Wrightson's DC Comics Artifact Edition with two different covers, and already out of print. The new book Comic Shop takes on the origins and current state of our world of comics retailers, distributors and publishers. I'm signing copies. The Absolute Justice League is a noteworthy new deluxe edition, and so is Wonder Woman, Ambassador of Truth. Also: Aquaman by Esteban Moroto, 75 Years of Two-Face, EC Archives Aces High, a new Valerian, Die Kitty Die signed, Bettie Page Set 4, Hugo Pratt and Tiki! |
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BERNIE WRIGHTSON Artifact Edition Cover A Almost Gone! Swamp Thing Cover. Our Highest Recommendation. Introduction by Michael Kaluta. Bernie Wrightson began his career in the late 1960s, just barely out of his teens, and within a decade rose to prominence as the preeminent horror artist of his generation. This loving tribute to comics' Master of the Macabre showcases Wrightson's ground breaking work in the DC Comics Mystery books and his legendary artistic turn on Swamp Thing. Additionally, a number of rarely seen and completely (until now) unseen treasures have been assembled here. Six fold-outs, many pieces in full color. IDW, 2017. Out of Print....More. Item Code: BWAEHA Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 144pg, b&w $125.00 |
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BERNIE WRIGHTSON Artifact Edition Cover B Almost Gone! House of Mystery cover. Recommended. Introduction by Michael Kaluta. Bernie Wrightson began his career in the late 1960s, just barely out of his teens, and within a decade rose to prominence as the preeminent horror artist of his generation. This loving tribute to comics' Master of the Macabre showcases Wrightson's ground breaking work in the DC Comics Mystery books and his legendary artistic turn on Swamp Thing. Additionally, a number of rarely seen and completely (until now) unseen treasures have been assembled here. Six fold-outs, many pieces in full color. IDW, 2017. Out of Print....More. Item Code: BWAEHB Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 144pg, b&w $125.00 |
Both of these are already sold out from our distributor. The publisher has been kind enough to allow us ten more copies of each, in addition to the 3 or 4 of each that we have in stock now, after filling all advance orders. Then apparently these will be out of print and we know of no plans for another edition at this time. |
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ABSOLUTE JUSTICE LEAGUE The World's Greatest Superheroes Slipcased Our Highest Recommendation. By Paul Dini. Art by Alex Ross. Paul Dini, the Emmy Award-winning producer of Batman Beyond, joins forces with superstar illustrator Alex Ross to create six original graphic novels starring The World's Greatest Superheroes! Beautifully painted and meticulously true to character! Years out of print, these six stories are now collected in a massive oversize absolute edition: Superman: Peace on Earth, Batman: War on Crime, Shazam!: Power of Hope, Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, JLA: Secret Origins and JLA: Liberty and Justice. DC, 2017...More. Item Code: ABSJLH Hard Cover, 500pg, Full Color |
See the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Absolute Editions, and the Absolute Best of Harvey Horrors, on our website. |
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AQUAMAN The Atlantis Chronicles Collects #1-7, 1990-91. Recommended. By Peter David. Art by Esteban Maroto. Eisner Award-winning author Peter David gives us an entirely new and epic history of not only one of DC's most iconic characters, but also of the mythical Atlantis. The Atlantean society had been shrouded in mystery, with readers barely aware of its existence--until Aquaman came along. Atlantis had been beneath the surface of the ocean for thousands of years. Discover that secret history, discover why Atlantis sank, and far more. All beautifully drawn by one of Vampirella's and the Warren's magazines finest artists, Spanish creator Esteban Maroto. DC, 2017...More. Item Code: AQAH Hard Cover, 6x8, 344pg, Full Color |
I hesitated ordering this since Aquaman has always been a second tier character in the DC Universe. But with the JLA film coming with him in it, and the surprising fact it was drawn by Maroto (I missed the comics when they first came out), I brought some in. And I'm glad I did, this is very impressive from an art standpoint, and seems very stand-alone so you can enjoy it as a totally independent series. Plus Peter David is one of the best writers in comics, so I expect the story may just be as good as it looks to be. Check it out. |
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TWO-FACE CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS Recommended. By Bill Finger et al. Art by Bob Kane, Dick Sprang, Jim Aparo, Neal Adams, Bruce Timm et al. Part man and part monster, Two-Face has been one of Batman's most fearsome villains for more than 75 years! He's an essential part of the Dark Knight's rogues gallery, but unlike the Joker, Scarecrow or Bane, Two-Face alone has some good left inside his soul fighting his evil persona—half the time, anyway. Chaos or order. Life or death. Tragic fallen attorney or scar-faced fiend. It all depends on how the coin falls... From his first appearance in 1942, with five pre-code stories plus 11 more, the best of Two-Face. DC, 2017...More. Item Code: TF75H Hard Cover, 7x10, 384pg, Full Color |
