Jon Sable, Freelance

    (First, 1983-1988, 2005-2007)
™ and ©1983 First Comics, Inc.
First was original publisher 1983–1988, IDW published book compilations 2005

While living in Africa, a brave man named Jon Sable tried to stop a band of poachers from preying on protected species. In retaliation, the poachers killed his family.

Years later, Jon Sable is living in New York, where, under the assumed name of B.B. Flemm, he is a favorite children’s book writer. But as Jon Sable, he is a mercenary—a freelance gun for hire. If the pay is right, no job is considered too dangerous. At the same time, he possesses an inner sense of nobility and fair play.

An excellent action-adventure series, Jon Sable, Freelance was created, written, and illustrated by the great Mike Grell.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jun 1983
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    1st Appearance of Sable
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  • 2
    #2
    Jul 1983
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 3
    #3
    Aug 1983
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Origin of Sable
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  • 4
    #4
    Sep 1983
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Origin of Sable
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  • 5
    #5
    Oct 1983
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Origin of Sable
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  • 6
    #6
    Nov 1983
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Origin of Sable
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  • 7
    #7
    Dec 1983
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 8
    #8
    Jan 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 9
    #9
    Feb 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 10
    #10
    Mar 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 11
    #11
    Apr 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 12
    #12
    May 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 13
    #13
    Jun 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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    #14
    Jul 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 15
    #15
    Aug 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 16
    #16
    Sep 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 17
    #17
    Oct 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 18
    #18
    Oct 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 19
    #19
    Dec 1984
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 20
    #20
    Jan 1985
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 21
    #21
    Feb 1985
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 22
    #22
    Mar 1985
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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    #23
    Apr 1985
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 24
    #24
    May 1985
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 25
    #25
    Jun 1985
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    W: Mike Grell, Peter B. Gillis  ·  A: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz
    Shatter back-up story
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  • 26
    #26
    Jul 1985
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    W: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz  ·  A: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz
    Shatter back-up story
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  • 27
    #27
    Aug 1985
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    W: Mike Grell, Peter B. Gillis  ·  A: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz
    Shatter back-up story
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  • 28
    #28
    Sep 1985
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    W: Mike Grell, Peter B. Gillis  ·  A: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz
    Shatter back-up story
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  • 29
    #29
    Oct 1985
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    W: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz  ·  A: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz
    Shatter back-up story
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  • 30
    #30
    Nov 1985
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    W: Mike Grell, Peter B. Gillis  ·  A: Mike Grell, Mike Saenz
    Shatter back-up story
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  • 31
    #31
    Dec 1985
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 32
    #32
    Jan 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 33
    #33
    Feb 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell, Sergio Aragonés
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  • 34
    #34
    Mar 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 35
    #35
    Apr 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 36
    #36
    May 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 37
    #37
    Jun 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 38
    #38
    Jul 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 39
    #39
    Aug 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 40
    #40
    Sep 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 41
    #41
    Oct 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 42
    #42
    Nov 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 43
    #43
    Dec 1986
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • 44
    #44
    Jan 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Judith Hunt
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  • 45
    #45
    Mar 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Judith Hunt
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  • 46
    #46
    Apr 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Manley
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  • 47
    #47
    May 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Manley
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  • 48
    #48
    Jun 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Manley
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  • 49
    #49
    Jul 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Manley
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  • 50
    #50
    Aug 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Robb Phipps
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  • 51
    #51
    Sep 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Gerald Forton
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  • 52
    #52
    Oct 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: George Booker
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  • 53
    #53
    Nov 1987
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Gerald Forton
    Origin of Captain Josh Winters NYPD
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  • 54
    #54
    Dec 1987
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    W: Geoff Markham, Frederick Luis Aldama  ·  A: Tony Salmons
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  • 55
    #55
    Jan 1988
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Tony Salmons
    Sable’s father“Jacklight”apppearance
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  • 56
    #56
    Feb 1988
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Bill Jaaska
    Final Issue; Sable’s father“Jacklight”apppearance
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  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    May 2005
    Cover: $24.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #1-6
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  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Mike Grell
    Apr 2005
    Cover: $50.00
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #1-6
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  • Bk 2
    Book #2
    Jun 2005
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #7–11
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  • Bk 2/HC
    Book #2 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition
    Jun 2005
    Cover: $39.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #7–11
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  • Bk 3
    Book #3
    Sep 2005
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #12–16
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  • Bk 4
    Book #4
    Dec 2005
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #17–21
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  • Bk 5
    Book #5
    Jul 2006
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #22-27
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  • Bk 6
    Book #6
    Dec 2005
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #28-33
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  • Bk 7
    Book #7
    Jun 2007
    Cover: $24.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #34–39
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  • Bk 8
    Book #8
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #40-43; Published by IDW
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  • Dlx 1
    Deluxe Set #1
    Cover: $29.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #1-16; Complete Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus Vol. 1; Published by IDW; ca. 2010
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  • Dlx 1-2
    Deluxe Set #1 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $29.95
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #1-16; Complete Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus Vol. 1; Published by ComicMix
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  • Dlx 1-3
    Deluxe Set #1 - 3rd printing
    Jun 2015
    Cover: $39.95
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Bill Jaaska
    Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus #1
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  • Dlx 2
    Deluxe Set #2
    Cover: $24.99
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #17-33; Complete Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus Vol. 2
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  • Dlx 2-2
    Deluxe Set #2 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $29.95
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #17-33; Complete Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus Vol. 2; Published by ComicMix
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  • Dlx 2-3
    Deluxe Set #2 - 3rd printing
    Sep 2015
    Cover: $39.95
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Bill Jaaska
    Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus #2
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  • Dlx 2/SC
    Deluxe Set #2 Special Cover
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    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
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  • Dlx 3
    Deluxe Set #3
    Dec 2015
    Cover: $59.95
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable, Freelance #34-56; Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus Vol. 3; Published by ComicMix
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  • Dlx 4
    Deluxe Set #4
    Dec 2016
    Cover: $35.00
    W: Mike Grell  ·  A: Mike Grell
    Collects Jon Sable Freelance: Ashes of Eden #1-5 and Jon Sable, Freelance: Bloodtrail #1-6; Job Sable Freelance Omnibus Vol. 4; Published by Comicmix
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