Thursday, July 6, 2017

The first volume of the Valerian Complete Collection, Airship Adventures of Little Nemo, Spectacular Spider-Man Masterworks, a first Doctor Strange Omnibus, the second Wonder Woman Golden Age Omnibus, Terry Dodson’s Harley Quinn Statue, two more Frazetta poster sets, and two 2018 calendars.

The new Luc Besson film, Valerian, opens July 21. New this week is the first volume of the Complete Collection. Airship Adventures of Little Nemo is a handsome little collection. Here's a first Spectacular Spider-Man Masterworks, a first Doctor Strange Omnibus, and the second Wonder Woman Golden Age Omnibus, which is pretty wild. Also Terry Dodson's Harley Quinn Statue, two more Frazetta poster sets, and two 2018 calendars. Yes, really, 2018!

Valerian and Laureline  |  Archives, Strips & Art  |  Wonder Woman  | Frazetta Poster Sets 
 2018 Calendars  |  Coming in Sept-Oct-Nov  |  Mandrake the Magician
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Valerian and Laureline

 
VALERIAN AND LAURELINE COMPLETE COLLECTION Volume 1
The First Four Graphic Novels. By Pierre Christin. Art by Jean-Claude Mézières. In time for Luc Besson‘s new film, here's the complete collection of Valerian and Laureline's adventures in English at last – including one unpublished volume, a longer cut of another, a new interview and lots of details on the collaboration between the director and the authors! Contains books 1 and 2 of the series: The City of Shifting Waters – in its original two parts, 9 pages longer format; The Empire of a Thousand Planets; Book 0, Bad Dreams, translated into English for the first time: and the very first adventures of our two heroes, published after City and retroactively numbered. Cinebook, 2017...More.

Item Code: VAL01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 160pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Volumes 2 and 3 are on the way to us, and should be here next week.
ALSO AVAILABLE
VALERIAN AND LAURELINE Ambassador of the Shadows
Back in print, book six in the series. Highly Recommended. By Pierre Christin. Art by J.C. Mézières.The most influential French science-fiction comic series of the past 40 years, with many albums available. This is a new "Deluxe" hardback edition of the sixth chronological story, but one of the earliest to be collected as a graphic novel, back in 1975. This series inspired the film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," scheduled for July 2017, directed by Luc Besson. Tasked with protecting the new ambassador from Earth, Valerian is kidnapped alongside his charge in a lightning commando attack. It’s up to Laureline to slog through the seedy bowels of the station as she tries to locate and rescue them—and figure out who kidnapped them and why. Cinebook, 2017...More.

Item Code: AMBSH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 160pg, Full Color
$19.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
VALERIAN AND LAURELINE The Living Weapons
Book 14 in the series. Highly Recommended. By Pierre Christin. Art by J.C. Mézières. Two agents of 24th century Earth patrol space and time to safeguard both the planet's future and its past. The 14th volume of Valerian and the lovely Laureline, one of the most influential science-fiction comic series of the past 40 years--from France, with the fun quirkiness that only the French can achieve! Valerian and Laureline, no longer members of any organization, are down to doing space deliveries and with money getting scarce, accepting questionable cargo. Cinebook, 2016...More.

Item Code: LIVWE
Soft Cover, 8x11, 56pg, Full Color
$13.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
VALERIAN AND LAURELINE Hostages of Ultralum
Original edition 1996. Recommended. By Pierre Christin. Art by J.C. Mézières. Valerian and Laureline take a break from adventuring and go on a cruise, but Valerian feels uncomfortable among the idle and the powerful. He's not bored for long, though, because when a quartet of mercenaries board the cruise ship to kidnap the son of the Caliph of Iksaladam, they end up taking Laureline as well. With the almighty Caliph offering a massive reward for his son's return, Valerian's quest to rescue his girl is suddenly hindered by every bounty hunter in the galaxy. Cinebook, 2017...More.

Item Code: HOSUL
Soft Cover, 8x11, 64pg, Full Color
$15.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
VALERIAN AND LAURELINE The Circles of Power
Recommended. By Pierre Christin. Art by J.C. Mézières. Originally published in 1994 as Valerian novel #15. Broke, without a job, their ship almost a scrap heap, Valerian and Laureline are stuck on Rubanis, unable to pay for repairs. So when a trio of old acquaintances introduces them to the head of the local police, who is looking for independent agents for a risky – but well-paid – mission, they accept readily enough. But Rubanis is the most corrupt planet in the entire galaxy. Cinebook, 2017...More.

