Thursday, March 14, 2024

Walt Kelly’s Peter Wheat, Superman Silver Age Omnibus, Fourth World Omnibus, Disney Twisted and a new Flash Sale!

Don’t miss Walt Kelly’s second Peter Wheat collection, or the outstanding Superman Silver Age Vol 1. Or Fourth World Omnibus Vol 2 or a new Disney Twisted. But beyond those, we are in the new books dead zone this week! So we’re deep discounting several books on a short term Flash Sale and we have a new Blemished Books sale this week.

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SUPERMAN THE SILVER AGE Omnibus Volume 1
Collects material from Action Comics #241-265 and Superman #122-137, 1958-60. Highly Recommended. By Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder, Bill Finger et al. Art by Wayne Boring, Curt Swan, Dick Sprang et al. Many of the greatest stories in the Superman mythos and the beginnings of so many long-running characters. We begin with a Batman cross-over; the origin and first appearance of Brainiac; first mention of the shrunken city of Kandor; origin and first appearance of Supergirl; first meeting of Bizarro and Superman; Bizarro Lois Lane; Red Kryptonite; 1st X-Kryptonite; origin Bizarro World; 1st Lori Lemaris; 1st Bizarro Supergirl; blue Kryptonite; 2nd Batman cross-over; 1st Legion of Super-Villains; Superman's life story; hints of Earth II. Fun, wild, entertaining stuff, and every adventure complete in that issue! Those were the days! Includes the cool Imaginary Stories, DC's "What-If" universe. DC Comics, 2024. ...More.

Item Code: SUPSA01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 816pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00

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DISNEY TWISTED WONDERLAND Volume 3 The Manga Book of Heartslabyul
By Yana Toboso and Wakana Hazuki. Art by Sumire Kowono. Stranded in the world of Twisted Wonderland, Yu must brave a magical school filled with ghosts, monsters, and uncooperative students! Still trying to get his friend Ace out of trouble, Yu attends one of Heartslabyul Dorm’s traditional unbirthday parties. But instead of solving Ace’s problems or having a bit of fun, they wind up incurring the wrath of the housewarden, Riddle! Off with their heads! Lots of references to Alice in Wonderland and playing cards are a continuing theme (and a source for magic?). Good tight, detail artwork. VIZ Media, 2024....More.

Item Code: DIST03
Soft Cover, 6x8, 162pg, b&w
$12.99
Vol 1 and 2 [DIST01, 02. $12.99 each]. See the lengthy description of Vol 3 for more detail on this fantasy game turned manga series, with strange tentacles into Alice in Wonderland and the Disney mythos. Harry Potter meets the Disney kingdom? Click here for more manga.
 


WALT KELLY'S ADVENTURES OF PETER WHEAT Volume 2
Collects #15-27, 1948-51. Highly Recommended. Walt Kelly's Peter Wheat comics are renowned for their humor and artistic flair, appealing to both children and adults, as well as their incredible scarcity. Never before have they been collected. Between 1948 and 1951, Kelly drew thirty-five issues of The Adventures of Peter Wheat, a sixteen page comic book given away to bakeries to promote Peter Wheat bread. The stories were fairy tales starring Peter Wheat, an elf-sized boy who lived in a hollow tree on the edge of a wheat field where he and the Little Folk battled Dragonel, Queen of the Hornets. Hermes, 2024. ....More.

Item Code: WKADP02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$39.99
Here’s more Walt Kelly, including the Complete Pogo series. We just got several out of print Kelly books in, not yet listed. If you are looking for any, let todd@budplant.com know to watch out for you. Regretfully Peter Wheat Volume 1 is currently out of print.
 


