Battle Chasers

    (Image, 1998-2001)
™ and ©1998 Joe Madureira

(From The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide)

It’s almost an unwritten rule that all fantasy comics are poor, yet Joe Madureira may well be the first to buck the trend since Conan the Barbarian. Thus far, Battle Chasers combines elements of Tolkien, Star Wars, and the Roman Empire to good effect, introducing an intriguing, although hardly original, cast including an aged wizard, young neophyte, an enormous battle robot who loves nature, and a woman with the biggest breasts in the world. Well dialogued by the previously unknown Munier Sharrieff, Madureira’s impressive action art completes a stylish and enticing package. ~WJ

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date:  4/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $20.00 6 copies available from $9.95	Wraparound cover	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#1 (2nd printing) Date:  4/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $13.00 3 copies available from $14.95	2nd printing	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#1 Variation A Date:  4/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $19.00 2 copies available from $19.95	Alternate cover, logo on back side of wraparound cover	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#1 Variation B Date:  4/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $49.00 No copies available	Limited holochrome cover (limited to 5,000 copies); Wraparound	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#1 Variation C Date:  4/1/1998 Cover Price:  $4.50 NM Guide:  $92.00 1 copy available for $94.99	Gold Come on, take a peek cover (Monika)	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#2 Date:  5/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $3.25 8 copies available from $0.99		Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#2 Variation A Date:  5/1/1998 Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $32.00 1 copy available for $32.00	Special omnichrome cover from Dynamic Forces	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#2 Variation B Date:  5/1/1998 Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $7.00 No copies available	Battlechrome edition; Autographed	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#3 Date:  7/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $3.75 6 copies available from $3.30		Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#4 Variation A Date:  10/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 3 copies available from $2.00	Four alternate back covers form quadtych	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#4 Variation B Date:  10/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $3.50 4 copies available from $3.50	Old man on cover	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#4 Variation C Date:  10/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 2 copies available from $2.75	Four alternate back covers form quadtych	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#4 Variation D Date:  10/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.00 1 copy available for $7.99	Man with eyes closed, holding sword and necklace	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#5 Date:  5/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.50 6 copies available from $0.99		Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#6 Date:  8/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $2.75 4 copies available from $2.75	Man sitting, red background on cover	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff, Adam Warren	Joe Madureira, Adam Warren
	#6 Variation A Date:  8/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $4.00 4 copies available from $2.50	Top shot of Monika on cover, dark background	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#6 Variation B Date:  8/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $45.00 1 copy available for $44.95	Top shot of Monika on cover, white background	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#7 Date:  1/1/2001 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $19.00 1 copy available for $17.95		Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#7 Variation A Date:  Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $8.00 2 copies available from $8.00	Green cover	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira, Tom McWeeney, Jason Martin, Scott Williams
	#7 Variation B Date:  1/1/2001 Cover Price:  $2.25 NM Guide:  $30.00 3 copies available from $20.00	Alternate cover (kid in front, big monster behind)	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira, Tom McWeeney, Jason Martin, Scott Williams
	#8 Date:  5/1/2001 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $4.50 2 copies available from $4.50		Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	#9 Date:  6/1/2001 Cover Price:  $3.50 NM Guide:  $19.00 1 copy available for $39.99	Flipbook with bonus story	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira, Adam Warren
	Ashcan #1 Date:  8/1/1998 Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $19.00 3 copies available from $19.00	Preview edition; 1st appearance of Battle Chasers	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	Ashcan #1 Variation A Date:  8/1/1998 Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $15.00 No copies available	Gold logo with Hologram Seal	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	Ashcan #1 Gold Edition Date:  8/1/1998 Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $12.00 No copies available	Gold logo	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	Book #1 Date:  11/1/1998 Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide:  $18.00 1 copy available for $16.00	Collects Battle Chasers #1-2	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	Book #2 Date:  5/1/1999 Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide:  $7.50 1 copy available for $13.00	Collects Battle Chasers #3-4	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	Deluxe Set #1 Date:  12/1/1999 Cover Price:  $14.95 NM Guide:  $25.00 No copies available	A Gathering of Heroes; Trade paperback; Collects Battle Chasers #1-5 and Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #2	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira
	Deluxe Set #1 Hardcover Date:  12/1/1999 Cover Price:  $24.95 NM Guide:  $99.00 No copies available	Hardcover; A Gathering of Heroes	Joe Madureira, Munier Sharrieff	Joe Madureira