Thursday, February 24, 2022

Illustration #75, Berni Wrightson’s Monster Color Book, Diego Rivera, Django Reinhart, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robots!

Berni Wrightson is back in The Monsters Color the Creature Book. We have a new Illustration Magazine and Men's Adventure Quarterly. Alley Oop's new time travel adventures continue. Diego Rivera and Django Reinhart get biographical graphic novels.

I like the look of two more new graphic novels, Not All Robots and St. Mercy. Skies of Venus is a new ERB pastiche. Coming: The Art of Sanjulian revised and a massive new tome on Franklin Booth. Booth strongly influenced none other than Berni Wrightson…

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ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #75
Highly Recommended. Featuring the work of Jessie Willcox Smith, considered by many to be one of the greatest illustrators of children's books. She dominated the print world with magazine covers and best-selling books in the early 20th century. Original art, printed tear sheets and covers, and rare, previously unpublished photographs. Next up is sci-fi illustrator John Schoenherr, known for hundreds of paperback and book covers in the 1960s & 70s, from Analog to Dune. Illustrated Press, 2022....More.

Item Code: IL75
Magazine, 9x11, 80pg, Partial Color
$15.00
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MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY Volume 1 Number 4
Recommended. Art by Mort Künstler, James Bama, Vic Prezio, and Clarence Doore. This issue collects classic stories and artwork from vintage men's adventure magazines that feature "Jungle Girls" — the savage sirens of men's adventure fiction — and special features about two real-life Jungle Girls: travel/adventure writer and pinup model "Jungle Jane" Dolinger and actress Marion Michael, who played Liane, Jungle Goddess! Nudity. Robert Deis, 2022. Mature readers. ...More.

Item Code: MENQ04
Soft Cover, 8x10, 148pg, Partial Color
$29.95
The first three issues are all in stock, same price.
 

Berni Wrightson

 


THE MONSTERS COLOR THE CREATURE BOOK
Highly Recommended. In 1974, Berni Wrightson self-published this wonderful, oversize collection of his renditions of 20 classic monsters: Swamp Thing, EC's Old Witch, the Undead, Frankenstein of course, Cyclops, Dracula, The Mummy, Uncle Creepy (?). This is early in his career and his detailed illustrations are just wonderful. The original edition is now scarce and sells for $75-$125; it's wonderful to see this new edition. Nakatomi Inc., 2021....More.

Item Code: MONCO
Soft Cover, 11x17, 32pg, b&w
$30.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
FRANKENSTEIN By Bernie Wrightson
New Softcover Edition. Highly Recommended. By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Art by Bernie Wrightson. Introduction by Stephen King. Bernie Wrightson's masterpiece has long been one of the most collectible of his works and out of print for many years. 44 black and white plates accompany the full text of Mary Shelley's classic novel, featuring the original 1982 introduction by Stephen King. Margaret Brantley contributes a lengthy essay on Shelley's life, a chronology of her life and work, and a piece on the historical context of Frankenstein. Plus Shelley's own introduction to the 1831 edition! Gallery 13, 2021....More.

Item Code: FRANS
Soft Cover, 6x9, 288pg, Text/b&w
$19.99
Here is much more by Berni Wrightson, such as the original Stephen King The Stand Portfolio from 1991 [RB1512. $200] and Creepy Presents Berni Wrightson from 2011 [RB1918. $200]. And also his latest Frankenstein edition, Swamp Thing and House of Secrets and House of Mystery Omnibus collections. And Zombie Jam!
 

Alley Oop

 


ALLEY OOP AND THE HUNT FOR THE TEXAS PTEROSAURS 1976 By Dave Graue
Jan 1 to Dec 31, 1976. Recommended. Great new time-travel stories with the first comics hero to cross time into all the eras of the past. Travel with Alley Oop across the mysterious swamp to the mountain caves of the ancient Texas pterosaur riders, where he trains one (like his own Dinny, back in prehistoric times) to obey him! Then travel to the West Indies where Alley encounters that "big chief of ships," Christopher Columbus, in 1504. Plus adventures in the present day, too. Acoustic Learning, 2022....More.

Item Code: ALLEHF
Soft Cover, 9x8, 108pg, b&w
$19.95
This is the second book in the new series which will collect Dave Graue's work, coming out every month or so. The first collects 1975: Alley Oop and the Thorn King of Nerr [ALLETK. $19.95].   V.T. Hamlin's vintage Oop is also being collected. Just published is Alley Oop Book One: Dinny [ALLE01. $19.95], starting with 1932-33.
 

Graphic Novels & Archives

 


DIEGO RIVERA
Recommended. By Francisco de la Mora. Art by José Luis Pescador. This impressive and long graphic novel explores the passions and contradictions that turned the prolific and brilliant painter Diego Rivera into an increasingly universal cultural figure. Rivera was a revolutionary painter; by his twenties he was counted among the most influential figures of the Parisian art scene of the early 20th century, including Picasso, Modigliani, Braque, and Gris. Rivera's murals, both in his native Mexico and the United States, reflect the contradictory turbulence of his character and times. Self Made Hero, 2021....More.

