Comic books August 1996

ESC (Escape) Special Gold Medallion Edition is numbered & limited to 250 copies with Comico certificate of authenticity. Medallion edition includes a numbered # 1 comic and a numbered print of the original artwork, all packaged in a glow-in-the-dark bonded paper legal size envelope.

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Reprints Sandman 1. Cover art by Dave McKean. "Sleep of the Just," script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Sam Kieth, inks by Mike Dringenberg; Roderick Burgess, seeking to trap Death, snares her brother Dream instead; After many years of captivity, Morpheus is released and takes his revenge; 1st app of Morpheus (Modern Age Sandman); Golden Age Sandman Wesley Dodds cameo. See also Books of Magic, Vertigo Jam, and Vertigo Preview. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Part 5 of 5 - Double-Size Spectacular - Onslaught: Impact 1 - "London's Burning!" Guest-starring the X-Men. Story by Warren Ellis. Art by Casey Jones, Randy Green, Rob Haynes and Tom Simmons. Cover by Carlos Pacheco and Bob Wiacek. As the demon beneath London breaks free, Amanda Sefton goes up against her own mother, and the X-Men race to Muir Island to find the secrets behind the Xavier Protocols - their last hope against their greatest enemy - Onslaught! Wraparound cover. 56 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

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Dark Destiny - Written by Phil Crain. Art by John Fang, Shannon Denton, Rod Whigham and Bruce McCorkindale. Cover by Michael Golden. Last issue! A major turning point for the Ultraverse's "non-team"! The hunt for the Exiles ends where it began: Ground Zero, the half of New York they're accused of destroying! And if bloodthirsty bounty hunters aren't enough, now the monstrous Maxis attacks! Is this the Exiles' last stand? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

This issue includes the following: a preview of The Island of Dr. Moreau; features on The Crow: City of Angels and Peter Jackson's The Frighteners; a piece on John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.; and more. Cover depicts The Crow. Cover price $5.99.

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"An Enemy Among Us! Onslaught Phase 1. Guest-starring Bishop, Iceman, and the Avengers. Script by Tom DeFalco. Pencils by Carlos Pacheco. Inks by Bob Wiacek. Cover by Carlos Pacheco and Bob Wiacek. Elements of the plot continue from Uncanny X-Men 335. The evil of Onslaught descends on Four Freedoms Plaza! And the powerful psionic entity wants young Franklin! But the assembled Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four arent going to let Onslaught take Reed and Sues son without a ferocious fight! First Onslaught battles Crystal and Johnny! Then clashes with Lyja, Hawkeye, and the idol of millions! And finally challenges Bishop and the Invisible Woman! Can anyone stop Onslaught and save Franklin? The situation does not look good. Story continues in X-Men 55. Cameo appearances by Apocalypse, Scott Lang, Magda, and the Watcher. Avengers Lineup: Black Widow, Crystal, Giant-Man, Hawkeye, and the Wasp. 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Homecoming - Written by Ben Raab & Terry Kavanagh. Art by Pascual Ferry, Art Thibert and Jaime Mendoza. Cover by Pascual Ferry & Art Thibert. World's greatest final issue! Can Mr. Fantastic and Doctor Doom bury the hatchet before humanity is buried under water? The showdown between the FF and their arch-enemy leads into a brand new future next month! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

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Volume 49 - Number 8, August 1996. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. Articles and Stories. Softcover, 8-in. x 10 3/4-in., 80 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos.) Cover price $3.50.

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Cover pencils by Anthony Williams, inks by Andy Lanning. The Will to Power, script by Len Kaminski, pencils by Anthony Williams, inks by Andy Lanning; Free-for-all ensues between Fate, Typhon, Charnelle, Nabu, and the Pharaoh. Sentinel arrives with Inza Nelson to break up the battle and separate Nabu from Kent, but it is Fate and Typhon who defeat Nabu. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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Volume 5 - #2 - August 1996. Pam Grier - Escape From L.A. Plus: Hajime Sorayama's 'Sexy Robots,' 'Phantom' Femme Kristy Swanson, The Legend of Pamela Franklin. Cover features Pam Grier. Cover price $5.95.

Vol. 2 #2. Cover by Steven Hughes. An official newsletter for fans of Lady Death and Evil Ernie. 5 1/2" X 8 1/2". B&W.

Film in Review is a publication of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of public citizens founded in 1909 to represent the interests of the motion picture public. This National Board further assists the development of the motion picture as a source of entertainment, as education, and as art, by providing media for the expression of the public's opinion about films and their cultural and social effects. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Cover art by Sal Velluto. Teach Your Children, script by Brian Augustyn, pencils by Sal Vellutom, inks by Mark McKenna; Firebrand encounters a town where the children are replaced with robots once they hit their teen years. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.75.

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"Race Against Time - Chapter Four: Flash Frozen." Wally West's girlfriend, Linda Park, makes time with the blue-clad speedster from the future. Abracadabra and Polaris guest star in this chilly tale. Script by Mark Waid, pencils by Oscar Jimenez, inks by Jose Marzan, Jr. Cover art by Oscar Jimenez and Jose Marzan, Jr. Cover price $1.75.

