Welcome to our latest clearance sale. As usual, many items are in very short supply, sometimes five copies or less, so act now. We also mail this out to our Newsletter people in a printed version, but you folks getting this email get the jump on them by two weeks or so. I also dropped prices on a whole bunch of additional items. But in this mailing we only have room for 80 titles, so I could not include them here. These are all reduced and in the Closeouts sections on our website. All these will be in our NEXT sale, if they last. FREE BOOKS for every $25! This time I’m doing something different. I have listed several books at the end of this email that you can include with your order for FREE. For each $25 that you spend on Clearance items, you can include ONE free book. You can also use Closeout items not on this list but on our website to qualify for more books. See FREE BOOKS for more information. |
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Artists & Illustration |
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DRAWINGS OF LAURIE LIPTON Closeout Price!Edited by Jon Beinart. Introduction by Tony Thorne. Short essay by Mike McGee. Laurie Lipton's vast and eerily memorable drawings have been widely recognized for their sublime references to life's predicaments. Portrayed with a teeth-clenching humor and consummate skill, her work is rich in imagination, artistry and social awareness. Her technique is inspired by the 16th Century Flemish Masters: using thousands of tiny lines, like the brush strokes in an egg-tempera painting, to build-up tone and form. We love her skeletons and skulls. Last Gasp, 2013...More Item Code: DRLLH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 160pg, b&w |
| THE 101 BEST FILM NOIR POSTERS FROM THE 1940s-1950s Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Mark Fertig. This art book collects the very finest film noir posters in full page (for each poster) format to best display their detail and impact. Plus critical commentary. Fantagraphics, 2014...More Item Code: FILNH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 11x14, 144pg, Full Color |
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CHARLES SCHULZ PEANUTS Artist's Edition Closeout Price! Recommended. Charles Schulz's Peanuts debuted in 1950 and would become what is arguably the most important comic strip of all time. Peanuts transcended the medium, presenting complex issues and moral dilemmas in the space of four panels, while maintaining a bitingly funny sense of humor. For the first time, you can see the original art created by the artist himself--in IDW's multi-award-winning Artist's Edition format, with each strip being carefully scanned and reproduced (in an unusual oblong format), two strips to a page. IDW, 2014....More Item Code: CSPAEH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 20x11, 140pg, b&w |
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INCREDIBLE HULK SAL BUSCEMA ARTIST SELECT Volume 1 Signed Closeout Price! Signed & numbered, 999! By Bill Mantlo et al. Art by Sal Buscema. Introducing the Marvel Artist Select Series! This oversized, limited-edition hardcover celebrates the legendary Sal Buscema's time on The Incredible Hulk with Buscema's favorite issues chosen by the artist himself. Fifteen complete issues with covers, featuring Doc Samson, the Silver Surfer, the Absorbing Man, the Leader, the Death of Glenn Talbot, and the first appearance of Rocket Raccoon! IDW, 2015....More Item Code: IHASD. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x14, 312pg, b&w |
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MIRACLEMAN Artifact Edition Closeout Price! By Garry Leach, Alan Davis and John Totleben. Miracleman was launched 30 years ago in the now legendary Warrior magazine. It turned the concept of "super-hero" on its ear with big ideas that helped redefine an entire genre. Cool Gallery section with original pencils, unused concepts, alternate covers never used. Selected covers & pages from Warrior #2 to #21. Nudity and mature themes. IDW, 2015....More Item Code: MIRAEH. Hard Cover, 15x20, 144pg, b&w |
| BEAUTIFUL POSTER LADY A Life of Ethel Reed Closeout Price! Recommended. By William S. Peterson. One of the most elusive figures in the history of Ameican graphic design. Her career began in the 1890s in Boston, where she achieved international recognition for her posters--and for her personal glamour. Newspapers called her the most famous woman artist in America. Then in 1896, following a broken engagement, she sailed to Europe, contributed to two final numbers of the Yellow Book in London, and vanished. Oak Knoll, 2013....More Item Code: BEPLH. Hard Cover, 6x9, 123pg, Partial Color |
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BORIS VALLEJO'S 3D MAGIC Closeout Price! Warehouse find, 1995. Recommended. By Boris Vallejo. The emphasis is on women as practically every plate features fantasy men and women, but mostly women and often nude. Stare deeply into Vallejo's extra-ordinary images and be transported to a multi-dimensional world where beautiful women tempt you, sea creatures leap off the page, and fantastic images float through time and space, in full three dimensions. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1995. Out of Print. Mature Readers. Note: Copies have slightly bumped corners, otherwise as new, most copies in the original shrink-wrap....More Item Code: BV3DHC. Hard Cover, 11x9, 64pg, Full Color |
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SONGS AND SONNETS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By Charles Robinson Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. From Ophelia's lament for lost love to Ariel's joyful paean to fairy life, this elegant facsimile edition gathers songs and sonnets from Shakespeare's plays. 12 color plates and dozens upon dozens of decorated initial letters and vignettes feature cherubs and beautiful women, printed throughout in two colors! From England's Golden Age of book illustration, this from the original 1915 edition. Calla, 2014....More Item Code: SONSH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 240pg, Text/Partial Color |
