Roy Thomas' Lost World is massive, 450 pages with informative bonus features. Maybe your last chance on several of the on-sale Planet Comics collections. The outstanding Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History is finally available in an affordable softcover. A reprise of what's available on Phillippine comic artists, prompted by a warehouse find. And more, of course. |
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ROY THOMAS PRESENTS THE LOST WORLD The Complete Stories from Planet Comics #21-64, 1942-50. Highly Recommended. By Nick Cardy, Graham Ingels, George Evans et al. An unusally fat book (456 pages) from PS, collecting the best continuing strip in Planet Stories. Plus these bonus features: a special overview by Roy Thomas, a close look at editor Malcolm Reiss AND brief bios (with special artwork) of ALL the creators: Rudy Palais, EC alumni Graham Ingels and George Evans, Lily Renée and others, by historian David Saunders! PS Artbooks, 2017...More. Item Code: LOSTWH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 448pg, Full Color $69.99 |
I thought this might be a bit of an after-run, since it collects stories from the same Planet Stories that we’d been handling. However, it is nearly twice the page count of a typical PS Artbook AND it has a lot of extra features, many pages of them. Finally, even on sale as most of them are, the Planets do add up a bit...so if you haven’t elected to get those, here you can get one of the best with its features all in one volume. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE PLANET COMICS Volume 13 Closeout Price! Collects #60-66, 1949-52. Highly Recommended. By George Evans, Leonard Starr, Graham Ingels et al. Long before Star Wars, there was Planet Comics, home to a veritable parade of steely-jawed interstellar adventurers and some of the most gorgeous damsels in distress you could ever hope to find. And this is their prime, with the legendary “Futura,” the first and perhaps best drawn space-damsels in distress. Wonderful art by the unsung Enrico Bagnoli! PS Artbooks, 2016...More. Item Code: PLC13H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 314pg, Full Color |
Of the regular editions of Planet, on sale at $19.95, we have all except Volume 4 ($48) and 10 and 11 ($59.99 each). Volume 11 is also sold out in the slipcased edition. But volumes 4 and 10 are still available slipcased, on sale, see below. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE PLANET COMICS Volume 8 Slipcased Closeout Price! Limited, 300! Collects #30-35, 1944-45. Highly Recommended. By Graham Ingels, Lily Renee, Lee Elias, Joe Doolin, Murphy Anderson et al. When Planet began in 1940, it was ground-breaking but also a bit primitive, as were most comic books then. But it got better and better, taking on important new artists and changing up the strips. The great Murphy Anderson begins his tenure here, and EC's Graham Ingels has also come aboard. Planet Comics remained THE premier sci-fi comic all through the 1940s, translating the traditional pulp-style stories into comic adventures for younger readers as well as soldiers, who delighted in the good-girl art that was the hallmark of this and all the Fiction House titles. PS Artbooks, 2015. Out of Print....More. Item Code: PLC08D Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 336pg, Full Color |
Volumes 3-10, 12-14 are all available at the same $23.99 sale price. Volumes 1, 2 and 11 are sold out. Lowest in stock: Volumes 5-7 and 10 all have under ten copies left. We stocked these up quite aggressively due to the sale price—because I knew they would be very popular. And they have been. But they are finally beginning to run out and we do NOT anticipate getting more copies at these prices. