Comic books in 'Monster', graded by CGC

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Chapter One - I Created the Colossus! ," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Russian dissident is forced by his loyal brother to build a giant statue glorifying the USSR; An alien crash lands and fuses with the statue for protection, animating it and defeating the whole military. "The Comic" text story. "Chapter Two - The Colossus Lives!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Colossus escapes from the army and Boris takes the opportunity to attack the regime by declaring that after he built the statue a voice came from the beyond saying that it was time for dictators to be brought to task and power-mad rulers to be halted. "Chapter Three - The Power of the Colossus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Am... Gorak!", art by Steve Ditko; A famous magician is enraged when his power is questioned, and he reveals that the whole world is an illusion, and only he is real. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Goom! The Thing from Planet X!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; After attracting the hostile attention of Goom of Planet X, a scientist realizes that any civilization possessing such advanced technology must be benevolent and that his radar transmissions must have been intercepted by a criminal; He rebroadcasts to Planet X, and the Earth officials plan to execute him as a traitor summoning a full invasion fleet from Planet X, when the representatives from Planet X arrive and stop the execution and take Goom into their custody and leave the planet. "Masquerade" text story. "I Am the Living Ghost!", art by Steve Ditko; A man enters a castle determined to prove that there are no ghosts, but the events he experiences convince him that the castle is haunted, and so he flees. "Moomboo!", art by Don Heck; A shaman cons his tribe, but when a seemingly magic idol appears he attacks it and it vanishes. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Goom leaves an offspring in a cave to complete his conquest, and he comes across the family of the scientist who was responsible for his father's defeat; Googam is defeated when the scientist's son challenges him to a game of tag and runs off towards a pool of quicksand and then climbs a tree; When Googam sees the quicksand he mistakenly assumes that it is only mud since the boy must have run across it; Googam only sees the boy hiding in the tree as he sinks into the quicksand. "The Bridge" text story. "There Is Something Strange about Mister Jones!", art by Don Heck; A thug hears a man say that he has a fortune in his locker. He attacks him and tries to make him lead him there. His victim is Davy Jones, and he shows the thief his locker by drowning him. "What Lurks in the Mountain?", art by Steve Ditko; A communist general demands that the lama tell him of the alien space ship that has landed for repairs; At first the lama refuses to allow the aliens to be conquered by the communists, but he relents after the general threatens to execute all the peasants. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Kraa the Unhuman," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An American teacher investigates the mysterious statues made by one tribe in Africa, and finds that they worship a native mutated into a monster by a Soviet atomic test; The teacher soothes the man's pain with ointment, but before the American can get him to a hospital he dies protecting his helper from a python. "The Money Tree" text story. "The Mysterious Mr. P!", art by Don Heck; A mysterious but famous clarinetist is trapped by communists and pressed to become a propaganda mouthpiece. "Enter... the Robot!", art by Steve Ditko; A mine foreman is concerned that a new robot may take his job, so he scrambles the wires in its control panel. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Green Thing!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants; He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world; The scientist ran from the plant and used the serum on a more advanced plant, which was benevolent and stopped the evil plant. "Lady Luck" text story. "The Haunted Paper!", art by Steve Ditko; A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front; When his typesetter changes the headlines from what they should read into what actually happens in the near future, he realizes he's got a goldmine, but the typesetter refuses to tell him how he can accurately predict the future. "The Coming of Maaboo!", art by Don Heck; A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien; The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Colossus Lives Again," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The crab-creatures of Cancrius III come back to try to take over the earth and begin by taking control of Colossus again; Bob O'Bryan, a scenery designer, comes up with the idea of creating a plaster of Paris creature to trick the crab-creatures into it taking over. "Weather Man" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Rocking Horse," art by Paul Reinman; A lame boy in a poor house asks for a rocking horse from charity, enraging his parents; When their house is destroyed in an earthquake the horse saves the boy, showing the value of love. "The Bomb," art by Steve Ditko; A threatening object that appears to be a bomb drops from the sky and lands in New York City; The object even emits ticking sounds that lead people to believe they are in imminent danger and so the city the evacuated. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Klagg! His Mission: Destroy Mankind!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Klagg, an alien who visits Earth, becomes so upset upon learning humanity still wages war that he declares war upon the nations of the Earth; The hero of the story convinces communist agents to pool their forces with the democracies in an effort to present a united front against Klagg; The effort is successful because the fact the various nations were able to set aside their differences and band together convinces Klagg to give up his campaign of destruction and leave Earth. "Sdrawkcab" text story, art by John Tartaglione. "Whose Face Is in the Mirror?", art by Steve Ditko; A man wakes up in the morning and sees a stranger's face in the mirror and then it shatters. "The Man from... Tomorrow!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A man invents a time machine to travel back to the Roman Empire of 25 A.D. and set himself up as king, but all the present day devices he has brought back with him to prove his claims do not work without electricity, fuel, and broadcasting stations. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Beware of... Bruttu," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he cant make himself understood; In his new form he discovers that the girl hed thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again. "Mystery Trip" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Only One Is Human!", art by Don Heck; A human unit on Mars realises that a disguised Martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the Martian. "The Anatomy of a Nightmare!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him; He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Insect Man," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A soldier is placed underground in a capsule to test the effects of isolation; He is attacked by a telepathic insect. "Mystery Pupil" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Beware... the Ticking Clocks!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A king is beset by an assassin in the king's clockroom whereupon the assassin is magiked into yet another figurine upon the king's favorite timepiece. "Something Lurks in the Fog!", art by Don Heck; An unrepentant con-man is scared straight when he strays onto a forbidden road and enters a world between life and death. "Long Live the King!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A greedy prince marries a dowager queen; He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Last 10-cent issue. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "The Death of Monstrollo," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A movie producer's next film is a sci-fi picture featuring a giant robotic monster; Bad press convinces him to abandon the project but just as he's about to disassemble the robot, an alien invasion fleet lands; He sends the robot lumbering towards them and they ineffectively fire their nerve weapons at it. "The Heat's On," art by Don Heck; When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat. "The Unseen," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A scientist is contacted by a communist agent who offers him a million dollars for research into an invisibility ray; The man's greed makes him accept treason and he succeeds, but he finds that after testing the ray upon himself, he has become intangible as well and has no way of turning on the switch of the antidote ray. "The Hidden Face," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; An alien bigot attempts to preach hate by hiding his face under a hood; When he assaults one of the people he is defaming he flees the police to escape capture. "The Enchanted Paint," art by Paul Reinman; A greedy prince marries a dowager queen; He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

