Amazing Joy Buzzards

The Amazing Joy Buzzards is a comic book series created by Mark Andrew Smith and Dan Hipp. The Amazing Joy Buzzards was first published in January 2005 by Image Comics.

The Amazing Joy Buzzards ran as two limited series. The issues from both series were collected in two trade paperback volumes.

June 2008 saw a "Director's Edition" reprint of the first two series of Amazing Joy Buzzards in a digest size trade paperback. The "Director's Edition" was translated in September 2009 into Italian by Renior Comics.

The second volume to follow the Director's edition titled "Monster Love" was expected in 2008 but to date has not been released.

In total there are three digest sized volumes planned with the final in the series titled "Strohm's Pit".

The Amazing Joy Buzzards are a rock 'n' roll adventure band that battles evil in all forms. The groups consists of Biff Ashby, Gabe Carlyle, and Stevo Vargas. Unbeknownst to the band, The Amazing Joy Buzzards are managed by Dalton Warner of the Creative International Artists Agency, which is really the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Warner uses the band's superstar status as a cover to get into places to which he normally would not have access. Dalton uses the band's knack for defeating supernatural evils to his advantage. The Amazing Joy Buzzards have the assistance of a Mexican Wrestling genie named El Campeon who assists people in their time of need. He can be summoned by a magic amulet and by shouting the words "Go El Campeon Go!".

Biff Ashby (First Appearance: AJB Vol. 1 #1) is the lead singer of the Amazing Joy Buzzards. He has mysterious green eyes that no woman can resist and an ego larger than the Colossus of Rhodes. Biff is always game for the ladies, but doesn't mind taking lumps for the lads. His stage presence only hints at his future importance to the world. Don't tell him that though, his head doesn't need to grow any larger.

Stevo Vargas (First Appearance: AJB Vol. 1 #1) is the Amazing Joy Buzzards' bass player who's the wildest one of the bunch. Stevo is a martial arts expert and a champion racecar driver. The world moves around him at its own pace but Stevo moves to the beat of his own drum. It may be hard to understand what Stevo is saying, but just make sure you're standing on his side in a skirmish. Some people suspect that he is half yeti.

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