Comic books in 'Long Gun'

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Secret of the Super-Gorillas," art by Howard Sherman; Two apes are mutated by a meteor, gaining increased intelligence and super-powers, which enable them to foil an alien invasion. Aquaman ad. Batman ad. "Riddle of the Boy-Genius," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Young Jimmy Gibbs is telepathically contacted by an alien boy who tells him how to create disasters, then fix them, until something goes wrong and he can't stop what he set in motion. "Clocks of Doom!" half-page filler, script and art by Mort Drucker; strange legends involving clocks. "The Secret of the Happy Pig!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Rube Grossman; Peter tells Mervin that the secret of really being happy is just to be yourself rather than trying to be like everyone else. "The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad," art by Ruben Moreira; A detective tries to catch a gang of crooks by tricking them into believing that three magic wands can help them in their crimes, but then it turns out that the wands really do work. Superman Annual ad. "War Against Witchcraft" article. One-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

"Secret of the Sun Treasure," "Lure of the Decoy Creature" (art by Howard Purcell), and "The Phantom From the Fog" (art by Ruben Moreira). Half-page ad for Atom # 1. 36 Pages, Full Color. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by George Roussos. Featuring: 7 page story "The Son of the Montross Monster" drawn by Mort Meskin and George Roussos; 1 page public service announcement "Touchdown for Picasso!" written by Jack Schiff and drawn by Sheldon Moldoff; 7 page story "The Man Who Unleashed Disaster" drawn by Howard Sherman; 1 page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff; 1 page text article "Mystery of the Evil Eye"; 8 page story "The Alien Creature Hunt!" drawn by George Roussos. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Jim Mooney. "The King of the Curses!", script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by George Roussos; Professor Morgan has invented a machine to depict various legendary creatures but he doesn't know that the machine actually brings the creatures to life. Ads for The Flash and Plastic Man. "The Golden Rule" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner; Bob Hope teaches that the Golden Rule is found in many different world religions. "Vulture's Crime Goliaths!" starring J'onn J'onzz Manhunter from Mars, script by Jack Miller, art by Joe Certa; Vulture's latest invention is a ray that will permanently turn men into super-strong monsters under the organization's control. Ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Ricardo Villagran. Featuring: 10 page story "Brother Bear" written by Bob Haney and drawn by Franc C. Reyes; 7 page story "Things Like That Don't Happen" written by Sheldon Mayer and drawn by Jess Jodloman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

Cover art by Luis Dominguez. 1 page House of Mystery introduction starring Cain, Abel, Destiny, Mordred, Mildred, Cynthia, Madame Xanadu and Gregory the Gargoyle, script by Jack C. Harris, pencils by Romeo Tanghal. "His Brother's Keeper," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Bernard Baily, inks by Wayne Howard; A deformed man seeks the black magic spell that will allow him to switch bodies with his handsome brother. "The Borrower" Hostess snack cakes ad with Wonder Woman. Cain's Game Room cartoon page, art by Kevin Woodcock. Detective Comics ad. "Trial By Fury!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Alex Saviuk; A witch survives the trial to prove her guilt and kills her accuser. "Every Shroud Has a Silver Lining," script by Mike W. Barr, art by Noly Zamora; Two werewolf hunters come to the town of Lode, Montana, with differing motives. Statement of ownership; Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 85,569; Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 93,672. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover price $0.40.

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Written by Matthew Sturges. Art by Luca Rossi, Jose Marzan Jr. and Gilbert Hernandez. Cover by Esao Andrews. As Fig's Dad and Harry make their way back home, Peter reveals one of the House's key mysteries - the identity of their captor - and Harry realizes he knew it all along. Meanwhile, Rina spills her guts, the Thinking Man's Army joins forces with the Coachman, and werewolves and suicide bombers wreak havoc. Plus, the short story 'Maidenhead' illustrated by comic book legend Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets, SLOTH)! 32 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