Item Code: DIEGRI
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$22.99
 


DJANGO HAND ON FIRE The Great Django Reinhardt
Highly Recommended. By Salva Rubio. Art by Efa. Django Reinhardt is a legend. But Django — which may have meant "He who wakens"—-was twice born. A first time in the snow, during the winter of 1910 in a nomadic gypsy family stationed in Liberchies, Belgium. The second in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, in the fall of 1928, when a fire in his caravan mutilated his left hand. Beautifully told story with borderless panels. 16 page afterword with wonderful vintage photos of Django and fellow musicians. Cue the music! NBM, 2022....More.

Item Code: DJAH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 88pg, Full Color
$19.99
Here's more books dealing with music: Bix by Scott Chantler (a graphic novel, on sale), Vienna: Portrait of a City; Rock Covers 40th Anniversary Edition; Art Sleaves, Heroes of the Blues Cards (R. Crumb).
 


NOT ALL ROBOTS
Recommended. By Mark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr. A sci-fi satire and adventure with impressive photo-realistic art from Mark Russell (The Flintstones, Second Coming) and Mike Deodato Jr. (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Resistance). In the year 2056, robots have replaced human beings in the workforce. An uneasy co-existence develops between the newly intelligent robots and the ten billion humans living on Earth. Every human family is assigned a robot upon whom they are completely reliant. What could possibly go wrong? AWA Studios, 2022....More.

Item Code: NOTAR
Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$9.99
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ST. MERCY
Collects #1-4. Recommended. Art by Atilio Rojo. A tale of revenge that spans millenia, from ancient Incan times to the 1800's wild west. When Mercedes Oro, a young missionary on the outskirts of a small frontier town, takes in and cares for a dying outlaw, the outlaw's gang repays her by attacking her mission, killing her family, stealing the golden artifacts she swore to protect, and leaving her for dead with a dagger through her heart. Unbeknownst to the gang, the cursed dagger resurrects Mercedes, and she is reborn as St. Mercy, an avenging angel of death. Image Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: STMER
Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color
$16.99 $15.50
 


STAR WARS The High Republic Adventures Volume 2
The High Republic is an unexplored period in Star Wars history, set hundreds of years before the events of the Skywalker Saga — when the Jedi were at their height and Master Yoda was much younger, and still training Padawans in the field. It is here where we find Jedi Padawans Farzala and Qort. On a secret mission, they join an aging Jedi Knight on the starship The Vessel to negotiate a peace treaty with the Hutt crime family. Hey, what could go wrong? IDW, 2022....More.

Item Code: SWHIG02
Soft Cover, 6x8, 128pg, Full Color
$12.99
Volume 1 is available [SWHIG01. $12.99]. Here's more Star Wars.
 


DOCTOR STRANGE Epic Collection Volume 5 The Reality War
Collects Doctor Strange #29-51, 1974 & 4 more issues, 1973-80. Recommended. Roger Stern and Chris Claremont join artist icons Gene Colan, Marshall Rogers and Tom Sutton. Nightmare, D'Spayre and the Dream Weaver twist reality and rend Strange and Clea's souls with inconceivable fears. Baron Mordo returns, armed with the occult secrets of the Vatican. Wong is captured by the Shadowqueen and Clea and Strange must traverse dimensions and battle the demonic N'Garai to save him! Excellent artwork. Marvel, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: DOCST05
Soft Cover, 7x10, 504pg, Full Color
$44.99 $39.99
Here is more Doctor Strange in Epic Collections, Marvel Masterworks, and Omnibus editions. And in the new bargain Mighty Marvel series [MMMDR01. $15.99].
 

Jason Aaron

 


WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN By Jason Aaron Omnibus
Collects Wolverine & The X-Men #1-35, 38-42 (the complete run) & Annual #1, 2011-14. Art by Chris Bachalo. Blockbuster writer Jason Aaron's "incredible, hilarious and touching" Wolverine & The X-Men run in one oversized volume. Wolverine returns to Westchester as headmaster (!) to start over with a new school, a new student body and a lot of surprises! But can Logan — and Beast, Iceman, Rachel Grey, Kitty Pryde, Storm, Husk and Doop do the work? Only if they survive the new Hellfire Club, Krakoa, Sabretooth, an army of mischievous Bamfs, war with the Avengers, the Phoenix Five and more! Marvel, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: WOLXH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 936pg, Full Color
$125.00 $105.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
THOR By Jason Aaron Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Thor God of Thunder #1-25; Thor #1-8; Annual #1; Thors #1-4; Mighty Thor #1-12, 2012-15. Jason Aaron and legendary artistic collaborators including Esad Ribić and Russell Dauterman begin a truly epic saga of Thor — whoever he or she may be! The Goddess of Thunder battles Malekith, Loki, Roxxon—and even Odin! But who is she under the mask? And what is this new Thor's terrible secret? Across the ages, gods are vanishing — and the God of Thunder must unite with his past and future selves to stand against Gorr the God Butcher! Marvel, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More.

