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John Buscema's Marvel Heroes is already getting buzz, it's an outstanding new Artist's Edition. Frank Cho wrote and drew a new book, Fight Girls. EC Archive softcovers start in on Weird Science #1-6. The Mighty Marvel series does the first Doctor Strange stories. Hogan's Alley and Black Infinity new issues. New PS Artbooks and lots of news. |
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JOHN BUSCEMA'S MARVEL HEROES Artist's Edition |
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MARJORIE FINNEGAN Temporal Criminal Recommended. By Garth Ennis. Art by Goran Sudzuka and Miroslav Mrva. All Marj wants to do is race up and down the time-lanes, stealing every sparkly priceless jewel she can lay her hands on. But her larcenous trail from the Big Bang to the Ninety-fifth Reich has drawn the wrath of the Temporal PD, now hard on our heroine's tail. Marj's only ally? A guy called Tim. And he's just a head. Written by the renowned Garth Ennis, with killer variant covers. AWA Studios, 2022....More. Item Code: MARFT Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color $14.99 |
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FIGHT GIRLS Recommended. By Frank Cho. Ten hard-as-nails women face off in an ancient contest of champions where the winner truly takes all: she will rule the empire. To win the challenge each contestant must survive the hazards of an alien planet's harsh landscape, ferocious predators on and below its surface, as well as their fellow contestants. One mistake can mean your life, and slowly our contestants are being whittled down. Classic good-girl art by the master, Frank Cho!! AWA Studios, 2022....More. Item Code: FIGG Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color $9.99 |
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MARS ATTACKS RED SONJA By John Layman. Art by Fran Strukan. She is the red-haired she-devil with the sword. They are the green-skinned invaders from the red planet. Yes, those dastardly Martians are attacking again, and these are the Martians of old, the Martians of the Hyborian Age. And so, it's up to Red Sonja to stop the attack. But how will steel, strength and savagery stand again laser guns, sci-fi technology and weird, weird Martian science? Dynamite, 2021....More. Item Code: MARRS Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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PETROGRAD By Philip Gelatt. Art by Tyler Crook. The year is 1916. The fate of millions of people hangs in the balance, and in Russia's capital city of Petrograd, corruption rules the day and conspiracy rules the night. But to British intelligence officer Cleary, the Petrograd post is all about drinks and parties with the rich and powerful, and bedding the prettiest girls. Then Cleary, to his horror, is tasked with ending the influence of a man famous for his acts of debauchery; for his heresy and his power: Gregori Rasputin. The stage is set for one of the most infamous and strangest assassinations of all time. Oni Press, 2022....More. Item Code: PETROG Soft Cover, 6x9, 272pg, Full Color |
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THE EC ARCHIVES Weird Science Volume 1 Collects #12-15 (#1-3) and #5-6. Highly Recommended. Here is the beginning of what EC was best known and best loved for: their science fiction line. These first stories are not as polished at the later ones, but they are still gems. See Wally Wood and Harvey Kurtzman's early work, and far more in 24 complete stories. Also featuring work by Al Feldstein, Harry Harrison, Jack Kamen, and Graham Ingles. Dark Horse, 2022. ...More. Item Code: ECAWS01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color |
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MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS: DOCTOR STRANGE Volume 1 Stories from Strange Tales #110-111, 114-129, 1963-65. Our Highest Recommendation. The first 18 stories, all by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Starting as a back-up strip in Strange Tales, second fiddle to The Human Torch/The Thing stories, Doc's psychedelic universe took on a life of its own, including a highly successful film. Here are the stories that built the Marvel Universe. First appearances of Baron Mordo; Doc's 1st cover (#20); 1st Dread Dormammu and Doc's girlfriend Clea. Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: MMMDR01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 176pg, Full Color $15.99 |
| All the Mighty Marvel series are $15.99: Spidey, The FF, Thor, the Avengers, X-Men, The Hulk, all collecting their very first adventures. |