Still available at the same discounted price is A Celebration of 75 Years of: Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Catwoman. On sale from $19.99 to $24.99 are Lex Luthor, The Flash, Robin The Boy Wonder, Superman, and The Joker. Quantities are VERY limited, several other titles now sold out from our last sale. |
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EC ARCHIVES ACES HIGH Collects #1-5, 1955. Highly Recommended. Art by Jack Davis, Bernie Krigstein, George Evans and Wally Wood. This new trend title combined the best of Kurtzman's Two Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, with the same wonderful stories and the same superlative artists. This was EC's last-ditch effort to publish comics acceptable under the new comics code. And, of course, these are all aerial combat stories, leading off each issue with a cover by George Evans, who inside gives us WWI bi-plane stories with spot-on accurate details. Also here, with work in virtually every issue, are Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Bernie Krigstein. Great, great work! Dark Horse, 2017...More. Item Code: ECAAHH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 168pg, Full Color |
The most recent new title, Incredible Science Fiction, unexpectedly went out of print. We've been told they are keeping their print runs pretty tight, so be aware all these Dark Horse Archives may go OP without any warning. And such a good one, too, like this one. |
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VALERIAN AND LAURELINE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES Book 18-Original edition 2001. Highly Recommended. By Pierre Christin. Art by J.C. Mézières. The (false?) gods of Hypsis are once again interfering with Human history. Tired of their lower status among their peers, the trinity in charge of planet Earth opens communications with megacorporation Vivaxis at the end of the 20th century – an occurrence Valerian and Laureline's allies report to the two ex-agents. But to what end did the Hypsians initiate such a contact? And who is the mysterious Sat who, from the depths of Point Central, also endeavours to meddle with Human affairs? Cinebook, 2017...More. Item Code: VINUN Soft Cover, 8x11, 64pg, Full Color $15.95 |
Another new title on the path to bringing all 22 of the graphic novels back into print. See the first three combined hardcover volumes, and several more softcovers on our website. I love these, they are great fun. |
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DIE KITTY DIE HOLLYWOOD OR BUST Signed Signed by both artists! Recommended. By Fernando Ruiz and Dan Parent. Kitty Ravencraft, the beautiful, magical witch and star of her own comic book, returns! Kitty is on top of the world again! Her new comic book series is a huge success and she's the talk of the comic shops! Naturally, Kitty's publisher wants to capitalize on her newfound popularity with a big budget blockbuster Kitty movie! So Kitty goes to Hollywood, but someone is out to kill Kitty and this time, even you won't know who! Plus, new menaces like the unstoppable Hexecutioner and new allies like the cult-favorite family of freaks, the Carneys! Chapter House Comics, 2017...More. Item Code: DIEHHS Hard Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color $24.99 |
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MAN FROM THE GREAT NORTH By Hugo Pratt. Hugo Pratt, hailed as the “inventor of the literary comic strip,” offers a provocative story whose protagonist is a seemingly wanton murderer, driven by a religious obsession. This is the story of Jesuit Joe, a lone traveler of French-Canadian and Mohawk descent. In northern Canada, circa 1920, he wanders the icy wastes. He wears the red jacket of the Canadian Mounties that he found in a hut—which gives rise to a series of misunderstandings when he is mistaken for a member of the Mounted Police. First English-language edition. IDW, 2017. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: MANGH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 104pg, Full Color |
Also by Pratt we have Corto Maltese Volumes 1-6, Indian Summer, and he's in various volumes of the Milo Manara Library which feature his collaborations with Manara. |
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BETTIE PAGE 4 Set Set of three variant covers--interior is the same. Recommended. By David Avallone. Interior art by Colton Worley. Variant covers by Scott Chantler and Joseph Michael Linsner, and a photo cover of Bettie herself. Someone wants to enslave American minds... but who's behind it all? The Sky Science Cult? Pacific AeroSpace Technologies? Ol' Joe Stalin himself? None of them is a match for Bettie Page, as our high-heeled heroine goes toe-to-toe with the worst 1951 has to offer in the fourth and final Hollywood chapter, but not the end of the series, of The Secret Diary of Bettie Page. Dynamite, 2017...More. Item Code: BP04P Soft Cover, 7x10, 32pg ea, Full Color $11.99 |