"The Phantom in the Ring," "The Magic Pass," "The Bewitched Costumes" (art by Mort Meskin), and "Experiment 1000" (art by Nick Cardy). Cardy cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: "The Tapestry of Doom" drawn by Ruben Moreira; "Ruse of the Thought Thief" drawn by George Roussos; Mark Merlin in "Volunteer for Disaster" drawn by Mort Meskin and George Roussos. Plus, the text article "The Day the Earth Stops Spinning." Also, gag tales by Henry Boltinoff. Cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "To Never Grow Old," script by Mary Skrenes (as "Virgil North"), art by Tony DeZuniga; A scientist gets revenge on a partner for cheating him out of the profits of a rejuvenation machine by reverting him to an infant's body forever. "The Right Demon Could Do It!", script by Sheldon Mayer, pencils by Paul Kirchner, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A crabby man wishes tortures on all who annoy him and a demon records all of his wishes until it finally appears before him and offers him a wish; The demon suggests a promotion at work, but the man turns that down as he knows he'd still be working for his boss that he doesn't like; The demon suggests marrying his supervisor's attractive secretary. "The Lion's Share," script by Steve Skeates, art by Alfredo Alcala; A hunter in Africa uses dogs to finish off a wounded lion that the natives regard highly; To get their revenge, they toss a voodoo doll of the hunter to the dogs and release them so that the dogs tear apart the hunter as they did the doll. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Ernie Chan. "The Night of the Leopard Goddess," script by Michael Fleisher and Russ Carley, art by Ruben Yandoc; A hunter steals a ruby from a cult of the Leopard Goddess in India and in revenge a representative of the cult tracks him down and offers an even larger diamond in exchange for the ruby; The hunter agrees, and the diamond is shoved into his skull, killing him, just as he stole the ruby from the forehead of the Leopard Goddess statute. "Portraits of Death," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua), inks by Bill Draut; A painter begins to paint pictures that foretell the future which frightens his model because she knows that she and his art dealer have been swindling him; The art dealer plots to kill the painter, and after it's done, the two of them return to the dead man's studio where the girl sees a painting that the man created before he was killed and she is depicted as having a knife protruding from her chest; She snatches a knife from the table with the intention of destroying the painting so it can't come true, but the art dealer attempts to warn her that it is an experimental painting being done on metal. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

First 35-cent cover price. Cover price by Gray Morrow. "Snow Ghost," script by Bill Reilly (Murray Boltinoff), art by Bill Draut; A man kills his partner for gold and the dead man's ghost manipulates him into returning to the ghost's grandchildren where he expires just outside the cabin and is buried beneath the snow; The following day the kids find some personal effects of their grandfather outside as well as the gold. "Snake's Alive!", script by Michael J. Pellowski (idea) and E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Buddy Gernale; A man and a woman arrive on an island chain where the natives plan to sacrifice her to the snake god; The man is impatient to leave, but since the natives are pampering the woman before they sacrifice her, she doesn't want to go; The man picks up her body to show the terrible accident to the yacht crew and then they will leave, but the natives are enraged and they pursue the man. #7 Curt Swan DC Profiles bio by Mike Gold. Statement of ownership: Total No. Copies Printed Nearest To Filling Date (October 1, 1976): 301,574. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Painted cover art by Sanho Kim. Empress of Evil, script by Joe Gill, art by Sanho Kim; Sun Yang returns to the House of Yang to find his uncle Chung Yuan murdered and his cousin Chung Hui kidnapped to America; He fights Eva Ku and Nevil Pryce, who have occupied his uncle's house and are using it to smuggle opium and munitions. Welcome To The House of Yang; Information about how the title House of Yang came to be published, and info on Sanho Kim. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover art by Sanho Kim. Empress of Evil, script by Joe Gill, art by Sanho Kim; The fate of Yang is told. Sun Yang is Yang's cousin and inherits the House of Yang after regaining control by defeating Eva Ku. Reprinted from House of Yang #1 (1975). 36 pgs. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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#10074-307 on cover. Movie poster cover art. Inside front cover movie photo. "How the West Was Won," script by Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation), art by Warren Tufts; An epic family story covering 19th century Westward expansion, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and railroad building. Based on the 1962 film, which is based on the Louis L'Amour novel. America's 50 Golden Years article. How the West Was Won Pin-Up on back cover. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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Antarctic Press continues its series of How to Draw Manga guidebooks! Ben Dunn, Fred Perry and more continue to present a comprehensive guide in mastering the manga style! Each featured artist will have his own exclusive special comments. If you don't get it... you'll regret it! In this issue: Animal Attraction by Ben Dunn - The secrets of cat-girl drawing; Set and Action by Fred Perry - Setting up dynamic, bone-breaking, grand slamming fight scenes; Dress Her Up by David Hutchison - Quickie character design; Furry Companions by Rod Espinosa - Developing animal sidekicks. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