Item Code: CIRPO
Soft Cover, 8x11, 64pg, Full Color
$15.95

 

Archives, Strips & Art

 
AIRSHIP ADVENTURES OF LITTLE NEMO
1910-11. Highly Recommended. By Alexander Braun and Brad Honnef. Art by Winsor McCay. This book gathers all of Little Nemo's colorful airship adventures, totaling 69 installments. Brimming with sky-high imagination, these airship adventures represent some of the most ambitious artwork and exciting tales of McCay's much-loved dream voyager. The installments see Nemo flying to the moon, to Mars, and on a triumphant tour of major sights and metropolises across the East Coast of America and Canada and beyond, including Yellowstone National Park, Niagara Falls, and New York City. Taschen, 2017...More.

Item Code: AIRLN
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 5x8, 288pg, Full Color
$15.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
THE COMPLETE LITTLE NEMO By Winsor McCay
1905-1909 Our Highest Recommendation. A portion of the $200 Taschen volume now at a bargain price. Meet Little Nemo, the greatest dream voyager of the 20th century. The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869-1934), both the art and the wildly imaginative stories have inspired generations of artists. Here are those first weekly adventures from bed to Slumberland, a realm of colorful companions, psychedelic scenery, and thrilling escapades. Huge oversized edition, and the first 145 pages provide an illustrated introduction to McCay's career with Nemo and the first cartoons. Taschen, 2016...More.

Item Code: WIMLLH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 13x17, 360pg, Full Color
$79.99 $69.99

See more Nemo on our website, including new adventures by contemporary artists.

 
DOCTOR STRANGE Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1-40, and Ghost Rider #12, 1988-92. By Peter Gillis, Roy Thomas et al. Art by Richard Case, Jackson Guice, Geoff Isherwood, Gene Colan, Ron Lim, et al. The world believes Strange dead, and Dormammu has stolen control of the Sorcerer Supreme's body. But when Clea comes to Stephen's aid, the two must make a binding commitment! There'll be Faustian gambits to deal with, and he'll face unfamiliar foes like Hobgoblin and the Enchantress! But during the Dark Wars against Dormammu, will Baron Mordo become Earth's Sorcerer Supreme? Then, Strange stares down the supernatural as vampires like Baron Blood make their comeback! Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: DSTS01H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 1064pg, Full Color
$125.00 $105.00

 
MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN Volume 1
Collects Spectacular Spiderman #1-15, 1976-78. By Archie Goodwin, Bill Mantlo, Gerry Conway et al. Art by Sal Buscema and Jim Mooney. New Introduction by 35-year Marvel veteran editor, Ralph Macchio. Spider-Man's not just amazing, he's spectacular. The Marvel Masterworks' 250th volume! In 1976, Spidey notched his second solo series under the direction of Gerry Conway and artist Sal Buscema. With his first live-action series on the horizon, the world wanted to know just who this Peter Parker guy was. Spectacular expanded opportunities  to explore the world of Spidey's incomparable cast -- J. Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson and more! Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: MMSS01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 180pg, Full Color
$75.00 $59.00

 
BEAUTIFUL MACABRE Rare & Peculiar Posters 1862-1973
Recommended. By Thomas Negovan. Sinister and sensual artworks from the Golden Age of Vintage Poster Art, 1862 to 1972. The Century Guild in Los Angeles does a wonderful job of putting together collections of images of the rarest and most unusual kind. Here are wild, strange and surreal images of death and destruction, of skeletons and murderers, of death and dire warnings. From the influences of Absinthe, to WWI atrocities, roaches overwhelming small children, bloody knife murder, snakes, spiders and the devil himself. 2017...More.

Item Code: BEAMA
Soft Cover, 5x9, 88pg, Full Color
$29.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
TRANSCENDENT LUXURY German Art Deco Poster Masterpieces 1912-1927
Recommended. Thomas Negovan. Rare and beautiful artworks from the Golden Age of Vintage Poster Art. During and immediately following The First World War, advertisers in Germany presented romantic elegance in a manner that bridged the sinuous lines of Art Nouveau and the hard lines of the Art Deco period to achieve a unique style that would inform the rest of the century as a pinnacle of graphic design.  This book presents a collection of gorgeous, beautiful, high resolution photographs  that gives insight to the opulent aesthetics of the era. Century Guild, 2016...More.