Item Code: THORJ01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1216pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
CONAN THE BARBARIAN By Aaron & Asrar
Collects #1-12, 2019. Recommended. By Jason Aaron. Art by Mahmud Asrar, Gerardo Zaffino et al. The life and death of Conan the Barbarian! Just as his fighting prowess lets him carve his way through life, so too does it attract the forces of death — in the form of the Crimson Witch and wizard Thoth-Amon! In a story that spans Conan's entire life, beasts and comrades from the past are here again, while the Barbarian fights his final battle and meets his ultimate fate — but what lies beyond the veil of life? Could it be...Crom?! Handsomely drawn, a great new story and yet overview of Conan's long career. Marvel, 2021....More.

Item Code: CONBAAH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 296pg, Full Color
$34.99 $29.99
Of course, there's more Wolverine, X-Men on our website.
 

Return to ERB's Venus

 


SKIES OF VENUS A Novel of Amtor Hardcover
By Neal Romanek. Art by Douglas Klauba. Cover by Richard Hescox. Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs series. This new novel transports readers back to the mysterious, shrouded world of Amtor that was discovered by Carson Napier in Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic novel Pirates of Venus, but this time to experience it through the eyes of an Earthman of the twenty-first century. Virgil Erath is on death row for a crime he didn't commit. But he gets a new beginning when he is mystically transported Venus. ERB, Inc., 2022....More.

Item Code: SKIEVH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 334pg, Text/b&w
$34.95
Also available in softcover with all the same art. [SKIEV. $19.95]. Here's more in the Wild Adventures series and all of our Edgar Rice Burroughs novels and art books.
 

2022 Calendar Sale

As I write this on Wednesday, February 23, we are sold out on Royo, Women of Myth and Magic, and Tolkien.

Boris/Julie Bell, Fractal Cosmos, Bosch and Alice in Wonderland are down to 1 copy each.

Vintage Golden Age, Hot Naked Girls and Fantasy Art are down to 2 copies.

Girls 4 copies, Pulp Attack and Pin-Up Girls/Gil Elvgren 5 copies.

We have more of the other titles, but many have fewer than ten left.

We actually ended up with more titles to discount this year than normal, even though we promoted the full list in two catalogs. I am not sure why. Are fewer people using printed calendars? I still use three myself, between my office here at the warehouse and at home, and our kitchen. Click here to see the Adult Calendars, and here to see all 2022 Calendars.

 
 

Coming in April

 


GLAMOUR ROAD Color, Fashion, Style, and the Midcentury Automobile
By Jeff Stork & Tom Dolle. This highly visual book explores the seldom-told story of how glamour, fashion, design, and styling became the main focus of automotive marketing from the postwar 1940s through the 1970s. With the expansion of the American suburbs after WWII, women suddenly needed cars of their own. By adopting the fashion industry's yearly model changes, as well as hiring many designers and stylists from the fashion industry, the automobile industry made a direct appeal to the rising sophistication and influence of women. Schiffer, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More.

Item Code: GLAMRH
Hard Cover, 256pg, Full Color
$65.00 $59.95
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
IMAGINE! Automobile Concept Art from the 1930s to the 1980s
Highly Recommended. Patrick Kelley presents a wealth of eye-catching car designs”more than 230 images from eighty-seven different artists”that he has spent over fifteen years gathering and assembling into the Kelley Collection. These artworks are rare survivors, vivid illustrations of the singular work of the men and women who drew and designed the vehicles from their art school days through their later employment with the auto industry's Big Three: GM, Chrysler and Ford. IMAGINE! is a tender tribute to the artists' contributions and imagination, transporting us back to a time in US commercial history when the wildest dreams were encouraged and there was nothing but the open road ahead. Dalton Watson Fine Books, 2020....More.

Item Code: IMAGH
Hard Cover, 12x9, 324pg, Partial Color
$90.00
Also available is Auto Erotica: A Grand Tour Through Classic Car Brochures of the 1906's to 1980's.
 

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

 
Here's another batch of 30 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. You can now see the latest 3…2…1 items in a new section on our website, called ALMOST GONE, at the top of the home page, right next to CLOSEOUTS. We are continuously adding to our Imperfect Editions sections as well.
 

Coming in May

 


SANJULIAN Master of Fantasy Art
Limited, 1000. Completely Revised New Edition. Our Highest Recommendation. By Manual Auad. Legendary Spanish painter and illustrator Sanjulian is renowned the world over for his incredible covers for Famous Monsters of Filmland, Vampirella, Conan, Eerie and Creepy as well as book covers, posters, private commissions and much more. This lavishly illustrated book celebrates the full breadth of Sanjulian's career with an introduction by Joe Jusko, hundreds of beautiful full color paintings and pencil sketches, unpublished illustrations and rarely seen early work along with exclusive photos and artwork from his personal archives. Book Palace, 2022. Due: May. ...More.

Item Code: SANJMH
Hard Cover, 10x13, 312pg, Full Color
$89.00
 


PHOENIX Omnibus Volume 1
Highly Recommended. Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and John Byrne weave a galaxy-spanning tale of triumph and tragedy that changed everything for the X-Men, the Marvel Universe — and all of comics! The full, original Dark Phoenix Saga is presented alongside bonus tales illuminating Jean Grey's defining story. Marvel, 2022. Due: May. ...More.

