Comic books March 1997

Master of the Game. Story, art and cover by Jolly R. Blackburn. A solid example of how clever writing can compensate for simplified art in comics. The lives and real-world concerns of a group of gamers are revealed by their wacky interplay around the fantasy gaming table. Kenzer & Company takes over publishing for the remainder of the series run. Spaced Out; Conquer and Deny; Beating the Odds; Cant Buy Me Luck; Agent of Evil!!; KODT Idea Search; Brians Small Press Picks; Parting Shots. 32 pages, B&W. First printing. NOTE: Any second printing, will be so marked by the publisher. Cover price $2.95.

Story by Jose Calderon, Art by Matt Lunsford. 6.5" x 10", 24 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Collects Lady Death: The Odyssey (1996) #1-4. Written by Brian Pulido. Art by Steven Hughes. Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Add to cart Fine $2.50

"Face to Face" - Accidentally stirred out of catatonia by the telepathic powers of Saturn Girl, Dr. Psycho attacks the Legion! But this time, Saturn Girl becomes a psychic conduit for Psycho's evil mental powers, causing everyone around the Legionnaire to be caught up in the psychedelic madness. And two of the Legionnaires will not come out of the battle the same as they entered it. Plus, a severe injury to one of the team escalates the efforts to return to the 30th century. Written by Tom Peyer and Tom McCraw, with art by Lee Moder and Ron Boyd. Cover by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer. Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

"Questions and Answers" - Metropolis in the 30th century provides the backdrop for this multi-faceted story as M'onel's life hangs by a thread; a mysterious figure pursues an ancient quest for power; Dreamer reveals more about her startling visions; and Chameleon finds a soulmate. Plus, Kinetix under attack! Or is she? Written by Roger Stern and Tom McCraw, with art by Jeffrey Moy, Philip Moy and W.C. Carani. Cover by Jeffrey Moy and W.C. Carani. Cover price $2.25.

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It's just what everyone needed. Committed to paper for the first time--Lobo's Guide to Girls! What they want! What they need! Turn-ons and turn-offs! Make-up tips! Make-out tips! Everything you need to be as sexually attractive as everyone's favorite Czarnian brute! Written by Alan Grant. Art by Barry Kitson, David Roach, Shawn McManus and Ariel Olivetti. Cover by Brian Bolland. FC, 32 pg. Mando Format. Cover price $2.25.

DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics present a conclusion to this team-up that's so absolutely hilarious we're gonna tell you exactly what happens and it won't spoil a thing! In issue #2, Lobo and the Mask begin their intergalactic quest to find the Ultimate Bastich. But whenever the Main Man gets close, the Mask screws things up for him at every turn. Eventually, they fall into a Black Hole, go back in time, find a version of Lobo before he met the Mask, and abuse the hell out of him. This works just fine until Lobo actually puts on the Mask at which point the violent absurdity goes off the fraggin' scale! More rollicking good fun! Written by Alan Grant and John Arcudi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Keith Williams. Cover by Doug Mahnke. FC, 48 pg. Prestige Format. Cover price $5.95.

Vol. 38, #3. The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field. This issue: David Brin - Dialogs with the Future; Michael Kandel - Man of Many Minds; Forthcoming Books Through December 1997. Cover features David Brin and Michael Kandel. Cover price $4.50.

Regular Cover. By William A. Christensen and Mark Seifert. 24 pgs. B&W with color cover. Cover price $3.00.

