Comic books December 1998

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The Superman villainess known as the Silver Banshee takes center stage in a surprising 2-issue miniseries! The Banshee has the chance she's wanted for centuries: the chance to be freed from her accursed ghostly existence. But the one person who can help her gain her freedom is part of a band of thieves marked for death by the Banshee's mistress, the sorceress Hecate. And when Superman and Lois Lane get involved, things get awfully complicated. Written by Dan Brereton. Art by Joyce Chin and Andy Lanning. Painted cover by Dan Brereton. FC, 32 pg. Cover price $2.25.

1st printing.

Story and art by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

A stunning slipcased hardcover reprinting the Superman daily newspaper strips from 1939-1942!

This mammoth volume includes the first three years worth of daily newspaper strips by Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, with an introduction by James Vance and a new cover by Peter Poplaski.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format with Slipcase), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 560 pages, B&W.

Cover price $75.00.

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CITY OF THE FUTURE: Part 2 of 4. The City Within - Written by Ron Marz. Art by Tom Grindberg & Tom Palmer. Cover by Paul Rivoche. Continued from Action Comics (1938 DC) #749; continues in Superman (1987 2nd Series) #140. Superman and Ashbury accompany Scorn as he enters the bottle-city of Kandor for a family reunion with his sister and his father, the Kandorian Regent! Kandor's politics are, as always, in disarray, but a savior has stepped forward -- one who believes he can enlarge the city and liberate the population! But is he too good to be true? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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1st printing. By Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. A handsome, four-color paperback edition of the sold-out hardcover collection of the first three years of the Siegel and Shuster Superman Sunday comic strips! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

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Slipcased Edition - 1st printing. "1939-1943" Collects Superman's Sunday comic strips 1939-1943. By Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. A handsome hardcover collection of the first three years of the Siegel and Shuster Superman Sunday comic strips! Hardcover (horizontal format with slipcase), 12-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $60.00.

No Slipcase Included - 1st printing. Collects Superman's Sunday comic strips 1939-1943. By Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. A handsome hardcover collection of the first three years of the Siegel and Shuster Superman Sunday comic strips! Hardcover, 12-in. x 9-in. (horizontal format), 192 pages, full color. NOTE: This Volume does not come with a slipcase. Cover price $60.00.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $175.00 or Best Offer View scan Paper: White Label #4354114020 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

Halloween mask inside. Cover art by Jim Balent. "Meet The Supernaturals!" character bios, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental. Untitled story, script by Brian Pulido (plot) and Marc Andreyko, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental; While trying to bring their mother back from the dead, two small boys create a Chaos! event that rids the world of all non-magic powered superhumans in it; 13 years later, the same circumstances leading up to that event are evident again; An attack on Dr. Strange's home leads Brother Voodoo to assemble 5 others in hopes of stopping the event; app. by Ghost Rider, Black Cat, Satana, Gargoyle, and Werewolf by Night Appear; Cameos by Avengers, X-Men, and Spider-Man. 46 pgs., full color. Cover price $3.99.

Super Creep-O-Rama Variant Cover by Greg Capullo. "Meet The Supernaturals!" character bios, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental. Untitled story, script by Brian Pulido (plot) and Marc Andreyko, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental; While trying to bring their mother back from the dead, two small boys create a Chaos! event that rids the world of all non-magic powered superhumans in it; 13 years later, the same circumstances leading up to that event are evident again; An attack on Dr. Strange's home leads Brother Voodoo to assemble 5 others in hopes of stopping the event; app. by Ghost Rider, Black Cat, Satana, Gargoyle, and Werewolf by Night Appear; Cameos by Avengers, X-Men, and Spider-Man. 46 pgs., full color.

Wizard Authentic Signed Edition (of the B cover). Signed by Brian Pulido. Super Creep-O-Rama Variant Cover by Greg Capullo. Halloween mask inside . Ghost Rider, Brother Voodoo, Black Cat, Satana, Gargoyle, and Werewolf by Night Appear. Cameos by Avengers, X-Men, and Spider-Man.

