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From England the popular Illustrators Quarterly ERB Special is here, and an eagerly awaited restock of the Glamour Special. The second Tales from the Crypt EC Archives softcover is here. There’s an entirely new book on Doc Savage model Steve Holland. Also: Ed Brubaker’s Captain America Lives, a second Phantom DC Years, the art of Paul Davidson, and Fantagraphics kicks off a new Freak Brothers series with cool die-cut covers. And lots of news. Enjoy! |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #15 Edgar Rice Burroughs |
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EC ARCHIVES TALES FROM THE CRYPT Volume 2 Collects #23-#28, 1951-52. Highly Recommended. EC's premier horror title is now more affordable than ever before. Six classic issues, 24 great stories by all-star creators Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Johnny Craig, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis! This is the inspiration for the hit movie and HBO series and has become the most popular of all the EC titles. Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: ECTFC02 Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color |
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This is the sixth release in this new low-priced softcover series. Also available are Crypt Vol 1, Haunt of Fear 1, Vault 1, Weird Science 1, Shock 1, all at the same |
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STEVE HOLLAND The World's Greatest Illustration Art Model Highly Recommended. By Michael Stradford. A visual celebration of the iconic male model whose face and form were recognized on countless paperbacks, among them the Doc Savage series drawn by James Bama; men's magazines such as For Men Only, Male and Men's World, comic books (The Phantom), advertising illustration, and even television (1950's Flash Gordon)—from the fifties through the eighties. Interviews with the illustrators who painted him, an interview with Holland himself and countless illustrations, reference photos with leading ladies, and covers from his more than 30-year career. St. Clair Publishing, 2021. ...More. Item Code: STEVHOH Hard Cover, 8x11, 202pg, Partial Color $49.95 |
| This new and much larger book is completely different from the book below. Torn Shirt looks solely at his work posing as Doc Savage, primarily for James Bama’s paperback covers. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE STEVE HOLLAND The Torn Shirt Sessions Recommended. By Michael Stradford. Now for the first time, the surviving reference photos of model Steve Holland's sessions with James Bama, Bob Larkin and Joe DeVito. The very first photos for Bama's initial painting, The Man of Bronze, and dozens in between, down to the very last session where a still fit at 66 Holland posed for Joe DeVito's The Frightened Fish. When Bama hired his good friend, model Steve Holland to be the new interpretation of pulp hero Doc Savage, he began the first of what would be 62 classic covers for Bantam paperback books. Holland starred on thousands of magazine, comic book and paperback covers for more than 30 years, working with the greatest illustrators of the day, including Mort Kunstler, Roger Kastel, Peter Caras, Sol Korby, Ron Lesser, and Jack Faragasso. He was The Spider, The Phantom, Tarzan, Conan, Matt Helm, Magnus Robot Fighter, Flash Gordon and dozens more. St. Clair Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: STEHH Hard Cover, 7x10, 204pg, b&w $39.99 |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA LIVES! Omnibus Collects Captain America #43-50, #600-601, 2004; CA: Reborn #1-6, 2009; & the Reborn Prologue. Recommended. By Ed Brubaker, Paul Dini et al. Art by Gene Colan, Steve Epting, Jackson Guice et al. Steve Rogers' closest friends and allies may have found a way to bring back Captain America. Or is what they found something more sinister? The Red Skull's greatest plan to destroy Captain America has been in motion and its completion is almost at hand. Will Captain America be lost forever or will he be REBORN? A story that spans the 1940s to modern times, co-starring the original Human Torch, The Black Widow, the adult Bucky, and the Avengers. Marvel, 2021. ...More. Item Code: CAPLIH Hard Cover, 7x11, 560pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more Captain America, and more by Ed Brubaker. Ed’s one of our favorite modern comics writers, his work is offbeat and always very well done. We try to stock all his graphic novels and archives. |