Deluxe Cover. By William A. Christensen and Mark Seifert. 24 pgs. B&W with color cover. Cover price $3.00.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Dan Abnett, John Tomlinson and Steve White. Art by Peter Snejbjerg. Jack Goodfellow didn't kill Jo Hanlon. Or so he says. He didn't hack her to bits with a meat cleaver. He loved her. But the police don't believe him -- they keep questioning his story. And the human-sized dog monsters keep trying to kill him. And a plague of rats has descended upon him, with their little red eyes and teeth like needles. It's a tough life for Jack. But it looks to be a tougher death. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Story by Ted Nomura. Art by Ted Nomura and Ben Dunn. Cover by Ted Nomura. Sometimes listed as Families of Altered Wars #43. This is the continuation of Ted Nomuras Families of Altered Wars saga, begun in Tigers of Terra and continued from Luftwaffe 1946 (1996) Vol. 01 #4. In this alternate-history world, the Axis powers succeeded in extending the war into 1946, allowing artists Nomura and Dunn to create fanciful jet fighters and other aircraft as part of Hitlers Luftwaffe air force. Needing to buy time to develop their "super-weapons," the Germans create their own kamikaze corps, called the Luftsturm (air guard), and target the American long-range bombers. Luftsturm, Part 1; Prototype Art 1987 - Me-262, He-162; Messerschmitts of the Altered Wars. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.49

Cover by Richard Williams. Stories and art by Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Josh Gordon, Mike Snider, Barry Liebmann, Desmond Devlin, Don (Duck) Edwing, Tom Cheney, John Caldwell, Angelo Torres, Gerry Gersten, Steve Smallwood, Dave Manak, Mort Drucker, Tom Bunk, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Parodies of the TV sitcoms Spin City and The Single Guy, featuring art by Angelo Torres and Mort Drucker. A look at emergency news breaks with art by noted caricaturist Drew Friedman. A special look at Mad articles from the future year 2038. Mad's takes on pregnancy, music warning labels, and satellite TV. Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Letters page includes photos of former New York governor Mario Cuomo reading Mad in a TV campaign ad. Spit City; If the IRS Had to Ask for Voluntary Contributions for Everything in the Federal Budget; How to Tell You've Bought the Wrong Digital Satellite System; Even Still More Badly Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums; Mad in the Year 2038; A Mad Look at Pregnancy; Mad's Breaking News Coverage Checklist; The Lighter Side of...; Mad Weighs the Pros & Cons; When the Dilbert Cast Invades Other Comic Strips; When Physician-Assisted Suicide Becomes Specialized; Spy vs. Spy; The Sinking Guy; The Jerky Jurassic Junket; Fold-In; Psychic Fiends Network. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Good $2.50

March 1997. Collector's Series #14. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Arnie Kogen, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Michael Goodwin, Stan Hart, Bob Clarke, Paul Peter Porges, Frank Jacobs, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., James Warhola, Kathi Maloney, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Norman Mingo, Angelo Torres, Antonio Prohias, Dave Berg, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine. Reprints from Mad paperback Viva Mad, Sergio Aragones' first book-length strip collection. Parodies of the Robert Redford-Paul Newman films The Sting and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of Snoopy's WWI flying ace Peanuts comic strips, told from the Red Baron's point of view. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid; One Fine Day at the Pyramids; Everyday Scenes We'd Love to See; Further Adventures of the Red Baron, or Security Ist Eine Grounded Beaglehundt; Spy vs. Spy; The Lighter Side of...; The Mad Psychoanalysis Primer; Some Legendary Wire Hangers; Mad: The Lost Pages: Viva Mad!; The Lighter Side of Driving; The Mad Good News - Bad News Book; One Afternoon in Switzerland; The Half-Wit and Wisdom of Alfred E. Neuman; Intimidations and Antidotes; Cause or Coincidence?; Some Truly Joyous Things You Could Do if You Won the Lottery; When CB-Type Code Language is Used in Other Walks of Life; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Laundry and Dry Cleaners; One Fine Day in the Arctic; Mad Forms for Personalized Wills; The Zing; In the Delicatessen; Fold-In; I Want, Too. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Good $2.50

Add to cart Good $2.50

Volume 92, Issue 3 - March 1997 - Whole No 549. "The Dragons Of Springplace" by Robert Reed, "Quinn's Way" by Dale Bailey and "Drink And The Devil" by Richard Bowes. Softcover. 5-in. x 7-in., 164 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $1.00 Discounted from $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $1.00 Discounted from $2.50.

