www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVII #12 January 2008  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with M)


MAERKLE PRESS

LOVE AND CAPES PACK
by Thomas Zahler
Catch up from the beginning with this special 6-pack collecting issues #1-6 of the hit superhero romantic comedy! See how Mark revealed his identity as the Crusader to Abby. Read about their first Christmas and First Valentine's Day together. Find out about Abby's first meeting with Amazonia, Mark's parents and Arachnerd! Plus, get the "Secret Identity" version of the Free Comic Book Day issue! All 6 issues of Love and Capes in a single convenient package! All orders come with an original sketch by Tom Zahler! (C: 0-1-2)
Pack (x6), FC SRP: $15.95

MASTERPIECE COMICS

FULL MOON CRAZE #4
by Ace Masters, Cesar Feliciano & Jimmy Tournas
The vampires savagely attack the werewolves' lair, leading to the loss of the werewolves' spiritual leader. With this loss they abounded Angel, leaving him with more questions than answers. Knowing he will come for Paulina, Murd charges Rane to prepare for Angel's arrival...
MATURE THEMES
24pgs, FC (4 of 6) SRP: $3.95

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O/A RUSHMORE GN
by Masters, Nichx, & Fiorucci
It is the year 2115 AD and on the Earth colony of Mercourt, Johnathan Rushmore has become Public Enemy #1, hunted by the military for reasons no one knows. In a race against time can he discover the truth behind his persecution — and will it do him any good?
SC, 7x10, 56pgs, B&W SRP: $6.95

METROPOLITAN BOOKS

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF AMERICAN EMPIRE GN
by Howard Zinn, Paul Buhle & Mike Konopacki
Adapted from historian Howard Zinn's bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world is told in comics form! Now Zinn, historian Paul Buhle, and cartoonist Mike Konopacki have collaborated to retell, in vibrant comics form, a most immediate and relevant chapter of A People’s History — the centuries-long story of America’s actions in the world. Narrated by Zinn, this version opens with the events of 9/11 and then jumps back to explore the cycles of U.S. expansionism from Wounded Knee to Iraq, stopping along the way at World War I, Central America, Vietnam, and the Iranian revolution. The book also follows the story of Zinn, the son of poor Jewish immigrants, from his childhood in the Brooklyn slums to his role as one of America’s leading historians. Available in softcover and hardcover editions. (C: 0-1-2)
SOFTCOVER—SC, 8x11, 288pgs, B&W SRP: $17.00
HARDCOVER—HC, 8x11, 288pgs, B&W SRP: $30.00

MIRAGE STUDIOS

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #44
by Murphy Black, Jake Black & Fario Brizuela
This issue features a tale of young Foot initiates, including fan-favorite Karai, and their quest to unearth an amulet of power. The newbie ninjas find what they seek through hard-fought battles with mythic creatures only to face the most deadly enemy of all — treachery from within!
32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.25

MOONSTONE

THE AVENGER CHRONICLES
Moonstone Books is proud to present this original anthology featuring eighteen never before seen tales of The Avenger, the first new "Justice, Inc." fiction in more than thirty years! Authors include: Max McCoy, Robert Randisi, Ron Goulart, Tom DeFalco, Joe Gentile, Robert Greenberger, Clay and Susan Griffiths, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, Paul Kupperberg, Chris Mills, Will Murray, Mel Odom, Gary Phillips, Martin Powell, James Reasoner, Richard Dean Starr, and Dan Wickline. The Avenger Chronicles also includes stunning cover artwork by the original Avenger paperback cover artists, Peter Caras (creator of more than 1,700 cover paintings, & a student of Norman Rockwell), and original interior illustrations by Andy Bennett (Vampire: The Masquerade) and Dave Aikins (Zombie, the Board Game). The Direct Market Softcover edition features a cover painting by Dave Dorman, while the Book Trade Softcover edition features a cover by Peter Caras. Also available is a Limited Hardcover edition, limited to 300 copies and featuring original cover art by Doug Klauba, plus an exclusive to this edition Avenger story by Chinese/Indonesian martial arts master, Joe Judt!
DIRECT MARKET—SC, 6x9, 336pgs, B&W SRP: $17.95
BOOK MARKET—SC, 6x9, 336pgs, B&W SRP: $17.95
LIMITED EDITION—HC, 6x9, 336pgs, B&W SRP: $44.00

