Wonder Woman & Conan, together! The first-ever Canadian Comics Price Guide. Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, 1948 First Edition! Burne Hogarth's Golden Age of Tarzan from 1977! 25 Years of Sandman, Hellboy, Eisner's Curator Edition, Jenny Finn, Ant-Man, Moebius and more! |
WONDER WOMAN / CONAN Collects Wonder Woman/Conan #1-6. By Gail Simone. Art by Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Wendy Broome et al. Dark and malicious magic has driven Wonder Woman and Conan together, stripping Diana of her memories and chaining her destiny to this dark-haired and dangerous stranger. Slavers and gladiators, pirates and predators, an army of witches poised to conquer the world on wings of wickedness: these are the foes the Amazon and the Cimmerian must join together to defeat if they are to restore her rightful name, regain their freedom and save their lands from darkness. DC, 2018...More. Item Code: WWCONH Hard Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color |
Now here's an unusual cross-over! A mutual production between Dark Horse and DC--it certainly sounds intriguing. I'll write a review as soon as I read it. For more Conan, such as Conan the Phenomonon, The Conan Omnibus (now 4 volumes), Conan the Slayer (2) and King Conan, see the website. Also see all other items with Conan art and appearances. And look here for the latest Wonder Woman collections. |
RICANSTRUCTION REMINISCING & REBUILDING PUERTO RICO By Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, Gail Simone, Reginald Hudlin, Rosario Dawson et al. Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuiliding Puerto Rico is an anthology featuring contributions from writers and artists from the comic book industry like Gail Simone, Greg Pak, Reginald Hudlin, Denys Cowan, Tony Daniel, Ken Lashley, Bill Sienkiewicz, Yanick Paquette, Gabby Rivera, Will Rosado, Jorge Jimenez, Mike Allred, Chris Sotomayor, to Puerto Rican and Latinx celebrities like Rosario Dawson, Rubén Blades, Javier Muñoz, Sonia Manzano and over 100 more. Produced and also featuring stories written by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, this anthology teams up his original character La Borinqueña with some of the most iconic comic book heroes of all time from DC: Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, The Flash and many others. Somos Arte, 2018...More. Item Code: RICAN Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
DEATH STAND And Other Stories By Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein et al. Art by Jack Davis. Jack Davis was one of the most versatile artists to work for EC Comics. Davis could do it all — crime, horror, humor, even science fiction. So when Davis teamed up with legendary writer/editor Harvey Kurtzman for stories about men in the stress of combat together, the result was some of the best war stories ever put to paper. Fantagraphics, 2018...More. Item Code: DEATSH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 262pg, b&w |
See the website for more of these Fantagraphics EC artist collections. And also for the latest full color Archives from Dark Horse. And finally, for EC Artist & Artisan Editions featuring Reed Crandall, Graham Ingles, Wally Wood (2), Best of EC Artist's Edition (2), and Mad. |
WECA COMIC PRICE GUIDE Canadian Comics of WWII Not covered in the Overstreet Price Guide. Entirely new. Highly Recommended. Over four years in the making, at last a one-stop reference for approximately 780 ORIGINAL all-new comic books printed in Canada between 1941 and 1946, only a handful of which have ever appeared in Overstreet. Plus—scads of information about first appearances, writer and artist credits, crossovers, key issues, Hitler, Tojo etc. appearances, significant villains, variants. Plus pricing based on known sales and auctions on these mostly, but not all, scarce comics. “This information has never really been compiled anywhere before and that's what makes this book valuable...” North End Books, 2018...More. Item Code: WECPG Soft Cover, 6x9, 64pg, Partial Color $19.95 |
AVAILABLE SOON HEROES OF THE HOME FRONT Bell Features Artists of WWII Deluxe Signed Limited to 110 signed copies in slipcase. Highly Recommended. By John Farr. By Ivan Kocmarek, design by John Farr. Forewords by Gerald Lazare and John Bell.rald Lazare and John Bell. Signed by Gerald Lazare and author Ivan Kocmarek and comes in a special foil-stamped slipcase. Canada banned American comics during the Second World War and then issued their own homegrown comics from young publishers and creators in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. One of these was Bell Features, and it put out comics touting the exploits of heroes like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian super-heroine who preceeded even Wonder Woman. And Johnny Canuck, Speed Savage, The Brain, Nitro, The Dreamer, Doc Stearne (yes, of Mr. Monster fame), and Super Commando. Here we are treated to a massive 300-page book including 150 full-page reproductions of original art pages, plus backstories and very special interviews with the artists. 2018. Due July. ...More. Item Code: HERHFD Hard Cover, 9x12, 330pg, Partial Color $100.00 |