JACK KIRBY FOURTH WORLD Omnibus Volume 2
Super Powers #1-5, Vol 2 #1-6, Vol 3 #1-4 and lots of issues from 13 more titles. In the 1970s, legendary creator Jack “the King” Kirby revolutionized the comic book medium by introducing a sweeping multi-series saga with iconic new characters and sweeping new mythologies: “The Fourth World.” For the first time, DC Comics presents the stories that came after. Here are the first 12 years of stories that followed and built upon Jack Kirby’s epic, including the legendary Great Darkness Saga and Kirby’s very own return to the Fourth World in Super Powers. Brand-new introduction and Super Powers essay by Paul Levitz, never-before-collected issues, an extensive gallery of never-before-collected art, essays, figures, and more! DC Comics, 2024....More.

Item Code: JKFW02H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1336pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
Volume 1 is available by special order [JKFWOH. $150, $120], from 2017, and reprinted in 2021. Here’s more with Kirby’s and others' Fourth World mythos.
 

Blemished Books

 

We are very fussy with the books we send to customers, as most of you know. A minor single corner bump is enough for us to pull it and call it blemished. We know you expect your new books to be perfect, or as near as humanly possible. Here’s a hand-picked list of these slightly blemished titles. We have as few as five copies on several; when sold out they will not come up on our website to order if you click on the link, so order soon.

Frank Thorne

 


FRANK THORNE'S RIBIT Hurt
Limited, 1000. Out of Print. Recommended. A sexy heroine in the style of Lann, Ghita and Red Sonja — but intended for the regular comics market, so there's plenty of skin but no nudity. Frank Thorne's masterful blend of medieval sorcery and modern science. In another universe Ribit, the warrior woman created by magic, fights the final battle to save her world from the forces of chaos and darkness. First published by Comico in 1989 as Ribit #1-4. New interview with Thorne. Note: The printer left out one page — Hermes printed the page separately, in full color, and it can be slid into proper place. An errata sheet explaining this is also included. Hermes Press, 2019. Out of print. Condition: Very slightly bumped corner, else as new. ...More.

Item Code: FRATRHR
Hard Cover, 8x10, 144pg, Partial Color
$34.99 $29.99
 


ADVENTURES OF RED SONJA Omnibus Hurt
Marvel, 1975-95. Recommended. By Roy Thomas, Frank Thorne, Bruce Jones, John Buscema, Howard Chaykin et al. This comprehensive, massive collection reprints all first, classic Red Sonja tales from Marvel Feature #1-7, Red Sonja issues #1-15, and her appearances from the original Savage Sword of Conan in a single impressive volume. Remastered color. Beautiful early work by legendary Red Sonja artist Frank Thorne. Dynamite, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More.

Item Code: ADVREDHR
Hard Cover, 7x10, 648pg, Full Color
$99.99 $59.99
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
FRANK THORNE The Blue Wizard of the Comic Arts
Closeout Price! Recommended. Comic Book Historians Alex Grand and Jim Thompson provide historical insight into the comic book legend Frank Thorne with essays and a one of a kind interview shortly before his death, discussing his works. Thorne has worked at Dell, Gold Key, and DC Comics. He received an explosion of fan activity in the 1970s and 80s with his comic work centered around strong beautiful female characters like Red Sonja and other famous femmes fatales like Ghita, Lann for Heavy Metal, Ribit for Comico, Danger Rangerette for National Lampoon, and Moonshine McJugs for Playboy. Comic Book Historians, 2021....More.

Item Code: FTBLUE
Soft Cover, 7x10, 64pg, Text/Partial Color
$14.99 $9.99
Only seven of these are left. See more Frank Thorne here; in stock in Rare Books are both Lann from 1986 [RB3173. $100] and Ghita from 1983 [RB5247. $100].
 

The Phantom

 


THE PHANTOM Gold Key Years Volume 1 Hurt
Collects #1-8, 1962-64. Limited, 1000. Highly Recommended. For the boomer generation, this was the Phantom so many of us grew up with. Gold Key did a wonderful job on these, beginning with the magnificent cover paintings by George Wilson. Long out of print and in constant demand, these classic Phantom stories are collected in two hard cover volumes with all 17 issues. With interior artwork by Bill Lignante and stories by Bill Harris. Chock full of extras and an in depth introduction by Phantom expert Ed Rhoades accompanied by rare original artwork. Hermes, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More.

