Best Selling Books by Fred Perry

Prepare to be 8-bitten! Fred Perry (Gold Digger, Zombie Kid Diaries, Action Time Buddies) and David Hutchison (Biowulf, Mischief and Mayhem, Steamcraft) team up to provide the most pixelated presentation of putrefied panic to grace the printed page! Zombies are roaming the streets, and no one is safe from being converted or devoured! The graphics may be low-res, but the terror''s strictly high-def!

Gold Digger Black and White #42 JUL 1998 Brianna decides to go on a rescue mission to Jade-Realm, to save Raphiel. Genn is along to help, with Seance providing the transportation - what could go wrong? Answer: Trouble spelled G''nolga. Meanwhile - Brittany continues to try to remove the bell collar and Penny calls on Gina to come back out to Civ-Alpha to help with a mystery. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #13 JULY 1994 Story, Art and Cover by Fred Perry. Gina and Cheetah decide to explore the forests of old Ireland, in search of the mythical treasure of the leprechauns. Unfortunately, they stumble upon the home of a werewolf clan -- who also just happens to be the sworn enemy of Cheetah! B&W

Gina and the group begin to wrap up their expedition into Muthia. Their only prize from the harrowing experience is a simple black cauldron. Only when a mysterious mystic artifact collector visits Gina''s lab does she begin to suspect the cauldron''s true nature. Unfortunately, this collector has brought the means to take the cauldron by force! Gina and her lab''s new defenses are soon overwhelmed. Her only hope for survival (with the cauldron) is to contact Britanny, who is baking cookies upstairs in the kitchen ? and Brit''s made it clear that she''s not to be disturbed ''til she''s finished...! FC, 17pg

Gold Digger Black and White #40 MAY 1998 With everyone''s safe return from Aebra, the countdown is started for Cheetah''s postponed wedding. As guests (including the dreaded in-laws) arrive and final preparations are made, Tanya plans to stop the wedding cold... with the appearance of another were-cheetah, the male Raphiel. The wedding is saved at the last moment thanks to some Barbarian friends and a magic wedding dress. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #8 Brianna, Cheetah, Genn, and Danielle aka “Avenger” discuss plans in Danielle’s apartment, when in busts The Crime Syndicate-New York City’s latest “Forces of Evil”! Then a quick switcharoo toward Cherry Point Air Force Base in North Carolina, where Gina “Gold Digger” Diggers, Penny, and Kevin wind down their day, then back to New York City where the Avenger (Danielle Carter) has been captured…and Cheetah, Genn, and Brianna busts in to rescue her (hmmm… lotsa “busting in” here)!

With the sentient forests of Jade-Realm having named Brianna as their Arch-Druid, the other mystical nations are edgy over her exponentially growing power and influence. Brianna goes to meet with their council to assuage their fears, but her easily offended subordinates end up taking the council hostage... and A select group of Jade-Realm mages meet with Brianna, who is now the Arch-Druid of a vast stretch of Jade''s sentient forests. They believe her "magitech" skills, creating tech-based forms from magical resources, will be the key to defending Jade from future Umbral invasions. But many on Jade are downright unfriendly to anything tech-related...and Peebri catches one of them is spying!

Gold Digger Black and White #11 Gina, Cheetah, Brianna, and the rest, are at at home relaxing…. even meeting a new character Seance. Seance is a new apprentice to Gina’s father. Seance also has an uncontrollable ability to read daydreams through their auras…. unfortunately for Gina who is attracted to cute-boy Seance. However, there’s the daemon mouse who finally makes it to the household to wreck vengeance- and in comes the Extremely Silly tech minded RE Corps…Rat Exterminators Extraordinaires! And who is this “Bob”?

Gold Digger Black and White #43 AUG 1998 Gina, Ryan, Penny, and Charlotte continue to explore Civ-Alpha, while Cheetah observes the arrival on the surface of the Montara twins plus Pee Wee and his thugs. As Cheetah briefly fights Daishi, the four below discover the city was inhabited by two races, the Saurians and the Beta-Phantoms. In the upper caves, a Beta-Phantom absorbs the male Montara twin and quickly overwhelms Pee Wee''s group until Cheetah arrives to protect them. On Jade, Brianna and Sheila go for a morning bath. Tirga is already there but Sheila chases him off. Sheila tries to warn Brianna about Tirga''s womanizing and accidentally knocks Brianna unconscious when she won''t listen. This jogs something from the back of Brianna''s mind... and Grave Digger returns. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #49 APR 1999 The crew is on a plane ride of their lives… and not in a good way. Brittany loves her big ball of string “seat’ Meanwhile, Gina kinda has a discussion with Kevin (Ace) just before he has to take command of the plane, because the original pilot and co-pilot bailed out!! Jinkies! 24 pages. B&W

Thanks to her student, the grass wizard Alena, Gina''s excavation of T''uala has located a city-sized myconid pod in the molten rock surrounding the buried fortress, immune to the lava''s heat. Within it, thousands of plant-like creatures resembling powerful, armored vehicles have been waiting for an opportunity to return to the world above. Gina''s not about to let Alena examine the pod''s plant-magic and botanical-tech secrets firsthand, as it''s too dangerous. However, with a little help from fluffy-minded relic expert Aljabra, Alena might reach the myconid pod anyway—but will she live to regret meeting the evil of all roots?