Cover by Frank Quitely. After the Fact, Part Three: Dig the Vacuum, script by Grant Morrison, art by Frank Quitely; Flex Mentallo's quest enters a dark, violent, sexually twisted phase, echoed in the recollections of a mysterious, suicidal young man; Is it the end of everything, or simply the onset of a depraved spandex bacchanal? 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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Painted cover art by Eddie Campbell. First printing. Written by Alan Moore with art by Eddie Campbell and Peter Mullins. See the source for the movie "From Hell" starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. Chapter Fourteen Gull, Ascending; Gull experiences visions as he dies. Epilogue The Old Men on the Shore; Abberline and Lees discuss the Ripper case. Author's notes on the research for the stories in this volume. 52 pgs. Cover price $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

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First $2.50 cover price. Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. "442nd Combat Team," script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; A story about the experience of a combat unit composed of Japanese-Americans during the war; The enemy attempts to get them to come over to their side, but they attack and win, and when questioned, they give a thumbs up and say "The enemy forgot that we're Americans!" "Stonewall Jackson!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; The Confederate soldier who accidentally shot General Stonewall Jackson during nighttime battle conditions relates the story of Jackson and the brigade he was a part of, and the conditions that led to the Gedneral's demise. "War Machines!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; The story describes the efforts of American planes and tanks to dig Koreans out of their cave hill fortifications; The Koreans survive the efforts of the war machines, but they are killed when the infantrymen are sent in to finish the job. "Big 'If'!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; A soldier who is dying by the roadside after taking a piece of shrapnel in the chest thinks about how his life might have gone differently if he was only standing a little to the left when the explosive had gone off. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.00.

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1st printing. By Scott Adams. An insider's look into the business office finds Dilbert and his colleagues facing the absurdities of corporate life and management incompetence. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $12.95.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Collects Milk and Cheese #1-4. Story and art by Evan Dorkin. Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. NOTE: All Edition printed between 1994-1999 are 1st Editions. Cover price $11.95.

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Comic strip reprints: Dilbert, Bizarro, Mixed Media, Foxtrot, Zippy the Pinhead, I Need Help, For Better or For Worse, Shoe, and Off the Mark. Also columns by Dave Barry, Madeleine Begun Kane, Mark Miller, Stan Sinberg, Stephanie Brush, and Laurel Lloyd Earnshaw. 8-in. x 10.25-in.; black and white; 80 newsprint pages. Cover price $3.95.

Cover by Malaki Keller. Stories and Art by Roz Gibson, Brad Lesher, Jeff Rogers and Malaki Keller. Your only monthly source for anthropomorphics! In this issue: "Escape to New York Part 5" by Roz Gibson; Tex Peccary tale "The Return of Baron Von Sch'a'fer Episode 1: Test Flight to Danger" by Brad Lesher; and Freedom: Adventurebound to Troubleland tale "Slavery of Ignorance - or Who's This Guy Murphy? Part 1" by Jeff Rogers and Malaki Keller. Plus: Illustrations by Bryce Nakagawa and Malaki Keller. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. The Origin of a Species, script by Peter Milligan, pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough and Tommy Lee Edwards; Apocalypse turns Nathaniel Essex into Mr. Sinister. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

G-Fan is the publication for Godzilla fans. This issue includes: cover art by Chris Scalf; Godzilla Abroad; interview with actor Haruo Nakajima; news, product reviews, and fan fiction; readers poll; Gamera report; and G-Con 96 details. July/Aug, 1996. 68 pgs. Cover price $3.95.

The Magazine of Electronic Manga Gaming. Feature story It's Hip to be Square; comics Super Street Fighter II: Cammy and Samurai Showdown; gaming news; and more. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; color and black & white; 80 pages. Cover price $4.95.

Written by Dave Chipps. Art by Mozart Couto and Mike Sellers. Cover by Mitsuaki Hashimoto. When giant monsters threaten to destroy your family, when natural disasters endanger your home, there's one big turtle who's watching your back! He's Gamera, the guardian of the universe, and he's returned to save Mexico from the awesome power of the bio-engineered bird-monster known as Gyaos! There's a battle of the behemoths brewing south of the border, and the repercussions are gonna be felt across North and South America! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

Direct Edition. Story by J. Scott Campbell, Brandon Choi, and Jim Lee. Art by J Scott Campbell and Michael Lopez. Cover by J. Scott Campbell and Alex Garner. Cover price $2.50.

