Thursday, July 2, 2020

Frank Cho Retrospective, The Art of Mead Schaeffer, Archie’s Rivals, Johnny Dynamite, The Silver Surfer, Neil Gaiman and Jack Kirby.

Big week, two killer new books: one from Frank Cho, today's hottest artist, and the other about Mead Schaeffer, one of the highest paid illustrators of the 1920s-50s. Plus Archie's Rivals, Johnny Dynamite, The Silver Surfer Omnibus, Neil Gaiman Library, Absolute Fourth World, and four new Sale books. Plus a review of Secondary Superheroes, Overstreet news, Bruce Timm's The Big Tease and more.

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Frank Cho

 
THE ART OF FRANK CHO A Twenty-Year Retrospective Signed
Exclusively available from the publisher and us. Signed illustrated bookplate! Our Highest Recommendation. This edition is ONLY available from the publisher. By special arrangement, we are the only retailer getting copies, to which we've added a bookplate signed by Frank, with a special drawing taken from the book. 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 like Liberty Meadows and Brandy, followed by an extensive overview of his adventure and superhero work for Marvel and DC on major characters from Harley Quinn to Batwoman. Frank provides fresh commentary throughout to reveal great insight into his art and his creative process. An interview covers his recent projects. Flesk, 2020...More.

Item Code: ARTFCHS
Hard Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Full Color
$59.95

 

ALSO AVAILABLE IN SOFT COVER
THE ART OF FRANK CHO A Twenty-Year Retrospective
Our Highest Recommendation. The soft cover edition does not include the signed bookplate.

Flesk, 2020...More.

Item Code: ARTFC
Soft Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Full Color
$40.00

The artwork on our catalog cover, above, is also featured along with other early Brandy work in this new collection. It's REALLY big and impressive! See our website for much more by Frank, including his latest from Marvel comics, and the new Jungle Girl Omnibus.

 
BACK IN STOCK & SIGNED
DRAWING BEAUTIFUL WOMEN Studio Edition Signed
Closeout Price! Signed on the book itself! Artist's Edition-size. Highly Recommended. By Frank Cho. This deluxe edition has an extra 16-page section with bonus artwork, an exclusive Frank Cho interview, and an alternate cover featuring a new painting. Two gatefolds are included. Frank Cho, the acclaimed creator of Liberty Meadows, shares his secrets to drawing the lovely women he is renowned for. A storytelling chapter is highlighted by an all-new, eleven-page adventure premiering Cho's Jungle Queen. The majority of the art shown here has been created specifically for this collection This is as much an art book, beautifully displaying Frank's work, as it is a how-to-book. Enhanced by Frank Cho's wit in his personal comments, for a fun and playful experience. Flesk, 2014. Mature Readers...More.

Item Code: DRBWD
Hard Cover, 12x17, 140pg, Full Color
$150.00 $50.00

One of our best sellers this year is this bargain-priced book. We had signed copies—when we ran out of those, we added a signed bookplate. But due to Frank's very busy schedule, we ran out of these and went back to just regular unsigned copies. Now we have another batch of these, and each one is signed once again in the book itself—he did them at the same time as he signed all of our bookplates for the Frank Cho Retrospective, above. Take warning—publisher John Fleskes has just a small number for us left after this batch is gone.

 
THE LIFE AND ART OF MEAD SCHAEFFER
Limited, 900. Our Highest Recommendation. By David Apatoff. Mead Schaeffer was one of the foremost illustrators of the "romantic era" of American fiction, working in much the same style as N.C. Wyeth and Dean Cornwell, who were both mentors to him, illustrating top-selling adventure books and magazine stories, and influenced by the great Howard Pyle. He worked for decades producing atmospheric and evocative illustrations and his romantic, swashbuckling, and theatrical paintings ultimately earned him a spot in the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. In the 1930s and during World War II his style changed to a more realistic but equally superb one...and he was featured on cover after cover of major magazines. Illustrated Press, 2020...More.

