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The Spirit 80th Anniversary and Pirates are both fun, good reads, and inexpensive. The Fantastic Fiction of Hannes Bok collects three complete novels plus unpublished art--and essays. Mephisto is filled with superlative John Buscema art. New Fun #1 is one of the rarest comics in existence AND DC's first-ever title in 1935. Don Lawrence's stunning artwork highlights The Trigan Empire Volume 1. Plus a special Frazetta offer, The Art of Dean Cornwell reprinted, and 20 Years of Frank Cho! |
Comic Book Archives | Clover Press | Don Lawrence & The Trigan Empire 3...2...1...Gone | Dean Cornwell | Coming in August & September Click here to see ALL New Arrivals, beginning with the latest and going back 30 days. |
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EC ARCHIVES IMPACT
Collects #1-5, 1955. Highly Recommended. Art by Evans, Krigstein, Ingels, Crandall, Davis, Kamen, & Orlando! The complete run, including the famous "Master Race" story, about the holocaust and Nazi hunters. This #1 was NOT code-approved. A powerful title, with four stories by Reed Crandall, three stories and a cover by Jack Davis, Graham Ingels in every issue, Joe Orlando in two, Krigstein in two. EC always loved their shock, twist endings, so offering a title that was all about those, well, what a natural. This title kicked off EC's New Trend as they attempted to come up with work that could be code-approved. Dark Horse, 2020...More. Item Code: ECIMH Hard Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Full Color $49.99 $39.99 |
See our website for all available EC Archives, as well as Fantagraphics EC Library volumes. |
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FAMOUS FIRST EDITION New Fun #1
New Fun Comics #1, 1935. Essays by Jerry Bails, Roy Thomas & Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson. Highly Recommended. By Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson et al. For the first time ever, the very first comic book published by DC Comics is reprinted. Published at the start of 1935, New Fun Comics #1 made history as the first comic book made up of new stories instead of reprints of newspaper comic strips. Cowboys, gunfighters, space heroes, adventurers and soldiers of fortune populated these pages, each of which is a separate one-page installment in the style of Sunday newspaper comics, but twice normal comic book size. Here reproduced that huge size, in hardcover. DC Comics, 2020...More. Item Code: NEWF01H Hard Cover, 11x15, 48pg, Partial Color $19.99 |
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DC'S 1ST ISSUE SPECIALS
Collects #1-13, 1975-76. Highly Recommended. In 1975, DC brought back the anthology try-out concept, so successful with Showcase. These never-before-reprinted 1970s stories included new concepts from writer/artist Jack Kirby (Atlas, Dingbats, Manhunter) plus stories illustrated by Steve Ditko, Mike Grell (Warlord) and Walter Simonson (Doctor Fate). It also brought back beloved characters like Metamorpho, the Creeper, Starman and the New Gods. And here are "off the wall" concepts like the Green Team (crime fighting teenage millionaires!) and the gritty Lady Cop, Code-Name Assassin and The Outsiders. DC Comics, 2020...More. Item Code: DCFIRH Hard Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color $39.99 $34.99 |
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MEPHISTO Speak of the Devil
Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee, John Byrne,et al. Art by Neal Adams, John Buscema et al. Mephisto, lord of the underworld, is the most diabolical entity in the Marvel Universe -- and he's put its greatest heroes through hell! Join Mephisto as he claims the Silver Surfer's soul in his first appearance -- superbly drawn by John Buscema -- in 1968. In more beautifully drawn adventures, he trades tricks with Loki and Thor in two early Neal Adams stories, strikes down the Fantastic Four in a John Byrne issue, stars in a special Doctor Strange graphic novel by Roger Stern & Mike Mignola, fights Daredevil by John Romita, Jr. and Al Williamson! Marvel, 2020...More. Item Code: MEPSPE Soft Cover, 7x10, 456pg, Full Color $39.99 $34.99 |
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CONAN Book of Toth and Other Stories
Collects Book of Thoth #1-4, 2006 & The Mask of Acheron #1, 2011. Recommended. By Kurt Busiek, Len Wein et al. Art by Kelley Jones and Gabriel Guzman. The origin of Conan' s greatest adversary - the dreaded sorcerer Thoth-Amon! Witness Thoth-Amon's rise from the squalor of the streets through the priestly ranks of Ibis to the heights of evil! Plus, a look back into the past of Conan. As warlord Khalar Zym sets out on a quest to find the mythical Mask of Acheron -- an ancient artifact that will bring his beloved back to life -- he thinks nothing of destroying a village in northern Cimmeria. But one boy born of battle survives Zym's attack -- and years later, their paths are destined to cross once more! Marvel, 2020...More. Item Code: CONBT Soft Cover, 7x10, 232pg, Full Color $24.99 $21.99 |