Item Code: PHOE01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 688pg, Full Color
$100.00 $85.00
 


THE THING Omnibus
Collects The Thing #1-36, 1983-85, The Hulk & Thing Graphic Novel & nine more issues. By John Byrne et al. Art by Ron Wilson et al. It's clobberin' time as the Fantastic Four's ever-lovin', blue-eyed idol o' millions goes solo! Join the Thing as he takes on all comers — including the Inhumans, Wonder Man, She-Hulk and Spider-Man! After the Secret Wars, the Thing seeks a new life on Battleworld—as Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger! It's action and adventure, mayhem and monsters, love and loss — but is the Thing ready for what awaits him back home? Marvel, 2022. Due: May. ...More.

Item Code: THINH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 1160pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS Pictures from a Changing Nation
By Linda Klich and Benjamin Weiss. The ubiquity of photography and social media today makes it hard to imagine a time when it was not possible for ordinary people to take their own pictures and send them with short messages over long distances. But it was revolutionary when the Eastman Kodak Company, in 1903, unveiled a new postcard camera that produced a postcard-size negative that could print directly onto a blank card. Suddenly almost anyone, amateurs and entrepreneurial photographers alike, could take a picture — of neighbors at home and at work, local celebrations, newsworthy disasters, sightseeing trips — and turn it into a postcard. MFA Publications, 2022. Due: May. ...More.

Item Code: REALPH
Hard Cover, 8x9, 304pg, Partial Color
$45.00
 

Coming in September

 


FRANKLIN BOOTH SILENT SYMPHONY
Our Highest Recommendation. The culmination of twenty years of publishing. The entire Flesk team poured months of research and work into making this all-new, freshly designed, 304-page volume that reprises their first book in 2002. This celebrates the life and work of Franklin Booth, who inspired artists from Berni Wrightson to Michael Kaluta. This is THE book on one of the most successful commercial artists of the early 20th century. 365 black and white and 25 color illustrations plus photos and more. Flesk, 2022. Due: Sep....More.

Item Code: FRABSS
Soft Cover, 304pg, Partial Color
$49.95 $45.00
 


FRANKLIN BOOTH SILENT SYMPHONY Hardcover Edition
Special hardcover edition, limited. Our Highest Recommendation. The culmination of twenty years of publishing. The entire Flesk team poured months of research and work into making this all-new, freshly designed, 304-page volume that reprises their first book in 2002. This celebrates the life and work of Franklin Booth, who inspired artists from Berni Wrightson to Michael Kaluta. This is THE book on one of the most successful commercial artists of the early 20th century. 365 black and white and 25 color illustrations plus photos and more. Flesk, 2022. Due: Sep....More.

Item Code: FRABSSH
Hard Cover, Partial Color
$65.00
The softcover will only be available at the discount price until publication. One copy is available of a different book, Manual Auad's Franklin Booth: American Illustrator. As new condition, 2006. [RB3091. $175]. Inquire about more vintage books by Booth, including the first 1925 collection, with Anne hutchisonbooks@me.com.
 

Mature Readers

Taschen's Little Big Book of Legs has been collected in a smaller, "best of" edition. See all the Taschen books here, including more adult titles..

 

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FRANKLIN BOOTH: American Illustrator - $175

H.R. GIGER'S BIOMECHANICS Hardcover - $350

HEART AND TORCH: Rick Griffin's Transcendence - $180

JAMES BAMA: American Realist Signed - $175

ILENE MEYER: Paintings Drawing Perceptions Signed - $130

LEBBEUS WOODS: The New City - $250

JOE JUSKO: Maelstrom Signed - $50

DAVE STEVENS: Complete Sketches & Studies - $250

THE THRILLING COMIC BOOK COVER ART OF ALEX SCHOMBURG - $100

MARK SCHULTZ CARBON: Volume 1 - $150

ART QUEST OF ALEX NINO with original sketch! - $250

KABA OTOMO KATSUHIRO ARTWORK - $175

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ERB/Tarzan news

The new set of 4 Tarzan books, with new covers by Joe Jusko and added material, will be in our hands by late April. As usual, you can buy the set at a discount or just the individual books. We have all previous books in stock, sets and individual.

The new limited edition At the Earth's Core has taken off in sales and we had to up our orders. If you want matching numbers with your previous Tarzan of the Apes or Princess of Mars (both sold out), place your order now and give us your number. Princess took a year to sell out; Tarzan took a few weeks. This one, I was hesitant but it keeps looking better and better. Phil Normand is coloring St. John's original b&w drawings, and it's packed with Frazetta and other artists in b&w and color.

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Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology

Advance orders on this were lively, but part of our shipment was damaged so we won't formally announce this until we get more copies. [PANDH. $45].

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

Flash Gordon by Austin Briggs, Elric, Bill Stout, R. Crumb, Karl the Viking and Overstreet’s Lost Universes price guide.

Our 2022 Calendar Sale starts this week. New this week we have Flash Gordon by Austin Briggs. The first four Elric novels in one prose book. Hellboy Universe GNs. Card sets by Bill Stout and R. Crumb. Don Lawrence's Karl the Viking Book 1. Overstreet's new Lost Universes price guide/photo journal.

