Wolff and Byrd Counselors of the Macabre (1994) comic books 1994
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Issue #1
Published May 1994 by Exhibit A Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Batton Lash. "Preliminaries," script by Batton Lash, art by Batton Lash, Nghia Lam (art assistance), and Dennis Caco (art assistance); Life takes a turn for the bizarre when Mr. and Mrs. White find the Monkey's Paw and make a wish they'd like to take back; Mr. White consults lawyers Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd when the lawsuits start pouring in; Meanwhile, W&B also go out on a limb for an ongoing client, Sodd, the Thing Called It. Biographical information about the creators and contributors to the issue, plus thank yous to long-term supporters of the comic strip. 28 pgs., b&w. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #2
Published Jul 1994 by Exhibit A Press.$2.50
$2.50
Cover by Batton Lash. "Curse Of The Were-house!", script and pencils by Batton Lash, inks by Dennis Caco (assist), Derek Ozawa (assist), and Batton Lash; Kim Curtis, an old friend of Jeff Byrd's, comes to him with a big problem: the house she and her husband, Tom, bought turns into a haunted house whenever the moon is full; Now Tom's boss is suing for personal injuries incurred when the house attacked him, the neighbors are up in arms over the mysterious going on, and federal agencies are getting into the act; How did the house become cursed?; Who is haunting it?; How can it be exorcised?; And how can Kim and Tom get the government off their backs?; Wolff & Byrd come to the rescue, with plot twists galore as well as some digs at overzealous federal agencies. 28 pgs., b&w. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #3
Published Sep 1994 by Exhibit A Press.$2.50
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Cover by Batton Lash. "Welcome to Issue 3!", script by Gregory Gallant (as Seth), John Mitchell, and Batton Lash, art by Batton Lash, Gregory Gallant (as Seth), and Jana Christy; In this change-of-pace issue we go behind the scenes at the law offices as well as see Alanna and Jeff tackle three separate cases; In "The Zombies Strike at Midnight," workers at the voodoo doll plant consult W&B in their labor dispute with their black magic-wielding boss; Sodd, the Thing Called It, is back in "Court of Public Opinion"; Then Wolff & Byrd's secretary, Mavis, has a scary experience on the streets of New York while the counselors themselves experience "Things That Go Bump in the Night... And Day;" Finally, "The Man Who Broke the Laws of Gravity (and Landed in Court)" is Professor Lowell M. Rose, who has learned to levitate and now feels he is above it all, even the legal system. 28 pgs., b&w. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #4
Published Nov 1994 by Exhibit A Press.$2.50
$2.50
Cover by Batton Lash. "A Host Of Horrors," script and pencils by Batton Lash, inks by Melissa Uran (assist), Derek Ozawa (assist), and Batton Lash; When 1950's horror host "The Bier-Meister" is tapped to host a new show on EEK!, the All-Horror Channel, parents' groups try to get the program squelched; Wolff and Byrd end up having to spring the Beir-Meister from jail, deal with the spirit of a 1950's anti-horror crusader, battle do-gooders from the present, and endure the endless recountings of old EC-style horror stories; The comic addresses issues of censorship in popular culture and explores the old vs. the new in concepts of horror; Added attraction: the first appearance of Niles Pib, British writer of novels and comics, known for creating "The Somnambulist." 28 pgs., b&w. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