Item Code: PHG01HR
Hard Cover, 7x11, 240pg, Full Color
$60.00 $30.00
 


THE PHANTOM The Complete DC Comics Years Volume 1 Hurt
From 1987, first of three volumes. By Lee Falk et el. "A new, intelligent take on a classic hero [this] stand[s] as a distinguished chapter in the canon of the character." An action packed collection of the first six stories of the DC Comic Phantom, with the first mini-series by Peter David with art by Joe Orlando, followed by two stories from the next series with script by Mark Verheiden, pencils and inks by Luke McDonnell. Includes an interview with Peter David and a detailed biography of Joe Orlando. Hermes Press, 2021. Condition: Bumped corners....More.

Item Code: PHDC01HR
Hard Cover, 8x11, 224pg, Full Color
$50.00 $25.00
We have new copies of the Gold Key Years: [PHG01H. $60]. We are sold out of as-new copies of the DC Years Vol 1. Here are more Phantom collections, including several Complete Dailies and one hurt Vol 24 on sale.
 
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THE DYNAMITE ART OF JAY ANACLETO Hurt
Our Highest Recommendation. At last, a full-blown look at the stunning artwork of this creator. For over a quarter century, Jay Anacleto has taken pencil to some of the most iconic and sophisticated covers to grace the comics industry. For Dynamite, Anacleto has tackled virtually every character in the company's library: Vampirella, Red Sonja, Dejah Thoris. His renditions of nearly naked women (and the occasional nude) is second to none. Curated by the artist. Dynamite, 2021. Condition: Bumped corners. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: DYNJAHR
Hard Cover, 9x12, 200pg, Full Color
$39.99 $19.99
Regular as-new copies: [DYNJAH. $39.99, $36.99]. Here’s more by Anacleto, including his signed sketckbook, highly recommended, from 2018 [JADOS. $40].
 


LOCAL FAUNA The Art of Peter de Sève Hurt
Our Highest Recommendation.Peter de Sève’s work spans four decades and various media, from magazines, books, and television commercials to Broadway posters and character designs for animated feature films. He is perhaps best recognized for his many covers for The New Yorker magazine and his character designs for the blockbuster Ice Age franchise (Scrat is a veritable international celebrity). De Sève has also contributed to such films as Finding Nemo, Robots, The Little Prince, and The Grinch, to name only a few. He is currently busy at work on various animated projects in both the United States and Europe. Our bookplate is from his sketchbook from 2004. Cernunnos, 2023....More.

Item Code: LOCFHSR
Hard Cover, 8x11, 288pg, Partial Color
$40.00 $20.00
Available as-new with a signed illustrated bookplate [LOCFHS. $40].
 


CREATURES FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS Signed Hurt
Highly Recommended. Underground comix pioneer Denis Kitchen offers us a coffee table art book collecting his unique surrealistic drawings. The wide variety of imaginary sea life, giant insects, skeletal remains, puzzling monsters, and deformed humans defy any simple categorization. Introduction by Peter Poplaski, foreword by Kitchen. This deluxe edition reproduces more than 160 oddly compelling images by a creative genius. Tinto Press, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More.

Item Code: CREAFHSR
Hard Cover, 10x10, 170pg, b&w
$39.99 $19.99
Also available as-new and signed by Denis on page 1 [CREAFHS. $39.99].
 