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Halloween mask inside. Cover art by Jim Balent. "Meet The Supernaturals!" character bios, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental. Untitled story, script by Brian Pulido (storyteller; re-creator) and Marc Andreyko, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental; As Brother Voodoo gathers the five, one of them is captured by Jack O'Lantern and turned into a spy; Jack O'Lantern then goes to a museum and animates a knight's armor, a mummy, a T-Rex skeleton, and Neanderthal men to cause chaos!; And only the newly-christened Supernaturals can hope to stop them. 48 pgs., full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Add to cart CGC 9.6 $85.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Slab: Minor side edge cracks Label #4031184016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

Halloween mask inside. Gateway cover art by Jim Balent. "Meet The Supernaturals!" character bios, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental. Untitled story, script by Brian Pulido (storyteller; re-creator) and Marc Andreyko, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental; The team is tossed through time to face different foes; Satana and Werewolf battle Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and werewolves at Dracula's castle; Black Cat and Ghost Rider fight witch hunters with protectors Scarecrow and the Headless Horseman; Gargoyle battles zombies and El Chupacabra, while Brother Voodoo tries to save his brother and parents from fearful villagers and the Chaos! Event. 48 pgs., full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Add to cart CGC 9.6 $85.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Slab: Minor side edge cracks Label #4031184017 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

Halloween mask inside. Gateway cover art by Jim Balent. "Meet The Supernaturals!" character bios, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental. Untitled story, script by Brian Pulido (storyteller; re-creator) and Marc Andreyko, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Joe Pimental; As the Chaos! Event begins, Jack O'Lantern summons monsters from all over the world; The monsters are held back by Earth's other magical superhuman champions; Meanwhile, the Supernaturals regroup and face Jack O'Lantern for the final time. 48 pgs., full color. Cover price $3.99.

Be the first in the know with this exclusive 16-page, behind-the-scenes look at the Marvel Supernaturals limited series striking soon! How will Brian Pulido and the freaky folks at Chaos! Comics haunt the House of Ideas? Why will Brother Voodoo, Ghost Rider, Black Cat, Gargoyle and Satana become the last hope for life in a war for the entire Marvel Universe? Get a peek at the Halloween event that already has readers shivering in their boots! Cover pencils by Ivan Reis. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. By Stephen R. Bissette and John Totleben. A collection of stories surely to frighten, intrigue, and invoke thought. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1992-99 RC/Gemstone reprint series. This series can easily be confused with the original series (10c cover priced), the 1990-91 Gladstone reprint series, or 1991-92 Russ Cochran reprint series. Cover by Jack Davis. "Concerto for Violin and Werewolf," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis; A violinist who has read "Midnight Mess" in Tales from the Crypt #35 suspects that the Transylvanian town he has come to visit his old teacher in has a werewolf infestation problem. "By The Dawn's Early Light," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A man who has just flown in into New York from Illinois ties up a man he suspects of being a vampire just before dawn and makes him lie in a coffin. "The Bath," script by Al Feldstein, art by Bernie Krigstein; A servant of the owner of a silver mine fills his bath with piranha after the mine owner unknowingly works the servant's younger brother to death and shoots his parents who were attempting to extract revenge. "Hoodwinked!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A woman commits suicide when her fiancee's younger brother gets drunk and rapes her. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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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.

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Dark 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.

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Written by Jose Calderon. Art and Cover by Daphne Lage. From the pages of the wildly popular anthology Furrlough springs Tall Tails back into the comic book world as a bi-monthly title! In this issue, we find Ravenwood and crew racing to the city of Garrison Hadge to deliver the young prince to his cousin, the Earl Hadge. But before they can, they're attacked by Techen raiders, a band of nomadic warriors hell-bent on destroying them! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover art by Mick McMahon. I Was A Fugitive From A Dog Patrol, script by Alan Grant and Keith Giffen, art by Mick McMahon; Curtis wakes up to find he has a wife, child and a job with the dog patrol, except the dogs are like nothing he's seen before. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Alan Grant. Art and cover by Steve Pugh. The Terminators have hit Death Valley like a runaway train. Literally! The Terminator duo, male D-800L and female D-810X, have never been closer to exterminating their query, humanity's would-be savior John Connor. But there're two things standing in their way: one is the bounty hunter Van Dirk, who blames the cyborgs for the death of an innocent girl; the other is a steam-powered locomotive barreling straight at them. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

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"What's a God to Do?!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Hercules. Captain America cameo. Story by Dan Jurgens. Art by John Romita, Jr. And Klaus Jansen. The mysterious Marnot comes to the Odinson with a boon. Plus, Jake Olson is presented with a medal to honor his bravery (see Thor (1998-2004 2nd Series) #1-2 for why) by none other then the Sentinel of Liberty himself, Captain America. Plus, the mighty Thor seeks the aid of the Lion of Olympus, but not before Hercules bestows the gift of battle on his friend. NOTE: At the same time this issue was released (Fall of 1998) Thor appeared on the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. And you guested it, they fought. - Odinson, Lonestar Comics Archivist Cover price $1.99.

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Calico variant cover. Cover price $4.95.

