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The Art of Allen Anderson, cover feature of our catalog, is now here. Also in is a new Illustrators, several fun Halloween titles and Grimm specials, two Fleetway Library collections, and Frontline Combat Archives 2. And there is a new Shadow, Legends of the Dark Knight: Michael Golden, Neal Adams and Roy Thomas' X-Men, the fabulous Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus, an attractive all-ages DC Women of Action, and the new Basil Gogos! |
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THE ART OF ALLEN ANDERSON
Limited, 900! Our Highest Recommendation. This is the ultimate and only book ever on the preemient but barely remembered pulp cover artist best known for his sexy women. His work is instantly recognizable, in covers for Planet Stories, Spicy Detective, Spicy Mystery, other Fiction House pulps like Action, Northwest, Lariat, and especially Jungle and the rare Sheena. He also did painted covers for Ziff-Davis comics: Eerie Adventures, G.I. Joe, Space Busters, Lars of Mars...he worked (and lived sometimes) with Norman Saunders, they were lifelong friends. Allen's work can easily be mistaken for Saunders'. Illustrated Press, 2019...More. Item Code: ARTAAH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color $44.95 |
Discover all the fine Illustrated Press art books which are still available, including the very recent Art of Rafael DeSoto. And see our website for all our books about pulp history and art. |
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THE MONSTER ART OF BASIL GOGOS Recommended. By Basil Gogos. The Monster Art of Basil Gogos was produced under a partnership between FantaCo and Basil Gogos' wife, Linda. They had access to ALL of Basil's private sketches and illustrations for some of his most famous paintings, as well as many hundreds of preliminary sketches for never published projects. This shows you how Basil used his sketches to create his wonderful paintings--arranged by monster (Wolfman, The Creature, Dracula, Frankenstein, etc). His wife has written the introduction and has added commentary explaining many of the images. Illustrated Press, 2019...More. Item Code: MONBG Soft Cover, 8x11, 200pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
| Finally, we have copies of the softcover available! Our first shipment came in with bumps so we had to wait for replacements to announce this. We listed the hardcover last week but have just one copy on hand--more are on the way. |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #27
Highly Recommended. By Diego Cordoba, and Barry Coker. Art by Frederic Remington, Charles Schreyvogel et al. It's the Wild West, including two major features on the father of Western Art, Frederic Remington, and his great rival Charles Schreyvogel. Plus a handsome 23-page feature on The Lone Ranger, from pulps, radio and tv to comic book and comic strips--original art by Tom Gil and more special features. Remington and Schreyvogel actually traveled the old west in order to paint authentic works of Indians, action scenes with cavalry, buffalo, and more. Book Palace, 2019...More. Item Code: IQ27 Magazine, 9x11, 96pg, Full Color $24.99 |
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FLEETWAY PICTURES LIBRARY CLASSICS PRESENTS JET-ACT LOGAN
Recommended. Art by Ron Turner and Kurt Ceasar. Four stories of the "Daredevil Ace of the R.A.F. Space Command," showcasing the art of two greats of British comics from 1961-63. "The Piebald Men," "Evil in Orbit," "Times 5," and "Power from Beyond." From the pages of Thriller Picture Library. This digest format was perfect, with just two large panels on each page, allowing for detail and panoramas rare in comics. Ron Turner has long been regarded as one of the most innovative and stylish sci-fi illustrators the UK has ever produced. Book Palace, 2019...More. Item Code: FLJET Soft Cover, 7x9, 272pg, b&w $34.99 |
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FLEETWAY PICTURES LIBRARY CLASSICS PRESENTS LARRIGAN
Highly Recommended. Art by Arturo Del Castillo. Arturo Del Castillo was able to craft images of enormous depth and beauty through cross-hatched pen lines, creating subtle patterns and textures, juxtaposed with bold chiaroscuro lighting, which was utterly unique in comics. Widely regarded as one of the greatest artists to have worked in the comic medium, we are privileged to see him at his very best on this gritty, realistic western in the class of Clint Eastwood and The Man With No Name. Great gunfights starring our lightening-draw vigilante. Book Palace, 2019...More. Item Code: FLLAR Soft Cover, 7x9, 272pg, b&w $34.99 |