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COMICS REVUE PRESENTS FEB 2022 Recommended. Complete in this issue: The Phantom by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, Buz Sawyer by Roy Crane, Sir Bagby by R&D Hackney, and Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde. 19 pages of full-color Sunday pages and a wealth of B&W features: Flash Gordon by Mac Raboy and Harry Harrison, Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin, Tarzan by Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin, Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff, Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts, Mandrake the Magician by Lee Falk and Phil Davis from 1939, Garth by Peter O'Donnell, Steve Dowling, and John Allard, Drago by Burne Hogarth, Gasoline Alley by Dick Moores and more! Manuscript Press, 2022....More. Item Code: CR0222 Soft Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Partial Color $19.95 |
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THE JODOROWSKY LIBRARY Volume 2 Son of the Gun & Pietrolino By Alejandro Jodorowsky. Included in this volume are the modern-day "spiritual" western Son of the Gun illustrated by Georges Bess — actually four albums all collected here. Includes an afterword by Claude Ecken and "Juan Solo, from Screen to Page" by Philippe Rouyer. Plus the heart wrenching tale of a mime in Nazi-occupied France, Pietrolino, dedicated to Marcel Marceau and illustrated by Olivier Boiscommun. Humanoids, 2022. M ature Readers....More. Item Code: JODL02H Hard Cover, 8x10, 328pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE THE JODOROWSKY LIBRARY Volume 1 First of a collection of deluxe matching volumes collecting the author's iconic graphic novels. Bawdy secret agent tale Anibal 5 (illustrated by Georges Bess) and the sci-fi epic Megalex (illustrated by Fred Beltran), along with a selection of stories from Screaming Planet with artwork by Adi Granov and Axel Medellin. Previously unseen bonus material, including Jodorowsky's never-reprinted comics debut in 1966! Humanoids, 2021. Mature readers....More. Item Code: JODL01H Hard Cover, 8x10, 300pg, Full Color |
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PLANET COMICS Volume 11 Collects #31-34, 1944-45. Highly Recommended. The 1940's #1 science fiction comic. Roaring through space, fighting beasts on distant planets or aliens on a future earth...packed with jet-packed, raygun toting ladies and gents. The art is improving every issue, with newcomers Joe Kubert, Murphy Anderson, Lee Elias, Lily Renee, and Fran Hopper. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: PLC11 Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $26.99 |
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PLANET COMICS Volume 12 Collects #35-38, 1945. Highly Recommended. Heroes and villains on far flung planets, drawn by Lily Renee (now drawing The Lost World), Joe Doolin, Fran Hopper (Gale Allen), Murphy Anderson (Star Pirate), Lee Elias (now doing Space Rangers), John Celardo, and Jack Keller. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: PLC12 Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color $26.99 |
| All previous releases are in stock. We also have a few hardcovers left. |
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SILVER AGE CLASSICS: UNUSUAL TALES Volume 3 Hardcover Collects #11-15, 1958-59. Recommended. Charlton allowed the creative talents of Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Gene Colan, Max Elkan, Rocco Mastroserio, Dick Giordano and Steve Ditko (of course) free rein to produce science fiction, horror, suspense, fantasy and supernatural tales. Ditko appears in four issues, does the cover of #10 & 15, and does four stories in the special 68-page issue #11. PS Artbooks, 2021. ...More. Item Code: SAUT03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $46.99 |
| We expect there will be a softcover edition of this but it's not here yet. |
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SILVER AGE CLASSICS: MYSTERIES OF UNEXPLORED WORLDS Volume 3 Collects #11-15, 1959. Recommended. Fantasy-supernatural, horror and science fiction stories with Steve Ditko contributing three stories in issue #12, and three stories and the cover for #11, even though he signs it "J. Koldi!" Matt Baker makes an unexpected and very rare appearance outside his normal titles in one issue here, with "The Charm Bracelet." PS Artbooks, 2021. ...More. |
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| Also available in softcover with a different cover [SAMUW03. $26.99]. |
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CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 4 Collects Voyage to the Deep #1-5, Dell, 1962-64, and Escape from Devil's Island #1, Avon, 1952. Recommended. Art by Sam Glanzman, Everett Raymond Kinstler et al. IIn Voyage to the Deep, the submarine Proteus has just finished its shakedown run and heads out to explore the Mariana trench; When they reach the trench they not only have to deal with giant sea creatures but an act of terrorism that threatens the entire world. Escape from Devils Island is a pre-code tale focusing on life inside the notorious French penal colony known as Devil's Island. Set up and framed for murder and robbery, Pierre Gavril is sentenced to twenty years of torture, hard labor and isolation on Devils Island — and escape is said to be suicide. PS Artbooks, 2021. ...More. |
