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Mucha's Le Pater is one of the most beautiful new books I've seen. It'll be our cover feature on the next catalog. The regular edition of Infected by Art 7 is here at last. A new Frazetta Paintings book is coming. Plus Black Widow, Age of Conan: Valeria, Mary Shelly: Monster Hunter, a Rocketeer and a Frank Cho Batgirl statue, and much more. |
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LE PATER ALPHONSE MUCHA'S SYMBOLIST MASTERPIECE Hardcover With Prints With 10 additional 6x9 inch prints! Only the first 35 copies will come with additional prints. Our Highest Recommendation. By Thomas Negovan. By 1899, Alphonse Mucha was the most recognizable artist of Art Nouveau graphics and the most celebrated illustrator in Paris. So Mucha insisted upon creating a deeply personal work, a magnificent, oversized deluxe limited edition, Le Pater. For the remainder of his life he considered this his masterpiece. This Symbolist story features a female deity protecting humankind, sophisticated occult themes and mystical illustrations. And this edition from Century Guild is one of the most beautifully produced books I've seen: oversized, quarter leather, gilt embossed cover and gilt page edges...and packed with amazing work, from never-before-seen studies and paintings, each magnificent page of Le Pater itself. Century Guild, 2019...More. Item Code: ALPMH Hard Cover, 12x16, 224pg, Partial Color $179.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE WORLD OF MUCHA A Journey to Two Fairylands Paris and Czech Highly Recommended. By Hiroshi Unno. A superlative collection of Mucha's works, behind highly ornate, silver-embossed covers, spanning his entire career from his beginnings in Paris to his final days in what was then known as Czechoslovakia after four years in the United States. His most representative works are featured, not only in the field of fine art but also in editorial design and graphic design. As a special feature, this book introduces more typography and package design works compared to other publications on Mucha's work. A good deal of this is not collected elsewhere. And, of course, Mucha's masterpiece the "Slav Epic" is also covered in detail, along with an interpretation and its historical background. PIE, 2017...More. Item Code: WORMU Soft Cover, 7x10, 352pg, Full Color $39.95 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE MUCHA By Daniel Kiecol Bargain-priced! Highly Recommended. Art Nouveau, elegant ornamentation, sensual women, rare book, furniture and interior design and stunning "Slave Epic" paintings. Hardly any other artist proved a greater virtuoso in this style than Alphonse Mucha. From concert posters to perfume and chocolate advertisements to fine art, here is the entire range of Mucha's career in a handsome little square hardcover. Many lesser-known works including oil paintings, magazine covers, and murals. Excellent, highly detailed reproduction in full color. Konemann, 2017...More. Item Code: MUCHAH Hard Cover, 7x7, 216pg, Full Color $11.95 |
We also have three copies left of the 2020 Mucha Calendar [AM20. |
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INFECTED BY ART Volume 7
Highly Recommended. Edited by Todd Spoor and Bill Cox. Cover by Tran Nguyen (Ambedo) and back cover by Spectrum Grand Master Donato Giancola. This once again contains one of the most diverse groups of artists selected by their jury panel. 268 artists are represented, with works ranging from traditionally painted to digitally painted, illustrations in pencil, pen and ink or gold leaf, to sculpted works. Justin Gerard's image "For Hate's Sake" won IBA 7's grand prize, with artists Annie Stegg Gerard, Jeremy Wilson, Colin Poole, and Tran Nguyen also receiving grand prize awards. Infected By Art, 2019. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: INA07H Hard Cover, 9x11, 328pg, Full Color $34.99 |
The deluxe edition of Volume 7 is sold out. Also available: Volume 1 [INA01. $30] Volume 4 [INA04H. Volume 5 [INA05H. Volume 6 Deluxe signed [INA06D. Volume 6 Hardcover [INA06H. $39.99] |
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BLACK WIDOW EPIC COLLECTION Beware The Black Widow