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CINDERELLA or The Little Glass Slipper Closeout Price! By Charles Perrault. Art by Camille Rose Garcia. In this lavishly illustrated retelling of the classic fairytale, Garcia reimagines Cinderella through her distinctive and lavish aesthetic, complete with wild avant-garde typography. Hers is a Cinderella for the twenty-first century: dark, compelling, vibrant. Harper, 2015....More Item Code: CINDEH. Hard Cover, 6x9, 80pg, Full Color |
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DRAWING BEAUTIFUL WOMEN Studio Edition Closeout Price! The Frank Cho Method. Highly Recommended. By Frank Cho. This deluxe edition has an extra 16-page section with bonus artwork, an exclusive Frank Cho interview, and an alternate cover featuring a new painting of a nude woman. Two gatefolds are included. Frank Cho, the acclaimed creator of Liberty Meadows, shares his secrets to drawing the lovely women he is renowned for. Flesk, 2014. Mature Readers...More Item Code: DRBWD. Hard Cover, 12x17, 140pg, Full Color |
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EXPANDING UNIVERSE Closeout Price! Recommended. By Owen Edwards. With investigations into everything from black holes to exoplanets, the Hubble Telescope has changed not only the face of astronomy, but also our very sense of being in the universe. On the 25th anniversary of its launch, TASCHEN celebrates its most breathtaking deep space images both as scientific feats and as photographic masterpieces. Taschen, 2015....More Item Code: EXPUH. Hard Cover, 12x12, 258pg, Full Color |
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FANTASTICAL The Art of Matt Gaser Closeout Price! Recommended. Foreword by Christian Alzmann. A utopian city levitates above a lush green Earth. A brilliant doctor specializing in the care and treatment of half-giants and pirate slugs discovers a terrible plague from another dimension. A headstrong teenage girl and her friendly monster enter a high-stakes race for survival. In a bleak and gray dystopian city, a singular butterfly heralds miraculous discoveries for a half-human cyborg. Cameron, 2015....More Item Code: FAMGH. Hard Cover, 11x8, 112pg, Full Color |
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HAUTE CAMPE Closeout Price! Limited, 1,000! Recommended. Text by Thomas Negovan and Mark Allen Miller. From Drive-Ins to Grindhouses, Film Posters for the '50s to the '70s. 80 pages of visual decadence and the most incredible tag-lines you could possibly imagine! This volume features rare posters from the Century Guild/ Haute Campe archives-- many never before collected. Century Guild, 2015....More Item Code: HAUC. Soft Cover, 8x11, 80pg, Full Color |
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HUMBERTO RAMOS PRESENTS MY MARVELS Volume 2 Signed Closeout Price! Introduction by Stan Lee. As Stan puts it "For over 20 years Humberto's left his mark on comicdom. His super style has graced not only some of the best art imaginable, but some of the best stories for characters that I hold near and dear." Here are Spidey, Dark Phoenix, Black Cat, The Avengers, Thanos, Deadpool, Gambit, The X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more. Includes Spider-Man character studies. Very handsomely designed and a nice variety of media, themes and characters. Marvel, 2014....More Item Code: HR02HS. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 56pg, Full Color |
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LITTLE NEMO'S BIG NEW DREAMS Closeout Price! A Junior Library Guild Selection. Highly Recommended. By David Mack, Jeremy Bastian, David Peterson, Charles Vess, Cliff Chiang. Winsor McCay's legendary comic strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland, has inspired today's foremost cartoonists to craft their own dreamlands. From the original broadsheet-sized edition, they have selected more than thirty glorious, unforgettable, or even silly dreams. Join Nemo on his journey out of 1905 and, dream by dream, explore the wild and wonderful world of today's most imaginative dreamers! Toon Graphics, 2015....More Item Code: LNBIGH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 66pg, Full Color |
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THE LONG TALL JOURNEY Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Jan Wahl. Art by Laurent Gapaillard. This is special. It is based on a true story, a journey that took two years and 4000 miles--in 1825-27. When a giraffe is taken from its beloved acacia grove in Africa and sets sail for France, it does not welcome the adventure at first. Everything is foreign; nothing is familiar. But that will change. And French artist Laurent Gapaillard's arresting landscapes offer a panoramic view of each episode. Creative Editions, 2015....More Item Code: LOTJH. Hard Cover, 9x12, 40pg, Full Color |
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SPECTRUM Volume 22 Hardcover Closeout Price! The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by John Fleskes. The best-selling, 22nd lavishly produced annual--a massive 304 pages of the finest in the last year's fantasy artwork. Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today's culture. Flesk, 2015....More Item Code: SPE22H. Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Full Color |
| STAR TREK The Original Topps Trading Card Series Closeout Price! Includes four bonus trading cards. By Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann. Reprinted here for the first time, the original 1976 trading cards from Topps featuring full-color images from the classic television series created by Gene Roddenberry, plus synopses and information on the cast and crew of the Starship Enterprise. This includes the front and back of all 88 cards and 22 rare and hard-to-find stickers (which were originally sold one per pack), as well as text and commentary by Star Trek insiders Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann. Abrams, 2013....More Item Code: STTRH. Hard Cover, 6x8, 216pg, Full Color |
