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From: jcowling@ophelia.UVic.CA (Scowling Jim Cowling)
Subject: AUCTION:  current tally
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 05:39:59 GMT

I've received a number of bids so far for my list.  Here are the high bids:

Book/Set		# available	High Bid

X-O Manowar #1-6	1		$20.00
X-O Manowar #1		1		$12.00
X-O Manowar #2		1		$10.00
X-O Manowar #5		1		--
X-O Manowar #6		1		--
	I have pulled my second copies of #3 and #4 from the auction
Solar #1-8		1		$26.00
Solar #10 1st print	2		$ 7.50
Solar #10 2nd print	2		--
Magnus #1		3		$10.00
Magnus #6		1		$ 7.50
Magnus #2-5, 7-8	1		--
Rai #1			1		$ 8.00
Shadowman #1		1		$ 5.00
	I have pulled one copy of Shadowman #1 from the auction
Unity #0		3		$ 4.00
Unity #1		2		$ 5.00
Sandman #1		5		$20.00
Harbinger #3-7		1		--

Note that each high bid listed is for one of the preceding item; I will not
reveal if there are other bids when more than one copy is available.  

-------
Scowling Jim Cowling
Creative Writing Department, University of Victoria (opinions disassociated)
September 8:  Hell makes a return visit.
-------
From: wingk@wkuvx1.bitnet (doc Nightmare)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.marketplace
Subject: Comics for sale (400 or so...)
Date: 30 Aug 92 15:37:39 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY


   I have a set of about 400 comics, all bagged, most boarded, for
sale as a set. I don't have my list with to post, but e-mail me if
you'd like a copy.


--
 
           -doc Nightmare

 Email: Wingk@wkuvx1.bitnet  
 
    "What in the wide,wide world of sports is going on?"

                                   
                                                  

      
                                        
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From: jcomeau@unixg.ubc.ca (Joe Comeau)
Subject: Re: Marvel Masterpieces (Again...sorry)
Organization: UBC Pulmonary Research Lab., St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:28:25 GMT

In article <67061@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt6223b@prism.gatech.EDU (Jerry B. Ray) writes:
>OK, once again :-)
>
>Which promo cards are appearing in which magazines?
>
>These I know of:
>
>Previews...Spiderman
>Up N Coming...Wolverine
>Marvel Age...Hulk
>Wizard...Psylocke
>
>What are the other promos, where do they come from, are they available yet,
>and if so, will you sell me one?
>
>E-mail or post, i'm not picky :-)
>
>JRjr
>
>-- 
>'Hear the tale of a fallen people, destined to wander their broken land.
>Their eyes are vacant, full of empty meaning, and what they're missing they
>just don't understand.  Beyond the dark horizon, out where the people are
>crying, a Morningstar will be rising, rising to show us the way...' Whiteheart


Heroes World Magazine called(I can't remember)  Captain America

CBG (don't know issue)  Silver surfer
From: n8943689@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Peter Giffin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.marketplace
Subject: Wanted Spider-man I Cards / Trade
Date: 27 Aug 92 06:48:06 GMT
Organization: Western Washington University


I need the following Spider-man I Cards

1,7,8,17,21x2,22,23,30,31x2,34,38x2,39,52,53,54,57,60,62,64,67x2,69,72,
74x2,75,76,80,81

I have many Spider-man I cards, Spider-man II cards, Impel X-men,
Marvel III cards that I would be willing to trade for these.

Mail all responses to n8943689@henson.cc.wwu.edu

Pete

-- 
Peter Giffin <n8943689@henson.cc.wwu.edu> <uw-beaver!henson.cc.wwu.edu!n8943689>
  Reality Used  |   MIND:       | If Looks could | I'm having verbal
  To Be A Friend| The Perpetual | I'd Kill Your  | constipation, Lets
  Of Mine       |  Intercourse  | Television!    | Start Throwing Things
From: asoto@dacapo.urbana.mcd.mot.com (Anthony Soto)
Subject: WANTED: Valiants
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Urbana Design Center
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:44:35 GMT

I've been responding to people who have been trying to sell their Valiants,
and they all say the same thing, "Sorry, someone bought them already." I
realize that Jim Cowling is auctioning off some of his Valiants, but I'd
rather not get into a bidding war with other people on the net.

