Leather & Lace #13 Aircel, Aug 1990, b&w, Adult.
1 Leather & Lace #13 cover Downtown San Francisco: Billy in his bandanna and short gym shorts, sneakers and no socks walks with Chris, a backpack on his shoulders and a sweatshirt on with hood. Chris insisted on picking up Pam on the way, telling Billy this is the weirdest date she's ever been on. Homer tells Pam to tell Harry not to moonlight. Pam calls Homer a grouch. Homer asks Billy if he still reads superhero stuff, "I know you and the lizard like leotards but..." Chris calls it a trend but Billy tells him, "I kinda like the Mutant Turtles." Chris just wants to get it over with. Cavonie Inn: Ramone is nervous since this is his first convention as a dealer. Harry is helping him set up. Ramone tells Harry that Neji has been kind of different. Harry thinks he just needs time, he's been through a lot. Neji stands with his hand behind his back and touching his own arm, asking how the booth looksññAdult Books, A Different Glow stand. Next to Ramone's booth is a booth with a sign that says Gum Cards, Superhero, Jockstraps, vibrating, lubr...the dealer there asks, "Do you guys really expect to sell homo books at a comic convention?" Ramone says, "Well we're hoping to, sir...why?" "That queer stuff don't appeal to superhero fans," he tells them, then goes on about tights, leotards, nylon stockings, garter belts, spandex panties, fishnet stockings, domino masks, whips, straps. Roger tells Tim that all the Orientals look alike when Tim reports Neji is back. Tim asks how he is supposed to do his sketches without his light table and photocopier. Neji, in his lizard costume, tells Thumper he loves her and calls her Mistress. Velvet, in her secret agent outfit and overcoat, is ready to leave with Dick. Thumper is to carry on tutoring the guests. Velvet wants the distributors' books sprayed with her special mind trap solution so she could have a nation of zombie slaves. Thumper brings the lizard boys into the room where the four super heroes are strapped with arms over heads. She makes on lizard pick up a vibrator. One lizard chooses the naked hanging blond boy (Vibrator) to get started on. In his backpack, Billy has the Bulk set of comics for the artist to sign. Pam asks Chris if she sees any hunks yet but Chris tells her as long as she has her little Billy, she is happy. Pam says, "Aw...look! He's blushing." Billy's mouth is screwed up, "I'm not." Harry is doin security and stamps their hands. Chris smiles, "What a guy." Pam goes off, seeing a real hunk. Chris is happy if Billy is happy. Billy's package evident, he and Chris head out to the dealer's room. Inside: a boy with black hair says, "I'll have one of those, two of these and a set of them!" Another says, "Don't forget the graphic novels, Lee." These two may or may not be Oriental as their eyes look round. Lee says, "That's right, Shen," and turns to a tall white man with a tie, "Can we get all of them, Richard?" Richard asks if they take credit cards. The dealer near Ramone goes on about superhero stuff, "...It's thatsuperhero stuff that suck em in...big, strong, allñAmerican men in skin tight outfits with rippling muscles." Leaning head on hands, Ramone tells the dealer near him to stop talking about superhero stuff, "I'm getting turned on." Behind the man on a sign is Dripping...Chris tells Ramone not in public. Ramone did an experiment to see if the market would take...it didn't. No one is buying their stuff. Billy says, "Hi Neji." Neji says, "Hi." The dealer thinks, "How come all those funny boys get all the great lookin chicks?" Chris leans over and kisses Ramone on the head, "Cheer up Ramone, we all still love you." Billy wants to go see the Bulk artist. Billy thinks Neji is acting weird and tells Chris so as she puts her arm around his back and to his shoulder. While Roger tells the crowd sketches are 30 dollars, Tim goes on about his pseudo abstract, kind of Ralph SteadmanñMaxfield Parish stage. A black haired little kid (Oriental?) comes over, "Hey, Angel, come here." A curly haired cherub faced blond boy comes over, "What is it, Xiao?" Xiao says that Tim's sketch is a tracing of a Frazetta painting. Tim barfs on Roger's feet. Thumper is pleasuring Multiple Climax. Neji uses the vibrator to tell Thumper he quits, knocking her out with a kick. He grabs the face of the other lizard away from the blond boy's bare butt to shove the vibrator into the lizard boy's mouth. Neji says, "It's simple, brother. Thumper's brainwashing can't destroy the power of love." Neji releases the super hero team and shows them where their costumes are. The janitor is having sex with Pam in a back room when Dick comes in. The janitor leaves. Dick tells Pam he truly loves her and she falls for it. The fake Neji has two glasses of drinks and sees Comm. Black who asks if they still think he is the real Neji. The fake Neji says, "Yes, but Ramone...last night." She tells him that is of no concern and he should be ready to move. The fake Neji says, "I get no respect." Nearby is INFINITY comic booth. Some psssts the fake Neji and the real Neji, in lizard costume, puts a needle in his right chest, a drug from Thumper's drugstore. He takes the fake Neji away to Ramone who knows the Lizard Costumed one is the real Neji. Ramone says, "But...but...but..." Neji tells Ramone to mind the wide eyed fake while he leaves. Multiple pushes the strange haired little guy out of the way as the guy announces the costume competition, "Get out of the way, you little nerd." Thumper goes to Velvet and tells her what happened. Velvet says, "Blast. They'll come here to foil my plans." Thumper says, "I've failed you. Cut off my lizard's nuts." Velvet will attend to that later. The two women run as the lizard holds his hands between his crossed, bowñlegged legs! Billy tells the Bulk artist, "I love your work on the Bulk. I've got everything you've ever done. You're my hero. I'm so excited to finally meet you." Chris says, "Billy, cool it." Billy begs, "Please sign my copies. I'll never, ever sell them." Chris says, "Billy!!" Billy lays on the table pulling his shirt up and showing his bare stomach, hips, and chest, "In fact, sign my body...anywhere. Go ahead. I'll never wash it off." Two young kids watch. Chris says, "This is embarrassing." There is a rush of the crowd for the same thing. One of them says, "Me too..with permanent ink." Chris rolls her eyes. Neji, in lizard costume, meets Chris and wants to talk to her about why. Tim yells he will sign anything. Billy reaches up from under a skinny boybody, "I've got a handful of his hair." His head is under a boy crotch. Neji tells Chris, "We have a problem, Chris." Ramone tells Harry, "Harry, I think I have a problem." Pam asks Dick if they can do it again. Dick says, "No problem." Xiao asks Angel if they will ever get out of the artists' room. Billy is between them, marveling at his lock of the Bulk artist's hair. Multiple says, "Finding Black in this crowd is going to be a problem." Black says, "I'm gonna make problems for everyone." NOTE: The blond girl teaching dance was not the same girl as Ultra Girl. Gen took a break from teaching dance and she has had problems with running her own business.