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USAGI YOJIMBO SAMURAI Gallery Edition Closeout Price! By Stan Sakai. Stan's first Gallery Edition. Look over Sakai's shoulder at his original artwork, reproduced at full size and in living color (which gets all the nuances, since it IS black & white). Includes art from the earliest stories of the rabbit ronin, including the very first tale, the complete origin tale, and more from the Fantagraphics and Mirage years! Includes extra, never-before-seen art and a new introduction by Sakai! Dark Horse, 2015....More Item Code: USYGH. Hard Cover, 12x17, 268pg, Full Color |
Sketchbooks |
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BEAUTY and the BEAST 2013 Closeout Price! Big Wow Comic Fest art book! Bookplate signed by Dan Brereton. Highly Recommended. The Big Wow show has taken a page from the Emerald City Comic-Con folks and produced their own snappy new art book, not too unlike the bestselling Monsters and Dames. This is the inaugural edition. Big Wow, 2013....More Item Code: BEA13. Soft Cover, 9x11, 48pg, Full Color |
| BLANK SKETCHBOOK By Bruce Timm Closeout Price! Cover art by Bruce Timm. Flesk Publishing introduced an entirely new product at San Diego Comic-Con 2015. Blank sketchbooks--or journals--with exquisite full color covers by these excellent artists and 48 pages waiting to receive your journaling, illuminations and creations. 140 GSM woodfree stock paper which works well with pen and pencil. Durable, flexible protective cover with wraparound illustrations. Flesk, 2015....More Item Code: BSBT. Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, b&w |
| BLANK SKETCHBOOK By Mark Schultz Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Cover art by Mark Schultz. Flesk Publishing introduced an entirely new product at San Diego Comic-Con 2015. Blank sketchbooks--or journals--with exquisite full color covers by these excellent artists and 48 pages waiting to receive your journaling, illuminations and creations. 140 GSM woodfree stock paper which works well with pen and pencil. Durable, flexible protective cover with wraparound illustrations. Flesk, 2015....More Item Code: BSMS. Soft Cover, 6x9, 48pg, b&w |
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ERIC POWELL Drawings, Sketches & Such Book 6 Signed Closeout Price! Recommended. By Eric Powell. Handsome pencil, wash, and pen drawings of a good variety of characters. Here's The Spirit, Hellboy, Mad Max?, The Hulk, Jack Kirby's Demon, Conan, Godzilla, and monsters. Includes prelim ideas for comic book covers, and four delightful "fairy tales in one panel." Eric Powell, 2015....More Item Code: ERI06S. Soft Cover, 7x10, 24pg, b&w |
| JUSTIN GERARD 2013 SKETCHBOOK The Four Dwarves Signed Closeout Price! Signed! Recommended. By Justin Gerard. The following pages are a collection of sketches, studies and drawings for a story I have been working on recently. It is largely based on an image I painted a year ago of four dwarves who are being hunted by a giant forest troll. I always meant to come back to the image and tell the back story to the events unfolding in it. Justin Gerard, 2013....More Item Code: JG13. Soft Cover, 6x9, 42pg, Partial Color |
Graphic Novels |
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BATMAN 66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET Closeout Price! Collects Batman '66/Green Hornet #1-6. By Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman. Art by Ty Templeton, covers by Alex Ross. In 1967, television history was made when two masked crime fighters met in a historic crossover. Now, superstar filmmaker Kevin Smith and actor/comedian Ralph Garman join forces with artist Ty Templeton (BATMAN '66) to bring these two iconic characters and their famous partners together again. DC, 2015....More Item Code: BATMGH. Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
| BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE Volume 4 Closeout Price! Collects #1-6, 2013. Highly Recommended. By Paul Dini, Adam Hughes, Neal Adams et al. The legendary, Eisner Award-winning series returns in a brand-new volume featuring tales of The Dark Knight by some of comics'greatest writers and artists: Chip Kidd, Michael Cho, Neal Adams, J.G. Jones, Alex Nino, Adam Huges, Cliff Chiang, Joe Quinones, John Arcudi, Rafael Albuquerque, Len Wien, Michael Uslan, Marv Wolfman, and MANY others! DC, 2014....More Item Code: BATB04. Soft Cover, 7x10, 288pg, b&w |
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JUSTICE LEAGUE ORIGIN Hardcover & DVD/Blu-Ray Set Closeout Price! The JLA origins retold, from 2011-12. Recommended. By Geoff Johns, Jim Lee and Scott Williams. In a world where inexperienced superheroes operate under a cloud of suspicion, loner vigilante Batman has stumbled upon a dark evil that threatens to destroy the earth. Now, the Dark Knight must team with a group of strangers--Superman, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Cyborg and Green Lantern--to stop a threat far beyond anything he can handle on his own. DC, 2015....More Item Code: JLOH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, DVD/Blu-Ray, , 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
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IN GOD WE TRUST Closeout Price! By Winshluss. Winshluss returns with the hilarious multi-levelled retelling of The Bible. We are guided through the maze of the Old and New Testament by St. Franky, with a nose like a strawberry from drinking altar wine and a sceptical attitude. Superman's here! And a rather surprised Mary, mother of Jesus! Knockabout, 2015....More Item Code: INGH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x10, 104pg, Full Color |
