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Free Comic Book Week continues with ten more free titles. Heavy Metal Magazine returns with three variant FIRST ISSUES---or, uh, books. They’re huge! The new Fritz Leiber Fafhrd is here from Centipede Press; Moonshadow by Jon Muth in a bargain softcover; Suicide Squad New 52; 10 new Imperfect Editions; lots of my updates in News and Notes. |
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Back issues! Catch up with the final issues of the original run, now at half price. And here are other Heavy Metal graphic novels and collections in Rare Books: Lorna, Serpieri’s Druuna, Caza, Bionica: Bride of Metropolis, Candice at Sea and more. |
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SWORDS AGAINST THE SHADOWLAND Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Recommended. By Robin Wayne Bailey. Before his death in 1992, Fritz Leiber chose Robin Wayne Bailey, a respected author in his own right, to collaborate with him on the new adventures of his famed characters, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. This eighth in the series, is illustrated by Vance Kovacs with six interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece & wraparound jacket, and illustrated endpapers. New introduction by Bailey. A deadly plague, spawned from a sorcerer's curse, sweeps through the streets of Lankhmar, eating its victims from the inside and laying waste to the once-vibrant city. The two reluctant heroes return to Lankhmar — and the old ghosts who lurk there! Centipede Press, 2025....More. Item Code: SWOASH Hard Cover, 6x9, 384pg, Text/b&w $70.00 |
ALSO AVAILABLE THE KNIGHT AND KNAVE OF SWORDS By Fritz Leiber Highly Recommended. Art by Tim Kirk. This short story collection features Leiber's sword and sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, the seventh and last volume of the complete series. Introduction by Marc Laidlaw and artwork by Tim Kirk — seven interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece, two maps, a full color wraparound dust jacket, and illustrated endpapers. Includes “Sea Magic,” “The Mer She,” “The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars,” “The Mouser Goes Below,” and four bonus short essays by Fritz Leiber. Centipede Press, 2024....More. Item Code: KNISH Hard Cover, 6x9, 304pg, Text/b&w $80.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER Omnibus 1973, 1990. Highly Recommended. Fritz Leiber ranks among the giants of fantasy and science fiction visionaries, capturing multiple Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and influencing a generation of writers. His most renowned creations are the swashbuckling Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories. Here are adaptations of the finest of these tales — including the Hugo and Nebula Award winning “Ill Met in Lankhmar” — by comics legends Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, Dennis O’Neil, Al Williamson, and more. Dark Horse, 2023. ...More. Item Code: FAFGM Soft Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color |
Supply is very limited on the previous Centipede volume; it may already be out of print from the publisher. Here’s more Fritz Leiber, in Blood n Thunder 2022 and in The Art of Jeffrey Jones. |
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HIT COMPLETE COLLECTION Collects Hit 1955 #1-4 & Hit 1957 #1-4, 2013-15. Recommended. By Bryce Carlson. Art by Vanesa Del Rey. Harvey Award Nominated Series for 2014 and 2015; Russ Manning Newcomer Nominee for artist Del Rey. Collected for the first time. Los Angeles in the 1950s is a place of contrast. It’s home to the bright lights and movie stars of Hollywood’s golden age... and a hotbed of organized crime muscling in on Mickey Cohen’s turf. But LAPD has a plan — Harvey Slater, a detective authorized off-the-books to take care of “untouchable” criminal problems. The criminals aren’t the only untouchable thing Slater’s going after, though. When his captain’s absent and beautiful and very, very dangerous daughter returns, Slater quickly finds himself entangled in the trouble she brings with her... and her ties to his other cases! Nudity, sexual situations, violence. BOOM!, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: HITCC Soft Cover, 7x10, 224pg, Full Color $19.99 |
Artist Vanessa Del Rey also appears in Faithless, hurt [FAITHLHU |
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MOONSHADOW The Definitive Edition Expanded 1985-87. 194-95 and 1997. Highly Recommended. By J.M. DeMatteis and Jon J Muth. "Beautiful. Original. Haunting." - Ray Bradbury. 527 pages including tons of bonus features for this very reasonable price. Kirby and Eisner-nominated. Known as America's first fully painted graphic novel, a fairy tale for adults, the poetic and philosophical Moonshadow is here in a new softcover edition from Dark Horse Comics. Definitive & Expanded, it presents the beloved work by the esteemed creative team of writer J.M. DeMatteis (The Girl in the Bay, Spider-Man, Brooklyn Dreams), and co-creator artist Jon J Muth (M, Silver Surfer, The Mystery Play, The Seventh Voyager). Two new text pieces by the creator. Dark Horse, 2025....More. Item Code: MOONDE Soft Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Full Color |
