Warlord comes under the thrall of a sexy snake woman while Mariah and Machiste encounter a wizard in another time. Both stories might have something to do with a comet. Or maybe not. Artist Mike Grell seems to get the better of writer Mike Grell during this still-solid outing.
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Sent back to the dawn of his existence, Warlord relives multiple lives – but will he return to Skartaris? Another solid issue that suffers from a case of “been there, done that,” from the regular Warlord team of Mike Grell and Vince Colletta.
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Warlord travels with Skartaris’ second greatest thief as they seek untold treasure within the Temple of the Sun. Another consistent outing from Warlord creator Mike Grell along with inker Vince Colletta.
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The Legion faces off against Grimbor the Chainsman, while Legion Academy recruit Dawnstar learns a thing or two about teamwork. Paul Levitz plots both tales, with art from a mix including Howard Chaykin and James Sherman.
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An “Alice in Wonderland” riff, a surreal quest and a tale of interplanetary war: Anomaly #4 is an interesting underground featuring work from Jan Strnad, Richard Corben and Bob Kline.
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A man falls hard for a woman who wipes out on a surfboard – but her mommy issues stand between them. Bronze Age romance comics prove even harder to follow than the superhero ones, but this one features nice art by Alex Toth, Ernie Colón and others.
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Samson and company head up the Huz’n in a river boat, visit the Met Cloisters and fight a radioactive unicorn. A gorgeous George Wilson cover fronts this rather bland outing from the creative team of John Warner and Jack Abel.
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A pair of law enforcement tough guys – the NYPD’s Sam Lomax and cop-turned-P.I. Luke Malone – blow away bad guys with Magnums. Gary Friedrich serves up two crime stories long on silly and short on grit, while the work of artists Mike Sekowsky and Mike Ploog suffers from unsympathetic inking.
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The Rev. William Stryker escalates his evangelical, anti-mutant crusade to a mass-murderous level with a plot involving Professor X. A powerful addition to the X-Men canon by longtime scribe Chris Claremont and future-Astro-City artist Brett Anderson.
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Pairing a reprint of “Second Genesis!” (from the historic Giant-Size X-Men #1) with a new backup tale by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, Special Edition X-Men #1 makes a solid package for the early collector’s market.
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