Item Code: TRLUX
Soft Cover, 6x8, 92pg, Full Color
$29.00

 
HARLEY QUINN RED WHITE & BLACK Statue By Terry Dodson
Limited & Numbered from 5000. Recommended. It's Harley on a stick! Our cute gal is captured mid leap, complete with her cool oversized handgun, and in her classic costume. Terry Dodson is one of our favorite good-girl artists and here is his perfectly captured Harley Quinn. The latest and hottest statue from the hit Red, White and Black series. The sculpted base boasts her name in red white and black, and underneath it's numbered from 5000. Handsome full color box. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: HARRWBT
7" tall, Tritone
$80.00

 

Wonder Woman

 
WONDER WOMAN The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 2
Collects Comic Cavalcade #5-12, Sensation #5-28 and Wonder Woman #8-15, 1944-45! Highly Recommended. By William Moulton Marston. Art by Harry G. Peter. Introduction by Maggie Thompson! Wonder Woman started her career as the cover feature of Sensation Comics, jumped into co-starring on the covers of Comic Cavalcade with The Flash and Green Lantern, and then got her very own monthly title! She was hot! Here's a massive 774 pages of stories, all in chronological order, from the highly collectible World War II-era tales--58 in all. Co-starring Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and more bizarre baddies than anyone deserves to be faced with! DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: WWGA02H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 768pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
WONDER WOMAN THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS Volume 1
Collects All Star Comics #8, Sensation #1-24, Wonder Woman #1-7, 1941-43. Highly Recommended. By William Moulton Marston. Wonder Woman, arguably the best-known female superhero in the world, was introduced in the early 1940s in these quirky tales written by the inventor of the lie detector, psychologist William Moulton Marston. In these stories, Wonder Woman travels from Paradise Island to Man's World, where she battles both common criminals and supervillains like Cheetah and her first nemesis, the Baroness Von Gunther. Her magic bracelets and lasso of truth stop injustice, but usually not before she is tied up again and again, one of Marston's favorite foils. DC, 2016...More.

Item Code: WWGAH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 776pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00

 
WONDER WOMAN By Greg Rucka Volume 2
Collects Wonder Woman #206-217, 2004-05. By Greg Rucka. Art by J.G. Jones and Drew Johnson. The aftermath of the ruination of Wonder Woman's island home brings tragedy to Princess Diana's closest friends, and a reborn threat from ancient myth threatens the world in this second collection of the Eisner Award-winning author Greg Rucka's critically acclaimed debut at the helm of the Amazon Warrior's adventures! Greg Rucka is a novelist whose work on Batman brought fresh attention to the character and to the inhabitants of Gotham City. He won the Eisner Award for Best Story with Gotham Central's “Half a Life. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: WWGR02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Volume 1 is available at the same discounted price [WWGR01. $29.99, your price $26.99]. See our website for much more Wonder Woman.

 

New Frazetta Poster Sets

 
FRAZETTA ERB 3 POSTER SET Moon Maid, Sun Goddess, Savage Pellucidar
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Frank Frazetta. Original Frazetta prints, the same ones that got us through the 1970s and 80s with a dose of pure fantasy on our walls. Here are three paintings based on the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs: A naked Moon Girl with a golden crown rides on the back of a swarthy bestial centaur; Savage Pellucidar features a near-naked warrior woman, spear in hand, crouching with a pensive look alongside a growling sabre-tooth tiger; the Sun Goddess, spreads her arms skyward, alongside another threatening sabre-tooth. Frazetta Girls...More.

Item Code: FRE01P
3 prints, 16x20 to 18x23,
$45.00 $29.95

 
FRAZETTA GIRLS 3 POSTER SET #2 Sea Witch, Ghoul Queen, Egyptian Queen
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Ahh, those Frazetta women, are they good girls or bad? Original handsome prints of three iconic images, Sea Queen, casting a spell over the tumultuous waves and Egyptian Queen, a voluptuous beauty pressed against a stunning marbled column. And in a lighter vein, a topless beauty clutching a bloodied axe surrounded by demented, cruel beasts who clearly are at her beck and call (first done as a National Lampoon cover, for their "Strange Beliefs" issue). Frazetta Girls....More.

