Oz Comics by Bill Bryan
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Caliber Issues
Oz #1, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Kevin, Pete, Mary and their dog are swept into Oz by a tornado from a mystical book. They find Oz is populated by frightening people and seeming monsters. Kevin and Pete are separated from Mary in an attack by vicious Munchkins.
Oz #2, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The kids make their way through Munkins and a horrible Kalidah to discover the Scarecrow, who is as ominous as the others they've met. Evil witch Mombi is plotting in the Emerald City.
Oz #3, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Kevin and Pete break the spell over Scarecrow and he returns to his good self. He takes them to Tin Man's fortress. Mary has discovered the Freedom Fighters. Othe rdenizens of Oz who look ferocious, but are on the side of good. Tin Man is also a wicked tyrant. Nome King has an adult Dorothy hypnotized and is ruling Oz.
Oz #4, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The group defends itself against Tin Man and his robot slaves. In so doing, they break his spell and he returns to the good. Mary and the Freedom Fighters battle evil witch Mombi and her Amazon warriors.
Oz #5, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Our boys band together to seek the Lion. They find, battle him and break his spell with a magical amulet. Mary and the Freedom Fighters, that is Jack Pumpkinhead, Hungry Tiger and Tik Tok, among others, continue to fight Mombi and the Amazons. Tik Tok is shattered. Flying Monkey and Wogglebug to to enlist the help of other monkeys. The Nome King threatens Ozma.
Oz: Book One, Mayhem in Munchkinland. Contains issues #1 through #5. Cover by Bill Bryan and colored by Britt Martin.
Oz #6, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The Flying Monkeys refuse to help. The boys find Quadlings who tell of how Scarecrow lost his standing as king and Nome King came to power. Wogglebug and Monkey are imprisoned for a past crime of the Freedom Fighter monkey, Abeela. The remaining Freedom Fighters are attacked by huge wolves.
Oz #7, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The monkey Abeela is vindicated and freed. The Fighters and Mary defeat the wolves. The boys, with Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, reach the Emerald Palace, where the Nome King attacks them with his counless, tenacious nomes. Peter is taken into the palace while the others fight on.
Oz #8, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Kevin, with Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man, fight the nomes, then flee with the help of Scarecrow's mass of blackbirds that flow from him. The Freedom Fighters are directed to their next goal by the Mouse Queen -- entailing their trip through a dark cavern to reach the captured Queen Ozma. In their trek, they battle giant spiders. Peter is taken to a dungeon and discovers Ozma.
Oz #9, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Nome King and Mombi, his disgruntled servant, make plans. Peter gets information from Ozma in the dungeon. Jack Pumpkinhead becomes a casualty in the battle with the giant spiders. The other Freedom Fighters, Flying Monkey and Wogglebug and Tiger, attach Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man, assuming they are still evil as Kevin and his dog look on.
Oz #10, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Mary and her friends, Amber Ombi and Jinjur, are left to seek Ozma. They find and free her. Jack returns, the worse for the spider battle, and joins them. Wogglebug, Flying Monkey and Tiger battle Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, not knowing that Scarecrow and friends are not under the evil spell. Kevin is prevented from interfering by the Sawhorse. Mary and her new friends with, thankfully, Ozma in tow, interrupta the battle. The Wogglebug and friends realize the famous trio are back to their old selves and all vow to join forces.
Oz: Book Two, Gathering of Heroes. Contains issues #6 through #10. Cover by Bill Bryan and colored by Britt Martin.
Oz #11, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The reconciled heroes make their plans with Wogglebug and Ozma, venturing to the realm of the Winkies for help on the Flying Gump. Peter battles Amazon guards to reach Dorothy and break her spell. She is shocked that she is an adult. They escape into the lower dungeon. Wogglebug and Ozma receive the remnants of Tik Tok.
Oz #12, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Wogglebug and Ozma reach Winkieland and enlist the help of the mechanical wizard Johnny Doiat, to fix Tik Tok and build a wonderful, armored car to march on the Emerald Palace. Pete and Dorothy battle horrible dog-eared goblins in the suberranean depths under the Emerald Palace. The remaining Freedom Fighters, with Kevin and Mary, find Mombi's quarters and descend upon her.