See below in Coming for more Conan, and the first book in this new series. |
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TALES OF THE BATMAN Steve Englehart
1974-2005. Recommended. By Steve Englehart. Art by Marshall Rogers, Terry Austin, Walt Simonson et al. In 1977 comics writer Steve Englehart left Marvel Comics following acclaimed runs on titles like The Avengers, Captain America and Doctor Strange, and came to DC to write Batman in the pages of Detective Comics. Together with rising-star artist Marshall Rogers, Englehart crafted a dark, moody run of stories in which Batman faces his own lonely existence while struggling against one of his earliest foes, Dr. Hugo Strange. This run also includes the renowned "Joker Fish" storyline. DC Comics, 2020...More. Item Code: TALBAH Hard Cover, 7x10, 456pg, Full Color $49.99 $39.99 |
Also in stock is Legends of the Dark Knight: Michael Golden [LEGDMH. |
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THE SPIRIT An 80th Anniversary Celebration
New bargain-priced format. Our Highest Recommendation. By Will Eisner. Introduction by Denis Kitchen. Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Will Eisner's The Spirit with this best-of collection from Clover. Acknowledged by everyone from Alan Moore to Michael Chabon as one of the most important comic book creations of all time, this features 10 stories, five of them with all-new coloring. After you read these stories, you'll understand why the most important award in comics is named for Eisner. Each story was hand-picked and is introduced by the likes of Paul Levitz, Denis Kitchen, Diana Schutz, Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell, Beau Smith, Craig Yoe and others! Plus five pages of Spirit pin-up art by Eisner. Clover Press, 2020...More. Item Code: SPIR80 Soft Cover, 7x10, 80pg, Partial Color $12.99 |
See more by Will Eisner and more of The Spirit. The latest collection of new Spirit stories is on sale: Will Eisner's The Spirit: The Corpse-Makers [WESPCH. $19.99, $9.99]. See Rare Books below for just-listed Kitchen Sink File copies. |
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PIRATES A Treasure of Comics to Plunder, Arrr!
Vintage stories, covers & art from Howard Pyle to pre-code comics. Highly Recommended. By Frazetta, Crandall, Ingels, Krigstein, Robert Webb et al. Bargain-priced new format from Clover Press. The same scurvy dogs who brought you Haunted Horror now share this booty of swashbuckling stories, cool covers and special artwork. Includes material from pre-code titles like Pirates, Mutiny,Black Swan and Buccaneers. By Frazetta we have a classic Dan Brand & Tipi story from Durango Kid; the nearly unknown but superb artist Mike Suchorsky draws the wonderful "The Sea Witch," from Pirates #1, from 1950; Black Roger is here from Quality's Buccaneers, and so is a great Reed Crandall Captain Daring story and a classic cover. Clover Press, 2020...More. Item Code: PIR01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 80pg, Full Color $12.99 |
In Rare Books you'll find The Book of Pirates [RB1487. $75], The Phantom tangles with The Google-eyed Pirates in the Story of... series [PHA10. $14.99], and Mickey Mouse meets The Pirates of Tasbasco Bay in Disney Masters Vol 7 [DM07H. Also from Clover Press: The Royal Book of Oz – Hardcover [ROYOH. $30] and deluxe signed, limited to 250 copies [ROYOD. $75]. We also have one last copy of the 1994 facsimile reprint of the 1934 edition of The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book [RB1450. $40]. As new, shrink wrapped with the separate waddle slide & characters in an envelope. Kevin Eastman's Totally Twisted Tales in 3 editions: Cover Variant [KEVTV. $16.99] and Covers A and B [KEVTA, KEVTB. $12.99 each]. |
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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE TRIGAN EMPIRE Volume 1 Our Highest Recommendation. By Mike Butterworth. Art by Don Lawrence. The first of a four-volume series collecting the landmark 1960s science fiction series which rivalled Game of Thrones in popularity in England, and was the precursor to every mythic sci-fi adventure to come! Now in a bargain-priced format, an amazing 300 full color pages, collecting the ground breaking fully painted artwork by the legendary Don Lawrence. Among distant stars, fractious tribes come together to wage war against aggressive kingdoms, battle alien invaders, and conceive of incredible new technologies. Rebellion, 2020...More. Item Code: RIS01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 304pg, Partial Color $24.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #3 The Art of Don Lawrence Closeout Price! Limited,1000! Our Highest Recommendation. By Diego Cordoba. Featuring Don Lawrence. From British art magazine Illustrators Quarterly comes a long overdue look at the illustrations and comic strip art of Don Lawrence. He is regarded as one of the truly greats of British comic strip art and there has never been a book devoted to his whole career. The volume has examples of his wonderful illustrations from Look and Learn, Ranger, and Once Upon a Time as well as comic strips Karl the Viking, Olac the Gladiator, better known in the U.S. due to long-ago editions, The Trigan Empire and Storm. Packed with breath-taking western art, adventure art and fantasy art. Book Palace, 2018. Out of Print....More. Item Code: IQS03 Magazine, 9x11, 144pg, Partial Color $34.99 $24.99 |