| JUSTICE INC Volume 1 Closeout Price! By Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. A historic crossover seventy-five years in the making! The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Avenger, the three iconic pulp crime-fighters come together for the first time ever! Out of tragedy, a hero is born... and an alliance formed! When an airliner carrying industrialist Richard Henry Benson and his family disappears, it's the first strike in a secret cabal's master plan for world conquest. Dynamite, 2015....More Item Code: JUSI01. Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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LOUISE BROOKS Detective Closeout Price! Recommended. By Rick Geary. Stepping away for a bit from his growing and impressive body of work in the Treasury of Murder true crime series, Geary creates a fictional story around a favorite actress: Louise Brooks. Spun around her actual brief meteoric career c.1920-1930s, as a smoldering film actress who popularized bangs, here she becomes a hometown detective for an unsolved murder mystery. NBM, 2015....More Item Code: LOUBH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x9, 80pg, b&w |
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THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH AND OTHER STORIES Signed Hardcover Closeout Price! Signed! Recommended. By H P Lovecraft. Art by Jason Bradley Thompson. In search of a lost city and a forgotten memory, Randolph Carter enters the Dreamlands, the vast world of wonder and horror where one night can span a million years. From the jungles of Kled to the surface of the moon, Carter's quest takes him ever closer to the secret of the marvelous sunset city--and the terror of Nyarlathotep and Azathoth, the monstrous Other Gods who stand in his way. Mock Man, 2011....More Item Code: DQUKHS. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x12, 184pg, b&w |
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PUMA BLUES Closeout Price! Massive 560-pages, new 40-page ending! By Stephen Murphy and Michael Zulli. New Introduction by Dave Sim. Out of print for nearly 25 years. One of Rolling Stone's Top 50 Non-Super Hero graphic novels of all time, this is a series of interrelated stories that visualize life at the turn of the 21st century. It's a world of mutated animals, in which a lone government agent investigates the truth behind environmental degradation. Includes tons of new bonus material. Dover, 2015. Mature Readers...More Item Code: PUMB. Hard Cover, 7x10, 560pg, b&w |
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RETURN OF THE GREMLINS Closeout Price! Recommended. By Mike Richardson and Roald Dahl. Art by Dean Yeagle. When a young American named Gus inherits his late grandfather's English estate, he hopes to sell the place and be on his way. But then, strange things start happening in the house. Dark Horse, 2015....More Item Code: RETGH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10.5, 128pg, Full Color |
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ROBERT HEINLEIN'S Citizen of The Galaxy Closeout Price! By Robert Lazaro & Eric Gignac. Art by Steve Erwin. Just outside our Galaxy the atrocities of slavery thrive, and young Thorby is just another orphaned boy sold at auction. But a mysterious crippled beggar enters his life and his destiny is changed forever. An interstellar action-adventure coming of age tale by the "Dean of Science Fiction." IDW, 2015....More Item Code: RHCG. Soft Cover, 7x10, 104pg, Full Color |
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SATOSHI KON'S OPUS Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Satoshi Kon. Brilliant anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue) was a manga artist before he became a director. OPUS shows his mastery of both realism and surrealism that made Kon famous. A manga artist becomes drawn into his own work--participates in his own story, brings to life his own beautiful heroine, and realizes the deadline he's up against is to stop a vicious serial killer--but in whose reality? Dark Horse, 2014....More Item Code: SATO. Soft Cover, 6x8, 384pg, b&w |
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THE SHADOW Volume 3 Light Of The World Closeout Price! Collects #13-18. Written by Chris Roberson. Art by Alex Ross and Giovanni Timpano. The Shadow, the mysterious crime-fighter who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, is on the hunt for a serial murderer in the darkened streets of New York. At each crime scene, eyewitnesses have spotted the spectral figure of a woman in white. But what is the connection between these killings and the shining, blade-wielding woman known only as "The Light"? Dynamite, 2014....More Item Code: SHF03. Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color Also Available THE SHADOW Volumes 1, 2: SHF01, SHF02. ea: |
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SHADOW Master Series Volume 3 Closeout Price! Collects The Shadow (1987 series) #14-19 and Annual 1&2. Recommended. By Andy Helfer. Art by Kyle Baker and Joe Orlander. The Shadow is dead, a victim of a biological weapon... but his soul survives! Believing that his ultimate fate rests in the hidden city of Shambala, the twins Chang and Hsu-Tei carry The Shadow's body deep within the Tibetan mountains, only to find themselves hunted by Chinese authorities. Meanwhile, without their master's guidance, the agents of The Shadow struggle to find their place in a violent, corrupt world. Dynamite, 2015....More Item Code: SHM03. Soft Cover, 7x10, 264pg, Full Color Also Available SHADOW Master Series Volumes 1, 2: SHM01, SHM02. |
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SPACED OUT The Story of Fil and Mantis by Brett Bean Signed Closeout Price! Signed! Recommended. By Brett Bean. This is the epic graphic novel of two best friends trying to find their place in the galaxy filled with robots, bounty hunters, aliens, faceless drones and an overbearing boss. Brilliant animated characters right out of a Pixar film, with wonderful coloring and crazy hijinks in space. Fil and Mantis are bizarre looking space aliens. Includes a section of sketches with notes, color layouts, thumbnails and an illustrated index of characters. This was a successfully funded Kickstarter project.....More Item Code: SOHS. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 116pg, Full Color |
Comic Book Archives |