All three previous sets are still available, but not forever. Also the special nude cover on issue #1. See our website for more Bettie. |
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DRAWING LESSONS FROM THE FAMOUS ARTISTS SCHOOL Highly Recommended. By Stephanie Haboush Plunkett and Magdalen Livesey. Learn to draw from a collection of instructional works from famous artists such as Norman Rockwell, Austin Briggs, Stevan Dohanos, Robert Fawcett, Fred Ludekens, Al Parker, Bem Stahl, Harold von Schmidt, Jon Whitcomb and Albert Dorne. These were the teachers in the Famous Artists School! Powerful art and essays gleaned from the amazing collection in the Norman Rockwell Museum and organized as a series of lessons in classic drawing technique, each chapter offers both process and finished works. Rockport, 2017...More. Item Code: DRLES Soft Cover, 8x10, 160pg, Text/Partial Color $24.99 |
See our entire How-to-Draw section on our website. |
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ART OF TIKI Recommended. By Sven Kirsten and Otto von Stroheim. Introduction by Shag. A passionate study of the Tiki idol as an art form and pop culture. For the first time, contemporary and 1970s Tiki art is presented equally with what inspired it, beginning in the mid-1950s. The current revival was led by artists including Mark Ryden, Ken Ruzic, Mary Fleener, Mookie Sato and Shag--their post-2000s work and much more is covered. Author Sven Kirsten offers first-hand experiences in exploring the birth of Tiki style with intimate knowledge of the Tiki Revival, painting a vivid, visually arresting portrait of a unique genre. Last Gasp, 2017...More. Item Code: ARTTH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 198pg, Partial Color |
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FATALES The Art of Ryan Heshka Art by Ryan Heshka. Inspired by nostalgia for the old science fiction pulp art and superheroes of the golden-age, Ryan Heshka is recognized in the US and internationally for building an impressive singular work where giant robots compete with mean girls. Monitoring and cheered by a large fan base, here is the first monograph of his incredible and unique work. Some nudity. Demon girls in masks, femme fatales, naked threatened good girls and naked bad girls abound in this very strong homage to super hero and sci-fi pop culture. Cernunnos, 2017. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: FARHH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 288pg, Full Color |
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COMIC SHOP The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us A New Geek Culture Signed Signed by Bud! Highly Recommended. By Dan Gearino. The early 1970s saw the birth of the modern comic book shop. Its unprecedented growth to thousand of stores was due in large part to a dynamic entrepreneur, Phil Seuling. His direct market model allowed shops to get comics straight from the publishers, bypassing middlemen. Stores could better customize their offerings and independent publishers could now access national distribution. And it opened up a space for quirky ideas to gain an audience and helped transform small-press series, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Bone, into media giants. Swallow, 2017...More. Item Code: COMSHO Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x9, 252pg, Text/b&w $26.95 |
I was tempted to lead off this week with this—I think it's a fascinating book. But then I'm biased because I play a somewhat major part in the story. So in all humility, I'm listing it here. With the first 15 copies we sell we will include a slick 6x9 full color promotional card that we handed out at Comic-Con in July. I am signing and dating all copies. Full disclosure: I have two pictures, one contemporary and one from the early seventies in the book, and 21 entries in the index. Nuff said. |
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WONDER WOMAN Ambassador of Truth Recommended. By Signe Bergstrom. A gorgeous, authorized celebration of Wonder Woman. This chronicles her life and times, from origin and founding member of the Justice Society in the Golden Age, to her evolution in television and film. Brings together a breathtaking collage of images—from the DC comic books, the 1970s-era television show starring Lynda Carter, numerous animated appearances, and of course, the 2017 film with Gal Gadot. Lush full-color compendium with cool inserts and exclusive interactives, illuminating interviews and anecdotes from key artists, writers, and personalities. All wapped in a wearable golden tiara! Harper, 2017...More. Item Code: WWAMBH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 176pg, Text/Full Color |
See our website for many more books and collections with Wonder Woman. |