This is an outstanding book, but I dropped the price in March because I'd brought in a few more than sales warranted. It's a great tie-in with the Trigan Empire, since this was Lawrence's best-known series. Limited supply at this discounted price. Both books are imported from England. |
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GRETEL
Collects #1-5 & a bonus story. By Ben Meares. Art by Allan Otero. Gretel's story has been more nightmare than fairy tale ever since the tragic events of her childhood involving her brother and a maniacal witch. These events have left her cursed with a life that will span centuries and she gains the power of every witch she kills. Picking up directly after her debut in Grimm Universe Presents, we catch up after Gretel's latest conquest, gaining the power of premonition from a vanquished psychic witch. But when she has a vision foretelling the end of the world... Zenescope, 2020...More. Item Code: GRETE Soft Cover, 7x10, 146pg, Full Color $19.99 $17.99 |
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GRIMM UNIVERSE PRESENTS 2020
Five new stand-alone stories By Raven Gregory, Nick Bermel et al. Art by Salavatore Cuffari, Daniel Maine et al. "Moonlight Running" with Liesel Van Helsing; "Vile Creatures;" "Underworld Rising" with Ares, God of War and Lord Hades; "Terror to Come" with Skye Mathers from Neverland; "End of An Era, Birth of a Legend," a duel of a female samurai assassin, a corrupt lord and his beautiful compatriot, a witch, which precedes the coming Shang #1. All-new, never-released short stories, leading into the future of all things Grimm! Zenescope, 2020...More. Item Code: GRIMMU20 Comic, 7x10, 64pg, Full Color $7.99 |
See all of the Grimm Universe specials and Zenescope collections on our website. |
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THE FANTASTIC FICTION OF HANNES BOK
Three novels, artwork, essays, lots of extras. Highly Recommended. Introductions by Charles de Lint & Lin Carter. The Sorcerer's Ship, Beyond the Golden Stair and Starstone World. These aren't your conventional fantasies, although all the trappings are there. They have a sly humor with plots full of twists and turns, stories which take the reader on strange metaphysical paths, and glorious descriptions that could only come from someone with a painter's eye. Never-before-published Hannes Bok painting on the cover. All three of these books have been out-of-print for at least 48 years. American Fantasy Press, 2020...More. Item Code: FANHBH Hard Cover, 6x10, 448pg, Full Color $45.00 |
Coming but not yet in stock is the Deluxe Edition [FANHBD. $125]. It includes a matching cloth slipcase, with a bound-in signature page signed by artist Jim Pitts, Charles de Lint, William Lorenzo, and editor/publisher Bob Garcia. We have several more Bok items, but just one copy of each of these: Infinite Worlds, an art book of sci fi work edited by Vincent di Fate [INFWLD. $85], The Hannes Bok Showcase [RB394], The Hannes Bok Treasury [HANBTH], $90 each, and A Tribute to Hannes Bok, signed by Gerry de la Ree and limited to just 75 copies, this is #68. Hardcover, 1978 [RB451. |
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HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
Collects #1-6. By Mark Waid. Art by Javier Rodriguez. The Marvel Universe is a sprawling, interconnected web of rich history...and now, it's all coming together! Writer Mark Waid and artist Javier Rodriguez chronicle the definitive history of the Marvel Universe from its very beginnings to the modern day - and perhaps beyond! And woven through the moments you know is a brand-new tale featuring previously unknown secrets and shocking revelations, connecting dozens of threads from the Marvel Universe's past and present! From the Big Bang to the twilight of existence, this sweeping saga covers every significant Marvel event and provides fresh looks at the origins of every fan's favorite stories! It's the greatest tale ever told -and a story you've never seen before! Marvel, 2020...More. Item Code: HISMU Soft Cover, 9x13, 232, Full Color $29.99 $26.99 |