Oz: Zero, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan, inked by Randy Zimmerman. Painted cover by Bill Bryan. A Pre-Oz #1 story. Before the heroes of Oz change to omnious forms, the Nome King comes supposedly for a friendly visit, but his nomes appear in the courtyard and, with Mombi by his side, he makes his outrageous claim on Oz. Ozma orders the heroes out to protect little Dorothy. The Wizard is captured. The whole city is threatened. The Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and Dorothy, with the Swashbuckling Amber Ombi, wait in secret, then rush into the chamber taken over by the Nome King. As they had planned, Nome King and Mombi hypnotize the three friends. Amber is jolted, but escapes through a horde of nomes to fight another day. The friends are bewitched and evil, and Dorothy is made into a mindless pawn. Ozma is imprisoned as the villians gloat. But, the Wizard prepares the magic book that will summon the earth kids who will be the only hope for Oz.
Oz: Freedom Fighters, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan, inked by Randy Zimmerman. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. A Pre-Oz #1 story. Mombi and Nome King have made Scarecrow, Lion and Tim Man evil and put Dorothy in a sedentary spell. It is now up to the self-appointed Freedom Fighters to help or defeat the three friends. Jack Pumpkinhead, Wogglebug and Tik Tok are among the group. Also, the heroic humanoid Amber Ombi and his Scraps, the Straw Girl. Abeela the Flying Monkey, is also part of the group and for requesting help from his fellow monkeys he is ostracized from the flock. General Jinjur, a beautiful warrior, and a soldier of her regiment are all attacked by the evil nomes. The Freedom Fighters rescue her and she pledges to join them.
Oz: Lion Special, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Paul Kowalski, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin.
Oz: Scarecrow Special, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Daniel Preece, inked by David Hutchinson. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin.
Oz: Tim Man Special, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Andy Barlow, inked by Randy Zimmerman. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin.
Oz #13, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Mombi stops the heroes in their tracks and, using the earth-memories in Kevin's mind, sends the Oz heroes into a violent, sprawling earth city where they are killed one by one. Wogglebug and Ozma gain the loyalty and help of the Munchkins. Mary hasn't been hexed, so she and her dog stop Mombi's spell. The Oz heroes awake in Oz to find they are alive. About to arrest Mombi, they feel the tremor of a huge mountain that bursts out of the ground in the not-too-distant land of the Hammerheads.
Oz #14, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The flying monkeys come to help as promised, and distract Nome King as the Freedom Fighters, with Kevin and Mary, descend upon him from Mombi's quarters above. Mombi has vanished. A battle ensues, but Nome King has a magic cap which enthralls the monkeys to him. The Goblin King, far underground, is told that the Wicked Witch is coming to join them from within that huge mountain. Pete and Dorothy arrive to the battle and, taking the magic hat, render Nome King helpless, so they think.
Oz #15, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Nome King is cornered by the heroes, but they have almost forgotten his abilities to move, shape and hurl rocks and boulders. Wogglebug and Ozma, with Johnny Doit, face the innumerable nomes outside the Emerald Palace. The heroes trap Nome King and a crow takes his left eye. He escapes through a self-made hold in the floor. The kids reunite, as does Dorothy with her friends. The nomes are defeated. The Wizard magically returns. The evil Goblins march through Quadling country. Quadling soldiers attack, but are immediately captured. The goblins continue on. They are destined to be the pawns of the Wicked Witch who is soon to take the place of Nome King as the master villian of Oz.
Oz #16, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by David Boller.
Oz #17, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Willie Peppers and Looptan Garoli.
Oz #18, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Ray Snyder.
Oz: Romance in Rags #1, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. A Pre-Oz #1 story. The Freedom Fighters defeat Kalidahs, great, fierce creatures. They plan to question the evil Scarecrow. Scraps, the straw girl, wants to appeal to his decency. Scarecrow has captured Mr. Pipt for his powder of life formula so that he can make an army of straw men.