1964-71. Recommended. By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas et al. Art by Don Heck, John Buscema et al. Collecting the origins of the Black Widow for the very first time! From her debut as a Russian spy in the pages of Tales of Suspense, Natasha Romanoff was instantly one of Marvel's most iconic characters. This amazing collection takes you through her early days with Hawkeye, into her first adventures with the Avengers -and on to her first solo series! Thrill to a captivating and complex saga as the Black Widow evolves from villain to hero -and defines herself as one of comics' greatest characters. Boasting stories and art by a who's who of Silver Age greats, this Epic Collection is ground zero for every Black Widow fan! Marvel, 2020...More. Item Code: BLWE Soft Cover, 7x10, 408pg, Full Color $39.99 $34.99 |
Still coming is the Black Widow Omnibus [BLAWH. You'll find the Black Widow in 12 more products, from guest appearances to sketchbook drawings, on our website. She gets around! The Black Widow film starring Scarlet Johansson opens April 24. |
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Epic Collection Volume 5 The Secret of the Petrified Tablet
Collects Amazing Spider-Man #68-85, Annual Vol. 3-4, Annual #5, 1968-70. Recommended. By Stan Lee. Art by John Romita, John Buscema et al. Two of the fiercest crime lords in New York City are on a quest to decipher an ancient petrified tablet whose secrets promise great power! It's an indisputable classic by two of Marvel's greatest creators, Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. And that's not all they have in store! J. Jonah Jameson has the Daily Bugle working overtime to brand Spider-Man as Public Enemy Number One, the Prowler hits the scene, the Black Widow debuts her sultry new spy gear, and the origin of Peter's parents is revealed! Marvel, 2019...More. Item Code: AME05 Soft Cover, 7x10, 464pg, Full Color $39.99 $34.99 |
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DOOM PATROL By John Byrne Omnibus
Collects Doom Patrol #1-18, the complete run, 2004-06; JLA #94-99 and more. Recommended. The World's Strangest Heroes are back, in the way that only the legendary writer/artist John Byrne can deliver! This reunites Robotman, Elasti-Girl, Negative Man and Niles Caulder with a host of edgy new heroes. Byrne, best known for his unforgettable work on Marvel's X-Men and for taking on Fantastic Four, has the team encounter the vampiric threat of Crucifer, head to the Antarctic to stop a pack of mysterious creatures from before the dawn of time, rescue a team of scientists conducting ocean research on an ancient, deadly species of monsters and much more. DC, 2020...More. Item Code: DOJBH Hard Cover, 7x11, 672pg, Full Color $75.00 $65.00 |
In stock is The Doom Patrol Silver Age Omnibus, The Silver Age Volume 1 softcover, and Doom Patrol Volume 2. |
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EC ARCHIVES PSYCHOANALYSIS
Collects #1-4, 1955. Recommended. By Dan Keyes and Robert Bernstein. Art by Jack Kamen. Perhaps EC's most controversial and risky title! The complete run of Psychoanalysis, recolored digitally using the original palette, featuring art by legendary comics talent Jack Kamen and stories by Daniel Keyes (Flowers for Algernon)! A journey into the subconscious minds of three people searching for answers to each one's personal turmoil. The beautiful but troubled Ellen Lyman; youngster Freddy Carter, and Mark Stone, television writer and womanizer. Issue #4 even wraps up each one's diagnosis and cures each! Dark Horse, 2020...More. Item Code: ECPSH Hard Cover, 8x11, 144pg, Full Color $39.99 $34.99 |
See all available EC Archives titles here, as well as other EC-related books like the new Choke Gasp: The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics [CHOKH. |
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LUPUS
By Frederik Peeters. Award-winning Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters (Blue Pills) soars to new heights with an existential interplanetary epic that never strays far from the human heart. Lupus Lablennorre is a man on the run. Like a cosmic Odysseus, he wanders from planet to planet, haunted by his past and orbiting around a woman. He meets Sanaa, a beautiful runaway, but when tragedy strikes, they're forced to flee to new worlds. Each offers many ways to disappear. But Lupus will find that the tendrils of friendship, love, and family are not so easily severed. Occasional nudity. IDW, 2019...More. Item Code: LUPU Soft Cover, 8x11, 392pg, b&w $29.99 $26.99 |
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AGE OF CONAN VALERIA
Collects #1-5, 2019. By Meredith Finch. Art by Adeke, covers by Jay Anacleto & Romulo Fajardo, Jr. All-new. Robert E. Howard's Valeria, the hero from the classic Conan story "Red Nails," in a story set before that tale! Before she became a pirate and mercenary -- before she crossed paths with Conan and the Red Brotherhood -- Valeria was a young woman from Aquilonia seeking justice for a crime gone unpunished. But as she makes her way in the cruel Hyborian world, proving herself against those who doubt her abilities, she will find more than she bargained for in her thirst for vengeance! Marvel, 2020...More. Item Code: AGECV Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color $15.99 |
