1993 Wizard: The Guide to Comics #27 (Direct Edition) - EX

Catalog a key late-1993 WildStorm focus issue for your archival inventory: Wizard: The Guide to Comics #27! Published by Wizard Entertainment, this unbagged direct newsstand/store edition features striking front cover artwork by Jim Lee and Scott Williams (signed "J'MLEE / WILLIAMS" in the lower left foreground), depicting WildStorm's flagship covert operatives Grifter, Spartan, and Void in dynamic focus against a techno-organic pink and purple background. The cover design is framed beneath bright yellow-to-orange gradient WIZARD title typography, top header feature callouts ("WILDC.A.T.S: JIM LEE & CO. SPEAK OUT", "ALAN MOORE: IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW", "DAN JURGENS: ON SUPERMAN/DOOMSDAY REMATCH"), and the blue issue box "No. 27".

The back cover features a full-page commercial video game advertisement from Acclaim Entertainment and Midway for the home console release of Mortal Kombat. The ad highlights glowing press review quotes from Sega Visions, Nintendo Power, GamePro, and GB Action ("AWESOME FIGHTING ACTION!") alongside four in-game action screenshots ("JOHNNY CAGE'S SHADOW KICK!", "GORO LIVES!", "LIU KANG'S FIREBALL!", "FINISH HIM!") and retail box art for Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, and Super NES. A premier entry for 1990s comic industry archivists, WildC.A.T.s / Jim Lee completionists, Alan Moore historians, and 16-bit gaming catalogers!

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Cover & Spine Condition - NEAR MINT (NM): Original high-gloss cover retains bright yellow-to-orange title typography, vibrant magenta energy effects, and sharp line definition across Jim Lee and Scott Williams' illustration with zero surface scuffs or color breaks. Spine is flat, square, and tight with precise staple positioning and no stress lines; corners remain crisp and sharp.

• Interior & Back Cover Integrity: Interior high-grade newsprint pages remain clean, flat, and un-marred. The back cover featuring the Acclaim / Midway Mortal Kombat ad maintains deep background crowd tones, crisp white and yellow headline text, vivid box packaging photography, and square edge margins with no creasing or foxing.

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