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PHANTOM The Complete DC Comic Years 2 Collects The Phantom #3-8, 1989. Collecting the action-packed stories of DC Comics' The Phantom, with scripts by Mark Verheiden and pencils and inks by Luke McDonnell; second of three volumes; includes introductory essay on Verheiden, a 14-page interview with McDonnell, packed with examples of his Marvel and DC art. Hermes Press, 2022....More. Item Code: PHDC02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 224pg, Full Color $50.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE THE PHANTOM The Complete DC Comics Years Volume 1 From 1987, first of three volumes. By Lee Falk et el. "A new, intelligent take on a classic hero [this] stand[s] as a distinguished chapter in the canon of the character." An action packed collection of the first six stories of the DC Comic Phantom, with the first mini-series by Peter David with art by Joe Orlando, followed by two stories from the next series with script by Mark Verheiden, pencils and inks by Luke McDonnell. Includes an interview with Peter David and a detailed biography of Joe Orlando. Hermes Press, 2021....More. Item Code: PHDC01H Hard Cover, 8x11, 224pg, Full Color $50.00 |
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SECOND CHANCES Collects #1-4. Recommended. By Ricky Mammone. Art by Max Bertolini. Second Chances Hotline — call now and get a new identity! All you need is some cash, a proper referral, and a very good reason to start over. When Leblanc, the man behind the hotline, is approached by a shady figure from his past, he's forced to accept a new client who doesn't meet any of the requirements — a client with chemically induced amnesia in desperate need of protection. Up-and-coming writer Ricky Mammone and artist Max Bertolini (The Witcher, Nathan Never) explode onto the scene with this psychedelic, action-packed, bizarre noir that feels like John Wick punching through an existential French New Wave fever dream. Image Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: SECOC Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATED The Comics Art Techniques of Paul Davidson Signed Signed with a full color cover! Foreword by Dan Abnett. Renowned Marvel & 2000AD artist Paul Davidson takes you on a behind-the-scenes look at his process and the art techniques used to illustrate a comic book. Here is a unique insight into the mind of a comic book creator as he develops an idea from sketching, inking, and finally coloring the final page. 100 pages of character design, concept art, and the how-to construction of a comic book page. Berserker, 2022. Out of print. ...More. |
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Also available is a special hardcover edition, limited to 50 signed copies each with a small pen drawing. Remarque Edition [FANPDS. $75]. This edition is already out of print. We have only 4 copies left. And there is a variant cover, pictured above right, with the central artwork in black and white. It is unsigned and very limited, it was a premium for every four copies that we ordered. [FANPDV. $45]. |
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THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS The Idiots Abroad Highly Recommended. By Gilbert Shleton and Paul Mavrides. This new Freak Brothers Follies series collect sall their cannabis-fueled adventures. Each deluxe hardcover features a special die-cut cover. We lead off with "The Idiots Abroad," a brilliant, novel-length tour de force of slapstick and screwball adventure, showcasing Shelton's gift for weaving together an intricate plot with droll dialogue and pitch-perfect comedic timing. First published 1984-87, plus a 1986 Fat Freddy's Cat story. Fantagraphics, 2022....More. Item Code: FABIH Hard Cover, 8x10, 146pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS COMPENDIUM Highly Recommended. By Gilbert Shelton. A low-priced sampler of Freak Brothers stories—for the new reader or old fans not ready to pony up for the complete compendium. Four stories in full color. Shelton himself introduces the volume with a classic answer to the question "are the Freak Brothers based on real people?" Classic comic strips from the past 50 years, by one of the very best and funniest underground comics artists. Nudity and LOTS of drug use—but all in fun. Shelton's comics and books have now sold over 40 million copies worldwide in 17 languages. Knockabout, 2019. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: FABFC Soft Cover, 7x10, 64pg, Partial Color $13.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE FIFTY FREAKIN' YEARS OF THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS Bargain-priced. Highly Recommended. By Gilbert Shelton. Yes!! It is 50 years since the world's best-loved and best-known underground comic characters first appeared. Now published in 16 languages and with global sales of over 40 million copies. This souvenir extravaganza contains brand new strips: "Phineas becomes a Suicide Bomber," "Franklin got his Gun," "Fat Freddy gets Religion," and more Freak Brothers short strips and vintage paraphernalia. Plus an up to date interview with Gilbert Shelton and a gallery of Freak Brothers parody strips by Robert Crumb, Hunt Emerson and more. Knockabout, 2017....More. Item Code: FIFTF Soft Cover, 7x10, 64pg, Full Color $13.99 |