The first book in this series is Age of Conan Belit [AGECB. $15.99]. See more Conan collections on our website. |
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ISLANDIA Volume 1 Boreal Landing
Recommended. By Marc Vedrines. Sometime during the 1600s, Jacques, a young orphan from France, stows away aboard a fishing boat heading to Icelandic waters. Willing to brave the dangers and the rough life of a sailor, he is intent on one goal: to go to Iceland. There he hopes to find answers to the mysterious visions that have plagued him since childhood, to his unexplained ability to speak and read Icelandic, and also to the strange phenomena that sometimes occur around him. Cinebook, 2019...More. Item Code: ISL01 Soft Cover, 9x11, 52pg, Full Color $13.95 |
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MARY SHELLEY MONSTER HUNTER Volume 1 Almost Gone! Already out of print. Recommended. By Adam Glass and Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. Art by Hayden Sherman. Geneva. Winter. 1816, Mary, her fiancé Percy, sisters Claire and Fanny, and the celebrated poet Lord Byron find themselves guests of the eerie Frankenstein Estate. The macabre and frightening events that follow lead Mary to both a gruesome and shocking discovery. Their mysterious host is not at all what they expected, and their intentions will change the course of Mary's life forever! "A fun gothic romp." -Newsrama. Variant covers by Bernard Chang and Brandon Peterson. Bonus artist interview & character and page studies. Aftershock, 2020. Out of Print....More. Item Code: MARMH01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color $14.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE IT'S ALIVE! A VISUAL HISTORY OF FRANKENSTEIN Recommended. By Elizabeth Campbell Denlinger. Commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of Frankenstein, trace the origins and impact of Mary Shelley's novel -- a classic of world literature, a masterpiece of horror, and a forerunner of science fiction. Shelley conceived the archetype of the mad scientist who dares to flout the laws of nature. She devised a conflicted creature, eloquent and repulsive, torn between good and evil. In the movies he can be a brute pure and simple, yet he is still an object of compassion. Includes an art gallery with illustrations by Wrightson, Lynd Ward and Barry Moser, comics by Dick Briefer and Ploog, powerful movie posters and much more. Handsome black cloth with silver-embossed cover design. New York Public Library, 2018...More. Item Code: ITSALH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 8x11, 336pg, Text/Partial Color $54.95 $47.50 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE FRANKENSTEIN Special Order - takes 3-4 weeks! Recommended. By Mary Shelley. Art by Nino Carbé. Newly designed and reset, this handsome hardbound edition reprints all of Nino Carbé's starkly beautiful pen-and-ink drawings and decorative endpieces from one of the earliest illustrated editions of Frankenstein, from 1932. Bonus images include five full-color paintings, two double-page, created by Carbé in the 1980s after he became a noted Walt Disney artist. The artist's daughter, Elizabeth Carbé, provides a new foreword. Calla, 2016...More. Item Code: FRASH Hard Cover, 7x10, 226pg, Text/Partial Color $40.00 |
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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 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE FRANKENSTEIN ALIVE, ALIVE! TRIO The Complete Collection Hardcover Collects #1-4 in a deluxe oversized hardcover. Bonus Gallery. Our Highest Recommendation. By Steve Niles. Art by Bernie Wrightson, with Kelley Jones. Inspired by Mary Shelley's immortal gothic horror tale, Frankenstein Alive, Alive brings new life to the Promethean monster, courtesy of Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein, Swamp Thing). Victor Frankenstein's cobbled together creature continues his adventures, embarking on a journey to discover his own humanity. Bonus 18-page gallery section of never-before-seen layouts and pencils by Wrightson, some with the original text, all scanned from the original art. All-new Introduction by Steve Niles, a tribute to his friend Bernie. IDW, 2018...More. Item Code: FRALH Soft Cover, 7x10, 104pg, Partial Color $24.99 $21.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ROY THOMAS PRESENTS FRANKENSTEIN Volume 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 |