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HOGAN'S ALLEY MAGAZINE #23 Hogan's Alley features a long examination of the legendary Frank Frazetta's time working for Li'l Abner creator Al Capp, with gorgeous Frazetta artwork (some supplied by his family). Also: a long interview with Golden Age comic book and comic strip artist Bob Fujitani. Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim. The short-lived attempt to produce a live-action sitcom based on Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy. Ralph Bakshi's original art collection. Best and Worst costume redesigns. Bull Moose, 2021....More. Item Code: HA23 Magazine, 8x11, 144pg, Text/b&w $7.50 |
| Hogan's Alley comes out roughly once a year; it's always a special occasion with lots of interesting reading. |
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BLACK INFINITY Volume 8 Rocketships and Spacesuits Recommended. 15 stories (both new and classic) celebrating rocketships & spacesuits in pop culture, including 3 rarely seen tales by Ray Bradbury; 4 illustrated features, including articles on Destination Moon by Justin Humphrey, curator of producer/director George Pal's Estate, and Space:1999; a new SF comics story, plus a never-before reprinted, “lost” classic comic story by Alex Toth. Profusely illustrated by Emsh, Virgil Finlay et al. Dead Letter Press, 2022....More. Item Code: BLAIN08 Soft Cover, 7x9, 232pg, Text/b&w $12.95 |
| All back issues are in stock. #7 is $11.95, $1-6 are $10.95 each. Click here for full details on each specially themed issue. From the same publisher is the Tom Corbett Space Cadet series, reprinted from the early 1950s. #1-7 are $8.95 each [TOMSM, TOMDDS, etc]. |
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| 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. |
Back in stock: Canadian Heroes |
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HEROES OF THE HOME FRONT Bell Features Artists of WWII Almost Gone! Back in stock, very limited supply. Highly Recommended. By Ivan Kocmarek. Forewords by Gerald Lazare and John Bell. A massive 300 page book including 150 full-page reproductions of original art pages, plus backstories and special interviews with the artists. Canada banned American comics during the Second World War, precipitating an explosion of homegrown comics from young publishers and creators. One of these was Bell Features, and it put out comics touting the exploits of heroes like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian super-heroine, who preceded even Wonder Woman. And Johnny Canuck, Speed Savage, The Brain, Nitro, The Dreamer, Doc Stearne (yes, of Mr. Monster fame), and Super Commando. North End Books, 2018. Out of Print....More. Item Code: HERHFD Hard Cover, 9x12, 320pg, Partial Color $140.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE MR. MONSTER The Original Adventures of Doc Stearne Signed Signed full color bookplate with new work by Michael T. Gilbert, limited to 300! Our Highest Recommendation. Mr. Monster was one of the many heroes created during the Golden Age of Canadian comics. But Michael T. Gilbert updated this same Mr. Monster in the 1980s, and we've all seen what fun he had with the character. This new collection includes the two original 1940s Mr. Monster stories plus the earlier Doc Stearne stories and covers, all by creator Fred Kelly. Plus never-before seen art, an interview with Kelly, a new afterword by Gilbert and an original pin-up gallery from over two-dozen contemporary Canadian artists! Raid, 2021. ...More. Item Code: MRMOHS Hard Cover, 7x9, 110pg, Partial Color $34.95 |
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D-DAY STORMING FORTRESS EUROPE Under Fire 1 Closeout Price! 328 pages. By Jack Chambers and Erik Hendrix. Art by Esteve Polls. Join the invasion of Normandy with a fully illustrated account of the Allied landing that changed the direction of World War II. One of the largest amphibious military offensives of all time, more than 4,000 troops lost their lives that day to free Europe from Hitler's oppressive control. See what it was like for advance paratroops dropped in pre-invasion, and for Allied soldiers to wade ashore and begin taking towns, all under withering Nazi gunfire. Osprey, 2020....More. Item Code: DDAYST Soft Cover, 7x10, 328pg, Full Color |
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EERIE PUBLICATIONS THE COMPLETE COVERS The Whole Bloody Mess By Mike Howlett. Cover by Bill Alexander. The horror comics fan's dream book!! Shrieking at you from the newsstands like garish sideshow banners, the notorious Eerie Publications raunchy, sensationalist magazines dared comic readers of the 60s and 70s to look. With the promise of torture and gore, those covers burned themselves into the brain of everyone who saw them. Now every known cover has been collected here and presented chronologically, fully annotated and in full color. Fantaco, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More. Item Code: EERP Soft Cover, 8x11, 240pg, Full Color $39.95 |
