The Mike Grell Checklist


by Michael Grabois

Last updated March 25, 2002

Notes From the Collator (Michael R. Grabois):
Sources: my own collection, ads, "Previews", price guides, and the kindness of those listed below. I've grouped by publisher and identified it by the type of work (art, writing, etc.) 
Please let me know if you have any comments, additions or corrections; it would be much appreciated!  Comments can be emailed to: info@mikegrell.com

Thanks (alphabetically) to the following people who made suggestions, corrections, or updates: Roger Wm. Anderson, Diego Baeza, Paul Czarnowski, Russ Fifer, Nat Gertler, Johnny Lauck and his Comic Book Index, Stephen L. Legge, Alfredo Lopez Lujan, Rick Norwood, David Seidman, Jimmy Simpson, Timothy Travis, Dane Walther, and Dean Zeller. 

KEY:
a - Art (pencils, pencils & inks, paint)
c - Cover Art 
f - Finishes/inks only 
i - Interview/article
p - Pinup
r - Reprint
w - Writing 
Publishers: Aardvark-Vanaheim Comics - Academy of Comic Book Artists - Acclaim - Aircel - Ancient Tracer - Apple Press - Atlanta Comic Con - Blackthorne Publishing - Caliber - Chicago Comicon - Chicago Star - Comico - Comics Interview - Comic Reader - Creative Fire Studios - Dagger Comics - Dark Horse Comics - DC Comics - Donning Company - Eclipse Comics - Eternity Comics - Fantagraphics - First Comics - Image Comics (all imprints) - Krause Publications - Literacy Volunteers of Chicago - Malibu Comics - Mayfair - Marvel Comics - National Lampoon - New Media Publishing - Oracle Enterprises - Overstreet Publications - Pacific Comics - Questar - Renegade Comics - St. Martin's Press - ShadowStar Press - Slave Labor Graphics - Southwest Conventions - Starlog Press - Ten Buck - Titan Books - Tom Sciacca Publications - Topps - TwoMorrows - United Feature Syndicate - Valiant - Westfield - Windjammer - Wizard Press - Publisher Unknown 

Comics and Comic-related material



Aardvark Vanaheim 
Journey: 10 [a] 
Puma Blues: 20 [a] 

Academy of Comic Book Artists 
ACBA Sketchbook: 1975 [a] 

Acclaim/Valiant/Windjammer 
Bar Sinister: 1 [cw], 2 [cw], 3 [cw], 4 [cw] 
Bloodshot: 38 [w], 39 [w], Yearbook 1995 [w] 
Starslayer: the Director's Cut: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], 4 [acw], 5 [acw], 6 [acw], 7 [acw], 8 [acw] 
Turok the Hunted: 1 [w], 2 [w] 
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter: 34 [w], 35 [w], 43 [w], 44 [w], Yearbook 1995 [w] 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Bar Sinister: promo poster [a] 

Aircel Comics 
Southern Squadron: 1 [cw (intro only)] 

Ancient Tracer Books 
Comics Values Annual: 1997 [aci] 

Apple Press 
101 Other Uses for a Condom: 1(nn) [a] 

Atlanta Comic Con 
Convention program: 1980 [a] 

Blackthorne Comics 
Official Prince Valiant: 1 [c], 7 [c], 8 [c] [may be more?] 
Official Prince Valiant King-Size: 1 [c] 
Tarzan: 4 [r] 

Caliber 
Kabuki Color Special: 1 [p] 

Chicago Comicon 
Convention program: 1977 [c], 1980 [r] 

Chicago Star 
Chicago Star newspaper: 10-16/29-75, "Savage Empire" comic strip [aw] 

Comico 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Justice Machine Sketchbook portfolio I [a] 

The Comic Reader 
The Comic Reader: 121 [c] 

Comics Interview 
Battle Axe: 1 [a] 
Comics Interview: 69 [ci] 

Creative Fire Studios 
Shaman's Tears: ashcan 1 [aw], 3 [aw] 


Dagger Comics 
Variogenesis: 0 [p] 