This fine British publisher is responsible for many popular books, as well as their magazine Illustrators, which comes out quarterly. Most Illustrators are available, as well as Special Issues, The Modesty Blaise Companion, Don Lawrence, Three Musketeers, Barbosa: The Man Who Drew Flashman, The Art of Fortunino Matania, and others—29 titles in all. |
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GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS OMNIBUS Volume 1 Collects Marvel Comics #1 & Marvel Mystery #2-12, 1939-1940. Our Highest Recommendation. By Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, Alex Schomberg, Frank R. Paul, Jack Kirby et al. In 1939 a new voice hit the newsstands and changed the comic-book world forever: Marvel Comics #1, with its blazing Human Torch cover, and the first appearance of The Sub-Mariner inside, had arrived! And this 64-page pulp package wasn't your typical assortment of super-powered, straight-laced, do-gooders--this was something completely new. They're flanked by more eclectic heroes: The Angel, Electro, The Ferret, Masked Rider, Ka-Zar...plus three Subby/Torch battle issues, #8-10, Alex Schomberg's first covers, and a classic Angel cover by Jack Kirby on #12. Marvel, 2019...More. Item Code: GOLM01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 848pg, Full Color $150.00 $125.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE TIMELY'S GREATEST The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett The Pre-War Years Omnibus Collects Marvel Comics #1, Marvel Mystery #2-31, Sub-Mariner #1-4, Human Torch #2-6, All Winners #1-4, Daring Mystery #7-8, Comedy #9. Our Highest Recommendation. By Bill Everett. For the first time ever, experience every adventure of Prince Namor from his 1939 debut through Bill Everett's February 1942 induction into the armed services. This debut volume celebrates the incomparable adventures of comics' first antihero--some of the finest art and stories to be found in the Golden Age! Bill Everett's Sub-Mariner cut a bold path, defending his undersea kingdom, invading New York City, fighting the Axis powers, and battling both against and alongside the Human Torch! Like his signature character, Everett was an iconoclast ahead of his time. His lush, detailed artwork and engrossing ongoing storylines were unlike anything else of the era! Marvel, 2019...More. Item Code: TIMGASH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 872pg, Full Color $150.00 $125.00 |
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X-MEN By Roy Thomas and Neal Adams
Collects #56-63 and #65, 1963. Deluxe oversize hardcover, 23 pages of bonus features. Our Highest Recommendation. By Roy Thomas. Art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer. In 1969, with X-MEN on the verge of cancellation, the creative team of Roy Thomas and Neal Adams charted a bold new direction for Marvel's mutants...and the rest is history! Their epic evolution of the X-Men defines the team to this day. Adams' lavish and dynamic visuals and Thomas' challenging and contemporary stories combined to create a book that throbbed with the pulse of the times. Their iconic run introduced the cosmic-powered Havok, the vampiric villain Sauron and the bizarre Mutates, while pairing the X-Men and Ka-Zar in a classic Savage Land battle against the X-Men's greatest foe -Magneto! Painstakingly restored, packed with bonus material and presented in oversized glory, every page is a testament to the greatest in comic book storytelling! Marvel, 2019...More. Item Code: XMERH Hard Cover, 9x13, 208pg, Full Color $39.99 $34.99 |
See more by Neal Adams, Roy Thomas and other X-Men collections on our site. |
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LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT Michael Golden
Highly Recommended. By Dennis O'Neil, Gerry Conway et al. Art by Michael Golden. The 1970s stories starring Batman featuring the slick artwork of Michael Golden are collected for the first time, including appearances by the Demon and Man-Bat and stories never before collected. Golden is renowned for his design skills and unique interpretation of Batman and other heroes, as seen in these early stories, written by well-known comics writers including Dennis O'Neil, Gerry Conway and Mike W. Barr. I would compare his work to that of Michael Kaluta and Berni Wrightson. It's excellent, and the stories are also very good. DC Comics, 2019...More. Item Code: LEGDMH Hard Cover, 7x10, 248pg, Full Color $29.99 $26.99 |
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EC ARCHIVES Frontline Combat Volume 2