Antarctic Press continues its series of How to Draw Manga guidebooks! Artists like Rod Espinosa, David Hutchison and Fred Perry continue to present a comprehensive guide in mastering the manga style, emphasizing different, useful aspects every issue! Each featured artist will have his own exclusive special comments. In this issue: Designing swords. Plus: Advanced weaponry by Rod Espinosa. And: Expressive and active hands by Fred Perry. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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Story and art by Robert Acosta, Fred Perry, Paul Kilpatrick and David Hutchison. Fred Perry and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. Creating special effects in art; flames and fireballs; effects and character. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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How to Shoot is a promotional comic originally distributed by Remington Arms Company. How to Shoot is a complete full color comic. Featured in the comic: 1) Safety tips; 2) Ideas for how to choose targets for shooting; 3) Many pictures of vintage Remington rifles and ammunition; 4) How to choose the right rifle; 5) See what happens to a coconut when it is hit by a "hi-speed" hollow point bullet; 6) Check out the "Old Timer" host, who says, "Americans are naturally crack shots..all they need is a good gun and training." 16 pages, full color, 7-in. x 10.25-in., newspaper cover and interior.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Tom Fowler. Written by Chip Zdarsky and Christopher Hastings. Art by Veronica Fish and Danillo Beyruth. 'Our World.' Plus, a new Gwenpool story! 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Fred Van Lente. Art and Cover by Tom Fowler and Jordie Bellaire. Tuck and Celine's parents put their family in suspended animation to ride out the ecological apocalypse-but when the kids wake up to find Mom & Dad are gone, they have to make their way across a brave and terrifying new world to find the 'rents...using only their Howtoons projects to survive! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Minneapolis Comic Con Variant Cover by Mike Grell. Who Shot Bruce Banner: Part 1 - Written by Mark Waid. Art by Mark Bagley. ALL-NEW DIRECTION! THE EPIC 'BANNER D.O.A.' BEGINS NOW!!! Following the shocking events of last month's INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK finale, Bruce Banner lies at death's door! If he survives, it WON'T be as the Bruce Banner we've known! How will the Hulk wreak vengeance on Banner's assailant? How CAN he? 28 pages, full color.

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Final issue - A Gathering of Vultures: Part 2 of 2 - "Highwire to Heaven!" Written by Bill Mantlo. Art by Lee Elias and Ricardo Villamonte. Cover by Bob Layton. Surrounded and outnumbered, the Human Fly and his friends must fight for survival. Plus, the Human Fly performs his last amazing, and deadliest, stunt yet! Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by John Romita. Part 1: Prisoner of the Wizard, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; As a crowd of theatre-goers watch a newsreel about Johnny (showing his adventure against The Destroyer), one in the crowd, The Wizard, thinks it would be a great challenge to match his skills against The Torch; The Wizard considers himself the world's greatest brain; He sees beating Johnny as somehow "the ultimate achievement," and tricks Johnny into rescuing him when a digging machine he's trying out appears to go wrong. Part 2: Wizard's Wiles!; The Wizard makes Johnny a prisoner, and with a special suit, impersonates him, commits a bank robbery, performs a mass jail-break, extorts money from commuters on a bridge, all to make The Torch appear a criminal, and "prove" that he is superior to him. The Hyena Strikes!, pencils by Alex Schomburg; A criminal called The Hyena is causing truck crashes. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Harmon. Stories and art by Harry Z. Hoffman, Bert Green, Joe Donohoe, Don Rico, Milt Hammer, Hy Gage and Jack Warren. Kids' comics from Novelty Press. Mr. Quiett's helicopter has magic time-dials that allow Vic and Ventura to travel into America's pioneer era. The Hermit of the Woods shows Mickey Starlight the legend of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. Aboard the Jerkwater Line, the kids manage to capture a real robber while playing cops and robbers. Action-packed cover by Jack Harmon has a little bit of everything. Vic and Ventura in Vacationland; Speck, Spot and Sis; Fearless Fellers; Mickey Starlight: The Legend of the Minotaur; Extra Service; Foxy; Dink; The Jerkwater Line: Boo-oomville!; Kids is Kids; Humdinger Stingers; Butch. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kenneth Rocafort. At last--all of Morningstar's secrets stand revealed as Ellis once and for all learns the shattering truth about his parents, about the Hunter-Killer program--and about how only his death can ensure the future of the human race! Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Story by Pierre Christin. Art and cover by Enki Bilal. The first English translation of the acclaimed political thriller set in the last days of Soviet Russia. A gathering of Soviet political figures for a weekend in the country turns into a group reminiscence about the high cost of maintaining an empire, while at the same time, each of them is plotting or anticipating their own act of murderous treachery. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 88 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $10.95. Cover price $8.95.