Dark Horse Comics 
Classic Star Wars: the Early Adventures: 2 [c] 
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan Primeval: 1 [a], 2 [a] 
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Savage Heart: 1 [ac], 2 [ac], 3 [ac], 4 [ac] 
Magic: the Gathering: Gerrard's Quest: 1 [w], 2 [w], 3 [w], 4 [w], TPB [r] 
Magic: the Gathering: Initiation: 1 [w], 2 [w], 3 [w], 4 [w] 


DC Comics 
Action Comics: 440 [a], 441 [a], 442 [a], 444 [a], 445 [a], 446 [a], 450 [a], 451 [a], 452 [a], 456 [a], 457 [a], 458 [a], 601 [w], 602 [w], 603 [w], 604 [w], 605 [w], 606 [w] 
Adventure Comics: 435 [a], 436 [a], 437 [a], 440 [a] 
All-New Collector's Edition: C-55 [ac] 
All-Star Comics: 58 [c] 
Amazing World of DC Comics: 5 [a], 6 [a], 9 [a], 12 [ac] 
Batman: 287 [ac], 288 [ac], 289 [ac], 290 [ac], 400 [a] 
Batman Chronicles: 7 [w] 
Batman Family: 1 [ac] 
Batman in the Seventies: TPB [r] 
Batman: Masque: 1 [acw] 
Best of DC Digest: 33 [r] 
Brave and the Bold [v2]: 1 [w], 2 [w], 3 [cw], 4 [cw], 5 [cw], 6 [cw] 
DC Special: 17 [c], 20 [c] 
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest: 8 [r], 10 [cr], 23 [r] 
DC Superstars: 17 [a] 
Detective Comics: 445 [a], 455 [ac], 463 [a], 464 [a] 
First Issue Special: 8 [acw], 11 [c] 
Flash [v1]: 236 [c], 237 [a], 238 [a], 240 [a], 241 [a], 242 [a], 243 [a] 
G.I. Combat: ??? [1974] [a] 
Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told: nn [w-intro] 
Green Arrow [v2]: 1 [cw], 2 [cw], 3 [cw], 4 [cw], 5 [w], 6 [w], 7 [w], 8 [w], 9 [w], 10 [cw], 11 [cw], 12 [w], 13 [w], 14 [w], 15 [w], 16 [w], 17 [w], 18 [w], 19 [w], 20 [w], 21 [w], 22 [w], 23 [w], 24 [w], 25 [w], 26 [w], 27 [w], 28 [w], 29 [w], 30 [w], 31 [w], 32 [w], 33 [w], 34 [w], 35 [w], 36 [w], 37 [w], 38 [w], 39 [w], 40 [acw], 41 [w], 42 [w], 43 [w], 44 [cw], 45 [cw], 46 [cw], 47 [cw], 48 [cw], 49 [cw], 50 [cw], 51 [cw], 52 [cw], 53 [cw], 54 [cw], 55 [cw], 56 [cw], 57 [cw], 58 [cw], 59 [cw], 60 [cw], 61 [cw], 62 [cw], 63 [cw], 64 [cw], 65 [cw], 66 [cw], 67 [cw], 68 [cw], 69 [cw], 70 [cw], 71 [cw], 72 [cw], 73 [cw], 74 [cw], 75 [cw], 76 [cw], 77 [cw], 78 [cw], 79 [cw], 80 [cw], annual 4 [cw], annual 5 [acw], annual 6 [acw] 
Green Arrow--The Long-Bow Hunters: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], TPB [cr] 
Green Arrow--The Wonder Year: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], 4 [acw] 
Green Lantern: 90 [ac], 91 [ac], 92 [ac], 93 [ac], 94 [ac], 95 [ac], 96 [ac], 97 [ac], 98 [ac], 99 [ac], 100 [ac], 101 [c], 102 [c], 103 [c], 104 [c], 105 [c], 106 [ac], 108 [ac], 109 [ac], 110 [ac], 111 [c], 112 [c] 
Green Lantern/Green Arrow: TPB [c] 
History of the DC Universe: jam page in hardback ed. [a] 
Justice League of America: 117 [c], 122 [c] 
Karate Kid: 1 [c], 2 [c], 3 [c], 4 [c], 5 [c], 6 [c], 7 [c], 8 [c] 
Legion of Super-Heroes [v3]: 45 [a] 
Limited Collector's Edition: C-35 (Shazam!) [c], C-49 (Legion) [c] 
Ms. Tree Quarterly: 1 [ac], 6 [c] 
Our Army at War: 287 [a]? 
Phantom Stranger [v2]: 33 [ac] 
Question Quarterly: 4 [a] 
Secret Origins [v2]: 38 [w] 