| The previous Freak Brothers Anthology was done in 2008, in softcover. |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #13 The Art of Glamour Back in stock. Highly Recommended. Double-sized special. An entirely new look at Glamour and Pin Up art from the 1900s on, but with emphasis on the last several decades. Billy De Vorss, Rolf Armstrong, Alberto Vargas, Enoch Bolles, Gil Elvgren, Peter Driben, to "modern day" names: Fritz Willis, Chris Achilleos, Sorayama, Patrick Nagel, Dave Stevens, Milo Manara, Robert McGinnis and many, many more. A gorgeous collection. Lots of nudity. Book Palace, 2021. Adult material. ...More. Item Code: IQS13 Soft Cover, 9x11, 144pg, Partial Color $44.99 |
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This quickly sold out upon publication. We had to wait for a new order to come in from England along with the above ERB Special. Here are all the Illustrator Quarterly Specials and regular issues of IQ. The Warren Magazine: The U.S. Artists Special [IQS15. $38.99] has been delayed until August. See my notes in each issue’s description about the item code oddity on this and the ERB Special, above. We just added 7 previous issues to our Rare Books section in case you have a gap in your collection. They are issues 1-3 and 10-13. See them here. |
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FRIDAY FOSTER The Sunday Strips Recommended. By Jim Lawrence. Art by Jorge Longaron.The Friday Foster comic strip is the story of a former nightclub "camera bunny" turned photographer's assistant turned fashion model. With an innate inclination to help others and a natural beauty that makes her a magnet for men, Friday often finds herself in some very sticky situations and world-class adventures. Friday was the first mainstream (i.e. nationally syndicated) comic strip starring a black character in the title role, 1970-1974. Packed with extra features, including an interview with Longaron, bio details on writer Lawrence, full details on the 1975 blaxploitation film with an interview with Director Arthur Marks and star Pam Grier. Ablaze, 2020. ...More. Item Code: FRIFH Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Full Color $39.99 |
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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 |
| Our original order came in with no signatures or numbering, which was very confusing. It turns out it was a manufacturing error, and now we have the real, limited and signed edition available. Here also are the other editions. |
Mature ReadersWe have two new Cavewoman Budd Root editions this week…Cavewoman: Heading Home. Click here for all available Cavewoman variant covers as well as the always-popular Cave Paintings: The Art of Budd Root [CAVPH. $30.]. Published in 2016 from Budd’s friend Frank Cho, this could sell out unexpectedly.
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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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ANY GUN CAN PLAY The Essential Guide to Euro-Westerns Second edition. By Kevin Grant. Foreword by Franco Nero. The full, vibrant history of the Euro-Western. The success of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy in the 60s sparked a gold rush, as a legion of European film-makers, many of them sharing the get-rich-quick mentality of Leone's mercenary anti-heroes, followed the master's lead to create some of the wildest Westerns ever made. Cynical and stylish, bloody and baroque, Euro-Westerns replaced straight-shooting sheriffs and courageous cowboys with amoral adventurers, whose murderous methods would shock the heroes of Hollywood Westerns. FAB Press, 2022. Due: April....More. Item Code: ANYGH Hard Cover, 8x11, 480pg, Full Color |
| Sounds like an excellent companion to the recently published Coffee Table book, Hang ‘em High: |
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ALSO AVAILABLE HANG 'EM HIGH: 100 Years of Western Movie Posters 1911-2020 Five hundred of the greatest Western movie posters ever made. Highly Recommended. By Mark Fertig. Collected in a luxurious oversized format and meticulously restored, presented in as sharp quality as they have ever been seen. Plus, the fascinating history of the Western, from its low-budget beginnings to its glorious peak as Hollywood's most popular genre. Tom Mix, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, High Noon, The Magnificent Seven, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly — the Western's brightest stars and biggest blockbusters are all represented along with many lesser known but outstanding films. Possibly the best art book ever done on Western films, this is very, very good. Fantagraphics, 2021. ...More. Item Code: HANGH Hard Cover, 11x13, 340pg, Full Color |