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS THE UNSEEN Volume 2 Collects The Unseen #11-15 & Who Is Next? #5, 1953-54. Recommended. By Alex Toth, Nicky Cardy, George Tuska, Gene Fawcette et al. It was the 1950's — the Atomic Age, the Cold War, and just before the Space Race. Comics books were the education, the entertainment, and, according to some, the downfall of America. What a great time! We loved to be scared — still do, it seems —from the comfort of our own home, secure in the knowledge that there's no real danger (or so we think). Final issues of this excellent series from Standard, along with Who Is Next?, a suspense one-shot featuring a town terrorized by a serial killer. PS Artbooks, 2018...More. Item Code: PCEUN02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $49.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE PRE-CODE CLASSICS THE UNSEEN Volume 1 Collects #5-10 (#1-5), 1952-53. Highly Recommended. By Alex Toth, Nick Cardy, John Fawcette, Mike Sekowsky, John Celardo, Jack Katz, Mike Esposito & Ross Andru et al. It was the 1950's -- the Atomic Age, the Cold War, and just before the Space Race. But nothing could match the imagination, the surprise, and the chilling-of-your-spine like the great horror comics of yesteryear. Some of the best non-EC horror stories came out of tiny publisher Standard, whose all-star artist Alex Toth set a high standard for his fellows. Both Mike Ross (Mike Esposito and Ross Andru) and Mike Sekowsky offer multiple wonderful Toth-style stories, inspired by the master. Jack Katz does his over-the-top thing. PS Artbooks, 2017...More. Item Code: PCEUN01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $49.99 |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED A Cultural History Second Edition Major revised edition, with 100 more pages! Now in softcover. Our Highest Recommendation. By William B. Jones. A significant expansion of the critically acclaimed first edition, and now in a lower-priced softcover. Over 100 more pages expand on the 70-year history of Classics Illustrated and the careers and contributions of such artists as Alex A. Blum, George Evans, Henry C. Kiefer, Gray Morrow, Rudolph Palais, and Louis Zansky. Enhancing this lively account are new interviews and correspondence with editor Helene Lecar, publicist Eleanor Lidofsky, artists Mort Kunstler and Lou Cameron, and the founder's grandson John "Buzz" Kanter. McFarland, 2017...More. Item Code: CLAI Soft Cover, 9x11, 382pg, Partial Color $35.00 |
This is a top-drawer book, superbly researched and easy to read. Everything about every issue, every artist and the entire history of the amazing series is here. After several years available only as a $55 hardcover, this lower-priced edition is finally here. |
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DREAM OF THE BUTTERFLY Volume 1 Rabbits on the Moon By Richard Marazano. Art by Luo Yin. Tutu is lost in a village where winter is eternal and the rabbits of the secret police find her guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable -- being a little girl! The Emperor of this strange town holds the key to her redemption, but it will come at a price. Lion Forge, 2018...More. Item Code: DREB01 Soft Cover, 9x7, 112pg, Full Color $12.99 |
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BATMAN 1966 CATWOMAN RUBY Statue Special Order! 1/6 scale. Sculpted by Trevor Grove. From the classic 1966 Batman TV series comes this strikingly beautiful Batman 1966 TV Series Catwoman Ruby Red Maquette Diorama Statue! Sculpted by Trevor Grove, this beautiful maquette features an almost purrrrrfect likeness of Julie Newmar as everyone's favorite feline fatale! Catwoman is in her iconic black full-body outfit, holding a prized ruby in her right hand. She stands against a black cat statue on top of a marble-like display base. Tweeterhead, 2017...More. Item Code: BCATR 14" tall, Full Color $249.99 |
See the website for more Batman 1966 collections and Batman-related statues. |