Descendants carry on a legacy.

While Dark Bird bids to take over an entire country, Gina and Penny launch their rescue mission to save Ace from being trapped working for Night Flight (and being married to Skippy) for life. However, Skippy''s knack for tactics and expert flying unravel all of Penny''s plans! Penny takes one last gamble and challenges Skippy to a one-on-one air duel. Winner takes Ace, loser walks away from him forever!

Gold Digger Black and White #14 AUG 1994 Story, Art and Cover by Fred Perry. Dr. Diggers tells Gina and Cheetah the story of Miss Julia Brigand, a swashbuckling native to the Realm. While he was studying the mystic arts, she became the future Mrs. Julia Diggers! B&W.

Britanny''s latest fishing trip is suddenly and terribly interrupted by the biggest, most vicious tuna fish ever seen! To Brit''s horror, the ferocious beast has a strange, supernatural bite that infects her with a severe allergic reaction to her favorite food in the whole wide world! Will Brit'' be forced to give up tuna subs for the rest of her life!?

Gold Digger Black and White #19 -The Lich-King, Part 5 FEB 1995 With Brendan destroyed, the Lich-King must take a direct hand in the battle for Gina. He quickly defeats everyone still at the Magic Observatory, captures Gina, and returns to the Realm of the Undead to await Dr. Diggers. Dr. Diggers follows his undead father alone, and the two duel for the life of Gina. Natasha and Vlad manage to free Gina, and her interference allows Dr. Diggers to strip the Lich-King of power once and for all. 25 pages B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #27 DEC 1995 Gina and Penny uncover the location of an entire city frozen under water in the Arctic Circle! Unfortunately, several other explorers, archaeologists and various other organizations have filed a claim at the same time as Gina and Penny -- including Lendo Rivalsan of the RNC and the U.S. Government. But things heat up when Gina and Penny accidentally awaken a dark presence within the frozen city! 24 pages. B&W

Gina takes the day off at the beach and everyone tags along! Unfortunately word has gotten out that Gina is close to unraveling the secrets of the Djinni- Stone, and a few of Gina''s seedier competitors decide to take advantage of her taking a vacation by stealing her only link to the Djinni-Stone. FC, 17pg

Gina''s been missing for a week, so a worried and angry Britanny and Penny confront the founders of the Explorers'' Society, whose behavior has proven they ALWAYS keep track of what Gina does. In response, the founding members reveal their true natures, along with a tale of a brilliant but doomed explorer, Professor Gloriana Jones, the "original" version of Gina!

Gold Digger Black and White #7 Gina is still a hiding stowaway when Ace…er…ah… Kevin…. and Penny are forced to land at Gull Base, were somehow Kevin is coerced into a air-to-air combat by non other than Dark-Bird, female hot shot and leader of a band of airplane nut-jobs! Meanwhile, in El Dorado, Peru, Stripe is working up courage to ask Brittany aka Cheetah, to marry his-own-darn-self…. and he fails…..as Brianna shows up and introduces herself and Tark to the couplea love-birds. Then…Brianna and Brittany head off to New York City to do some shopping and meet up with foes, baddie Slasher, battling good girl Avenger aka Danielle! Then we cut to the strangest air combat this side of Top Gun- the 1986 movie!! Then switchback to New York City….

With the were-cat leader Xercie first co-opted and then captured, Dreadwing has freed the Orkrist tyrant Serpentus and left ethereal "bait" to lure all manner of beasts from other dimensions to destroy Xercie''s home of Jag''s Lair. Gina and Britanny fight the onslaught bravely, but Dreadwing''s left evidence meant to break the fragile trust within Jade''s ruling council, so the Diggers sisters will be left without backup!

The tournament has come to an end, and a new Arms-Master is named. Julia Diggers has once again claimed the title and prepares to return home to Earth with her family. Meanwhile, Gina and Brianna explore the ruins of Ziggurat Kuru. While deciphering ancient writings, they encounter the Shadow Elves of Jade, who also seek the secrets of Jade''s origin. Together, they discover a link between the three oldest races in existence: the Artificers, the Shadows, and the Gardeners... clues that connect with Gina''s earlier findings. Could Gina be close to unraveling the mysteries that, until now, she had no hope of solving? FC, 21pg

Descendants carry on a legacy.