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SKY MASTERS OF THE SPACE FORCE Complete Sundays 1959-1960 Signed Hurt An absolutely must-have book. Publisher File Copy. Our Highest Recommendation. By Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. Introduction by Jon B. Cooke. From renowned letterer and comic expert Ferran Delgado, in collaboration with the Kirby Museum, comes this oversized deluxe book compiling for the first time ever the complete Sunday pages of Jack Kirby and Wally Wood's Sky Masters of the Space Force. Presented in meticulously remastered color along with dozens of never-before-reprinted panels often dropped from the page! And more extras, like twenty original color guides by Kirby himself, a huge section with original art, rare pieces, and essays by experts. Oversized. Signed and dated by Ferran Delgado. One corner of each copy is bumped, with a 1/2" to 1" long split in the binding. Its minor—it's pictured on our website listing. Amigo, 2018. Out of Print. Bumped corners....More. Item Code: SKYMSHR Hard Cover, 9x13, 128pg, Full Color $100.00 |
We are now sold out on the as-new publisher file copies of this outstanding book. But the publisher in Spain offered us 15 copies which are all slightly bumped, so we now offer these. This received extremely limited distribution in the U.S. before it sold out. I give it my Highest Recommendation, it's the finest-ever coverage of Kirby and Wood's syndicated newspaper series. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE SKY MASTERS OF THE SPACE FORCE The Complete Dailies 1958-61 Our Highest Recommendation. By Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. Jack Kirby's comic strip masterpiece is presented in an archival version featuring the complete dailies. Veteran scripters Dick and Dave Wood provided these late-1950s space/action adventure stories starring Sky Masters and his gang of intrepid followers, which closely resemble Kirby's work on Challengers of the Unknown (which was being published at the same time). Kirby's artwork is stunningly embellished by Wallace Wood and later by Marvel inker extraordinaire Dick Ayers. Hermes, 2017...More. Item Code: SKYMH Hard Cover, 10x9, 272pg, Partial Color $49.99 $42.50 |
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TELLING STORIES The Classic Comic Art of Frank Frazetta Super Deluxe Numbered
Closeout Price! Numbered & limited, 200! Highly Recommended. Fantasy art's most popular painter was also one of the most popular comic book illustrators during the industry's golden age. Telling Stories: The Classic Comic Art of Frank Frazetta celebrates the rare and largely forgotten stories created five decades ago by this iconic artist. These jungle adventures, true-life tales of heroism, and dreamy love stories not only exhibit the skill of a master craftsman but also provide tantalizing glimpses of where the young artist's career would ultimately take him. Underwood Books, 2008. Out of Print....More. Item Code: TELSSD Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 192pg, Partial Color $500.00 $150.00 |
| Also available, we have five copies left of the deluxe lettered edition, from just 26 copies. The cover is the same as on the super deluxe above. But it comes with an extra full color print of WSF #29 and is bound in two kinds of leather. See the description online, there is a minor offsetting issue on the endpapers common to all copies. |
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TELLING STORIES The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta Hardcover Slipcased
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Art by Frank Frazetta. Fantasy art's most popular painter was also one of the most popular comic book illustrators during the industry's golden age. Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta celebrates the rare and largely forgotten stories created five decades ago by this iconic artist. These jungle adventures, true-life tales of heroism, and dreamy love stories not only exhibit the skill of a master craftsman but also provide tantalizing glimpses of where the young artist's career would ultimately take him. Hardcover in slipcase! This was the ONLY trade edition of this book. Underwood Books, 2008...More. Item Code: TELSH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 192pg, Partial Color $49.95 $24.95 |
Free with any order for any Frazetta book we have: include this code [FFIB] and we'll send you a very cool 12-page brochure promoting Icon, published as a dealer promotion in 1998. |
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FRANK FRAZETTA ICON
Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Frank Frazetta's paintings and illustrations have set the standard for fantasy artists for the past 50 years. His art continues to exert a tremendous influence over collectors of classic comic and sci-fi art, who pay record-setting auction prices for his original works. This lushly produced, large-format retrospective follows Frazetta's career from his apprenticeships at various publishers in the 1940s, to his 1950s breakthrough with the "Buck Rogers" and "Lil' Abner" series, to his powerfully erotic compositions for the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the famous "Conan" illustrations for Robert E. Howard. Underwood Books, 1998. Out of Print.. Very Fine minus. Light thumbing and damp stain on the first 25 pages....More. Item Code: RB1434 Hard Cover, 9x12, 164pg, Full Color $90.00 |
