Icon (1993-1997 DC) Milestone #1P $30.00 In 1839, an alien starliner malfunctioned, jettisoning a life-pod in the the American South. The pod a altered the appearance of its passenger, named Arnus, to mimic the first life-form who discovered him. That life-form was a slave woman named Miriam. By the late 20th century, Arnus is posing as Augustus Freeman IV, the great-grandson of his original human identity. Still marooned, Arnus/Freeman waits for Earth's technology to catch up to his lifepod's. Secretly possessing superpowers, he has always performed quiet acts of charity. However, when Freeman's house is broken into, he uses his powers for the first time in decades, an action witnessed by one of the intruders, Raquel Ervin, a teenage girl who was born in Paris Island, the poorest, most gang-ridden neighborhood in Dakota City. After seeing Freeman use his powers, Raquel persuades him to e a superhero named Icon, with herself as his sidekick, Rocket. Polybagged with card - "By Their Own Bootstraps" In 1839, an alien starliner malfunctioned and exploded. A jettisoned life pod crashed in a cotton field in the Deep South. The pod was equipped with a unique survival mechanism that was programmed to configure its passenger's genetic structure to match... whatever life form it first encountered. And so it happened that Miriam, the slave who discovered the pod, found inside a baby boy with her mother's eyes. Today, the alien is still alive, in the guise of successful attorney Augustus Freeman IV of Dakota. Still marooned, he waits for Earth's technology to catch up to his life pod's. Secretly possessing superpowers, he quietly helps people in need, until recent events in the city of Dakota - and the arguments of a certain opinionated young woman pel him to e more than just a silent friend to munity. He dons a costume to e Icon, the hero of Dakota. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Mark Bright and Mike Gustovich. Cover by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti. Includes a 3-page preview of Static. #1P contains a 13" x 20" 4-color poster of the cover, a trading card produced in cooperation with SkyBox International, and one set of a 4-part, 16-piece color mural

Omega The Unknown (1976) #4 Grade FN- 5.5 Price $10.00 Cover by Ed Hannigan and Frank Giacoia. Cats and No Dogs!, (17-page story) script by Mary Skrenes and Steve Gerber, art by Jim Mooney and Pablo Marcos; Omega rescues Teresa once and with Gramps help he holds El Gato to a draw, while James-Michael and his new friends have problems in school with Nick. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

Showcase Presents # 63 DC Comic Book The Inferior Five Grade FN 6 Price $12.00 One of DC's rare attempts at spoofing the ic book genre. Hulk & Avengers Parody Issue 2ND APPEARANCE THE INFERIOR FIVE. FEATURES A SUPER-VILLIAN TEAM BASED HEAVILY ON MARVEL'S AVENGERS. Cover pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Mike Esposito, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Joe Orlando and Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Mike Esposito. ;Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!: The Masked Swastika assembles his old gang, formerly enemies of the Freedom Brigade, and with the help of the Silver Sorceress they are all rejuvenated; Unfortunately, the Brigade is retired and only their children, the Inferior 5, are available to stop the villains. Oh, No! Not Another Green-Skinned Monster!, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Mike Esposito. Merryman's Last Stand, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Joe Orlando, inks by Mike Esposito. Stories include parodies of Iron Man and the Hulk. Statement of ownership--average print run 388,000; average paid circulation 234,000. 1st Printing.

Mystery in Space (1951 1st Series) #111 Dc 1980 Grade VF 7 Price $8.00 Series restarts with 50-cent cover price (#110 was published in 09/1966). "Final Warning!" (script by Gerald Brown, art by Dan Spiegle); "Viewpoints" (script by Charlie Boatner, art by Marshall Rogers); "The Singling" (script by Brown, art by Jim Aparo); "Once Upon a Time Machine!" (script by Mike Barr, art by Steve Ditko), and a one-page strip, "Sure Things" (script by Tony Isabella, pencils by John Calnan, inks by John Celardo). The letters page contains a history of Mystery in Space. Batgirl stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "A Matter of Good Taste." Joe Kubert cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

Fog City Comics #1 1977-1979 / Stampart Grade Excellent Price $10.00 Contributors include Brent Boates, Rand Holmes, Marv Newland, George Metzger, Gordon Parker, et al. A consistently well-drawn, ic ix anthology featuring artists from Vancouver, Canada. Features Nip and Tuk in Animal Antics, by Rand Holmes, as well as other funny animal spoofs. More stories and art by Lawrence Gaugh, Marv Newland and Terry Hamilton. Mature readers. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover by Holmes. Cover price $1.00. Rand Holmes Canadian ix cartoonist Randolph Holton Holmes (February 22, 1942 – March 15, 2002) was a Canadian artist and illustrator probably best known for his work in ix. His work was of a higher level of quality than was seen elsewhere in the field,[1] and is parable to such creations as Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Robert Crumb's Mr. Natural.[1 Born in Truro, Nova Scotia, he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta.[2] As a teenager Holmes taught himself to draw by ic-strip artists Wally Wood and Will Eisner. Harvey Kurtzman later published two of his drawings in Help! He married young and worked briefly as a sign painter. Brent Boates is a special effects artist as well as a storyboard artist. He was nominated at the 61st Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects for his work on the film Die Hard. His nomination was shared with Al DiSarro, Richard Edlund and Thaine Morris.

Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (1983) #1 Grade VF8 Price $10.00 Back in the days of Camelot there was the Shining Knight. He had a magical sword and a flying horse. The evil Mordred wants to take over the land but realizes he must get rid of the Shining Knight before he can get rid of the king. Mordred runs into a man from Ancient Greece named Bellerophon who also has a flying horse. Some power got him suspended in time which brought him to the days of Camelot. Mordred tricks Bellerophon into fighting the Shining Knight but Merlin realizes what is going on and whisks the Greek warrior back to his own time. The Shining Knight then says that he learned a lot and fought a great opponent, much to Mordred's dismay. Frank Frazetta's artwork is featured in this issue Shining Knight reprints by Frank Frazetta from Adventure Comics Cover price $1.50.

ECTOKID (1993) #1 HOLOFOIL CLIVE BARKER WACHOWSKIS SIGNED by STEVE SKROCE Penciler Grade VF 8+ Price c/w cerebus as spawn print $40.00 Super heroes from the mind of Clive Barker. Dex Mungo finds himself traveling between dimensions, one moment running away from goons in New Orleans and the next...running from creatures in a kind of hell in "Chase." Appearances by Ice and Tom Augustine, Catherine Monvoisin, Cyrano De Bergerac. Script by James Robinson, pencils by Steve Skroce, inks by Bob Dvorak. Plus: a tale of Hokum & Hex - "Have You Heard the One About...Felon Bale?" Continued in Hokum and Hex (1993) #1. Script by Frank Lovece, pencils by Anthony Williams, inks by Andy Lanning. Embossed cover by Skroce. Cover price $2.50. Ectokid: Who Is the Wachowskis and Clive Barker's Forgotten Marvel Hero? Before they made The Matrix, the Wachowskis worked on an obscure Marvel Comics horror hero who was created by horror icon Clive Barker. Although they are now known for the iconic Matrix film series, the Wachowskis once wrote for Marvel's Razorline, a short-lived imprint based on concepts created by horror icon Clive Barker. As one of many ics lines of the '90s, Barker designed this line to reflect his particularly Lovecraftian horror-based take on superheroes. While Barker might be known for creating horror monsters like Hellraiser's Pinhead, Razorline's characters were still very much heroes, and the imprint's youngest hero was Ectokid, a teenager who traversed into the dimension of ghosts in a series largely written by the Wachowskis

CEREBUS AS SPAWN PRINT David Sim 1992 Grade VF 8+ Price $10.00 Back in the day when Spawn was considered the vanguard of the self-publishing movement, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller and Dave Sim all teamed up with Todd McFarlane to create four successive issues of SPAWN. It was a way to show solidarity — and for the writers to make some pretty good money, given SPAWN’s huge sales at the time. However as we all know, things that were so happy and cooperative at the time didn’t stay so. Gaiman and McFarlane had a falling out, so to speak, and Gaiman began a lawsuit over the rights to SPAWN #9 which introduced the Angela character. According to some PR we just got, the Dave Sim issue, #10, which saw Cerebus and Spawn teaming up, is returning to print for the first time in 16 years in SPAWN ORIGINS COLLECTION: DELUXE EDITION VOL. 1 HC. Apprently McFarlane and Sim worked out a non-exclusive deal. The oversized collection will also reproduce the Moore and Miller issues….but NOT #9.

Black Diamond (1983 ics) #1 Grade Price $10.00 Cover by Bill Black. "The Darkfire Affair: Gauntlet," script and art by Bill Black; Black Diamond is assigned to take down a ring of female mercenaries headed by Darkfire. Aricle about actress Sybil Danning and the Black Diamond film, including photographs of Danning. "The Darkfire Affair: Mindtrap," script by Bill Black, pencils by Mark Beachum (pencils 1-3, 6-8; layouts 4,5,7,9) and Bill Black (10-12), inks by Bill Black; Darkfire's mind-controlled assassins pursue Black Diamond. Introducing Colt the Weapons Mistress! Illustration, pencils by Don Secrease, inks by Bill Black. "Squeeze Play," script and pencils by Don Secrease, inks by Rick Burchett; Colt solves the murder of a government agent. Sybil Danning as Black Diamond illustration by Julian Wasser. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.00.

Black Diamond (1983 ics) #2 Grade Price $10.00 Stories by Rick Burchett and Don Secrease. Art by Don Secrease. Cover by Paul Gulacy. In an early instance ics and celebrity cross-branding, AC Comics joins forces with B-movie queen Sybil Danning to present her heroic alter ego, super-spy Black Diamond. Black Diamond infiltrates the Quansa crime cartel and learns of plans to destroy an orbiting space station. Also, a backup story featuring Colt, the Weapons Mistress. Striking cover by Paul Gulacy. Black Diamond: Doom Flight; Sybil Danning Is Black Diamond; Colt, The Weapons Mistress!: Treachery on Thunder Bay. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.00.