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Written by GREG RUCKA, SEAN McKEEVER, PAUL TOBIN & JACOB CHABOT. Art by MICHAEL LARK, STEFANO GAUDIANO, MIKE MAYHEW, DAVID LOPEZ, ALVARO LOPEZ & CHABOT. Penciled by MIKE MAYHEW & more! Cover by GREG LAND. The star-studded Avengers anthology continues as Greg Rucka makes his return to mighty Marvel with a tale of the star-spangled Avenger Steve Rogers! Honoring the fallen of the Siege of Asgard, the former Captain America will never let them be forgotten! When two separate nights out on the town result in ex-Avengers (and ex-soulmates) Firestar and Justice bumping into each other, the truly unexpected happens! Plus, with so many different (and hungry!) Avengers converging in New York, what's on the day's menu for Jarvis? 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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CRACKDOWN: Part 2 of 5. Trapped in the ruins of Moscow, Psy-4 faces Grygori, a diabolical computer hacker and his terrible computer monolith. Only the I-Bots stand between him and world conquest! Script by Steven Grant, with art by Pat Broderick and Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Gil Kane. Cover price $2.25.

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By Rod Espinosa and Craig Babiar. Will, Aarna and Delilah make a run for the border for a little Cinco de Mayhem, hunting Chupacabra in Mexico. They find something really unexpected ? another team of monster hunters! Then one of these fighters discovers Delilah is a vampire... but both teams must put their differences aside or be slaughtered in the dark by night creepers! b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by MATT FRACTION & ED BRUBAKER Pencils by DAVID AJA & TRAVEL FOREMAN Cover by DAVID AJA It's the collision you've been waiting for: the Iron Fists of two different eras come head to head! Daniel Rand: the Iron Fist of the modern age, rocketed back to front and center of the Marvel Universe. Orson Randall: the Iron Fist of decades past, somehow still alive, somehow still on the run from the nightmare of the first World War, and somehow...sharing...the power of the Iron Fist with Danny. They'll have to learn to work together if they want to escape a trap that sprang to life centuries ago, their shared mystical lineage may be their only hope at surviving HYDRA's full-on assault against...THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST! Written by Ed Brubaker (CAPTAIN AMERICA) and Matt Fraction (PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, CASANOVA) and drawn by the brilliant David Aja (DAREDEVIL) with Travel Foreman (ARES). Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Joshua Dysart. Art by Khari Evans. Cover by Robert Gill. Desperate times for Toyo Harada as 'STORMBREAK' rages on! Harada's vision to save the world faces catastrophic failure as the Foundation Zone finds itself squeezed between the armies of the world. Now, at his weakest point, the allied forces led by Livewire and H.A.R.D. Corps' Major Charlie Palmer conspire to hit him hard and fast on every front. But with Harada's team of monsters starting to turn on each other, does this super-powered mastermind stand any chance of winning the fight? 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Art by Tony D'Adamo and others. Western adventure stories told from the perspective of the first Americans. Manzar and Red Cloud investigate reports of ghostly figures in an abandoned Pawnee village; The true story of legendary chieftain and warrior Sitting Bull; An illustrated text article on The Plains Tribes. Manzar the White Indian; Warriors of the West; Orphan of the Storm; The First Americans; Lone Wolf; Long Bow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