DRACULA OF TRANSLYVANIA Hurt
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Ricardo Delgado. A fresh, bold retelling of the classic Stoker novel with the pace of the modern thriller, written by AND lavished with incredible concept art from one of Hollywood’s leading Conceptual Designers, Ricardo Delgado. 1899 Transylvania bleeds history and evil. Young Solicitor Jonathan Harker braves ghosts, demons, living skeletons, and armies of rats as he encounters Dracula. The demonic, shapeshifting vampire imposes his wrath, malice and vengeance upon an England about to enter the Modern Era, crushing everything in his path. Clover Press, 2021. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More.

Item Code: DRACHR
Hard Cover, 8x10, 560pg, Full Color
$45.00 $19.95
We also have as-new copies, ON SALE, that come with a signed bookplate which is limited to just 50 copies [DRACHS. $45, $29.95].
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Volume 1 Hurt
Collects Marvel Spotlight #2-4, 1971; Werewolf by Night #1-8, 1972; Marvel Team-Up #12, 1972. Recommended. By Gerry Conway and Len Wein. Here is the series that kicked off Marvel’s 1970s horror boom, and now is part of the film universe too. Master of the macabre Mike Ploog delivers some of the greatest artwork of his storied career. Marvel’s most fearsome horror hero debuts. Jack Russell by day, but Werewolf by Night! Immigrated from Eastern Europe as a small child, 18-year-old Russell finds out the hair-raising secret of a family curse that turns all males into werewolves! Marvel, 2022. Condition: Bumped corners....More.

Item Code: MMW01HR
Hard Cover, 7x10, 280pg, Full Color
$75.00 $37.99
As-new copies are on sale also [MMW01H. $75, $49.95]. Volume 2 is available as-new [MMW02H. $75, $65].
 


SHELL ART & ADVERTISING Hurt
Shell Motor Oil's finest promotions. Recommended. By Scott Anthony, Oliver Green, Nicky Penny and Margaret Timmers. A beautifully designed and illustrated book, with material taken from Shell Oil's remarkable archives from its origins up to the 1960's. Shell has a well-established reputation for this artistic heritage, particularly from its 1930's heyday, but this is the first publication to present and describe it comprehensively. Examinations of the historical, political, and social contexts of Shell's art and advertising enable the authors to assess the work's broader cultural significance. Lund Humphries, 2020. Condition: Bumped corners....More.

Item Code: SHELAHR
Hard Cover, 10 x11, 208pg, Full Color
$79.99 $44.99
 


DEN Volume 1 Neverwhere Hurt
Highly Recommended. The first volume presenting the long-out-of-print masterpiece Den, by fantasy legend Richard Corben, plus bonus material. All art restored from the original plates. New essay and introduction. In a bizarre fantasy world called Neverwhere, the muscular adventurer Den goes on an exotic adventure through ancient ruins meeting an evil queen, her sacrificial doppelganger, bizarre lizard men, giant insects, and more strange and dangerous madness in this legendary saga brimming with horror, magic, abundant nudity and violence. This was the inspiration for the Den segment of the cult film, Heavy Metal. Dark Horse Books, 2023. Mature Readers. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More.

Item Code: DEN01HR
Hard Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color
$34.99 $17.99
Regular as-new copies [DEN01H. $34.99, $31.99]. Click here for Den 2, Murky World, and much more with Corben, including out of print books.
 


ART OF NOTHING 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell Signed Hurt
Closeout Price! Back in stock. Highly Recommended. By Patrick McDonnell. Foreword by Eckhart Tolle. Mooch, the curious cat, and Earl, the ever-trusting dog, are just two of the characters who inhabit the world of Mutts. The award-winning author and illustrator’s beloved comic strip is celebrated as well as his bestselling children’s classics, including Me . . . Jane, The Gift of Nothing, South, Just Like Heaven, Hug Time, and Wag!, all shot from the original art. Also included are rare and never-before-seen artwork, proposals, outtakes, and developmental work, along with autobiographical commentary, and a brand-new career-spanning interview conducted by artist Lynda Barry. Abrams, 2019. Condition: Slightly torn dust jackets....More.