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BARBARELLA #2 Comic Set Set of four variant covers-interior is the same--by Marcos Martin, Paul Pope & Vincent Nappi, Stephen Segovia & Elmer Santos, Fay Dalton, and Kenan Yarar & Mohan. By Mike Carey. Art by Kenan Yarar. Our spacefaring heroine may have been enlisted by Earth's underground, but that doesn't mean she trusts her new allies. On the run in an alien city, hunting for a doomsday device that might end a war, Barbarella has to choose a side and stick to it. But it might not be the one you expect... Dynamite, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: BAR02P Soft Cover, 7x10, 32pg ea, Full Color $15.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE BARBARELLA #1 Comic Set Set of four variant covers-interior is the same--by Kenneth Rocafort, Joe Jusko, Joseph Michael Linsner & Roberta Castro. Recommended. By Mike Carey. Art by Kenan Yarar. In the 41st century, government agent Barbarella finds herself in a war zone, where the theocratic rulers of Parosia arrest and imprison her. Once she knows what the Parosians do to their own citizens Barbarella decides to make this fight her own... Jean-Claude Forest created the character of Barbarella in 1962, but it was the 1968 film starring Jane Fonda that cemented the character for all time as an icon of science fiction and the sexual revolution. We like the look of this new series, and especially the fine and each-one-different variant covers. Dynamite, 2017. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: BAR01P Soft Cover, 7x10, 32pg ea, Full Color $15.99 |
This is from the same publisher who is doing the Bettie Page variant cover sets, and it's the same deal. We are sold out of Bettie set 1, very close to being out of set 2, still have 3-6, with 7 and 8 coming. |
Out of Print and Still Available |
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BERNIE WRIGHTSON Art and Designs For The Gang of Seven Animation Almost Gone! Highly Recommended. Preface by Michael Kaluta. Bernie Wrightson’s extensive design work for the Gang of Seven Animation Studio has never before been documented and if you are like we are, this is going to be entirely new material to you. And what fine, fine work it is. 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, andFreak 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...More. Item Code: BWADH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 240pg, Full Color $60.00 |
| This went out of print immediately upon publication. I thought we would not get a reorder placed just before publication, but we got lucky. So we still have copies, at original published price, of this fine book. It could become one of the scarcest Wrightson art books, the publisher obviously seriously underestimated demand for it. |
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BERNIE WRIGHTSON Artifact Edition Cover A Almost Gone! Swamp Thing Cover. Our Highest Recommendation. By Bernie Wrightson. 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...More. Item Code: BWAEHA Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 12x17, 144pg, b&w $125.00 |
Also quickly out of print...We have a very limited number of Wrightson Artifact Editions, both cover A, shown above, and cover B [BWAEHB. $125]. Still original publication price. Also newly listed are three Wrightson items in our Rare and Out of Print section. |
The Filipino Invasion |
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THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE Second Printing. Warehouse find, 1973. By Stephen Crane. Art by E.R. Cruz. Emulating the highly successful Classics Illustrated series, upstart publisher Pendulum Press started their "Now Age" line of books, aimed particularly at classrooms, "Bringing the Classics to Life." Vincent Fago was contracted to put together the series; he was an editor with Stan Lee at Timely Comics in the 1940s and a veteran of comics. Having trouble recruiting artists, he contacted Filipino artist Nestor Redondo, who in turn helped Fago recruit other Filipino artists for this unique project. Out of Print.. Note: Some copies have bumps or rubbing on the spine and may have a small price sticker in the upper right of the cover. Pendulum Press, 1973. ..More. Item Code: REDB Soft Cover, 5x8, 62pg, b&w $15.00 |