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FLASH GORDON DAILIES AUSTIN BRIGGS Volume 1 Radium Mines of Electra
Highly Recommended. First of two volumes. Collecting together, for the first time ever, two years of strips from the golden age. Hand-picked by Alex Raymond, master illustrator Austin Briggs carried on in much the same fine-line style. His action sequences and beautiful women are every bit as good as Raymond's. Here is the original science fiction high-adventure that influenced strips and comic books for decades...with ray guns, rocket ships, strange monsters, damsels in distress, sultry queens of strange lands, and unbridled heroism! Titan, 2021. ...More.

Item Code: FLD01H
Hard Cover, 11x10, 276pg, b&w
$49.99 $39.99
Here's more Flash Gordon collections.
 


GWELF THE SURVIVAL GUIDE
Highly Recommended. By Larry MacDougall. "Larry MacDougall has done that thing — created a fantasy world that is completely believable, super charming, and more than a little bit dangerous. I love it so much. I want to wander around in it but wouldn't want to get caught alone in it after dark." — Mike Mignola. "...makes me think if Arthur Rackham and Beatrix Potter had a son, it would have been Larry..." -Peter De Seve. Anthropomorphic animals staying alive in a dangerous, but also beautiful world of their own. Not a human in sight. Eye of Newt Books, 2021....More.

Item Code: GWELH
Hard Cover, 10x10, 136pg, Full Color
$34.95 $31.95
This is a beautifully done book. It reminds me of Jim Gurney's fully realized world of Dinotopia, and the artwork is just as amazing. Also see Above the Timberline by Gregory Manchess [signed: ABOTH. $29.99].
 


ELRIC OF MELNIBONE The Elric Saga Vol. 1
Highly Recommended. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. I723 pages, four complete prose novels, plus full-color endpaper map and interior illustrations. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone maintaining a symbiotic existence with his blood-thirsty sword, with a mind of its own. Elric's amoral cousin Yrkoon sets his eyes on the throne. Elric must face his nefarious cousin in an epic battle for the right to rule. Gallery/Saga Press, 2022....More.

Item Code: ELR01H
Hard Cover, 6x9, 752pg, Full Color
$29.99
Click here for the Elric Graphic Novels by Moorcock.
 

Graphic Novels

 


TALES FROM THE OUTERVERSE
Collects Cojacaru the Skinner #1-2, The Golem Walks Among Us! #1-2, & Imogen of the Wyrding Way one-shot. Highly Recommended. Mythical hero Cojacaru the Skinner returns from the grave, the legendary Golem awakens, and the powerful witch Wyrder Imogen pursues her foes in this collection of three stand-alone stories from Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden's world of witches and warriors. Delve deep into the mysteries of some of the greatest heroes to challenge the Outer Dark, and gain a rare glimpse into why they fight — and where it may lead them. 18-page sketchbook & variant cover section. Dark Horse, 2022....More.

Item Code: TALEFH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
 


THE HOUSE OF LOST HORIZONS A Sarah Jewel Mystery
Collects #1-5, 2021. Trapped by a storm and surrounded by myriad suspects. This rogues gallery has gathered for an auction of occult items, and our intrepid duo must unravel the supernatural mysteries surrounding the guests in the hopes of uncovering the murderer. As bodies keep piling up, Sarah or Marie Therése could be next! A Hellboy spin-off. Dark Horse, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: HOULHH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 136pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
Click here for Hellboy and more by Mike Mignola.
 


HEAVEN'S DOOR Extra Works
Sci-fi psychedelic short stories in manga style by Keiichi Koike. This is his first full-length book published in English. "A magnificent ronin, a warrior without a master, one of the few authors to resist the cynical formatting of the current manga industry..." — Moebius. Born in Tokyo, Koike won the prestigious Tezuka Award in 1976 when he was 16. His style, similar to Katsuhiro Otomo and Moebius, is marked by vivid representations of psychedelic experiences. Last Gasp, 2022....More.

Item Code: HEAVDO
Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, b&w
$19.95
For more Manga, see Berserk, Star Wars Legends of Luke Skywalker, Manga Yokai Stories, Hellsing, Manga Kamishibai, Ryuko, Beautiful Boys and more, here.
 


XIII MYSTERY Irina
Recommended. First published in France. By Eric Corbeyran & Philippe Berthet. Belarus, in Soviet times. Irina is an unremarkable young woman growing up in an orphanage. One night, a mysterious visitor demands to see her and her best friend Julia. The latter goes first, then Irina is told she won't be needed after all. The next day, Julia has vanished without a trace... Thus begins a quest for truth and vengeance, from Minsk to Moscow to Washington — one that will lead Irina to discover her true calling...hooker, assassin, righter of wrongs. Adult themes. Excellent art. Cinebook, 2021. Mature Readers. ...More.