Also available in July is the unsigned regular edition ($75). Total print run of both editions is just 450 copies; the signed edition, above, is virtually out of print from the publisher. See our website for all the other Canadian vintage comics archives and collections. |
New (and vintage) Edgar Rice Burroughs |
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TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION 1st Edition with original dust jacket. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art by John Coleman Burroughs. While serving in the R.A.F. under his civilian name of John Clayton, Tarzan is shot down over the island of Sumatra in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies. He uses his jungle survival skills to save his comrades in arms, and they fight the Japanese while seeking escape from enemy territory. Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., 1947. Out of Print.. Note: Book has some discoloration to the end pages due to the 1958 fire in the Edgar Rice Burroughs storeroom....More. Item Code: TARFLH Hard Cover, 5x8, 314pg, b&w $85.00 |
From 1948, the original ERB First Edition, preserved in full cases put aside 70 years ago. This was the last new Tarzan novel to appear from ERB Inc. for several decades. These went through their warehouse fire in 1958, have slight smoke on an edge or two...pretty minor. Comes with a certificate to this effect, reprising the well-known event. |
TARZAN REVISITED DVD Directed by Robert De Young. Starring Christopher Lambert, Johnny Weissmuller and Ron Ely. From past to present, Tarzan: Revisited explores the character's extraordinary evolution, giving a detailed overview of how he was first created, behind-the-scenes stories surrounding his innumerable media incarnations, and a fascinating insight into his longevity and legacy in pop culture. Umbrella, 2016...More. Item Code: TARREV DVD, 76 min, 1 disc, Full Color $20.00 |
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TARZAN 1939-1942 Signed and limited 2000! Very Fine in Near Fine slipcase. Highly Recommended. First edition, limited to 2000 copies bound in gold foil cloth with blue lettering & black pictorial design on the front board. Huge size, reproducing Hogarth's finest run on the Sunday Pages in the original size as they appeared in the newspapers from 1939 to 1942. Four complete episodes: Amazons, Boers, Peoples of the Sea and Fire, and Against Dagga Ramba. Introduction by Maurice Horn, special essay by Burne Hogarth. Includes matching slipcase, also bound in gold foil cloth. Chelsea House, 1977. . Condition: Very Fine in Near Fine slipcase....More. Item Code: GATARH Hard Cover, 15x20, 170pg, Full Color $350.00 |
Direct from the ERB Inc archives, a true warehouse find. Hogarth, who died in 1996, actually did NOT sign every copy of the edition. But these he did. This is his magnum opus, full sized Sunday pages. Please note: U.S. orders for this qualify for FREE SHIPPING. On our website find more Hogarth, including Lord of the Jungle which collects his Tarzan of the Apes and Return of Tarzan graphic novels, and the now-complete Tarzan Sundays, all five, on our website. |
UNTAMED PELLUCIDAR The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs #7. Recommended. By Lee Strong. Art by Douglas Klauba. Northern Russia, 1924: The Red Army is eliminating those who resist the fledgling Soviet government. At The Battle of the Plutonian Plain, the White Russian forces, aided by wily American Edgar Rice Burroughs, do not fall, instead retreating into the dangers of Pellucidar. Comrade Trotsky, the Soviet leader, sends his troops to hunt them down—and destroy them. Mikhail Kirillivitch Kirov, a young conscript caught up in this mad scheme, is fascinated by this new world. Formerly a student anthropologist, he finds Pellucidar's Stone Age landscape and inhabitants a revelation—until he's grabbed by a mammoth Skal and flown back to its aerie to feed its giant offspring. ERB, 2018...More. Item Code: UNTPE Soft Cover, 6x9, 302pg, Text/b&w $19.95 |
The hardcover is also available; we got copies at the ERB show a few weeks ago [UNTEH. $34.95]. See our site for all the other new Wild Adventures series and new ERB items. |
Art Books |