Item Code: FRG02P
3 prints, 15x23 to 17x22, Full Color
$45.00 $29.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
FRAZETTA SWORD & SORCERY 3 POSTER SET Conan Chained, Dark Kingdom, Snow Giants
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. I got my start selling Frazetta prints in the 1970s, when first Worldbeaters and then Ellie Frazetta herself was printing these. Now it's come around again, as Frank and Ellie's granddaughters are making these available in nearly the exact same format as the originals. Sharp, vivid images (two of Conan) with a high degree of color accuracy on Premium Textured Fine Art Paper. Stored in Ellie and Frank's home. Printed in the late 70s! Frazetta Girls....More.

Item Code: FRS01P
3 prints, 16x20 to 18x22, Full Color
$45.00 $29.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
FRAZETTA GIRLS 3 POSTER SET #1 At The Earth's Core, Dusk Til Dawn, Swamp Demon
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. "At The Earth's Core" was from Frank's second Pellucidar/ERB paperback series in 1974, featuring a nude princess and an evil Mahar; "Swamp Demon" is a wonderful 1968 piece with a nude black witch confronting an enormous demon. "Dusk til Dawn" was done for the 1996 Rodriguez/Tarantino film with George Clooney, never released. Sharp, vivid images stored in Ellie and Frank's home. Printed in the late 70s! Frazetta Girls.. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: FRG01P
3 prints, 16x20 to 18x24, Full Color
$45.00 $29.95

See our website for more Frazetta: The Sensuous Frazetta, The Definitive Reference, sketchbooks 1 and 2, Art and Remembrance, and Frazetta Book One. Limited editions are still available for many of these. Also see below for several newly listed Rare and Out of Print Frazetta items, including an extremely rare soft-core paperback even I'd never seen before now.

 

2018 Calendars

 
FRACTAL COSMOS The Mathematical Art of Alice Kelley 2018 Calendar
Highly Recommended. By Alice Kelley. One of our most popular calendars, year after year. Fractals are the visual depictions of mathematical equations--which, in fact, describe natural phenomena such as coastlines, plant shapes, and weather patterns. A computer program assigns a color to each point in the image based on the answers to a chosen equation, which then results in abstract fractal shapes. Dozens of variables are manipulated to create these fascinating images. Amber Lotus, 2017...More.

Item Code: FRA18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
WOMEN OF MYTH AND MAGIC Kinuko Y. Craft 2018 Calendar
Our Highest Recommendation. One of our very favorite calendars year in and and year out. From mythical archetypes to historical figures, women have inspired great literature, poetry, and, above all, magnificent works of art. Of the contemporary artists who depict ladies of legend, none shines brighter than Kinuko Y. Craft, one of the world's  best known and widely respected fantasy artists. In this elegant calendar, Craft presents twelve opulent and richly detailed portraits of enchantresses, goddesses, brave warriors, and fairy-tale princesses. Amber Lotus, 2017...More.

Item Code: WOME18
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99

These are the first of the 2018 calendars to come in, and two of our favorites. We do still have several 2017 calendars left at the bargain price of just $3.99 each. We have from 5 to 10 copies of Wonder Woman, Marilyn Monroe, Hot Rides (adult), Boris Vallejo, Phantasmagorik, and History of Marvel Page a  Day. Several other titles are down to just one, two or three copies. See them all on our website. Last chance on most of these.

 

Coming in Sept-Oct-Nov

 
BERNIE WRIGHTSON Art and Designs For The Gang of Seven Animation Studio
Bernie Wrightson‘s extensive design work for the Gang of Seven Animation Studio, while known, has never before been documented. This new in-depth monograph utilizes the archives of the studio and features concept drawings, model sheets, and hundreds of designs for projects including Biker Mice From Mars, The Juice, and Freak Show.  All of the artwork in this book has been scanned directly from the original artwork so fans can savor Wrightson's genius up close and personal. Hermes, 2017. Due Sept. ...More.

Item Code: BWADH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 240pg, Full Color
$60.00 $49.95

See our website for more collections of Bernie's work.

 
THE PHANTOM The Complete Sundays Volume 4
1950-53. Recommended. By Lee Falk, Ray Moore and Wilson McCoy. The long anticipated fourth volume of the reprint of the entire run of Lee Falk's full color Phantom Sundays, with art by Ray Moore and Wilson McCoy. Fans of The Ghost Who Walks have waited for years to have a complete series of full size hardcover volumes featuring the complete Phantom Sundays. Nine storylines: “The Mysterious Passenger” (May 14, 1950- July 16, 1950) to “The Chain” (February 8, 1953- May 24, 1953). Hermes, 2017. Due Sept. ...More.