Collects #7-11, 1952-53. Our Highest Recommendation. By Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, John Severin, George Evans, Alex Toth et al. Legendary writer/artist/editor Harvey Kurtzman collaborates with some of the greatest comics artists of all time, in addition to creating his own solo stories and covers. Here are some of the finest war stories ever told, covering the history of warfare, from Caesar and the Civil War, to WWII and Korea! Toth's "Thunderjet" is considered a highpoint of the artist's work and a rare appearance at EC. But Davis, Wood, Severin...they are all at their finest here. Anti-war stories that are still as readable as when they were first written. Dark Horse, 2019...More. Item Code: ECFC02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 184pg, Full Color $49.99 $39.99 |
Volume 1 is currently out of print. We have one set of covers [RB490. $35]. See the listing for condition. |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS Ghost Rider Volume 1
Collects Marvel Spotlight #5-12, 1971; Ghost Rider #1-5, 1973. By Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas et al. Art by Jim Mooney, Mike Ploog et al. Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider, makes his Masterworks debut! In 1972, one of the most iconic characters in comic book history, the flame-skulled Ghost Rider, burned his demonic presence into readers' minds. It all begins here when Johnny Blaze makes a deal with the devil to save his friend's life. The payment? Transformation into the Ghost Rider. The stories that follow will take the horror hero to Hell to battle Satan, pit him against the tempting Witch-Woman and team him with Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan. And meet Spider-Man. Marvel, 2019...More. Item Code: MMG01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 328pg, Full Color $75.00 $65.00 |
More Masterworks collections can be found on our site. |
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ART OF THE DEVIL An Illustrated History
Recommended. By Demetrio Paparoni. Art by Hieronymus Bosch, Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí et al. The Art of the Devil is a beautiful book--in a deluxe binding--showcasing the past and present portrayal of the Evil One in Western and Eastern art, from the middle ages to today. This richly illustrated account looks at the history, symbols, and manifestations of the devil in the collective imagination. Here are artistic masterpieces, engravings, ancient documents, books, posters, postcards, tarots, album covers, comics, objects and plenty of oddities related to the world of demons, the occult, and evil. Cernunnos, 2019...More. Item Code: ARTDEVH Hard Cover, 8x10, 384pg, Full Color $45.00 $39.95 |
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GHOSTS Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics
Introduction by John Rozum. Highly Recommended. Edited by Steve Banes. It flitters across the cold, foggy night, eyes ablaze with hate-- and now glaring in your direction! You're too paralyzed to move. It's coming towards you... closer... closer... closer... From the terror team that curdled your blood with Haunted Horror, Zombies, Haunted Love, and Mummies, Ghosts is the latest and ghastly greatest in the Chilling Archives of Horror Comics collections. Appalling apparitions, formidable phantoms, shuddery seances, shivery spooks 'n specters, and evil wraiths with much more than just revenge on their murdered minds! IDW, 2019...More. Item Code: GHOS Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color $24.99 $21.99 |
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GRIMM TALES OF TERROR 2019 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Cover D Alfredo Reyes
Cover by Alfredo Reyes. Recommended. By Joe Brusha et al. Art by Butch Mapa, Umberto Giampa, Salvatore Cuffari. Back for another year of nightmare-inducing stories, Zenescope Presents three new stories of terror: "Evil Tattoos," "Cat and Mouse," and "The Hunter." Join Keres, the beautiful but very, very deadly Goddess of Death. She takes up shop at a local costume store and is quick to punish those unlucky enough to be worthy of her wrath, in this small college town. Zenescope, 2019...More. Item Code: GRIMH19D Comic, 7x10, 48pg, Full Color $5.99 |
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GRIMM TALES OF TERROR 2019 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Cover A Igor Vitorino
Cover by Igor Vitorino. Recommended. By Joe Brusha et al. Art by Raven Gregory et al. Back for another year of nightmare-inducing stories, Zenescope Presents three new stories of terror: "Evil Tattoos," "Cat and Mouse," and "The Hunter." Join Keres, the beautiful but very, very deadly Goddess of Death. She takes up shop at a local costume store and is quick to punish those unlucky enough to be worthy of her wrath, in this small college town. Zenescope, 2019...More. Item Code: GRIMH19A Comic, 7x10, 48pg, Full Color $5.99 |
Here are the two Bettie Page Halloween Specials, one new this year, just in last week. And her special from 2018. |
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DC WOMEN OF ACTION