We also have two copies that both come with a second variant jacket featuring The Sea Witch, done for the Deluxe Limited Edition; [RB277, Fine, and RB1138, Very Fine, $120 each]. We also have one copy of the revised softcover Icon with a new cover and 32 more pages [RB1434. $100] and finally, one copy of the signed, limited deluxe, #311 from 1200 in slipcase, with 16 bonus pages not in the trade edition. Facsimile Frazetta signature on illustrated limitation page. [RB1114. $600, $500]. |
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THE ART OF DEAN CORNWELL
Limited, 900! Third Printing. Our Highest Recommendation. By Daniel Zimmer. Filled with beautiful illustrations reproduced almost exclusively from the original paintings and drawings.This spectacular book explores Cornwell (1892-1960), American illustrator and muralist. His oil paintings were frequently featured in popular magazines and books as literary illustrations, advertisements, and posters supporting the war effort. Throughout the first half of the 20th century he was a dominant presence in American illustration. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the "Dean of Illustrators". Illustrated Press, 2020. Due May. ...More. Item Code: ARTDCH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color $44.95 |
We normally have more time to announce books from Illustrated Press, but this one got ahead of us. It is expected any day now, a new printing of this outstanding and ever-popular art book. We also have ONE copy of the only other book ever done on Cornwell, Dean of Illustrators, which is completely different. It was first published in 1978 and at one time copies of it sold for $500-$1000. This is the reprint from 2000. [RB891]. I've just now reduced the price from |
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MARVEL ART OF SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN
Recommended. By John Rhett Thomas. Art by Boris Vallejo, Michael Kaluta et al. The best art of the legendary Savage Sword in a deluxe art book. With his massive success in Marvel's line of color comics and a test run in mag Savage Tales, the decision was made to spin Conan off into his own magazine with longer, more mature stories and art in black and white. Conan took on a new savagery under masters such as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema and Ernie Chan. The series' fully painted covers offered gorgeous illustrations by Boris Vallejo, Michael Kaluta, Earl Norem and many others. . Due Aug. ...More. Item Code: MARVASH Hard Cover, 8x11, 224pg, Full Color $50.00 $39.95 |
See our website for three Savage Sword of Conan Omnibus collections [SAVS01H, etc. |
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THE ART OF FRANK CHO A Twenty-Year Retrospective Signed
Signed! Highly Recommended. Frank Cho and Flesk have partnered again to create a big, career-spanning art book. It features over 300 pages and includes over 400 pieces of art, his first full career overview. This features work from early student days, personal paintings and a section on his creator-owned properties, followed by an extensive overview of his adventure and superhero work. Frank provides fresh commentary throughout to reveal great insight into his art and his creative process. An interview covers his recent projects. Flesk, 2020. Due Aug. ...More. Item Code: ARTFCHS Hard Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Full Color $59.95 |
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THE ART OF FRANK CHO A Twenty-Year Retrospective Highly Recommended. Frank Cho and Flesk have partnered again to create a big, career-spanning art book. It features over 300 pages and includes over 400 pieces of art, his first full career overview. This features work from early student days, personal paintings and a section on his creator-owned properties, followed by an extensive overview of his adventure and superhero work. Frank provides fresh commentary throughout to reveal great insight into his art and his creative process. An interview covers his recent projects. Flesk, 2020. Due Aug. ...More. Item Code: ARTFC Hard Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Full Color $40.00 |
See our website for more Frank Cho art books, comic book archives, and statues. We just listed several of the Liberty Meadows books, from $30 to $60, just one each. And we still have this bargain: |
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AVAILABLE NOW! LIBERTY MEADOWS Cover Girl Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. By Frank Cho. The complete collection of all of Cho's covers for all Liberty Meadows comics and books, starring the gorgeous Brandy--and far more. An all-new cover on the dust jacket, a silver-embossed red cloth binding, and a behind the scenes look at the development of some of the favorite pin-up style images of Brandy and the gang. Each color piece is accompanied by the original b&w version. Also includes a special pin-up section. Frank continues to be one of the most in-demand and popular good-girl artists in comics. Image, 2006...More. Item Code: LIBMH Hard Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Partial Color $24.99 $12.50 |