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Newsstand Edition. Story by J. Scott Campbell, Brandon Choi, and Jim Lee. Art by J Scott Campbell and Michael Lopez. Cover by J. Scott Campbell and Alex Garner. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Mark Buckingham. For The Sake Of The Children, script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Mark Buckingham; Most of Gen X are on a plane flying home from St. Louis when the super heroic battle with Onslaught going on in New York begins to effect Emma mentally; She telepathically causes Banshee to jump out of the plane at 30,000 feet and wings the kids up to a home she has in Canada where they will be safe from the current mutant madness; Unaware of the big picture and worried about Banshee, the kids strongly protest their change in itinerary but Emma counters their attack and makes them mentally accept what is going on. 44 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

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Written by Eric Luke. Art by Ivan Reis and Barbara Kaalberg. Cover by Brian Apthorp and Gary Martin. One by one, everybody who Elisa Cameron ever loved has died -- each one taking a part of her with them. Now, in an effort to make herself whole once again, and so that her loved ones will not have died in vain, Elisa unearths her memories of them -- cutting through the haze of time to walk the streets of "Dead City." 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

"The Frying Pan!" Written by Ivan Velez, Jr. Art by Salvador Larroca. It's Ghost Rider vs. Vengeance and only one Spirit of Vengeance is walking away alive! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.50.

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Written by Mike W. Barr. Art by Tatsuya Ishida. Cover by Simon Morse. The Iron Klaw is a master criminal, and on more than one occasion he's tried to eliminate the 'Joes. But now he and the 'Joes have a common enemy, the deadly Red Scream. Lt. Stone doesn't want to work with The Iron Klaw, but he has to if he's going to bring his team through this mission alive. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

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After a bizarre encounter with a blonde girl who bears an uncanny resemblance to her, Simone sports her own platinum wig and concocts an escape route out of her home town, following the mysterious Polly--who isn't all she's cracked up to be. But Simone finds that life as a blond has its drawbacks. Among them, a run-in with the police, and trouble with boys and an ancient burial gone awry. Kicking and screaming, Simone's finally forced to return to the abysmal confines of her dysfunctional family--where death, decay and disaster await her. Written by Peter Milligan. Art and painted cover by Duncan Fegredo. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.

News zine to promote Gladstone Comics. 6.5-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 4 pages.

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Written by RYDER WINDHAM. Art by BRANDON McKINNEY & ANDREW PEPOY. Cover by CHRIS SCALF. If rough water and the threat of shark attack aren't enough to keep Australian bathers out of the water, how about a 300-foot-tall, fire-breathing lizard? Godzilla has taken to sunning himself on one of Australia's most popular beaches, giving the army and G-Force cause for concern. But it's all just a prelude to a battle royal when the mad Dr. Yamazaki's giant crustacean monster sets its sights on the city of Sydney and Godzilla! Cover price $2.95.

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Story, Art and Cover by Fred Perry. The time-traveling dog and his trained attack boy have returned! They intend to make sure Gina and company can never interfere with their plans again. But they didn't count on a trigger-happy Brianna joining the fray! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Issue #5 - August, 1996. Written and illustrated by Chouji Maboroshi. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $2.95.

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Green Lantern/Green Arrow crossover, Next Generation, Pt. 4 of 4. Cover pencils by Rodolfo Demaggio, inks by Robert Campanella. Hard-Traveling Heroes: The Next Generation Part 4: Final Appeal starring Green Arrow [Connor Hawke], Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner], The Judge of Desolation, and Hatchet, script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Rodolfo Damaggio, inks by Robert Campanella; Crackpot switches sides and Green Arrow and Green Lantern put a stop to Zachary Rayner's plans. Article discussing the Jerry Siegel Memorial. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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"Angel on the Loose!" Angel Face has escaped and is looking for some revenge on the Green Goblin, so she captures a Daily Bugle employee who seems closely tied to the Goblin stories that have appeared in the paper--that would be Phil Urich--the Green Goblin. Characters: FEATURE: Green Goblin [Phil Urich]; VILLAINS: Angel Face; Salt; Pepper; CAMEOS: Ben Urich; Robbie Robertson. Written by Tom DeFalco, with art and cover by Josh Hood and Derek Fisher. Cover price $1.95.

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Hard-Traveling Heroes: The Next Generation. Part 3 of 4. "Re-Entry: Critical!" Guest-starring Green Arrow (Connor Hawke). Story by Ron Marz. Art by Paul Pelletier and Romeo Tanghal. Story continued from Green Arrow (1987-1998 1st Series) #110. Kyle's father asks the Green Lantern for a favor. But it is a favor that will set Green Lantern against his friend, Green Arrow. Story concludes in Green Arrow (1987-1998 1st Series) #111. Cover price $1.75.

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Issue 167, August, 1996. Tarzan newsletter by Vernell Coriell. 8.5 in. x 11 in. 2 Pages B&W.

Grifter's past comes back at him hard in Chicago, as a vengeful con-woman forces him into a showdown with one killer he can't beat: the smiling assassin known only as Joe the Dead! Plus: the man who made Cole's childhood a living hell! Written by Steven Grant. Art and cover by Mel Rubi and Richard Friend. FC, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally's reloaded her shotgun and Minnie-May's restocked her grenades! The Gunsmith Cats are back! Unfortunately for them, so is Gray. Last time the bounty-hunting babes faced off with this extortionist, they almost didn't walk away from it. Now he's out for blood -- Rally's blood -- for blowing away his left hand during their last showdown. If you like action and dark humor, you'll love Gunsmith Cats! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.