Thursday, January 25, 2018

Sky Masters of the Space Force, Infected by Art 5, and Frankenstein Alive. Also, a new Bettie Page set, Superman The Golden Age 5, Killer Tomatoes Deluxe DVD, Disney’s Magical Mid-Century, Frank Thorne’s Ghita signed and more!

We have a record THREE new items that get the highest recommendation: Sky Masters of the Space Force, Infected by Art 5, and Frankenstein Alive. Also, a new Bettie Page set, Superman The Golden Age 5, Killer Tomatoes Deluxe DVD, Disney's Magical Mid-Century, Frank Thorne's Ghita signed, The History of Graphic Design, and a fun archive, Chilling Adventures in Sorcery.

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Our Highest Recommendation

 
SKY MASTERS OF THE SPACE FORCE The Complete Dailies 1958-61
Our Highest Recommendation. By Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. Jack Kirby's comic strip masterpiece is presented in an archival version featuring the complete dailies. Veteran scripters Dick and Dave Wood provided these late-1950s space/action adventure stories starring Sky Masters and his gang of intrepid followers, which closely resemble Kirby's work on Challengers of the Unknown (which was being published at the same time). Kirby's artwork is stunningly embellished by Wallace Wood and later by Marvel inker extraordinaire Dick Ayers. Hermes, 2017...More.

Item Code: SKYMH
Hard Cover, 10x9, 272pg, Partial Color
$49.99 $39.99

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN By Jack Kirby
Showcase #6, 7, 11 and 12 & Challengers #1-8, 1957-59 Our Highest Recommendation. By Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. It just doesn't get much better than this in the Silver Age! Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World—a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. And with The Fantastic Four he and Stan Lee created the iconic superhero team. But four years earlier, with magnificent inking by Wally Wood, Jack was honing his skills on one of the greatest prototype series of all time. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: CHUN
Soft Cover, 7x11, 320pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

More by Wally Wood and Jack Kirby on our website.
 
INFECTED BY ART Volume 5
With Limited Edition dust jacket. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Todd Spoor and Bill Cox. Over 300 pieces of art from the world's finest fantasy, science fiction, and horror artists in a range of media. Infected by Art hosts an annual art competition juried by artists and art directors. It‘s like Spectrum--but more focusted on dark fantasy and nudes, and with much different material. It's a perfect compliment to Spectrum, with its own edge. Grand Prize winners include Vanessa Lemen, David Palumbo, Matt Smith, Vince Natale and Travis Lewis. This volume's Body of Work award winner is  Allen Williams. This book has it all and will appeal to anyone who appreciates works of imaginative realism. Infected By Art, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: INA05H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color
$49.99 $42.50

This has actually been out for a little while. We first announced it as a coming item in the fall. Our first shipment came in entirely damaged, so we had to wait until now to get unblemished copies. and announce it as available. It's a very good collection, perhaps the best I've seen yet, and worthy to place alongside your Spectrum annual. We still have 2 softcover copies of Volume 1, and Volumes 3 and 4 are still available. And of course, here you can find the latest Spectrum annual.

 
FRANKENSTEIN ALIVE, ALIVE! TRIO
Holy Smoke, "New" Wrightson!! Issues #1-3, 2012-14, Our Highest Recommendation. By Steve Niles. Art by Bernie Wrightson. I don't keep on top of all the "current” comic books--I expect the best stuff to get collected in archives, so I wait until then to pay closer attention. So this comes as a total surprise to me, having missed the short series of three issues. Here Bernie left us a wonderful new Frankenstein story, collected here for the first time! And in a bargain-priced format! A grand treat of Victorian horror featuring the further adventures of Mary Shelly's classic monster, as ghoulishly illustrated by Bernie Wrightson, the true master of the macabre! IDW, 2018...More.

Item Code: FRAL
Soft Cover, 7x10, 64pg, b&w
$7.99

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
FRANKENSTEIN The First Two Hundred Years
Highly Recommended. By Christopher Frayling. This book, celebrating the 200th birthday of Frankenstein, traces the journey of Shelley's Frankenstein from limited-edition literature into the bloodstream of contemporary culture. With text by renowned Gothic scholar Sir Christopher Frayling, it includes new research on the novel's origins; a facsimile reprint of the earliest-known manuscript version of the creation scene; visual material on adaptations for the stage, in magazines, on playbills, in prints and in books of the 19th century; visual essays and stills on many of the film versions and their inspirations in the history of art; and Frankenstein in popular culture--on posters, advertisements, packaging, in comics and graphic novels. Reel Art Press, 2017...More.

Item Code: FRAFH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 208pg, Partial Color
$39.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
ROY THOMAS PRESENTS FRANKENSTEIN Vol 8 Slipcased
Closeout Price! Limited, 300! Collects #28-33, 1954. Recommended. Written and drawn by Dick Briefer, with Mort Meskin and Marvin Stein. While earlier issues were pure humor, here Frankenstein continues, and in fact concludes, its dark, sinister turn into pure horror. I particularly like these stories, as the mute monster relentlessly deals out harsh, final justice to anyone who wishes him ill. He also became a silent judge-and-jury when he finds others persecuted or wronged. Each issue also includes two back-up stories, horror tales typical of the horror comics genre before the code came along. PS Artbooks, 2015. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: FRA08D
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color
$64.99 $21.99

This series collects the great pre-code horror stories of quite serious note, as well as the previous (issues #1-17) humorous stories from the golden age. Most are still available but in short supply, and are ON SALE.

And of course, more by Berni is on our website, including the Monstrous collections. We also have one copy of the original Wrightson Frankenstein, 1983 First Edition, in hardcover and dust jacket [RB396. $350].

 

Comic Book Archives

 
SUPERMAN The Golden Age Omnibus Vol 5
Collects Action Comics #86-105, Superman #34-43 and World's Finest Comics #19-25, 1945-46. Highly Recommended. By Jerry Siegel, Bill Finger et al. Art by Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring et al. A pivotal period in the Man of Steel's celebrated career—featuring such stories as “The Average American,” “Battle of the Redwoods” and “The Laughing Stock of Metropolis” and co-starring Lois, Mr. Mxyztplk, the Prankster and Lex Luthor—finally available for the first time in a single hardcover edition. This collects the final work by Superman's creators Siegel and Schuster, or by creators trying to emulate their particular style. Here is a sea change as readers' tastes were changing, and Superman would adapt with more humor and different themes. DC, 2017...More.