Item Code: LIFMSH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color
$44.95

All advance orders for this shipped out this week, thank you! We also just got in a nice batch of 12 out of print Illustration Magazine back issues, see them all here. Click on the banner above for all items from The Illustrated Press, and click here to see just the books.

 

Comic Book Archives

 
JOHNNY DYNAMITE EXPLOSIVE PRE-CODE CRIME COMICS
1953-88. Highly Recommended. By Ken Fitch et al. Art by Pete Morisi et al. Introductions by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty. Fight crime alongside the one-eyed, two-fisted Chicago private eye in these explosive comics from the early 1950s! At the height of the Mickey Spillane crime novel craze of the early 1950s came Johnny Dynamite to rival Mike Hammer in wild, sexy yarns...in the comics! Illustrated by Pete Morisi, who was an actual policeman, and written by Ken Fitch, here is the entire run from the rare Dynamite Comics (1953-55), plus the 1987 revival where he meets Ms. Tree, by Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) and Terry Beatty (Rex Morgan, M.D.). The Complete Adventures of Pete Morisi's Wild Man of Chicago, IDW...More.

Item Code: JOHDH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99

You'll find more about Pete Morisi in Alter Ego #158, 159 and 164, and he's in three of the PS Artbooks Pre-Code Classics. See these all on our website.

 
SILVER SURFER Omnibus Volume 1
New Printing - first published 2007. Silver Surfer #1-18 + more, 1968-70. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas et al. Norrin Radd sacrificed himself to save his planet and his true love Shalla-Bal from the world-devourer Galactus but the price was servitude as mighty Galactus' herald, the Silver Surfer! Now, exiled on Earth, the Surfer struggles to understand the beauty and humanity of mortal men, and nobly seeks to heal the rifts that separate man from his brothers. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the pages of Fantastic Four, here are the first amazing issues of the Surfer's own title, with Lee's socially conscious writing and Kirby's mind-blowing cosmic concepts -- joined by the one and only John Buscema! Marvel, 2020...More.

Item Code: SILS01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 576pg, Full Color
$100.00 $85.00

 
ABSOLUTE FOURTH WORLD BY JACK KIRBY Volume 1
Collects Jimmy Olsen #133-139, 141-148, New Gods #1-11, Forever People #1-11, Mister Miracle #1-18 & more. Recommended. By Jack Kirby. Jack Kirby's mind-boggling "Fourth World" saga is collected in an Absolute Edition, his entire runs on these four series in a single volume. These comics spanned galaxies, from the streets of Metropolis to the far-flung twin worlds of New Genesis and Apokolips, as cosmic-powered heroes and villains struggle for supremacy, and the world-conquering Darkseid takes on the heroes of Earth. After co-creating much of the Marvel Universe, Kirby moved to DC Comics in 1970, to write and illustrate four interlocking series known collectively as "The Fourth World," considered the magnum opus of his solo work. DC Comics, 2020...More.

Item Code: ABFW01H
Hard Cover, 8x12, 816pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00

Looking for other Absolute collections? See our website.

 
PRE-CODE CLASSICS Beware! Terror Tales Volume 2
Collects #5-8, 1953, and The Man From Planet X, 1952. Recommended. Art by Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff et al. Here's a rich gathering from above-average publisher Fawcett, plus a far-out bonus movie adaptation, The Man From Planet XBeware is a great anthology comic featuring horror hosted by "The Mummy" and with contributors Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff, Maurice Gutwirth, Bob McCarty, Harry Harrison, Bob Powell, Anthony Cataldo, Bill Discount, and Kurt Schaffenberger. Includes a classic skeleton cover, people being cooked (!), cool Toth-ish art and much more. PS Artbooks, 2020...More.

Item Code: PCBTT02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$24.99

Volume 1 is also available at $24.99, or check out the two hardcover volumes at $46.99 each.

These $24.99 softcovers have just begun appearing from PS, and we welcome them. Sales are good. See the other softcover titles on our website, as well as all of our on-sale hardcovers and slipcased editions.