First 12-cent issue. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "It Crawls by Night!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A farmer develops a plant that grows so quickly at night that it becomes a menace to all objects around it by crushing and tossing them; The farmer feels he is done for as he runs to hide behind a meteorite that fell from the sky earlier in the day, but as the plant touches the rock, it begins to shrivel and die. "Music Master" text story. "Never Trust a Martian," art by Don Heck; Communist spies plan to fake a Martian invasion, but they are abducted and killed by the real Martians, afraid that their cover will be blown. "Seven Long Years," art by Paul Reinman; A racketeer breaks a mirror and gives up crime for seven years, only to break another mirror in his first robbery and be caught and sentenced to seven years. "The Face!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A thief steals a ruby from an Indian Lama's temple and finds himself cursed to see the Lama's face everywhere he goes; He tries to get out of the country by train, but still finds himself pursued by the face. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Oog Lives Again!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued - "Invade you? You have nothing we want! We should quarantine you!" "From Outer Space" text story. "On the Trail of the Witch!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A witch is fearful of being pursued by a witch-hunter, but it turns out her fears are groundless as he is also a witch. "John Doe," pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Joe Sinnott; An inventor creates a humanoid robot and treats it like a close friend; When the robot sacrifices itself to save him from a bear, his friends realize that the inventor is also a robot. "His Name Was... Merlin!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; An untalented magician who takes the name Merlin is visited by the spirit of the real Merlin in the form of a derelict and offers to teach him some tricks; When the man learns Merlin's last trick of completely disappearing, he stiffs Merlin his fee. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Russ Heath; John Cartwright, an auto executive, pretends to betray the human race to the invaders from Atlantis. "Special Sale" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Back From the Dead!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A fugitive hides on Easter Island and finds a scroll that awakens the stone heads; They turn out to be aliens, and take him with them as a zoo specimen. "The Dummy," pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Joe Sinnott; Ventriloquist the Great Gregory and his wooden puppet Herman are both wooden aliens from Uranus! "The Secret of the Black Planet," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A man escapes from a prison planet only to mistake a native creature on another world for a rocket ship and ends up about to be devoured. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "The Martian Who Stole a City!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light. "Mystery Mansion" text story. "Nothing Can Save Us!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids. "It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop... or Was It??!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Muggsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop; He goes in and the barber hides him forever. "The Thing in the Locked Room!", art by Don Heck; Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Monster in the Iron Mask!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas. "Time Machine" text story. "The Man Who Found Shangri-La!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La; He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve. "The Crackpot," art by Don Heck; An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away; A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing. "The Missing Link!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Don Heck. "The Icy Fingers of Jack Frost!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Robert Bernstein (as R. Berns) (script), art by Don Heck; A washed up boxer saves Stark's life, and he hires him as a chauffeur; Meanwhile, a scientist fired by Stark creates a suit that gives him the power to freeze whatever is near him. Ad for The Avengers. "I Come From Far Centaurus!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Matt Fox; A greedy man is delighted when an alien shows that he will be rich, but he is sentenced to exile for fraud, and imprisoned on an asteroid where his money is useless. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel. "Victory!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel (as Gary Michaels); While battling the Titanium Man in Washington D.C., Iron Man soon finds that Pepper Potts, the girl he loves, is caught in the Titanium Man's paralyzer ray. "Enter ... the Tumbler!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Adaptoid, posing as Cap, is attacked by the Tumbler. Cap manages to defeat both. Letter to the editor from future comics writer Marvin Wolfman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. "The Tragedy and the Triumph!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Dan Adkins; Iron Man saves villagers while battling Titanium Man; Iron Man destroys Titanium Man control center; Titanium Man aims a disintegrator ray at Iron Man. First appearance of Modok in "If This Be... Modok!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; Helpless from a paralyzing ray, Captain America is about to be shot by an agent of A.I.M; However, MODOK wants to destroy Cap himself. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Number on cover 12-793-302. Movie tie-in. Roger Corman's "Tales of Terror," as well as "The Black Cat," and "Morella." Photo cover featuring Vincent Price and Debra Paget. Four additional movie photos appear on the inside front cover, featuring pics of Basil Rathbone and Peter Lorre. Inside back cover is an illustration and brief bio of Edgar Allen Poe. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Corey Wolfe. Written by Bill Pearson, Bob Curran & David Lloyd, Mindy Newell and Glen Johnson & Buzz Dixon. Art by Gray Morrow, David Lloyd, Ron Lightburn and Glen Johnson & Jim Sinclair. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "The Later Life of a Monster"; "Man in the Fog"; "Octopus"; and "Eyes in the Dark"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.75.