Item Code: SG05H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 768pg, Full Color
$125.00 $105.00

See the previous volumes on our website, as well as the softcover Superman The Golden Age.

 
CHILLING ADVENTURES IN SORCERY
Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1-5 and Red Circle Sorcery #6-7, 1972-74. Highly Recommended. By Gray Morrow, Alex Toth, Dan Decarlo, Howard Chaykin et al. Presented by Sabrina the Teenage Witch, this collection features some of the most horrifying classic stories to ever be published by Archie Comics, collected for the first time in graphic novel form. Featuring an all-new cover by comic artist extraordinaire Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife With Archie)! Archie Comics, 2017...More.

Item Code: CHAS
Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, b&w
$19.99 $17.99

 

Art Books

 
DON HAHN YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW DISNEY'S MAGICAL MID-CENTURY
Highly Recommended. A lavish oversized hardcover tribute to an era of optimism and innovative design, illustrated with rarely seen art and photography of the mid-20th century reflecting the unique style that Walt Disney and his artists contributed to the era. Includes work by Mary Blair, Tom Oreb, Eyvinde Earle, and John Hench, as well as Walt Peregoy's color concepts for 101 Dalmations; Polish designed posters for Disney films; concept art for Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom; 20,000 Leagues under the Sea; Disneyland architect Welton Becket; and more. We especially like the coverage of Disney's Tomorrowland and take on the space age, with the lovely 1950s rockets and flying saucers. Disney, 2017...More.

Item Code: DHYESH
Hard Cover, 11x14, 176pg, Full Color
$40.00 $35.00

See more of the latest Disney art books on our website. 

 
HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN Vol 1 1890-1959
Highly Recommended. By Jens Müller. Edited by Julius Wiedemann. A comprehensive history of graphic design from the end of the 19th century to the ruins of World War II. From its beginning as poster design to development into advertising, corporate identity, packaging, and editorial design. Organized chronologically. Over 2,000 seminal designs from all over the world, 72 of which are profiled in detail besides 57 leaders in the field, including Alphonse Mucha, Edward Johnston (London Underground), El Lissitzky (constructivist graphics), Saul Bass (animated opening titles), and A. M. Cassandre (art deco posters). Taschen, 2017...More.

Item Code: HG01H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x15, 480pg, Full Color
$69.99 $64.99

See our website for more on graphic design.

 

Frank Thorne Artist Editions

 
FRANK THORNE'S GHITA An Erotic Treasury Archival Edition Signed
Signed & numbered, 200, on a special full color page! Recommended. This huge art book presents the complete original artwork, in archival format, of one of Frank Thorne's signature creations: Ghita, in her first full length adventure. This definitive first volume is 15 x 22 inches, printed on special archival paper that simulates the original Bristol board used by Thorne in the creation of this popular culture masterpiece. In 1978, fresh off his run on Red Sonja, Frank Thorne went on to create the lusty warrior-goddess, Ghita. Imbued with the spirit of a mighty general, she would lead a rag-tag band against bloodthirsty armies, and along the way spend a lot of time nude and getting laid! Hermes, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: FTGHS
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 15x22, 144pg, Full Color
$159.00

 
FRANK THORNE'S GHITA An Erotic Treasury Archival Edition
Recommended. This huge art book presents the complete original artwork, in archival format, of one of Frank Thorne's signature creations: Ghita, in her first full length adventure. This definitive first volume is 15 x 22 inches, printed on special archival paper that simulates the original Bristol board used by Thorne in the creation of this popular culture masterpiece. In 1978, fresh off his run on Red Sonja, Frank Thorne went on to create the lusty warrior-goddess, Ghita. Imbued with the spirit of a mighty general, she would lead a rag-tag band against bloodthirsty armies, and along the way spend a lot of time nude and getting laid! Hermes, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: FTGH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 15x22, 144pg, Full Color
$129.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
FRANK THORNE'S BATTLING BEAUTIES
Recommended. The career of Frank Thorne, renowned good girl artist, with a comprehensive art monograph exploring the art of the women he created during his extensive career. See pencils, preliminaries, final artwork, as well as the comics created by Thorne, focusing on his cheesecake as well as x-rated creations. A handsome oversized hardcover with artwork from Red SonjaGhitaLannThe Iron Devil, and much more. Also a look at the concepts and storyboards for the never-made Ghita film. Hermes, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: BATTBH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 192pg, Partial Color
$60.00 $49.95

Thorne's Red Sonja Artist's Editions are still available also. See our website for these and more Thorne.

 

Edgar Rice Burroughs

 
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS THE DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOSSET & DUNLAP REPRINTS
Limited to 430. By B.J. Lukes. Newly published in a limited edition of 430 copies, this is the complete and detailed bibliography of the forty-seven Burroughs titles published by Grosset and Dunlap between 1918 and 1973. With over 600 book and over 400 dust jacket entries this book provides the ERB collector and fan with all the information necessary to identify the many printings/variants issued by the most prolific hardcover publisher of Edgar Rice Burroughs' works. Edgar Rice Burroughs, 2017...More.

Item Code: EDGBIH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 360pg, Text/Partial Color
$70.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The Bibliography
Highly Recommended. By Robert B. Zeuschner. This one-of-a kind bibliography is a must for anyone interested in the stories and the story of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dr. Robert B. Zeuschner, one of the most highly respected ERB scholars, takes the reader on a delightful journey through the publications that made Burroughs one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. Over 2000 annotated, illustrated entries describing ERB publications from 1911 to present. 500+ color images including 1st & reprint edition books & dustjackets and 97 ERB story-related pulp covers. ERB, 2016...More.

Item Code: EDGBH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 620pg, Text/Partial Color
$100.00

This is also available in a $150 deluxe edition.

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
TARZAN AND THE MARTIAN LEGION
In Quest of Zonthron. Our Highest Recommendation. By Jake Saunders. Art by Tom Grindberg, Michael C. Hoffman and Craig Mullins. As befits the ambitious scope of the story, the artistic presentation is unparalleled. One-hundred-thirty new illustrations were commissioned for this opus, with contributions by Thomas Grindberg, Michael C. Hoffman, and Craig Mullins, on archival, acid-free paper, bound in leather (banth and thoat) in one giant volume. Russ Cochran, 2014...More.

