I particularly like the new Steampunk: The Art of Retro-Futurism, outstanding work from cover to cover. The big item this week just might be the DC War Artist’s Edition—these have always been phenomonally popular comics, home to superb work by Joe Kubert, Russ Manning and others. This is a first-ever glimpse of the original artwork. Two new coloring books, Wonder Woman and Danger Girl, Wood’s Capt. Science. And much more. |
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STEAMPUNK Art of Retro-Futurism -- Highly Recommended. More than just cogs, gears, and goggles, steampunk burst from the pages of science fiction and fantasy inspired by the likes of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells and rapidly grew into one of the most recognizable aesthetic movements of the 21st century. This outstanding volume gathers work by the best artists, designers, and craftsmen in the field, sure to fire the imagination of any fan. It overflows with intricate sculpture work, superlative digital and traditional art, and fashion--this may be the best collection we've seen yet -- it's very, very good.....More. |
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| Item Code: STARR $39.95 |
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STEAMPUNK An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions -- By Brian J. Robb. Foreword by James P. Blaylock. Spectacularly illustrated and international in scope, this comprehensive history explores steampunk's many intricate expressions in fiction, cinema, television, comics, and video games, and traces its evolution into a truly global aesthetic that has made its mark on art, architecture, fashion, and music. | ||||||||||||
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| See our website for several more new Steampunk collections. Also see the related fashion collection Undressing: The Art of Playing Dress Up [UNDRH.
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ANGELARIUM BOOK OF EMANATIONS Signed -- Signed! Recommended. By Eli Minaya and Peter Mohrbacher. This 52 page art book is a chronicle of Enoch, a living man who traveled the Angelarium and explored the interior world of the Tree of Life. He encounters its ten emanations, and ruminates upon the unknowable being that is Ein Sof. It includes illustrations, poetry and short stories centering around the 11 emanations of the Tree of Life. The artwork is stunning--Enoch is like an angel, a ghost, a dis-embodied god who has become part of the universe. Brilliant technique, astonishingly imaginative.....More. |
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BEST OF DC WAR Artist's Edition -- Our Highest Recommendation. By Robert Kanigher et al. Art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, Alex Toth, John Severin, Jack Kirby et al. A break-out collection that's just stunning. DC produced some of the very finest war (and sometimes anti-war) comics ever, even including EC's work. And by the best artists in the field. This includes an amazing selection of artwork, including two fold-outs, 11 covers, and tons of top-notch pages. The "Big 3" war titles are highly collected, with prices rocketing in recent years. They often featured superb work by both Kubert and Heath. Never before has the original artwork for these been put together in one collection like this.....More. |
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| Item Code: BDWAEH $125.00 |
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FLESH & STEEL The Art of Russ Heath -- Our Highest Recommendation. Curated by Fréderic Manzano and Florentino Flóres. This is from the same people and follows in the footsteps of the critically acclaimed Wallace Wood: Woodworks and Big John Buscema, massive art books based on major exhibits in Spain. This is THE collection of Heath's extraordinary body of work, from his earliest days as an artist to the present, almost entirely from the ORIGINAL ARTWORK. | ||||||||||||
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WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE Volume 9 Rise of the Rhyming Man -- Daily Strips, 1946-48. Highly Recommended. By Floyd Gottfredson. Mickey and the space and time traveling alien Eega team up to save Mouseton from the Rhyming Man... a poetic master spy with an arsenal of chemical weapons! And 35 more stories, plus all kinds of cool additional material, profusely illustrated Afterward with storyboards, pencilled art, international all-original covers of various Mickey Mouse magazines, and a complete full-color story with Eega, "Lost in the Microcosmos," from the Italian Mickey magazine Topolino from 1957.....More. |
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| See our website for all back volumes, two of which are on sale, plus slipcased sets of two volumes [WLT01HP, etc. Vol 1&2, 3&4, and 5&6 - |
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ROY THOMAS PRESENTS CAPTAIN SCIENCE -- Complete Run #1-7, 1950-51. Highly Recommended. By Wally Wood, Joe Orlando et al. Here's another highly collected classic in the great tradition of Planet Comics, but from a company very much in the style of Avon, featuring sexy, voluptuous ladies and even wilder monsters and aliens. Spaceships and saucers galore plus the wonderful artwork of the great Wallace Wood and his protégé Joe Orlando, just prior to their move to EC. The lead character, Capt. Science, is a space-faring hero. And there are back-up sci-fi stories by Myron Fass, Vince Napoli, Harry Harrison and others to fill out each issue.....More. |