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TOM SAWYER Second Printing. Warehouse find, 1973. By Samuel Clemens. Art by E.R. Cruz. Emulating the highly successful Classics Illustrated series, upstart publisher Pendulum Press started their "Now Age" line of books, aimed particularly at classrooms, "Bringing the Classics to Life." Vincent Fago was contracted to put together the series; he was an editor with Stan Lee at Timely Comics in the 1940s and a veteran of comics. Having trouble recruiting artists, he contacted Filipino artist Nestor Redondo, who in turn helped Fago recruit other Filipino artists for this unique project. Out of Print.. Note: Some copies have bumps or rubbing on the spine and may have a small price sticker in the upper right of the cover. Pendulum Press, 1973...More. Item Code: TOMS Soft Cover, 5x8, 62pg, b&w $15.00 |
| Also discovered in this batch of warehouse finds from Pendulum Press is Black Beauty by Rudy Nebres, Kidnapped by Frank Redondo, The Time Machine by Alex Nino, The Story of My Life by A. DeZuniga and a single copy of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Romy Gamboa and Ernie Patricio. We have very few copies of all of these so act now. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ART OF NESTOR REDONDO 1000-copy first printing. Highly Recommended. Edited by Manual Auad.By Nestor Redondo. Nestor Redondo (1928-1995) was the Philippine's foremost comic book illustrator starting in the early 1950s, and a major U.S. comics artist in the 1970s and early '80s. He was really more of an illustrator than a cartoonist, boldly shown here with an abundance of superbly rendered illustrations. This book is a pure delight. Redondo had a smooth, capable line that will remind you of the finest inkers in comics: Mark Schultz, Frank Frazetta, Dave Stevens, Russ Manning. Yes, he is THAT good. Auad, 2016...More. Item Code: ARTNR Soft Cover, 8x11, 80pg, b&w $24.95 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE TARZAN AND THE CANNIBAL KING Deluxe Signed Signed by Jake Saunders, Zavier Cabarga, Alex Niño, and Jim Gerlach. Limited, 300! Highly Recommended. By Jake Saunders. Art by Alex Niño. An entirely new Tarzan novel, written by the author of Tarzan and the Martian Legion, with nine color paintings (three double-page fold outs), black and white spot illustrations and a full color wraparound dust jacket, all by legend Alex Niño. Finely printed letterpress title page, color painted map endpapers and design work by Zavier Cabarga, printed on premium paper, smyth-sewn and cased in Italian book cloth. Signed by all four contributors! We do not expect this to last long, so reserve your copy immediately. Hyborean, 2017...More. Item Code: TARCKD Hard Cover, 8x10, 256pg, Partial Color $69.99 |
The unsigned trade edition is $49.99 [TARCKH. Limited to 1700]. |
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ART QUEST OF ALEX NINO Signed with Original Drawing Signed with original drawing! By Alex Niño. This book offers a collection of Alex Niño's most recent work using graphite pencil, color pencil, pen and ink, color markers, acrylics and other art media wherein he continues to experiment with new approaches. The 132-page art book also highlights and shares his own distinctive style and techniques. Alex Niño, 2015...More. Item Code: ARTQHS Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 133pg, Partial Color $50.00 |
This bargain-priced unique book, with original art, was a Comic-Con special and we have ony four left in stock as I write this. We can get more but it will be a couple weeks before they come in. In Rare Books, we also have the legendary Satan’s Tears by Alex [RB40. $650. Signed & numbered from 1000, oversized]. Nino also appears in the Creepy and Eerie Archives, see the website. |
Blemished BooksThese books are new, but are slightly damaged. With many the damage is minor, but enough for us to not sell as new copies to our customers. THE COMPLETE TERRY AND THE PIRATES Volume 3 1939-1940 Hurt [TCTP03HR. THE COMPLETE TERRY AND THE PIRATES Volume 4 1941-1942 Hurt [TCTP04HR. THE COMPLETE TERRY AND THE PIRATES Volume 6 1945-1946 Hurt [TCTP06HR.
ULTIMATE COLORING Classic Pin-Ups By Gil Elvgren Coloring Book Hurt [ULTCBR. NANCY Volume 4 Hurt [NAN04HR. AMERICAN GROTESQUE The Life and Art of William Mortensen Hurt [AMGHR. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED EXPOSURE Hurt [SIXHR. RIP KIRBY Volume 9 Hurt [RK09HR.