Item Code: MARTLH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 11x12, 424pg, Text/Partial Color
$200.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
TARZAN THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Deluxe Signed
Signed by John Burroughs & limited,1000. Our Highest Recommendation. By Scott Tracy Griffin. Introduction by Ron Ely. The finest look at Tarzan we know of. This deluxe edition has an extra signature plate with a Frazetta image that is repeated on the special slipcase, with a signature by ERB's grandson John. Celebrating a century of Tarzan, this detailed commentary is profusely illustrated with the most evocative and beautiful art, beginning with a special variant jacket by Roy Krenkel! Titan, 2012...More.

Item Code: TZCEND
Hard Cover, 10x13, 320pg, Full Color
$70.00

See our website for much more ERB material: Now four Burne Hogarth Sunday Page collections, Pellucidar with a Mark Schultz cover, Tarzan of the Apes: The Dailies by Hal Foster, several all-new Tarzan novels and more.

 

Miscellany

 
BETTIE PAGE #7 Comic Set
Set of three variant covers--interior is the same. Recommended. By David Avallone. Art by Esau Figueroa and Matt Gaudio. Bettie's trip to the Cannes Film Festival turns the Cold War hot...as the KGB tries to put the "red" in "red carpet." Bettie has to save the glitterati from the obliteratti in her best secret agent action style. She's quite the adventuresss here! The set includes a sexy cover by Michael Linsner, with Bettie in net stockings and a low-cut purple leather outfit; a photo of her posed on a sofa in undies and nylons; and Scott Chatler's animation-style cover of Bettie posing on the red carpet at Cannes. Dynamite, 2018...More.

Item Code: BP07P
Soft Cover, 7x10, 32pg ea, Full Color
$11.99

Set One is sold out. We have just 12 left of Set Two. All others are available at the same price.

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
THE WILD WORLD OF BETTY PAGE An Anthology of Classic Fetish Photos
Recommended. 80 classic photographs of Page, never before published in a single volume, which cover almost every aspect of her modelling work with the legendary king of sleaze, Irving Klaw. From sexy pin-ups in lingerie and fetish-wear to more intense scenes of sado-masochism, bondage, spanking and cat-fights, this anthology presents the essential Bettie Page in the full range of her starring roles! The photographs selected also feature many of Klaw's other regular bondage models. Mature Readers. Klaw Klassix, 2016...More.

Item Code: WILWB
Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, b&w
$22.95 $20.95

 
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES BLU-RAY & DVD
Produced and directed by John DeBello and Steve Peace. UFOs! Bigfoot! Communists! The government has swiftly dealt with many a crisis... But can it survive the diabolical ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES? Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the supermarket, you're face to face with terror so bold, so frightening it has never been seen on-screen before or since (not until the sequel, anyway). Four Square Productions, 2017...More.

Item Code: ATTAC
DVD & Blu-Ray disc, 87 min, 1 disc, Full Color
$34.95

See more DVDs, both regular and adult, on our website.

 

Warehouse Finds

 
FRANK FRAZETTA FANTASY ILLUSTRATED #1
Warehouse find, 1998. Art by Richard Corben, William Stout, Joe Linsner, Alex Horley, Tony Daniel, Joe Jusko et al. This full color magazine published by Quantum Cat includes work by Richard Corben, Joe Jusko, Joe Linsner, David Mack, William Stout and many more. Quantum Cat, 1998. . Note: These copies have slightly bumped corners and/or slightly curled spines, but are overall fine condition....More.

Item Code: FFRAZIL
Soft Cover, 8x10, 96pg, Full Color
$7.50

 
ANGRY CHRIST COMIX The Angry Works of Joseph Michael Linsner Signed
Signed booklplate! Warehouse find, 1994. Angry Christ Comix is a collection of short stories written and illustrated by bestselling comic book creator Joseph Michael Linsner. True to its name, Angry Christ Comix contains tales of false loves, dangerous sex, illicit drugs, decaying vampirism, eternal sacrifices and violent death. These stories, which are collected from Cry for Dawn, one of the most popular, cutting-edge indie comics of the1990s. Sirius, 1994. Mature Readers. Note: These copies have bumped corners and slightly scuffed covers....More.

Item Code: ANGRYCHS
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, b&w
$25.00

We also have a few copies of the unsigned Angry Christ Comix for $15.00 [ANGRYCH]. See the signed Linsner sketchbooks, as well as on-sale statues, on our website.

 
MALEFIC By Luis Royo
Warehouse find, 1995. An artist of the spectacular. Each collection sparkles with pieces seen on book covers from around the world. Fantasy, science fiction, eroticism, etc... Royo has devised a special personal mix of media that makes his work so uncannily real, so beguilingly engaging as to make him a best-selling star. Norma Editorial, 1995. Mature Readers. Note: These copies have bent corners....More.

Item Code: MALELR
Soft Cover, 9x12, 80pg, Full Color
$15.00

More recent collections by Royo, some signed, plus statues, are on our website.

 
TOMART'S DISNEYANA Volume 3 Disney Collectible and Memorabilia
Warehouse find, 1994. A high quality glossy collector's magazine (cover price was $6) devoted to Disney collectibles. Marks Brothers Games, Disney Goebels, animation art, vintage Disneyana, Theme Park collectibles, Disney Hummels, International Fast Food Premiums, Disney Store Exclusives, U.K. Disneyana, Watches. Edited by Tom Tumbusch. Illustrated throughout in full color. A look at Disney collection 25 years ago. Tomart Publications,1994. Note: These copies have slight bumps to corners....More.

Item Code: TOMDIS
Soft Cover, 8x11, 50pg, Partial Color
$5.00

 
PULP ART
Warehouse find, 1997, first printing. Original Cover Paintings For the Great American Pulp Magazines. By Robert Lesser. The first book to feature the original paintings created for American pulp magazine covers, this unique reference offers an authoritative text, historical surveys, vintage letters, 125 full-page images, and much more. Gramercy, 1997. Note: These copies have slightly bumped corners....More.

Item Code: PULPAH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 184pg, Full Color
$35.00

Just six copies available. See much more on pulp art and pulp fiction on our website, including this latest collection:

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
ART OF THE PULPS An Illustrated History
Our Highest Recommendation. Experts in each of the ten major pulp genres, such as Detective, Hero, Spicy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Aviation, chart for the first time the complete history of pulp magazines–the stories and their writers, the graphics and their artists, and, of course, the publishers and their readers. Illustrated with more than 400 examples of the best pulp covers and graphics. Plus two special chapters: David Saunders on artists Norman Saunders and Walter Baumhofer, and Ed Hulse looks at H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. IDW, 2017...More.