 

Graphic Novels

 
NEIL GAIMAN LIBRARY Volume 1
Deluxe hardcover with bonus material. Recommended. By Neil Gaiman and Rafael Scavone. Art by Rafael Albuquerque, P. Craig Russell et al. In these four essential Gaiman tales, a familiar detective finds himself at the heart of a Lovecraftian nightmare on Baker Street, a strange man delves into the heartbreaking mystery of a divine murder in paradise, teenage boys find that approaching girls can lead to more danger than romance, and a verbose gothic writer finds his true calling amidst family duels. Collects the full graphic novels A Study in EmeraldMurder MysteriesHow to Talk to Girls at Parties, and Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire in a single deluxe hardcover volume, along with bonus material from each book. Dark Horse, 2020...More.

Item Code: NGLIB01H
Hard Cover, 8x12, 312pg, Full Color
$49.99 $39.99

Volume 2 was just announced, so this looks to be a regular series (sorry, it's not on the website yet).

See more by Neil Gaiman on our website.

 
BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM A Serious House on Serious Earth
Includes the complete original script and notes and bonus cover art. By Grant Morrison. Art by Dave McKean. Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's timeless, genre-bending tale Batman: Arkham Asylum is brought back to its classic beauty in this new edition! Batman faces his most dangerous foes and his inner demons in order to retake Arkham Asylum from the grips of The Joker, Poison Ivy, Two-Face and many more. Includes the long, complete script with notes, and a bonus section of collection cover paintings, convention sketches, and more artwork. The origins of the television show and modern Batman/Joker mythos is right here. DC, 2020...More.

Item Code: BATAAH
Soft Cover, 7x10, 248pg, Full Color
$19.99 $17.99

 
THE MARKED Volume 1 Fresh Ink
Recommended. By David Hine and Brian Haberlin. Art by Brian Haberlin. The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world from evil forces. After years of no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure -- that is, until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of hybrid sorcery. The party is over for The Marked. You'll believe in magic -- terrifying, soul-destroying magic. Includes variant covers and several double-pages of previously unpublished artwork. Very well drawn. Image, 2020...More.

Item Code: MAR01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color
$16.99 $15.50

 
ISOLA Chapter Two
Collects #6-10. Highly Recommended. By Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl. Art by Karl Kerschl and Msassyk. In the second collection of Brenden Fletcher & Karl Kerschl's Eisner-nominated series, Queen Olwyn and Captain Rook find themselves far off course, without supplies or any hope of breaking the evil spell trapping Olwyn in the form of a magical blue tiger. The companions will face grave new threats and uncover long-held secrets in their quest to find Isola, the land of the dead, where they hope to return the Queen of Maar to human form before war breaks out. Beautifully drawn, unusual storyline that we like. Image Comics, 2020...More.

Item Code: ISOL02
Soft Cover, 6x10, 136pg, Full Color
$16.99

Volume 1 is also available [ISOL01. $9.99].  Beautiful artwork, interesting story, we like it.

 
JAMES BOND ORIGIN Volume 2
Collects #7-12. Recommended. By Jeff Parker. Art by Ibrahim Moustafa. It is late 1940, World War II rages, and teenage James Bond has lied about his age to join the Royal Navy. And now he's part of a new government secret service. A Norwegian supply ship carrying gold mysteriously sinks. A Russian crew claims the Nazis are responsible. Royal Navy Lieutenant James Bond suspects foul play and travels to Norway and Russia and back to England, to repay a debt to a dead man. James is already a card-playing, death-defying agent who gives 110% for his country...and the ladies. Includes an amazing 25 variant covers for the issues covered here. Dynamite, 2020...More.

Item Code: JAM02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 148pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99

Volume 1 is the same discounted price. Also see Live and Let Die (same price again), James Bond Black Box (on sale $24.99, $14.99), and The Classic Comic Strip Collection 1958-60 and 1960-66, Special Order: [CIFJB01H. $39.95 each].