Here are two more books with Jon Muth. |
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SUICIDE SQUAD The New 52 Omnibus Collects Suicide Squad #0-30, Resurrection Man #9, Amanda Waller #1 and more, 1989-2014. By Adam Glass (TV's Supernatural). Art by Federico Dallocchio, Fernando Dagnino, Patrtick Zircher and Cliff Richards et al. Reimagine and Relaunch. Too deadly for the Justice League, this team of super-villains is dispatched on ultra-violent missions with an ultra-slim chance of survival. Completing the missions brings them one step closer to freedom. They are the Suicide Squad. Harley Quinn. Deadshot. King Shark, El Diablo, Black Spider — psychopath misfits. They’re some of the most notorious super-criminals in the DC Universe. As part of DC’s “The New 52” relaunch they are off on harrowing missions through some of the most dangerous places on earth. Who will earn their freedom and who will die trying? DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: SUISNH Hard Cover, 7x11, 816pg, Full Color |
Here’s more Harley and more Suicide Squad. |
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ASTONISHING THINGS The Drawings of Victor Hugo Recommended. Author Victor Hugo (Hunchback of Notre Deame, Les Miserables)also created over 4,000 drawings during his lifetime, 3,000 of which survive today. His ink-and-wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters, tortured figures and seascapes may be less well known than his writings, but they inspired Romantic and Symbolist poets and several generations of artists up to the Surrealists of the 1920s; Vincent van Gogh once compared them to "astonishing things." This richly illustrated book, published by the Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with Maison de Victor Hugo and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, includes reproductions of many of Hugo's finest works on paper, from early caricatures and travel drawings to dramatic landscapes and experiments in abstraction. Royal Academy of Arts, 2025....More. Item Code: ASTVH Hard Cover, 9x11, 172pg, Partial Color $45.00 |
ALSO AVAILABLE THE FANTASTIC GUSTAVE DORE Gold-embossed cover, cloth spine. Highly Recommended. By Alix Paré and Valérie Sueur-Hermel. This glorious, authoritative, and unprecedented retrospective of Doré’s prints and paintings, drawn from an oeuvre of more than 10,000 works, comes in a spectacularly ornate package that reflects the artist’s own dramatic style. From the Bible to Shakespeare, Balzac to Milton, Cervantes to Poe, Doré’s intricate, romantic, and exuberant drawings and paintings were turned into steel and wood engravings, bringing great novels and adventures to life. Furthermore, as this magnificent book reveals, he was also a skilled sculptor, painter, and cartoonist. Spectacular production, which features quarter binding, gold foil stamping, embossing on the cover and spine, a belly band, and silkscreen printing on three edges. Includes a small section in color with later landscapes and water colors. Prestel, 2023....More. Item Code: FANGDH Hard Cover, 8x10, 480pg, Partial Color $65.00 |
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Here’s more with Dore. Also check out our Classic Art and Illustration section for more 19th and early 20th century illustrators. |
Free Comic Book Week! Another ten titles! |
Imperfect Editions |
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ESSENTIAL JUDGE ANDERSON Satan Hurt From 2000 A.D. #1263-1272 and Judge Dredd Magazine, 1993-2001. Recommended. In Mega-City One, citizens live in fear under the iron fist of the Judges’ unyielding rule, but PSI Judge Cassandra Anderson knows it’s a flawed system. Showcasing the stunning work of Arthur Ranson (Button Man, Mazeworld) alongside the rich storytelling of Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, Batman), Anderson grapples with faith and damnation. A chance at eternal life comes at the cost of losing her mind forever, and her pursuit of a just system leads her to investigate a religious cult, and ultimately to engage in a battle of the minds with the most formidable of foes: Satan himself! 2000AD, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: ESSJSR Soft Cover, 8x11, 144pg, Full Color |
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JUDGE DREDD By Brian Bolland Masterpiece Edition Hurt Oversized. Highly Recommended. Acclaimed as one of the greatest artists of his generation for his work on such titles as Camelot 3000 and Batman: The Killing Joke, Brian Bolland’s work on Judge Dredd helped catapult both the series and Bolland himself to international acclaim. Here are stunning original art pages from the Judge Dredd epics; The Cursed Earth, The Day the Law Died, The Judge Child Quest, and Bolland’s masterpiece Judge Death Lives. 2000 AD, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: JUDBBR Soft Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Partial Color |