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

 

Coming in May

 
THE PRINTED IMAGE The Flowering of Japan's Wood Block Print Culture
By Matthi Forrer. The Japanese colored woodblock print is among the most familiar and popular East Asian art forms in the West, thanks to the 19th-century fashion for all things Japanese—a fashion which brought about a huge transformation in Western art. Walther König Köln, 2018. Due May. ...More.

Item Code: PRIMH
Hard Cover,
$55.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
BLACK SHIPS Illustrated Japanese History The Americans Arrive
By Sean Michael Wilson. Art by Akiko Shimojima. A new graphic novel telling of a pivotal moment in modern Japanese history--when four American “Black Ships” arrive in Japan in 1853 under the command of Commodore Perry to force Japan to open up to trade. The book compellingly portrays the apprehension and confusion of the Japanese people witnessing the Black Ships steaming into view over the horizon; the anxious response of the samurai; the cat-and-mouse game that ensued; the protracted negotiations; and the eventual agreement signed on March 31st, 1854. North Atlantic, 2017...More.

Item Code: BLSHI
Soft Cover, 6x9, 106pg, b&w
$12.95

See more on Japanese art and manga, such as 100 Manga Artists, on our website.

 

Coming in July

 
MARVEL MASTERWORKS Captain America Volume 10
By Jack Kirby. It's the return of the King! In 1975, Jack "King" Kirby returned to Marvel and his iconic creation Captain America. As writer, artist and editor, it was Kirby unleashed, and the results were groundbreaking. Kirby created an intricate storyline that built month after month toward America's bicentennial and Captain America #200. The "Madbomb" saga featured an aristocratic cabal seeking to wrest control of the country by possessing the American people's minds and driving them to insane outbreaks of violence. It's an Orwellian adventure done Kirby style, and there's nothing else like it. Also featuring an out-of-this-world alien Annual escapade and Kirby's Bicentennial Battles, it's an 80-page masterpiece that encompasses American history from the Revolution to the Old West to both World Wars! Marvel, 2018. Due July. ...More.

Item Code: MCA10H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 312pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00

 
DOCTOR STRANGE Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus Volume 2
Collects Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1-40, and Ghost Rider #12, 1988-92. By Roy Thomas, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Len Kaminski et al. Art by Frank Lopez, MC Wyman, Michael Bair et al. Doctor Strange is thrust into the Infinity War! The Doc allies with Galactus, puts together a group of mages to save the Earth and reunites the original Defenders...but when Strange defies the all-powerful Vishanti and is stripped of his mystical power, he must revive his old non-team, with a twist! Who will join the ranks of Strange's Secret Defenders? He'll battle Nightmare, team with Morbius, and lose and gain a disciple - but Dormammu is the one to really dread! Marvel, 2018. Due July. ...More.

Item Code: DSTS02H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 1056pg, Full Color
$125.00 $105.00

 

Bargain Books

These 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.

 

BARNABY Volume 1 [BAR01H. $35.00 $19.99].

CLASSIC HUMAN ANATOMY IN MOTION [CLHAH. $40.00 $24.95].

THE GOLDEN AGE MASTERWORKS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF ILLUSTRATION Volume 3 [GOAG03H. $44.95 $29.95].

GRIS GRIMLY'S FRANKENSTEIN [GRFHS. $24.99 $14.99].

KELLY GREEN The Complete Collection [KELGH. $59.95 $39.95].

NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB Volume 2 [NLOWC02. $13.99 $6.99].

NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB Volume 3 [NLOWC03. $13.99 $6.99].

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 Print

No new items this week, but below are a few of our most recent additions. Click the image for more information.
 

Our second Rare & Out of Print list went out earlier this month. Click here to see it on our blog, and click here to join the email list to receive the next one.

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Mature Readers

No new items this week, but here are a few items from our Bargain Books section. Keep an eye out for our first Adult email, scheduled to go out in the next few days. Click here to join the adult email list if you haven't already.

GRINDHOUSE HOTTIES DVD [GHG. $29.95 $17.95].

HARDCORE HELLCATS IN 3D #1 [HARH01. $19.95 $9.95].

SHH! #1 Naughty Nudes & Cartoons In 3D [SHH01. $19.95 $9.95].

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If you haven’t yet signed up for our occasional Mature Readers email, do it now. Our first one goes out on January 29 or 30th, with never before offered items, sale items and one-of-a-kind out of print items and more. There are also FOUR FREE ITEMS, one for every item you order (LIMIT OF 4).

It includes DVDs, Pin-Up Art, Nude Photography and more. Even if you get THIS weekly email, you won’t get the adult email unless you sign up specially for it. At the same time, you can sign up for our occasional Rare and Out of Print email, too. Right here. Or call or email and we’ll do it for you.

Special Note: if you choose to opt OUT of any email, and then want to opt back in, it’s not an automatic process. Our mailing house is very careful about this, so we have to step through some hoops. If this applies to you, call or email us, and please let us know which lists you want to be on, Weekly New items, Rare & Out of Print, Adults Only, or all three.

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Thursday, January 18, 2018

New artist J.A.W. Cooper, Gene Colan's Tomb of Dracula, Cavewoman Con Book, Vampirella Tarot Cards and Statue, Kirby’s Super Powers, Bill Everett’s Sub-Mariner, Hellboy and more.

J.A.W. Cooper is a name new to us, but that's what's great about our world...discovering exciting new creators. Gene Colan gets a Tomb of Dracula Artist's Edition, Budd Root's new Cavewoman Con Book is here, we like the new Vampirella Tarot Cards, and her Replica Statue. Plus Jack Kirby's Super Powers, Bill Everett's Sub-Mariner, Gianni & Mignola's Hellboy Into the Silent Sea Artist Edition, Warlord of Mars Omnibus 2, Krigstein's Master Race and more.

 

Our latest catalog, with a cover by Todd Schorr, just went to the printer. If you placed an order with us in the last 12 months, you will receive one early in February.

Or download it immediately here. It includes a complete listing of all our sale-priced PS Artbooks, an extended Coming Section, Annual Bestsellers, and all the newest releases.

Art Books  |  Comic Book Archives & Graphic Novels  |  Comic Strip Collections
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Art Books

 
J.A.W. COOPER VISCERA
Highly Recommended. Dinosaurs, nudes, fantasy creatures, skulls, skeletons, erotica..."a journey into the violent, steaming innards of making art—raw, spontaneous and unfettered—Viscera explores instinct and intuition as the spark of artistic creation, to delight the feral child at our core." This edition contains 70 artworks and includes moderate nudity. Cooper works in the animation industry while moonlighting drawing all manner of lovely creatures. Her work has echoes of Amano, Vess, James Jean and Claire Wendling, but it is uniquely her own. Flesk, 2017...More.

