Beach Volleyball and Comic Books

Updated 9/2/2024

Two of my favorite things are beach volleyball and comic books. So, I have decided to combine the two and start collecting comic books with beach volleyball on the cover or the interior. I have not decided if I am going to collect all the Manga and Archie books are just focus on the super-hero related titles. If you happen to run across a title I have missed, please let me know. To assist in this process, I have started making a list of issues that have this. My list so far is:

Achie 388 Archie
Archie 450 Archie
Archie 233 Archie
Archie’s Double Digest Magazine 209 Archie Magazine
Archie’s Pals ‘n’ Gals` 219 Archie
BDBU Colleyball Gameday 2022 Indy DBU Promotional Giveaway
Betty & Veronica Spectacular 37 Archie
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun 4 Archie
Captain Marvel 50 Marvel Amanda Conner Variant
Crossed Special 2013 Cover A
Crossed Special 2013 Cover B
Fantasy Sports 2 Manga
Gold Digger Swimsuit 9 Antactic Press
Gretel: Dark Impulses Zenescope Olumpic Volleybal Variant Ian MacDonald
Haikyuu Manga – 45 volumes
Harukana Receive Manga – 9 volumes
Lady Death 25 Boundless Sexy Sport Volleyball Variant Cover
Laugh 253 Archie
Laugh 308 Archie
Lilo & Stitch 1 Dynamite Volleyball Trade Dress Variant
Mara 1 Image
Mara 2 Image
Mara 3 Image
Mara 4 Image
Mara 5 Image
Mara 6 Image
Marvel Age 53 Marvel
Marville 3 Marvel

Ninja High school 127 Antarctic Press
Pep 404 Archie
Reggie and Me 100 Archie
Street Fighter & Friends Swimsuit Special 1 Udon Jul-24
Street Fighter Summer Sports Special 2018 Udon Cammy Cover B


Archie 301 Archie
Archie 297 Archie
Archie 344
Archie Comics Digest 5 Archie
Archie Giant Series Magazine 510 Archie
Archie Jumbo Comics 331 Archie
Archie’s Joke Book Magazine 116 Archie
Archie’s Girls Betty and Veronica 262 Archie
Archie’s Girls Betty and Veronica 127 Archie
Attack on Titan Junior High 4 Manga Graphic Novel
Betty 45 Archie
Betty and Me 145 Archie
Betty and Veronica Beach Party TPB Archie Possible reprints
Betty and Veronica Double Digest 182 Archie
Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest 315 Archie
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun 1 Archie
Green Arrow 12 DC
Hit the Beach ’93 1 Antarctic Press May not have volleyball
Jughead 97 Archie
Legion of Super-Heroes 286 DC
Local Man 25 Image
Street Fighter Swimsuit Special Collection 1 Udon
Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact 367
Zodiac Starforce 2 Dark Horse

If you discover another comic with volleyball, please let me know.

Burg Comics Con 2023

Please visit the Facebook Event page for additional information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1029615501336118

Burg Comics Con 2022 – Gaming Schedule

10am Catan ran by Mickey

3-4 Players/ 60-120 Minutes/ Ages 10+

In CATAN (formerly The Settlers of Catan), players try to be the dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements, cities, and roads. On each turn dice are rolled to determine what resources the island produces. Players build by spending resources (sheep, wheat, wood, brick and ore) that are depicted by these resource cards; each land type, with the exception of the unproductive desert, produces a specific resource: hills produce brick, forests produce wood, mountains produce ore, fields produce wheat, and pastures produce sheep. A turn consists of possibly playing a development card, rolling the dice, everyone (perhaps) collecting resource cards based on the roll and position of houses (or upgraded cities—think: hotels) unless a 7 is rolled, turning in resource cards (if possible and desired) for improvements, trading cards at a port, and trading resource cards with other players. If a 7 is rolled, the active player moves the robber to a new hex tile and steals resource cards from other players who have built structures adjacent to that tile.

Points are accumulated by building settlements and cities, having the longest road and the largest army (from some of the development cards), and gathering certain development cards that simply award victory points. When a player has gathered 10 points (some of which may be held in secret), he announces his total and claims the win.

11am Red Dragon Inn ran by Jeff

2-4 Players/ 45 min/ Ages 13+

In Red Dragon Inn, you and your friends are a party of heroic, fantasy adventurers. You’ve raided the dungeon, killed the monsters, and taken their treasure. Now you’re back, and what better way to celebrate your most recent victory than to spend an evening at the Red Dragon Inn. You and your adventuring companions will spend the night drinking, gambling, and roughhousing. The last person who is both sober enough to remain conscious and shrewd enough to hold onto his Gold Coins wins the game.