Item Code: XIMY
Soft Cover, 7x10, 56pg, Full Color
$13.95
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FIREFLY BRAND New 'Verse
Collects #1-6. Recommended. It's been 20 years since the original crew of the Serenity was busy smuggling contraband, ferrying travelers, and having close calls with the Alliance and they've all gone their separate ways.Zoë Washburne and her daughter Emma find themselves at the helm of the Serenity and they must cobble together a new crew of castaways and misfits to navigate this brand new 'Verse. But there is a world-shattering discovery beyond the Rim and together they will face new challenges, reunite with old friends, and try to build new relationships and a new future from a troubled past. Boom!, 2022....More.

Item Code: FIRBNH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
Here's all the Firefly collections.
 

Art Card Sets

 


LEGENDS OF THE BLUES Card Set By William Stout
Highly Recommended. In this boxed set of trading cards, acclaimed artist and writer William Stout captures the soul and unique personalities of 50 amazing musicians and vocalists — some famous, some obscure — but all true legends. Stout's eclectic selections, all personal favorites, are exquisitely rendered in ink and watercolor. A concise biography is featured on the back of each. Same attractive format as R. Crumb's card sets, Heroes of the Blues and Early Jazz Greats...also published by Kitchen Sink. Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More.

Item Code: LEGB
3x4, Full Color
$12.95
 


MORE LEGENDS OF THE BLUES Card Set by William Stout
Highly Recommended. Celebrated artist/writer William Stout captures the riveting personas of 50 brilliant musicians and vocalists in this collectible boxed card set — companion to his Legends of the Blues and in the same format as R. Crumb's card sets. From famous to forgotten, all performers featured are genuine legends. Stout's eclectic selections are exquisitely drawn in vibrant watercolor and ink, with concise biographies on the flip side of each card. Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More.

Item Code: MLEGB
3x4, Full Color
$12.95
 


HEROES OF THE BLUES Card Set by Robert Crumb
Highly Recommended. The legends of early blues history: Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Memphis Minnie, Charley Patton, Jaybird Coleman, Big Bill Broonzy, Barbecue Bob and many others. A bio of each musician by historian Stephen Calt is on the back. Each musician or group is lovingly drawn in full color by underground comix legend R. Crumb. These cards are printed on heavy card stock. New printing, first published in 1980!! Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More.

Item Code: HERBL
3x4, Full Color
$11.95
 


EARLY JAZZ GREATS Card Set By Robert Crumb
Highly Recommended. New Printing. Thirty-six legendary blues musicians painted by Robert Crumb with concise biographies on reverse. Featured are such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jellyroll Morton, King Oliver, Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Bennie Moten, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Noone and Benny Goodman. First published in 1982!! Classics! Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More.

Item Code: EARJG
3x4, Full Color
$11.95
The two R. Crumb sets are classics, first done in 1980 and 1981. These are new 2021 printings from the same publisher, Denis Kitchen.   Click here for more R. Crumb and here for more Bill Stout!
 

Archives & Comics

 


KARL THE VIKING Volume 1 The Sword of Eingar
Recommended. By Ted Cowan. Art by Don Lawrence. Originally serialized in Lion, Karl the Viking is a sweeping historical fantasy story of an orphaned Saxon boy, adopted and raised by the Viking Eingar after his raid on Britain. Upon coming of age Karl succeeds Eingar and leads his tribe into battle in Britain against wild tribes of Picts, and re-connects with his old Saxon family, gaining an ally in his cousin Godwulf, and making an enemy of the Earl of Eastumbria. Fast-paced stories beautifully drawn by Don Lawrence shortly before he revolutionized painted comic art with The Trigan Empire. 2000 AD, 2022.  ...More.

Item Code: KAR01
Soft Cover, 8x11, 240pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
Also by Don Lawrence: The Trigan Empire Vol 1-3 [RIS01, etc. $24.99 ea]. This series has our Highest Recommendation. Lawrence's career is one of many covered in Masters of British Comic Art [MASBCAH. $50, $42.50].
 


HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE #313 Issac Cruz Cover
“Valentine,” an epic new historical story by David Arquette (Scream) and Cliff Dorfman (Entourage); sci-fi revenge story "The Demon Princes," Part 2; George C. Romero's horror series "The Rise," Part 6; new chapters of Matthew Medney's "Dark Wing" and Ron Marz's "Swamp God." Article on cover artist Escorza; preview of "Death Defied" by Joe Harris and Lee Loughridge. Heavy Metal, 2022. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: HM313
Magazine, 8x11, 142pg, Full Color
$13.99
See all back issues here.
 


MOON KNIGHT Volume 1
Collects #1-6, 2021. By Jed Mackay. Art by Alessandro Cappuccio. The updated new Moonknight, a slick Spirit-like wraith who has a therapist! The mysterious Mr. Knight has opened his Midnight Mission, his people petitioning him to shelter them from the weird and horrible. The Moon Knight stalks the rooftops and alleys marked with his crescent moon tag, bringing violence to any who would harm his flock. Marc Spector, in whichever guise he dons, is back on the streets, a renegade priest of an unworthy god. 16 variant covers. Marvel, 2022....More.

Item Code: MOONK01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$17.99
More Moon Knight, Epic Collection: Bad Moon Rising, and two Omnibus volumes.on our website.
 


