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Found this one in the dollar bin at my LCS! Now I have 3 of the 4 issues!

Story and art by Adam Warren!

During their annual evaluative review, the minds of the Lovely Angels become trapped in a combat simulation!

Unfortunately, I don't have the complete mini, nor do I have any of the other Dark Horse adventures! Perhaps I'll find them in the bins one day!

Story by Toren Smith and Adam Warren!

Art by Adam Warren!

The Lovely Angels take on smugglers who can move between artificial bodies! They are also profiled by a news reporter who is trying to clean up their image!

This is the last of the Eclipse issues! After this, the Lovely Angels would be published by Dark Horse!

Story by Haruka Takachiho, Toren Smith, and Adam Warren!

Art by Adam Warren!

The Lovely Angels try to take a vacation, but end up chasing a former WWWA agent who has now become a wanted criminal!

We get some flashbacks to the academy days and see how the Lovely Angels became licensed Trouble Consultants!

To be continued!

Based on the anime!

Characters created by Haruka Takachiho!

Story by Toren Smith and Adam Warren!

Pencils by Adam Warren!

The Lovely Angels are assigned to retrieve tissue samples and the brainchip of a biotechnical engineer! They find themselves caught up in a fight between rival bioweapons manufacturers!

To be continued!

Created by William Shatner!

Stories by Ron Goulart, Evan Skolnick, and Mariano Nicieza!

Pencils by Rich Suchy and Lee Sullivan!

Issues 14-18 adapt the TekLords novel, which features an artificial plague!

Then, Cardigan and company must face a sentient computer that wants revenge on the creator who abandoned it!

The series ends with two standalone stories with more action than detective work!

The trade containing reprints of issues 1-5 was released to coincide with issue 18!

And since it was the early 90s, there was also a trading card set! (I do not have this in my collection!)

Based on the TekWar novels by William Shatner!

Stories by Ron Goulart!

Pencils by Lee Sullivan and Stephen Jones!

The first five issues adapt the first novel, TekWar!

Issues 6-13 are original stories that take place between the first two novels!

Jake Cardigan is an ex-cop who was framed for dealing an addictive virtual reality stimulant called Tek!

He is released from prison after 4 years of cryosleep and joins a detective agency!

He is tasked with finding a missing scientist while simultaneously attempting to clear his name and put his life back together!

To be continued!

Comic sized preview and behind the scenes info about then upcoming Image titles! Replaced Inside Image, but only went three issues! I only have issue #3, but am keeping an eye out for the rest!

Stopped by the LCS and found some goodies in the bins! The Silver Surfer #1 was $3! Everything else was $1!

Story by Ron Marz!

Pencils by Ron Lim, Jeff Moore, Andy Smith, Tom Grindberg, and Scot Eaton!

Thanos is searching for a challenge worthy of his attention and power! He learns of Tyrant and feels that defeating him would be a worthy challenge!

Thanos enlists the aid of Terrax and Ganymede in his quest. He is also joined by Jack of Hearts and Legacy, who initially just wanted to rescue Ganymede from Thanos' clutches!

Tyrant takes control of Morg, and the group must find a way to stop both Morg and Tyrant!

In the end, Thanos is triumphant, because he is Thanos, after all!

Reprints of stories from 2000AD!

Stories by John Wagner!

Pencils by Steve Dillon!

Judge Dredd is the Law!

He and the other Judges face a werewolf pack and then an extraterrestrial bounty hunter!

Issue 1 contains a schematic of Dredd's Lawmaster!

Issue 2 contains a schematic of Dredd's Lawgiver!

Issue 3 contains information about MegaCity 1!

Drokk it!

Stories by Chuck Dixon!

Pencils by Rod Wigham!

Covers by Frank Teran, and Jae Lee!

Micro traps the real Punisher and sends his replacement Punisher after Rosalie Carbone, head of a crime family!

Rosalie hires Bullseye to protect her!

Punisher fights the mob, the false Punishers, and Bullseye as the Countdown storyline ends all three ongoing titles!

Bonus: the adaptation of the 1989 movie, starring Dolph Lundgren! Story by Carl Potts with art by Brent Anderson!

Story by Erik Larsen!

Pencils by Andy Smith!

Kill Cat and Kid Avenger are like Dumb and Dumber!

Kill Cat has an origin similar to Batman!

Kid Avenger's origin is similar to Booster Gold's!