12pm Kingdomino ran by Carolyn

2-4 Players/ 15-25 Minutes/ Ages 8+

In Kingdomino, you are a lord seeking new lands in which to expand your kingdom. You must explore all the lands, including wheat fields, lakes, and mountains, in order to spot the best plots, while competing with other lords to acquire them first.

The game uses tiles with two sections, similar to Dominoes. Each turn, each player will select a new domino to connect to their existing kingdom, making sure at least one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play. The order of who picks first depends on which tile was previously chosen, with better tiles forcing players to pick later in the next round. The game ends when each player has completed a 5×5 grid (or failed to do so), and points are counted based on number of connecting tiles and valuable crown symbols.

1pm Never Bring a Knife ran by Chris Eddings

4-8 Players/ 20-30 Min/ Ages 17+

Never Bring a Knife is a light, quick social deduction card game with less talking and more shooting. It’s got fast-paced action inspired by modern action movies, and a new mechanical approach that’s a breath of fresh air in the social deduction genre.

When the first player falls, everyone who had the same role — Cops or Criminals — loses. The whole other team wins.

Find your friends, keep your head down, and don’t tip your hand!

1pm-4pm D&D Ran by Terry

All items needed to play will be provided. This will be a 5th edition one-shot titled ‘A Midsummer Nightmare’. Pre-generated characters will be provided.

2pm King of Tokyo ran by Mickey

2-6 Players/ 30 Min/ Ages 8+

In King of Tokyo, you play mutant monsters, gigantic robots, and strange aliens—all of whom are destroying Tokyo and whacking each other in order to become the one and only King of Tokyo.

At the start of each turn, you roll six dice, which show the following six symbols: 1, 2, or 3 Victory Points, Energy, Heal, and Attack. Over three successive throws, choose whether to keep or discard each die in order to win victory points, gain energy, restore health, or attack other players into understanding that Tokyo is YOUR territory.

The fiercest player will occupy Tokyo, and earn extra victory points, but that player can’t heal and must face all the other monsters alone!

Top this off with special cards purchased with energy that have a permanent or temporary effect, such as the growing of a second head which grants you an additional die, body armor, nova death ray, and more…. and it’s one of the most explosive games of the year!

In order to win the game, one must either destroy Tokyo by accumulating 20 victory points, or be the only surviving monster once the fighting has ended.

2:30pm Red Dragon Inn ran by Jeff

2-4 Players/ 45 min/ Ages 13+

In Red Dragon Inn, you and your friends are a party of heroic, fantasy adventurers. You’ve raided the dungeon, killed the monsters, and taken their treasure. Now you’re back, and what better way to celebrate your most recent victory than to spend an evening at the Red Dragon Inn. You and your adventuring companions will spend the night drinking, gambling, and roughhousing. The last person who is both sober enough to remain conscious and shrewd enough to hold onto his Gold Coins wins the game.

3pm Never Bring a Knife ran by Chris Eddings

4-8 Players/ 20-30 Min/ Ages 17+

Never Bring a Knife is a light, quick social deduction card game with less talking and more shooting. It’s got fast-paced action inspired by modern action movies, and a new mechanical approach that’s a breath of fresh air in the social deduction genre.

When the first player falls, everyone who had the same role — Cops or Criminals — loses. The whole other team wins.

Find your friends, keep your head down, and don’t tip your hand!

4pm Tsuro of the Seas ran by Carolyn

2-8 Players/ 20-40 Min/ Ages 8+

Each turn players add “wake” tiles to the 7×7 game board; each tile has two “wake connections” on each edge, and as the tiles are placed on the board, they create a connected network of paths. If a wake is placed in front of a ship, that ship then sails to the end of the wake. If the ship goes off the board, that player is out of the game. If a daikaiju tile hits a wake tile, a ship, or another daikaiju tile, the object hit is removed from the game. Another way to be ousted! The more daikaiju tiles on the game board, the faster players will find themselves trying to breathe water…

Burg Comics Con 2022

Saturday September 3rd, 2022
10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Bulldog Business Center
540 N Commercial St
Harrisburg, IL 62946

The 12th annual Burg Comics Con will take place on Saturday September 3, 2022 from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Bulldog Business Center in Harrisburg, IL. Please start passing the word along to your friends and encourage them to become a fan of our page on Facebook to keep up with the latest news. Admission to the convention is FREE, but we are requesting a charitable donation to the Saline County 4Cs. As additional details become available, they will be posted here and on the Burg Comics Facebook page. The best place to get information will be on the Burg Comics Con 2022 event page on Facebook, so be sure and check it out at Burg Comics Con 2022 | Facebook.