Item Code: ARTNHS
Hard Cover, 12x9, 240pg, Partial Color
$40.00 $19.95
 


SPECTRUM Volume 25 Hardcover Hurt
The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by John Fleskes. The best-selling Spectrum series continues with this lavishly produced 25th annual. Spectrum is the premier showcase for imaginative fantastic arts in the book, comic, film, horror, illustration, sculpture, conceptual art, fine art and video-game genres. Nearly 500 works by more than 275 diverse visionaries, including Paul Bonner, J.A.W. Cooper, Olivia De Berardinis, Annie Stegg Gerard, Scott Gustafson, Edward Kinsella III, Gregory Manchess, Victo Ngai, Tran Nguyen, Greg Ruth, Yuko Shimizu, and many more. The Grand Master this year is Claire Wendling and the Spectrum Rising Star award goes to Miranda Meeks. The Year in Review by John Fleskes is must-read. Flesk, 2018. Out of print. Condition: May have bumped corners or spine. Jackets may be torn or curled. We'll pull the best copies first. ...More.

Item Code: SPE25HR
Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Full Color
$45.00 $19.95
This is on sale in softcover [SPE25R. $35, $14.95]. Also on sale are Volumes 19 ($17.95), 26 ($19.95, hurt), 11 (SC $14.95, HC $19.95). Volume 9 is available at the original price of $30 softcover.
 


JOHN TIFFANY Hurt
Highly Recommended. By Steve Desberg. Art by Dan Panosian. Filled with car chases, intrigue, and beautiful women with quite a bit of nudity. John Tiffany is one of the best bounty hunters in the world. Given his precarious line of work, he has found that he can only truly trust four people: one is the insanely gorgeous Magdalena, a sex worker he has foolishly fallen in love with. But it seems that one of them has turned against him and now he's the one with a bounty on his head. Mad Cave Studios, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: JOHTR
Soft Cover, 7x10, 136 pg, Full Color
$19.99 $9.99
As-new copies are available too [JOHT. $19.99].
 


THE BIG BIG OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 53rd Edition Hurt
Highly Recommended. By Robert M. Overstreet. David Michael Beck's powerful rendition of Blackout, a forgotten Golden Age hero, is featured on the cover of this oversized, limited edition. It features just the pricing, credits and top titles sales data from the standard editions of the book. All in larger, easy to read type with a special lay-flat binding; no awkward tricks to prop it open like the regular guide requires. Gemstone, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More.

Item Code: BIG53R
Squarebound, 12x12, 800pg, Text Only
$59.95 $29.95
We have just three copies left of the as-new edition [BIG53. $59.99, $54.99]. Here are the other Overstreet editions—Lost Universes and the 1st Edition Facsimile [OVER02. $16.95, $8.50] are also on sale.
 


EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER Signed Deluxe Hurt
Signed & limited, 700! The Artist's Journey through Popular Culture 1942-62. Our Highest Recommendation. By Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Signed by Everett and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on a hand-numbered bound-in print. The book comes in a red cloth-bound numbered slipcase with gold-stamped title. Kinstler's work hangs in museums, boardrooms, banks, private collections, The White House, and in the homes of his clients and friends. Before portraiture became his life's work, he spent the 1940s and 1950s honing his craft in comic books: Hawkman for DC's The Flash, Black Hood and Black Terror for Standard, and dozens upon dozens of covers, inside cover contents pages, and stories for those delightfully lurid Avon titles like Eerie, Cowpuncher, Dalton Brothers, Jesse James, Strange Worlds, etc. And illustrating for pulp magazines like The Shadow, Doc Savage and Detective Tales! JVJ, 2005. Condition: The slipcase and/or jacket spine has been sunned and is faded. ...More.

Item Code: EVEDR
Hard Cover, 8x11, 244pg, Partial Color
$95.00 $25.00
The as-new signed limited edition is also deeply discounted, since we took over Jim’s inventory [EVED. $95, $34.99] and the unsigned hardcover is also [EVEH. $44.95, $19.95]. Here’s much more with Kinstler artwork.
 