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WILL EISNER'S A CONTRACT WITH GOD Curator's Collection Recommended. By Will Eisner, Dave Gibbons, Denis Kitchen, John Lind. One of the most influential graphic novels of all time, reproduced in its entirety at full original art size! A deluxe slipcased, two-volume hardcover set. One volume collects full-size, full-color reproductions of Eisner's unpublished pencil layouts, the second the finished inked pages. This differs from the deluxe signed edition ($295) in that it has different slipcase art, and lacks the signed limitation page. Dark Horse, 2018...More. Item Code: WEACH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x13, 416pg, b&w |
The Deluxe Edition ($299) went out of print upon publication. All our copies were spoken for. We have just one copy of this in stock now, after filling orders, but anticipate a reorder arriving shortly. See much more by Eisner on our website, several items on sale, such as: |
ALSO AVAILABLE Will Eisner's PS MAGAZINE Hurt Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Will Eisner. Selected and with overview by Eddie Campbell. Preface by Ann Eisner. Will Eisner believed in the teaching power of comics, and after his run on The Spirit, from 1951 to 1971 he produced PS magazine for the U.S. Army. It was aimed at teaching American soldiers about safety and maintenance for vehicles, aircraft, firearms, etc. Eisner used both comic book stories (full color, starring the sexy bombshell, "Connie Rod") and illustrated tutorials. Even pinups played a part. Abrams, 2011. na.. Note: These copies have bumped corners and slightly scuffed covers....More. Item Code: PSMHR Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 6x8, 272pg, Full Color |
We have just six copies of this left, and two unhurt copies [PSMH. |
GRAINS OF SAND 25 YEARS OF THE SANDMAN By Yoshitaka Amano, Barron Storey, J.H. Williams III, Dave McKean et al. The Cartoon Art Museum presents a stunning 144-page full-color catalog showcasing over 100 pieces from CAM's historic exhibition Grains of Sand. Highlights include more than 20 pages from the groundbreaking first issue of Sandman; eight pages from "The Sound of Her Wings," featuring the first appearance of Death from Sandman #8; full-color paintings by Yoshitaka Amano, Barron Storey, J.H. Williams III, and series cover artist Dave McKean; beautiful, un-retouched pencil artwork by famed illustrator Michael Zulli; and highlights from Neil Gaiman's personal collection of Sandman artwork. Cartoon Art Museum, 2014. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: GRASA Soft Cover, 9x12, 145pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
Don't miss our other Sandman, including two new Rare Books items and the outstanding prelude story, Overture, also available in softcover ($17.99), and Absolute Edition ($110): |
ALSO AVAILABLE SANDMAN OVERTURE Hardcover Highly Recommended. By Neil Gaiman. Art by J.H. Williams III. Twenty-five years since THE SANDMAN first changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman's legendary series is back in a deluxe edition! Best-selling writer Neil Gaiman's return to comics is ably abetted by artistic luminary JH Williams III (Batwoman, Promethea), whose lush, widescreen images provide an epic scope to The Sandman's origin story. Vertigo, 2015...More. Item Code: SAMOH Hard Cover, 7x11, 224pg, Full Color |
Mike Mignola & Hellboy |
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JENNY FINN Collects Jenny Finn #1-#4 and bonus sketchbook material. By Mike Mignola and Troy Nixey. Art by Dave Stewart, Troy Nixey, Farel Dalrymple. et al. London's dockside is threatened by the twin terrors of a plague leaving bodies covered in tentacles and a slasher killing women in the night. Desperate for answers after the wrong man is executed for the murders, a group of Londoners holds a séance to contract the supposed killer, and his story of a girl born of the sea who has brought a terrible curse only brings them more questions. Dark Horse, 2018...More. Item Code: JENFH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color $17.99 |
A TRIBUTE TO MIKE MIGNOLA'S HELLBOY By Sam Kieth, Roger Langridge, Patrick McDonnell, Mike Mignola et al. Mike Mignola, award-winning creator of Hellboy, graciously gave permission for the Cartoon Art Museum to raise funds through a tribute auction this past summer. Original works made in pen and ink, scratchboard, acrylic, watercolor and even sculpture drew inspiration from Mignola's signature creation with a unique personal twist. Pieces were made specifically for the Cartoon Art Museum's reopening where they are on exhibition at the museum through January 2018. Cartoon Art Museum, 2017...More. Item Code: TRIBM Soft Cover, 12x18, 36pg, Partial Color $24.99 |
HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1955 By Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson. Art by Brian Churilla, Dave Stewart, Shawn Martinbrough et al. This volume collects Hellboy And The B.P.R.D.: 1955 - Secret Nature, Occult Intelligence 1-3, Burning Season, a 1955 story from the Hellboy Winter Special, and bonus material! iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson and Mike Mignola join Shawn Martinbrough, Brian Churilla, and Paolo Rivera to guide Hellboy to unveil a volatile new weapons project with monstrous side effects. Dark Horse, 2018...More. Item Code: HE1955 Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color |
See our site for more Hellboy, BPRD collections et al. The latest and coolest is Hellboy Into the Silent Sea Studio Edition below. We were told this could be in short supply, so fair warning. We still have copies at the very reasonable release price, with a signed bookplate we added: |
ALSO AVAILABLE HELLBOY INTO THE SILENT SEA Studio Edition Signed With signed bookplate! Our Highest Recommendation. 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, in that misty, inexplicable realm where classic tales of horror begin. The 144-page collection presents every page from the original art, oversized, every page also in original pencils, each one with revealing commentary by both creators. Plus: the complete, readable MonsterMen story, "A Gift for the Wicked," in the same pencils opposite inks format. Flesk, 2018...More. Item Code: HELISEH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x13, 144pg, Full Color $50.00 |
Comics & Graphic Novels |
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ANT-MAN ASTONISHING ORIGINS By Tom Defalco, Horacio Domingues, Chris Sotomayor et al. Legendary writer Tom DeFalco and acclaimed artist Horacio Domingues bring you the origin of Ant-Man! Hank Pym has had a life full of adventure and success, failure and humiliation. He's been known by many names, and played many parts - scientist, super hero, flawed husband. What demons drive a man like Hank Pym? And how did he begin his heroic career? Marvel, 2018...More. Item Code: ANTAO Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
See several more Ant-Man books on our website. Just three sale copies left of Ant-Man Scott Lang [ANTM. |
INSIDE MOEBIUS Part 2 By Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Actively exploring his storytelling methods within his own mind, Moebius draws himself encountering his favorite characters in an expansive desert setting. He interacts with Arzak, Blueberry, Stel, Atan, and others--and he also meets a younger version of himself! A self-reflective six-part study, Inside Moebius Part 2 collects the two middle chapters in this hilariously unique exploration of a creator meeting his own creations and over-analyzing his thought processes as he creates new comics. Dark Horse will release all parts to this intensely personal series in 2018! Minor adult content and nudity. Dark Horse, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: INSM02H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 261pg, Full Color |
Volume 1 is also available, and see our site for all available Moebius. |
ABOUT BETTY'S BOOB By Véro Cazot and Julie Rocheleau. She lost her left breast, her job, and her guy. She does not know it yet, but this is the best day of her life. An inspiring and surprisingly comedic tale of loss and acceptance told largely through silent sequential narrative, About Betty's Boob is seminal work from master storytellers Véro Cazot and Julie Rocheleau. Archaia, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: ABOUH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
BARBARELLA #7 Comic Set Set of four variant covers--interior is the same--by Butcher Billy, Sherman, Daniel, Timpano. By Mike Carey. Art by Kenan Yarar. Barbarella is lost in a maze of Radically Unstable Space-Time, with Pulver Glain, his boys, and his smarter-than-smart gun Sally-Anne hot on her trail. But what's at the heart of the maze is a threat - and a miracle - that none of them are ready for. Dynamite, 2018. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: BAR07P Soft Cover, 7x10, 32pg ea, Full Color $15.99 |
All previous sets plus the original Barbarella graphic novel, on our website. |
LEGENDS OF RED SONJA Volume 1 Back in stsock. Collects #1-5. Recommended. By Gail Simone, Rhianna Pratchett, Leah Moore et al. Art by Phil Noto, Cassandra James, Tula Lotay et al. In this unique collection, ongoing Red Sonja series writer Gail Simone hand-picked eleven of the fiercest, most talented, and most popular female writers from the worlds of comics, prose, games and television, to help her tell the greatest legends in the She-Devil's long history! A group of savage mercenaries hired to hunt and kill Sonja come across campfire tales of her at every turn... and Sonja does not like to be hunted. Dynamite, 2014...More. Item Code: LRS01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 152pg, Full Color |