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ANT-MAN Scott Lang Closeout Price! By David Michelinie, Bob Layton and Tom Defalco. With art by John Byrne, George Perez and Jerry Bingham, here's the origin and first appearances of the original Ant-Man's successor (and the star of the new 2015 film). To save his daughter Cassie's life, Scott is forced to return to a life of crime, stealing Hank Pym's original costumed identity. But when his noble intentions win the Avengers' approval, he takes over as the all-new Ant-Man, full-time! Marvel, 2015....More Item Code: ANTM. Soft Cover, 7x10, 232pg, Full Color |
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DC COMICS Hardcover & DVD/Blu-Ray Set Closeout Price! The World's Greatest Superheroes are here with this deluxe slipcased set of SIX Blu-Ray/Graphic Novel combo packs Justice League War, Batman: Year One, Superman: Doomsday, Batman: Gotham Knight, Wonder Woman: Gods & Mortals and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. DC, 2015....More Item Code: DCCBHD. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, DVD/Blu-Ray, 1080pg, Full Color |
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SILVER SURFER Epic Collection Volume 3 Freedom Closeout Price! Collects #1-14 (1987-88) and much more. By John Byrne, Stan Lee et al. Art by Jack Kirby, John Buscema et al. Lee, Byrne and Palmer are an unbeatable team on this second incarnation of the Surfer's own series. After years trapped on Earth, the Silver Surfer finally breaks free of Galactus' barrier and returns to the stars. His full power cosmic restored, he heads for Zenn-La...but the old saying holds true: you can't go home again. Marvel, 2014....More Item Code: SSE03. Soft Cover, 7x10, 488pg, Full Color |
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POPEYE CLASSICS Volume 6 Closeout Price! Collects #25-29, 1953. Recommended. By Bud Sagendorf. Re-presenting the classic Popeye comic book series that debuted in 1948, with all-new wild adventures by Bud Sagendorf. Also here are Sagendorf's gloriously funny one-pagers, back up strips (including one starring two robots, another with the Old Hag), plus a long intro with cool rare photos, and lots of extra artwork! IDW, 2015....More Item Code: CLP06H. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 192pg, Full Color |
| SILVER SURFER Epic Collection Volume 1 When Calls Galactus Closeout Price! Fantastic Four & Tales to Astonish, 1966-68. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby, with Marie Severin. Soaring through the cosmos like a living comet, the Silver Surfer--herald of the world devourer Galactus--debuted in the pages of Fantastic Four and blew the minds of Marvel fans everywhere! This strange, stoic alien entered as harbinger of destruction, but was touched by human compassion and rebelled. Here are ALL the Surfer's first appearances right up to 1968 when he got his own title. Marvel, 2014....More Item Code: SSE01. Soft Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color |
Comic Strip Collections |
| ARCHIE The Swingin' Sixties Volume 2 Closeout Price! Daily Newspaper Comics, 1963-65. By Bob Montana. Continuing the Eisner Award-winning series collecting the Archie newspaper strip, we reach the mid-1960s when the now-famous cast of Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, and Reggie are part of a rich ensemble presented by cartoonist Bob Montana. As Bart Beaty notes, "The strip is not so much about Archie as it is about the interaction of all those characters who exist in his orbit. The relatively large cast is particularly suited to the gag-a-day format." IDW, 2014....More Item Code: ARS02H. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x9, 276pg, b&w |
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ARCHIE The Swingin' Sixties Volume 1 Closeout Price! Daily Newspaper Comics, 1960-63. By Bob Montana. Never before collected, here is two and a half years of daily newspaper strips: 800 in all, from the beginning of the school year in September 1960 to spring vacation in April 1963! Artist Bob Montana was integral in the creation and popularization of Archie back in the 1940s and 1950s, so he was tapped to perfectly capture the flavor of the long-running comic book stories. IDW, 2013....More Item Code: ARS01H. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x9, 276pg, b&w |
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BUCK ROGERS COMPLETE MURPHY ANDERSON SUNDAYS Closeout Price! 1958-59. Highly Recommended. By Rick Yager, Fritz Leiber, and Judith Merrill. Art by Murphy Anderson. Anderson did a stint on Buck Rogers' Dailies in 1947-48, when he was still a youngster drawing Star Pirate in Planet Comics. By 1958 he was a premiere DC sci-fi artist, knocking out gorgeous covers and important stories, such as Captain Comet, for DC titles like Mystery in Space and Strange Adventures. This is a rare, rare treat...his complete run of Sunday Pages in an extra-large hardcover. This was a strip he was perfect for and clearly enjoyed drawing. Plus a major 20-page intro, Murphy and Buck by R.C. Harvey, beautifully illustrated from original art. Hermes, 2014. Out of Print....More Item Code: BUCMS01H. Hard Cover, 11x14, 80pg, Full Color |
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BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 6 Closeout Price! 1936-38. By Ron Goulart. "Princess Elthana of Venus Visits Earth," "Interplanetary War with Venus," "Wokkie and the Novans," and "The Fiend of Space." Four wild episodes of adventure in outer space with Buck and Wilma, jet-packs and rockets, ray-guns and narrow escapes. A new volume in the critically acclaimed complete reprint of this ground-breaking title. Included in this volume are two more years of the strip, from 1936 to 1938, featuring four complete adventures, plus a special 16 page introductory essay by noted Buck Rogers expert Alan Lane. Plus an afterword telling interesting detail about the history of this, the first science fiction adventure strip, and its impact on science and science-fiction. Hermes, 2012....More Item Code: BUC06H. Hard Cover, 12x9, 288pg, b&w Also Available Volume 4: BUC04H. Volume 7: BUC07H. |