Handsome all-ages hardcover. Recommended. By Shea Fontana. Art by Colleen Doran, Elsa Chang, Emanuela Lupacchino, Giséle Legacé & 10 others. Female Super Heroes and Super-Villains in the DC universe. This book focuses on the fierce, strong, and independent heroes, along with the real-life women creators integral to their development. Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, Batgirl, Bumblebee, Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Amanda Waller, and many more, right down to the secondary but still important girls of the DC world. Each gets a full page, full color new illustration and an in-depth look at her career. I like the variety of art, from serious painting to the cartoonish, suited to each lady. Chronicle Books, 2019...More. Item Code: DCWOMH Hard Cover, 8x10, 176pg, Full Color $29.95 $26.95 |
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THE SHADOW #145
The Crime Cult and The Taiwan Joss. Highly Recommended. By Walter Gibson. Art by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban. The Master of Darkness investigates mysteries from the mystic East in exotic pulp thrillers from 1932, 1938 and 1945. First, grotesque murder marks left on the foreheads of victims set The Shadow on the trail of Charn and his deadly "Crime Cult!" Then, hidden messages from an abducted newspaper columnist lead the shadowy Ying Ko to modern-day pirates and "The Taiwan Joss." Plus a 3rd bonus story, and a look at the pulp hero The Whisperer. Also notes on the stories by the great Will Murray. Sanctum, 2019...More. Item Code: SHT145 Soft Cover, 7X10, 128pg, Text/b&w $14.95 |
Want more Shadow: see our website for back issues, multi-packs and more. |
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HARLEY QUINN RED, WHITE & BLACK Statue by Greg Horn
Numbered & limited, 5000. Recommended. By Greg Horn. Greg Horn's bold, highly detailed style has helped him become one of the most recognizable cover artists in comics today. His take on a Harley Quinn joined with the mysterious Batman Who Laughs is a visceral delight for fans of the character. Cast in polyresin, the design is based on Horn's variant cover from Dark Knights: Metal. This Harley wears a haunting mask, walks barefoot and has traded her mallet for the face of the Batman Who Laughs to create a unique and nightmarish addition to the Red, White & Black collection. DC, 2019...More. Item Code: HQREDG 6" tall, Full Color $85.00 |
See more of Harley on our website. |
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SILVER METAL LOVER Variant
Very limited stock! Variant cover by Colleen Doran. Recommended. By Tanith Lee. Art by Trina Robbins. Foreword by Gail Simone. Tanith Lee wrote this classic novel in 1979...beautiful, tragic, sensual, a triumphant love story of the future. Trina Robbins discovered it, and adapted it in 1985 into one of the earliest graphic novels of its kind. This new full color version presents sixteen-year-old Jane. She and her friends are the idle, pampered children of the privileged class, living in luxury on a future Earth remade by natural disaster. Then her life is changed forever by a chance encounter with a robot minstrel with auburn hair and silver skin, whose songs ignite in her a desperate and inexplicable passion. It's Alive, 2019. Due Oct. Out of Print....More. Item Code: SILVMHV Hard Cover, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color $39.99 |
We announced the regular edition last week [SILVMH. |
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WONDER WOMAN The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 4
Sensation Comics #49-69, Wonder Woman #16-25, and Comics Cavalcade #14-22. By Joye Murchison. Art by Harry G. Peter. In these tales, Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls accidentally land on the planet Mercury, where they are taken prisoner by a race of giantesses; Professor Chemico plans to melt the polar ice caps, threatening the existence of the snow people who live there; Wonder Woman is shrunk to microscopic size; and much more! Wild stories fromthe mid- to late-1940s, as written by Joyce Murchison and others, and illustrated by the inimitable Harry G. Peter. DC, 2019. Due Nov. ...More. Item Code: WWGA04H Hard Cover, 7x11, 816pg, Full Color $125.00 $105.00 |
Still available are Volume 1 and 2 [WWGA01H, WWGA02H. |
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POGO Volume 6 Clean as a Weasel
The Complete Comic Strips 1959-60. Highly Recommended. By Walt Kelly. Foreword by Jake Tapper. This is the first time Pogo has been complete and in chronological order anywhere—with all 104 Sunday strips from these two years presented in lush full color. Albert Alligator and Beauregard Bugleboy fend off a man-from-Mars, and Howland Owl investigates Communist espionage in the postal system. Then, it's election year and Okefenokee Swamp gets a new presidential candidate, Fremount the Bugboy. His campaign slogan, "Jes' Fine," sparks political debates about just who can and should be president — maybe even a woman! Fantagraphics, 2019. Due Nov. ...More. Item Code: POG06H Hard Cover, 11x9, 344pg, Partial Color $45.00 $39.99 |