The series is pretty lighthearted fare, except for that cease and desist letter from Dale Keown about the use of his character, PITT!

Stories by Stephen Grant, Chuck Dixon, Richard Rainey, and Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning!

Pencils by Hugh Haynes, Russ Heath, Todd Fox, Frank Teran, Isaac Del Rivero, and Rod Wigham!

The Suicide Run storyline goes through all three Punisher titles!

After that, Frank and Micro go to Miami to fight drug smugglers!

Then, Frank fights street gangs!

Frank also ends up in Riverdale while chasing a criminal who resembles Archie Andrews!

After that, Frank becomes involved with an underground fight club!

Frank defends a model from gangsters!

After this, Frank returns to New York! He and Micro have had a falling out, and Micro is looking to recruit a new Punisher!

This year's annual features a sequel to Eurohit, where Frank again faces Rapido!

To be concluded!

Stories by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, Roger Salick, Mike Baron, and Stephen Grant!

Pencils by Doug Braithwaite, Val Mayerik, Larry Stroman, Kevin Kobasic, Dave Hoover, Hoang Nguyen, and Hugh Haynes!

Frank fights VIGIL!

Then, he travels to Hawaii to stop a crooked developer!

Shot down over Alaska, Frank must survive the wilderness, including a grizzly bear and a paramilitary group!

Frank then deals with a dirty priest and more dirty cops!

After that, Frank must track down a pyromaniac!

Once the fires are extinguished, the Suicide Run storyline kicks off!

To be continued!

Stories by Mike Baron, Marc McLaurin, Chuck Dixon, Dan Abnett, and Andy Lanning!

Pencils by Hugh Haynes, Val Mayerik, Tod Smith, and Doug Braithwaite!

Frank recovers from the damage done to his face by Jigsaw!

He then undergoes plastic surgery and has his features and skin tone changed to look African American!

After this, he teams up with Luke Cage to fight crack dealers!

After three issues, Frank's skin color reverts to normal!

Frank defends a grocery store from druggies!

Then, Frank heads to Europe to take out a notorious assassin known as Snakebite! This starts the 7 part Eurohit storyline which features Batroc, Armand, Chauffard, Rapido, the Kingpin, and the Tarantula!

After returning to the States, Frank has to contend with a criminal that he once let live!

Then, Frank must deal with the anti-vigilante squad known as VIGIL!

To be continued!

Stories by Mike Baron and Chuck Dixon!

Pencils by Neil Hanson, Tod Smith, Hugh Haynes, Ron Wagner, Tom Morgan, and Paul Guinan!

Frank travels through Iowa, where he saves a flag burning performance artist!

Then, he and Micro team up to stop a serial killer who has been targeting cab drivers!

After that, Frank fights Neo-Nazis!

Then, Frank goes to the middle East to prevent the use of a super powerful artillery gun!

Next, Frank tries to rescue a kidnapped heiress!

Soon after, Frank finds himself in Chinatown, dealing with the gang wars there;

Then, Frank battles a woman who kills young mothers to sell their kids!

After that, the Final Days storyline begins! The Kingpin takes Micro hostage to force the Punisher to defeat his rivals! Frank again faces Jigsaw, but this time Frank is the one that is left disfigured!

This year's annual is part of The Von Strucker Gambit crossover, where the Punisher teams up with Daredevil and Captain America!

To be continued!

After the haul from my LCS, my small group went to Nashville for our yearly shopping spree!

Picture #1 is the haul from Half-price Books!

Pictures #2-4 are the haul from the Great Escape on Charlotte Ave!

After this, we took a quick break for lunch at Hattie B's where we dined on the famous Nashville hot chicken!

Picture #5 is the haul from Outer Limits! I also bought some MTG cards, but that's for another subreddit!

Pictures #6-7 are the FCBD freebies that I picked up from Comic City Too! Again, I mostly picked up MTG at this stop!

Pictures #8-10 is the haul from the Great Escape Madison location!

And finally, pictures #11-20 are the haul from McKay's!

After this final stop, we stopped for a quick bite to eat before making the trip back home! We were all quite exhausted from our 14 hour day (including travel time) of hunting for things on our lists!

My LCS has a super $1 back issue sale each year on FCBD! It was my first stop of the day before heading to Nashville to hit up a half dozen other stores!

To be continued!

First shop down! About Six more to go! Happy hunting, everyone!