We also have Volume 8 in hardcover, with no slipcase [FRA08H. |
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DC COVER GIRLS BATGIRL Statue
Numbered & limited, 5,000. Recommended. Designed by Frank Cho. Kicking off the newest series of DC Collectibles' famous DC Cover Girls line is Batgirl, designed by one of the most popular artists today, Frank Cho. Cho's clever take on Barbara Gordon gives a touch of humor to the piece and we like it. Here's the classic Batgirl from her early days, in the original costume that was directly spun off from Batman's own. Cho will continue as inspiration for this new line. Next up is his rendition of Harley Quinn, which we'll be announcing soon. Colorful box. DC, 2020...More. Item Code: DCCGBG 9" tall, Full Color $140.00 |
See our website for the latest statues. You can also search for them by price, to find any on sale. |
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ROCKETEER PREMIER Statue
Special Order - takes 3-4 weeks! Numbered & limited, 3000. By Joe Allard. Sculpted by Rocco Tartamella. The Rocketeer returns! The retro, rocket-fueled superhero strikes a pose atop a building in this new Premier Collection resin statue, clearly in the style of creator Dave Stevens. That in turn inspired his appearance in the classic Disney film, which is in turn based on Dave Stevens' original creation. It all goes around! This is large, approximately 11 inches high. It is limited to only 3,000 numbered pieces and comes packaged with a certificate of authenticity in a full-color box. Diamond Select Toys, 2019...More. Item Code: ROCKE 11" tall, Full Color $160.00 |
We have three copies, in various condition, of the very first Rocketeer graphic novel, The Rocketeer: All Five Action Chapters, 1985, in our Rare Books section, Softcover: RB1223 $40, Softcover: RB328 $50, and Hardcover: ROKH. Also in stock is: Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures Deluxe [RCKD. $75] Dave Stevens' Rocketeer Artisan Edition [DSRAE. $39.99] Rocketeer: High Flying Adventures [ROCHFH. Rocketeer at War [ROCW. Rocketeer The Official Movie Adaptation, cover by Dave Stevens, art by Russ Heath, a warehouse find from 1991. [ROCKOMA. We also have Dave's Just Teasing: Poster-Size Fantasy and Pin-Up Art – published in 1991. We knew a dealer with a stash for several years but he's now sold out. We have just three left. It was published in 1991 at $30. As new: [DPOSTER. $45]. |
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DAVE STEVENS Selected Sketches & Studies Volume 2 Limited, 1500. Original publication price. Highly Recommended. By Dave Stevens. Listed elsewhere for far more! The second-ever sketchbook produced by the premier good-girl artist of recent times. Dave created The Rocketeer and was the prime mover in Bettie Page being rediscovered. Published by Dave himself, here are the last copies of his original 1,500 copy printing. Dave passed away before signing them. Includes drawings of Bettie Page, Suzie Wong, a Clint Eastwood portrait, Star Wars pieces, The Rocketeer, a steamy Phantom Lady cover, Blonde Avenger, Aurora, Vampirella, Shewolf, Fatima, and serious (and amazing) nude studies from actresses and models. Bulldog Studios, 2003. Out of Print. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: DAVE02 Soft Cover, 9x11, 32pg, b&w $20.00 |
We have just twelve copies left, in as-new condition. |
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FANTASTIC PAINTINGS OF FRAZETTA Deluxe
Signed by Spurlock. 16 bonus pages, illustrated slipcase. Highly Recommended. By David Spurlock. Afterword by Frank Frazetta Jr. J. David Spurlock started crafting this book by reviving the original million-selling 1970s mass market art book, Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta. Then he expanded and revised it to include twice as many images and presents them at a much larger coffee-table book size of 10.5 x 14.5 inches! The collection is brimming with both classic and previously unpublished works of the subjects Frazetta is best remembered for, including barbarians, beasts, and buxom beauties. Vanguard, 2020. Due Apr. ...More. Item Code: FANPFD Hard Cover, 10x15, 120pg, Full Color $69.95 |
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FANTASTIC PAINTINGS OF FRAZETTA