 

Comics History from McFarland

 
ARCHIE RIVALS IN TEEN COMICS 1940-1970s An Illustrated History Signed
Signed bookplate! Highly Recommended. By Michelle Nolan. This is the first book to comprehensively examine the multitude of non-Archie teen humor comic books, including girls and boys such as Miss America, Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, and Millie the Modelfrom Atlas/Marvel; Judy Foster, Buzzy, Binky and Scribbly from DC; Candy from Quality Comics; Ginger and Suzie from MLJ/Archie, Jetta, Slick Chick, Teena, Farmer's Daugher, Hap Hazard and dozens of others. It covers, often for the first time, the history of the characters, who drew them, why (or why not) they succeeded. Highlights and unusual stories, major plotlines and a history of the development of each series. 70 cover reproductions. McFarland, 2020...More.

Item Code: ARCRIS
Soft Cover, 6x9, 250pgs, Text/Partial Color
$39.95

 
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LOVE ON THE RACKS Signed
Signed bookplate! Highly Recommended. By Michelle Nolan. This is the first book to examine the cultural phenomenon of romance comics, which flourished from 1947 until the 1970s. Noted comics historian and collector Michelle Nolan covers the origins, the boom and bust, and each individual title in detail. Includes information on types of romance comics--the good and the awful--creators, from Simon and Kirby to Matt Baker, and a myriad of artists better known for their superhero, sci-fi and horror work! And pin-up art galore, with lots and lots of cover and splash page art. McFarland, 2008...More.

Item Code: LOVRA
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 230pg, Text/Partial Color
$29.95

 
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SECONDARY SUPERHEROES OF GOLDEN AGE COMICS
Highly Recommended. By Lou Mougin. When Superman debuted in 1938, he ushered in the superhero—Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Captain America, hundreds of new characters. But what about the many less well-known heroes who lined up to fight crooks, super villains and Hitler? Such as the Shield, the Black Terror, the Golden Age Daredevil, Amazing Man, Cat-Man (and Kitten), Dynamic Man, the Blue Beetle, the Hollywood starlet turned crime fighter The Black Cat? Publisher by publisher, this well-respected author covers in detail 14 offbeat outfits including Centaur, Fox, Prize, Ace, Harvey, Hillman, MLJ, Nedor (Standard), Lev Gleason, etc. Each unique character is examined, even if they made just a solo appearance. McFarland, 2020...More.

Item Code: SECSG
Soft Cover, 7x10, 438pg, Text/b&w
$75.00

Click on this book, then click on “Reviews” for a full-blown, major review of comics historian Michelle Nolan—yes, the same author of Archie's Rivals and Love on the Racks.

Click here for all of our McFarland books:

The Great Monster Magazines [GREMON. $29.95]

The British Comic Book Invasion [BRITCO. $39.95, $29.95]

The Horror Comic Never Dies [HORCOM. $29.95, $19.95]

Superheroines and the Epic Journey [SUPEJ. $19.99, $14.99]

Film Fatales [FILFA. $29.95, $19.95]

Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History [CLAI. $35]

A History of the Doc Savage Adventures [HSDS. $25]

Our supply of on-sale titles is extremely limited--these will not be restocked once sold out.

 

New on Sale

 
PIN-UPS NIGHT AND DAY
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Art by Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran, Al Buell, Edward d'Ancona et al. This gift book--available in three striking cover options shipped to customers at random--offers flirtatious and fun 1940s and 50s illustrations. Irresistible pinup ladies bring teasing frivolity to a range of everyday situations, organized thematically from morning to evening. From sun-kissed beauties at the beach to ski bunnies hitting the slopes, bedside nurses ready to take your temperature to scantily clad runaways, rakish shipmates to not-so-conscientious secretaries, these smiling cuties are ready for fun. Flammarion, 2017. Out of Print....More.

Item Code: PINNH
Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 4x7, 160pg, Full Color
$19.95 $9.98

Check out our special Pin-Up section on the website for more. You can search by newest or by lowest price.

 
SUPERMAN The War Years 1938-1945
New lower price! 20+ Complete Stories--and far more! Highly Recommended. By Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. Edited by Roy Thomas. Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 shows how his introduction at the start of World War II lifted the spirits of a country and brought people the hero they so desperately needed. And began the entire super hero explosion in comic books that continues today. This begins with stories from Action Comics #1 and 2, and Superman #1, and continues with stories from Action #22 and 23, Superman #2, 8, 10, 12, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 34, and from World's Finest #15. Chartwell, 2015...More.