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PEANUTS The Complete Peanuts 1 & 2 Slipcase Set 1950-1954 Closeout Price! 1950-54. Highly Recommended. By Charles M. Schulz. Introduction by Garrison Keillor and Walter Cronkite. A boxed set of the first and second volumes of the paperback edition of The Complete Peanuts. In a sturdy custom box designed especially for this set, it's the perfect gift book item. Volume 2 finds Schulz continuing to establish his tender and comic universe with a cast of eight: Charlie Brown, Shermy, Patty, Violet, Schroeder, Lucy, baby Linus, and Snoopy. Fantagraphics, 2014....More Item Code: CP01P. Soft Cover, 8x6, 612pg, b&w |
Comic Reference & How-To |
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AGES OF WONDER WOMAN Closeout Price! Edited by Joseph J. Darowski. Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations of the Amazon Princess. In this collection of new essays, each examines a specific period or storyline from Wonder Woman comic books and analyzes that story in regard to contemporary issues in American society. McFarland, 2013....More Item Code: AGEW. Soft Cover, 6x9, 240pg, Text Only |
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COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS Closeout Price! Collects Comic Book Comics #1-6, 2008-2011. By Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey. The inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga--presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the origins of comics, pulps, animation, super heroes, birth of comics publishers, romance, crime and horror et al. IDW, 2012....More Item Code: COMBHI. Soft Cover, 7x10, 224pg, b&w |
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THE DRAWING CLUB Master the Art of Drawing Characters from Life Closeout Price! By Bob Kato. Are you a fan of film, comics, video games and animation? Do you love to draw and tell stories? If so, you are like the hundreds of artists who come to expand and broaden their skills at Los Angeles' original character drawing workshop, The Drawing Club. Since 2002, artists from all over the LA region have gathered each Thursday night at a special place where story and character are interpreted from life. Quarry, 2014....More Item Code: DRACL. Soft Cover, 8x10, 144pg, Partial Color |
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FIGURE DRAWING STUDIO Drawing and Painting the Nude Figure Closeout Price! With CD of 64 poses that rotate 360 degrees. Recommended. By Butch Krieger/Live Model Books. Welcome to your own Figure Drawing Studio. Artist Butch Krieger guides you through the fundamentals of learning to draw and paint the human form, using live art models posing as they would for an art class. Innovative step-by-step exercises based on these images, from the popular Art Models series, will boost your skills and prepare you to draw from life. Sterling, 2015. Mature Readers...More Item Code: FIDR. Soft Cover, 8x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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I'D LOVE TO DRAW Closeout Price! The Lost Loomis Masterpiece By Andrew Loomis. Introduction and additional instruction by Alex Ross. A collection of work by the innovative American artist and teacher, previously unseen by anyone outside the Loomis family! Having been held in the Loomis family archive for decades after the artist's death, I'd Love to Draw has been restored by a group of devoted experts, including the globally renowned comic book artist and Loomis devotee Alex Ross. Titan, 2014....More Item Code: IDLOH. Hard Cover, 9x12, 121pg, b&w |
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MICKEY MOUSE Emblem of the American Spirit Closeout Price! Recommended. By Garry Apgar. Mickey Mouse: Emblem of the American Spirit tells the compelling story of how Walt Disney's beloved graphic alter ego, the most enduring pop icon ever created, was born, how it soon took on a life of its own, and--as an often politically charged symbol of America--became an instantly recognizable figure virtually everywhere on earth. Walt Disney Family Foundation, 2015....More Item Code: MMEH. Hard Cover, 8x10, 336pg, Full Color |
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WILL EISNER Champion of The Graphic Novel Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Paul Levitz. Comics writer, editor and president of DC Comics, now turned historian, Paul Levitz celebrates Eisner by showcasing his most famous work alongside unpublished and rare materials from the family archives. Also included are original interviews with creators such as Jules Feiffer, Art Spiegelman, Scott McCloud, Jeff Smith, Denis Kitchen, and Neil Gaiman--all of whom knew Eisner and were inspired by his work to create their own graphic novels for a new generation of readers. Abrams, 2015....More Item Code: WECH. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 11x11, 216pg, Partial Color |
Pulps & Pulp Fiction |
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DOC SAVAGE #10 Closeout Price! Dust of Death & The Stone Man. Recommended. By Lester Dent and Harold Davis. Doc, Monk and Ham intervene in an Amazon jungle border war in "Dust of Death" while in "The Stone Man" they discover a lost race in Arizona. The Man of Bronze comes out swinging in these two pulp classics. incorporating never-before-published text from the original manuscripts. Sanctum, 2007....More Item Code: DC10. Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Text/b&w |
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DOC SAVAGE #14 (James Bama Cover) Closeout Price! The Man of Bronze & The Land of Terror. Highly Recommended. By Lester Dent. The FIRST TWO Doc Savage Stories! The mysterious death of Doc's father takes Doc to Central America and a lost Mayan empire in his very first adventure. Can he defeat the Feathered Serpent and the Red Death to free King Chaac and the beautiful Princess Monja? In his second novel, Doc trails the murderous master villain Kari to prehistoric Thunder Island. Both are from 1933. Sanctum, 2008....More Item Code: DC14B. Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Text/b&w Emery Clarke Cover #1 : DC01C. $12.95 $6.95 James Bama Cover #14 (DC14B. $12.95 $6.95), #27, #66: DC27V, DC66A. ea: $14.95 $7.95 #9, 12, 13, 15: DC09, DC12, etc. $12.95 $6.95 |
| THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE #2 Closeout Price! Dealers in Death, Yacht Club Murders. By Norman Daniels and Charles Greenberg. The pulp era's longest-running supersleuth returns in two novels edited by longtime Superman and Batman editor Mort Weisinger! First, newspaper editor Frank Havens installs a rooftop signal device to summon The Phantom to combat Dealers in Death in the classic pulp novel that inspired the Bat Signal. Then, Muriel Havens is kidnapped by The Bat, a cowled and cloaked mystery man, by Batman scripter Charles Greenberg! Sanctum, 2015....More Item Code: PHDE02. Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Text/b&w |
Statues & Fun Stuff |
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CAROLINE MUNRO Action Doll Statue Closeout Price! 1/6 scale. Limited Edition. Caroline Munro is an English actress and model known for her many appearances in horror, fantasy, and science fiction films from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. She also was an early James Bond girl, in both A Spy who Loved Me and Casino Royale. But it may be Ray Harryhausen's Golden Voyage of Sinbad where most fans remember seeing her. Phicen, 2015....More Item Code: CARMD. 12" tall, Full Color |
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DC BOMBSHELLS LOIS LANE Statue Closeout Price! Limited, 5,200! Designed by Ant Lucia. Sculpted by Tim Miller. Due to the overwhelming responses from the DC Comics Bombshell variant covers, at last we have the iconic Superman heroine, the one and only Lois Lane. Here portrayed in the retro pinup style is a very young Lois holding up a newspaper headlining Superman's very first appearance! With a vest, slacks and suspenders, she's classic 1930s era. DC, 2015....More Item Code: DCBLL. 11.5" tall, Full Color |
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DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS HAWKGIRL Statue Closeout Price! Limited, 5,200! Highly Recommended. Designed by Ant Lucia. Sculpted by Tim Miller. Blast into the skies with this statue of the Hawkgirl, based on the popular pinup style of the 1940s and 50s. Personally, this is one of my favorite images in this series. Hawk Girl is a minor player in the DC Universe, but she hasn't been over-exposed like some other characters, making this a special little piece. Highly detailed, from lace-up boots and uniform-striped pants, to the handsome silver rocket pack with wings and flames. DC, 2014....More Item Code: DCBHG. 10" tall, Full Color |
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DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS STARGIRL Statue Closeout Price! Limited, 5,200! Recommended. Designed by Ant Lucia. Sculpted by Tim Miller. The line of striking stylized statues of the most popular female heroes and villains of the DC Universe modeled after the pin-ups of the 1940's continues with teenage super heroine Stargirl! This is another fun, retro-style design, displaying Stargirl in a body-hugging short-shorts outfit, with blue and red goggles. DC, 2014....More Item Code: DCBST. 10" tall, Full Color |
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DC COMICS COVER GIRLS STARFIRE Statue Closeout Price! Limited, 5,200! Designed by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau. Sculpted by Jack Mathews. Masterfully sculpted statue based on her look in Red Hood & The Outlaws. Starfire is the name of several fictional comic book characters appearing in books published by DC Comics. In 2013, Starfire placed 21st on IGN's Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics. She was ranked 20th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics." DC, 2014....More Item Code: DCST. 8" tall, Full Color |
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FRAZETTA DEATH DEALER Mini Statue Closeout Price!Recommended. Newly sculpted! Widely considered one of the most iconic dark-fantasy creations of our time. Seated atop his intimidating steed and holding his bloodied weapon, he overlooks the ash and bones of the fallen. An excellent addition to any Frazetta collection, it is quite nicely done, with hand-painted detail and real metal chains. Dark Horse, 2016....More Item Code: FRDD. 8" tall, Full Color |
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DC COMICS JUSTICE LEAGUE Starter Poker Set Closeout Price! Designed by Kevin Nowlan. Put a new twist on the classic game with this set that includes a deck of illustrated cards and twenty chips (4 different colors). Jacks, Queen, Kings and Aces are all in color and each is a different JLA member. The numbered cards are in b&w featuring both finished art and pre-lim sketches, most different. DC, 2015....More Item Code: DCJLP. Partial Color |
Mature Readers |
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CAVEWOMAN SISTERS OF THE ARENA #1 Closeout Price! Limited, 500! Art & story by Rob Durham. Cover by Budd Root. Meriem is in the 31st Century, thanks to a time travel machine. So is her giant gorilla buddy Klyde and several friends, in earth's last surviving city. Three bad witches turn up and everyone's in for a battle royal in a far-future arena. Budd Root's Special Edition All Audiences Cover. Amryl, 2015. Mature Readers...More Item Code: CAVSA01. Soft Cover, 7x10, 24pg, b&w |
| CAVEWOMAN CASTAWAY ONE-SHOT Closeout Price! Limited, 600! Art & story by Devon Massey. Cover by Budd Root. A surprised Merriam is caught between birthing turtles and a giant momma. The story "Castaway" finds her rafting downriver on a "lost" island, attacked by giant alligators and crabs. Amryl, 2015. Mature Readers...More Item Code: CAVC. Soft Cover, 7x10, 24pg, b&w Also Available CAVEWOMAN 2012 PITTSBURGH BABES FER 'BURGH-ERS Signed: CAV12PS. CAVEWOMAN 2014 Con Showbook Signed: CAV14S. $16.95 CAVEWOMAN KILLING DINOS 101 Summer Break: CAVKS. |
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LIBERATORE'S WOMEN Closeout Price! By Liberatore. When the creator of Ranxerox and Ranx devotes an entire book to drawings and paintings of women, the results are intense, disturbing, bizarre, and very sexy. Italy's famous artist draws no delicate flowers--his women are powerful and menacing, exuding a fearsome and yet compelling sexuality. A master of eroticism. Explicit paintings and drawings both, beautifully printed in an oversized edition. Kitchen Sink, 1998. Out of Print. Adult Material...More Item Code: LIBHC. Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x13, 96pg, Partial Color |