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After scientist Damon Angel's attempt to get revenge on Magnus for destroying a new artificial intelligence invention, Magnus wakes up in a different time in "It Is Not Dying." Script by Tom Peyer and art by Mike McKone & Mark McKenna. Cover price $2.50.

1st Edition - Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Yusaku's Island!" Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Maison Ikkoku tells the story of a young student named Yusaku Godai, and his attempts to get closer to the beautiful manager of his boarding house, Kyoko Otonashi. Maybe his shyness (and youth and inexperience) wouldn't be such a problem if it weren't for the house's other wacky residents, whose only joy in life seems to be meddling in their affairs! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., 286 pages, B&W. NOTE: The standard format reads left-to-right. Cover price $15.95.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. English Adaptation by Gerard Jones. On the last day of his teaching assignment, Yusaku is plagued by rumors that he spent a hot night with one of his students! Then, he and Kyoko perform in a puppet show that bears a striking resemblance to the unsmooth course of their relationship. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $4.00

Cover pencils by Andy Smith, inks by Bill Sienkiewicz. Untitled story, script by Keith Giffen (story) and Gary Carlson, pencils by Andy Smith, inks by Bill Sienkiewicz; Superpatriot is named leader of the United Resistance Effort Against The Martians; The Martians decide to refocus their attacks on Earth's super-heroes; At WildC.A.T.S. headquarters Savant and Spartan discover that the Martians have studied Earth's military history for years; In New York, while under attack by Giant Insects, Cyberforce receive anonymous assistance from Spawn, who then rebuffs the partnership of Shadowhawk; In San Francisco Mighty Man takes out numerous Martian saucers; Superpatriot instructs Earth's heroes to launch an organized counter strike against the Martians; In Detroit the Deadly Duo and Liberty & Justice sneak into the Martian headquarters with the assistance of Labman; Savage Dragon heads to Mars with the assistance of Vanguard. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $3.90

Add to cart Very Good $2.60

Cover by Claude St. Aubin. "Hard Rain," script by Dwight Jon Zimmerman, art by Claude St. Aubin; The Savage Dragon gets the best of the Martian invasion force. 36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Includes Poster

1st printing.

Based on the Story by Peter David (from The Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) #431-432). Written by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Liam Sharp and Robin Riggs.

Featuring the Incredible Hulk. Chilling all ages scary stories guest-starring some of Marvel Comics most popular characters.

Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). All Ages

Cover price $2.99.

Does NOT Include Poster

1st printing.

Based on the Story by Peter David (from The Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) #431-432). Written by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Liam Sharp and Robin Riggs.

Featuring the Incredible Hulk. Chilling all ages scary stories guest-starring some of Marvel Comics most popular characters.

Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). All Ages

Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Includes Poster

1st printing.

Written by Larry Hama. Art by Pat Chau and Mark Pennington.

Featuring the Uncanny X-Men. Chilling all ages scary stories guest-starring some of Marvel Comics most popular characters.

Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). All Ages

Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Does NOT Include Poster

1st printing.

Written by Larry Hama. Art by Pat Chau and Mark Pennington.

Featuring the Uncanny X-Men. Chilling all ages scary stories guest-starring some of Marvel Comics most popular characters.

Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). All Ages

Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Features in this issue include: articles on Excalibur and Kazar; Incredible Hulk animated series episode guide part one; Steve Skroce interview part one; origin of The Punisher; interviews with Rob Liefeld, Boris Vallejo, and Julie Bell; historical article on Marvel in 1970; and more. Cover price $1.50.