Shado: Song of the Dragon: 1 [w], 2 [w], 3 [w], 4 [w] 
Superboy [v1]: 202 [ac], 203 [ac], 204 [ac], 205 [ac], 206 [a], 207 [ac], 208 [ac], 209 [ac], 210 [ac], 211 [ac], 212 [ac], 213 [ac], 214 [ac], 215 [ac], 216 [ac], 217 [ac], 218 [ac], 219 [ac], 220 [ac], 221 [ac], 222 [ac], 223 [ac], 224 [ac], 225 [c], 226 [c], 227 [c], 228 [c], 229 [c], 230 [c] 
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: 231 [c], 232 [c], 233 [c], 234 [c], 235 [ac], 236 [c], 237 [c], 239 [c], 240 [c], 243 [c], 246 [c] 
Superman [v1]: 400 [a] 
Vigilante: 36 [c], 37 [c], 38 [c] 
Warlord [v1]: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], 4 [acw], 5 [acw], 6 [acw], 7 [acw], 8 [acw], 9 [acw], 10 [acw], 11 [acw], 12 [acw], 13 [acw], 14 [acw], 15 [acw], 16 [acw], 17 [acw], 18 [acw], 19 [acw], 20 [acw], 21 [acw], 22 [acw], 23 [acw], 24 [acw], 25 [acw], 26 [acw], 27 [acw], 28 [acw], 29 [acw], 30 [acw], 31 [acw], 32 [acw], 33 [acw], 34 [acw], 35 [acw], 36 [acw], 37 [acw], 38 [acw], 39 [acw], 40 [acw], 41 [acw], 42 [acw], 43 [acw], 44 [acw], 45 [acw], 46 [acw], 47 [acw], 48 [acw], 49 [acw], 50 [acw], 51 [cr], 52 [acw], 53 [cw], 54 [cw], 55 [cw], 56 [cw], 57 [cw], 58 [cw], 59 [acw], 60 [cw], 61 [cw], 62 [cw], 63 [cw], 64 [cw], 65 [cw], 66 [cw], 67 [cw], 68 [cw], 69 [cw], 70 [cw], 71 [w], 100 [c], 102 [c], 103 [c], 104 [c], 110 [c], 112 [c], 116 [c], 117 [c], annual 1 [acw], annual 5 [c] 
Note: many of the Warlord issues 52-71 were ghost-written all or in part by Grell's then-wife Sharon (Wright) Grell 
Warlord [v2]: 1 [cw], 2 [cw], 3 [cw], 4 [cw], 5 [cw], 6 [cw] 
Warlord: The Savage Empire: TPB [cr] 
Weird War Tales: 67 [a] 
Who's Who: 6 [a], 9 [a], 14 [a], 20 [a], 23 [a], 25 [a], 26 [a] 
Wonder Woman [v1]: 217 [c] 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
DC Calendar: 1977 [a], 1978 [a] 
DC 3-comic backing board cards (1989): 102 (Warlord [has Zatanna & Amazo on bottom row]) [r], 116 (Batman Family #1 [lower right corner]) [r]
(These were part of a series of cards that made up the backing board on some DC 3-comic packs in 1989-1990. They reprinted either promotional art or reprinted covers. The only way to determine which cards were with which pack are to slide the comics up and look at the bottom two cards.) 
Green Arrow--The Long-Bow Hunters: poster [a], promo poster [a], backing card promo [r of poster], T-shirt [r of poster] 
Green Arrow--The Wonder Year: promo poster [a] 
Lost World of the Warlord (action figure series, 1982, Remco): Arak, Deimos, Hercules, Machiste, Mikola, Warlord, Warteam/Deimos, Warteam/Machiste, Warteam/Mikola, Warteam/Warlord, Warpult version A (dark wheels/light structure), Warpult version B (light wheels/dark structure), Galaxy Racer, Arak Water Gun, Hercules Water Gun, Warlord Water Gun, Journey Through Time (playset) 
Note: these were part of a series made to go along with the "Masters of the Universe" series. Hercules and Arak were not of the "Warlord" comic series but had their own DC comics at some point. 
Ms. Tree Quarterly: 1 promo poster [r] 
Superman #400 portfolio (plate) [r] 


