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Retro Sci-Fi Tales issue #5
8 fantastic short stories, 9 amazing pin-ups/covers, by some of the best Australian creators and a couple international guests.
Our UFO Chasers 'Bruno & Maggie' follow Martians hiding in the world famous Adelaide Christmas Pageant! The 'Flight Trilogy' combines three short 3-page stories into one longer 9-page saga! A 'Doomsday Device' threatens to detonate in the fairytale story 'The Lonely Robot'. Our pulp noir private detective 'Sam Sparrow' returns in a Blade Runner inspired tale! A stranded astronaut meets insect aliens! And Captain Ice continues in a galactic space battle!
Order with the Paypal buttons below - only $22 including postage (within Australia), or $32 with international postage. 52 pages in full colour from 17 amazing creators!
Retro Sci-Fi Tales issue #7
Seven cover/pin-up pages, six short stories, by some of the best creators from Australia and a couple international guests too.
The cover and lead story - a Space Elevator is built in the back paddock of a farming family, who are sure it's being used to read their thoughts and control their minds!
This issue also features the exciting conclusion to the Captain Ice sage 'Space Pirates'. Marilyn returns, in part 1 of a 2-part story arc. A two-dimensional ray-gun is used to shrink and flatten people! Giant crocodiles terrafrom the Australian coastline! And the 'Reality Bomb' explodes, releasing a Dali-esque apocalypse!
Order with the Paypal buttons below - only $22 including postage (within Australia), or $32 with international postage. A 52 big pages in full colour and the highest quality in writing, art and printing/production.
Eight cover/pin-up pages and six short stories, the highest quality and great fun! All issues are aimed at adults while kept to a family friendly PG rating.
The cute and sexy 'Marilyn' returns in a new 9-page story! Both Penny Powers and Space Pirates continue. Plus Axis Alliance, Lost in Time and Foe Killer Jones. SIX awesome stories and eight fantastic 'covers'.
Creators include: Michal Dutkiewicz, Paul Mason, Greg Holfeld, Matt Kyme, Sarah Murray, Sacha Bryning, Frantz Kantor, Alister Lockhart, Pat McNamara, Tristan Tait, John Ciarfuglia, Ben Sullivan, Darren Koziol and more...
52 big pages in full colour and the highest quality in writing, art and printing/production. Grab a 1st print while you can!!!
1st print POA, 2nd print now available.
Amazing stories and incredible art, you'll love everything about this issue. There are six super cool 'retro' inspired science fiction stories, including two serialised stories (to be continued in issue #3). Dinosaurs, damsels in distress, WWII battleships going back in time, Martians, flying saucers, Amazon women on alien planets, and more dinosaurs. It's an action packed blast from the past, with a new 'cover' before each story (by some of Australia's top illustrators). This issue is simply stunning - fantastic stories and amazing art in full colour. Just superb. Order NOW!!!
52 pages, full colour, six stories, eight 'covers'. 1st prints are now SOLD OUT - so an affordable 2nd print has been produced (prices in the Paypal buttons include postage).
1st issue - 2nd print
Take a nostalgic trip to the good old days of science fiction, with seven all-new stories written and drawn as if we were living in the past imagining the future. This is a PG rated comic but aimed at the adult market. Fans of classic science fiction will love the stories and fantastic art in this issue from many of the best in the industry. Each short story opens with its own splash page 'cover', as if to another fictional magazine. There are a total of nine splash-pages/'covers' and seven complete short stories. This issue is 52 pages in full colour and is selling super fast. There is some amazing work in this comic!
52 pages, full colour, seven stories, nine 'covers', nineteen contributors in total. 1st prints are SOLD OUT - 2nd print is now available.
Retro Sci-Fi Tales issue #6
Six short stories, seven cover/pin-up pages, by some of the best creators from Australia and a couple international guests too.