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THE BLUE BEETLE Volume 2 Hurt Collects #4-6, 1940-41. It's primitive artwork, but this was the early days of the Golden Age. Also featuring K-51 Spies at War drawn by Bob Powell, Capt. Savage, Wing Turner. But the emphasis here is on BB by Charles Nicholas, Fox's longest running hero and in fact revived in the 1960s and even a 2023 film! He lasted into the 1950s, was taken over by Charlton and revived a few years later in the 60s, and even DC got involved. PS Artbooks, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: BLUEB02R Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color |
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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 |
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PHANTOM THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES Volume 32 1986-1987 Hurt By Lee Falk. Art by Sy Barry. Four complete continuities drawn by Sy Barry continue the adventures of The Phantom, Diana, and his two children: "Tarashima Terrorists", "The Snake Goddess", "Zabadabah", and "Ruler of Baronkhan", where a young man set to inherit a kingdom is being targeted for murder by someone, and The Phantom is going to solve the mystery. Hermes, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: PH32HR Hard Cover, 12x9, 272pg, b&w |
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THUN'DA KING OF THE CONGO Volume 1 Hardcover Hurt Collects #2-6, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. By Bob Powell. First appearing in comics in 1952 and on film in Columbia Pictures serial "King of the Congo" starring Buster Crabbe, Thun'da was a fictional Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and originally created by artist Frank Frazetta! Thun'da was Roger Drum, a World War II United States Air Force officer who was shot down while flying over a lost civilization, deep in the heart of Africa. Bob Powell took over and did a superb job on #2 through #6, collected here — but Powell's fine work has always been in the shadow of Frazetta's work in issue #1. Powell's at his best here, with Thun'da and his voluptuous girl friend...it's as exciting as the work he did on Cave Girl, which is another under-appreciated title from the same publisher, Magazine Enterprises (ME). PS Artbooks, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: THUN01HR Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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SPACE ADVENTURES Volume 8 Hardcover Hurt Collects #37-41, 1960-61. Highly Recommended. Beautiful superhero work created just before Ditko started drawing Spider-Man. Mind-blowing pages of Ditko's masterpiece, Captain Atom. After an atomic accident, Captain Allen Adams of the U.S. Air Force finds himself with new super powers — the iconic space-age superhero created by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko! PS Artbooks, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: PCSPA08HR Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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MILITARY COMICS Volume 7 Hurt Collects #24-26, 1943-44. Recommended. By William Woolfolk, and Ted Udall. Nice long Blackhawk covers and stories continue, now drawn by John Cassone and Alex (Apartment 3G) Kotzky. Plus Death Patrol by Al Stahl, The Sniper by Vern Henkel, Atlantic Patrol and Secret War News by Fred Guardineer, and P.T. Boat and Private Dogtag. Fine wartime comics from Quality Group. PS Artbooks, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: MILC07R Soft Cover, 7x10, 180pg, Full Color |
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JUDGE DREDD By Mick McMahon Apex Edition Hurt Full original art size, from the pages of artwork. Complete stories such as "Frankenstein II," "The Wreath Murders," and "Dream Palace" are published alongside pages from "The Cursed Earth," "The Day the Law Died," "The Judge Child," "The Fink," and "Block Mania." This book ends with a mostly full color section devoted to Mick McMahon's Dredd work from the early 1980s, including the complete "Pinboing Wizard" and several double page spreads from the legendary "The Vampire Effect." Rebellion/2000 AD. Condition: Bumped corners. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More. Item Code: JUDRMHR Hard Cover, 14x18, 128pg, Full Color |
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THE FLASH BY JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Omnibus Volume 1 Hurt Collects The Flash (2016) #1-35, Batman #21-22 and more, 2016-18. Superstar writer Joshua Williamson, along with artists Carmine Di Giandomenico and Howard Porter, sends Barry Allen — a.k.a. the Flash — on some of the wildest adventures of the modern age in this series spinning out of the DC Rebirth event. In a changed DC Universe, the Flash must face off against threats like he's never encountered before. His legendary Rogues Gallery of villains — Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Weather Wizard, and Heat Wave — have new surprises in store for him, while enemies old and new threaten at every turn. DC Comics, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: FLAJW01HR Hard Cover, 7x11, 1008pg, Full Color |