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"Decisions Part 2: Trust" Script by Kurt Busiek. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Scott Hanna. Cover by Mark Bagley and Scott Hanna. Hawkeye the Marksman arrives in Colorado to offer his leadership skills to the Thunderbolts! Jolt is thrilled at the idea of an avenger leading the team! Atlas and MACH-1 think it's a great idea too! Moonstone is fine with the plan, because she thinks Hawkeye can be easily controlled. But Songbird is not happy! And the ex-grappler defiantly flies away! By the time MACH-1 catches up to her, the former Screaming Mimi is engaging the National Guard! How is the Avengers' ace archer going to pull the T-Bolts out of this plight? Retelling of Songbird's origin. Cameo appearance by Dallas Riordan. (Notes: This issue features a gatefold cover. This issue was reprinted in 2012 in the trade paperback: Thunderbolts Classic #3.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.99.

All about Action Figure collecting, Boba Fett Cover price $5.95.

In this issue: Toy Biz's WCW/NWO Smash 'N' Slam! Plus: Warner Bros. Bean Bags; Dinobots Transformers; Mego's Planet of the Apes; Hasbro Direct's new Star Wars; and Resaurus - Quake, Speed Racer, Virus. Also: Made in China - see how and where your action figures are made! Cover price $5.95.

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By Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis. Tranquilitatis Base. The moon. Some time in the near future. Tranquility, an officer for Luna's Security Operations force, has been assigned under shady circumstances the mission of liquidating he clone "sisters", the Companions, genetically-engineered prostitutes who entertained off-world workers during Tranquilitatis' construction. Although tranquility blames her sisters for the death of her beloved Bill, her increasingly cold and distant behavior has greatly disturbed Rodney, her sentient, cybernetic sidearm. 24 pages, B/W, 6 1/2-in. x 10-in. Cover price $2.50.

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Cover by Dave Gibbons. Year Of The Bastard 4: Hate, script by Warren Ellis, art by Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos; Having achieved newfound fame as a writer, a desperate, barely functional Spider Jerusalem retreats from the public eye...and we learn why he left the City years ago. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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Lengthy report on Earth X, plus music reviews of Ice Cube, South Park Soundtrack, George Michael, Pulp, Duran Duran, Culture Club, and Mariah Carey. 8.25-in. x 11.75-in.; black and white; 24 pages on white paper. Cover price $1.75.

Cover: Goldberg. December 5, 1998. Inside: professional wrestling; Portia de Rossi; Houdini TV movie; Sid and Marty Krofft. Cover price $1.49.

Cover: Hollywood Hulk Hogan. December 5, 1998. Inside: professional wrestling; Portia de Rossi; Houdini TV movie; Sid and Marty Krofft. Cover price $1.49.

Cover: Stone Cold Steve Austin. December 5, 1998. Inside: professional wrestling; Portia de Rossi; Houdini TV movie; Sid and Marty Krofft. Cover price $1.49.

Cover: The Undertaker. December 5, 1998. Inside: professional wrestling; Portia de Rossi; Houdini TV movie; Sid and Marty Krofft. Cover price $1.49.

December 12, 1998. Cover: Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Alyssa Milano ("Charmed"). Inside: Jimmy Smits; "Boy Meets World"; Sammo Hung ("Martial Law"); "Charmed." Cover price $1.49.

December 19, 1998. Cover: Darrell Hammond and Molly Shannon ("Saturday Night Live"). Inside: The Year in Jeers; Lisa Nicole Carson; Michael Zaslow; "X-Files" review. Cover price $1.49.

December 26, 1998. Peter Jennings; Kelli Williams ("The Practice"); Tailwind controversy during the Vietnam War; Tribute to TV Greats (including Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman). Cover price $1.49.

Xena Warrior Princess photo cover. Lucy Lawless interview, Stargate SG-1, Babylon 5, Star Trek, Quartermass II. 84 pages, FC. Cover price $4.99.

Yearbook. Robert Beltran (Star Trek: Voyager), Deep Space Nine, Nick Tate (Space: 1999), and Doctor Who section: William Russell, Deborah Watling, Caroline John, Barry Letts, Roy Skelton, Sarah Sutton, Sixth Doctor, Sophie Aldred, Eighth Doctor. Cover price $7.99.

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Direct Edition. Cover by Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend. Hunt For Xavier part 1: "Meltdown, script by Steve Seagle, pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Art Thibert and Tim Townsend; The X-Men try to contain a crazed and extremely powerful Pyro who is dying from the Legacy Virus; Clues from Pyro put the team on the trail of their missing mentor. The story continues in X-MEN (Marvel, 1992 series) #82. 46 pgs., full color. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.