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| Item Code: CAPSH $59.99 |
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| See our website for more Roy Thomas Presents volumes, plus Pre-Code Classics and Harvey Horrors. Many are now on sale, both hardcover and slipcased editions. More new sale titles arrived this week, too late to list here. |
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GREEN ARROW A Celebration of 75 Years -- Recommended. Sometimes laws must be broken in order to seek true justice. Oliver Queen understands this. As Green Arrow, he is able to protect people and get the justice they truly deserve, even if it means bending the rules now and then. Begins with his first appearance in More Fun #73, 1941, then Leading #1, 1941, Adventure #256, 1959 (by Jack Kirby), JLA #4, 1961, Brave & The Bold #85, 1969, Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85-86, 1971 & #90 (the turning point issues with Neal Adams), and on through 2013.....More. |
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See our website for all available Celebration of 75 Years collections: Shazam (Fawcett’s Captain Marvel), Green Lantern, The Joker, Catwoman, Batman, Robin, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Superman, The Flash, The Spirit, and The Justice Society of America! All but The Spirit [SP75H. |
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JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Omnibus Volume 2 -- Justice League of America #31-76, Mystery in Space #75, 1964-69. Recommended. By Gardner Fox. Art by Mike Sekowsky, later covers by Neal Adams. The world's greatest super-heroes face Brain Storm (origin & 1st appearance), the Key (intro), the Royal Flush Gang (intro), Felix Faust, and more threats from across the cosmos! Hawkman joins, Metamorpho and Zatanna guest, the Justice Society shows up for "Crisis on Earth-A," the G.A. Sandman reappears, Wonder Woman and Manhunter leave, Black Canary joins.....More. |
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JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Omnibus Volume 1 -- Collects Brave and the Bold #28-30 and JLA #1-30. Highly Recommended. By Gardner Fox. Art by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs. This new hardcover omnibus collection spotlights the origins and very first stories of the Justice League of America, from early in the Silver Age. Here are their first "try-out" stories from Brave and the Bold #28-30 (1960) and Justice League of America #1-30 (1960-64). | ||||||||||||
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ILENE MEYER Paintings Drawings Perceptions -- Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Ilene Meyer. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. From the editors and publisher of Spectrum, a stunning art book on a unique and superlative creator whose imagination knows, quite literally, no bounds. Rich and expressively rendered, Ilene Meyer's oil paintings wrap viewers in the mists and myths of creation, exploring fantastical creatures and imaginary landscapes with piercing clarity and passion. As surreal as Picasso or Dali, this glossy gallery introduces sci-fi and New Age visualists to the first full-scale retrospective collection of Meyer's work.....More. |
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ELRIC Volume 1 The Balance Lost -- Closeout Price! By Michael Moorcock and Chris Roberson. Art by Francesco Biagini. Afterword by Neil Gaiman. Signs appear throughout the Multiverse that the Cosmic Balance is in peril, and the Eternal Champion is caught in the crosshairs! Across worlds, Elric, Hawkmoon and Corum face the force that threatens to overpower them all, while Eric Beck, a modern-day video game designer, must acknowledge that his reoccurring dreams of a Pale Prince aren’t all in his head... New York Times bestseller writer Chris Roberson teams up with legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock to bring Elric back to comic books in an original ongoing series!....More. |
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ELRIC Volume 2 The Balance Lost -- Closeout Price! By Michael Moorcock and Chris Roberson. Art by Francesco Biagini. Afterword by Neil Gaiman. Elric and his haunted, soul-stealing sword are teamed up with two more Moorcock creations, Hawkmoon and Corum. A savage interdimensional game of life and death is being played out by an alien race who are ruthless in the extreme. Eric Beck, a modern-day video game designer, is also sucked into the battle.....More. |
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ELRIC Volume 3 The Balance Lost -- Closeout Price! By Michael Moorcock and Chris Roberson. Art by Francesco Biagini. The concluding volume of Elric’s epic return to comics and graphic novels! Includes eight pages of variant covers by Matteo Scalero, Francesco Mattina, Dan Panosian.....More.
