Category: Useless Stories

Comic Wars, Part 3

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digresssmlOriginally published February 10, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1108

Long ago, in a industry far, far away…

COMIC WARS

Chapter 6:

“Return of the Jepi”

…As the

Distributor

Alliance witnessed the

creation of the Death World and the

imminent collapse of the direct market, there

was—unbeknownst to anyone—something new waiting in the

wings. The Last of the Jepi Knights, young Loot Streetwalker, was

being trained by Jepi Master Coda in the ways of the Sales Force, not realizing

his imminent call to arms…                                                                                                                          .

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Comic Wars, Part 2

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digresssmlOriginally published February 3, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1107

Long ago, in an industry far, far away…

COMIC WARS

Chapter 5:

“The Empire Strikes Back Issues”

…On the run

from the machin-

ations of the Comic Empire

and its new weapon, The Death

World, the Distributor Alliance has been

Arguing in its secret base of Norleens over what

action it should take. In the midst of their debate with the

Rebel Retailers, members of the Alliance are alarmed to learn

that Comic Empire representative Marv Vader has arrived and will

show up at any moment…                                                               ..

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Comic Wars, Part 1

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digresssmlOriginally published January 27, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1106

Long ago, in an industry far, far away…

COMIC WARS

Chapter 4:

“A New Wrinkle”

…It was

a dark time

for the Distributor

Alliance. One of their own

had been seduced by The Dark

Side and sold his business to The Comic

Empire, giving them a new and devastating

weapon: The Death World. Once a small, unthreat-

ening distributor, The Death World had been transformed

overnight into a weapon of potentially unstoppable power, capable

of destroying an entire status quo with a few well-placed shots .    .    .    .

In a time already rife with uncertainty, The Distributor Alliance—in its

hidden base in Norleens—found itself gearing up for what could be the great,

final conflict…                                                                                                                                                      .

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Take Your Daughter to Work Day

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digresssmlOriginally published May 28, 1993, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1019

My Day on “Take Your Daughter to Work Day”

By Michelle Weizel

4th Grade

Mrs. Rosetti

April 29, 1993

For “Take Your Daughter to Work Day,” my dad took me to where he works with the American Justice Alliance. That is where my dad works because my dad is a super-hero. He has been a super-hero for a very very very very long time.

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Blast from the Past

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digresssmlOriginally published May 15, 1992

And now, due to absolutely no demand at all, we present another installment of:

USELESS STORIES

A couple of years ago, as a tie-in with DC’s “Invasion” storyline, artist James Fry and I produced one of the single silliest comics it’s ever been our joy to put out: The Blasters. The utter antithesis of every serious space-saga ever produced, “Blasters” featured the adventures of humans who had, as a result of alien experiments, developed super-powers. Originally developed by James and Robert Loren Fleming, I was brought in and told that DC wanted to go in “a different direction” with them.

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