By Various. The bi-monthly fiction magazine of dark fantasy and grim adventure set in the worlds of Warhammer! This is a special issue devoted entirely to Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts novel series, essential for all fans of Commissar Gaunt and the Tanith Ghosts, and will include all-new fiction from Dan Abnett, a brand-new Ghosts comic strip, an in-depth guide to the Tanith First-and-Only and their campaigns in the Sabbat Crusade to date and the Gaunt story that never was, an unpublished tale of the Commissar-Colonel is exhumed to see what might have been! 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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Cover A by Valentine De Landro. (W) Mike Raicht (A) Valentine De Landro (CA) Valentine De Landro, Livio Ramondelli. Cobra has always had a penchant for dark experiments. This time they've gone too far and opened a portal to a realm of violence and madness. As squadron after squadron of Cobra Vipers falls under the thrall of the Elder Gods there seems no way to stop the hideous transformations that are taking place. The only hope lies in a group of already-insane Cobra agents... and a Joe named Snake Eyes! Cover price $3.99.

Limited to 1,500 copies. Written by Dave Dwonch. Art and Cover by Arturo Mesa. Lines have been drawn and war between the Infinite Seven and Chimera has been declared. The first arc in the hit series comes to an end, but one question remains: Who will draw FIRST BLOOD? This issue is chock full of revelations, and a shock ending that will leave readers reeling! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Gerry Duggan. Art by Nicole Virella and Brent Schoonover. Cover by Bill Seinkiewicz. Given the incredibly powerful Space Stone to look after by an old friend, Black Widow has no intention of letting it fall into the wrong hands…but is even the top espionage agent in the world ready to handle cosmic responsibility? 36 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Limited 1 for 50 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Ryan Ottely. Written by Charles Soule. Art by Ryan Stegman. Medusa and the Inhumans of Attilan are taken down hard. The Unspoken is back and taking his kingdom back no matter the cost. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Cover by Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire. END OF STORY ARC Vivek, Simeon, and Brigid are hunted by ghost-thieves, secret societies, and sandwich criminals. Maria tries to hold the world together, and Robin makes a decision that might end it. INJECTION will return with Volume 3 later in the year. 20 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $2.99.

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Cover by Montos. (W) Jose Loeri (A) Montos Thirty years after the fall of the Heroic Age, the world has become a dark and dangerous place. However, the mysterious past of a lone fugitive sheds new light on the fall of the first age of heroes and gives birth to a second! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko. Art by Gabriel Hardman and Jordan Boyd. Cover by Gabriel Hardman. END OF STORY ARC The truth about Maia's plans for Avalon are revealed as the exciting third arc concludes! 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Grant Morrison. Art by Steve Yeowell and Dick Giordano. Cover by Sean Phillips. House Of Fun; When Lord Fanny and King Mob are trapped by the Invisibles' enemies and infected with reality-altering, cancerous nanomachines, the rest of the Invisibles--led by Jim Crow--must break them out. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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1st printing. Collects Iron Man (2005-2009 4th Series) #15-32 and Annual #1.

Written by DANIEL KNAUF, CHARLIE KNAUF, and STUART MOORE. Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER, ROBERTO DE LA TORRE, CARLO PAGULAYAN and STEVE KURTH. Cover by JIM CHEUNG.

Tony Stark takes on the Marvel Universe's hardest job: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.! And he's just the futurist to bring the peacekeeping intelligence organization up to date! But with Tony in the hot seat, what will that mean for Iron Man? He'll face techno-zombies, an old hero with a grudge, a traitor in the Initiative and regime change in the nation of Madripoor!

Will Tony Stark crack under the pressure of being the world's top cop?