Oz: Romance in Rags #2, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. The Freedom Fighters are concerned, not having sanctioned Scraps going ahead to Scarecrow. Indeed, Scarecrow is not moved by her. The heroes, Amber Jinjur and Pumpkinhead, steal into Scarecrow's awesome barn to find he has almost won Scraps as a partner in his horrible plan.
Oz: Romance in Rags #3, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Scarecrow ties the heroes to posts in the cornfield with the help of his evil Munchkin subjects. Scraps is being wrenched to join Scarecrow. Her love magnet, stolen from the Shaggy Man, has no affect on Scarecrow and she frees the heroes to battle the Munchkins. Scraps is sent to the Emerald Palace for imprisonment and Scarecrow brings to life his first straw filled slave, Stitch.
Oz: Straw and Sorcery #1, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. A Pre-Oz #1 story. The Freedom Fighters escape while Scarecrow perfects his prototype strawman. Scraps is taken prisoner to the Emerald City by Munchkin servants, but the coach throws a wheel and she escapes. The Freedom Fighters, in formation, take the Scarecrow's barn by storm and capture him. Evil witch Mombi catches Scraps on a rooftop and attacks her with deadly bolts.
Oz: Straw and Sorcery #2, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. The heroes have Scarecrow captured. Mombi threatens Scraps on the rooftops fo the Emerald Palace. Two good Munchkin brothers fight Scarecrow's evil Munchkins in the cornfield and defeat them with the help of Pumpkinhead and Sawhorse. Mombi throws Scraps off the rooftop and Mister Pipt, creator of the Powder of Life (the animating dust for Scarecrows) finds her. Scarecrow still won't explain himself to the Freedom Fighters.
Oz: Straw and Sorcery #3, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Scarecrow taunts the Freedom Fighters with antics and jokes not to inform them of the spell or his plans. Flying Monkey and the Hungry Tiger, searching for the Lion, encounter two deadly Kalidahs, huge tiger-bears, and join in defeating them. Scarecrow finally reveals that due to his twistable straw body, he was never trapped and escapes with a poetic taunt. Nome King reveals his sexual designs on Ozma as he threatens her in the dungeon. Scarecrow repairs back to the barn. Pipt helps Scraps back to the heroes' quarters and Amber agonizes over the awful state of Oz.
Oz #19, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Gary Shipman and Looptan Garoli.
Oz #20, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Tim Holtrop, Bradley Walton, Looptan Garoli.
Daemonstorm, Part Two of One, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by William Trattle. Cover by David Boller. Involved the titles Legendlore, Kilroy and Deadworld, as well as Oz.
Arrow Issues
Dark Oz #1, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Adult Dorothy with good Scarecrow, Tin Man, Tiger and friends Betsy and Trot, search for Glinda at her now-ramshackled palace. Betsy, Trot and Tiger are captured in the lower quarters by evil straw people. Dorothy, Tin Man and Scarecrow, searching for clues, also find a band of scary straw men who attack them. Tin Man is battered to unconsciousness, Dorothy is accidently pushed into a looking glass that whirls her mysteriously into the dimension of Wonderland, and Scarecrow is entreated by evil Stitch, who he had created while evil, to join him in wiping out flesh people.
Dark Oz #2, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Gilliken warriors fight goblins, alongside King Erburt and varlorous Captain Julian. Scraps, atop Flying Gump, embarks to find Scarecrow's party. Amber and his finest military leaders with (good) Lion prepare to face the goblins. Wizard and Ozma seek the help of the Quadlings and an arrow is their answer.
Dark Oz #3, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. The heroes are in jeopardy at Glinda's trashed palace as evil Stitch advances his plan to destroy all "fleshlings." Scarecrow is unable to dissuade him. Amber, Lion and the Oz generals score a victory against the vast goblin army. Stitch horrifies scarecrow with his plans as Scraps and Gump free Tiger, Betsy, Trot and Tin Man. The palace begins to burn as the heroes drop their torches in the battle against the straw folk. The heroes escape from the conflagration - but without Scarecrow.
