MAJOR BUMMER

COVERS

FOR SOME REASON I ALWAYS LIKED THIS SERIES, REALLY LIKED THE ART STYLE AND THE GOOFY STORYLINE. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FINALLY RELEASED AS A TRADE PAPERBACK, I HAD THE COMIS SO DECIDED TO FINALLY BIND IT. 

THE FRONT COVER IS KIND OF A MISH-MASH OF IMAGES AND THE BACK COVER IS JUST AN IMAGE THAT SEEMED PERFECT... DIDN'T ADD ANY EXTRAS THOUGH.. AND ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT BINDING COMICS IS THAT YOU GET TO INCLUDE THE LETTERS PAGES AND I WROTE A FAN-LETTER THAT GOT PUBLISHED SO IT'S INCLUDED IN THE BIND 

JUST SOME RANDOM INTERIOR SHOTS

DESCENDER

COVERS

THIS WAS THE FIRST BIND I DID WHERE I DIDN'T BIND THE COMICS,  I BOUND THE 6-TRADE PAPERBACKS THAT WERE RELEASED (which were about 5-6 issues each). I ALSO REMOVED THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS AND SCANNED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE MUCH HEAVIER THAN THE REST OF THE PAPER IN THE BOOKS.

DIDN'T DO MUCH DESIGN WORK OR EXTRAS ON THIS BIND. BASICALLY JUST TOOK THE COVER AND ADDED SOME TEXT AND THE SAME FOR THE BACK COVER

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CREDITS

SINCE THERE WERE ONLY 6-TRADE PAPERBACKS I BROKE DOWN THE CONTENTS TO SUMMARIZE EACH COLLECTION

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A VERY COOL FOLD OUT SPREAD

I REALLY LOVED THIS SERIES. IT'S ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITES. LOVED THE WRITING AS WELL AS THE ART. THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT COMBINATION

THE SPECTRE

THIS THREE VOLUME BIND COLLECTS THE ENTIRE OSTRANDER/MANDRAKE RUN OF THE 90'S SPECTRE SERIES INCLUDING A FEW CROSSOVER ISSUES

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 • VOLUME I • 

VOLUME 1

END PAPER

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CONTENTS PAGE 

SAME DESIGN FOR ALL THREE VOLUMES

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VOLUME 1 - CREDITS

ANNUAL #1 STARTS THE FIRST VOLUME BECAUSE IT'S A FLASHBACK ISSUE AND GIVES A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE SPECTRE'S ENTIRE LIFE HISTORY SO IT'S A PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARACTER AND A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE SERIES

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AWESOME INTERIOR ACTION 

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SHOWCASE '95 

SHOWCASE '95 ISSUE #8 HAS A SHORT PROLOGUE INTO ISSUE #34 SO I REPLACED MONGUL WITH THE SPECTRE AND ADDED A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS TO COME ON THE REVERSE

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HERE IS HOW THE PRINTED PAGES LOOK IN THE BOOK 

VOLUME 1 - BACK COVER

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 • VOLUME 2 • 

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VOLUME 2 CREDITS 

THE ARTWORK FOR THE CREDITS IS SCANNED FROM AN ORIGINAL ART COMMISSION I GOT FROM MATT WAGNER 

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SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL #54 - CROSSOVER ISSUE 

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• VOLUME 3 • 

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VOLUME 3 - CREDITS

THE ARTWORK FOR THE CREDITS WAS SCANNED FROM  AN ORIGINAL ART COMMISSION I GOT FROM ALEX NINO

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AWESOME COVER BY TOM MANDRAKE

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BATMAN 540 & 541 CROSSOVER

ART BY KELLEY JONES 

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VOLUME 3 - BACK COVER

CONAN THE BARBARIAN

THIS THREE-VOLUME CROMnibus COLLECTS ABOUT 100 OF MY FAVORITE CONAN THE BARBARIAN COMICS BY MY FAVORITE ARTIST "BIG JOHN BUSCEMA" BEGINNING WITH HIS DEBUT IN ISSUE #25 AND ENDING WITH HIS FINAL APPEARANCE IN ISSUE IN #190. 

I ALSO ADDED A FEW ANNUALS, MINI-SERIES AND SOME ISSUES OF KING CONAN AS WELL AS SOME EXTRAS

• VOLUME I •

THE FIRST VOLUME STARTS OFF WITH THE HANDBOOK TO THE CONAN UNIVERSE

FOLLOWED BY A SHORT BACK UP STORY FROM CONAN #87 ON THE HYBORIAN AGE BY ERNIE CHAN WHICH WAS THE PERFECT WAY TO START THE BIND

THIS VOLUME THEN BEGINS WITH BIG JOHN BUSCEMA'S FIRST ISSUE

ADDED A FEW ISSUES OF KING CONAN

AND A FEW ANNUALS

CONAN HOSTESS FRUIT PIE PARODY

I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS CONAN HOSTESS FRUIT PIE AD PARODY WAS IN MY CONAN BIND BUT I THOUGHT OF DOING IT A YEAR AFTER I DID THE BIND.. I WISH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT SOONER...

ADDED A 12-PAGE GALLERY WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITE CONAN ART

CONAN ART GALLERY PAGES

VOLUME 1 - LAST PAGE TRIBUTE TO ROBERT E. HOWARD

• VOLUME II •

SOME GREAT CONAN ACTION

MORE CONAN ACTION

SPECIAL BARBARIAN BULLETIN REGARDING THE 100TH ISSUE

LAST PAGE

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VOLUME 3 - CREDITS

WHAT IF CONAN WALKED THE EARTH TODAY? 

CONAN THE BARBARIAN MOVIE SPECIAL 1&2

CONAN: 4-ISSUE MINI SERIES "DEATH COVERED IN GOLD"

A 10-PAGE CONAN COVER GALLERY OF ISSUES WITH GREAT COVERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE BIND 

VOLUME 3 - LAST PAGE TRIBUTE TO "BIG" JOHN BUSCEMA