More Red Sonja is on our website, including the excellent Art of Red Sonja. |
Statues |
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MEDUSA GREEK MYTH Statue By Wei Ho. Forever cursed by the goddess Athena, Medusa was once a beautiful woman. What remains now is a terrible visage that none dare look upon, lest they turn to stone... and now, she's found you! A wild new work by our favorite designer of good-girl and bad-girl statues (Aphrodite, Red Assassin, Athena, Lady Samurai, Phoenix Archer). A new addition to the Greek Myths line that includes Athena. FFG, 2017...More. Item Code: MEDST 15" tall, Full Color $219.99 |
ALSO AVAILABLE SELENE GREEK MYTH Statue Special Order- takes 3-4 weeks! 1/6 scale. Recommended. By Wei Ho. Behold the enticing beauty of Selene, the goddess of the moon. Her flaming hair matches the base, an ocean blue dress wraps around her body. She bares her skin across the night, leaning against the moon. From the Greek Myths series, all sculpted by the incomparable Wei Ho. These usually feature detachable clothing and ultra-realistic details. Yamato, 2017...More. Item Code: SELST 17" tall, Full Color $219.99 |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS Ziff-Davis SciFi Slipcase Set Art by Norman Sanders et al. Originally published by Ziff-Davis and reprinted by PS Artbooks in 2016, this three-volume set of Pre-Code Classics Space Busters/Weird Adventures/Amazing Adventures has it all: painted cover art by Allen Anderson, interior art from the great Murphy Anderson, and "The True Story of Flying Saucers" written by Harry Harrison. When the saucers do come then, heck, I want 'em to look like these babies! PS Artbooks, 2018. Due Aug. ...More. Item Code: PCZD Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $99.99 |
We still have quite the selection of discounted Pre-Code Horror and other PS Artbooks, such as Rulah, Sheena, Frankenstein, the Heap, Planet Comics, Adventures into the Unknown, etc. |
Coming in October |
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BOOKS OF EARTHSEA The Complete Illustrated Edition Signed With signed bookplate! By Ursula K. Le Guin. Art by Charles Vess. Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature—they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. Saga Press, 2018. Due Oct. ...More. Item Code: BOOKEHS Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x9, 1008pg, Partial Color $59.99 |
This is expected to be a very major book, a long-time project to bring to life. Vess is doing special appearances, including one in Portland, Oregon. See our website for Charles' other books, all highly recommended. |
Bargain BooksThese books are generally very low in stock, as few as two or three copies--too few to list in our regular clearance sale. This may be your last chance at this special price. Don't miss out, act now. |
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ART NOUVEAU THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE [ARNER. DINOMANIA The Lost Art of Winsor McCay [DINOMH. J. SCOTT CAMPBELL'S THE RUFF STUFF Volume 4 Signed [JSCR04S. RICHARD REDGRAVE [RICRH. STAR TREK GOLD KEY ARCHIVES Volume 2 [STG02H. STAR TREK GOLD KEY ARCHIVES Volume 4 [STG04H. THE TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS By Neil Gaiman Signed [TRUCAD. WONDER WOMAN The Art Of War Statue By Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez [WOWARJG. WONDER WOMAN '77 SPECIAL Volume 2 [WWS02. WONDER WOMAN '77 SPECIAL Volume 3 [WWS03. 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). To get on our email list for Sales & Specials, click here. |
Rare & Out of Print |
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From the Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. collection, we have all four volumes of Tarzan The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, all on sale. To compliment the Sandman Grains of Sand book above, we have two graphic novels, both first editions, and both by Neil Gaiman. The Sandman World's End and The Sandman The Wake. A few more graphic novels, Batman: Harvest Breed, Batman The Dark Knight Returns, and by Barry Windsor-Smith, a hardcover copy of Weapon X. Lastly from fantasy artist Chris Achilleos, we have the 1986 Sirens, including a signed copy.
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Mature ReadersA new Lady Death collection is in this week. A best-of art book, the regular is limited to 1000, the deluxe is signed and limited to 250. Monte Moore is one of the regular artists on our Lady, so also check out his collection Cover Up [COVUHS. $30] which comes signed. Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult Click here to add yourself to our Adult's Only mailing list. |
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