Dark Oz #4, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan. Lion and Amber perish in their final battle with the goblins. Jinjur's life forces are extracted by the beautiful, but deadly Wicked Witch and her goblin slaves prepare to ride on the Emerald Palace.
Dark Oz #5, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan. The final battle between the Wicked Witch and her many goblin slaves and the heroes of Oz is about to be joined. The Quadlings enter at the eleventh hour, but it isn't enough. Betsy, Sawhorse, Trot, Tiger and Gump all meet their fate at the hands of the goblins. A toasted Scarecrow comes in with a strange book. Just as Tik Tok and Tin Man fall before the witch's hand, Ozma uses the Book of Undo to wipe out the Land of Oz and take the witch into oblivion. Huge sections of Oz are taken over by white nothingness.
Wogglebug Special, 1998, written, drawn and cover by Bill Bryan. Gilliken warriors, with Captain Julian, seek to rid the land of marauding goblins, when they are joined by the Wogglebug. At Julian's astonishment, the bug explains that he's a fighter, not just an intellectual, and why the heroes of Oz became big and omnous, leaving their cute, whymsical forms behind -- namely, the Nome King's unexpected evil. Wogglebug and Julian, like so many other characters in Dark Oz, fall in battle.
Arrow Anthology #4, 1998, features Land of Oz preview. Sean, sister Kat and boyfriend Travis think they're flying off for a camping trip, but a tornado whisks them to Oz. When they regain themselves, they are surrounded by a bunch of lethal-looking men with wheels in place of hands and feet!
Land of Oz #1, 1998, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. Sean, Travis and Kat are assisted by King Evardo and Friend, the sorceror in defeating the Wheelers. They explain that the Wheelers are the servants of evil sorceror Dolnar, who ravaged Evardo's kingdom and stole a belt of power. Meanwhile, Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man are called by the Emerald City to lend their help.
Land of Oz #2, 1998, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes see that Ozma is comatose after the great Spell of Undo. Scarecrow and friends meet Evardo, Friend and the Earth kids. They decide to fight Dolnar and retrieve the magic belt. Sean ventures into the catacombs of the Emerald Palace, finding a mystical den. Dolnar and the Wheelers have come and the heroes prepare themselves for battle.
Land of Oz #3, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes face their initial skirmish with Dolnar and the Wheelers. The villians must retreat. They are helped by Singra, a beautiful soceress. Sean is discovered missing as he finds a magical staff in the secret den. Dolnar and company attack anew the Emerald Palace and are soundly defeated, with the help of young Sean and his staff. Singra and Dolnar must flee with some renegade flying monkeys. The heroes triumph.
Land of Oz #4, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes bid farewell to Evardo and Friend. Dolnar and Singra heal their wounds and plan. Sean continues his studies as a young wizard. He also finds his Walkman is animated and speaks! Tin Man, Lion, Scarecrow, Kat, Travis and Sean venture forth to find Glenda (now spelled with an "e") so that there might be a cure for Ozma. Ozma begins an other dimensional journey with an alter ego to analyze the undo consequences.
Land of Oz #5, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes witness a result of the spell when they come to an area of nothingness. Little Dorothy is revealed in an outland of Oz.
Land of Oz #6, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan, inked by William Messner-Loebs. Dorothy runs into the Wizard in his friendly, rotund glory. The heroes pass through the awesome nothingness to emerge again into the reality of a hostile shire of elves who take them for evil and proceed to capture them. Dorothy and the Wizard plan to return to Oz and our heroes are brought before an angry Elf King. Dorothy and the Wizard enjoy the hospitality of the King and Queen of Oakdale who work on a balloon for them to return to Oz. Ozma begins to face the destruction of parts of Oz with the shadow figure. An evil Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man ravage an elf village. Obviously, something is left over from the spell, as the good counterparts reside in the Elf King's throne room in shackles.
Land of Oz #7, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan.
Land of Oz #8, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan.
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Caliber Issues
Oz #1, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Kevin, Pete, Mary and their dog are swept into Oz by a tornado from a mystical book. They find Oz is populated by frightening people and seeming monsters. Kevin and Pete are separated from Mary in an attack by vicious Munchkins.
