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PUBLISHERS NOTE: Flare Adventures #1 - 12. Those issues were black and white reprints of color printed stories originally appearing in the FLARE series which are offered here (click).

Flare Adventures #13

Flare Adventures #14

This Free Comic Book Day 2005 issue of Flare Adventures features Flare starring in "Challenge of the Whipperette," the Black Enchantress in "On the Waterfront," and the occult detective Psyche in "Demons in the Night."
 

Writer: Wilson Hill

Artist: Frank Brunner, Mike Estlick, Gordon Purcell, Terry Pallot, Albert Deschesne, J. Adam Walters, Rob Lansley, Keith Chancey, Doug Brown, Chris Marrinan

36 Pages - Color

Flare! The Huntsman! Psyche! Icestar! Doctor Arcane! The Black Enchantress! The League of Champions returns on a mission into Mount Weather to save President Bush from a demonic doppelganger. Part One of this classic Champions adventure is by Lou Mougin, Henry Martinez, and Rob Lansley. There are also pinups of the Huntsman and Icestar. And, if you look quickly, you just might catch a surprise glimpse of the Liberty Girl.

Writer: Lou Mougin, Wilson Hill

Artist: Henry Martinez, Joe Flaherty, Mike Estlick, Rob Lansley, Frank Martin Jr., Jean Simek, Albert Deschesne, J. Adam Walters

36 Pages - Color

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Flare Adventures #15

Flare Adventures #16

Flare's classic adventures in Olympus are retold, for the first in full color. First, our glittering goddess of the light has an encounter with "Pan!" Then the stage is set for her return to the realm of the gods in "Azsum-Gandi vs. Planet Earth."
 

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Frank Brunner, Mike Estlick, Larry Houston, Jeff Albrecht, Jim Massara, Mark Propst, Jean Simek

36 Pages - Color

There's a special guest appearance by Lady Arcane in "Glitter." Then Pan stops by to recruit Flare for a mission to Olympus that's been made necessary by the unexpected "Return of Nyx." All this, plus a double-page pinup featuring the Olympian gods.
 

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Frank Brunner, Mike Estlick, Mark Propst, David Cody Weiss, Dell Barras, Jean Simek

36 Pages - Color

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Flare Adventures #17

Flare Adventures #18

Flare's first encounter with the savage Tigress is retold. Also in the issue, the all-new debut of Commander Fantastic and the All-Girl Hero League.
 

Writer: Dennis Mallonee, Wilson Hill, Ruben Montecinos

Artist: Mark Propst, Melchman, David Cody Weiss, Ruben Montecinos, Albert Deschesne

36 Pages - Color

Santa's little elfin granddaughter Chrissie Claus returns in an all new adventure introducing "Sigma-Chi, Master of Claus Fu." There's also a Chrissie pinup, plus Flare tells a story of "The Adventures of Dolf."
 

Writer: Wilson Hill, Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Rob Lansley, Dick Giordano, Heebink, Meyer, Salibo, Albert Deschesne, Mike Estlick, Mark Propst, Tim Burgard, Stan Sakai, Michael Kelleher
36 Pages - Color

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Flare Adventures #19

Flare Adventures #20

It's a super-sized 52-page issue featuring four complete adventures. Flare stars in "Genesis: The Gladiatrix." Chrissie Claus is featured in "Into the Black Forest." Commander Fantastic is introduced to "The All-Girl Hero League." And it's the the debut of "Naomi Battle Squirrel."

Writer: Wilson Hill, Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Rob Lansley, Dick Giordano, Heebink, Meyer, Salibo, Albert Deschesne, Mike Estlick, Mark Propst, Tim Burgard, Stan Sakai, Michael Kelleher

36 Pages - Color

Flare's classic adventures in Olympus resume with "The Night Eternal," by Dennis Mallonee and Mark Propst. Also, Commander Fantastic and the All-Girl Hero League are featured in an all-new tale by Wilson Hill and Ruben Montecinos.

 

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Mark Propst, Ruben Montecinos

32 Pages - Color

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Flare Adventures #21

Flare Adventures #22

FLARE's classic adventures in Olympus continue when she recruits Aphrodite, the goddess of love, to help her locate the hiding place of the wicked night-goddess Nyx. Also in this issue, LADY ARCANE and the naughty BLACK ENCHANTRESS star in the classic adventure, "All the Best Magic," by Dennis Mallonee and Howard Simpson.

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Mark Propst, Howard Simpson

32 Pages - Color

It's the glittering goddess of the light's showdown with the night goddess NYX in the cataclysmic, full-color conclusion to FLARE's classic adventure in Olympus, by Dennis Mallonee and Mark Propst. Also in this issue, for the first time in color, enjoy a glimpse into Flare's past, when she was growing up as a girl in the Amazon rain forest, with the classic adventure, "Fala," by Dennis Mallonee, Sam Payne, and Mark Morales. All this, plus two all-new Flare Sunday pages by Dennis Mallonee and Tim Burgard.

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Mark Propst, Sam Payne, Mark Morales, Tim Burgard

36 Pages - Color

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Flare Adventures #23

Flare Adventures #24

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN PRINT! ONLY AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT!

It's an all-new, never before published blast from the past as we travel back to the days when Flare was a girl growing up in the jungles of the Amazon to witness "The Death of Fala," by Dennis Mallonee and Jeff Tompkins. Also in this issue, for the first time in color, the savage original TIGRESS gets ready for her second encounter with our glittering goddess of the light in the classic tale, "The Return of the Tigress," by Dennis Mallonee, Paul Abrams, and John Tighe.

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Jeff Tompkins, Nathan Santistevan, Paul Abrams, John Tighe, Dick O'Malley, Clare Neuman

32 Pages - Color

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN PRINT! ONLY AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT!

In this 24th issue of Flare Adventures, writer Dennis Mallonee and artist Paul Abrams present "The Revenge of the Tigress." When the savage TIGRESS swaps bodies with FLARE, our glittering heroine finds herself in a heap of trouble, and it may be that not even LADY ARCANE will be able to help her put things to right. Also in this issue, the naughty Black Enchantress stars in the classic adventure, "What Every Boy Wants," by Dennis Mallonee and Howard Simpson. All this, plus three new pages from the Flare Sunday newspaper strip, by Mallonee and Beachum!

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Mark Beachum, Paul Abrams, Howard Simpson

32 Pages - Color

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Flare Annual #1

Flare Annual #2

The first FLARE ANNUAL features reprints of two classic adventures of Flare and the League of Champions. "Working Vacation" is from Champions v2 #2. "Family" is from Champions v2 #3. Also featured are two Flare Sunday pages by Tim Burgard.
 

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Tim Burgard, Chris Marrinan & Dell Barras

50 Pages - Color

If your local newspaper hasn't been carrying the Flare Sunday comic strip, this is your chance to see what you've been missing. The 2009 Flare Annual features 44 full-color installments of the weekly adventures of comics' glittering goddess of the light. Villains featured in these strips include the amazing Darkon, the sinister Doctor Pomegranate, the savage Tigress, and the superswift Dash. You'll get to see guest appearances by Lady Arcane, Sparkplug, and none other than Santa's li'l elfin granddaughter Chrissie Claus!

Writer: Dennis Mallonee

Artist: Mark Beachum, Tim Burgard, Gordon Purcell, Mark Propst

48 Pages - Color

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