Item Code: JAWV
Soft Cover, 9x12, 64pg, Full Color
$25.00

 
J.A.W. COOPER FAMILIARS
Highly Recommended. Drawing on themes of the occult, Familiars explores animals as allegories--such as the witch's familiar. This collection has many more ladies, many of them tastefully nude. Themes are fantasy-like, including combinations of woman and beast. We see a little more Charles Vess here, but still Cooper work reminds us of Claire Wendling and Yoshitaka Amano, as well as the soft, etheral coloring and technique of James Jean. Flesk, 2017...More.

Item Code: JAWF
Soft Cover, 9x12, 64pg, Full Color
$25.00

 
J.A.W. COOPER FLORA & FAUNA
Recommended. Flora and Fauna delves into the atmospheric and relational qualities between people, animals, and nature. This title showcases her command of the animal kingdom and creation of imaginative new creatures, as well as a passion for drawing from real subjects. Tigers, elephants, monkeys, birds, goats, bears, and several wonderful elaborate drawings of fantasy females, some clothed and some nude. This edition contains 90 artworks. Cooper reminds us of Claire Wendling and Yoshitaka Amano, as well as the soft, etheral coloring and technique of James Jean. Flesk, 2017...More.

Item Code: JAWFL
Soft Cover, 9x12, 80pg, Full Color
$25.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
WOMEN OF WONDER Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art
Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy Fenner. Introduction by Lauren Panepinto. From the co-editor of Spectrum, a spotlight on women creators of fantastic art (traditionally seen as a largely male domain, though women have always been active participants) from Kewpie creator Rose O'Neill and pulp illustrator Margaret Brundage to Spectrum Grand Masters Diane Dillon and Kinuko Y. Craft. Underwood Books, 2015...More.

Item Code: WOMOW
Soft Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color
$24.95 $12.50

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
FORGET-ME-NOT Claire Wendling
Recommended. Forget-Me-Not is a collection of all-new drawings completed between 2014 and 2016. 162 drawings, plus 16 pages of sketches and roughs. These drawings have never before appeared in print. In addition, Claire has written a heartfelt introduction in English: a direct message to her legions of fans around the world. Forget-Me-Not is the same size and format as Iguana Bay 2.0, but with nearly twice as many pages! Quite a bit of nudity. Fairies, trolls and strangely appealing creatures. Stuart Ng, 2016. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: FORGMH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, b&w
$30.00

 
GENE COLAN TOMB OF DRACULA Artist's Edition
Collects #25, 28, 36, 27, 46 and 48, plus more. Recommended. By Marv Wolfman. Art by Gene Colan. Tomb of Dracula by Wolfman, Colan, and Tom Palmer has long been considered one of the best Marvel Comics of the 1970s. Colan's atmospheric artwork was the perfect companion to Wolfman's dark and foreboding stories, creating a classic series. Besides the five complete stories, this features 12 pages of unpublished original pencils from #70-72, plus the pencilled cover of #65, along with another 25 pages of covers, splash pages and story pages from various issues #3 to 70. IDW, 2017...More.

Item Code: GCTAEH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 144pg, b&w
$125.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
TOMB OF DRACULA THE COMPLETE COLLECTION Volume 1
Collects Tomb Of Dracula 1-15, 1972-73; Dracula Lives! 1-4, 1973. Recommended. By Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin et al. Art by Gene Colan, Neal Adams, Rich Buckler et al. Classic Tomb of Dracula ushered in Marvel's glorious age of horror, while the black-and-white magazine Dracula Lives! delivered stories with real bite -- outside of the comics code. Both featured legendary creators, including Gene Colan in his prime, illustrating the Lord of Vampires! Dracula lives again! But his descendant, Frank Drake, joins vampire hunters including Rachel Van Helsing and Quincy Harker in a bid to return him to his grave! Will they drive a stake through Dracula's heart -- or will that honor fall to Blade? Marvel, 2017...More.

Item Code: TOMB01
Soft Cover, 6x10, 610pg, Partial Color
$39.99 $34.99

There are another 19 Gene Colan archives on our website, including the Doctor Strange Omnibus, Marvel Horror, Daredevil, Howard the Duck, Captain America and Devil Tales.

 

Comic Book Archives & Graphic Novels

 
TALES FROM THE AGE OF THE COBRA
Two complete stories. Recommended. By Enrique Fernandez. A captivating tale of love, passion, violence, and humor in the spirit of 1001 Nights. But this blasts the conventional clichés to bits! An amazing graphic work, mixing great character design and storyboard-inspired action with an exciting color palette. Art as fine as anything in the best animated feature films. First we have two young lovers, daring burgler Irvi and beautiful Sian...but Irvi stumbles into a harem, with threats to reveal him to the guards unless he will make love to them so that they might learn to please their future husbands... IDW, 2018. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: TALFR
Soft Cover, 9x12, 112pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

 
WARLORD OF MARS OMNIBUS Volume 2
Collects #0, 19-35 and 100. By Arvid Nelson et al. Art by Leandro Oliveira, Raphael Lanhellas, Vicente Cifuentes et al. John Carter has freed Mars from Issus, the false goddess whose tyranny once ruled the entire planet... but at a great personal cost. Dejah Thoris, his beloved princess, was taken by Matai Shang, a renegade priest determined to avenge the planet's shattered religion. Activating a doomsday device to destroy the fragile Martian atmosphere, Shang flees into the unknown regions of the north. Carter, aided by his son Carthoris and trusted alien pet Woola, must unite the many races of Mars — despite the ages of distrust and open warfare among them -- for the singular purpose of averting Judgment Day! Dynamite, 2018...More.

Item Code: WAMA02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 496pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

Volume 1 is still available. Also see more Warlord and Dejah Thoris on the website.

 
MASTER RACE AND OTHER STORIES
Highly Recommended. By Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Otto Binder et al. Art by Bernard Krigstein. In addition to Master Race, this volume includes The Flying Machine (based on a story by Ray Bradbury). Other stories include: Slave Ship, an unpublished science fiction tale that was only discovered in the decades following EC's demise, The Monster From The Fourth Dimension, a horror/science fiction shocker that has never been reprinted since its original appearance in 1954, and other Krigstein crime, horror, war, and science fiction stories covering the full gamut of EC titles, including Tales From the Crypt, Crime SuspenStories, Shock SuspenStories, Aces High, and Incredible Science Fiction. Fantagraphics, 2018...More.