Item Code: PHS04H
Hard Cover, 13x9, 192pg, Full Color
$65.00 $54.95

Volume One remains sold out, while Volumes 2 and 3 are also available at the same discounted price.

 
ARTHUR SZYK SOLDIER IN ART Hardcover
Recommended. By Irvin Unger. In addition to the illustrated essays and extensive plates section covering all the subject areas, periods, and styles in which Arthur Szyk worked, this includes a timeline of the artist's life, an exhibition history, and bibliography and resources. Essays by scholars Irvin Ungar who co-published the book, internationally renowned Holocaust historian Michael Berenbaum, former director of the Museum Program at the National Endowment for the Arts Tom L. Freudenheim, and Harvard art historian James Kettlewell. Irvin Unger & D. Giles LTD, 2017. Due Nov. ...More.

Item Code: ARSZH
Hard Cover, 240pg, Full Color
$55.00

 
ARTHUR SZYK SOLDIER IN ART
Recommended. By Irvin Unger. In addition to the illustrated essays and extensive plates section covering all the subject areas, periods, and styles in which Arthur Szyk worked, this includes a timeline of the artist's life, an exhibition history, and bibliography and resources. Essays by scholars Irvin Ungar who co-published the book, internationally renowned Holocaust historian Michael Berenbaum, former director of the Museum Program at the National Endowment for the Arts Tom L. Freudenheim, and Harvard art historian James Kettlewell. Irvin Unger & D. Giles LTD, 2017. Due Nov. ...More.

Item Code: ARSZ
Soft Cover, 240pg, Full Color
$40.00

 
PRE-CODE CLASSICS FANTASTIC WORLDS/ LOST WORLDS Volume 1
Collects Fantastic Worlds #5-7 and Lost Worlds #5-6, 1952-53. Recommended. Art by Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson, Jack Katz, John Celardo et al. Standard publishers didn't do many fantasy and sci-fi comics, but the ones they did rise high above the average pre-code comics. Marauding winged men, dishy dolls with back-packs and ray guns, blazing interplanetary rocket ships, and grumpy flora and fauna -- this one has it all! Outer space as it should be, courtesy of the greatest comic book writers and artists of the 1950s. PS Artbooks, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

Item Code: PCFW01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$44.99

 
PRE-CODE CLASSICS Strange Terrors Volume 2
Collects 100-page issues Strange Terrors issues #6-7, 1953. Recommended. By Joe Kubert, Lou Cameron, Pete Morisi, Don Perlin et al. The last two issues of this exceptional St. John title boasted an all-star lineup of horror and fantasy, besides the above creators (Kubert did the cover of #7 plus a story, and #6 has a bondage cover), you'll find Albert Tyler, A.C. Hollingsworth, Bill Molno, Bob Forgione, Gus Ricca and Bernard Baily. They're all here--witches, vampires, walking corpses, ghosts, ghouls and goblins galore. PS Artbooks, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

Item Code: PCST02H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 180pg, Full Color
$44.99

Volume 1 is now available.

 
P CRAIG RUSSELL'S STRANGE DREAMS Artist's Edition
By Don McGregor and Marc Andreyko. Art by P. Craig Russell. This handsome Artist's Edition features two complete stories. The first is the final Killraven collaboration between Russell and Don McGregor in Marvel Graphic Novel #7, followed by Russell's Doctor Strange: What is it That Disturbs You, Stephen? Both stories are complete, stand-alone adventures, and delicately delineated in Russell's lovely illustrative style. Rounding out this Artist's Edition will be a gallery section with earlier examples of Russell's Killraven and Doctor Strange works. IDW, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

Item Code: PRSAEH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$125.00

 
SWAMP THING BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS Volume 1
By Len Wein, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Bernie Wrightson, David Michelinie, Martin Pasko et al. The roots of one of DC's greatest--and strangest--heroes of all time are collected here in their entirety in this giant-size omnibus. From his first appearance in House Of Secrets from creators Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, the adventures of Swamp Thing have been some of the most epic in DC Universe lore. These stories gave birth to such classic characters as Dr. Anton Arcane, the Un-Men, Abigail Arcane and more! This giant compendium edition collects all the Bronze Age stories featuring Alec Holland's nightmarish alter ego! DC, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