Highly Recommended. By David Spurlock. Afterword by Frank Frazetta Jr. J. David Spurlock started crafting this book by reviving the original million-selling 1970s mass market art book, Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta. Then he expanded and revised it to include twice as many images and presents them at a much larger coffee-table book size of 10.5 x 14.5 inches! The collection is brimming with both classic and previously unpublished works of the subjects Frazetta is best remembered for, including barbarians, beasts, and buxom beauties. Vanguard, 2020. Due May. ...More. Item Code: FANPFH Hard Cover, 10x15, 104pg, Full Color $39.95 |
The deluxe is slated for April, the hardcover for May, but these might be optimistic dates. We will also handle the softcover edition. It will be announced when it comes in. See our website for more Frazetta. Hermes just announced they have copies of the deluxe Frank Frazetta Art and Remembrances, signed by Frank Jr. It was understood to be out of print. We're bringing this back into stock. [FRARD. |
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THE PHANTOM The Complete Sundays Volume 7
1961-63. Recommended. By Lee Falk. Art by Wilson McCoy. This volume finishes up with the Wilson McCoy years and begins the long awaited Sy Barry years of the Sunday strips! Fans of The Ghost Who Walks have waited for years to have a complete series of full size hardcover volumes featuring the complete Phantom Sundays by the original artist. Thirteen storylines ranging from “The River Gang” (January 10 to May 22, 1960) to “The Astronauts and the Pirates” (November 4, 1962 to May 12, 1963). Plus documentary materials and a detailed essay. Hermes, 2020. Due Apr. ...More. Item Code: PHS07H Hard Cover, 13x9, 208pg, Full Color $70.00 $62.50 |
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WEIRD WESTERN TALES JONAH HEX
1972-77. Highly Recommended. By Michael Fleisher et al. Art by Tony DeZuniga et al. One of the greatest and most memorable Western characters in comics, the dramatically scarred Jonah Hex rode the high plains in search of vengeance and justice in these 1970s stories collected here for the first time. A former Confederate soldier, Hex traveled from town to town helping those in need, stopping evildoers but often exacting a high price. Collects adventures from All-Star Western #10-11, Weird Western Tales #12-14 and #16-38, last issue with Hex, and The Amazing World of DC Comics #13. DC Comics, 2020. Due May. ...More. Item Code: WEIWTH Hard Cover, 896pg, Full Color $99.99 $85.00 |
See more Western-genre archives and graphic novels on our website. |
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STERANKO IS REVOLUTIONARY! KING SIZE Collects Strange Tales #151-168 & Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-3, 5, 1966-68. Highly Recommended. By Jim Steranko, Stan Lee et al. Rarely before and rarely since has the comics industry seen a talent as innovative as Jim Steranko. Blending together influences surrealist and psychedelic to Will Eisner and Wallace Wood, Steranko's groundbreaking style is an incomparable visual language. Here is Steranko's complete tenure on Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a single, massive King-Size edition that showcases all its glory in enormous size! These are the stories that defined Nick Fury as the premier spymaster, operating in the covert shadows of the Marvel Universe. Marvel, 2020. Due May. ...More. Item Code: STERRH Hard Cover, 14x21, 336pg, Full Color $125.00 $105.00 |
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AVAILABLE NOW STERANKO NICK FURY AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist's Edition Highly Recommended. By Jim Steranko. In the mid-1960s, Jim Steranko burst into the Marvel Age of comics in a BIG way, and the innovative, cinematic techniques he introduced in his brief tenure there still stand as a high-water mark in the history of graphic storytelling. More than any other series, Steranko is most associated with Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. This Artist's Edition collects the first 12 stories of Steranko's run from Strange Tales #151-162, as well as all his covers from these issues--plus extras! IDW, 2014. Out of Print.. Very Fine. Slight roll to the top corner of the cover....More. Item Code: SNFAEH Hard Cover, 15x22, 176pg, Full Color $275.00 |
See the website for more items with Steranko. |
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MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE Omnibus