Donning Company 
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood: nn [a] 


Eclipse Comics 
How-To-Draw Tips from the Top Cartoonists: 1 [a] 
James Bond 007: Licence to Kill: limited hardcover ed. [acw] 
James Bond 007: Permission to Die: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], HC [r] 


Eternity Comics (See Malibu Comics) 


Fantagraphics 
Amazing Heroes: 115 [ac], 120 [ac], 125 [i] 


First Comics 
Cave of Half-Pints: 1 [w] 
First Six-Pack: 1 [r], 2 [r] 
Jon Sable, Freelance: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], 4 [acw], 5 [acw], 6 [acw], 7 [acw], 8 [acw], 9 [acw], 10 [acw], 11 [acw], 12 [acw], 13 [acw], 14 [acw], 15 [acw], 16 [acw], 17 [acw], 18 [acw], 19 [acw], 20 [acw], 21 [acw], 22 [acw], 23 [acw], 24 [acw], 25 [acw], 26 [acw], 27 [acw], 28 [acw], 29 [acw], 30 [acw], 31 [acw], 32 [acw], 33 [acw], 34 [acw], 35 [acw], 36 [acw], 37 [acw], 38 [acw], 39 [acw], 40 [acw], 41 [acw], 42 [acw], 43 [acw], 44 [cw], 45 [cw], 46 [cw], 47 [cw], 48 [cw], 49 [cw], 50 [cw], 51 [cw], 52 [cw], 53 [cw], 54 [cw], 55 [cw], 56 [cw], TPB [cr] 
Mike Grell's Sable: 1 [r], 2 [r], 3 [r], 4 [r], 5 [r], 6 [r], 7 [r], 8 [r], 9 [r], 10 [r] 
P. I.'s: 1 [a], 2 [a], 3 [a] 
Starslayer: 7 [acw], 8 [cw], TPB [r] 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Jon Sable, Freelance: B&W front view T-shirt [a], 1984 Olympics t-shirt [a], logo pin [r], Jon Sable pin [r], promo poster [r], keychain [r] 


Image Comics 
Inside Image: 3 [r] 
Maggie the Cat: 1 [acw], 2 [acw] 
Shaman's Tears: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], 4 [acw], 5 [acw], 6 [acw], 7 [acw], 8 [acw], 9 [acw], 10 [acw], 11 [acw], 12 [acw], 0 [acw] 
Spawn the Impaler: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw] 
Zorro's Renegades: TPB [r] 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Shaman's Tears: promo poster [a], S&N print [a], logo pin [a], logo t-shirt (1995) [a] 
Spawn cards (1995): 55 [a] 

Krause Publications 
Comics Buyer's Guide: 600 [c], 736 [r] 

Literacy Volunteers of Chicago 
Word Warriors: 1 [aw] 


Malibu Comics (includes Eternity Comics) 
Jackaroo: 1 [w - intro] 

Mayfair 
Mayfair Game Module: 219 (Green Arrow: Lines of Death) [c] 

Marvel Comics 
Heroes for Hope: 1 [w] 
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: 6 [a], 9 [a] 

National Lampoon 
National Lampoon:: issue(s) unknown, c.1974 [a] 