Convention Schedule

Schedule for September 3, 2022

  • 10:00 AM Doors Open
  • 10:00 AM Silent Charity Auction begins
  • 10:00 AM Gaming Events begin, managed by Greyhawke Gamers Guild
  • 03:00 PM Burg Comics Con 2022 Costume Contest hosted by Costumers for Christ
  • 04:00 PM Silent Charity Auction ends
  • 05:00 PM Burg Comics Con 2022 ends

Burg Comics Con 2021 – Cosplay

The costume contest is returning to Burg Comics Con 2021. Categories for the costume contest will be: Boys (Ages 0 to 13), Girls (Ages 0 to 13), Best Overall Costume, Best Superhero Costume, and Best Overall Costume Runner-Up.

Costume Contest Rules:

  1. Any prop, item or activity that presents the possibility of damage to the entrants, their costumes, the audience, or the facility is prohibited.
  2. Good taste must be used in the creation and presentation of costumes. Gore, violence, nudity, profanity and other objectionable elements are prohibited. Burg Comics Con is a family oriented event so please use common sense in the selection of your costume.
  3. Failure to abide by any of the costume contest rules may result in disqualification from the contest and possible removal from the convention site.
  4. Most genres of costumes are welcome for the contest. Preference in prizes will be given to handmade designs.
  5. If you have any questions about costume contest rules, please contact Burg Comics at admin@burgcomics.com.

The winner of the Best Overall Costume category will receive a $75 gift certificate to spend at the convention. The winners of the Best Superhero Costume will receive a $50 gift certificate and Best Overall Costume Runner-Up will receive $25 convention gift certificates. The winner of the Boys and Girls category will each receive a $20 gift certificate to spend at the convention.

Cosplay Event Schedule

  • 03:15 PM – Burg Comics Con 2021 Costume Contest hosted/judged by Costumers for Christ

Burg Comics Con 2021 – Creators and Vendors

Writers:
Cathy Jackson
Jon Musgrave
Rick Bradley
Amy Hale
Terry Crain

Artists:
Brad Moore of Brad Moore – Illustration Station
Becky L Vaughn Owens
Mega Powers Studio (David Clark and Monte Baldwin)
Eric Hawkins

Artisans:
Anita Palmisano of The Little Black Cat Company
Brainstorms Laboratory

Vendors:
Alvin Minnick of A & J Comics, Cards, and Collectibles
Charles Lampert
Shelia Moore
Oller’s Oddities-art of the strange and weird
Infinity comics Games & Toys
Derby and Dragons
George R Christy of the Imperial Outpos
Jessica’s Krafty Kreations
Castle Perilous Games & Books
Heroes4Hire
Brad Potts
Timothy
EA Comix
Derby and Dragons
Melissa Russell
Kelly Laster

Burg Comics Con 2021 – Featured Guests

Kyle Starks

Joe Dodd

Justin Holman

Brian K. Morris

Todd Fox

Burg Comics Con 2021 – Charity

At Burg Comics Con 2021 we will once again be raising money for the Saline County 4Cs (Christian Community Compassion Center). Everyone who brings in a non-perishable food item or toiletry donation will receive 10 free comics. We will also be holding a silent auction to raise money for the 4Cs as well. If you are unable or forget to bring a donation, do not worry. Make a $1 cash donation the 4Cs and receive 10 free comics. There will be several 1000 comics to choose from. Over the past six years, Burg Comics has given away over 15000 comics to raise money for the 4Cs. And if helping a good cause is not enough, you will also get free comics just for showing up.

There will also be a silent charity auction for the Saline County 4Cs beginning at 10:00 AM and running until 4:15 PM. If you would like to donate an item to the charity auction, please contact me at admin@burgcomics.com. Some of the items currently in the silent auction include:

  1. Signed Comics
  2. Marvel Comics Posters

More items are being added!