1970-80. By Steve Gerber, Don McGregor et al. Cursed by an experiment gone wrong, Dr. Michael Morbius has an unquenchable thirst for blood -- yet his heart beats like any other man. He is a living vampire, not one of the undead! In this amazing Omnibus is the complete original Morbius saga, from his first appearance through both his first color comic and black-and-white series, and into the rare stories that concluded his tragic tale. The sometimes mad, sometimes misunderstood Morbius contends not just with Marvel's heroes but with bizarre cultists and satanic demons! Marvel, 2020. Due May. ...More. Item Code: MORLH Hard Cover, 7x11, 864pg, Full Color $100.00 $85.00 |
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CLOAK AND DAGGER Omnibus Volume 1
1983-87. By Bill Mantlo, Chris Claremont et al. The deadly duo of darkness and light! As Cloak and Dagger wage war on drugs, crime lords Silvermane and the Kingpin are in their sights -- and Spider-Man is stuck in the middle! Then follow Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen into their own uncanny adventures, and discover what set them on their vigilante path together. Detective O'Reilly wants to arrest them, Father Delgado wants to reform them, but does anyone really understand them? Featuring Doctor Strange, the New Mutants and Power Pack! Marvel, 2020. Due June. ...More. Item Code: CLD01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 880pg, Full Color $100.00 $85.00 |
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AMAZING FANTASY OMNIBUS
Amazing Adventures #1-6; Amazing Adult Fantasy #7-14; Amazing Fantasy #15, 1961-62. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby et al. At the dawn of the Silver Age, Stan and the gang were offering readers a cadre of ten-ton terrors, from Torr to Manoo to Monsteroso -- along with weird tales of witchcraft, Martians and Dr. Druid. Then Lee and Ditko took over the title and seamlessly transitioned into an all-new more mature storytelling, featuring aliens, time travel, ghosts and atomic nightmares! Ditko's lushly illustrated stories set a new standard for comic art, and Lee raised the bar with his powerful, thoughtful scripts. And, oh, in the last issue they created Spider-Man. Marvel, 2020. Due June. ...More. Item Code: AMAFH Hard Cover, 7x11, 448pg, Full Color $75.00 $65.00 |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS The Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 3
Collects Spectacular Spider-Man #32-42 Annual #1, 1979-80, plus more. By Bill Mantlo, Tony Isabella et al.. Art by Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney, et al. Peter Parker and Dr. Curt Connors (a.k.a. the Lizard) have always shared a unique bond. Both are men of science, but one was gifted with powers while the other was cursed. Only together can these sometimes allies, sometimes adversaries, survive the unstoppable Iguana. Then, in a two-part Annual extravaganza, comes Doc Ock! All the while, Peter's increasingly on edge. The bizarre horror of the Swarm and a battle with Morbius, the Living Vampire, do little to help. Then, the emergence of the Schizoid Man pushes him over the line. Marvel, 2020. Due June. ...More. Item Code: MMSS03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 312pg, Full Color $75.00 $65.00 |
Volumes 1 and 2 of this series are both on sale now but only while our supply lasts [MMSS01H, MMSS02H. See our website for more recent Spider-Man releases. |
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SPECTRE THE WRATH OF THE SPECTRE Omnibus
1966-81. Highly Recommended. By Gardner Fox & Murphy Anderson, Michael Fleisher & Jim Aparo et al.. Originally introduced in 1940 and co-created by Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, the Spectre was a green-caped, white-skinned, all-powerful demi-god who meted out his own version of justice. DC's grim arbiter resurfaced in the 1960s, brought back by the dream-team of Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson in Showcase 1966, then to The Brave and the Bold, ten issues of his own title, also by Fox and Anderson, and ultimately to return to the all-powerful 1940s version dark Spectre as reimagined by Fleisher and Aparo in Adventure Comics #431-440. DC Comics, 2020. Due July. ...More. Item Code: SPEWRH Hard Cover, 680pg, Full Color $125.00 $105.00 |
The Spectre is mentioned in a number of comic book histories. See our website. |
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This week we have three new listings by Vaughn Bode, and two portfolios by Berni Wrightson. We also added the portfolio Repent Harlequin Said The Ticktockman $200, signed by Harlan Ellison and Jim Steranko. Two books from Frank Frazetta this week, Fascination $75, and the German version of Master of Fantasy Art $80. Also this week The Fantastic Art of Beksinski $170, Weird Tales by Alistair Durie, $45, and the previously listed Pinocchio by Pierre Lambert, $300.
