The Badger - First Comics, 1991

Sequence of Issues

BADGER V1N67: BABYSITTER

January 1991. Mike Baron, story; Steve Butler, pencils; Randy Clark, inks.

Returning characters:

• Streetwise

New characters:

• Farley Blutarski, comedian (dies)

Badger futilely tries to rehabilitate a coked-up entertainer.

BADGER V1N68: FOOT SOLDIER

February 1991. Mike Baron, story; George Freeman, art.

New characters:

• Sneakers, larcenous cat
• Marilyn Monroe (ghost)
• Peter Lawford (ghost)
• Bobby Kennedy (ghost)
• Hans Sturm, sorceror
• Dieter Drang, disfigured podiatrist and sorceror
• Florsheim, Great Old One

Through the sacrifice of a noble fish-eating beast, Mavis and Badger dispel a Great Old One.

BADGER V1N69: WHEN BADGER HOWLS

March 1991. Mike Baron, story; Steven Butler, pencils; Ken Branch, inks.

Daisy writes her book, recapitulating V1N1 sans sorcery.

BADGER V1N70: KLAUS

April 1991. Mike Baron, story; John Calimee, pencils; Bill Reinhold, inks.

New characters:

• Klaus, the saint of Christmas
• Yvonne, wife of Klaus

One Christmas Eve, Badger meets the real Santa Claus.

BADGER V2N1: BADGER BEDLAM

Spring 1991. First's last gasp with Badger is this deluxe-format issue. Mike Baron, story; Steven Butler, pencils. Ken Branch, inks.

Returning characters:

• Steve Rice, P.D.
• Trans Ahm
• Simon Pytheus, the Roach Wrangler
• Pierre, Leroy, Emily

New characters:

• Judge Lawrence Reinhold (?returning?)
• Doctor Reich (killed)

Badger is commited to Reich Center, breaking out with Simon's assistance.

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