I'll just cut to the chase. I'm looking for issues of the Valiant titles. I
got into the titles just recently and enjoy them very much. The problem is
trying to get back issues because of the fact that they being sold at very
high prices (at least for comics that have been out for about a year). Does
anyone want to sell some of their issues or duplicates of Valiants? If 
interested send me some mail and the amount for which you're willing to part
with them. I'm really interested in Magnus, Solar, Rai and X-O; mainly because I
haven't been able to get the others, they are always sold out. If you have
other titles (I hear Eternal Warrior, Archer & Armstrong and Harbinger are
good), let me know.
					Tony

PS. I'd also be interested in Unity #1;
    I have Unity #0, but was unable to
    pick up #1.
From: n8943689@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Peter Giffin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.marketplace
Subject: Wanted: Marvel Masterworks Promo Cards
Date: 24 Aug 92 04:21:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Aug24.042144.3444
Organization: Western Washington University

Rumor has it that there a couple of different promo
cards running around.

I have the Psylocke, Spider-man and Wolverine one, if there
are any more and you want to trade/sell them please let
me know.  Also could anyone post what the other promo cards
that were printed are?

Pete

-- 
Peter Giffin <n8943689@henson.cc.wwu.edu> <uw-beaver!henson.cc.wwu.edu!n8943689>
  Reality Used  |   MIND:       | If Looks could | I'm having verbal
  To Be A Friend| The Perpetual | I'd Kill Your  | constipation, Lets
  Of Mine       |  Intercourse  | Television!    | Start Throwing Things
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From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Subject: Re: An etiquette question...
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 20:49:47 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: comics,forsale

billj@b11.b11.ingr.com (Bill Jones):
>I don't want to post my whole inventory, since I know I'd be annoyed if 
>someone else posted a few hundred lines of comics listings.
>
>What's the usual procedure on this board?

Actually, you've got it wrong; you *should* post your whole inventory.
The etiquette is not to post long listings on a general newsgroup, but
this is the *right* place to post them.  If you list all your comics, 
with title, issue number, condition, and asking prices, then people can
read your listing and decide whether they're interested.  The alternatives
all involve making people go to a lot of trouble to find out whether or not
you've got something they're interested in.

-----
Dani Zweig
dani@netcom.com

Roses red and violets blew
  and all the sweetest flowres that in the forrest grew -- Edmund Spenser


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From: chad@quality.ta.ford.com (Chad Childers)
Subject: Image/Valiant Wanted
Originator: news@pms001
X-Disclaimer: Not an official spokesman for Ford Tech Affairs
Reply-To: Dave Lillard <dwl@deep.mi.org>
Organization: Technical Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:57:43 GMT

Please post the following to rec.arts.comics.marketplace - Dave

     *** Wanted ***

Any Image or Valiant titles in *any* quantity.  Please email me at:

     {backbone}!ttardis.uucp!dwl

with what you have available, along with what you want for it *including*
shipping.  I'll get back to you asap with an answer.  Thanx, Dave.
-- 
Chad Childers                            Work: chad@quality.ta.ford.com
FMEAplus Project Leader                  Home: chad@deep.mi.org
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From: jcomeau@unixg.ubc.ca (Joe Comeau)
Subject: Re: Spider-Man Hologram books (Spec. #189)
Organization: UBC Pulmonary Research Lab., St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:29:01 GMT

In article <8EPIMXC@taronga.com> jeh@taronga.com (James Casey Henderson) writes:
>
>Here in Houston, I've seen Spectacular Spider-Man #189 (the first
>hologram book, blue) going for $7 and $9 at a couple of retail stores..
> 
>How is this (and other hologram Spidey books) doing around the world?
> 
>-jeh



I've seen it selling for about $12-$14. in Can$ here in Vancouver, and supposebly
one store has it for $35.00 and another for $25.00 on the Island.
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Subject: Wanted: Spectacular Spiderman #189 (holo)
From: nschultz@zeus.calpoly.edu (Ned Schultz)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:37:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo


Anyone have an extra Spectacular Spiderman #189, blue cover, first of
the 4 holo covers, for sale?

Ned Schultz
nschultz@nike.calpoly.edu
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From: jeh@taronga.com (James Casey Henderson)
Subject: Spider-Man Hologram books (Spec. #189)
Reply-To: jeh@taronga.com (James Casey Henderson)
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:55:12 GMT


Here in Houston, I've seen Spectacular Spider-Man #189 (the first
hologram book, blue) going for $7 and $9 at a couple of retail stores..
 