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THE HARVEY COMICS COMPANION Hardcover Highly Recommended. By Mark Arnold. Harvey Comics -- the name conjures up images of characters such as Casper and Richie Rich. But the Harvey story was much, much more. A company started by Alfred Harvey in 1941 with titles like Pocket Comics and The Green Hornet, Speed and Champ, and characters like The Black Cat (her sexy early days foreshadow The Phantom Lady), Dick Tracy, The Phantom and Joe Palooka. And Teenage Dope Slaves, Chamber of Chills, Tomb of Terror...Harvey went from popular super heroes to popular strip reprints to competing head-on with EC horror...and then on to kids comics, the super-hero revival in the sixties, and into the 1990s. 707 amazing pages. BearManor Media, 2017...More. Item Code: HARVCH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x9, 708pg, b&w $49.00 |
We listed the softcover last week but forgot to mention the hardcover, which arrived just a couple days later. I've redone my description as I am making my way through this, enjoying it a great deal. There's a LOT on pre-code Harvey, just in case you have the impression it's all about Casper and Richie Rich. It's much, much richer than that, detailing every character and book, as well as the Harvey family and the creators. |
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WOMEN OF DYNAMITE VAMPIRELLA Variant Black & White Bust By Arthur Adams Limited, numbered from 299! Presenting the very limited "Black & White" Vampirella bust variant, inspired by the artwork of comic book master Arthur Adams! Dynamite continues to build upon its relationship with creative partner Rvckvs and skillful sculptor Jason Smith for this alternate color palette on the second offering in the Women of Dynamite bust series, a limited edition poly-resin bust with cast-metal details measuring 7 1/2 " in height. Very nicely done, and larger than the typical bust. We like it. Dynamite, 2017...More. Item Code: WODBVB 7.5" tall, Full Color $149.99 |
I'm surprised this is still available but as I write this we have two left, and may be able to get a few more before it becomes unavailable. The regular edition of this, which is in full color, [WODBV. $89.99] is expected in any day now. |
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THICKER THAN BLOOD COLLECTED WORKS Deluxe Signed Special Order! Signed & limited, 175! By Simon Reed. Art by Mike Ploog, Simon Bisley. The Thicker than Blood Collected Artwork Edition is an oversized signed and numbered limited edition hardcover art book. It reproduces all of the original artwork that was produced for a three-issue comic series written by Simon Reed, penciled and inked by Mike Ploog (as one set of pages) and painted by Simon Bisley (as a separate set). Deluxe slipcase. Signed by all three contributors. Each page is published at full size. FPG, 2017. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: THBD Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 156pg, Partial Color $250.00 |
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THICKER THAN BLOOD COLLECTED WORKS Special Order! By Simon Reed. Art by Mike Ploog, Simon Bisley. An oversized hardcover art book. It reproduces all of the original artwork that was produced for a three-issue comic series written by Simon Reed, penciled and inked by Mike Ploog (as one set of pages) and painted by Simon Bisley (as a separate set). Each page is published at full size. FPG, 2017. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: THBH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 176pg, Partial Color $150.00 |
We will also be handling the “regular” editions of this work. Since they retail for just $9.95, we aren't taking backorders for them and will list them when they arrive. There will be a pencilled and a painted edition. |
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COMPLETE CREPAX 1 & 2 Slipcased Set By Guido Crepax. Collects more than 800 pages of the complete works of the famed erotic Eurocartoonist, including his first Valentina stories, stories featuring the classic Universal monsters Dracula and Frankenstein, robots, space pirates, and much more, including the title story "The Time Eater" from Volume 2. In the 1960s and ‘70s, Crepax created and chronicled the adventures of Valentina, arguably the strongest and most independent female character in European comics up to that time, and legitimized the erotic genre. Fantagraphics, 2017. Due Dec. Adult Material...More. Item Code: CREP01P Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x14, 424pg, Partial Color |
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JACK KIRBY FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS In honor of this extraordinary talent's centennial, DC Comics presents an all-new edition of this achievement. For the first time in a single hardcover volume, Kirby's complete chronicles from the pages of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, The New Gods, The Forever People and Mister Miracle, as well as the climactic graphic novel, The Hunger Dogs. Bonus: illuminating essays from acclaimed author (and former Kirby apprentice) Mark Evanier and Walter Simonson, and Kirby pencils, profiles, pinups and more! DC, 2017. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: JKFWOH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x8, 1536pg, Full Color |