We have as few as three copies of these, so act accordingly. See our website for all Hurt books still available. |
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 100 YEAR ART CHRONOLOGY Slipcase Set Standard Edition. Recommended. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. Four volumes of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 100 Year Art Chronology, an illustrative history of all Burroughs' publications in the United States (with a heavy dose of art from the United Kingdom). Written and compiled by Michael Tierney, the narrative gives the history of Burroughs' work and the often legendary artists who visualized it, featuring untold stories, art that hasn't been seen since its release, and pieces that were buried in the vaults from the beginning of his publishing history to the present day. Chenault & Gray, Due Feb. ...More. Item Code: ERB100D Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12 to10x13, 250-300pg, Partial Color $219.00 |
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 100 YEAR ART CHRONOLOGY Leatherbound Slipcase Set Recommended. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. Four volumes of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 100 Year Art Chronology, an illustrative history of all Burroughs' publications in the United States (with a heavy dose of art from the United Kingdom). Written and compiled by Michael Tierney, the narrative gives the history of Burroughs' work and the often legendary artists who visualized it, featuring untold stories, art that hasn't been seen since its release, and pieces that were buried in the vaults from the beginning of his publishing history to the present day. Chenault & Gray, Due Feb. ...More. Item Code: ERB100SD Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12 to10x13, 250-300pg, Partial Color $299.00 |
We announced this as a coming item in our last catalog, but just caught the fact we hadn’t put it here in an email. Orders have been strong, particularly for the Leatherbound set. I don’t know how available these will be after publication, so be warned. It sounds like as definitive a set as the Russ Cochran ERB Library was many years ago. That set sells for around $600 now. We don’t have a set in stock, but in Rare Books we have Volume 1 [RB181. $250, reduced to $175] and we still have the slipcases at $30 each. See our website for more Edgar Rice Burroughs, from facsimile editions to the new novels being published by ERB Inc and others. |
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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 2 Collects Adventure Comics #329-360 and Superboy #124-125. By Jim Shooter, Edmond Hamilton, and Jerry Siegel. Art by Curt Swan, John Forte, and Jim Mooney. This second omnibus hardcover collecting the Legion of Super-Heroes from the mid-1960s features the tales that established this futuristic super-team as one of the most enduring and appealing in comics. DC, 2018. Due July. ...More. Item Code: LEGS02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 680pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 1 Adventure #247 on and Superboy #86 on, 1958-65. By Otto Binder. Jerry Siegel, Edmond Hamilton et al. Art by Al Plastino with Jim Mooney, Curt Swan et al. One of the most beloved series of the Silver Age is finally collected in a massive omnibus. First introduced in 1958 as a team of super-powered teenagers from the disparate worlds of the 30th century, each with his or her own powers, unique to their planets of origin. Together, they stood against evil across the galaxy, recruiting Superboy to help, and appearing off-and-on in both titles. Originally made up of Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy, but soon numbering in the dozens--they fought for justice as they dealt with adolescent insecurities. DC, 2017...More. Item Code: LEGS01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 680pg, Full Color |
Bargain BooksThese 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.
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #89 Crime and Punishment [CI89. COMPLETE LOVE HURTS [COLHU. THE DIVINE [DIVIN. DAVE JOHNSON ARTBOOK 1 2015 Signed [DJ15S. SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE Book One The Scorpion [SAMTB. SHERLOCK HOLMES A Study in Scarlet [SHOLH. SOLANO LOPEZ EN PRIMERA PERSONA [SLEPP. SILVER SURFER Epic Collection Volume 3 Freedom [SSE03. STARDUST The Visual Companion [STRDU. WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES Vol 55 #3 [WDCAS. 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 PrintOur Rare and Out of Print List #2 was sent out earlier this week. Click here to see it on our blog. If you are not signed up to our Rare and Out of Print email list, click here so the next one is sent to your inbox. All | New Arrivals | Artists & Illustration | Fantasy & Sci-Fi | Illustrated Fiction Comic Book Archives | Comic Strip & Cartoon | Comic Artists | Pin-Up | Erotic Art |
Mature ReadersWe are still working towards our first Mature Readers email, which will be sent out once every month or two. It will feature one-of-a-kind bargain books, specials and more. You can call us, or sign up right here and click the Over 18 -- Adults Only box. Being signed up for the weekly email will NOT sign you up for this extra mailing. We’re doing a new Clearance Sale in just over a week. I have already dropped prices on many adult items that will appear there. You can get an advance look by going to our home page, click on PIN-UP AND ADULT, then click on CLOSEOUTS, and finally, set the search box for NEWEST. Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult |
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offer from last week is good until Jan 15. No minimum order to get either one, $50 minimum to get both. See them HERE on our website. |
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This only came out in November but Last Gasp just announced it will be out of print shortly. A new printing will raise the price $5, to $40. You can still get first editions from us at the old discounted price, while our supply lasts. ARTTH. $35, your price $29.95. It was just announced in our latest catalog, in December. ~Bud |
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