New Teen Titans (1984) 13

New Teen Titans (1984) 13

Oct 1985

Crisis

by Marv Wolfman, Eduardo Barreto, Romeo Tanghal, Bob Lappan, Adrienne Roy

23 pages

The skies have turned red. The Crisis on Infinite Earths has reached the pages of New Teen Titans. Weird things are happening and no one seems to know what is causing it all. Cyborg goes to see Sarah Simms and discovers that she has a new boyfriend. Dick talks to Donna and Terry, her husband, about Cory (Starfire). Vic and Sarah talk and part on good terms despite his initial anger at seeing her in the arms of another man.

Steve Canyon (9)

Vol. 1: 1947-1948

by Milton Caniff

Puppy Love

Nov 4, 1948 - Jan 8, 1949

01/26/26

Nov 4-6, 1948 - Reed waits with Fancy while Steve and Happy search (unsuccessfully) for Rak. Reed is heartbroken when he learns that they didn’t find his father.

Rak is actually R.A.K. or Reed A. Kimberly, so Reed Kimberly is actually Reed A. Kimberly, Jr. 

Tomb of Dracula (1972) 13

Tomb of Dracula (1972) 13

Oct 1973

To Kill a Vampire!

by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, Tom Palmer, John Costanza, Roy Thomas

Blade gets on Drake’s nerves. The two men start arguing. Rachel steps in to break up their war of words. Blade tells the other vampire hunters, after Edith’s body has been cremated, about how he lost his mother to a vampire.

The henchmen of Dr. Sun gain access to the morgue of Scotland Yard. They kill the attendant who lets them in to the building. They are there to examine one of the bodies on behalf of Dr. Sun. 

Mars 11

Mars 11

Jan 1985

When the Dead Walk… and the Living Don’t

by Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Kathryn Mayer, Mike Gold

20 pages

Milos isn’t quite dead. A powerful being keeps him alive and tortures him. It offers to release him but only if he will find Morgana.

Morgana struggles without her mechanical legs. Fawn reveals her true form to Morgana. Fawn’s true name is Chyia. Morgana learns from Chyia that her friends are still alive. 

Ms. Tree in Eclipse Magazine 4

Eclipse Magazine 4

Jan 1982

I, for an Eye

Chapter Four: If a Tree Falls…

by Max Allan Collins, Terry Beatty

8 pages

Ms. Tree talks to Dan about the little black book. He doesn’t seem excited about holding on to the book and not turning it over to the police. She tries visiting the Apple Detective Agency, the first name in the book. She is stunned to find Roger Freemont, the detective who quit rather than work for a woman, in the office.

The Spirit 502

The Spirit 502

Jan 8, 1950

Reprinted in The Spirit 52

Feb 1989

Sand Saref

by Will Eisner

The Spirit investigates the murder of a police officer and runs across a clue that brings back some memories. He reminisces about Sand Saref, a girl with whom he grew up. They were the best of friends until her father was murdered. Everything changed after that day. He tried to help her but she hated the police from that day forward.

She was overseas during the war. She earned great acclaim as a resistance fighter and a spy for the Allies. None of that matters now because the Spirit knows that he must find her and bring her in.

New Teen Titans (1984) Annual 1

New Teen Titans (1984) Annual 1

1985

The Vanguard

by Marv Wolfman, Ed Hannigan, Mike DeCarlo,John Costanza, Adrienne Roy

41 pages

Joseph Wilson (aka Jericho) reads about a past adventure of the Titans via their computer database. The story involves a team of heroes known as the Vanguard. They came from outer space to fight Superman, or so it seemed. The Teen Titans (Wonder Girl, Starfire, Cyborg, Changeling, Terra) fight with the alien super-team until they finally come to understand that the aliens are not evil and that it isn’t Superman they are fighting but a Superman robot.

Tomb of Dracula (1972) 12

Tomb of Dracula (1972) 12

Sep 1973

Night of the Screaming House!

by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, Tom Palmer, Petra Goldberg, John Costanza, Roy Thomas

Dracula kidnaps Edith Harker and holds her hostage. Quincy Harker and the other vampire hunters go looking for her. They find her in a mansion with Dracula.

Blade gets a call from Dracula telling him where he can be found. Blade, separate from the others, makes his way to the same mansion. They manage to scare Dracula off. Edith is found but she has been turned into a vampire by Dracula. Quincy does what he feels he must do and drives a stake through his daughter’s heart. 

Mars 10

Mars 10

Nov 1984

No Rust (Just Reality)

by Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Kathryn Mayer, Mike Gold

20 pages

Morgana and Fawn continue to put distance between themselves and the battlefield. They remain unaware that Milos and his forces lost the fight and that their friends are okay. They find a large colorful sphere that sucks them in. 

The sphere is a gateway to another place where there is a creature called Moot. It is the caretaker and thinks that it created them. Moot gets angry after Fawn seemingly disappears. It doesn’t like it when Morgana tries to take off in search of Fawn.

Ms. Tree in Eclipse Magazine 3

Eclipse Magazine 3

Nov 1981

I, for an Eye

Chapter Three: Death Is a Little Black Book

by Max Allan Collins, Terry Beatty

8 pages

Ms. Tree talks to Chick Steele but he doesn't know anything about the work that Mike was doing for assistant district attorney Carl Edwards. She talks to ADA Edwards’ widow but she is still grieving and doesn’t know who might have wanted her husband dead or what he was working on that made him a target. She talks to ADA Mary Worth but she isn’t very helpful.

Sgt Rock in Our Army at War 84

Our Army at War 84

Jul 1959

Laughter on Snakehead Hill!

by Robert Kanigher, irv Novick

13 pages

Sgt Rock and his men persevere while they maintain their position on Snakehead Hill. The Germans shoot at them with machine guns, lob mortar rounds at them, and blast them with tanks. The men of Easy Company surprise everyone, on both sides of the fight, with the way they shrug and laugh off the barrage of explosives that the Germans drop on them. 

The Spirit 501

The Spirit 501

Jan 1, 1950

Reprinted in The Spirit 52

Feb 1989

Fan Mail

by Will Eisner

7 pages

Commissioner Dolan, with some help from Sammy, responds to letters from readers of The Spirit.

Amazing Spider-Man Annual 16

Amazing Spider-Man Annual 16

1982

Who’s That Lady?

by Roger Stern, John Romita Jr, John Romita Sr, Stan Goldberg, Jim Novak, Tom DeFalco

Peter Parker’s Spidey-sense goes off when a beautiful woman walks past him. He doesn’t recognize her but he decides to follow her. He gets concerned when he sees her walking into a dangerous neighborhood. She turns out to be more than capable of handling any danger that comes her way, including Spider-Man when he surprises her. She regrets what she did to Spidey but decides to leave the area before he wakes up.