Cover by John Bolton. Written by Bruce Jones, Chuck Dixon and Rick Geary. Art by John Bolton, Jim Seed, Rick Geary and John Ridgway. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "The Dark Man"; "The Cubicle"; 1-page story "Queen of the Worms" by Geary; and "Free"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.75.

Cover by John Bolton. Written by Bob Curran, Jack Butterworth, Fred Burke & Andrew Lee and Chuck Dixon. Art by John Bolton, Flint Henry, Matt Nelson & Mark A. Nelson and Bob Hardin. Illustrated horror! In this issue: A hunter pursues..."The Last of the Vampires"; "Headset"; "Down to the Wire!"; and "Roadkill"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

Cover by Peter Ledger. Written by Tim Truman, Chuck Dixon, Fred Burke and Ron Fortier. Art by Ron Wagner, Karl Waller & John Nyberg, Graham Nolan and Glen Johnson & Jim Sinclair. Illustrated horror! Featuring: "In the Forest"; "Bag Boy A Tale of Terror"; 1-page story "Somewhere in the Jungle" by Burke & Nolan; and "Double Exposure"! 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

Horror, Crime, and Science Fiction books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

Feldstei bondage/torture cover, issue #3. Ingels, Wood, and Kamen art. Horror, Crime, and shock books that appeared around 1952. Each E.C. Annual contains four complete books that did not sell on the stands which were rebound in the annual format, minus the covers, and sold from the E.C. Office and on the stands in key cities. The contents of each annual may vary in the same year. Cover price $0.25.