Item Code: SUPWYH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color
$24.99 $19.99

This isn't a typical discount for a sale book, but this was first published as a kind of sale book, what we call a “promotional” book, where the price is purposely low—a hardcover for just $25. But we got a deal on these, so we were able to reduce the price a bit more. It's a great collection, trust me.

We have only three copies left of the matching volume, Batman: The War Years [BATWYH. $24.99]. The third book in this series, Wonder Woman: The War Years, was the first to sell out.

 
SPARRING WITH GIL KANE Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Art by Gil Kane and others. Introduction by Gary Groth. Preface by Howard Chaykin. Gil Kane drew every major comic book character in his 50-year career — from Spider-Man and the Hulk to Superman and Batman — and conceived and drew independent “graphic novels” long before the term had any meaning to the larger public. He was also a fascinating raconteur and a formidable analyst, critic, and theorist of comics, a medium he loved. Included in this collection are interviews Kane conducted with a wide array of cartoonists: newspaper strip artists such as Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) and Walt Kelly (Pogo); fellow comic book creators such as Harvey Kurtzman; underground cartoonists Robert Crumb and Jack Jackson; and the literary critic Donald Phelps. Fantagraphics, 2018...More.

Item Code: SPARG
Soft Cover, 8x9, 308pg, Text/b&w
$22.99 $11.99

You'll find plenty more with Gil Kane on our website.

 
WALT KELLY'S OUR GANG Volume 4 1946-1947
Closeout Price!Our Gang #24-30, 1946-47. Recommended. By Walt Kelly. Introduction by Steve Thompson. Cover by Jeff Smith. The Rascals are back in another collection of full-color vintage comic book adventures created by the legendary Walt Kelly (Pogo)--including a four-issue storyline (almost a graphic novel!) in which Froggie and the Gang (including Julip the Goat) ship out with Professor Gravy on his showboat for an engagement downriver, which results (of course) in a series of action-paced adventures involving fisticuffs, gunfire, fireworks, and horse thieves. Fantagraphics, 2010...More.

Item Code: OG04
Soft Cover, 7x9, 118pg, Full Color
$14.99 $9.99

These last two are more Fantagraphics Sale books. You can see all the Fantagraphics sale titles here. And at the bottom of this email, see the box for all of our Publisher White Sales.

We have 29 more items with Walt Kelly: out of print goodies like 1950s Pogo volumes, more recent compilations, his fairy tale work for Dell Comics...check it out.

 

3...2...1...Gone

 
 
Here's another batch of 50 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. Click the links to see the previous groups listed in March, April, May & June.
 

Coming in October

 
JLA By Grant Morrison Omnibus
Art by Howard Porter. In 1996, Grant Morrison--the visionary writer of The Invisibles, Animal Man, Doom Patrol and more--joined forces with artist Howard Porter to relaunch the Justice League of America in JLA. They revitalized this seminal series by gathering DC's greatest heroes--Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter--and propelling these icons into inventive, modern stories with the highest of stakes. Based now on the moon, the JLA took on classic threats including the White Martians, the Injustice Gang, and the Key as well as new foes like Prometheus. DC Comics, 2020. Due Oct. ...More.

Item Code: JLAGH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1504pg, Full Color
$150.00 $125.00

See our website for more Justice League and Justice Society collections.

 

Rare & Out of Print

 
 

This week we added a dozen out of print issues of Illustration Magazine, including a first edition of issue #1. Click here to see them all.

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Mature Readers

We haven't seen a new collection from Royo in some time, but this makes up for the wait. Two hardcover volumes in an illustrated slipcase. One caveat—These come from Italy, and in transit most of our copies had minor bumps to the cardboard slipcase. We felt it would be fruitless to try and get perfect copies from overseas—it's hard enough lately from domestic publishers. So these are as-is, almost as-new!