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COMPLETE CREPAX EVIL SPELLS Collects the “Baba Yaga” storyline, which recasts the witch of folklore (it was adapted for the screen in 1973 starring Carroll Baker as the middle-aged, lesbian villainess). Under Baba Yaga's influence, a doll, Annette, comes to life, while Valentina and her lover, Philip, are forced to act out the fairy tale Bluebeard; and Philip must fight the witch in her lair. Plus, adaptations of several literary masterpieces: Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, and a take on Edgar Allan Poe. Fantagraphics, 2017. Due Jan. Adult Material...More. Item Code: CREP03H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x14, 424pg, b&w |
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STEVE CANYON Volume 8 1961-62 Dailies and Sundays. By Milton Caniff. Milton Caniff tackles the escalating Cold War. Steve Canyon is trapped, alongside old friends Princess Snowflower and Doagie Hogan, in a net of intrigue between the USSR and Communist China! Next, as the Cuban Missile Crisis plays out in the waters south of Florida, Steve and the alluring Miss Mizzou attempt to stop another Red plot directed at the Panama Canal! These never-before-reprinted strips include full-color Sunday pages, and are reproduced from Caniff's own file copies. IDW, 2017. Due Jan. ...More. Item Code: SC08H Hard Cover, 11x9, 336pg, Partial Color |
Volumes 1-7 are all available [SC01H, etc. |
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SILVER AGE CLASSICS Out of This World Volume 2 Collects #7-10, 1958. Recommended. Art by Steve Ditko, Maurice Whitman, Fed Kida, Sal Trapani et al. In the post-EC days of the mid-to-late 1950's and early ‘60's, there was really only one place to go for your SF fix when you'd exhausted DC's output for that month—Out of This World, which would of course become synonymous with the work of Steve Ditko. It might seem a poor man's EC, but led by wonderful covers and lots of stories by Ditko, today this is a stand-out title. Addtional artists include Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Dick Malmgren, Rocco Mastroserio, Paul Reinman and Gene Colan. PS Artbooks, 2017. Due Jan. ...More. Item Code: SAOW02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $49.99 |
Volume 1 is not yet in stock, but we expect it this month, in November. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS Adventures into Darkness Volume 2 Collects #10-14, 1953-54. Final volume. Recommended. By George Roussos, Art Saaf, John Celardo, Nick Cardy, Alex Toth, Mike Sekowsky et al. The covers alone in this baby are worth the price of admission, by George Roussos and DC mainstay Mike Sekowsky, doing his best imitation of Alex Toth! And his best was very good, as also shown on several of his stories here. Also in these issues, two stories by Jack Katz, a lingerie panel, and a cannibalism story cited by T.E. Murphy's anti-comics articles. And work by John Fawcette (Planet Comics and Avon regular) and the other artists mentioned above. Way above average pre-code stories. PS Artbooks, 2017. Due Jan. ...More. Item Code: PCA02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $44.99 |
Volume 1 is in stock now at the same $44.99 price [PCA01H]. |
Bargain Books up to 75% OffThese books are low in stock, and may have already been marked down once. I've marked them down even further just for this listing, to clear them out to make way for new items. First come, first served.
BLAME! Master Edition 3 [BLAM03. FRANKENSTEIN UNDERGROUND [FRUN. MARY ASTOR'S PURPLE DIARY The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 [MAPU. You can see all of our discounted items on the website, under Closeouts at the end of each category (such as Artists and Illustration, Comics Related, etc). |
Rare & Out of PrintFrom the Paper Tiger portfolio series, we have four excellent artists. Julie Bell, Jim Burns, Chris Foss and Rodney Matthews. We have sold some of our Virgil Finlay titles, but found a couple more that we added this week. Lasty, we have a deluxe copy of Chroma The Art of Alex Schomburg, signed by both Alex and Jon Gustafson. In the next few weeks, we will be reducing the price of some of our older listings. If you are subscribed to our Rare & Out of Print email list, you will be the first to see these. If you would like to join, please click here. All | New Arrivals | Artists & Illustration | Fantasy & Sci-Fi | Illustrated Fiction Comic Book Archives | Comic Strip & Cartoon | Comic Artists | Pin-Up | Erotic Art |
Mature ReadersNo new items this week, but we do have a couple items from our Bargain Books section. MELODY A Story of A Nude Dancer [MELST. Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult |
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Jack Kirby’s Pencils and Inks has sold out from the distributor. We’re bringing in a few more direct from the publisher but it’s essentially out of print. We do have nine “hurt” copies, while they last, at half price [JKPIAER. $49.99, your price $24.99; the regular edition is $49.99, your price $39.99]. ~Bud |
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