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THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK Omnibus Collects Savage She-Hulk #1-25; Marvel Two-in-One #88, 1980-81.The complete original adventures of She-Hulk in one massive Omnibus. When criminal defense attorney Jennifer Walters is shot by a mob hitman, her cousin saves her life with a blood transfusion — that cousin is Bruce Banner and his gamma-irradiated blood turns her into the Savage She-Hulk! Suddenly, she's a mean, green lawyering machine, and criminals the world over had better watch out. Conflict rages not just between She-Hulk and the many super-powered enemies in store, but between Jennifer Walters and She-Hulk! Marvel, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More. Item Code: SAVSHH Hard Cover, 7x11, 648pg, Full Color |
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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 |
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CATWOMAN OF EAST END Omnibus Collects Detective Comics #759-762; Catwoman #1-37; Catwoman Secret Files #1; Catwoman Selina's Big Score #1. By Ed Brubaker. Art by Darwyn Cooke. A serial killer is racking up bodies in Selian Kyle's old haunts, taking her back to a life she thought she'd left behind permanently. When Catwoman starts investigating it leads her into the heart of the Gotham Police Department and an encounter with a face from her past... Is Catwoman really ready for what's waiting for her in the dark streets of Gotham? DC Comics, 2022. Due: May. ...More. Item Code: CATEH Hard Cover, 7x10, 1064pg, Full Color |
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Mature ReadersMilo Manara is back with a new “uncensored” version of his classic, The Golden Ass. Here's more by Manara, and here's more erotic art and adult graphic novels. Also see below for a special adult email containing our 2021 Best Sellers.
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Nude Photography | Erotic Art | Erotic Films: DVDs | Adult Graphic Novels | All Pin-Up & Adult Click here to add yourself to our Adult's Only mailing list. |
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Click above to see our top 50 bestsellers from 2021. These were featured in our email last week. We’re working on an Adult Bestsellers which will be mailed out next week. If you’d like to see it, make sure that you are signed up for Special Adult emails, which is purely opt in. We don’t mail these to everyone. |
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I was out of town for last week's eblast, so I just got to updating the description on this. I added a lot more artist information and award winners. And it now has my Highest Recommendation. It's a good one!!! |
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Adult Special Email Next week we'll be sending out our first Adult edmail in quite some time. It will have the top 25 adult Bestsellers for last year, since we didn't include these in our regular Top 50 last week. You can get an advance look at these now. Go to our home page and search “Abest21”. Only about 25% of our customers are opted in for special adult mailings, so here's your chance to do that also if you'd like to get these occasional mailings. We try and add some previously unlisted special items also. Click on EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION on our home page to sign up or update your preferences. |
Franklin Booth Teaser Flesk Publishing is putting the finishing touches on a fine new massive book on Franklin Booth. He was the subject of their first book 20 years ago. Now they have discovered far more material to include, and reproduction quality has improved (now 1200 dpi), so this is going to be a big one. More soon. Also from Flesk, The Art of Tyler Jacobson is arriving soon, to ship in March. |
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Damages have prevented us from listing this yet. We filled backorders but then had nothing left for this listing, so I'm holding off until we get another shipment. You can backorder it now if you want to be first in line. Volume 1 remains available. SPAW01 $59.99/$52.50 |
Oakland International Antiquarian Book Show We will be unveiling a wonderful selection of rare illustrated and children's books at the show this weekend in Oakland. I look forward to seeing many customers there. We're in booth #607. After the show Anne will be photographing and listing these on her website in the weeks to come. Anne's new website. Anne also sends out occasional email lists; sign up with her. Questions? 530-273-9762 between 9am and 6pm PST or email info@budplantandhutchisonbooks.com. Feb 11-13. Click on this link for full details on the show. Richard Dix collected illustrated, children's and art books, and comics related material since 1970 and was one of my closest collecting friends, as well as a steady customer all that time. He also met many artists and had books personally signed by Dave Steven, Leo & Diane Dillon, Bill Stout, Brian Froud and many, many others. Anne and I have never handled a more impressive, wide-ranging and better condition collection. There is also a free virtual version of this big show. It opens Feb 12 at 9am (PST) and runs 9-5 Feb 12-14. We have 60 books pictured and described in the virtual show. ~Bud |
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