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| See our website for earlier Elric graphic novels, recently released in new editions, by P. Craig Russell, Michael Gilbert and others. |
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RAY HARRYHAUSEN Special Effects Titan DVD -- By Gilles Penso. The remarkable career of the movie industry's most admired and influential special-effects auteur, Ray Harryhausen. Gilles Penso's definitive documentary. Leaving no doubt as to Harryhausen's influence on modern-day special effects, this features enlightening and entertaining interviews with the man himself, as well as Randy Cook, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippet, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Guillermo del Toro, James Cameron, Rick Baker, Peter Lord, Steven Spielberg and many more.....More. |
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DC COMICS RAVEN BISHOUJO Statue -- 1/7 scale. Recommended. We like these--they are affordable, fun, and very nicely done. Kotobukiya turns to DC Comics for its next Bishoujo statue: Raven, ready for action as she floats in the air, hands outstretched and cloak swirling around her. Based on a new character interpretation by master illustrator Shunya Yamashita. Raven first appeared in DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980), and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Peréz.....More. |
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COLORING DC WONDER WOMAN -- By Adam Hughes, George Pérez, Jim Lee et al. Now you can color DC Comics and all of its most popular characters your way with Coloring DC: Wonder Woman! DC Comics presents this iconic hero in a whole new way: in black and white, on heavy stock suitable for coloring! DC’s Amazon Warrior stars in a new coloring book focusing on her greatest covers, splash pages and more by some of comics’ top artists!....More. |
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| More coloring books are on our website: Harvey Horrors, Mythic (Charles Vess and Michael Kaluta), The Walking Dead, Spawn, Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope), and Coloring Your Octopus (signed). |
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DANGER GIRL Permission to Thrill Coloring Book -- Art by J. Scott Campbell. Sultry. Sexy. And stripped... of color! The luscious artwork of J. Scott Campbell is unmistakable and often imitated -- and now it's yours to color in this collection of artwork from the comic book series Danger Girl. From thrilling scenes to chilling curves, from pin-up pages to dynamite covers, this collects the best of the sultry and dangerous good girls in a first-ever collection to color! Includes a cool 2 1/2 page fold-out, an epic scene with all the girls, ready to color and display on your wall.....More. |
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DANGER GIRL RENEGADE -- Collects #1-4. By Andy Hartnell. Art by Stephen Molnar. Cover art by J. Scott Campbell. Cool art, fast-paced adventure in a handsome style not unlike Frank Cho. And four sultry covers by J. Scott Campbell. This has it all. Abbey Chase is renowned as a brilliant young archaeologist and (a bit less renowned) as a member of a super-secret spy organization. But who trained and shaped her into this remarkable person? | ||||||||||||
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RACHEL RISING OMNIBUS Signed -- Signed! Recommended. By Terry Moore. Rachel rises from the grave to track down her own murderer in this chilling tale of suspense, from the creator of Strangers in Paradise and Echo. This series was just finished and is here now for the first time in a complete, massive collection, specially signed for us by Terry. With the help of a 10-year old serial killer carrying the remains of Satan's sword, and a sister who is literally the first woman to ever exist, Rachel uncovers the wicked secrets of small town Manson and its terrible role in earth's final days! Due Sept....More. | ||||||||||||||
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS JOURNEY INTO FEAR Volume 3 -- Collects #15-21, 1953-54. Recommended. Hey, it's all here, culture-lovers: walking dead folks (loads of 'em), some of them even still sporting their heads, plus witches, ghosts, werewolves, and enough vampires to go into the second-hand dentures business. Headlight covers, Kamen-ish artwork from the Iger Shop artists. A woman convinces her lover to kill her rich husband. The lover does so by blowing the husband's head off. But the headless corpse of the husband comes back looking for a new head (‘Your Head For Mine’). Due Sept.....More. |
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| Volume 1 is available now at the same price [PCJ01H.] Volume 2 is due in July. |
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SPIDER-GWEN Statue -- Limited, 3000! Sculpted by Clayburn Moore. The Spider-Woman of Earth-65 is taking the Marvel Universe by storm, whether she's fighting alongside other spider-heroes against the Inheritors, or playing with the Mary Janes in a battle of the bands! This 12-inch scale statue of the unmasked "Spider-Gwen" shows her alighting on a pillar, preparing to shoot a webline while balanced on one foot. Sculpted by Clayburn Moore, this resin statue is limited to an edition of 3,000, and comes packaged with a certificate of authenticity in a full-color window box. Due Sept....More. | ||||||||||