1st printing. Feature story stars the Armorkins in "Prisoners of Love", secondary story is "The Amazing Liver, A Space Pirate with Lots of Bile!", all by Larry S. Todd, back cover by Trina Robbins; 32 pages; b&w; mature; 7-in. x 10 1/8-in. Cover price $0.50.

Cover art by Larry Marder. Deep Down; Down Deep!, script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Service Jerks visit Beanworld and Gran'Ma'Pa promises a gift. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. A Gift! A Gift Comes!, script and art by Larry Marder; Gran'Ma'Pa gives the beans a pod'l'pool. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. Pod'L'Pool Past. Pod'L'Pool Present, script and art by Larry Marder; Flashback to Mr. Spook's childhood; Mr. Teach'm appears. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. Notworm Madness!, script and art by Larry Marder; Goofy Jerks split Mr. Spook's fork. 36 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Cutie Cutie Boom Boom!", script and art by Larry Marder; Professor Garbanzo discovers that the Pod'l'pool Cuties have changed again!; They've sprouted something overnight; Mr. Spook's too busy to go see; he's trying to please an irritated Sprout-Butt that's unhappy with the replacement Fork; While the Chow Sol'jer Army is away, the remaining Beans discover that the cuties want to be held, and are speaking ("Hoo moo!"); The Boom'r Band comes up with a new boom just for the occasion; Beanish visits his secret friend. His power and skill are improving. Contest 4 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 5 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Uh-oh!", script and art by Larry Marder; While the Beans dance the Cutie Cutie Boom Boom, Mr. Teach'm fills Mr. Spook in on some of his duties as a hero; The baby beans need to be taught. To recover the Elusive Notworm, Mr. Spook will have to do it himself; While Mr. Spook takes the cuties on a tour of the Beanworld's landmarks, Professor Garbanzo goes back to her Float Factor research; When Mr. Spook approaches the Fix-It Shop and Proffy's Float Factor experiments, he refuses to let the cuties near; He and Proffy argue, with Mr. Spook claiming that the Float Factor is "unwholesome" and "unsuitable for youngsters"; Proffy gets so angry she takes a walk to calm down. Contest 5 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 6 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Jump'n Beanish," script and art by Larry Marder; While Beanish spends the morning making another Look·See·Show, Professor Garbanzo is doing research; She's unsuccessfully trying to duplicate Beanish's disappearance from his Secret Sketch; Beanish suggests that Proffy make a sketch of her own; Beanish is wondering about something himself: how are his visits with his Dreamishness tied up with hearts; The day's Chow Raid isn't going well; All the Hoi-Polloi rings are too big for the Chow Sol'jer Army; Mr. Spook has a good idea: he makes the day's Sprout-Butt unhappy and then leads his troops down into Der Stinkle; The unhappy Sprout-Butt annoys the Hoi-Polloi, and they forget that the Beans are nearby; The Beans reappear suddenly and successfully attack. "Tales of the Goofy Jerks," script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Sermon Jerk can't sleep; He's haunted by memories of Mr. Spook and the Beanworld; In flashback, we see the Goofy Surgical Jerks making a diagnosis of an ailing Gran'Ma'Pa; It's produced an unusual Pod'l'pool and can only speak through its offspring, a Sprout-Butt. Contest 6 Do-it-yourself Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 7 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "The Mystery Pods Must Go!", script and art by Larry Marder; Mr. Spook has had it with the Mystery Pods!; He grabs a handful and tosses them off The Legendary Edge; Beanish notices that Mr. Spook looks very busy; When Mr. Spook tells him what he's doing, Beanish calls on Professor Garbanzo to help; Professor Garbanzo reminds Mr. Spook of what happens when Mystery Pods come near Twinks; Mr. Spook sheepishly admits that he already tossed some over the Legendary Edge; All the Beans go to see what's happened. "The Goofy Sermon!", script and art by Larry Marder; The Goofy Sermon Jerk is angry!; He's summoned all the suspect Goofy Service Jerks; With some Goofy Surveillance Jerks watching, he recounts the details of the crime; The criminals start looking very nervous and crooked; Their anxiety gives them away. Contest 8 Do-it-yourself Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 9 Do-it-yourself Beanworld activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Boom the Poing Poing!", script and art by Larry Marder; A Goof-Off day begins with a visit of the Pod'l'pool Cuties to Professor Garbanzo's Fix-It Shop; Something's a little peculiar this morning, though; One of the beans is standing on her head and falling asleep while everyone else is waking up; Proffy teaches the baby beans about the Four Realities; They learn quickly; The Boom'r Band is at a loss; Nobody's bouncin' to their Good Morning Boom; They split up and go on a search for inspiration for a new boom. "No Goofy Excuses!", script and art by Larry Marder; After the criminal Goofy Service Jerks have been identified, the Goofy Sermon Jerk pronounces judgement. Contest 9 Do-it-yourself Beanworld Winners, art by Larry Marder. Contest 10 Do-it-yourself activity, art by Larry Marder. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "Beanworld Zero," script and art by Larry Marder; The unusual Pod'l'pool is brought before the Goofy Sermon Jerk; Mr. Teach'm volunteers to take over its care; It hatches a single being, the young Mr. Spook, who Mr. Teach'm trains to be a hero; After Gran'Ma'Pa has healed, it requests a very large load of reproductive propellant and produces four Pod'l'pools containing a total of twenty baby beans; Without anyone around to teach them, they grow in silence, soaking up chow; Eventually the Pod'l'pools sag and burst, letting the baby beans become mobile; One curious bean wanders into the Fix-It Shop; There it sees a strange hat-like object that has images of a slat, hoop, twink, and chip. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover art by Larry Marder. "The First Time Professor Garbanzo Discovered the Four Realities," script and art by Larry Marder; The baby Beans play at being Hoi-Polloi and Mr. Spook; Beanish shows up with new Beanworld Action Effigies of two very thin Beans; The baby Beans want to know who they are; Professor Garbanzo starts telling the tale; It continues the situation at the end of the previous issue; One day Mr. Spook notices that one of the Beans looks different; It appears to have some sort of hat on that won't come off; Soon after, the bean starts spending time gazing at the Fix-It Shop (even though she didn't know what it was); Then she begins to dream; In the dream, she meets what looks like a large version of herself; It reveals that it is the Fix-It Shop and that she is Professor Garbanzo. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Cover pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Gerry Alanguilan. Untitled Darkness story, script by Brian Haberlin and Malachy Coney, pencils by Whilce Portacio and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant), inks by Gerry Alanguilan, Edgar Tadeo, and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant); Sela and Fincher use the ploy of interspace smuggling to get on board the Darkness' giant living ship; Sela reports to her commanders that things are going according to plan but she does not plan on growing close to the dark ruler of the cosmos; As the Darkness cozies up to Sela, she is given every luxury but still holds the memory of her mother who died at the hands of the Darkness. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Gerry Alanguilan. Untitled Darkness story, script by Brian Haberlin and Malachy Coney, pencils by Whilce Portacio and Gilbert Monsanto (Assistant), inks by Gerry Alanguilan; Sela discovers that the Darkness is being manipulated by his servant Vassal; She tries to intervene but is attacked; Her mother, Galinda, emerges from the protoplasm of the Darkness and battles Vassal, allowing Sela and the Darkness time to escape; They arrive on a beautiful planet to begin a new life but, when the sun rises, it disintegrates the Darkness; As Sela is left alone with her grief, the Darkness reforms aboard his ship where Vassal is waiting to greet him. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover pencils by Clarence Lansang, inks by Victor Llam. Untitled Darkness, script by Malachy Coney, pencils by Clarence Lansang and Cedric Nocon, inks by Victor Llamas, Joe Weems, Marlo Alquiza, Jason Gorder, Edwin Rosell, John Livesay, and Marco Galli (Assistant); Alexandre and Maximillion are investigating a secret lair of the Brotherhood of Darkness hidden underneath the Statue of Liberty when the leader of the Brotherhood, Sonatine, and his men arrive; Sonatine digs through the treasure chest of the Brotherhood and finds a lost book by Cervantes which he promises to read to Alexandre after which he plans on killing her; In the story, Cervantes and Sancho Panza are shacking up in a local barn because the hostel it connects to is being occupied by members of the Inquisition; They find the barn has a previous tenant as well, the gypsy Michaelangelo Estacado who is hiding out after a dalliance with the maid. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Brown background cover. Cover pencils by Clarence Lansang, inks by Vicor Llamas. Untitled Darkness story, script by Malachy Coney, pencils by Clarence Lansang, inks by Victor Llamas, Jason Gorder, and John Livesay; The gypsy Michaelangelo Estacado tells Cervants and Sancho Pansa his sad history and how his mother was burned to death by the Inquisition; Once the young man takes his leave of the barn, the Inquisition comes looking for him and Cervantes is confronted by the dark priest Sonatine; When Estacado witnesses the Inquisition burning more heretics on crosses, he manifests the Darkness and attacks Sonatine and his men; Falling unconscious after his efforts, Estacado is once again taken in by the gypsies. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Wizard 1/2 Edition. Certificate of Authenticity. Includes color reprint of 4 page story by Garth Ennis from The Darkness Special Preview Edition.