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GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS OMNIBUS Volume 2
Collects Marvel Comics #13-24, 1940-41. Highly Recommended. By Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos et al. In its second year, the Marvel Mystery all stars settled in with the fiery Human Torch by Carl Burgos and the unparalleled stories of The Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett. But they also added super heroes galore: Simon & Kirby's Vision begins in #13 and is in every issue, the all-American Patriot and the wild robot Electro. Backed up by boy sleuth Terry Vance, the pre-comics jungle king Ka-Zar and the noir adventurer the Angel, beautifully drawn by Paul Gustavson. Each issue delivered 64 pages of nonstop 1940s action! Marvel, 2020. Due Sept. ...More. Item Code: GOLM02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 832pg, Full Color $150.00 $125.00 |
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THE ART OF RICHARD EURICH
By Andrew Lambirth. This is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of the entire career of British artist Richard Eurich (1903-1992). Eurich was a draughtsman, landscape painter, teacher, war artist, autobiographer, marine painter extraordinaire, portrait painter, figure painter, satirist, genre painter, visual poet of the beach, and occasional sculptor. And on occasion he'd paint "the mysterious and unseen." He settled on the coast of England and marine paintings became a specialty. During World War II he was a war artist. Lund Hunphries, 2020. Due Sept. ...More. Item Code: ARTREH Hard Cover, 9x11, 192pg, Full Color $79.99 $69.99 |
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FUEL TO THE FIRE The Art of Tomer Hanuka
Recommended. Discover the magical realism that makes Tomer Hanuka so popular in this exceptional art book celebrating the award-winning illustrator's art. A massive 300-page monograph filled with illustrations and comic book art that has graced the pages of The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Criterion, and more. This showcases Hanuka's most iconic and exclusive masterpieces, including all of his famous covers for The New Yorker and his award-winning recreations of movie posters (The Graduate, Star Wars, Akira, and every Kubrick film). Cernunnos, 2020. Due Sept. ...More. Item Code: FUELH Hard Cover, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color $49.95 $44.95 |
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THE ETERNALS The Complete Saga Omnibus
By Jack Kirby, Peter B. Gillis et al. Art by Sal Buscema, Mark Texeira et al. When Jack Kirby returned to Marvel in the 1970s, scores of amazing concepts would spring forth from his limitless imagination - and The Eternals was his mind-blowing masterpiece! Kirby unveiled a secret history of humanity, races known as Eternals and Deviants, and a host of towering Celestials come to bear judgment on the Earth! It was a jaw-dropping saga that could have only come from the King of comics. And after Kirby's tenure ended, creators including Peter B. Gillis, Sal Buscema, Walter Simonson, Roy Thomas and Mark Texeira continued to weave stories within the epic mythology that he created! Now, thrill to the complete classic saga of the Eternals! Marvel, 2020. Due Sept. ...More. Item Code: ETERCH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1120pg, Full Color $125.00 $105.00 |
See more Kirby Omnibus editions and more of Jack's work in general, on our website. |
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THE MARVEL ART OF ADAM KUBERT
By Jess Harrold. The son of an industry pioneer who became a comic book legend in his own right, Adam Kubert's momentous contribution to the Marvel Universe is celebrated in this lavishly illustrated art book! Follow Adam's career from the Wolverine and Uncanny X-Men runs that made him a fan-favorite, through his sensational stints illustrating such Marvel icons as the Hulk, Spider-Man and Captain America -and his modernized versions of classic characters in Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Fantastic Four! And don't forget Adam's blockbuster series, including Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine and Avengers vs. X-Men! Featuring behind-the-scenes artwork demonstrating Adam Kubert's creative process, a gallery of rarely seen variant covers and a vast array of action-packed artwork from his three-decade long association with the House of Ideas -including his recent return to Wolverine for the Dawn of X! Marvel, 2020. Due Sept. ...More. Item Code: MARAKH Hard Cover, 8x11, Full Color $50.00 $39.95 |