NEW MUTANTS Omnibus Volume 2
By Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson et al. Art by Mary Wilshire, Rick Leonardi et al. The New Mutants take a road trip to Asgard — with the trickster god Loki guiding them to all the wrong places! Then, it's back to class under a new schoolmaster: Magneto! The former villain has sworn to atone for his crimes — but winning the New Mutants' trust won't be easy. As the team contends with their rivals the Hellions, they'll face death and rebirth, a mutant massacre, a twisted future timeline, a rebellion in Limbo and much more! Why have Sunspot and Warlock run away to join the Fallen Angels? Chris Claremont's foundational run concludes here! Marvel, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: NEWM02H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1240pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
Volume 1 is in stock, same price [NEWM01H. $125, $110].
 

PS Artbooks

 


THE BEYOND Volume 3
Collects #11-15,1952. Highly Recommended. By Jim McLaughlin, Mike Sekowsky et al. The third volume reprinting Ace Magazines' The Beyond is here! All-star talent Lou Cameron does three covers and stories in nearly every issue. There's also some wild terror tales from an even-lesser known but talented Jim McLaughlin, young Mike Sekowsky (destined for a long run with DC), Rocco Mastroserio, Richard Case, Ken Rice, Marvel's own Gene Colan, Bill Molno and another Marvel vet, Chic Stone! Ghouls and cadavers, vampires and ghosts... plus an occasional slice of far-out sci-fi! PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: PCTB03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$26.99
 


THE BEYOND Volume 4
Collects #16-20, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. Material from #18 appeared in Parade of Pleasure, the anti-comics companion to Seduction of the Innocent. Ghouls and cadavers, vampires and ghosts, electrocution... plus an occasional slice of sci-fi! Lou Cameron did one story and two superb covers, including this collection's cover of the girl & bell. Additional contributors are Mike Sekowsky, Lin Streeter, the excellent Jim McLaughlin, Louis Zansky, Al Eadeh, Charles Nicholas, Ken Rice and Marvel's own Gene Colan AND Chic Stone. Cool vintage horror. PS Artbooks, 2022....More.

Item Code: PCTB04
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$26.99
The Beyond Vol 3 through 6 are available in both HC $46.99 and SC [$26.99]. The hardcovers of Vol 3 and 4 came out in 2020 and are only now being done in softcover. Volume 1 and 2 are available ONLY as hardcovers, at least so far. $45.99 ea.
 


CLASSIC SCI-FI COMICS Volume 4
Collects Lost Worlds #5-6, 1952, Zip Jet #1-2, 1953, and Space Mysteries #1, 1958. Recommended. Reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comics. Here's a very eclectic mix of comics from pre- and post-code. Work by John Celardo, Ross Andru, Jack Katz, Nick Cardy, Alex Toth, Rocco Mastroserio, Art Saaf, Ruben Moreira, Art Pinajian, Al Plastino, Ralph Mayo, Carl Burgos and Russ Heath. PS Artbooks, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: PSSC04
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$26.99
This came in before the hardcover, which is due this month [PSSC04H. $46.99]. Exactly the same contents. See the first three books in the series here, in both SC and HC editions. The softcovers of 1 and 2 are only $24.99, 3 is $26.99.
 


STRANGE WORLDS Volume 2
Collects #6-9, 1952 and #18, 1954. Highly Recommended. Digitally enhanced and faithfully reproduced, this is a bombshell of a volume, five full issues of Strange World, Avon's answer to EC's Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. Fun, fun stories of aliens, robots, space battle, beautiful space girls, the whole kitchen sink of early 1950s sci-fi. Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel, Sid Check, Mort Lawrence, Gene Fawcette, Mike Becker, Harry Lazarus, Joe Kubert, and Al Hollingsworth. Five different covers randomly filled. PS Artbooks, 2021....More.

Item Code: STW02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$26.99

Also available as a hardcover (published in 2014) as a special order item. However, the HC has different contents: It collects #8, 9, 18, 19 and two one-shots, Out of This World and Flying Saucers [STW02H. $48].  

This new SC has five different covers (“Chase Variants”) and we can only fill orders randomly — or you can call and we'll go over them with you.   Volume 1 is in stock but only in softcover; HC's are gone [STW01. $26.99].

 

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

 
Here's another batch of 30 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. You can now see the latest 3…2…1 items in a new section on our website, called ALMOST GONE, at the top of the home page, right next to CLOSEOUTS. We are continuously adding to our Imperfect Editions sections as well.
 

Overstreet "Lost Universes" Price Guide

 


OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Ironjaw Cover Hardcover
The highly collectible world of lost universes gets a brand-new specially focused, full-color edition of Overstreet that also serves as a Photo-Journal of all the comics featured. From in-depth looks at the original Milestone and Valiant publishers, to Tower's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Charlton's superheroes, and from Topps' Kirbyverse and the MLJ/Archie heroes (including the Golden Age issues) to Malibu's Ultraverse and Marvel's New Universe and more. Gemstone, 2022....More.

Item Code: OVERLIH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Partial Color
$35.00

Also available in softcover [OVERLI. $25].