Gold Digger Black and White #48 FEB 1999 Stranded by Pee Wee, The gang must try to use commercial transportation to get home from their latest adventure. Things get interesting at the airport when they find all flights to where they want to go booked up and Cheetah "senses a presence that she has not felt since… " 26 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #21 MAY 1995 Gina manages to lay her hands on the Key of Aton, passport to an ancient Egyptian underground airport... for about five seconds, before Ryan Tabbot snatches it and beats her to the site. After Gina inadvertently rescues Ryan from a trap in the complex, the two team up to explore the place. The complex, originally a hyperspace junction-point, has been inactive for 2700 years, but the alien caretaker is still awake, and he snatches the Key and attempts to return the complex to his home world. Through Gina and Ryan''s efforts, the alien is foiled... but the complex and its treasures are destroyed. Not all is lost, however; Gina and Ryan are going out on Friday night... 25 pages. B&W

On their way back from an expedition, Gina and Penny''s aircraft is intercepted by the elite air mercenary Dark Bird and the rest of her band, Night Flight. Holding the pair of scientists hostage, she sends an ultimatum to Penny''s boyfriend, pilot supreme Kevin "Ace" Koss: In return for Penny and Gina''s release, Ace must go out on a date with Night Flight''s top gun, Skipper "Skippy" Von Richthofen. Will Ace remain faithful to Penny, or will he succumb to the charms of the only woman who shares both his passion and skill for flying?

The Wild Magi of the Astral Rifts continue their assault on Jade-Realm''s dimensional borders. Newly crowned Debra and her powerful companions help the Southern Edge-Guard hold fast, but with Dreadwing, Serpentus, and a vengeful abyssalisk lurking nearby, things could go horribly wrong in a big hurry!

With a well-placed killing blast, Dreadwing has thoroughly destroyed any chance of truce between the Wild Magi of the Astral Rifts and the forces of Jade. While Debra and the Southern Edge-Guard struggle against the magi and Dreadwing''s abyssalisk ally, Rhoaton takes on Dreadwing...alone!

After a double-date with Brit'' and Stryyp, Ace figures it''s finally time he manned up about marriage and surprised Penny by proposing. Penny promptly fetches one of Gina''s hyperspace pylons with a gate open to a fully prepared church, complete with freshly teleported guests, ready to start a wedding ceremony in ten minutes!

Descendants carry on a legacy.

Penny and Ace fly to their secluded honeymoon island, but find some dark authority is controlling the neighboring countries through their airports! When they investigate, Darkbird herself mercilessly shoots Ace down with her new "Super-1" Fighter! Part one of three of the final showdown between Ace and Darkbird!

Having earned the title of Armsmaster, were-jaguar Gar Silvear returns to his home town of Jag''s Lair, where he and his fellow martial artists, Luan and Carla, are warmly greeted by his parents. A little TOO warmly, in fact. Something weird is going on with Garl''s folks, and it may spell utter chaos for his relationship with Luan!

In the wake of a Dynasty assault on an Amaran colony world, Gina and Brit''s Amaran friends Jan and Rol (and their whole family) have been put in the Dynasty''s thrall. But before they can charge to the rabbit-folks'' rescue, they have to assemble an all-star strike force to find out how and why the Dynasty is back.

With Britanny and Brianna busy making preparations for Bri''s new "mommy" status, Gina has to rely on Zan and Stripe for field help -- and the "easy-mode" expedition she picks turns out to be a construct of the enigmatic Death Trap Architect! It''s going to take ALL of her wits and resources to keep her brothers-in-law from being chewed up in one of the deadliest ancient hero-meat grinders ever built!

Gina and Britanny are still on Jade, helping the dragon queen T''Mat and her daughter Debra convince the other dragons to help hunt down their mutual enemy, Dreadwing. But T''Mat''s emotional scars from Dreadwing run even deeper than the physical ones. Now that her nemesis has returned, her obsession with fast, lethal vengeance may prove deadly to the mission''s success—not to mention to those around her!

The Pirate Ninja Leprechauns have broken out of "Super Dungeon", and the prime target of their rampage o'' vengeance is Prince Lowtor and his candy-coated kingdom of the Oumpa Loumpas! Luckily, they know just where to find him: attending a match involving World Fighters Federation champion Ayane Anno. But the Leprechaun Vaultron Force is on the scene too, ready to spring a trap that could take out both their worst enemies at once!

On what should have been a cake walk of an expedition, Tifanny has been kidnapped by an ancient, evil, skeletal sorcerer from the Age of Wonders, because she''s the only one who knows what becomes of his evil empire. The sorcerer''s minions are making things rough for Ayane and Charlotte, but hang on, Tiff'' -- here comes Mom!