New Releases by Fred Perry

For the first time ever, Gold Digger: The Hitchhiker''s Guide to Lost Cities is presented in magnificent full-color! Until now, this original four-issue mini-series was almost impossible to find. Now A.P. re-offers these timeless tales, adding a whole new dimension. Finally, experience classic GD as it was meant to be seen!

(W/A) Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, Brian Denham, David Hutchison Sit down by the gravesite and with a big bowl of brain food, kiddies, ''cause Mother Gruesom''s about to treat you to a collection of classic stories of crawling cadavers! Enjoy timeless tales such as ''Little Dead Riding Hood,'' ''The Ginger-Dead Man,'' ''Moldylocks,'' and ''Alice in Undead-land.

Celebrate 20 years of the fabulous females of Gold Digger! This new combination of profile pages and short stories offers you informative and entertaining glimpses at the diverse distaff of Fred Perry''s incredible universe. See why Gold Digger has the most engaging, strong, and inspiring female characters in the world!

Rarin'' to rumble for the title of best street-fight artist, but feeling more like a scrub than a scribe? Do your attempts to lay down the sweet punches, kicks, and ki blasts come out more like button-mashing than skilled artistry? Step up to the console, grasshoppah, and learn at the side of the high-score champs! From basic moves to more complex combos and fight choreography, we help you get priority over the competition, master the flow of a fight, and give you what it takes to earn your place in the street-fight art hall of fame!

It''s Tom & Jerry meets 28 Days Later as the Littlest Zombie and the Littlest Vampire fight tooth and nail, hand-to-detachable-hand for scant sustenance! Their quarry, the Littlest Survivor, must pull out every trick in the Apocalypse Survivor''s Handbook to keep his two supernatural stalkers at each other''s throats and off his!

Though civilization is in apocalyptic ruin, there''s one stronghold where the residents live in the lap of luxury. The estate of Cynthia Wrothchilde has everything the young heiress could ask for in a palace: private gardens; armed, gen-enhanced guards who obey her every command; hundreds of human slaves; and her collection of pet zombies, to whom she feeds the slaves occasionally. Everything except something exciting and new to play with. But the next crop of undead brought in by Cynthia''s bio-gen scouts seems to hold the cure to her boredom: the cutest little zombie she''s ever seen! Oh, she simply must have this one bound, shackled and dressed for a little tea party!

With her family safe from harm, Julia can focus all of her attention on her opponent G''nolga. A furious battle ensues, but Tirant and Array aren''t done with Julia yet... and they reveal an ancient weapon that, much to everyone''s alarm, summons one of the mysterious Shadows of Legend! FC, 21pg

Julia has survived the tournament and now must face G''nolga to claim the title of Arms Master of Jade. This is the battle everyone has been waiting for -- here and now! Meanwhile, Dr. Diggers and the Edge Guard, along with Gina, Brianna, Luan and Carla, fight their way out of the artifact known as the Bane, and discover what Tirant did with all of the kidnapped mages...along with the Bane''s true purpose! 25 pgs, full color.

Julia Diggers continues her slow, grueling climb through the Tournament of Arms. She fights her toughest matches yet against Milana, the strongest and most skilled of Amazon-Breeders, and Warhawk, a student of Jilrion and the greatest ax-wielder in the realm. Meanwhile, G''nolga launches her plan to secure her title as Armsmaster. Her first step, however, is nearly impossible: She must abduct and imprison the head of the barbarian war-council, Brunhildegard Brigand, Julia''s mother! Gina’s Grandma! FC, 22pg

Gina, unaware of Doa’s secret, sneaks a battered Stryyp onto her base, just when Brittany comes home and discovers the injured Hubby! Madrid is still there…. plotting her plots and shenanigans. Mom Diggers reveals stuff, and that she changed Seance into a War-Mage. Then lotsa expository stuff, and then to the forge! 17pgs.

Gina Diggers goes digging’ at the “Halls of the Extremely Undead” with Penny and Kevin…er…ACE, and Stryyp, and Seance. Stryyp jumps down first, because he can fly down, into a GIANT BLENDER!! Zoinks! Meanwhile a couplea Wurms are all about under directions of Fauntleroy stirring trouble! 17pgs.