Oz #2, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The kids make their way through Munkins and a horrible Kalidah to discover the Scarecrow, who is as ominous as the others they've met. Evil witch Mombi is plotting in the Emerald City.
Oz #3, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Kevin and Pete break the spell over Scarecrow and he returns to his good self. He takes them to Tin Man's fortress. Mary has discovered the Freedom Fighters. Othe rdenizens of Oz who look ferocious, but are on the side of good. Tin Man is also a wicked tyrant. Nome King has an adult Dorothy hypnotized and is ruling Oz.
Oz #4, 1994, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The group defends itself against Tin Man and his robot slaves. In so doing, they break his spell and he returns to the good. Mary and the Freedom Fighters battle evil witch Mombi and her Amazon warriors.
Oz #5, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Our boys band together to seek the Lion. They find, battle him and break his spell with a magical amulet. Mary and the Freedom Fighters, that is Jack Pumpkinhead, Hungry Tiger and Tik Tok, among others, continue to fight Mombi and the Amazons. Tik Tok is shattered. Flying Monkey and Wogglebug to to enlist the help of other monkeys. The Nome King threatens Ozma.
Oz: Book One, Mayhem in Munchkinland. Contains issues #1 through #5. Cover by Bill Bryan and colored by Britt Martin.
Oz #6, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The Flying Monkeys refuse to help. The boys find Quadlings who tell of how Scarecrow lost his standing as king and Nome King came to power. Wogglebug and Monkey are imprisoned for a past crime of the Freedom Fighter monkey, Abeela. The remaining Freedom Fighters are attacked by huge wolves.
Oz #7, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The monkey Abeela is vindicated and freed. The Fighters and Mary defeat the wolves. The boys, with Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, reach the Emerald Palace, where the Nome King attacks them with his counless, tenacious nomes. Peter is taken into the palace while the others fight on.
Oz #8, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Kevin, with Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man, fight the nomes, then flee with the help of Scarecrow's mass of blackbirds that flow from him. The Freedom Fighters are directed to their next goal by the Mouse Queen -- entailing their trip through a dark cavern to reach the captured Queen Ozma. In their trek, they battle giant spiders. Peter is taken to a dungeon and discovers Ozma.
Oz #9, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Nome King and Mombi, his disgruntled servant, make plans. Peter gets information from Ozma in the dungeon. Jack Pumpkinhead becomes a casualty in the battle with the giant spiders. The other Freedom Fighters, Flying Monkey and Wogglebug and Tiger, attach Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man, assuming they are still evil as Kevin and his dog look on.
Oz #10, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Mary and her friends, Amber Ombi and Jinjur, are left to seek Ozma. They find and free her. Jack returns, the worse for the spider battle, and joins them. Wogglebug, Flying Monkey and Tiger battle Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, not knowing that Scarecrow and friends are not under the evil spell. Kevin is prevented from interfering by the Sawhorse. Mary and her new friends with, thankfully, Ozma in tow, interrupta the battle. The Wogglebug and friends realize the famous trio are back to their old selves and all vow to join forces.
Oz: Book Two, Gathering of Heroes. Contains issues #6 through #10. Cover by Bill Bryan and colored by Britt Martin.
Oz #11, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The reconciled heroes make their plans with Wogglebug and Ozma, venturing to the realm of the Winkies for help on the Flying Gump. Peter battles Amazon guards to reach Dorothy and break her spell. She is shocked that she is an adult. They escape into the lower dungeon. Wogglebug and Ozma receive the remnants of Tik Tok.
Oz #12, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Wogglebug and Ozma reach Winkieland and enlist the help of the mechanical wizard Johnny Doiat, to fix Tik Tok and build a wonderful, armored car to march on the Emerald Palace. Pete and Dorothy battle horrible dog-eared goblins in the suberranean depths under the Emerald Palace. The remaining Freedom Fighters, with Kevin and Mary, find Mombi's quarters and descend upon her.
