The Badger - First Comics, 1988
Sequence of Issues
BADGER V1N31: KILL OR BE KILLED
January 1988.
Returning characters:
- Riley
- Hop Ling Sung
- Ron Dorgan
New characters:
- Chef Law, chef and healer
- Crazed Edgar, ancient Celtic warrior-king spirit
- Roderick the Insatiable, fellow spirit, arch-enemy of Edgar
BADGER V1N32: SHOWDOWN IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
January 1988.
Returning characters:
- Riley
- Hop Ling Sung (dies)
- Ron Dorgan (dies)
- Crazed Edgar
- Roderick the Insatiable
New characters:
This story concluded the GRANDMASTER three-part, and led directly into
the separate graphic novel HEXBREAKER.
HEXBREAKER
March 1988. Art by Bill Reinhold. 60pp, softcover graphic novel format.
Returning characters:
- Fred X
- Hodag (dies)
- Wombat
New characters:
- Hop Sing, praying mantis
- Mavis Davis, M.D., Viet/American physician and martial artist
- The Old Man of the Mountain, Montagnard
- Grand Master Fu Sheng, spokesman, Yellow Lotus Liu Hu Society
- Trans Ahm, ex-major in Pathet Lao
BADGER V1N33: KID KANG!
March 1988. Pencils by Ron Lim; inks by Art Nichols.
New characters:
- Peter Greenwood, kangaroo "hunter"
- Kid Kang, kangaroo
BADGER V1N34: UNDERDOG
April 1988. Pencils by Ron Lim; inks by Jay Geldhof.
New characters:
- Count Kohler, demon lord
- Motorheads, speed club, raw mateial for Kohler
- Dog
BADGER V1N35: GARDEN PARTY
May 1988.
Returning characters:
- Count Kohler
- Motorheads (transformed)
- Dog
New characters:
- Waffenpoof, pet of Kohler (sacrificed)
Backup story: RILEY'S DOJO, by Rober Salick.
Pencils by Aaron McClellan; inks by Karl Story.
Crossover into NEXUS V2N44 lies outside the BADGER storyline.
BADGER V1N36: DIRE WOLF
June 1988.
New characters:
- Midge, of Wolf Tail Ranch, childhood friend of Norbert
- Ronson Feeny, developer
- Jocelyn Feeny, femme fatale, consort of Feeny
- Dire wolf
BADGER V1N37: WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM
July 1988. Angel Medina, layouts; Rod Whigham, pencils; Jay Geldhof, inks.
Returning characters:
New characters:
- Theresa Jean Greenwood, debutante
- Roland Pendergast, Broadway producer
- John Falling Light, artist and shaman
- A number of Texas Rangers, mall yuppies, bank robbers, ...
Backup story: MAD TOWN, by Rober Salick. Art by Eric Shanower.
BADGER V1N38: GABRIEL, BLOW YOUR HORN
September 1988. Brian Murray, pencils; Jim Nelson, inks.
New characters:
- Gabriel, musical goose
- Chloe, musical cow
- Diva, musical cat
- Two anonymous musical raccoons
- Ed Roth, thug and assassin
- Tak Sakimoto, industrialist
- Soshi Sakimoto, son of Tak; Ugery ninja
Backup story: RUSTLER, by Rober Salick.
Pencils by Britt Wisenbaker; ink by Ralph Cabrera.
Subsequent backup features elided.
BADGER V1N39: BUDDY
September 1988. Neil Hansen, pencils; Jim Sanders, inks.
New characters:
- Buddy McBride, pit bull and model
BADGER V1N40: SISTER TWYSTER
October 1988. Ron Lim, pencils; Sam Grainger, inks.
New characters:
- Sister Twyster, ex-Nazi (Obersturmbannfuehrer Dieter Streiff of the SS),
transsexual,
nun of Handmaidens of the Sacred Blood
- Raaspe, Brazilian uebermensch and thug
BADGER V1N41: TWYSTED SISTER
November 1988. Ron Lim, pencils; Paul Abrams, inks.
Returning characters:
- Raaspe (dies)
- Sister Twyster (dies)
- Senator Bob Kasten (cameo)
BADGER V1N42: TALL TALE
December 1988.
Returning characters:
New characters:
- Paul Bunyan, logger and legend
- Babe, ox
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