Burg Comics Con 2021 – Gaming

Tentative Gaming Schedule as of 9/4/2021:

10am-12pm Dune: Imperium 1-4 Players  60-120 Min  Ages 14+    Ran by Mickey Smith

You start with a unique leader card, as well as deck identical to those of your opponents. As you acquire cards and build your deck, your choices will define your strengths and weaknesses. Cards allow you to send your Agents to certain spaces on the game board, so how your deck evolves affects your strategy. You might become more powerful militarily, able to deploy more troops than your opponents. Or you might acquire cards that give you an edge with the four political factions represented in the game: the Emperor, the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the Fremen.  Unlike many deck-building games, you don’t play your entire hand in one turn. Instead, you draw a hand of cards at the start of every round and alternate with other players, taking one Agent turn at a time (playing one card to send one of your Agents to the game board). When it’s your turn and you have no more Agents to place, you’ll take a Reveal turn, revealing the rest of your cards, which will provide Persuasion and Swords. Persuasion is used to acquire more cards, and Swords help your troops fight for the current round’s rewards as shown on the revealed Conflict card.

12pm-2pm Catan 3-4 Players 60-120 Min Ages 10+  Ran by Chris Eddings

In CATAN (formerly The Settlers of Catan), players try to be the dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements, cities, and roads. On each turn dice are rolled to determine what resources the island produces. Players build by spending resources (sheep, wheat, wood, brick and ore) that are depicted by these resource cards; each land type, with the exception of the unproductive desert, produces a specific resource: hills produce brick, forests produce wood, mountains produce ore, fields produce wheat, and pastures produce sheep. Points are accumulated by building settlements and cities, having the longest road and the largest army (from some of the development cards), and gathering certain development cards that simply award victory points. When a player has gathered 10 points (some of which may be held in secret), he announces his total and claims the win.

2pm-3pm Res Arcana 2-4 Players 20-60 Min  Ages 12+ Ran by Mickey Smith

In it, Life, Death, Elan, Calm, and Gold are the essences that fuel the art of magic. Choose your mage, gather essences, craft unique artifacts, and use them to summon dragons, conquer places of power, and achieve victory!  A game typically lasts 4-6 rounds. In each round, players do these steps:

  • Collect essences: performs any Collect abilities, and may take essences from components.
  • Do actions, 1 per turn, clockwise from the First Player: place an artifact, claim a monument or Place of Power, discard a card for 1 Gold or any 2 other essences, use a power on a straightened component, or pass: exchange magic items and draw 1 card. Play continues until all players have passed.
  • Pass procedure: If you are first to pass, take the First Player token, swap your magic item for a different magic item, draw 1 card.

Check victory points (10+ VPs). If no one has won: straighten all turned components, and begin the next round.

3:00pm- 4:30pm DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Forever Evil  2-5 Players  45-75 Min  Ages 14+  Ran by Chris Eddings

It’s fun to be bad! In the DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Forever Evil, players finally get to play the game as some of the most infamous Super-Villains in the DC Universe! With a name like Forever Evil, you can expect to find new and more dangerous Attacks, rugged Defenses and a number of nefarious ways to mess with your opponents. Card destruction is rampant in the set! Like every good Villain knows, henchmen you leave behind don’t count toward the bottom line. If you’re tired of ending the game with Starter cards still in your deck, then this is the set for you!

4:30pm-5pm  Kingdomino  2-4 Players 15 Min Ages 8+  Ran by Carolyn Smith

In Kingdomino, you are a lord seeking new lands in which to expand your kingdom. You must explore all the lands, including wheat fields, lakes, and mountains, in order to spot the best plots, while competing with other lords to acquire them first.  The game uses tiles with two sections, similar to Dominoes. Each turn, each player will select a new domino to connect to their existing kingdom, making sure at least one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play. The order of who picks first depends on which tile was previously chosen, with better tiles forcing players to pick later in the next round. The game ends when each player has completed a 5×5 grid (or failed to do so), and points are counted based on number of connecting tiles and valuable crown symbols.

Burg Comics Con 2021

Saturday September 4th, 2021
10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Bonan Business Center
540 N Commercial St
Harrisburg, IL 62946

The 11th annual Burg Comics Con will take place on Saturday September 4, 2021 from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Bonan Business Center in Harrisburg, IL. Please start passing the word along to your friends and encourage them to become a fan of our page on Facebook to keep up with the latest news. Admission to the convention is FREE, but we are requesting a charitable donation to the Saline County 4Cs. As additional details become available, they will be posted here and on the Burg Comics Facebook page.

Featured Guests

Creators and Vendors

Cosplay

Gaming

Charity

Schedule