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UNCANNY X-MEN Omnibus Volume 2
New printing. X-Men #132-153 and LOTS more. Highly Recommended. By Chris Claremont, Mary Jo Duffy, Scott Edelman, Bob Layton. Art by John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, John Romita and Brent Anderson. Claremont, Cockrum and Byrne took the cancelled X-Men and turned it into the all-new, all-different titan that became the most popular and best-selling Marvel title of the 1970s and 1980s. Here is "The Dark Phoenix Saga," "Days of Future Past," and much more in this enormous Omnibus! Including the first appearances of Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde, the debut of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Wolverine's first solo story, the original ending of "Dark Phoenix" where Jean Grey lived, a rare adventure into the Savage Land and a host of bonus stories. Marvel, 2020. Due Sept. ...More. Item Code: UX02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 912pg, Full Color $100.00 $85.00 |
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The Art of the Fantastic - $70.00 The Simon & Kirby Library: Science Fiction - $50.00 Alex Nino's Fantasy Worlds Portfolio - $60.00 Pulp Culture - $30.00 Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress - $50.00 Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 - $40.00
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New Signage We have a very wonderful local customer, Glenn Ridge, who has also become a friend. Glenn's also an artist and all-around practical handyman type, now that he's retired. He noticed our wooden sign out front was sadly deteriorating after years of weather here. So too was the metal sign on our door. So he volunteered to restore both, perhaps a bit before he realized quite how much was involved. We gained new redwood posts, new framing, and some fine, meticulous artistic work. And he quietly pulled it off, without even walking in the door, since we're not open to the public during this virus. And he did a beautiful job. So I wanted to share this, we are so pleased. |
| A funny side story—our landlord sent someone by to clear up several downed branches and debris caused by a major snowfall we had a couple of weeks back. This fellow saw Glenn sawing off the rotted posts and taking away the sign. Our landlord emailed me, were we closing and he was the last one to find out? I wasted no time setting things straight, assuring him we have no plans for a change. In fact, we're every landlord's dream, in the same building here for 34 years. |
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This is an interesting new publisher. One reason I wanted to point them out to our customers is that Craig Yoe is already putting together projects with them, such as the Pirates book above. And of course they enlisted Denis Kitchen & friends to do the Spirit 80th Celebration. So they already have a good track record, not to mention that co-founder Ted Adams is the former CEO of graphic novel publisher IDW. They plan to release prose works (like the Road to Oz, above), graphic novels, art books, and other material. Here's more, taken from an article in Publisher's Weekly: Clover Press, [Ted Adams] said, will focus on “the book trade and the direct market (or comics shop market) with an extremely eclectic list of titles,” including genre fiction and licensed properties. He said the house will be “a boutique publisher,” and release no more than two to three books a month offering both original titles and reprints of classic works. Although the house is aligned with IDW, Adams said Clover Press titles will not be distributed by IDW.
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Covid 19 Update We are continuing to ship on time and get in new items, as you can see above. It pays off to be small and flexible in this case, and also we are in a rural county (in the foothills of the Sierras, 60 miles from the nearest city, Sacramento). There are a very low number of cases here. Thank you to all of you for your well wishes. Diamond Comics just announced a layoff of their staff, after they stopped shipping new product as of April 1. However, we've just confirmed they are (or were) still shipping reorders only, as we have a couple boxes coming. Publishers not shipping are CAV (adult videos), ERB Inc (though they keep promising to soon), Flesk Publishing, Houghton Mifflin and teNeues. This is affecting a small number of backlist titles for us, but otherwise we are getting new items and restocks as usual.
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Out of Print Report From Olivia, the Dita Von Teese and Masimi Max Enamel Pins are now gone. The Collected Sergio Toppi Volume 2 is OP, and only one copy left--but I anticipate a new printing since they did that with Vol 1. And the Silver Surfer Parable 30th Anniversary is sold out, too. ~Bud |
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