Image Comics - Vanguard - Complete 6 issue series (1993-94).

Fold-Out cover by Tomm Coker; Created by Erik Larsen & Gary Carlson; by Gary Carlson (script) & Tomm Coker (art); Supreme, Wally the Robot app; Back-up Vanguard story by Gary Carlson (story) & Erik Larsen (plot & art). The initial six-issue series was written by Vanguard creator Gary Carlson and featured a 'revolving door' of artists that included Joe Madureira. In the text of the final issue it was implied that the comic was originally intended to be an ongoing series, rather than a mini-series, but various issues, including the revolving door of artists, led to it being prematurely ended. Following on from a back-up story, Vanguard began his series fighting Supreme, Supreme had encountered Vanguard's race while in his exile in space. The fight resulted in Earth's first contact with Vanguard, and ended in Chicago with Supreme the victor and Vanguard was left outside the Savage Dragon's police department, arrested and taken to a maximum security prison, which he was swiftly broken out of by his robot aid Wally using their teleporter and one of their shape-shifter robot drones, Lurch, unfortunately the teleportation went wrong and sent Vanguard to a science lab, and Lurch had a glitch that made him rebellious, Lurch, posing as Vanguard escaped and fought The Dragon, while Vanguard escaped the space station and accidentally caused the overweight female scientist there to become a super-villain 'Modem' who could control robotics/electronics. Vanguard was able to intervene with Dragon and Lurch's battle, which led to his first meeting with Roxanne Wells, Wells had found Vanguard's helmet, which he had lost during his fight with Supreme, and had repaired it, able to speak English once more the situation was resolved, only for Wally, under the control of Modem, to battle both Dragon and Vanguard, in Chicago and then on Vanguard's ship, Vanguard teleported Modem's molecules across the vastness of space. Issue 5 featured a fight between Vanguard and a time-traveller called Berseker, and Issue 6 featured Vanguard's first date with Roxanne, and his battle with the Imagineer, an old man who used a machine to become various super-criminals. Vanguard continued to feature in The Savage Dragon and Freak Force series after this, helping Freak Force against their clones, and Freak Force and Cyberforce against alien, metal eating ants. Lurch was particularly crucial in the Savage Dragon, he posed as Lt. Frank Darling and allowed the policeman to fake his death to escape blackmail from Overlord and the Vicious Circle, only for the robot to survive and continue to attack Overlord over and over revealing the man to be alive. Issue two of Vanguard's initial six-issue series featured a mysterious back-up story, this story was not explained until some time later, when the character appeared in the third volume of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a villain. Vanguard attempts to assist when reality threatens to fracture into six different Earths. 'Tremors' tear him away. Comics are mint/near mint condition. Comics are bagged and boarded. Smoke free and pet free home. See my other ads for more comics, TPBs, and books.