How is this (and other hologram Spidey books) doing around the world?
 
-jeh
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From: lmlc@brahms.udel.edu (Carolyn M Chandler)
Subject: Wanted Valiant/selling/trading Marvel
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:31:33 GMT

ok here are some of the goddies is need to sell...

Silver surfer 1-35
Amazing spider man 	299,304-325,328-356
DD			181-4,257
Deathlock		1-8
Ghost rider		13-27
New Mutants ann		5
The punsher		15-28
X-men 			132-3,150-290 ann 7-12
WOlverine 		1(2),7,8,10
X-factor 		24-27,63-75
x-men 			1-10



I AM STILL LOOKING FOR REASONABLE PRICES ON ALL VALIANT BOOKS...
(also looking for all red and gold logos...)
also looking for 

Grendel 1-40
Hellblazer 1-18,46-present...

-morgan
lmlc@brahms.udel.edu
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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen)
Subject: Re: LNH - Posting of the last chapter (so far...)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:12:28 GMT

Even as Table was proclaiming himself ruler of all, the rookie villain Acton 
Lord (who figured, hey, villain etiquette has already been broken anyway) 
stepped out of one of the gaping plot holes left during the battle and 
proclaimed, "Power bores!  Absolute power bores absolutely!"
     Suddenly, Table found himself pummelled by waves of ennui, a word he 
didn't even recognize.  It was as if he had been forced to read the transcript 
of a five hour debate about the relative merits of brush versus pen work.  He 
reeled for a moment as Acton Lord chuckled evilly....
     Dave Van Domelen, "next!"
From: jmp14@vulture.cs.uofs.edu (John M Petren)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: !mpact future
Date: 31 Aug 92 22:49:13 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing Sciences

The upcoming series "Crucible" will indeed feature the Black Hood and create a grimmer
universe.  From what I read on the net months ago, Nate Cray will have the opportunity to
save the world, thus destroying current characters and probably creating new ones.

					John Petren
From: lsmith@nano.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: Sandman (spoilers)
Date: 23 Aug 92 21:51:51 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Little Squids of the Poor

In article <1992Aug23.132139.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Dan Elmoe) writes:
>In article <1992Aug21.082157.1@skcla.monsanto.com>, jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com writes:
>> Is it just me or was Jill Thompson's art better the previous issue?
>
>	Different inker, and I agree that he did a hack job on the art.
>What struck me in particular was how small Delirium was.  She wasn't that
>tiny in #21 or #31.

For what it's worth, Jill Thompson's artwork looks very nice in black
and white. I saw the advance for Parliament of Rooks and I liked it better
than the final product. 

I think both Despair and Delirium are looking smaller in Thompson's artwork.
In issue #41, Despair looked a little like Cerebus when she was standing
next to Destruction. Delirium seems to be shorter when she was Delight
(she looks short in Destiny's gallery) but she looked about the same 
height as Desire or Death in the family gathering.

Thompson has commented that she doesn't imagine drawing Delirium the
same way twice. Perhaps this extends to her height.
--
 Lance "The Weasel" Smith  | "He which brings no hustle to this game
    (lsmith@cs.umn.edu)    |  Let him depart; his waivers will be cleared,
  There were Giants in the |  And dollars of contract put into his wallet:
     Stick in those days   |  We would not play in that man's company"  Hrbek V
Organization: Senior, Art, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 16:33:03 -0400 
From: Faye Levine <fl0m+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Grimjack Fans
	<1992Aug29.223023.8729@athena.mit.edu>

>Has anyone seen the add for Ravage 2099. I ask this because to me it looks
>just like the Jim Twilley incarnation of Grimjack. What I wanna know
>is it legal for Marvel to do this? I mean The guy's almost a carbon
>copy. 

Well, considering what happened to Twilley at the end of the last
GrimJack, people shouldn't be getting confused!  :-)

Actually, that's a good question.  I haven't seen the "Ravage" thing
you're talking about.  I believe that in the issues of GrimJack it says
that "GrimJack", "Munden's Bar", the demon star, and the characters are
copyrighted, but how do you copyright an image that isn't a logo?  If
"ravage" has a different name, history, and universe to live in,
couldn't Marvel just say, "Hey--there's more than one nasy, red-headded
guy in the universe"?

