Thank you for checking in. This auction/sale is for a Lot of 42 NM independent comic books with the theme of “Fantasy & Adventure”. The lot includes many complete mini and maxi-series, acclaimed debut issues, partial sets and titles including female leads, such as Isola, Karmen, Van Helsing (Zenoscope), She Could Fly, Hitomi, & Bermuda. Publishers include the best of the indies—Image, IDW, Dark Horse, & Zenoscope.
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- Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines #1b, 2c, 3b, 4c, 5d, 6b (Nekro variant) (2022, WW1 historical fiction but w/ magic, Busiek/Pacheco)
- Bermuda #1-2, 4 (2021, IDW, John Layman/Nick Bradshaw, fun/good adventure series)
- Hitomi #1a (2022, gorgeous Peach Momoko variant, hit/acclaimed mini-series by H.S. Tak &Co)
- Isola #0 (Prologue); #1a (first printing), 2b (Kerschl variant), 3a, 4b, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a (2018-19 complete maxi-series; Brandon Fletcher/Karl Kerschl; Image, HOT/Acclaimed series; recommended for fans of Studio Ghibli & Hayao Miyazaki!)
- Isola Prologue #1 (2019, origins, same as #0 above)
- Karmen #1b, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a (2021, Image, Guillem March, complete set, acclaimed series)
- Last Flight Out #1-6 (2021, Dark Horse, Marc Guggenheim, humanity evacuating to the stars…but I can’t find my daughter!!)
- Last Stop on the Red Line #2a (2019, Paul Maybury, Dark Horse)
- Lightstep #1-2 (2018, Dark Horse, Milos Slavkovic; royalty, aliens & star-spanning galaxy)
- She Could Fly #1-4 (2018, DH, complete set, Christopher Cantwell; teen in Chicago battles her mental health and the secret of the Flying Woman).
- St. Mercy #1-2 (2021, Image Top Cow, Incan Empire vs. American West)
- Van Helsing: Steampunk #1c (2021, one-shot, Zenoscope, Lou Iovino)
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Special features include multiple complete mini and maxi-series, HTF individual first printings, value back issues, first character appearances, origin stories, and plenty more.
Top industry artists and writers are also well represented here, including John Layman, Guillem March, Peach Momoko, Greg Smallwood, Brenden Fletcher, Lou Iovino,
All issues from 2018-222; each book individually bagged & boarded, many in mylites to give em a little extra protection and pop. It’s a fairly large lot so conditions vary slightly but nothing is beat up or under VF. Most are NM-/NM condition or better—just as you’d find them in the local comic shop on Wednesday.
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ARROWSMITH: BEHIND ENEMY LINES #1b:
2022, v2, Image, Written by Kurt Busiek. Art by Carlos Pacheco. Variant Cover by Dave Johnson. SERIES PREMIERE The new KURT BUSIEK era at Image begins here, as he and superstar artist CARLOS PACHECO (Fantastic Four, Avengers Forever, Final Crisis, X-Men, Superman) bring you the much-anticipated return of ARROWSMITH! It's World War I-but a war of wizards and dragons as much as bullets and barbed wire. Young airman Fletcher Arrowsmith plunges back into the heat of war-and finds himself behind enemy lines, facing a threat that could doom the Allied Powers. The first issue in a new ARROWSMITH-universe miniseries! And don't miss the remastered hardcover of the original series in February! 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
BERMUDA #1a:
2021, IDW, Written by John Layman. Art and Cover by Nick Bradshaw. Presenting a fantastic new adventure by New York Times best selling and multiple-Eisner award winning writer John Layman (Chew, Detective) and eye-popping, mind-blowing art by Nick Bradshaw (Spider-Man, Wolverine). There's a region in the Atlantic Ocean where planes disappear, ships are lost, and traveling souls go missing... never to be heard from again. And there's an island within this place, mysterious and uncharted, untouched by time and civilization, where all who are lost end up-human or other! Bermuda lives here. She's 16, scrappy, and living on this insane and wondrous jungle island-fighting at every turn to survive-is the only life she has ever known. She can handle the dinosaurs, the pirates, the crazed soldiers, dark magicians, and strange monsters. But the weird new kid who washes ashore just may be the biggest challenge Bermuda has ever faced-as he drags her along on a perilous rescue mission she wants no part of… and he's likely to be the death of both of them! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.