Click here to see all available Imperfect Books. Click here and sort by lowest price for more PS Artbooks on sale, imperfect or otherwise. |
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JACK KIRBY'S MISTER MIRACLE Artist's Edition Recommended. This latest Artist’s Edition collects seven nearly complete Mister Miracle stories, including issues #2-3, #5-9, and more! Mister Miracle was one of the core Fourth World books, a multi generational epic that was one part King Lear and another part Star Wars. One thing is for sure: you’ll never have a better chance to see the King’s cosmic opus any better than in the pages of this Artist’s Edition! IDW, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Due: June. ...More. Item Code: JKMMH Hard Cover, 15x20, 192pg, b&w |
See Jack’s other Artist’s Editions. |
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AVAILABLE NOW THE ART OF THE SIMON AND KIRBY STUDIO Our Highest Recommendation. 380 pages of stories photographed from the original art and covers of vintage comics circa 1948-1959. Selected and with an introduction by Mark Evanier, the foremost authority on the work of S&K, and an afterword by Jim Simon, son of Joe Simon. Artwork photographed from the original art in Joe Simon’s private archive for Stuntman, Fighting American, Boy's Ranch, Adventures of The Fly, The Double Life of Pvt. Strong, and many other early comic books written and drawn by this amazing team. Many complete stories. Abrams, 2014....More. Item Code: ARTSKH Hard Cover, 9x12, 384pg, Partial Color $60.00 |
This is now in stock but maybe gone any day, it’s the original 2014 edition, still publication price. |
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NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Fantastic Four #4, 6, 9, 14, 27, 33, his stories from Tales to Astonish #70-101, Sub-Mariner #1 (1968) & much more, 1962-68. Our Highest Recommendation. Art by Stan Lee et al. Art by Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Gene Colan et al. Created in 1939, Namor was Marvel’s first super hero, and his 1960s reintroduction linked those appearances to create the tapestry of the Marvel Universe! Namor, the Sub-Mariner, is getting the Omnibus treatment, from his very first Silver Age appearance in The Fantastic Four, joining and/or fighting with The Avengers in their first issues, and sharing the Tales to Astonish with The Incredible Hulk, to finally getting his own solo title again. This volume takes a deep dive into his first Marvel Age exploits, collecting all the rare appearances where the anarchic antihero wreaked havoc on the nascent Marvel Universe. Back then, Namor was just as likely to team up with Doctor Doom as he was to save the world, and that was a formula for great stories.And Sue Richards and he had a thing going in those early issues of Fantastic Four! Marvel, 2025. Due: Aug....More. Item Code: NAMOR01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 920pg, Full Color |
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MASTER SKETCHBOOKS Legendary Artists of The Entertainment Industry Reveal Their Secrets Highly Recommended. By John Howe, Terryl Whitlach, Wayne Barlow et al. Also Featuring: Vincent Di Fate, Tony DiTerlizzi, James Gurney, Sandro Cleuzo, David Colman, Dave McKean, and Darrell Warner. These are artists that have created legendary concepts, designs, and creatures for hugely popular movies, books, and video games. Each master artist has their own eye-catching chapter, including sketches, development images, and finished pieces alongside written advice, thoughts, and insights into their unique creative process. 3dtotal Publishing, 2025. Due: Aug....More. Item Code: MASSKH Hard Cover, 10x13, 288pg, Partial Color $50.00 |
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KING OF SPIES Library Edition Collects #1-4. By Mark Millar. Art by Matteo Scalera. Britain’s greatest secret agent, now in his sixties, discovers he has six months to live. He has a choice between gentle decline or going after everyone he thinks deserves to die. His worldview has changed since he retired from the service and as he looks around at the mess the world’s in, he has a long list of people he blames. Politicians, royalty, journalists and celebrities, Sir Roland King wants to root out as much of the corrupt status quo as he can before he goes, and a lifetime of experience makes him almost impossible to catch. Who is the one man who might be able to take him down? His estranged son, eager to destroy him after Roland abandoned both him and his mother many years ago. Dark Horse, 2025. Due: Aug....More. Item Code: KINSLH Hard Cover, 8x12, 152pg, Full Color |