Wizard 1/2 Variant Edition. Certificate of Authenticity. Includes color reprint of 4 page story by Garth Ennis from The Darkness Special Preview Edition.

Top Cow Comics: This is the regular wizard 1/2 edition. The special edition has a wizard special edition seal on the front cover. Includes color reprint of 4 page story by Garth Ennis from The Darkness Special Preview Edition. Cover price $2.95.

Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN PATY Written by ANGE Pencils by PHILIPPE BRIONES The bloodiest battle in the history of the Order of the Dragon Guard! Tens of thousands of creatures deformed by the Veil surge through the country like a wave of death. After overtaking the empire's troops, the monsters are only a few days from the capital. Only the Dragon Guard are strong enough to intervene and the Order cannot ignore the Emperor's request. Will the battle of Brisken Pass battle live on in history books as the battle that saved the empire or as the biggest trap the Order of the Dragon Guard Order ever fell into? 48 PGS./Mature Content...$5.99 Cover price $5.99.

Stories, art and cover by Robert L. Crabb. Another funny-animal spoof from the creator and publisher of Hamster Vice. Junior, a mythical jackalope (a jackrabbit with antelope horns) has wacky adventures that also provide sly commentary on American society as it existed in the 1980s. Professor Von Crabman explains the Pedigres Leapusalopus, or jackalope; The connection between the jackalope and Bigfoot; Junior Jackalope meets Beaver and the kamikaze Suicide Squirrel. So, What IS a Jackalope?; The Wilderness Camp of Wild Jackalope Dan McCoy; Roots; The Jackalope....Friend of Big Foot?; Junior and the Beaver: Sticks an Stones; Junior Jackalope: Squirrels Before Swine; Survival of the Faddist; Sabretooth Jackalope. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Tales of the Kung-Fu Warriors (1989) is a magazine published by CFW. Get all the martial arts action you could ever want in this magazine. Includes the stories "Max Luger", "Reiki Soldiers", "Moonlight Cutter", "Dragon Dancer", "Flint", and "Kung-Fu Dog." Contributors include Brad Parker, Daerick Gross, Dale Berry, Steve Ross, David Lee, and more. Cover art by Daerick Gross. 52 pages, color cover with black and white illlustrations in the interior, 8-in x 10.75-in. Cover price $2.25.

Cover by Alex Niño. Written by Steve Ditko and unknown. Art by Steve Ditko and Henry Boltinoff. Featuring "Deadly Shadow" by Steve Ditko. Plus: "The Desert" with art by Ditko, reprinted from issue #4; "Mister Evriman" with art by Ditko, reprinted from issue #6; "The Night Was Strange" with art by Ditko, reprinted from This Magazine is Haunted (1957 Charlton) #16; and 1-pager "The Planet Zog" with art by Henry Boltinoff. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.75.