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BATMAN VS SUPERMAN DAWN OF JUSTICE PLAY ARTS KAI WONDER WOMAN Statue -- Sculpted by James Marsono. From the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice film comes this impressively detailed Wonder Woman statue, capturing the warrior demi-goddess standing tall and strong atop a Batman v Superman logo base. Sculpted by James Marsano and measures 13 inches tall. Wonder Woman is made of poly resin and features an amazing likeness to actress Gal Gadot, who will star in the coming all-new Wonder Woman film! Due Sept.....More. | ||||||||||
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BATMAN VS SUPERMAN Dawn Of Justice Wonder Woman Statue -- Sculpted by James Marsano. It's a beautiful, retro Wonder Woman, in a handsome non-traditional outfit, from the new Batman vs. Superman storyline. We like it. Due Aug. | ||||||||||
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WOMEN OF DYNAMITE VAMPIRELLA STATUE DIAMOND EYE Variant J Scott Campbell -- Limited, 199! By J. Scott Campbell. An extremely Limited Edition Vampirella statue based on the work of comics sensation J. Scott Campbell and sculpted by the talented Jason Smith, featuring our blood-craving heroine with a twinkle in her eye. Hand-painted cold-cast porcelain, 12" in height with a 6" base. This variant edition of the first Women of Dynamite statue comes packaged in a four-color box with a hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Due Sept....More. | ||||||||||
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WOMEN OF DYNAMITE VAMPIRELLA Statue B&W J Scott Campbell -- Limited, 199! Based on the work of J Scott Campbell. Sculpted by Jason Smith. An extremely Limited Edition Vampirella statue based on the work of comics sensation J. Scott Campbell, featuring the stark contrast of light and darkness, with just a touch of deep red to highlight our heroine's classic look. Hand-painted on cold-cast porcelain, 12 inches in height with a 6 inches base. | ||||||||
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS THE RIDER -- Almost Gone! Warehouse Find, 1976, Original Frazetta Cover! A first printing of this, first time in paperback, with a superb Frank Frazetta cover. An early and little-seen ERB novel. Karlova and Margoth had been enemies for centuries--and now they were about to join in peaceful alliance through the marriage of Princess Mary and Prince Boris. But the Rider, the most successful highwayman ever to plague the two countries, secretly became part of the royal wedding plans... Note: Corner crease or two, plus a small silver-foil stamp over the price.....More. | ||||||||||||||
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ROAD TO PERDITION -- Almost Gone! Warehouse find, 1998. Highly Recommended. By Max Allen Collins. Art by Richard Piers Rayner. The graphic novel that became a major motion picture, written by the award-winning author and comics historian who also created the Nolan detective series. An enthralling crime noir about revenge, morality and family loyalty. Michael O’Sullivan is chief enforcer for an Irish mob family. But after O’Sullivan’s eldest son witnesses one of his father’s hits, the godfather orders the death of his entire family. His wife and youngest son dead, O’Sullivan and his remaining child embark on a dark and violent mission of retribution. Note: Minor bumps to corners.....More. |
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Fair warning! We’ve just three copies left of the signed Road to Perdition Big Little Book produced as a movie promotional item. We got these direct from Max Allan Collins. [ROADB. $30]. Also see Luis Royo Secrets, below in Mature Readers. |
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Mature ReadersTwo items back in stock: first is a revised new edition of Lighting the Nude: Top Photography Professionals Share Their Secrets, This is a truly outstanding collection of top notch pictures of stunningly beautiful, all-natural women. For the technically-minded, this details how each session was set up. And we have found a handful of copies of Luis Royo Secrets, published in 1996 and now out of print. It’s filled with his wonderful fantasy women, mostly unclothed, along with monsters and creatures and other-world settings. It’s Royo at his best. Our copies are just slightly dinged but nearly new, from 1996. Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult |
News and Notes |
| Wally Wood’s Galaxy Art and Beyond IDW seriously underprinted this and it’s out of print within two weeks of publication. We have 15 more copies coming in (and we’d gotten a good supply first time around) but then we’re OUT until a reprint comes about. I have little doubt they will do one, but until then we’ll have to backorder copies. We just pulled it out of the next catalog. Too bad, it’s a wonderful book and I wish more of you could see it. Act now, you might still score one. |
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Herb Trimpe Artist Select Deluxe I wrote about this two weeks ago, only 680 of the 1000 printed were signed since Herb passed away. We got our reorder of two more copies and they ARE both signed, in case you want one. Act now and get this ordered. We don’t know what will happen with our next reorder, chances are it won’t be signed. [IHHASD. $169] |
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