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Strange Heroes was done in the tradition of the old Tales of Suspense format with two different and shorter chapters featured in one comic book. In the Otherland stories, Mary Aravelo struggles to survive in a hostile world with the help of a native called Tanakura. In the Spellbinder chapters, young Tommy Bowen begins to learn the art of becoming a Combat Sorcerer. So each book had an urban fantasy chapter and a lost world adventure chapter written by Bill Willingham.
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Strange Heroes #1 |
Strange Heroes #2 |
Strange Heroes #3 |
Strange Heroes #4 |
Otherland- Mary Arevalo washes up on a desolate shore and almost immediately becomes a lunch plan for a creature called Murder Sticks. The timely arrival of Richard Trent, also known as Tanakura, saves Mary's life and limb as she realizes that she is in a strange new world. Writer: Bill Willingham with Art by Bobby Diaz and Bill Williams Spellbinder- Cornelius the Cat (and former Combat Sorcerer) gets assigned to Tommy Bowen as his familiar and instructor. Young Tommy has to show Cornelius his hero costume because humans frown on magic. Writer Bill Willingham with Art by Kelsey Shannon and Sam de la Rosa Instock- $2.95 |
Otherland- Mary talks and talks and talks as Tanakura starts to lead her to a settlement of other humans on this new world. As Mary starts to get used to the new world, she falls into an ancient temple. Writer: Bill Willingham with Art by Bobby Diaz and Sam de la Rosa Spellbinder- Tommy and Cornelius go out hunting after a detection spell tells him that there is a monster in a nearby park. When Tommy confronts the beast, he is forced to find an new way to defeat him after his Strength spells fail him. Writer Bill Willingham with Art by Kelsey Shannon and Sam de la Rosa Instock- $2.95 |
Otherland- The protector of the temple attacks Mary and Tanakura as they thrash around in the bone littered temple. Writer: Bill Willingham with Art by Bobby Diaz and Sam de la Rosa Spellbinder- Diana, Tommy's self appointed girlfriend, comes over to cook him dinner and impress him with her domestic skills. What she finds are Cornelius' Journal and a Goblin in the garage. Writer Bill Willingham with Art by Derec Aucoin Instock- $2.95 |
Otherland- Mary and Tanakura finally finish off the giant lizard that was guarding the underground temple, but with a terrible price. Tanakura lies mortally wounded while Mary works to nurse him back to health. Writer: Bill Willingham with Art by Bobby Diaz and Sam de la Rosa Spellbinder- Tommy goes into a nest of trouble as he goes hunting for Grendels while Cornelius worries that the preparations won't be enough to save his trainees life. Writer Bill Willingham with Art by Matthew Clark and Bill Williams Instock- $2.95 |
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Strange Heroes #5 |
Strange Heroes #6 |
Strange Heroes #7 |
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Otherland- Mary and Tanakura take a detour as they are captured by the Sutangar, the Sky People. Plus, Mary gets naked. Writer: Bill Willingham with Art by Bobby Diaz and Sam de la Rosa Spellbinder- Tommy enters the Grendel nest and starts the grisly business of wiping them out. Writer Bill Willingham with Art by Matthew Clark and Bill Williams Instock- $2.95 |
Otherland- Tanakura gets a new girlfriend on the Sky People's ship leaving Mary to fend for herself. Writer: Bill Willingham with Art by Bobby Diaz and Sam de la Rosa Spellbinder- Johnny Caliban starts to look for a world to conquer as Tommy gets a flying lesson. Writer Bill Willingham with Art by Derec Aucoin Instock- $2.95 |
Otherland- Zooda Raiders attack the Sky People and it gets bloody with Mary and Tanakura on deck. Writer: Bill Willingham with Art by Bobby Diaz and Sam de la Rosa Spellbinder- Johnny Caliban arrives on Earth and Tommy leaves to go investigate. Writer Bill Willingham with Art by Derec Aucoin Instock- $2.95 |
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