Oz: Zero, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan, inked by Randy Zimmerman. Painted cover by Bill Bryan. A Pre-Oz #1 story. Before the heroes of Oz change to omnious forms, the Nome King comes supposedly for a friendly visit, but his nomes appear in the courtyard and, with Mombi by his side, he makes his outrageous claim on Oz. Ozma orders the heroes out to protect little Dorothy. The Wizard is captured. The whole city is threatened. The Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and Dorothy, with the Swashbuckling Amber Ombi, wait in secret, then rush into the chamber taken over by the Nome King. As they had planned, Nome King and Mombi hypnotize the three friends. Amber is jolted, but escapes through a horde of nomes to fight another day. The friends are bewitched and evil, and Dorothy is made into a mindless pawn. Ozma is imprisoned as the villians gloat. But, the Wizard prepares the magic book that will summon the earth kids who will be the only hope for Oz.
Oz: Freedom Fighters, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan, inked by Randy Zimmerman. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. A Pre-Oz #1 story. Mombi and Nome King have made Scarecrow, Lion and Tim Man evil and put Dorothy in a sedentary spell. It is now up to the self-appointed Freedom Fighters to help or defeat the three friends. Jack Pumpkinhead, Wogglebug and Tik Tok are among the group. Also, the heroic humanoid Amber Ombi and his Scraps, the Straw Girl. Abeela the Flying Monkey, is also part of the group and for requesting help from his fellow monkeys he is ostracized from the flock. General Jinjur, a beautiful warrior, and a soldier of her regiment are all attacked by the evil nomes. The Freedom Fighters rescue her and she pledges to join them.
Oz: Lion Special, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Paul Kowalski, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin.
Oz: Scarecrow Special, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Daniel Preece, inked by David Hutchinson. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin.
Oz: Tim Man Special, 1995, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Andy Barlow, inked by Randy Zimmerman. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin.
Oz #13, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Mombi stops the heroes in their tracks and, using the earth-memories in Kevin's mind, sends the Oz heroes into a violent, sprawling earth city where they are killed one by one. Wogglebug and Ozma gain the loyalty and help of the Munchkins. Mary hasn't been hexed, so she and her dog stop Mombi's spell. The Oz heroes awake in Oz to find they are alive. About to arrest Mombi, they feel the tremor of a huge mountain that bursts out of the ground in the not-too-distant land of the Hammerheads.
Oz #14, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. The flying monkeys come to help as promised, and distract Nome King as the Freedom Fighters, with Kevin and Mary, descend upon him from Mombi's quarters above. Mombi has vanished. A battle ensues, but Nome King has a magic cap which enthralls the monkeys to him. The Goblin King, far underground, is told that the Wicked Witch is coming to join them from within that huge mountain. Pete and Dorothy arrive to the battle and, taking the magic hat, render Nome King helpless, so they think.
Oz #15, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover inked by C.P. Smith and colored by Britt Martin. Nome King is cornered by the heroes, but they have almost forgotten his abilities to move, shape and hurl rocks and boulders. Wogglebug and Ozma, with Johnny Doit, face the innumerable nomes outside the Emerald Palace. The heroes trap Nome King and a crow takes his left eye. He escapes through a self-made hold in the floor. The kids reunite, as does Dorothy with her friends. The nomes are defeated. The Wizard magically returns. The evil Goblins march through Quadling country. Quadling soldiers attack, but are immediately captured. The goblins continue on. They are destined to be the pawns of the Wicked Witch who is soon to take the place of Nome King as the master villian of Oz.
Oz #16, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by David Boller.
Oz #17, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Willie Peppers and Looptan Garoli.
Oz #18, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Ray Snyder.
Oz: Romance in Rags #1, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. A Pre-Oz #1 story. The Freedom Fighters defeat Kalidahs, great, fierce creatures. They plan to question the evil Scarecrow. Scraps, the straw girl, wants to appeal to his decency. Scarecrow has captured Mr. Pipt for his powder of life formula so that he can make an army of straw men.
