rourke, Anne Beatts, Sean Kelly, Gahan Wilson, Jeff Jones, Shary Flenniken, Vaughn Bode, Bobby London, Michael Gross, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Warren Sattler. March 1973; Cover price $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

October 1975. Collectors Issue. A tribute to the late cartoonist Vaughn Bode; entering the Mayo Clinic; a parody of a public school newspaper. Stories and art by Sean Kelly, P. J. O'Rourke, Tony Hendra, Shary Flenniken, Gahan Wilson, Jeff Jones, Bobby London, Byron Preiss and Berni Wrightson, Trina Robbins, Michael ODonoghue, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover price $1.00.

Written by Jim Krueger and Tom Bilyue. Art by Neil Edwards and Jheremy Raapack. Cover by Jheremy Raapack. The world is in the grips of an economic crisis. Due to mass unemployment, advanced technology has been outlawed. The world is now divided between those with implanted technology and those without. When the world's most famous anti-tech crusader dies and is resurrected using the illegal technology he has sworn to eliminate, he must decide who to fight with his terrifying new powers. From visionary Grammy-nominated producer and DJ, Steve Aoki, and Eisner award-winning writer Jim Krueger, with art by Neil Edwards and Jheremy Raapack. 36 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

HELLIONS #2 (of 4) Written by CHRISTINA WEIR AND NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS Pencils and Cover by CLAYTON HENRY. The Hellions are faced with the ultimate temptation: one wish each, a whole new life. What will they wish for? And what will it cost them? 32 PGS./T+ Suggested for Teens and Up ...$2.99 Cover price $2.99.

First issue. March/April 1980. Future-looking magazine predicts in a series of articles what cars, the media, computers, sex, and cities will look like. Now, decades later, we can see what they got right and what they got wrong! 8-in. x 11-in.; partial color; 134 pages on slick white pages. Cover price $2.00.

Collection of obscure short stories from 1983-89 by Jeff Nicholson, the cartoonist of Ultra Klutz comics. Includes a checklist of the artist's work. 7.5-in. x 10-3/4-in.; black and white; 104 pages; squarebound.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. Collects Nocturnals (1995) #1-6. Story and art by Dan Brereton. You interested in the new Nocturnals series? You ever read the original story? No? Well, why not get all of it at once? This classic trade paperback collects the groundbreaking six-issue series published by Malibu Comics. Meet Doc Horror, Halloween Girl, Gunwitch, Firelion, Starfish, and the rest, as they battle gangsters, evil aliens, and the government that wants to destroy them. This fully painted story features brand-new pages, pin-ups, and an extensive gallery of Dan Brereton's sketchbook. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

The Nocturnals: Witching Hour by Dan Brereton. Cover Artist: Dan Brereton. Letterer: Sean Konot. Collecting the horror/adventure tale from Dark Horse Presents, in color for the first time, Witching Hour features eight new pages of story, as well as plenty of extra goodies. Halloween Girl and her guardian, Gunwitch, go searching for the farthest outpost of trick-or-treating and end up running into an evil witch and her pumpkin-headed minions! Painted by Dan Brereton (Thrillkillers '62), with new pin-ups by Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, Art Adams, Jay Stephens, Andi Watson, and Paul Smith! Publication Date: May 20, 1998. Format: Full color, 48 pages. Cover price $4.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Nodwick (2000-2006) #1-6. It's the first collection of the world's favorite henchman and his adventuring employers! This book is jam-packed with hilarious adventures about insane gods, megalomaniacal magicians, pretentious immortals, Hench Games, and more! If you missed any of the first six issues of Nodwick, here's your chance to see what all the laughter is about! Softcocer, 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Nodwick (2000-2006) #1-6. It's the first collection of the world's favorite henchman and his adventuring employers! This book is jam-packed with hilarious adventures about insane gods, megalomaniacal magicians, pretentious immortals, Hench Games, and more! If you missed any of the first six issues of Nodwick, here's your chance to see what all the laughter is about! Softcocer, 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

The Devil in Miss Urd: Part 5 of 5 – Story and art by Kosuke Fujishima. Two Urds, one body! When Urd's demonic doppleganger realizes her cloned body is beginning to fall apart, she sets her sights on driving the real Urd out of her original body. The only way to stop her may be for Urd the angel to destroy Urd the devil, and save the whole world from destruction! After all, the light cannot exist without the dark. Right, Skuld?! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Hub. It is the Spring of 1110. Okko is called upon to assist the daughter of Lady Mayudama, who has retreated into a profound silence. The best doctors have been unable to provide even a diagnosis of her condition. Okko may prove to be her last resort. But a strange force that has been prowling around the region for over a week has also arranged a meeting with the ronin for a duel of incomparable violence. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Story and Art by Hub. In the concluding issue of The Cycle of Air, Okko the ronin, bereft of his hand, rises to the challenge of unlocking the secret of Miss Mayudama's silence. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing (Archaia Studios). "The Cycle of Air!" Story and art by Hub. It is the Spring of 1110 in the official calendar of the Pajan Empire. Okko is called upon to assist the daughter of Lady Mayudama, who has retreated into a profound silence. The best doctors have been unable to provide even a diagnosis of her condition. Okko may prove to be her last resort. But a strange force that has been prowling around the region for over a week has also arranged a meeting with the ronin for a duel of incomparable violence... Collects all four issues of Okko: The Cycle of Air mini-series. Hardcover, 104 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

April 1980. Article by Ray Bradbury. Editorial by Frank Herbert. Fiction by John Keefauver ("Giant on the Beach"), John Morressy ("The Last Jerry Fagin Show"), Theodore Sturgeon ("Why Dolphins Don't Bite"). Interview with magician/skeptic James Randi. Cover painting by Gervasio Gallardo. Magazine format; color; 144 pages on slick white paper. Cover price $2.00.

August 1980. Fiction by Stephen King ("Firestarter" excerpt), Paul J. Nahin ("A Father's Gift"), and Robert Sheckley ("The Future Lost"). Interview with environmentalist Denis Hayes. Cover painting by Gervasio Gallardo. Magazine format; color; 128 pages on slick white paper. Cover price $2.00.