Item Code: STB01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 600pg, Full Color
$99.99 $85.00

 

Mandrake the Magician

 
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN THE FRED FREDERICKS DAILIES Volume 1 1965-1967
By Lee Falk. Art by Fred Fredericks. Join Mandrake as he battles slavers, explores the Lost World, unlocks the mystery of a haunted house, travels to Hollywood, rescues Sonny the child movie star and meets Blozz the mysterious. In June 1965, artist Fredericks took over Mandrake from the late Phil Davis. Creator Lee Falk proceeded to modernize the storylines, making it more reality-based by focusing less on science fiction and fantasy, and making Mandrake operate more like a secret agent, often helping out the police with cases they could not solve. Titan, 2017. Due Oct. ...More.

Item Code: MANFD01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 240pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99

I particularly like the reprints of the 1930s Mandrake Dailies and Sunday pages, now available and highly recommended:

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN DAILIES Volume 1 The Cobra
1934-36. Highly Recommended. By Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. The collected daily adventure comic strips of arguably the world's FIRST comic-strip, costumed, crime-fighter: Mandrake the Magician! Join Mandrake The Magician and his ever-faithful companion and trusty side-kick, Lothar, as they set out in search of high adventure in strange lands, strange dimensions and even stranger planets with nothing more than a top hat, a wand and the immense strength of Lothar, African Prince, to save the day! And the ability to create illusions (and magic?) to confuse the enemy! Titan, 2016...More.

Item Code: MAMD01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 11x9, 240pg, b&w
$39.99 $34.99

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN SUNDAYS Volume 1 1935 -1937
The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers. Highly Recommended. By Lee Falk and Phil Davis. This unusual strip was the first to feature a magician. Unlike other adventurers, Mandrake used his illusionist skills and his head, rather than his fists. Artist Phil Davis's work is as good as Alex Raymond's from the same period, exhibiting a fine-line brush and beautiful girls as good as the master. I'm very excited to finally have this long-overdue collection of a superior, oft-neglected classic. Titan, 2016...More.

Item Code: MMS01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 160pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99

 

Rare & Out of Print

Each week here you will find new arrivals in this new category. We're adding items regularly, but you need to look on the website, we will only touch on the newest here, since we can't devote the space here to single copies of items.

As mentioned earlier, I've taken over all of Jim Vadeboncoeur's items that he didn't have time to list on EBay before going back to France. We'll get going on these after we return from San Diego Comic-Con. Teaser: Jim had a near complete collection of Glamour International magazines; some will be up shortly, others we have to work on. These were top sellers for us throughout the 1990s-- pin-up and erotic art from all over the world, special Bettie Page issues, and other features.

As promised from a few weeks ago, we have a group of Complete EC Libraries, Complete Little Lulu Libraries and vintage Little Lulu books from the 1940's. Also a few new Frank Frazetta items.

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News and Notes

San Diego Comic-Con: July 19-23

A reminder for those attending San Diego Comic-Con. We have moved and will have smaller space this year, though we will be bringing the best and most unique of the latest items. And also a stellar selection of Rare and Out of Print material, including vintage comic books. See us in J-04, at the end of the 1100 aisle opposite the food concessions. Artist Tony DiTerlizzi will be signing at our booth on Friday from 4-5pm, and has offered to do a small drawing at no extra charge. We will have his Dark Horse Art Book and his latest sketchbook available before and, if they last, during the signing.

PS Art Books Going, going....

Some titles are getting low: Forbidden Worlds Volumes 2-5, less than 10 of each. Planet Volume 10 has just 8 copies left. Planet Volume 2 and 5 are also getting low. Phantom Lady 1 HC and 2 SC are going; still plenty of Volume 2 HC. The Thing Volume 2 has only eight left. Adventures Into the Unknown Volumes 2-4 and 5, 6, 9 in slipcase are low, so is Skeleton Hand Volume 1. Take a look, and order soon. We will probably not have these titles at this discount price again. See all the PS Artbooks on sale on our website.

New On Sale

Ran out of room, but I just put on sale Phoenix Archer and Red Assassin statues by Wei Ho, DC Comics Collection Wonder Woman Statue, and Luis Royo Poison Ivy Statue—we have just a couple of each. Also several issues of Comic Book Creator (at $4.95 each), #5, 8, 9, 10, 12 and we’re letting go of issues #1, 2, 4 and 11 so it’s your last chance on those at regular price.

~Bud

 

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