Written by Bianca Alu-Marr and illustrated by Steve Peters, The Comicverse is a sci-fi humor series about a comic book shop in a mall in a space space station.  In The Comicverse #4, the station is attacked by aliens and the characters are forced to take refuge in the cargo hold of a military peacekeeping ship. This issue marks a move to longer, more thoughtful stories. Writer Adam McGovern said of this issue: "The Comicverse #4 is as small as an Archie digest comic, and has as big a heart. And like the recent transport of that franchise to modern worlds of identity politics, marriage, death, and zombies, [this] Comicverse issue isn't afraid to send its characters into some danger that tests their confidence and values".

The Comicverse #5 asks the question: "What would you do if you only had 24 hours to live"? The main Comicverse characters meet their duplicates and find out that only one of each of them is real and the other is a shadow that will disappear in a day, but there is no way to tell whi is which. They set out to live out what could be their last hours to the fullest.

In Comicverse: Subspace Chatter #1, the Comicverse characters take a break from their comedic sci-fi adventures to do a nerd culture podcast, transmitted straight from the comic book shop on the Final Frontier. They review old sci-fi shows like Space: 1999 and Star Trek: The Next Generation, tackle the latest comic book controversies (such as Captain America working for Hydra, the woman-only screening of the Wonder Woman movie, and Doctor Who being cast as a woman), and satirize indy comics (such as Max Ink's Blink and Cerebus In Hell).

In Subspace Chatter #2, we somehow ended up with an entire issue made up of stories and reviews about either Star Trek or Star Wars. So for our opening piece, we decided to post that age-old question: Star Trek or Star Wars? Bianca wrote responses for many of the Comicverse characters, but we added to the piece by posing the question to followers of the Comicverse Facebook page. Carrying on the tradition started in the first issue, we turned these readers into Comicverse aliens for this piece. We also turned to our readers for the next story/"podcast"---the Han Solo movie was about to come out and had yet to be given a title. So we asked our readers to come up with a name for the movie using only quotes from the original Star Wars trilogy, with predictably hilarious results! "Barclay Day" starts out with Rei and Ying doing a podcast entirely devoted to Star Trek's cult favorite character, Lieutenant Barclay. Ying soon finds himself in a Groundhog Day-type situation, reliving the day of the podcast over and over. He finally decides to create a hologram of Lt. Barclay in order to ask him for advice on how to get out of his predicament. For our last two pieces, we turned to our artist friends, and I did a number of illustrations in my finely crosshatched style. The first one is a review of the classic Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Mirror Universe episode, "Crossover". As with the Space: 1999 review in Subspace Chatter #1, Ying finds himself experiencing the same events as in the episode---when he sees the normally grouchy Rei with a goatee and in a great mood, he begins to realize he's been transported to the Mirror Universe! Steve's longtime pal Anthony Casperite drew 3 panels in his wonderful Bill Sienkewicz/Jim Mahfood-type style, plus we got great contributions from Lee Thacker, Max Ink, and Flor de Canela. Finally, Rei and Ying do a review of "The Last Jedi". Much like the fans, they have very mixed feelings about the movie. Dre Grigoropol and Corey Bechelli both kindly delivered several illustrations of various TLJ scenes, plus we got single panels from Lee Thacker, Mike Sgier, Bryan Douglas, and Brian Payne.

Rabbit Hell Digest #1/#2 is a double issue flip-book remastering the first 2 issues of my 1990's mini-comic. #1 includes an introduction to the Rabbit Hell characters, who live in 'Toon Hell.  There is also a parody of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as a chimp and Ed McMahon as a pig, in which the Rabbit Hell characters appear as guests.  #2's cover describes this issue as "Halloween On Acid", though it could probably be more accurately described as "'Toons On Acid".  In the real world, Sarah and her friend Kat drop acid.  Since the cartoon world of Rabbit Hell exists inside Sarah's mind, it is affected as well.  In the Dreamworld, Doctor Dream and his dream team struggle to get Rabbit Hell back to normal before it rips itself apart. Includes an illustration by Eric Battle.

Rabbit Hell Digest #3/#4 is a double issue flip-book again remastering the next 2 issues of my 1990's mini-comic. #3 features a story called "The Coming of the Cartoon Messiah", in which Bell the Dog is crucified on a cactus, which somehow gives him magical abilities.  He declares himself the savior of Rabbit Hell and immediately begins to abuse his powers. There is also a brief appearance by my childhood characters, the Super Rodents (see my series Awakening Comics, also available among my other eBay listings). #4 features a cover by by Eric Battle, who went on to greater things---he worked for Marvel and DC on such titles as Cable, Green Arrow, Batgirl, Tales of the Unexpected, the Tarzan sydicated strip, and many, many more comix. In this issue, we learn more about Sarah, who lives in the real world and believes she used to watch Rabbit Hell cartoons when she was a little girl.  Also, Rabbit Hell's reality begins to unravel, leading to some full-page collages of surreal artwork.

I am happy to list any of these comics by itself on eBay. Message me to let me know which one you're interested in and I will create a listing for you.

The Comicverse #4 is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $6.00, 2014, 64 pages.

The Comicverse #5 is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $7.00, 2017, 72 pages.

Comicverse: Subspace Chatter #1 is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $6.00, 2017, 60 pages.

Comicverse: Subspace Chatter #2 is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $7.00, 2019, 72 pages.

Comicverse: Behind the Counter #1 is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $5.00, 2013, 40 pages.

Comicverse: Behind the Counter #2 is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $10.00, 2022, 98 pages.

Rabbit Hell Digest #1/2 (double issue) is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $5.00, 2016 Printing, 40 pages.

Rabbit Hell Digest #3/4 (double issue) is a Black and White Manga-Size comic, cover price $5.00, 2019 Printing, 40 pages.

Clocking in at 674 total pages, this is a $67 value; get them for $50!

REVIEWS OF THE COMICVERSE:

" 'The Comicverse' is a lighthearted look at a comic book shop located on a space station, along with its customers and employees. The first issue was fun and opens the door for several story possibilities."

---The Comics Buyer's Guide, May 2012 Issue

"...'The Comicverse'. A humorous science–fiction comic. I thought it was pretty funny."

 ---Phil Foglio

"It's truly one of the most original comics out there!"

---Chris Galvan, Secret Identity Comics

"This is AMAZING! Thank you so much for capturing the spirit of Mission Log in your awesome comic [Subspace Chatter]!"

---John Champion, Mission Log Podcast

"Steve is the Man! We've been friends and I've been a fan, since we were in school at UArts waaaaaay back when. Always inspired by his creativity, hard work and dedication to the craft."

---Eric Battle, artist for DC and Marvel

"My people Bianca Alu-Marr and Steve Peters have been putting out quality #creatorowned #Comics for some time now (Awakening Comics celebrates its 20th year anniversary this year) and I think I've known Steve almost as long, beginning with doing some panels in his SPARKY narrative corpse comics. Fast forward to the present, where I recently was fortunate enough to table near them at a con and got caught up on a bunch of issues I missed. Great work! Go support!"

---Jamar Nicholas, Leon: Protector of the Playground

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