THE AVENGER: "JUSTICE INC." LITHOGRAPHS
by Peter Caras
This artist signed-and-numbered limited edition — limited to 200 copies — fine art lithograph of the justice-driven man with the mold-able face is painted by the original cover artist of the Avenger novels, Norman Rockwell taught-master artist Peter Caras! Measuring 18" x 24", this lithograph comes on heavy-stock quality paper. Or for that special one-of-a-kind personal justice, the kind that takes a grip of your soul and won't let go, try the remarked edition of the print. (C: 0-1-2)
SIGNED & NUMBERED—Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $49.00
REMARKED EDITION—Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $89.00

BUCKAROO BANZAI: THE PREQUEL #1
by Earl Mac Rauch & Chewie
Screenwriter Earl Mac Rauch and Director W.D. Richter return to their creation, Buckaroo Banzai, with a brand new story! “Of Hunan Bondage” is the wild epic tale that sets up the film, an adventure so secret, so wild, so hair raising, that it couldn’t be told before now! His rock and roll band on the road, no money, his voice lost, a doppelganger, the overthruster invention without inspiration, Banzai is on the road to nowheresville! Also, flashback to the origins of Banzai’s musical career, and the Hong Kong Cavaliers, and the oft-rumored about but never talked about final fate of the Illinois Mongoose! All that, plus the interweaving plots of the Secret Yak police in China, and what happened to Peggy Priddy and the insidious Hanoi Xan!
32pgs, FC (1 of 2) SRP: $3.99

DOC SAVAGE: "BRONZE ADVENTURER" LITHOGRAPHS
by Dave Dorman
This artist signed-and-numbered fine art lithograph — limited to 200 editions — of everyone's favorite science pulp hero Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, is painted by fan-favorite Star Wars artis Dave Dorman! Printed on heavy-stock quality paper, "Bronze Adventurer" measures 18" x 24". Or, for thrill-seekers of that one-of-a-kind collector's item, the lithograph is also available in a remarked edition. (C: 0-1-2)
SIGNED & NUMBERED—Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $49.00
REMARKED—Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $89.00

KOLCHAK TALES: NIGHT STALKER OF THE LIVING DEAD #1
by Christopher Mills & Tim Hamilton
Zombies! Everybody hates them. But that appears to be exactly what Carl Kolchak finds to be stalking among the cornstalks in the small heartland town of Georges Corner, Nebraska. The simple task of covering just another festival pageant takes a dark turn — as it so often does in Kolchak's world — when people start disappearing, and the dead start walking! Watch out, because the walking dead bite! Cover by Dave Akins, artist of Twilight Creation's board game Zombies!
32pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $3.99

KOLCHAK TRIPLE-THREAT PACK
by Various
Five hundred pages of the strange and the mysterious! Each Kolchak Triple-Threat Pack contains the Kolchak Casebook, the Kolchak: Terror trade paperback, and one Kolchak Tales comic. Originally selling for $37.40 combined, this value pack makes a great intro to the macabre world of Kolchak the Night Stalker!

SC SRP: $29.95

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O/A KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER CHRONICLES TP
by Various
A monster collection of 26 original Kolchak short fiction stories by authors Max Allan Collins, Stuart M. Kaminksy, P.N. Elrod, Peter David, Chuck Dixon, Steven Grant, and more! Moonstone proudly announces contemporary prose adventures of the original Kolchak, TV's first and foremost paranormal investigator! You want Kolchak vs. Dark Shadows' Barnabas Collins? You got it! You want Kolchak embroiled in the Cthulhu Mythos? You got it! How about Kolchak written by one of The Simpsons' creative forces? You got it! Plus all kinds of other cool stuff, like tales from Kolchak's untold past, monster huntings, noir thrillers, and even horror stories of a more cerebral type!
MATURE THEMES
SC, 6x9, 320pgs, B&W SRP: $18.95

THE PHANTOM #23
by Mike Bullock & Silvestre Szilagyi
Bangalla Invaded! The biggest arc in Moonstone's Phantom run — culminating in the double-sized issue #25 — continues! Warring armies spill over into the Deep Woods, while The Phantom tries to uncover an insidious plot to overthrow the Bangallan Government. This issue is sure to end with a bang!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99