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Rare Book Highlights—new this week: Some rare Conan editions from France and Europe, with Ernie Chan and others; Marilyn Monroe French style; Aqua Blue set; 75 Years of Marvel and 75 Years of DC Taschen XXL editions; Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist Edition; Little Nemo; the incredible surreal classic, Polly and Her Pals Sunday Pages; Brom’s Slewfoot; World of 3-D; More Complete Peanuts; scholarly books on graphic novels, comics careers, Dick Grayson and more; The Daily Spirit; a complete set of Popeye hardcovers; early Phantom Complete Newspaper strips; Superman Sundays. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We just discounted a brand new batch of of 100 titles by 20%. Click here to see all 100. And...we've also reduced our previous batch of Rare Books that were 20% off to 30% off, over 900 titles! We broke these into categories for easier browsing: Artist & Illustration - Comic Book Archives |
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No stock items this week, but we have 25 new adult titles added to our Rare & Out of Print section this week. |
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In a couple weeks we'll be sending out our monthly Clearance Sale, but you can get an early start. Click here to see the ninety plus items on sale. We also have our 2025 Calendars still on sale, with a many excellent titles for $5! Plus we still have 46 items in our Flash Sale as we allow our print versions to run their course. 33 items priced at $10 or less!
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News & Notes |
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Weird Science XXL back in stock |
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Editor Grant Geissman arranged for us to have 100 bookplates to go with it; we’ve gone through about 35 so far, so you have a little time! I just asked him about doing another for Weird Fantasy XXL, schedule for August. Check back next week. ECLWF01H $200 David Wright’s Carol Day: Lance Hallam and the Carol Day Showcase are now both back in stock. |
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New item updates |
I was out of town two weeks ago and couldn’t put my personal imprint and recommendations on the new items for that week, having not seen them yet. Here's important addenda: Illustrators #47 is quite a winner. I didn’t know the work of Steve Stone, the featured artist, but it is really, really top drawer. I’d compare him to Brom, Michael Whelan, maybe Patrick Jones. Check it out. IQ47 $30. |
JMB: The Unseen Art of John M. Burns – this is also a surprise; John’s been working on stories never published, and most of them involve beautiful good girls and bad girls, in various states of undress. All finished work, much of it lovely painted pages in full color. I added a couple more scans and now a Highly Recommended endorsement. JMBH $52.99. |
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Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schultz and the Art of Peanuts offers a lot of cool, very early artwork and unusual special pieces, including early Peanuts games, toys and cool merchandise, 1950s book and comic book cover art, etc. Lots of fun material little before seen and a good low price for a good sized hardcover. ONLYWH $29.99. |
Aksali Gallen-Kallela – Okay, he’s not well known but in his day, in Finland, he was a big, big deal. Like Carl Larsson was in Sweden and Ivan Bilibin was in Russia, all from about the same time. I compare his work to both these men. I added a couple more scans here too and a Recommendation, he’s a very interesting artist from the early 20th century. AGKPICH $49.95. |
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DC Finest Superboy by Otto Binder and Curt Swan – I still find these stories a lot of fun, they happen in a world without other superheroes, just Smallville in the 1930s—much like the popular television series a few years ago. Great fun here. DCFSS - if you don’t find this on the website yet, give it a day or two. DCFSS |
Silver Surfer Omnibus by Stan Lee and John Buscema is back in print, having sold out. It reprints all 18 issues of the first run of Silver Surfer, 1968-70. Stan at his philosophical best, Buscema and HIS best, most dramatic artwork! Great stuff. #1-7 were all 25-cent annual size, 68-page issues, which was a first for Marvel on a solo character title. SILS01H |
May ERB show, Portland/Rose City in June |
Click here to see our newly updated EVENTS page with links and more info on shows we will be exhibiting at this Spring and Summer. ERB is May 30-31, Portland Rose City is June 13-14, and we’re told we’re gaining three more comic book dealers there, along with one of the biggest pulp dealers, Dave Smith, who is a regular there. Come by and see us. ~Bud |
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