Oz: Romance in Rags #2, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. The Freedom Fighters are concerned, not having sanctioned Scraps going ahead to Scarecrow. Indeed, Scarecrow is not moved by her. The heroes, Amber Jinjur and Pumpkinhead, steal into Scarecrow's awesome barn to find he has almost won Scraps as a partner in his horrible plan.
Oz: Romance in Rags #3, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Scarecrow ties the heroes to posts in the cornfield with the help of his evil Munchkin subjects. Scraps is being wrenched to join Scarecrow. Her love magnet, stolen from the Shaggy Man, has no affect on Scarecrow and she frees the heroes to battle the Munchkins. Scraps is sent to the Emerald Palace for imprisonment and Scarecrow brings to life his first straw filled slave, Stitch.
Oz: Straw and Sorcery #1, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. A Pre-Oz #1 story. The Freedom Fighters escape while Scarecrow perfects his prototype strawman. Scraps is taken prisoner to the Emerald City by Munchkin servants, but the coach throws a wheel and she escapes. The Freedom Fighters, in formation, take the Scarecrow's barn by storm and capture him. Evil witch Mombi catches Scraps on a rooftop and attacks her with deadly bolts.
Oz: Straw and Sorcery #2, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. The heroes have Scarecrow captured. Mombi threatens Scraps on the rooftops fo the Emerald Palace. Two good Munchkin brothers fight Scarecrow's evil Munchkins in the cornfield and defeat them with the help of Pumpkinhead and Sawhorse. Mombi throws Scraps off the rooftop and Mister Pipt, creator of the Powder of Life (the animating dust for Scarecrows) finds her. Scarecrow still won't explain himself to the Freedom Fighters.
Oz: Straw and Sorcery #3, 1996, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Scarecrow taunts the Freedom Fighters with antics and jokes not to inform them of the spell or his plans. Flying Monkey and the Hungry Tiger, searching for the Lion, encounter two deadly Kalidahs, huge tiger-bears, and join in defeating them. Scarecrow finally reveals that due to his twistable straw body, he was never trapped and escapes with a poetic taunt. Nome King reveals his sexual designs on Ozma as he threatens her in the dungeon. Scarecrow repairs back to the barn. Pipt helps Scraps back to the heroes' quarters and Amber agonizes over the awful state of Oz.
Oz #19, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Gary Shipman and Looptan Garoli.
Oz #20, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by Bradley Walton. Cover by Tim Holtrop, Bradley Walton, Looptan Garoli.
Daemonstorm, Part Two of One, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Tim Holtrop, inked by William Trattle. Cover by David Boller. Involved the titles Legendlore, Kilroy and Deadworld, as well as Oz.
Arrow Issues
Dark Oz #1, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Adult Dorothy with good Scarecrow, Tin Man, Tiger and friends Betsy and Trot, search for Glinda at her now-ramshackled palace. Betsy, Trot and Tiger are captured in the lower quarters by evil straw people. Dorothy, Tin Man and Scarecrow, searching for clues, also find a band of scary straw men who attack them. Tin Man is battered to unconsciousness, Dorothy is accidently pushed into a looking glass that whirls her mysteriously into the dimension of Wonderland, and Scarecrow is entreated by evil Stitch, who he had created while evil, to join him in wiping out flesh people.
Dark Oz #2, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. Gilliken warriors fight goblins, alongside King Erburt and varlorous Captain Julian. Scraps, atop Flying Gump, embarks to find Scarecrow's party. Amber and his finest military leaders with (good) Lion prepare to face the goblins. Wizard and Ozma seek the help of the Quadlings and an arrow is their answer.
Dark Oz #3, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan and Britt Martin. The heroes are in jeopardy at Glinda's trashed palace as evil Stitch advances his plan to destroy all "fleshlings." Scarecrow is unable to dissuade him. Amber, Lion and the Oz generals score a victory against the vast goblin army. Stitch horrifies scarecrow with his plans as Scraps and Gump free Tiger, Betsy, Trot and Tin Man. The palace begins to burn as the heroes drop their torches in the battle against the straw folk. The heroes escape from the conflagration - but without Scarecrow.