Item Code: MASRH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 220pg, b&w
$29.99 $26.99

See the website for more in this Fantagraphics series, as well as the latest Dark Horse Archives, such as Panic 2, Valor, Aces High and others.

 
SUPER POWERS By Jack Kirby
Super Powers Vol. 1 #1-5 and Super Powers Vol. 2 #1-6, 1984-86. In 1984, legendary writer/artist Jack Kirby returned to DC to illustrate tales of the Justice League of America in the pages of Super Powers. At last, DC collects the first two Super Powers miniseries in a single collection. These tales pit the Justice League of America--Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and more--against the forces of Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips. These stories are the only time in his long career that Kirby would draw the Justice League, elevating these stories to legendary status. DC, 2018...More.

Item Code: SUPPO
Soft Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99

See our website for more Kirby.

 
MARVEL MASTERWORKS Sub-Mariner Volume 8
Sub-Mariner #61-72, and Marvel Spotlight #27, 1973-74 and '76. Recommended. By Steve Gerber et al. Art by Bill Everett, Howard Chaykin, Don Heck, Jim Mooney et al. A special treat here, we have Subby's creator Bill Everett drawing his signature strip for his final episode and co-writing three issues with Steve Gerber and Howard Chaykin. Bill was one of the finest artists to come out of the Golden Age, but Subby was nearly his only break-out character amongst a legion of more forgettable heroes (and heroines, like Subby's gal Namora). This volumes completes the Sub-Mariner's original Marvel Age series. Marvel, 2018...More.

Item Code: MMT8H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 280pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00

Volumes 7 and 6, both with the variant Direct Market cover, are still in stock at the same discounted price.

 

Comic Strip Collections

 
POGO Volume 4 Under the Bamboozle Bush
The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips 1955-56. Highly Recommended. By Walt Kelly. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. In volume 4 (featuring another two years' worth of Pogo strips) we meet one of Walt Kelly's boldest political caricatures. Folks across America had little trouble equating the insidious wildcat Simple J. Malarkey with the ascendant anti-Communist senator, Joseph McCarthy. The subject was sensitive enough that by the following year a Providence, Rhode Island newspaper threatened to drop the strip if Malarkey's face were to appear in it again. Kelly's response? He had Malarkey appear again but put a bag over the character's head for his next appearance. Fantagraphics, 2017...More.

Item Code: POG04H
Hard Cover, 11x9, 352pg, Partial Color
$45.00 $37.50

 
POGO Volume 3 and 4 Slipcase Set
1953-56. Highly Recommended. By Walt Kelly. In volume 4 (featuring another two years' worth of Pogo strips) we meet one of Walt Kelly's boldest political caricatures. Folks across America had little trouble equating the insidious wildcat Simple J. Malarkey with the ascendant anti-Communist senator, Joseph McCarthy. The subject was sensitive enough that by the following year a Providence, Rhode Island newspaper threatened to drop the strip if Malarkey's face were to appear in it again. Kelly's response? He had Malarkey appear again but put a bag over the character's head for his next appearance. Fantagraphics, 2017...More.

Item Code: POG02HP
Hard Cover, 11x9, 688pg, Partial Color
$75.00 $59.99

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
POGO Volume 1 and 2 Slipcase Set
1949-52. Highly Recommended. By Walt Kelly. A handsome extra-illustrated, full color slipcase encloses the first two volumes in the Complete Syndicated Comic Strips collection. Volume 1: "Through the Wild Blue Wonder," collects 1949 to 1950. Volume 2: "Bona Fide Balderdash," features the complete dailies AND Sunday pages, in full color, from the complete years of 1951 and 1952. Click on each volume for fuller descriptions and pictures from each volume. This is THE way to get the books, nicely protected and with cool extra slipcase art, plus at an even better price. Fantagraphics, 2012...More.

Item Code: POG01HP
Hard Cover, 9x11, 626pg, Partial Color
$69.99 $54.99

Volumes 1 and 2 are also still available as individual volumes. See our website for more by Walt Kelly.

 

Budd Root & Cavewoman Convention Books

 
THE CAVEWOMAN 2017 Winter Convention Book Signed
Signed & limited, 750! Highly Recommended. By Budd Root. This Winter Convention Booklet features the best of Budd's X-Mas artwork, naughty and nice, plus brand new pieces –- all in full color! Lots of Cavewoman, fully nude and, surprisingly, clothed on occasion. Also Universal Monsters and more surprises, including a jam with artists Buzz, Sephane Roux and Jpseph Michael Linsner! Fresh, new work by Root, with specialty pieces, other characters and more. These con books of his are always a treat. Signed on the cover, bagged and boarded for protection. Our favorite Budd Root item each year. Amryl, 2017. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: CAVW17S
Magazine, 6x8, 24pg, Partial Color
$16.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
CAVEWOMAN 2015 HEROESCON SKETCHBOOK Signed
Recommended. By Budd Root. While I'm not as big a fan of the regular Cavewoman issues, where Budd only does the covers, these con books are something else and a special treat. This is all Budd's artwork, not just Cavewoman but also fun takes on Frazetta's Golden Girl, Bat Woman, King Kong, Powergirl, a naked flying witch, Vampirella, and a lovely voluptuous witch. Lots of nudes, fine work throughout. Amryl, 2015. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: CAV15S
Comic, 5x8, 12pg, Full Color
$16.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
THE CAVEWOMAN 2016 Winter Convention Book Signed
Signed & limited, 750! Recommended. By Budd Root. This Winter Convention Booklet features the best of Budd's X-Mas artwork, naughty and nice, plus brand new pieces – all in full color! Also, for the first time, Budd's X-Mas Puppy Portfolio is presented all together in one place and he has added two more brand new puppy pieces to complete the set! Lots of Cavewoman, fully nude and, surprisingly, clothed on occasion. Also Universal Monsters and more surprises. Each book is signed on the cover, bagged and boarded for protection. Our favorite Root item each year. Amryl, 2016. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: CAVW16
Magazine, 6x8, 24pg, Partial Color
$16.95

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
CAVE PAINTINGS The Art of Budd Root
Limited to 2000 copies. Recommended. By Budd Root. Introduction by Frank Cho. "I'm a huge Budd Root fan from day one and I always wanted a nice hardcover Budd Root art book for a long time. After years of waiting, I decided to put my publisher hat on and just publish it myself." -Frank Cho. And is this a hot book! Page after page of dazzling art, not only wonderful nudes (and almost nudes) of Cavewoman, but specialty pieces, commissions, Universal monsters, convention book covers and posters, and an interview. Monkey Boy, 2016. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: CAVPH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color
$30.00

If you haven't scored Budd Root's art book yet, don't miss out. It IS a limited edition of 2000, so it's not going to last forever. See our website for more Cavewoman. We handle the nude cover variant edition of each new issue.