I really hope GJ comes back, but the thought of DC doing it makes me
shudder.  First Comics put it out on good paper, etc.--and the inkers in
the Twilley series took increadible advatage of it.  I really don't want
GJ on newsprint with bad ink.  Also, does anyone know if Flint Henry
will still be pencilling?  (Or maybe if Truman'll come back?)

I would just LOVE to meet Ostrander--some of the plot teasers he gave in
the last issue of GJ seem fantastic!

FLOM.
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From: dv52151@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Axly)
Subject: Re: cable
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:42:15 GMT

hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke) writes:



>>3.what has he came back to the past for.

>To ruin one of Marvel's best magazines, the New Mutants.

I have to disagree here. New Mutants was already pretty dead in the
water by the time Rob the Snob was put on it.

Axly

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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen)
Subject: Re: Christian Superheroes
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:32:53 GMT

Avengers Spotlight kinda wrapped up some of the questions on Espiritu and 
closed the book on Crusader II.
     Firebird meets some aliens who turn out to be part of a big university 
thing (I can't remember if it was Rus or not).  Apparently, one of the junior 
members of the group had been improperly disposing of hazardous waste, and some
landed on Earth...the flaming meteorite.  At first, Bonita has a little crisis 
of faith, as the powers she thought were granted by God turn out to be just a 
"lab accident".  I don't recall exactly what happens next, but at the end of 
the issue she decides that God was still the source of her powers, and simply 
worked through "chance" as He is wont to.  "The Lord works in mysterious ways."
     Crusader clashes with Black Knight in one of the last few Spotlights (#38 
or #39, I think).  At the end, Crusader realizes what he's been doing, how he's
been doing evil in the name of God, and so forth, and hurls his sword at his 
shield, destroying both.  Cured of his insane zeal, he allows himself to be 
taken to jail, but promises his family that when he gets out he'll try to be a 
good husband and father, no longer obsessed with his crusade.
     I think a big reason why comics avoid Xian superheroes (ones who get their
power from God) is that it strikes too close to home, and too close to risking 
blasphemy.  It's okay to invoke pagan gods, or Jewish cabbalism, but you're 
treading on thin ice when you say that God gave your hero power.   Also, a 
truly Christian hero would try to avoid conflict, turn the other cheek, etc.  
While this can be astoundingly effective as a tactic in the real world (MLKing 
Jr, for example), it is too passive for an action-oriented medium like comics.
Jewish mysticism has things like Golems that can form the basis of an action 
story, and most pagan religions have alot of warrior aspects.  Eastern 
mysticism allows for heroes in the Shang Chi and Iron Fist mold, since no 
matter how reluctant they may be to fight, the martial training of many Eastern
sects is there to be used.  Christian practice doesn't include even pacifistic 
martial arts (sounds like an oxymoron, but really isn't).  Eastern pacifists 
learn to dodge if conflict is necessary...Western pacifists learn to take 
damage if conflict is unavoidable.
     Dave Van Domelen, thinks Northern Wisconsin pacifists are simply too damn 
cold to fight in any case.... }->
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From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Subject: Re: "How to" comic writing book wanted
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:46:59 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.091452.9078@bsu-ucs.uucp> 00njhavert@bsu-ucs.uucp writes:
>	Wasn't there a book out on how to write comics? I could've 
>sworn it was written by Will Eisner, but don't quote me on that. Can
>anyone tell me the author and title?

Eisner did a book entitled something like "The <something> of Sequential
Art," (Eisner's pet term for comic books), but that was more on how to
draw comics rather than write them (which is why I didn't buy it).
Sorry, I don't remember any other books on the subject besides that one.
But I want to know if there is one too!
-- 
Bill "Whassamatter?!  Can't you take a joke?!" Barnes   wbarnes@sura.net
Disclaimer:  The author apologizes for any thought-provoking material he may
	     have accidentally included and promises not to do it again.
Datclaimer:  My employers wouldn't WANT to share some of my opinions.
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From: mephron@tronsbox.xei.com (Mephron)
Subject: Re: Death's Gender
Organization: Xanadu Enterprises Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 04:44:33 GMT

In article <78217@ut-emx.uucp> cwagner@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Christian Wagner) writes:
>In article <Bt5LGI.39G@wpi.WPI.EDU> megazone@wpi.WPI.EDU (MegaZone23) writes:
>
>(BTW, Megazone, have you noticed that you tend to fall in love with comic book
>characters a lot? [Re : UF])

Trav, there's a difference.  Yuri's REAL.  Flesh'n'blood.  I've met her, talked
with her, shaken hands with her (and she rubbed my shoulders once - Zoner, tell
her I have the braces off and the doctors say my collarbone will be fine).