Story and Art by Tetsuro Ueyama. An all-new manga series! He's got a head of metal but a heart of gold -- The Terminator meets the Guyver in the all-new action series Metal Guardian Faust. When schoolgirl Rushiha is suddenly attacked by a humanoid robot, a guardian robot appears out of the blue to rescue her! Who sent him? And why does he insist on staying on as her permanent personal bodyguard? 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories by Moebius and Jean-Luc Coudray. Art and cover by Moebius. Caliber presents classic stories and little-known tales by legendary French cartoonist Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius. The conclusion of the environmental story The Still Planet, and the storyboards for the unfinished animated film Internal Transfer. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Spring 1997. Vol. 2 No. 4. The Best in Classic Horror! In this issue: Art Directors of the Horror Film: Part 1; Columbia's Horrors of the '30s and '40s; Bryan Senn on Tower of London; and laserdisc and video reviews. Boris Karloff cover. Magazine, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Spring 1997. Moot Catalog of Minicomics from Brian Kirk Moot. One sheet folded four ways. 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", 1 folded sheet, B&W.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Bizarre Murderers. Cover by Don M. Haring Jr. Stories and art by Gregory Benton, Andi Watson, Garret Izumi, Gabby Gamboa, and John Marr. A comics anthology based on the notorious zine of the same title, featuring true tales of death, disaster and crime. The Beast of the Belfrey; Indianapolis; More Fun in Santa Cruz!; Ed Kemper; Looking for Qualtrough. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Dead Ends - Written by Jorge Gonzalez. Art by Ariel Olivetti & Pier Brito. Cover by Ariel Olivetti. Sabretooth and Mystique have Catalyst right where they want him! Will Destiny's predictions come true? And can Mystique drag Sabretooth back to X-Factor after they finish their dirty deeds? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Starring Bitchy Bitch, Naughty bits is a controversial and at times shocking series that takes on religion, sex, and other hot button topics. Cover art by Roberta Gregory. That Boy-Girl Thing/That Girl-Boy Thing. Wing An' A Prayer. Adult-erated. Untitled Bitchy Bitch strip. Scripts and art by Roberta Gregory. Hey Carrie, What's Up With That Smile On Your Face, script and art by Carrie McNinch. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Steve Lieber. Edited by Joe Pruett. Stories by Jeffrey Lang, Chris McLoughlin, Brian Bolland, Darko Macan, Edvin Biukovic, Steve Darnall, Brett Feschuk, Rob Walton, Horus, Jon Haward, Jesse Hamm, Jim Alexander, Graeme Reid, William Harms, Felipe J Echevarria, Scott Roberts, G. Allan Holcomb and Mike Perkins. Calibers long-running anthology features many rising comics stars of the 90s. A Patty Cake story by Scott Roberts; The Covert Quartet; Brian Bollands Mr. Mamoulian. 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Issue 6 - March, 1997. Written and illustrated by Kondom. 24 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A Love & Rockets comic. Driven By Beauty; Venus is dumped on Sergio for the day. El Show Super Sensacional de Doralis; A sampling of Doralis' TV show. Uncommon Bonds; A discussion of Doralis' tv show. Mama's Boy; The complicated lives of Sergio and Pipo. Huh..? Wha.?!; A discussion of Doralis' tv show. Extinct Creatures illustration. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pgs., black-and-white. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Cover pencils by Eduardo Barreto. (The) Hell (I Suffer) Seems A Heaven starring Baron Winters, script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Eduardo Barreto. A priest goes on mission for the Baron, battles demons, and meets with God. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

Cover by Tommy Pons and Nic Shaydes. Stories and art by Neal St. Crosse, Juan Alcantara, and Rich Fuscia. An anthology of stories set in the vampire world of St. Crosses Nightshades. Women find themselves transformed after death by a secret society of vampires. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

The Visitor - Written by Chuck Dixon. Art and Cover by Scott McDaniel & Karl Story. Guest-starring Robin! Tim Drake arrives in Bludhaven just in time to help Nightwing in his battle against the underworld. Will their collective strength be enough to overpower the rampant evil that awaits them? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Gold Digger/Ninja High Scholl: Timewarp: Part 6 of 8. Editorial about the Dunn brothers' visit to the 1997 International Toy Fair. Untitled Ninja High School/Gold Digger story, script and art by Fred Perry; Gina & Mita return to Mita's house and monitor what is happening to their friends; Akaru & Dr. Azland arrive at a Romanian vampire convention in 1865. List of Gold Digger websites. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.