 


OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Might Crusaders Cover Hardcover
TThe highly collectible world of lost universes gets a brand-new specially focused, full-color edition of Overstreet that also serves as a Photo-Journal of all the comics featured. From in-depth looks at the original Milestone and Valiant publishers, to Tower's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Charlton's superheroes, and from Topps' Kirbyverse and the MLJ/Archie heroes (including the Golden Age issues) to Malibu's Ultraverse and Marvel's New Universe and more.Gemstone, 2022....More.

Item Code: OVERLMH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Partial Color
$35.00

Also available in softcover [OVERLM. $25].

 


OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Deluxe Signed
Signed by Robert M. Overstreet, Steve Geppi, Jim Shooter, co-authors J.C. Vaughn & Scott Braden, and Gemstone's Mark Huesman & Amanda Sheriff! Limited, 100. Variant cover. By Robert M. Overstreet. The highly collectible world of lost universes gets a brand-new specially focused, full-color edition of Overstreet that also serves as a Photo-Journal of all the comics featured. From in-depth looks at the original Milestone and Valiant publishers, to Tower's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Charlton's superheroes, and from Topps' Kirbyverse and the MLJ/Archie heroes (including the Golden Age issues) to Malibu's Ultraverse and Marvel's New Universe and more. Gemstone, 2022....More.

Item Code: OVERLD
Hard Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Partial Color
$75.00
Note the tiny limitation on this. We are assured we are getting five copies from the 100 printed, but they got separated from the rest of the shipment. We hope to have them by the time you read this.
 

2022 Calendar Sale

With four exceptions, all calendars are now half price. The other four are 30% off because they'll sell out regardless. Once sold out, any calendar will disappear from the website. Many are down to just one, two, three copies so act immediately for the best selection.
 
 

Coming in April

 


DAVE STEVENS' THE ROCKETEER Artist's Edition
Our Highest Recommendation. In April of 1982, The Rocketeer debuted as a backup feature from Pacific Comics. From those humble beginnings the artistry of Dave Stevens caught the imagination of countless readers and became a worldwide sensation, even being turned into a big-budget feature film! And in 2009 when IDW launched its award-winning Artist's Edition series, The Rocketeer was the inaugural release, even winning a coveted Eisner Award that year. The book quickly sold out and went into a second printing. Now, more than 10 years later, The Rocketeer is soaring back with a new 40th anniversary printing. IDW, 2022. Due: May. ...More.

Item Code: DSRAEH
Hard Cover, 136pg, b&w
$150.00
Here is more by Dave Stevens and more books featuring The Rocketeer.
 


PS ARTBOOKS PRESENTS: CLASSIC SCI-FI COMICS Volume 5 Hardcover
Collects Fantastic #8-9, 1952; and Fantastic Worlds #5-7, 1952-53. Recommended. Art by John Celardo, Harry Harrison, Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson et al. Fantastic was an offbeat pre-code title from tiny Youthful, but the features were big: Captain Science, aka Gordon Dane, a sci-fi hero who fought all manner of outer space villains including flying saucers, monster gods, alien spawn, and even domestic traitors. And from Standard's Fantastic Worlds starring Lieutenant Commander Bruce Hunter and Captain Jon Jax, the Space Ace. All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comics.PS Artbooks, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More.

Item Code: PSSC05H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$46.99
Volumes 1-3 are in stock in both HC and SC. Vol 4 in softcover is listed above, just in, and we are awaiting the HC. There will certainly be a softcover of Vol 5 but we have no word on when yet.
 


SILVER AGE CLASSICS: MYSTERIES OF UNEXPLORED WORLDS Volume 4 Hardcover
Collects #16-20, 1960. Fantasy-supernatural, horror science fiction stories from a roster of writers and artists that includes Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas and of course the truly remarkable one man creative genius and now late-lamented Steve Ditko, who has just two pages in #17 (not noted in Overstreet), but does the cover and lead story in #19. PS Artbooks, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More.

Item Code: SAMUW04H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$46.99
Volumes 1-3 are in stock in hardcover and softcover. We expect there will be a softcover version of this but have no arrival date yet.
 

Rare & Out of Print

 

 

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THE ART OF DENIS MCLOUGHLIN - $200

FLESH & STEEL: The Art of Russ Heath - $250

WALT DISNEY’S UNCLE SCROOGE In Color - $125

ANDRU & ESPOSITO: Partners For Life Signed - $120

Al WILLIAMSON’S FLASH GORDON - $200

ROY G KRENKEL CITIES & SCENES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD - $150

THE SPIRIT CASEBOOK VOLUME 2: All About P’Gell - $100

THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES Deluxe Edition - $300

NICK CARDY: Behind the Art - $100

JEFF JONES: Idyl - $75

CHROMA: The Art of Alex Schomburg - $80

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Adult Special Email

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New Warehouse Finds

Too late to include this week, we have several cool new warehouse finds in very limited quantity: Harry Clarke His Graphic Art, Abu and the 7 Marvels by Bill Stout, Ilene Meyer Paintings, Arthur Rackham: A Biography. Click here for the latest new titles.

~Bud

 

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