The Badger - First Comics, 1989

Sequence of Issues

BADGER V1N43: BLOOD SUCKER

January 1989.

Returning characters:

• Senator Bob Kasten

New characters:

• Victor Velitnikov, vampire king
• Eugenia Velitnikov, vampire, sister of Victor (destroyed)

BADGER V1N44: BLOOD SUCKER, Part Two

February 1989.

Returning characters:

• Senator Bob Kasten
• Victor (destroyed)

Character development:

• Ham accidentally turns Daisy into a Pomeranian spotted toad

BADGER V1N45: MAVIS, HOLD THE TOAD

March 1989.

New regular character:

• Dr. Mavis Davis Sykes, spouse of Norbert (from Hexbreaker)

Returning characters:

• Pomeranian spotted tree toad (actually Daisy)
• Dr. Buick Riviera

Character development:

• A kiss from Ham restores Daisy's original form

BADGER V1N46: THE ACTOR

April 1989

Returning characters:

• Lord Weterlackus

New characters:

• Larry Oliver, telephone line repairman, aspiring actor
• Tina, innocent

Character development

• Weterlackus has been permanently disfigured by the events of V1N13.

Tina gets her Christmas wish.

BADGER V1N47: HANDMAIDENS OF THE SACRED BLOOD

May 1989

New characters:

• Condor, condor
• Lots of transsexual nuns
• Gichen Rotsaruck, haikuist, industrialist, karateka (but of course)
• The Juju Jaguar

BADGER V1N48: JUJU JAGUAR

June 1989

Returning characters:

• Condor, condor
• Last issue's transsexual nuns
• Gichen Rotsaruck
• The Juju Jaguar

BADGER V1N49: FRANK LLOYD WRONG

July 1989

Returning characters:

• Max
• Pierre

New characters:

• Moe, Mayor of Madison
• Rupert Larchmont, inmate of Nakoma State Mental Hospital; actually Frank Lloyd Wrong, architect
• Clarence Cornice, fellow inmate; architect, murderer, designer fighter

BADGER V1N50: COME TO A BADGER BIRTHDAY BASH! WINE - WOMEN - SONG - VIOLENCE - BEER

August 1989. Special deluxe-format issue.

ANEMONE OF THE PEOPLE

Pencils by Jeffrey Butler. Inks by Mark Nelson and Jefrey Butler.

New characters:

• Lewis Milestone, sea anemone, financier
• General Eduardo Pinaha, oilman and smuggler
• Colonel Van, chief of security

TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER

Ron Lim, pencils; Paul Abrams, inks.

Returning characters:

• Frank Lloyd Wrong
• Clarence Cornice

Ham and Frank celebrate their Welsh roots.

BADGER GOES BERSERK V1N1: (no title)

September 1989. Part 1 of 4. Mike Baron, story; Spyder, Jay Geldhof, Denys Cowan, Malcolm Jones III, Denis Kitchen, Steve Epting, Jill Thompson, artists.

New characters:

• Larry, stepfather of Norbert
• Jessie, stepbrother of Norbert
• General Rightguard, leader of the White Brotherhood

Returning characters:

• Dr. Bor
• Midge
• Emily
• Riley
• Connie Ammerperson
• Meldrum Funmaker
• Gastineau Grover Depaul

Character development

• Mondo flashbacks showing childhood abuse at the hands of Larry and Jessie

Badger, kidnapped by Larry and Jessie, splinters into his constituent personalities.

BADGER GOES BERSERK V1N2: AIN'T I'M A DOG

October 1989. Part 2 of 4. Mike Baron, story; Spyder, Jay Geldhof, Paul Chadwick, Denys Cowan, John K. Snyder, Mitch O'Connell, Jill Thompson, Mike Zeck, artists.

Returning characters:

• Gastineau
• Meldrum
• Riley
• Connie
• Emily
• Max
• Buddy McBride
• Jessie
• Larry
• Rightguard

New characters:

• Leroy the Dog (personality)

Character development

• Meldrum re-introduces himself to a Badger personality as "your old Army buddy"
• Gastineau names himself as "Gastineau Grover Depaul"
• More flashbacks, including the death of Norbert's dog Leroy

Despite Badger's escape, the Brotherhood's plan to train dogs continues.

BADGER GOES BERSERK V1N3: SKIN I'M IN

November 1989. Part 3 of 4. Mike Baron, story; Spyder, Jay Geldhof, Joe Staton, Bob Smith, Mike Zeck, John Beatty, Eric Shanower, Paul Fricke, Jill Thompson, Flint Henry, Jeff Butler, Mark Nelson, artists.

Returning characters:

• Leroy
• Connie
• Jessie
• Emily
• Larry
• Buddy
• Pierre

Character development

• Flashback: sexual abuse by Larry

Jessie kidnaps Mavis, who subsequently pummels Larry.

BADGER GOES BERSERK V1N4: ALL TOGETHER NOW

December 1989. Part 4 of 4. Mike Baron, story; Spyder, Jay Geldhof, Mike Zeck, Mitch O'Connell, Denys Cowan, Jill Thompson, Jeff Butler, Walt Simonsen, artists.

Returning characters:

• Pierre
• Jessie
• Buddy
• Leroy
• Riley
• Connie
• Lewis Milestone (cameo)
• Max
• Emily
• Gastineau

With help from his friends, Badger reintegrates, then pummels Jessie.

BADGER V1N51: FULL CONTACT

September 1989. Roger Salick, writer; Ron Lim, pencils; Bob Dvorak, inking.

New characters:

• Johnny Master, kickboxer
• Aloe Vera, wife of Johnny
• Nick, demon who hold's Johnny's contract

Badger gets Johnny out of a bad contract.

BADGER V1N52: TINKU

October 1989. Roger Salick, story; Tim Vigil, pencils; Denis Rodier, inks.

New characters:

• Santos, Tinku champion
• Pachamama, Bolivian fertility goddess

Pointless brawl in a small Bolivian village.

BADGER V1N53: BEHIND THE BLACK DOOR, PART I

November 1989. Roger Salick, story; Tim Vigil, pencils; Denis Rodier, inks.

New characters:

• Shazamar, witch of Babylon
• Badasss, Sumerian demon hunter

Shazamar, reincarnated, seduces Ham with intent to sacrifice him.

BADGER V1N54: BEHIND THE BLACK DOOR, PART TWO

December 1989. Roger Salick, story; Tim Vigil, pencils; Jeff Albrecht, inks.

Returning characters:

• Shazamar, witch of Babylon
• Badasss, Sumerian demon hunter

New characters:

• Dudley, demonic henchman of Shaza

Badasss, Badger, and Mavis foil Shaza's plot.

Last modified: 13 August 1998

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