Jonesy #5-8
Quality Comics, 1954

End of the series.

Jack Mendelsohn writes a few stories in the last; otherwise the writers and artists are unidentified.

Miss America #56-59
Marvel, 1953

Starring Patsy Walker.

Covers by Morris Weiss.

Includes work by Christopher Rule and Weiss, featuring Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, and Wendy Parker.

Archie Giant Series Magazine #142
Archie, 1966

Archie's Super Hero Special

Mostly reprints from Life with Archie by Frank Doyle, Bob White, & Marty Epp. Features Archie as Pureheart the Powerful, Reggie as Evilheart, Betty as Superteen, and Jughead as Captain Hero.

The Saga of Swamp Thing #29-31
Swamp Thing Annual #2
DC, 1984, 1985

By Alan Moore, Steven R. Bissette, & John Totleben with Tatjana Wood. Guest inks on 30 by Alfredo Alcala. Guest pencils on 31 by Rick Veitch. Covers by Bissette & Totleben with Wood.

Doctor Strange #1, 2, 4, 5
Marvel, 1974

By Steve Englehart, Frank Brunner, & Dick Giordano. Covers by Brunner.

Mai the Psychic Girl #1-4
Titan, 1989, UK

By Kazuya Kudo and Ryoichi Ikegama.

Vagabond #1-4
Viz, 2002

Takehiko Inoue's adaptation of Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, based the life of Miyamoto Musashi.

The Avengers #239
Marvel, 1984

"Late Night Of The Super-Stars!" by Roger Stern, Al Milgrom, & Joe Sinnott. Cover by Milgrom & Sinnott.

Assistant Editors' Month issue, with the Avengers appearing on Late Night with David Letterman.

Featuring the original Saturday Night Live cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner. Lorne Michaels and Stan Lee also make appearances, as do Statler and Waldorf.

Marvel Team-Up #74
Marvel, 1978

Featuring Spider-Man and the Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time-Players vs the Silver Samurai.

"Live from New York, It's Saturday Night!", by Chris Claremont, Bob Hall, & Marie Severin. Cover by Dave Cockrum, though the SNL cast's faces are likely by Severin.

Saw this with a coworker tonight; first time seeing it on the big screen.

Alien: The Illustrated Story
Heavy Metal, 1979

By Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson.

Based on the 1979 Ridley Scott movie, adapting the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.

The first Phantom daily story, from 1936. The first half of this continuity appears in issue 20; the second half in 22. Originally penciled, inked, and scripted by Lee Falk; the art was given to Moore after the first few weeks as Falk, who was also doing Mandrake, was too pressed for time.

Feature Book #20, 22
David McKay, 1938, 1939

The Phantom in "The Singh Brotherhood", Parts 1 & 2

Covers by Ray Moore.

Smilin' Jack #1 - Head-to-Head with the Head!
Smilin' Jack #2 - Escape from Death Rock
Pacific Comics Club, 2003

Collecting daily and Sunday strips by Zack Mosley from March 1938 through March 1939.

A. Mutt: 1907-1908
Hyperion Press, 1977

Complete first year of Bud Fisher's original comic strip creation, which later became Mutt and Jeff.

Part of the Hyperion Library of Classic American Comic Strips.

The Amazing Spider-Man #147-149
Marvel, 1975

Covers by Gil Kane & John Romita Sr (147, 148) and Kane & Frank Giacoia (149).

Stories by Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, & Mike Esposito (Dave Hunt co-inked 147 & 148).

End of the original clone saga.

Reprints Superman stories by Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, Ross Andru, Cary Bates, Otto Binder, Wayne Boring, E. Nelson Bridwell, Jack Burnley, Paul Cassidy, Mike Esposito, Bill Finger, Carmine Infantino, Stan Kaye, Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, and Curt Swan.

In 1941 Joe Szokoli retouched the emblem and the face, to conform to copyrighted details stated in the DC / Fawcett lawsuit.

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-31
DC, 1974

The cover painting by pulp magazine cover artist H. J. Ward was delivered to DC June 24, 1940. The painting hung in publisher Harry Donenfeld's office until his 1956 retirement.

Stan Kaye did the 104 and 106 covers, with Henry Boltinoff doing the Dover and Clover figures on 104. The second cover has been attributed to Boltinoff, to Kaye, and to Joe Shuster. We currently have it as Shuster ? & Kaye ?

More Fun Comics #104-106
DC, 1945

Superboy debuted in More Fun Comics #101, and ran through #107, before migrating to Adventure Comics with the rest of the More Fun superheroes. But he only appeared on these three covers.

Beginning of the Adventure Comics runs of Superboy, Johnny Quick, Aquaman, and Green Arrow; all moving to Adventure from their original home in More Fun Comics. Most of Adventure's previous features migrate to More Fun in return.

Johnny Quick by Mort Meskin; Aquaman by Louis Cazeneuve; Shining Knight by Chuck Winter; and Green Arrow by Maurice del Bourgo (103) and George Papp (104, 105).

Adventure Comics #103-105
DC, 1946

Covers by Joe Shuster & Stan Kaye (103) and by Kaye (104, 105).

Superboy stories by Don C. Cameron, Shuster, & Marvin Stein ? (John Sikelka ? inks on 104).

Adventure Comics #220-223
DC, 1956

Suberboy covers by Curt Swan & Stan Kaye.

Superboy stories by Otto Binder, Swan, & George Klein (220); Binder & John Sikelka (221, 222); and unknown, Swan, & Kaye (223).

Also includes Aquaman by Ramona Fradon, and Green Arrow by George Papp.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #297
Vol 25 No 9
Western, 1965

Cover by Carl Barks.

Donald Duck by Barks; Gyro Gearloose by Barks; Uncle Scrooge by Al Taliaferro and by Barks; Mickey Mouse by Paul Murry; and The Beagle Boys & The Junior Woodchucks by Tony Strobl & George Carey ?

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Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #309
Vol 26 No 9
Western, 1966

Cover by Carl Barks.

The Walt Disney Theater by Strobl & Steve Steere; Madam Mim by Strobl & John Liggera; Uncle Scrooge by Taliaferro; Donald and Daisy by Strobl & Steere; and Scamp by Bob Grant & Manuel Gonzales.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #321
Vol 27 No 9
Western, 1967

Cover by Carl Barks.

Donald Duck & Pinocchio by Tony Strobl & Steve Steere; Mickey Mouse by Paul Murry; The Beagle Boys & Uncle Scrooge by Pete Alvarado & Steere; and Ludwig von Drake by Al Taliaferro.

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Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #297, 309, 321
Vol 25 No 9, Vol 26 No 9, Vol 27 No 9
Western, 1965, 1966, 1967

Covers by Carl Barks.