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MEMOIRS OF EARL MACPHERSON Closeout Price! Recommended. By Earl MacPherson and Merylene Schneider. Many commercial artists have had a fling at pin-up art, but only a handful have become stars. Earl MacPherson was one of them. MacPherson's "Sketch Book" series earned him wide acclaim and his fans dubbed him "King of the Pin-Up Artists." His work was contemporary with Elvgren and Vargas and in his time, he was certainly nearly as well-known to pin-up enthusiasts. This is a wonderful mix of both art AND nude model photos. Binary, 2014. Mature Readers...More Item Code: MEMOIRSU. Soft Cover, 8x11, 48pg, b&w |
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ELMER BATTERS 1 Also Available |
| ASIAN MYSTIQUE 2016 Calendar Closeout Price! Meet the most exotic models from the East. Sizzling images featuring glamorous Asian beauties. Only one word can describe this calendar: SEXY!! The girls are all tastefully covered, well, tastefully lounging at least. There's still a lot of luscious skin here, but discreet, with no nipples or nether regions exposed. Zebra, 2015....More Item Code: AS16. 12x12, 24pg, Full Color |
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BABES BEHIND BARS DVD Closeout Price! Directed by Charles Band. Welcome to Babe Jail, where the best shower a girl can get is from the warden's hose, and interrogation always ends in intercourse! This outlandish compilation of trailers and clips spotlights the women-in-prison sub-genre of Grindhouse exploitation films, so popular in the 1970's and 80's. Hosted by the illegally-sexy "Roxie," Mindy Robinson, and her demented ogre-of-a-cellmate, "Lavondra." Full Moon, 2013. Mature Viewers...More Item Code: BABBE. 1 disc, 73 min, Full Color |
| NAZI BASTERDS & BOMBSHELLS DVD Closeout Price! Directed by Charles Band, Alex Berger, Ivan Kathansky et al. Five of the most shocking and the most sizzling movies that the Nazi Exploitation genre has to offer! Packed to the brim with wild women, devious doctors, and furious tyrants. Classics SS Hellcamp, Deported Women of the SS Special Section, Frauleins in Uniform, and Fraulein Devil, plus the modern retrospective Nazithon: Decadence and Destruction, starring Michelle 'Tits' McGee. Full Moon, 2014. Mature Viewers...More Item Code: NAZB. 5 discs, 450 min, Full Color |
Collectors Supplies |
| PLASTIC BAGS Tabloid/Art Print Closeout Price! 12-1/4x18-1/4. Fits most newspapers and tabloids unfolded, with a secure press-lock to keep out dirt and moisture.....More Item Code: TABL. 12-1/4x18-1/4, 100 bags |
| PLASTIC BAGS Print & Poster Closeout Price! 16x20. Fits comics 1944-1950.....More Item Code: PRPO. 16x20, 100 bags |
| MYLAR SLEEVES Super Golden Age Comic Book Closeout Price! 8-1/4 x10-1/2. Fits early, large-size Golden Age Comic Books as well as any similar-sized products, such as small magazines. Will also allow a Golden-Age size backing board. Mylar is widely accepted as the best way to store and preserve valuable collectibles. Unlike plastic bags, Mylar will not darken, yellow or potentially put harmful materials into the product it is protecting. The U.S. Library of Congress uses only Mylar to preserve paper documents. 4 mil ....More Item Code: MYLMAG. 8-1/4x10-1/2, 50 sleeves |
| MYLAR SLEEVES Standard Magazine Closeout Price! 9x11-1/2. Fits any standard-sized magazine (usually 8 1/2" x 11"), as well as any similar-sized products. Will also allow a Magazine-size backing board. 4 mil....More Item Code: MYLTHICK. 9x11-1/2, 50 sleeves |
| MYLAR SLEEVES Magazine/Life Closeout Price!11-1/4 x14-1/2. A handsome new large size, which works nicely for larger magazines, such as the classic Life, as well as any prints, oversize comics, or other collectibles to be preserved, showcased and protected. 4 mil.....More Item Code: MYLLG. 11-1/4 x14-1/2, 10 sleeves |
| BACKING BOARDS Extra Thick Magazine/Sheet Music Closeout Price! 9-1/4x12-1/8. Heavy 24 gauge white-on-white boards, glossy coated on one side. Match these with our plastic, mylite or mylar bags to further care for your collection.....More Item Code: XTHICKB. 9-1/4x12-1/8, 100 boards |
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BACKING BOARDS Large Magazine Closeout Price! 10-7/8x14-7/8. Heavy 24 gauge white-on-white boards, glossy coated on one side. Match these with our plastic, mylite or mylar bags to further care for your collection.....More Item Code: LGMAGB. 10-7/8x14-7/8, 100 boards |
Free Books |
FREE BOOKS for every $25! This time I’m doing something different. I have listed several booksbelow that you can include with your order for FREE. For each $25 that you spend on Clearance items, you can include ONE free book. You can also use Closeout items not on this list but on our website to quality for more books. A Closeouts section is at the end of each category on the home page, under Artists & Illustration, Comics Related, Pulps and Fiction, Special Interest, and Pin-Up and Adult. Just add however many free books you qualify for (2 for $50, 3 for $75, etc, there is no limit). You can also take multiples of the same item if you prefer. Some FREE items are also in short supply, so act quickly for the best selection. Entropa: A Collection of Unusually Rare Stamps [ENTH. Was $24.95]. Jerry Garcia: Paintings, Drawings and Sketches [JGAR. Was $19.95] Luminair: Techniques of Digital Painting from Life [LUMIH. Was $17.95] Maps of Zombies Poster Signed [MAPZ. Was $30] –You must order a closeout Print or Poster to get this, we can’t send separately. Zorro Unmasked [ZRRO. Was $14.95] Flock of Dreamers with R. Crumb [FLOCK. Was $12.95] Horror on the Beach: A Tale of Cthlulhu (bump) [HOR. No original listed price] Silent City (Kitchen Sink) [SILENT. Was $24.95] We also still have two Free Comic Book Day titles, Superhero Girls [FCBD02] and Captain America [FCBD2] with no strings attached! Add both to any order, one per title per customer please. ~ Bud |