She just started out fictional.   Like so many of us.



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From: cliffr@pyuxf.uucp (25347-roberts)
Subject: Valiant/ Magnus #0
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 16:31:42 GMT

I am looking for anyone who is selling the Magnus #0 issue with 
the trading card (Send away issue).  I know the fair market
value of the issue and I know the inflated value shown by
many dealers.  I am willing to buy the issue from someone asking
fair market value.  email me at cliffr@pyuxf.cc.bellcore.com.


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From: dml@athena.mit.edu (David M LaMacchia)
Subject: Re: Grimjack Fans
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 01:21:26 GMT

In article <4ecH1ze00WB0A3vlgw@andrew.cmu.edu> Faye Levine <fl0m+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>I really hope GJ comes back, but the thought of DC doing it makes me
>shudder.  First Comics put it out on good paper, etc.--and the inkers in
>the Twilley series took increadible advatage of it.  I really don't want
>GJ on newsprint with bad ink.  Also, does anyone know if Flint Henry
>will still be pencilling?  (Or maybe if Truman'll come back?)

Ok, here's the deal; Flint Henry will *not* be back on the book should
DC actually be carrying it (I got this from a friend of Flint's).  Truman,
however, will be doing some stories (yep!) and possibly even the first
new issue, but that's all up for grabs now.  Even the storyline is; Ostrander
originally planned to have GJ be a twin (as any reader of 81 knows) in
his new incarnation and the first story would deal with deciding which of
the twins held the soul of John Gaunt.  However, we'll see what happens
after a few years off.  Perhaps Ostrander has regenerated his creativity
a bit (personally, some of the stories were, in my opinion, dragging a little
near the very end.  Perhaps this was just that I knew it was ending and 
wanted lots of loose ends tied up :-) and will start over.  Oh, the Hell
book was supposed to be about Twilley organizing some war in Hell to free
his family and some other friends.  We'll see....

--dave

"Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul
 you've got to run like an antelope out of control."
  --Phish
From: whicken@kastor.ccsf.caltech.edu (Wendell Hicken)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: What's with "The Human Target" (Hey, DC readers!)?
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:36:11 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

In article <la6oglINNmk3@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> rockstea@galoob.cs.utk.edu (Courtney C. Rockstead) writes:
>
>	Hi.  I've become an avid watcher of the Rick Springfield series,
>"The Human Target", Saturdays on ABC.  At the end it says that it is
>based on a DC comics character by Wein and Infantino.  I thought they
>meant The Avenger from a two-parter called "Justice, Inc." (man, that
>was good!), but they don't.  So, does anyone know what they do mean?

They mean "The Human Target" from DC.  The only comics I have of him
are backup stories in the old Detective Comics.  Same basic premise of
a guy who wears makeup to save other people's lives.  

						Wendell
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From: sward@agsm.ucla.edu (Sidne Gail Ward)
Subject: Re: JSA CANCELLED????
Date: 25 Aug 92 14:43:38 PDT

dddawson@lpl.arizona.edu (Doug Dawson) writes:


>Just to clarify things...there _will_ be several more issues of
>JSA...while the d.ecision to canc.el has supposedly a.lready .been made,
>the issues currently in the pipeline will continue to be processed, plus
>a few more. . The last I had heard, #10 was s.ch.eduled to .be the last.

That's fine, but if they expect me to hang around to the bitter end,
they've got another think coming.  I really enjoyed the first couple
of issues of the title, but now that I know it's being cancelled, I'll
drop it.  I've preordered the next couple of issues from my local
store, but those'll be it.  Why should I spend my time and money
getting involved with a series I know has been cancelled?  Of course,
since I'm probably not the only one who feels this way, sales will
drop even more quickly than they would've if the series was ongoing.
And those guys at DC who cancelled it will probably pat themselves on
the back saying they knew it was better to concentrate on a different
type of book.  Oh well, at least that's another $1.25 a month  I have
to spend now.		

Sidne G. Ward

sward@agsm.ucla.edu
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