See Ne ee PROLOGUE ! /T 1S ALWAYS WINTER ON STORMKING. Pi A SMALL WORLD OF ROCKS AND (CE, SHE'S THE THUS, TODAY 1S A MOST REMOTE OF THE FRONTIER PLANETS . RARE GAY INPEED, THE FEPERAL STARSHIP “HOST OF S THE AIR” OUT OF ISTANBUL, TERRA, CARRYING \ TOOLS, PRUES ANP HARDWARE, THE STARSHIP |S NAME, ed RARELY BEARS Mice PRESIDENT, TRIPLANET MET? ALS, he MGEL INC, HE HOPES HIS ARRIVAL Wikl. eee ere BE MET WITH PLEASURE. BUT HE HOPES IN [| WAIN--FOR, IN THE D)ASORTIVE WAR FOR FRONTIER INPEPENP- ENCE, MANY SONS OF STORMKING HIEP UNCER FEPERAL GUNS... ANOTHER TRAVELER STEPS FROM THE fae SOME CALL STARLINER. . Ht JACKAL .., . VEL TLIRE + VIPER: , MARVEL PREMIERE™ is publis by MARVEL comics GROUP, OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 575 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022. Published bi-monthly. Copyright (€)1976 by Marvel Comics Group. A Division of Cadenca Industries Corporation. All rights reserved 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. Vol. 1, No.32, October, 1976 issue. 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WHY Sj 4 WE'RE SEGREGATEP ; TABLE RESERV = h HERE, MIGS GOOPFRIEND-- ia . BUT YOU-- YOu’RE A RN HER CITIZENS FROM LINDESIR- Mah : NATIVE. ABLES, SO- . AY VAT WAS A FEPERAL-- ANP, I GUESS, LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER, BLIT-- BOB HIGHTOWER SAYS YOU'RE GOING AFTER’ YOU Slee KURT HAMMER--TRUE * UE ROBIN GOOPFRIEND, UHM, FOR HIM, THE WAR JUST LEGALIZEP MURZER, THE Pié AN? THEY FORGOT HIS SAP IGM, I POW FIGHT PRUNKEN CHILPREN, ET MISS Goor- FRIEND,‘somesory \Z= i | ‘oni aoa! / ~ Ne A AN? You, ~ ROBIN, BRAWLING LIKE SOME F STARSTALKER, \ WANT YOU OUTLOOK, SHERIFF -—THEY } ATTACKE? me-- SURE, AN? YOUR’ PRESENCE AGGRAVATES ‘EM. JUST TAKE YOUR GUNS AN? GET OUT, T MEAN, AN ANPROIP FALCON 2 ISN’T THAT RATHER AN OPP CHOICE FoR A PET? “ULYesEs” 6 FAR MORE THAN A PET, ROBIN. age C’MON, MONARK., YOU CAN BUNK DOWN AT MY CABIN. IT’S ONLY AN HOUR’S RIPE By IcEBoaT, CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEYES... . SAY, ARE MUCH MORE 3 YOU TREMBLING THAN A PET. IN AWE, OR IN . , QISGUST ? ALL RIGHT... oa C'MON--T'LL RACE YOu INSIPE! T HAVEN'T LAUGHED 50 IN YEARS, IF you'r? SEEN YOUR EXPRESSION --SLIPING BUTT FIRST a INTO A SNOMPRIFT-- PP HEY, L'M + x SORRY, L HAP NO (PEA NEITHER.., YOU'RE RATHER LONGIWINCED, ANG I’M FREEZING/PAWN. ICY NORTHERN WEATHER SATELLITE WINGS RATTLE THE SAYS THERE'S A STORM WINPOWS OF THE GooP- ‘ oe MOVING SOUTH... A BIS FRIEN? CHALET, ANP Tit R ONE. IT SHOULD HITLATE WITHIN... = a THIS AFTERNOON, AND, 2 OF COURSE, INEEP Je . SOME THINGS IN NEW Ae . CANAAN, MEANWHILE, EVEN AS FIELO [6 (EP BY LHAVE SPECTROSCOPIC GENTLEMEN, £/STEN/ TRI- fee? F REPORTS OF WHAT MOST PLANET WILL GIVE YOU NEW GENERATED IN NEW OF YOUALREAPY KNOW-- =TERRANIZERS. IN FIVE YEARS, CANAAN, BY A NON- Wa OF THE VAST MINERAL YOU’LL HAVE OCEANS... 