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Post by tarkintino on Sept 13, 2024 10:55:15 GMT -5
Elementals #8 (Second series; October, 1989). 
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 14, 2024 0:06:26 GMT -5
Grendel #37, November 1989  First issue I bought new. |
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Post by foxley on Sept 14, 2024 1:34:41 GMT -5
Silberback #3 (December, 1989)  |
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 14, 2024 11:04:22 GMT -5
Elementals #11 (Second series; January, 1990). 
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 14, 2024 11:08:15 GMT -5
E-Man #2, February 1990  Last time, it was a one-shot. This was new material. Pickings are getting slim, though, as we head towards their bankruptcy and sale to Andrew Rev. |
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 14, 2024 14:02:17 GMT -5
Elementals #12 (Second series; March, 1990). 
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 14, 2024 16:28:05 GMT -5
Empire Lanes: Arrival, April 1990  |
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 14, 2024 19:17:43 GMT -5
Elementals #14 (Second series; May, 1990). 
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Post by foxley on Sept 14, 2024 21:06:31 GMT -5
Elementals #15 (July, 1990)  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 14, 2024 23:09:28 GMT -5
Aaaaaannnnddddd, we're into the bankruptcy and sale. The decision, in 1986, to try newsstand distribution hurt their cash flow, badly. They had to print higher units and take more returns, increasing their operating costs. They sought to mitigate this by expanding the number of titles, to spread it out across their line. They looked to expand their distribution to bookstore, in 1988, and entered a distribution arrangement with DC, in 1989. The conclusion of Grendel and the Robotech series also took away their best sellers and Mage wasn't ready for Mage II, yet. Grendel Tales was supposed to follow the end of Grendel, with War Child set to start things. With their financial situation, there were delays and things worsened. Their editorial side defected to greener pastures, at DC and Dark Horse and Matt Wagner took on work there, too. Andrew Rev, a shady character among the dark world of comic publishing owners, bought the company, but didn't get much for it. Matt Wagner spent several years regaining control of Grendel and even longer getting back Mage. He did get Elementals, but that was it. The licenses for Robotech and Jonny Quest were over and done and other titles were creator owned. So, when he....eventually...started back up, it was pretty much just Elementals, and whatever else he could cobble together. Which wasn't much. The line returns, in 1991, with Elementals #16.....  Frome there, it gets pretty sporadic. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 14, 2024 23:12:50 GMT -5
ps Good luck finding anyone to say anything good about Andrew Rev.
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 14, 2024 23:53:07 GMT -5
Elementals #17 (May, 1991). 
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Post by foxley on Sept 15, 2024 0:40:05 GMT -5
This is the next title I've could find a definite month for. (If I missed some, please feel free to post them.) Elementals Sex Special #1 (October, 1991)  |
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 15, 2024 4:52:47 GMT -5
Monolith #2 (November, 1991). 
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Post by foxley on Sept 15, 2024 7:52:02 GMT -5
Couldn't find anything for December 1991. Vortex #2 (January, 1992)  |
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