 

Vampirella and “The Witches”

 
VAMPIRELLA TAROT CARDS
Recommended. By Frank Frazetta, Sanjulian, Bill Hughes et al. An all-new functioning Tarot Card Deck using images of the Warren's original Vampirella Magazine (1969-+) art. Vampirella has thrived for nearly 50 years delivering classic tales of terror in comics, graphic novels, and magazines.  These cover images helped to define the horror comic genre with paintings by Frank Frazetta, Sanjulian, Bill Hughes, Jose Gonzalez, Enrich, Esteban Maroto, and Paul Gulacy along with a host of other legendary contributing artists. Dynamite, 2018...More.

Item Code: VAMTC
3x5, 78 cards, Full Color
$19.99

 
VAMPIRELLA EXECUTIVE REPLICAS Statue
1/6 scale. Already very popular. Recommended. Designed by J. Scott Campbell. This action figure is enchanting. Vampirella comes to life in her Phicen seamless body (it's soft) with stainless steel armature, in her one-piece bikini costume. She has three pairs of interchangeable hands, knee-high boots, a removable cape, and more accessories. This looks very impressive and true to J. Scott Campbell's design. Handsomely packaged in a die-cut full color traycase, along with a separate large and impressively heavy cold-cast base, resplendent with skulls and lots of detail, hand-colored. Full one-foot tall. Dynamite, 2017...More.

Item Code: VAMER
12" tall, Full Color
$190.00

More Vampi statues on our website, including the new Arthur Adams bust, regular and variant editions.

 
THE WITCHES DVD
Originally released 1968. Directed by Luchino Visconti. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis. In the mid-sixties, famed producer Dino De Laurentiis brought together the talents of five celebrated Italian directors for an anthology film. Their brief was simple: to direct an episode in which beautiful actress Silvana Mangano (Bitter Rice, Ludwig) plays a witch. Franco Rosso (The Woman in the Painting) concocts a story of revenge in "The Sicilian's Wife," while Vittorio De Sica (Shoeshine) casts Clint Eastwood as Mangano's estranged husband in "An Evening Like the Others." A stunning homage to Italian comic books. MVD, 2018. Due Jan. ...More.

Item Code: WITDVD
DVD, 121 min, 1 disc, Full Color
$24.95

Check our website for more DVDs—some are not even adult, like this one.

 

Coming in April

 
TERRY PRATCHETT'S DISCWORLD IMAGINARIUM
By Paul Kidby. Paul KidbySir Terry Pratchett's artist of choice, provided the illustrations for The Last Hero, designed the covers for the Discworld novels since 2002 and is the author of the bestseller The Art Of Discworld. Kidby has collected the very best of his Discworld illustrations in this definitive volume, including 40 pieces never before seen, 30 pieces that have only appeared in foreign editions, limited editions and BCA editions, and 17 book cover illustrations since 2004 that have never been seen without cover text. Gollancz, 2018. Due Apr. ...More.

Item Code: TPDISH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 272pg, Full Color
$50.00 $42.50

 
HELLBOY INTO THE SILENT SEA Studio Edition
Highly Recommended. By Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni. Art by Gary Gianni. After many years of talking about Moby Dick (the book and the film), Victorian ghost stories, comics, folklore and history in general, Mike Mignola, Hellboy and Gary Gianni embarked on a stand-alone story, the graphic-novel adventure titled Into the Silent Sea. Hellboy is marooned in the Sargasso Sea and he ends in that misty, inexplicable realm where classic tales of horror usually wind up. The 144-page collection includes revealing commentary regarding how two legendary comic-book creators seamlessly developed this from an idea into a finished work of art. Flesk, 2018. Due Apr. ...More.

Item Code: HELISEH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x13, 144pg, Full Color
$50.00

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
HELLBOY INTO THE SILENT SEA Signed
Signed bookplate! Our Highest Recommendation. By Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni. Brilliant illustrator Gary Gianni (Prince Valiant, George R.R. Martin's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms) draws a complete-in-itself new Hellboy graphic novel! Hellboy sets sail from the wreckage of a deserted island only to cross paths with a ghost ship. Taken captive by the phantom crew, Hellboy is in the wrong place at the wrong time as a wanna-be witch on board is going to drag up all the dark denizens of hell to do her bidding. Stunning fine-line artwork in the tradition of Wrightson and Dore's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Dark Horse, 2017...More.

Item Code: HELINTS
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 56pg, Full Color
$14.99

 
ALSO AVAILABLE
MIKE MIGNOLA'S THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD Artist's Edition
Recommended. The second Artist's Edition by the Eisner Award-winning artist and creator of Hellboy. This presents the Eisner Award-winning story of Screw-on Head's epic battles with Emperor Zombie and a host of other bizarre and quirky villains, all in the greatest Mignola tradition! This also includes a great selection of other stories as well as an expansive gallery section from Hellboy, Goon, Rusty Razorclam, Scatterbrain, Abu Gung, Exorcist of Vorsk et al. IDW, 2016...More.

Item Code: MMASAEH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 160pg, b&w
$125.00

See our website for more Hellboy collections, and Mike Mignola's other Hellboy Artist's Edition, plus other collections of his work. And of course, for more by Gary Gianni.

 

Coming  in July

 
MARVEL MASTERWORKS ANT-MAN/GIANT-MAN Volume 3
By Mike Friedrich, Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella et al. Art by Herb Trimpe, P Craig Russell, George Tuska et al. Because you demanded it! The Marvel Masterworks are proud to bring you the continuing adventures of Ant-Man — and not just one Ant-Man! Hank Pym's never-before-reprinted Marvel Feature series with the Wasp leads the way. Then comes Pym's former assistant, Bill Foster, who becomes an all-new Giant-Man under the codename Black Goliath. His adventures continue into Champions in a story featuring the power of the Infinity Gems. Next comes the debut of Scott Lang, the man who stole the mantle of Ant-Man -- literally! Marvel, 2018. Due July. ...More.