ISOLA PROLOGUE #1: (also referred to above as #”0”)
2019, (W) Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl (A) Karl Kerschl, Msassyk (CA) Karl Kerschl Who were Olwyn and Rook before the ISOLA adventure began? Check out the first appearance of the characters from the bestselling, Miyazaki-inspired fantasy by BRENDEN FLETCHER and KARL KESCHL in this very special ISOLA: PROLOGUE one-shot, which was originally serialized as bonus material in MOTOR CRUSH issues #1-5 from December 2016-April 2017
ISOLA #1a:
2018, Critically Acclaimed’ Written by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl. Art by Karl Kerschl and Msassyk. Cover by Karl Kerschl. Childhood friends BRENDEN FLETCHER (MOTOR CRUSH) and Eisner Award-winning storyteller KARL KERSCHL (Gotham Academy) reunite on the comics page with a breathtaking fantasy adventure two decades in the making! The captain of the Royal Guard has fled the capital city with the Queen of Maar, suffering under the effects of an evil spell. Captain Rook's only hope of returning Queen Olwyn to her throne and saving the kingdom from impending war lies on an island half a world away-a place known in myth as Isola, land of the dead. Featuring lush color work by MSASSYK (Gotham Academy) and letters by ADITYA BIDIKAR (MOTOR CRUSH). Recommended for fans of Studio Ghibli and the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.
ISOLA #2b:
2018, Written by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl. Art by Karl Kerschl and Msassyk. Variant Cover by Karl Kerschl. With the hunting clans closing in, Captain Rook leads the Queen to a city in ruins on a desperate mission to resupply. Unbeknownst to them, however, a new danger awaits within the broken walls - someone with a connection to Rook's past! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.
ISOLA #10a:
2020, Final Issue! Written by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl. Art by Karl Kerschl and Msassyk. Cover by Karl Kerschl. END OF STORY ARC Olwyn and Rook stray from the path to Isola at great cost. Secrets from the past threaten to tear Olwyn and Rook apart. 24 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.
KARMEN #1b:
2021, Written by Guillem March and Dan Christensen. Art by Guillem March. Cover by Milo Manara. Spanish writer and artist GUILLEM MARCH is best known for his ongoing, extensive work with DC Comics on Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn and has worked as an artist on several graphic novels including the English editions of Monika with Titan Comics and The Dream with Europe Comics. Here, he takes up his pen for an edgy new FIVE-PART SERIES about a highly unconventional angel named Karmen and the young woman she takes under her wing when a case of heartbreak strikes hard. Packed with surprises and metaphysics, this gorgeously drawn series deploys tenderness and humor as it dives deep into topics that matter. 32 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
LIGHTSTEP #1:
2018, Story, Art and Cover by Milos Slavkovic. January Lee is of royal descent, part of the ruling class that lives out their lives on accelerated, 'Lightstepped' worlds where a single day is a lifetime on a normal planet. But her 'holy ailment,' which allows her to see the truth behind the Primogenitor's lies, marks her for banishment to the outer worlds. This is the beginning of a fantastic tale of alien worlds, a star-spanning empire, and rogues and rebels seeking a weapon hidden in the transmission of a radio drama from Earth thousands of years ago. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
SHE COULD FLY #1:
2018, Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art and Cover by Martin Morazzo. In Chicago, an unknown woman appears flying at speeds of 120 miles per hour and at heights reaching 2,000 feet. Then she suddenly dies in a fiery explosion mid-air. No one knows who she was, how she flew, or why. Luna, a disturbed 15-year-old girl becomes obsessed with learning everything about her while rumors and conspiracy theories roil. Will cracking the secrets of the Flying Woman's inner life lead to the liberation from her own troubled mind? 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $4.99.
ST. MERCY #1:
2021, Image/Top Cow, Written by John Zuur Platten. Art and Cover by Atilio Rojo. NEW MINISERIES! A tale of vengeful retribution, ST. MERCY pits the Incan Empire against the American West - and features two strong, determined young women who must defy authority and ultimately embrace their destiny. Mercedes Oro is one of the surviving descendants of the Incans who has been charged with protecting a cache of cursed gold used in their child sacrifice rituals. But when an outlaw tries to steal the gold for his band of thieves, he unknowingly sets events in motion that will unleash an angry god who is willing to travel through the centuries to have what he desires. From the writer of Jurassic World: Evolution, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, and Wanted: Weapons of Fate comes a revenge tale that spans a millennia! 14 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.
VAN HELSING: STEAMPUNK One-Shot
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