On Gina''s next expedition, she finds herself searching the mysterious "Halls of the Extremely Dead," an archaic temple raised by the ancients to memorialize those who died in a most horrible fashion. Here Gina searches for the next Elemental Focus... alone! Plus a special guest artist 2-pager!! 17pg

Gina''s journey into the sunken continent of Muthia is complicated by the sudden appearance of one of her arch-rival treasure hunters, Erwin "Peewee" Talon... the 10 year- old biogenetic engineer. Peewee and his genetically enhanced bodyguards, in their desire to reach Muthia''s ancient archives first, release Muthia''s guardian spirit Grata, who has spent the centuries watching television through mystic receivers, has always wanted to be a gameshow host... and makes Gina and her group battle Peewee and his group in a deadly gameshow of his design for the secrets of Muthia''s archives! Little does either contestant team know that Grata has no intention of letting either party win! FC, 17pg

Gold Digger Black and White #47 JAN 1999 The battle between Brianna and her alter ego Grave Digger continues... and more of Seer''s Hamlet is destroyed in the process, starting with Nali''s hut. G''nolga and Hanzo use the distraction to capture more mages. As Gaja tries to stop G''nolga, Grave Digger turns Brianna''s peebos against her. Hanzo steals one of Nali''s potion that she intended for Sheila, but he finds drinking it has life-altering consequences. Hanzo has trouble dealing with his changes, but uses his new "attributes" to defeat Tirga and escape with the captured mages. Gaja''s and G’nolga''s fight seems to end in mutual defeat, but Hanzo comes back briefly to rescue G''nolga. Genn gets into Grave Digger''s head to show her demons are her own making. This allows Grave Digger and Brianna to come to terms and merge back together. Unfortunately, Gaja''s wounds prove too serious for his were-cat healing and he is dying... 26 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #46 NOV 1998 Brianna in a coma, being examined by a team of magic users and a doctor? The EdgeGuard in trouble with the local law? The aftermath of the return of Grave Digger continues. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #45 OCT 1998 Priestess Tanya decides she will need some extra help in her revenge against Stryyp and Britanny, so she turns to the opportunistic nine-year-old genius, Irwin Talon, for help. Together they search the Library of Time for anything that can destroy the Digger sisters! 26 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #44 SEPT 1998 On Jade, Array and Tirant reveal that they are stealing mages for a reason. Meanwhile, Sheila is afraid she has made Brianna lose her memory, and Brianna is using even more magic now. While Gar and Sheila try to figure out what is wrong with Brianna, Genn arrives and senses that the Grave Digger curse is back in control. The Edge Guard try to stop her, but Brianna only surrenders when Genn threatens to go into her mind. On Earth, Cheetah barely defeats the Beta-Phatom in time as she later learns when Charlotte lets slip that if the beta ring is overcharged it will explode along with whoever is using it. As Penny and Gina take turns babysitting a reviving a Saurian, another Beta-Phantom attacks... but is stopped by the awakened Saurian "robot". 24 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #41 JUN 1998 After the wedding of the year, And things are starting to settle down. Stripe''s trying his hand at BBQ, Brittany is relaxing while directing Gina''s workbots (Super Construction Votoms) in the building of the second story add-on to the house she shares with her sister, And Gina and Penny are back from the Appraisers with the cash received from their last adventure. Or has it? Who is Agent M? And what does he want with Stripe? Who are these Were-Rats? And why are they spying on the Diggers household? Now that Penny and Gina have a handle on Beta technology, what do they do with it? And Why is Brianna sneaking around? Things are shaping up to the kind of adventures you Don''t Go Looking For in this issue of Gold Digger. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #39 Mar 1998 New Logo! The Digger sisters are finally on their way back home after countless adventures and perils! But there is no rest for the weary. They are in for the surprise of their lives as they meet with a stranger with earth-shattering news: Britanny is no longer the last of her kind! 