Dark Oz #4, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan. Lion and Amber perish in their final battle with the goblins. Jinjur's life forces are extracted by the beautiful, but deadly Wicked Witch and her goblin slaves prepare to ride on the Emerald Palace.
Dark Oz #5, 1997, written by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr, drawn by Bill Bryan. Cover by Bill Bryan. The final battle between the Wicked Witch and her many goblin slaves and the heroes of Oz is about to be joined. The Quadlings enter at the eleventh hour, but it isn't enough. Betsy, Sawhorse, Trot, Tiger and Gump all meet their fate at the hands of the goblins. A toasted Scarecrow comes in with a strange book. Just as Tik Tok and Tin Man fall before the witch's hand, Ozma uses the Book of Undo to wipe out the Land of Oz and take the witch into oblivion. Huge sections of Oz are taken over by white nothingness.
Wogglebug Special, 1998, written, drawn and cover by Bill Bryan. Gilliken warriors, with Captain Julian, seek to rid the land of marauding goblins, when they are joined by the Wogglebug. At Julian's astonishment, the bug explains that he's a fighter, not just an intellectual, and why the heroes of Oz became big and omnous, leaving their cute, whymsical forms behind -- namely, the Nome King's unexpected evil. Wogglebug and Julian, like so many other characters in Dark Oz, fall in battle.
Arrow Anthology #4, 1998, features Land of Oz preview. Sean, sister Kat and boyfriend Travis think they're flying off for a camping trip, but a tornado whisks them to Oz. When they regain themselves, they are surrounded by a bunch of lethal-looking men with wheels in place of hands and feet!
Land of Oz #1, 1998, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. Sean, Travis and Kat are assisted by King Evardo and Friend, the sorceror in defeating the Wheelers. They explain that the Wheelers are the servants of evil sorceror Dolnar, who ravaged Evardo's kingdom and stole a belt of power. Meanwhile, Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man are called by the Emerald City to lend their help.
Land of Oz #2, 1998, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes see that Ozma is comatose after the great Spell of Undo. Scarecrow and friends meet Evardo, Friend and the Earth kids. They decide to fight Dolnar and retrieve the magic belt. Sean ventures into the catacombs of the Emerald Palace, finding a mystical den. Dolnar and the Wheelers have come and the heroes prepare themselves for battle.
Land of Oz #3, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes face their initial skirmish with Dolnar and the Wheelers. The villians must retreat. They are helped by Singra, a beautiful soceress. Sean is discovered missing as he finds a magical staff in the secret den. Dolnar and company attack anew the Emerald Palace and are soundly defeated, with the help of young Sean and his staff. Singra and Dolnar must flee with some renegade flying monkeys. The heroes triumph.
Land of Oz #4, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes bid farewell to Evardo and Friend. Dolnar and Singra heal their wounds and plan. Sean continues his studies as a young wizard. He also finds his Walkman is animated and speaks! Tin Man, Lion, Scarecrow, Kat, Travis and Sean venture forth to find Glenda (now spelled with an "e") so that there might be a cure for Ozma. Ozma begins an other dimensional journey with an alter ego to analyze the undo consequences.
Land of Oz #5, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan. The heroes witness a result of the spell when they come to an area of nothingness. Little Dorothy is revealed in an outland of Oz.
Land of Oz #6, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan, inked by William Messner-Loebs. Dorothy runs into the Wizard in his friendly, rotund glory. The heroes pass through the awesome nothingness to emerge again into the reality of a hostile shire of elves who take them for evil and proceed to capture them. Dorothy and the Wizard plan to return to Oz and our heroes are brought before an angry Elf King. Dorothy and the Wizard enjoy the hospitality of the King and Queen of Oakdale who work on a balloon for them to return to Oz. Ozma begins to face the destruction of parts of Oz with the shadow figure. An evil Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man ravage an elf village. Obviously, something is left over from the spell, as the good counterparts reside in the Elf King's throne room in shackles.
Land of Oz #7, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan.
Land of Oz #8, 1999, written by Gary Bishop and Bill Bryan, drawn by Bill Bryan.
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