SPAWN COMPENDIUM Volume 4 Hurt
Collects #151-200, 2005-2011. By McFarlane, David Hine & Brian Holguin. Art by Philip Tan, Brian Haberlin, Greg Capullo, whilce Portacio, McFarlane et al.Like clockwork, a massive (fifty issues!!) new softcover. Todd McFarlane unleashed his signature creation, Spawn, in 1992. In doing so, he created the most successful independent comic book in history. Here Spawn discovers the true meaning of becoming a Hellspawn and settles on a path of bloody revenge in search of a way back to his humanity. Collected for the first time in full color and featuring some never-before-collected issues. Image Comics, 2022. Condition: Bumped corners.  ...More.

Item Code: SPAW04R
Soft Cover, 7x10, 1136pg, Full Color
$59.99 $29.99

Also available Spawn Compendium Vol 2 Hurt [SPAW02R. $59.99, $29.99]. Volume 1 as-new [SPAW01. $59.99, $49.99].

 

Ten new Blemished Books just added after I finished this listing above. We have a total of 91 blemished editions available but we can’t list them all here. 16 are down to just one copy, even more are down to just two copies

Click here for all titles. If a book sells out, we usually still have as-new copies at cover price or regular discounted price.

 

3...2...1...Gone

Here's another batch of 30 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. You can now see the latest 3…2…1 items in a new section on our website, called ALMOST GONE, at the top of the home page, right next to CLOSEOUTS. We are continuously adding to our Imperfect Editions sections as well.

 

New Flash Sale!

 


ILENE MEYER Paintings Drawings Perceptions Deluxe
Closeout Price! Publisher file copy. Slipcased. Signed & numbered, 500. Highly Recommended! Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Ilene Meyer's oil paintings transport viewers through the mists of myths and creation to explore a unique world populated by fantastical creatures and imaginary landscapes — all rendered with clarity and passion. As surreal as Pablo Picasso or Salvador Dali, as evocative as Georgia O'Keeffe, this gallery introduces SF and New Age aficionados to the first full-scale celebration of Meyer's work. Invoking themes of ecology, conservation, culture, and lost civilizations, Meyer's paintings pronounce that all existence is interconnected and that all souls are intertwined. A cultural sensation in Japan and the subject of numerous articles, interviews and even a documentary film, Meyer is perfectly primed to enchant America with her bold, painterly style. Designed and edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner, the creators of the Spectrum series, this is the first collection of Ilene Meyer paintings to be published in the U.S. Underwood Books, 2004....More.

Item Code: ILENED
Hard Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color
$50.00 $25.00
This was on sale at $35, now it’s $25. This was one of Tim Underwood’s favorite books. When we helped him clear out his storage container, he had set aside more of these than nearly any other title. Sadly the artist passed away, she could have had a long, important career. Also available as a regular unsigned edition, I’m also dropping this from cover price to half off [ILENEH. $29.95, $15].
 


THE FIVE GOLD BANDS By Jack Vance Signed
Closeout Price! Publisher file copy. Signed, limited to 300! Highly Recommended. Cover by Earle Bergey.First published in 1950 as "The Space Pirate," Vance's second book. "Earther" Paddy Blacktorn sets out to steal the secret of the interstellar space drive from the genetically altered descendants, the five sons, of the inventor. Plans are concealed in five gold armbands that they exchange each year when they allocate drive production amongst their worlds... Underwood-Miller, 1993. Out of print. Condition: Fine minus. Copies have bumped corners and/or slightly torn jackets....More.

Item Code: FIVJVHS
Hard Cover, 6x9, 164pg, Full Color
$50.00 $15.00
We lowered the sale price for half off to just $15.
 