New Media Publishing Co. 
Comics Feature: 2 [i] 

Oracle Enterprises 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Warriors: portfolio [a] 

Overstreet Publications 
Overstreet's Price Update: 6 [c] 

Pacific Comics 
Starslayer: 1 [acw], 2 [acw], 3 [acw], 4 [acw], 5 [acw], 6 [acw] 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Starslayer portfolio [a], promo poster [r] 

Pioneer Publications 
Drug Wars: 1 [c] 
Vegas Knights: 1 [c] 

Questar 
Questar: 3 [a] 

Renegade Comics 
Best of Ms. Tree: 3 [c] 
Ms. Tree: 6 [a], 7 [a] 

St. Martin's Press 
Great Comic Book Artists: vol. 2 [i] 

ShadowStar Press 
ShadowStar: 2 [c] 

Slave Labor Graphics 
[title(s) unknown] [c] 

Southwest Conventions 
Houston ComixFair Program: 1983 [c] 

Starlog Press 
Comics Scene: 9 [i], 55 [i] 

Ten Buck 
Space Beaver: 6 [a] 

Titan Books 
James Bond [Book 3]: The Spy Who Loved Me [w-intro] 

Tom Sciacca Publications 
Astral Comics: 1 [c] 

Topps 
Art of Star Wars Galaxy: book 2 [r] 
Zorro: 4 [c] 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Star Wars Galaxy II cards: 229 [a] 

TwoMorrows 
Comic Book Artist: 8 [i] 

United Features Syndicate 
Tarzan Sunday newspaper comic strip: 2605 [aw], 2606 [aw], 2607 [aw], 2608 [aw], 2609 [aw], 2610 [aw], 2611 [aw], 2612 [aw], 2613 [aw], 2614 [aw], 2615 [aw], 2616 [aw], 2617 [aw], 2618 [aw], 2619 [aw], 2620 [aw], 2621 [aw], 2622 [aw], 2623 [aw], 2624 [aw], 2625 [aw], 2626 [aw], 2627 [aw], 2628 [aw], 2629 [aw], 2630 [aw], 2631 [aw], 2632 [aw], 2633 [aw], 2634 [aw], 2635 [aw], 2636 [aw], 2637 [aw], 2638 [aw], 2639 [aw], 2640 [aw], 2641 [aw], 2642 [aw], 2643 [aw], 2644 [aw], 2645 [aw], 2645 [aw], 2647 [aw], 2648 [aw], 2649 [aw], 2650 [aw], 2651 [aw], 2652 [aw], 2653 [aw], 2654 [aw], 2655 [aw], 2656 [aw], 2657 [aw], 2658 [aw], 2659 [aw], 2660 [aw], 2661 [aw], 2662 [aw], 2663 [aw], 2664 [aw], 2665 [aw], 2666 [aw], 2667 [aw], 2668 [aw], 2669 [aw], 2670 [aw], 2671 [aw], 2672 [aw], 2673 [aw], 2674 [aw], 2675 [aw], 2676 [aw], 2677 [aw], 2678 [aw], 2679 [aw], 2680 [aw], 2681 [aw], 2682 [aw], 2683 [aw], 2684 [aw], 2685 [aw], 2686 [aw], 2688 [aw], 2689 
(7/19/81 to 2/27/83 except 2/13/83 [#2687]) 

Valiant (See Acclaim) 

Westfield Comics 
Worlds of Westfield: April 1995 [ir] 

Windjammer (See Acclaim) 

Wizard Press 
Wizard: 24 [i], 54 [i] 
Cards, posters, portfolios, miscellaneous stuff
Shaman's Tears: card (from Wizard 24) [a], gold card (numbered ltd ed) [r] 

Publisher Unknown 
Cartoonist Profiles: 64 
Comic Culture: v1 #10 [i] 
Matrix the Accelerator: 1 [c] 
New York, New York: softcover [a] 
Synnabar RPG rules book: nn (1st edition only) [a] 
Women & the Comics (1985): nn [a]


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