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Russ Cochran 1937-2020
Russ just passed away last weekend, at the age of 82. Russ was one of the most important publishers in the comics field. He helped son-in-law (later on) Bruce Hershenson to do the first EC Reprints in the early 1970s. Then he did his own EC Classics, EC Portfolios, King Portfolio, The Complete EC Library, co-published The Complete Carl Barks Library and The Complete Little Lulu Library, some in cooperation with Bruce Hamilton/Another Rainbow. These two gentlemen and Burrell Rowe also opened the fabled Camelot Comic Book Store in Houston in the seventies. They hired a young Richard Evans and put him on path to opening his own stores, Bedrock City Comics, also in Houston.
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Along the way Russ did superb reprints of Thunda #1, and also re-reprinted all the EC comics in individual issues and annuals. He also started (with Gemstone) the EC Archives series, which Dark Horse is still publishing today. Russ was a physics professor, still teaching when I first met him. We both did the convention circuit throughout the 1970s, across the U.S., just as he began his publishing ventures. At the end of every show, he'd come up, put his arm around my shoulders, and say “Bud, let's make a deal.” I'd go home with restocks of his books and he'd go home in an emptier truck. He always had Dr. Pepper—in bottles—to share, he brought his own personal stash.
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I carried all of his comics-related books and they were featured in catalog after catalog for years. I still sell his out of print Complete EC, Barks and Lulu Libraries, along with anything else I can find of his. All his books were top quality and built to last, with pride of place in any collection (mine included). My good friend Bruce Hershenson (emovie.com), who moved out from New York and lived with me for a little while in the early 1970s, eventually married Russ's daughter Sylvia and they have had five children. Bruce and Sylvia still live in West Plains, Russ's home town, not far from his rustic, rural spread near the Arkansas border.
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I've visited Russ and Bruce twice over the years, and here is a picture of the first visit. I'm meeting Russ's chimp Sammy on his home turf in the back yard. That's a very young Sylvia in the background. You could certainly write quite the story about Russ and his career in comics. Right up to this week, he was still holding his monthly comic art auctions. Russ was truly a "good old boy" in the very best sense of the word. Smart, creative, supportive, and a rugged individual. And he loved EC and Frazetta and all the good stuff. Besides Sammy the Chimp, Russ had wonderful long Tarzan ropes to swing on from the trees on his place, and last I saw him, he was water-blasting away the hillside between his place and a river below, exposing the rocks and making it look like...Tarzan's jungle. Sammy had lots of space to swing around out back there above the river. Rest in Peace, my friend. You made a great many collectors, including myself, very happy with the wonderful collections you gave us.
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Upcoming Shows San Diego Comic Fest March 5-8 — I'm only attending this, not setting up. I will be doing a panel with Jeff Gelb and others on the late Bill Schelly and I plan to give away copies of Bill's Golden Age of Comics Fandom to any and all who attend the panel. I'll bring a few other books to sell at half price if I can find a place to put them out. Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show, Glendale, March 8 — Again, no set up, but will try and get up there if I can break away early from Comic Fest. We'll be exhibiting at these two shows: Sac-Con [Sacramento Comic Book Show, at Cal Expo] — March 22 Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair — March 28 ~Bud |
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