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #38 NOV 1997 Stryyp''s clash with the Dynasty of Evil is complicated with the untimely arrival of Gina and Britanny to Aebra, Stryyp''s home world. As Britanny is captured by Urio, Stryyp finds himself unable to fight against the Dynasty. All is lost unless Gina, Penny, Ace and Charlotte can rescue Britanny before it is too late! 26 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #37 SEPT 1997 This is it! It''s time for Gina, Britanny and Brianna to head off after Stryyp and the Dynasty of Evil he''s chasing! Unfortunately, one of Brianna''s experimental weapons, a small artificially intelligent mini-bomb/robot gets loose in the house and the gang has a hilarious time trying to catch the slick little bomb before it goes off (if it does, it will level half the complex! 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #36 JUL 1997 Britanny, Gina and Brianna prepare to make the long, perilous journey through space to find Britanny''s fiance, Stryyp. While Gina and Britanny prepare the spaceship, Brianna prepares the weapons, accidentally activating one of her artificially intelligent, mobile bombs -- leaving her with just five minutes to track down the evasive bomb before it destroys her lab! Meanwhile, Stryyp arrives on his home planet and faces off against the deadly forces of The Dynasty for the first time! 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #35 APR 1997 Time Warp: Part 7 of 8 Mita Celande, Gina and Britanny journey to Dr. Peachbody''s era in the far future to find a way to stop him! What they find is a record of his family history dating all the way back to the 20th century. Britanny goes back in time and takes Dr. Peachbody''s ancestor to the vet to be fixed! Dr. Peachbody''s plans are ruined! At the last moment, he transfers his consciousness to his faithful attack-boy''s body to avoid complete annihilation. With his new body, Dr. Peachbody seeks his revenge on Britanny! Concluded in Ninja High School (1986 Antarctic/Eternity) #57. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #34 FEB 1997 Time Warp: Part 5 of 8 The Gold Digger/Ninja High School mega-crossover continues! Gina and Mita are baffled by the insidious Doctor Peachbody''s ability to travel effortlessly through time and counter every move they make...until they discover that he''s been using the mysterious Time-Warp itself! With this discovery, they have a chance to face Peachbody on equal terms and with equal weapons. However, Doctor PeB&Wachbody has yet to reveal his ultimate weapon! Continued in Ninja High School (1986 Antarctic/Eternity) #56. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #32 OCT 1996 Time Warp: Part 1 of 8 A mysterious super-intelligent canine from the future has a grand design for mankind -- one that will eventually spawn the invisible Universal Empire ruled by ultra-genius dogs! His mission: go back into mankind''s history to plant the seeds of his future -- to "correct" human history. But first he must get rid of anyone who can interfere with his plans. His first targets: Mita Celande, time-traveling teacher of Quagmire High School, and Brianna Diggers. Can he trick them into going back in time to erase each other''s pasts? Continued in Ninja High School (1986 Antarctic/Eternity) #54. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #31 AUG 1996 The dastardly dog Dr. Peachbody and his boy, Benji, have been trapped in the chronoverse long enough to develop a simple, but nasty plot. Peachboy has decided to go all ''Sarah Conner'' and try to eliminate Gina Diggers by killing her parents before she was born. Elsewhere, Stripe has armed himself for battle to take out The Dynasty, but he''s going to need much more. 25 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #30 JUL 1996 The Dynasty has returned to El Dorado for revenge and to start it''s plan for world domination. Just as Stripe and Britanny''s wedding is a week away. Seance and Ryan journey to find El Dorado is gone. I know it''s a ''lost'' city, but that''s taking is a bit far. 24 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #29 APR 1996 Split story: The money wasting missions have piled up, along with Britanny''s credit debt. Financial disaster is the Diggers sisters greatest foe. First a yard sale of lab equipment , to a job at Taco Hut, to having your greatest rival offer you a loan. Does the humiliation never end? And Back on Jade - a well earned vacation from the kids for Theodore and Julia Diggers is interrupted by a call for help. What could be going on for the teacher of the most impressive Dr. Theodore Diggers Aura Mage Supreme to call for assistance. 24 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #28 FEB 1996 Gina and Cheetah make a mistake on their tax forms and get audited by the IRS! After having all of their possessions put up for auction, Penny winds up buying the Diggers Complex, and offers it back to Gina for free. Of course...there''s one small catch. 24 pages. B&W

Gold Digger Black and White #26 NOV 1995 Jinkies! Gina and Cheetah return to the magical kingdom of Shangri-La to attend the wedding of the Empress Lynn and Kahn. Once there, Lynn tells of how she survived the dangers of four years in the Astral Rifts! 21 pages. B&W