Resolute reporter Kat Knightly heads off on a fantastic adventure, in a 'Steampunk Safari'. Do you remember the classic 80's song "99 Luftballons"? The song is translated into a story in this issue... with a brilliant sci-fi twist! Alien technology is used to 'modify' a muscle car! A dangerous alien bug is on the loose, with hallucinogenic powers! Visit a world where everyone is invisible! And the excitement mounts in the Captain Ice serial 'Space Pirates' in this penultimate chapter!
Order with the Paypal buttons below - only $22 including postage (within Australia), or $32 with international postage. A 52 big pages in full colour and the highest quality in writing, art and printing/production.
Retro Sci-Fi Tales issue #8
'Captain Ice' begins a new two-part story, as he and the beautiful Princess explore the underwater realms of the buried cities. 'Marilyn' finishes her two-part story arc, while 'Kat Knightly' begins a dangerous journey to a volcanic island. 'Sam Sparrow & Misty Swanston' meet in the Roswell Desert, mixing aliens and conspiracy theories. 'Bruno & Maggie' chase a 'Rocket Man' in the Aussie outback. And 'The Lakes of Italy' has some stunning art!
This issue has two standard variant covers A or B and two Limited Edition variants C and D (four covers total - 'D' now sold out). As always, another quality 52-pages in full colour.
Order with the Paypal buttons below - only $22 including postage (within Australia), or $32 with international postage.
Retro Sci-Fi Tales issue #4
5 fantastic short stories, 6 amazing pin-ups/covers - some of the best Australian creators and a couple international guests.
Introducing resolute reporter Kat Knightly, in New York 1929, investigating a giant robot robbing a bank while the Zeppelin and Dornier D-oX fly overhead - at 16-pages this is the longest single issue story so far in Retro Sci-Fi Tales. 'Triangle' is the bizarre case of a 'missing' person. Captain Ice continues!!! Penny Powers wraps up her 3-part story arc. And 'Area 51¼' is the strange case of Roswell aliens... with a twist!!!
Order with the Paypal buttons below - only $22 including postage (within Australia), or $32 with international postage. 52 pages in full colour from 13 amazing creators!
issue #3 - April 2016 - 2nd print
issue #2 - April 2015 - 2nd print
issue #1 - April 2014 - 2nd print
Retro Sci-Fi Tales issue #9
Six short stories and eight cover/pin-up pages. 18 creators featured in this one issue - an amazing showcase of talent.
'Exposition Universelle' - at the 'World's Fair' in Paris, 1878, a grand-intergalactic telescope is unveiled, a telescope so powerful we can view the surface of alien planets in distant galaxies! Both 'Captain Ice' and 'Kat Knightly' finish their current story arcs in exciting fashion. Plus three more thrilling one-off short stories: 'The Hollows', 'Killmatics', and 'The Human Cannonball'
This issue has two standard variant covers A or B and two Limited Edition variants C and D (four covers total).
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We can combine postage and save a few dollars - discount available on bulk orders!
If you wish to order multiple covers or back issues, please email darkoz.decay@bigpond.com
- we can combine postage and save a few dollars - DISCOUNT AVAILABLE on bulk orders -
NEW READERS - after the whole set? Email me for a special deal - $185 for ALL ten issues posted in Australia.
Limited cover 'D' variant is now SOLD OUT
Retro Sci-Fi Tales issue #10 - 'Monsters' special
The spectacular 10th issue milestone - 'Horror/Monsters' special. Classic/famous monsters in a small town in country Australia - Bruno & Maggie investigate, with the help of a group of four kids ('BMX Bandits') - set in the year 1980. ALSO... Captain Ice battles 'Space Mummies'! Kat Knightly ventures into the 'Valley of Dinosaurs'. And more!!!
This issue has two standard variant covers A or B and two Limited Edition variants C and D (four covers total).
IF YOU WISH TO ORDER MULTIPLE COVERS, OR BACK ISSUES, PLEASE EMAIL darkoz.decay@bigpond.com
We can combine postage and save a few dollars - discount available on bulk orders!
Retro Sci-Fi Tales
issues #1 to #10
NOTE - issues #1, #2 & #3 are now 2nd prints. AND issues #8, #9 & #10 have variant covers to choose from.