THE SELECTED LETTERS OF PHILIP K DICK 1980-1982
Closeout Price! Publisher file copy. Wrap-around dust jacket art by Ilene Meyer. In this sixth entry in the series of Dick’s letters, the great sci-fi author continues his metaphysical and religious quest initiated by the Valis visions of 1974. In these letters to friends, fans, agents, and other sci-fi writers, Dick speculates on the visionary and archetypal material that intruded into his novels in the latter part of his life, which marked a turning point in his literary career. These intensely personal letters express Dick's deepest thoughts on science fiction, human nature, philosophy, and more. Underwood Books, 2009. Out of print....More.

Item Code: SECLET
Hard Cover, 7x10, 288pg, Text Only
$39.95 $7.50
Previously just $15, we’ve lowered this to just $7.50.
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS Volume 1
Closeout Price! Ten stories that inspired a BBC television series, each with an introduction by the BBC adapters. Recommended. Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Here are ten of the best. In "Autofac," Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. "Exhibit Piece" and "The Commuter" feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And "The Hanging Stranger" provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War Gollancz, 2017....More.

Item Code: PHED01
Soft Cover, 5x8, 224pg, Text Only
$10.95 $5.95

We put several other Underwood Books on Flash Sale and normally we’d go back to the previous price. But in order to keep these available for Newsletter customers (who depend on the mail), they are still discounted. Click here to see them and all other Underwood titles, many already on sale.

Sort by lowest price to catch the best bargains. Women of Wonder ($7.50), Strange Days Pulp Art ($9.95), Jon Foster R/Evolution ($10), Middle Earth by Giancola signed ($12.50), Savage Art and Shameless Art ($15 each), etc.

 


EC COVERS Artist's Edition
Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. This once-in-a-lifetime Artist's Edition collects the original art, in the same size as they were drawn, of more than 120 EC covers by EC's best. This gigantic (14 pounds) tome includes: Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman. Graham Ingles, Johnny Craig, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, and more. That's 40% of EC's entire New Trend covers! Each has been shot from the original art, scanned in color, enabling the reader to see all the subtle little nuances that make original art unique. Blue pencil notations, zip-a-tone, whiteout, all of these and more are clearly visible. IDW, 2021. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More.

Item Code: ECCAEH
Hard Cover, 15x22, 160pg, b&w
$150.00 $120.00

We normally don’t discount Artist’s Editions because they are short-discounted to us, and often they sell out. But we brought in a few too many of this one, so for just one more offering, it’s discounted, then it goes back to full price if we have any left.

Click here for all the Artist’s Editions, Gallery Editions and Artisan Editions available. Also on sale: Todd McFarlane’s Spider-Man ($99) Warlock Gallery Edition ($44.99) John Buscema’s Marvel Heroes ($120) Mike Mignola’s Artisan Edition ($29.99) Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Spider-Man Gallery ($44.99) Daredevil Born Again Gallery ($44.95).

Here’s a small group of original Underground Comix available, most are down to five copies or less now.

 
 

Mature Readers

No new items this week, but we do have many new offerings in our Rare Books section. Including multiple Serpieri titles, Bettie Page, and nude photography from Jonvelle and Stephan Soell. Click here to see them all.

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My partner Anne has been busy logging in books, in our sister business, new collections we are working through.

Illustrated Books (Arthur Rackham, Harry Rountree, Mahlon Blaine, Boris Artsybasheff, Norman Lindsay, etc)

Children's Books (Peter Pan, Oz, The Gremlins, and work by John Severin, Tony Diterlizzi (signed), even Bob Dylan!)

Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy (Pulp Art, Frank Miller, Moebius, J. Allen St. John, Art of John Romita (signed), Art of Alex Nino, Talbot Munday, Joseph Payne Brennan, Sidney Sime, William Hope Hodgson, Clark Ashton Smith, Arthur Szyk’s New Order, Wally Wood’s Wayout, etc).

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