Item Code: MMWAN03H
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 376pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00

See more Ant-Man on the website. We also have just three copies of the Scott Lang collection, on sale at half price of $12.50, and just a few Ant-Man Poker Playing Card sets left, on sale at $3.99!

 

Warehouse Find

 
THE ROMANTIC VISION OF CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH
Warehouse find, 1991. Recommended. Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), Germany's greatest Romantic painter, is acclaimed for his hauntingly evocative landscapes—the Baltic shore at twilight, the mountains of the Riesengebirge at dawn, the harbor of his native Stralsund at midnight. The combined loan of nine paintings, ten watercolors, and one drawing by Friedrich from the State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, to The Art Institute of Chicago and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was the first exhibition of Friedrich's work in the United States and a landmark event. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991...More.

Item Code: ROVCDF
Soft Cover, 8x10, 120pg, Text/Partial Color
$12.00

See our website for over 90 more warehouse finds, most in very short supply and LONG out of print.

 

Blemished Books

 
AL RIO TRIBUTE ART BOOK Volume 1 2003-2005 Hurt
Almost Gone! Recommended. Compiled by Terry Maltos. Al Rio was a very prolific artist! The best and most representative images of his work: Marvel, DC and Zenescope characters, Wonder Woman, Dejah Thoris, Spider-Man. Finished works as well as unpublished detailed pencil drawings and fan sketches. Al died unexpectedly in 2012. This Kickstarter campaign was a success and as a result, we can offer this limited-distribution first volume, looking at Al's work from 2003 to 2005. Material in this collection is mature. There are no nudes but there are some pinups which may be considered "risqué." Big T, 2014. Note: These copies have bumped corners and slightly scuffed or scratched covers....More.

Item Code: ALT01HR
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 76pg, Partial Color
$30.00 $10.00

 
IRVING BERLIN'S SHOW BUSINESS Hurt
Closeout Price! Broadway, Hollywood, America. By David Leopold. Irving Berlin's (1888-1989) influence on popular culture reached far beyond his smash Broadway and Hollywood hits, to the songs that became national anthems. He wrote the songs that brought people together and their sincerity and humor still rings true today. This book tells Berlin's story with a dazzling array of photos, illustrations and ephemera. Abrams, 2005. Out of Print. Note: These copies have bumped corners and slightly scuffed dust jackets....More.

Item Code: IRVHR
Hard Cover, 9x11, 240pg, Full Color
$50.00 $9.99

More bargain-priced hurts on on our website; use the “newest” box to bring up the latest additions.

 

Bargain Statues

These statues 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.



JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER DARK IVORY Variant Statue [DARIV. $199.00 $69.00].

DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS HALLOWEEN BATGIRL Statue [DCBHB. $125.00 $99.00].

DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS RAVEN Statue [DCBR. $125.00 $99.00].

DC ICONS WONDER WOMAN Statue [DCIWW. $100.00 $65.00].

HARLEY QUINN RED WHITE & BLACK Statue By Ant Lucia [HARRWB. $80.00 $48.00].

LUIS ROYO JOKER Statue [LRJOK. $249.99 $175.00].

SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE Action Doll Statue [SHEQJ. $149.99 $99.00].

SPIDER-GWEN Statue [SPGW. $150.00 $99.00].

WOMEN OF DYNAMITE Jungle Girl Black & White Statue [WODJGB. $249.99 $149.00].

WOMEN OF DYNAMITE Red Sonja Black & White Statue [WODRSB. $249.99 $175.00].

WOMEN OF DYNAMITE Vampirella Black & White Statue [WODVB. $249.99 $149.00].

WONDER WOMAN The Art Of War Statue [WOWARBT. $80.00 $55.00].

Earlier this week we sent out our January Clearance Sale. If you missed the email, you can click here to see it on our blog, or click here to shop our recent clearance items.

 

Rare & Out of Print



We have added a few more Glamour International magazines, including the first two issues ever published. Also an Alex Toth collection that is signed by both Alex and Manuel Auad.

Published in 1987, Varga was the first color collection of pin-ups by Alberto Vargas. We are currently working on early out of print issues of Illustration Magazine. Click here to see the list of what's available.

Lastly we have three great Berni Wrightson items, Frankenstein, Apparitions portfolio and Cycle of the Werewolf portfolio signed by Wrightson and Stephen King!

On January 11th we emailed our Rare & Out of Print list #2. Click here to see it on our blog, and click here if you would like to be added to the email list.

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Mature Readers

This week we have five erotic art graphic novels, The Magenta series. One is a hurt, the other four are all ones we never handled but have in very small quantities.

Our adult calendars are selling out fast. If you haven't gotten yours yet, I would suggest that you act fast. Click here to see the ones we still have available.

Right now we are working on our first Adults-Only email. You will not get this unless you specifically sign up for it, here, or call and ask us to add you to the list. It will have featured new items, specials, one-of-a-kind out of print items, and more. We expect to be sending it out January 24th.

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News and Notes

Dream of the Butterfly Volume 1

This was in last’s week’s email, before I had a chance to read it. Here’s what I NOW have written about it. I hope you will take a look, It’s very good, and at $12.99, it’s really inexpensive for a full color graphic novel. if you like Japanese director Miyazaki's wonderful films, check this out:

Handsomely drawn, highly detailed, and an extraordinarily unique story--it's just like a Miyazaki film but in a graphic novel, complete with a confused but feisty young heroine! High praise indeed. Young Tutu sneaks out of the orphanage but a huge blizzard comes up and, frozen and lost, she wanders over the mountains into a new valley. And into a bizarre town of talking animals. There winter is eternal and secret police, giant but dumb rabbits, arrest her...for being a human. And it gets a LOT stranger, as she becomes a pawn for every faction in town, including a hidden rebelllion of youngsters, living in the sewers.

Calendars are still selling well for us, as they always do in January. Many are now sold out—most others are just about gone. Happily, we have plenty of one of my favorites, The Art of Virgil Finlay, but another favorite, Kinuko Craft’s Women of Myth and Magic, is practically gone. I just snagged one myself. We still have all the oversized “Vintage” ones: DC, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Sci-Fi.

Gone are Olivia, Gil Elvgren and ALL the pin-up titles, Luis Royo, Hildebrandt’s American Beauties, Farmer’s Daughter, The Hot List, Lingerie…all sold out. So take a look here and see if there’s any one you can’t live without.

~Bud

 

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