Also by Royo, we have a previous slipcased set, 3 volumes, 2003, Prohibited [RB1150. $150] and the Luis Royo Batgirl Statue — one copy left [LRBATG. $249, $149]. And he's in the 1996 Spectrum Volume 3 [SPE03. $45].

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News and Notes

 

The New Overstreet Price Guide

was scheduled to come out for the San Diego Comic-Con in July. With the show cancelled and distribution disrupted, it's been rescheduled for September 2. We will have it listed shortly.


Coming Items

As I've announced already, once our new software system is working on July 27, we will require payment up front for coming items. We sincerely regret this change in policy, and we will work hard to customize the software asap to return, if possible, to our old system of ship and then bill your card.

Until the switchover, you can still order any coming item or out of stock item, or special order item, with no payment until shipment is made. For example, The Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta, the next Spectrum Annual, etc!


Adventureman by Matt Fraction and Terry & Rachael Dodson

Reading the first issue makes me want to handle the comic. But handling $3.99 comics doesn't work for us! So check this out at your local comic store, from Image Comics. Cross your fingers like I have, that we'll have a collection soon. It's AMAZING and it's 64—yes, 64 pages of comics!!


Secondary Superheroes Review by Michelle Nolan

I mentioned this above along with the book...but if you missed it, please check out Michelle Nolan's fine review of this equally fine book. The $75 price tag put me off initially, but rarely have I seen more information packed into one volume. Here's an excerpt:

...you may well be basically tantalized enough by the almost overwhelming wealth of information in Mougin's book to seek out the original comics or at least reprints.

Early in 1965, however, neither Bud nor I were even remotely aware of almost all the dozens upon dozens of characters Mougin covers. It took both of us several years, the better part of a decade, to learn the basic information Mougin presents in one highly informative volume.

Rather than produce a dry, alphabetical compendium, Mougin presents a remarkable amount of information the right way, indeed the best way, while using characters from major publishers DC, Marvel, Quality and Fawcett to provide insightful context.

The first 13 chapters include one chapter each on the definitely secondary but still certainly important companies -- Centaur, Fox, Harvey, MLJ, Nedor, Lev Gleason, Novelty, Hillman, Prize, Street & Smith, Columbia, Holyoke, Ace and Chesler.


Here's an example about just one chapter:

One of my favorite Golden Age companies, Lev Gleason Comics, is lovingly detailed in Chapter 6. Although characters like Silver Streak and Pat Patriot provide colorful examples of early Golden Age storytelling, Mougin shows why Daredevil and Crimebuster had their own best-selling titles for a long time.

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Mostly written by Gleason editor Charles Biro, Chuck Chandler (Crimebuster) in Boy Comics along with Daredevil and his kid gang, The Little Wise Guys, in Daredevil Comics were vividly portrayed in what Mougin shows to be some of the goriest superhero stories of the Golden Age. But after World War II, Crimebuster and Daredevil each spent several years starring in possibly the most socially responsible of all hero stories, taking on conditions that spurred crime and juvenile delinquency.

The 14th chapter is fittingly titled Everybody Else.

Off-hand, I could not find a single super hero ignored from the companies so thoroughly covered in the first 13 chapters. That's saying something, because I have been among the most avid of comics historians for more than 50 years. And if Lou forgot anyone in Everybody Else, well, I wouldn't worry about it.

If you read one book on old comic books this year, you could not go wrong with this volume. You will also find compelling the dozens of cover reproductions of comic books most readers will be seeing for the first time.


The Big Tease by Bruce Timm

Okay, if you read this far, here's the payoff. The new Bruce Timm book, The Big Tease, a Naughty and Nice Collection, also came in this week. Diamond just last week announced this, so it will not be in comic shops for at least two months. This week was so packed with great new books, we decided to feature Bruce next week. But you can tack it onto your order NOW, it's here.

Independence Day

We will be closed tomorrow in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. Today we were able to ship out all orders placed before 2:00pm pacific time, and earlier this week we shipped all pre-orders for Frank Cho, The Big Tease, Mead Schaeffer and Berserk Deluxe Volume 5. Thank you for your continued support, and we hope you have a happy and safe holiday!

~Bud

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