Softcover, 472 pages, full color.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Al Camy and Bruce Campbell. Biography, history and real war stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The life of patriot, inventor, publisher and all-around polymath Ben Franklin; Ernest J. King becomes commander of the US Naval Fleet during WWII; Gautama Buddha seeks enlightenment, and finds a way that millions will follow. Lieutenant Richard Barklie Lakin; Jan Christiaan Smuts; Behind the Enemy Lines; Benjamin Franklin; Triple-Threat Admiral; The Dixie Demons; Gautama Buddha - the Beggar Prince; Bloopie the G.I. Monkey; Kit Carson; Technical Sergeant Charles Vondrachek. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Dempsey-Tunny "Long Count" fight of 1927 sports page. Dangerous Cargo starring Jack Armstrong. Profile of college basketball's "1947 Player of the Year," Phil Beard of the University of Kentucky, art by Phil Berube. James W. (J.W.) Thompson; J.W. Thompson saves his brother from electrocution after his kite hits a electric wire. The Case of the Broken Headlight featuring Vic Hardy's Crime Lab. The Three Suspects; Vic has to decide which of three suspects robbed a jewelry store. Land of Leopard Men, art by Howard Larson; Jack and his friends are in Africa to get motion pictures of the savage Leopard Men; When his safari leader refuses to enter the land of the Leopard Men, Jack and Billy push on. The Team Mates, script by Charles Spain Verral, art by Edd Ashe; A high school hockey team's captain is over-shadowed when a flashy newcomer joins the team and is an immediate sensation. Old Nubs; A whaling ship fails to catch "Old Nubs,' a huge sperm whale, but aren't very disappointed the whale escaped. Hazardous Holiday; Betty goes on a skiing trip to the mountains. Her female ski instructor rescues a woman who has fallen into a crevasse during a blizzard. Billy's Scavenger Hunt, art by Vic Herman; Billy and Daisy go on a scavenger hunt. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Michael Rosen, Edd Ashe, Vic Herman and Jack Sparling. Adventure comics and stories featuring radio hero Jack Armstrong and crime-busting scientist Vic Hardy. Jack and Vic try to expose a crooked slumlord after a fire investigation reveals arson; Vic Hardy uses photography to determine the truth about a horse race; Billy babysits a brat, and winds up falling off a high building into a fireman's net. Shot in the Dark; The Case of the Photo Finish; 20 Miles from Key West; Man Overboard; Secret Cargo; Wild Boar!; Kid Caddy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

In Jack Kirby Collector #41 we look at Jack's fondly-remembered (and occasionally maligned) 1970s Marvel work! First, there's a Kirby Black Panther cover inked by comics legend Dick Giordano, and a Devil Dinosaur cover inked by Mark "Cadillacs & Dinosaurs" Schultz! Regular columnist Mark Evanier talks about Kirby at Marvel in the '70s, plus we'll examine the deal Jack got to lure him away from DC Comics in 1975! There's an interview with Ralph Macchio about Jack's tenure there, plus one with Dick Giordano about Kirby and comics, and coverage of the King's work from Captain America to Eternals to Machine Man! Also, "The 2004 Kirby Tribute Panel," direct from this summer's Comicon International: San Diego, tentatively featuring Dave Gibbons, Alex Ross, and other Kirby collaborators and admirers to be announced! Plus there's our other regular columnists, and a colossal Kirby Art Gallery, showing his uninked pencil art at whopping tabloid size! (Twomorrows Publishing) Tabloid, 80pgs, PC SRP: $9.95 Cover price $9.95.

This issue features a never-published interview with Jack Kirby! A heartfelt new interview with Jack's son Neal Kirby! Mark Evanier's regular column, plus other regular columnists! Also, look for two Kirby pencil art galleries ? "The Past" and "The Future" ? two rare, complete 1950s Kirby stories, an interview with Kirby Award-winner and family friend, Mark Miller, Kirby's first script from the 1930s, a look at Kirdy's 3-D work, the Eternals, Devil Dinosaur, Justice Inc., war and gangster stories, and the 2005 Kirby Tribute Panel! (Twomorrows Publishing) (CAUT: 4) Tabloid, 11x17, 80pgs, B&WSRP: $9.95 Cover price $9.95.