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POGO Volume 5 and 6 Slipcase Set
1957-60. Highly Recommended. By Walt Kelly. This is the first time Pogo has been complete and in chronological order anywhere—with all 208 Sunday strips from these four years presented in lush full color. In Volume 5, the Okefenokee gang try to dig a canal to compete with the Suez. In Volume 6, Albert Alligator and Beauregard Bugleboy fend off a man-from-Mars, and Howland Owl investigates Communist espionage in the postal system. Then, it's election year and Okefenokee Swamp gets a new presidential candidate. . Fantagraphics, 2019. Due Nov. ...More. Item Code: POG03HP Hard Cover, 11x9, 688pg, Partial Color $75.00 $65.00 |
Pogo Sets 1&2 [POG01HP. See more Pogo on our site: The Complete Dell comics Vol 1, 3-6.Inquire about out of print Kelly & Pogo items. |
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Y THE LAST MAN OMNIBUS
Collects #1-60. Highly Recommended. By Brian K. Vaughn. In 2002, when all living mammals with a Y chromosome suddenly die simultaneously, Yorick Brown and his pet male monkey Ampersand must figure out why they were the only two males to survive. And while this makes Yorick the most important person in the world, he treks 10,000 miles around the world for 3 years in search of the most important person in the world to him. But as he learns the facts behind his lost fiancee, he also finds out the shocking truth behind his own survival. A brilliant series that I greatly enjoyed the first time around, now complete in one huge volume. Vertigo, 2019. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: YLASH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1440, Full Color $150.00 $125.00 |
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DITKO IS...AMAZING! KING-SIZE
Collects Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #3, 11-13, 24, 31-33, Annual 1-2, 1962-4. Highly Recommended. By Steve Ditko and Stan Lee. Marvel proudly presents the incomparable Amazing Spider-Man work of Steve Ditko in the massive King-Size format. From Spidey's Amazing Fantasy #15 debut to the first appearances of villains like Mysterio and Doctor Octopus, all for the first time OVERSIZE. Ditko's Spider-Man adventures, including the Master Planner saga - an epic considered by many to be the greatest Spider-Man story. Also featuring a host of bonus material, including Ditko's original Amazing Fantasy #15 artwork! Marvel, 2019. Due Dec. ...More. Item Code: DITAKH Hard Cover, 14x22, 328pg, Full Color $100.00 $85.00 |
See our website for the companion volume, Kirby King-Size. |
Mature ReadersAt last, a fine new Artist's Edition devoted to Frank Thorne's sexy heroine Ghita. It's fun, with complete stories, and quite impressive. Thorne's Ghita first appeared as an adult graphic novel and it was a bestseller for us for many years. Volume 1 is no longer in stock but we can special order it for you. See our website for the new edition of his sexy space heroine, Lann. From Taschen, two new "Little Book" titles: click here to find out the unsurprising subjects (well, they are adult after all). See our website for more in the Little Book series. And we have three variant covers for the latest Cavewoman, two by Budd Root and a guest appearance from Mike Hoffman. See more Cavewoman issues on our website. 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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Power Outage We're being told we may be without electricity again this week, so we are getting this done early and expecting the worst. As before, our website will be up and you can order online; the only problem is that our phones go out of operation, and we can't ship orders until the juice is back on. We are hoping this will be over by the time you read this, on Thursday night or Friday, and we will be shipping as usual on Friday. Thanks for your patience.
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Christmas For you early birds, our new catalog has a special section devoted to my personal gift recommendations. Foreign customers know they need to order early to get packages in time for Christmas. But I always suggest early is best domestically too, in case we run out of a title as the holiday approaches. I do my best not to have this happen, but it's not a perfect world and neither are my predictions of sales perfect. When we get a little closer to the holidays I'll do a special section here in the email. For now, you can see some of our Christmas books on the website here. ~Bud |
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