1G ATOMIE SOURCE... WEALTH BENESTH STORM- LANG. LIVESTOCK. ,, KING'S GLACIAL CRUST. A BIC HAND, GENTS... [’VE GOT YOUR YES, SHE /S ATTENTION, £'? LIKE LOVELY... TO SAY A FEW WORPS FOR TRIPLANET METALS.., AT WHAT PRICE, PIS?bunch of sloganeering WHy, BoB, I’M SURPRISEP oT you!COND S.., IN SHOCK, ROBIN MOUNTS HER BOB HIGHTOWER-- GRABBED THE S/EBOLP GIRL AS HOSTAGE-- BREATHLESSLY, THE GIRL RE- LATES THE PAYS EVENTS.,.FINALLY,,, Pp THEY'RE THEY THROW CONGENITAL SLOGANS (PIOTS, THESE AROUND-- PEOPLE--HOORAYING FREEVOM, INPIVIPUALISM! \F THAT ‘Ss THEN SHOCKED-- THEIR LIKE KIPS--WHEN § FREEDOM-- HE TURNE? HIS T’LL TAKE LEG IRONS, CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEA SILENT WRAITH, HE RIVES OVER THE TUNDRA IN PURSLITT OF HIS QUARRY... AWHILE, LP ‘3 KURT--BACK THERE-- Pip You HAVE To ACT 60--5O--BARBARIC? y THAT'S ALL Co) fee THOSE RUBES UNCPERSTANP, HONEY. f PAID ME A FORTUNE FOR gj] THIS JoB, ANP THEY GOT THEIR \ MONEYS WORTH-- ‘CAUSE IN pron ~ THIS |S HAMMER-~ COME IN! NOTHING, DAMN THIS STORM, THEY'RE RIV OF SHAW-- AN INCOMPETENT, WITH TOO MUCH TOP SECURITY DATA IN HiS HEAP TO SIMPLY FIRE... ‘ -- ANP, THEY GAIN STORMKING'S MINING RIGHTS TO BooT. THIS CANYON HE’LL BEA SITTING BRIGIA WE’? BE IN VEBSALIUE NOW IF WE HAON’T HIT THIS OUTCROP, ANP PON’T WORRY, BY MORNING, THE STORM’LL PASS ANP T’LL GET THROUGH TO ANPY. HE'LL PICK us UP, L&NOW THESE IMBECILES..,, NOTHING MOVES ’EM LIKE GUILT. AREN’T YOU GOING TO HIPE THE SLED? I Tote you ABOUT-- THEY“LL BEG TRIPLANET To COME IN ANP ROB ‘EM BLING.. woe WHILE YOU ANP ME RETIRE To SOME QUIET TROPICAL PARADISE, -"STAR- STALKER. YEAH, I HOPE HE BUT RIGHT NOW, WE’? BEST FIN? A CAVE To cozy-UP FoR THE NIGHT...MOON RISE..- THE ANPROIP FALCONS SENSORS ARE CONFUSE? BY THE RAGING BLIZZARD, BUT RELENTLESSLY ITS MASTER FOLLOWS, UNTIL FOUN? IT JUST IN TIME... ANY LONGER, AN? aaa THE ENGINE WOULP BEST SEN? LILYSSES BE FROZEN... 5 : NCRTH., THEY MIGHT > "3 ‘ € BEEN PicKED- T (6 (RRELEVANT WHICH OF ULYSSES" SENSES ALERT Hi"MATER CHRISTI! How CAN HE IT WHAT HE CAN'T SEE? SURE/ THE BIRDS : SOMEHOW... SHRAPNEL WILL TAKE CARE OF, THAT BAMN BUZZARD,EAM MOMITES, Mik TRACES THE ARE BONE... SAVE THE CON TINGAL LY SO(RALING PSELIPA- FALCON, THAT CREEP.../ I BURIED CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEMj PI? FES-- Nol? WELL?/ I'M THE SAME PRICE V PEAD OR ALIVE. WHY PoN'T You SHOOT ? GIRLFRIEND WOULD NEVER MAKE 'T BACK IN THIS SNOW ON FOOT-- --ANO lM Nor CARRYING HER.MEW CANAAN-- 3 DAYS LATER. THE AFTERMATH HE'S GoT THE G/Ri/ SHE NEEDS SEE THAT MY 4 POecToOR-- CLAIM Is FAST. REGISTERED-- DIEV YESTERCAY OF PNEUMONIA, 31 Look MISTER-- WE CAN PELAY TAKEOFF ‘TIL TOMORFOW--GIVE YOU PLENTY OF TIME To SEE HER YOURSELF STAY IN TOWN TONIGHT IF YOU LIKE, “KNOWING You PEOPLE