Lot #292: "Ninjak #6" Comic Book -- 1996 Acclaim

"Ninjak #6" is a modern-age action and espionage comic book published by Acclaim Comics (under the Valiant Heroes banner) in August 1997. Written by Kurt Busiek with interior art by Neil Vokes and Jackie Roig, and a cover by Neil Vokes, this issue continues the rebooted adventures of Colin King. The narrative, titled "The Many Deaths of Ninjak," follows the British master spy and martial artist as he is drawn into a lethal game of shadows against a cabal of high-tech industrial saboteurs. In this installment, Colin must infiltrate a heavily fortified research facility in the Swiss Alps to retrieve a stolen neural-link processor, leading to a high-stakes confrontation with a squad of "shadow-drones" programmed with his own combat data. The story is noted for its more lighthearted, "James Bond-esque" tone compared to the original Valiant run and for the continued exploration of the advanced gadgetry and adaptive stealth suits that define this iteration of the character. A key entry for collectors of the Kurt Busiek era of Valiant characters and those interested in the brief but stylistically distinct Acclaim relaunch. Dimensions: 26 cm Pickup category timeslot {A}