| Here is more western-themed work. |
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RED SONJA BLACK, WHITE, RED Volume 1 Collects #1-4. Cover by Philip Tan. By Kurt Busiek, Gail Simone et al. The comics industry's top writers and artists pen 12 tales. Sonja's journeys take her through key moments of her long life, across the Hyborian Age, and against many foes and challenges, while creators also push the artistic boundaries of the medium through their storytelling. Dynamite, 2022. Due: May. ...More. Item Code: REDB01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 136pgs, Full Color |
| This will also be available signed by Gail Simone [REDB01HS. $49.99]. More recent Red Sonja collections can be found on our website. |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS DAREDEVIL Volume 16 Collects Daredevil #173-181, 1981-82 & 4 more comics. Recommended. In issue after issue, Frank Miller redefined the Man Without Fear with work that stands atop the peak of comic book storytelling. When Miller introduced Elektra, readers could not get enough of the assassin from Matt Murdock’s past. In this volume, her saga ratchets up as she and Daredevil fight the unstoppable ninjas of The Hand. Miller also introduces Stick, the gruff mentor who trained a young Murdock and who now must help him regain his radar sense before the Kingpin closes in. Also a deadly reckoning for Ben Urich and with Bullseye that ends in one of the most scintillating moments in comics history. Plus: A pair of essential What If? rarities and an Elektra solo mission! Marvel, 2022. Due: Jun. ...More. Item Code: MMDA16H Hard Cover, 7x10, 352pg, Full Color |
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AMERICA GOES MODERN By Nonie Gadsden. How design made America modern: masterpieces of furniture, metalware and plastics from the early 20th century. America Goes Modern explores designers’ achievements through close examination of selected masterworks. Each of these exceptional objects offers a window into the social, cultural, technological and economic world in which they were made and used. Sleek furniture, vibrant ceramics, streamlined metalwares and innovative plastics from the leading designers of the era: Norman Bel Geddes, Walter Dorwin Teague, John Vassos, and many others. MFA Publications, 2022. Due: Jun. ...More. Item Code: AMEGH Hard Cover, 7x10, 224pg, Partial Color $45.00 |
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ICE CREAM MAN Sundae Edition Collects #1-12. By Maxwell Prince. Art by Martin Morazzo and Chris O'Halloran. Collecting the first twelve issues of the critically acclaimed, bestselling anthology comic Ice Cream Man. Oversized hardcover. From the haunting inaugural issue, to an exploration of opioid abuse, to a lauded three-tiered silent meditation, to even the far reaches of future outer space — there's a sliver of suffering here for everyone. Image Comics, 2022. Due: Jun. ...More. Item Code: ICE01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 400pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL JUNE 1962 Omnibus Recommended. Where were you in June of 1962? Spider-Man was making his historic debut in Amazing Fantasy #15. Thor first held aloft the hammer Mjolnir. Hank Pym donned his cybernetic helmet, becoming Ant-Man. The FF squared off against Namor and Doctor Doom. Kid Colt mixed it up with the Circus of Crime. Millie the Model got mixed up in more Hanover hijinks. Patsy and Hedy worked on their frenemy-ship. Star-crossed lovers dealt with the ups and downs of romance, all while tales of horror and fantasy stories crept from the pages of titles like Strange Tales. Marvel. 2022. Due: Jun. ...More. Item Code: MARJ62H Hard Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color |
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AVAILABLE NOW MARVEL AUGUST 1961 Omnibus Nineteen complete Marvel issues, all from August 1961! Recommended. In August 1961, Fantastic Four #1 hit newsstands, heralding a new take on super hero stories and the birth of the Silver Age Marvel Universe! But Marvel Comics had been around for years before that, publishing Western, romance, comedy, monster and science fiction titles—and in August 1961, Fantastic Four was just one of over a dozen very different Marvel books! Now, sixty years later, experience the excitement of being a comic book fan in that momentous month — with a complete collection of every issue that shared the shelves with Fantastic Four #1, many never before reprinted! Marvel, 2021. ...More. Item Code: MARAUGH Hard Cover, 7x10, 520pg, Full Color |
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SERGIO TOPPI: Narratore D’Immagini Signed - $175 Steranko Graphic Narrative: Story Telling in the Comics and the Visual Novel - $200 MEKANIKA Limited - $125 SPACEHAWK - Basil Wolverton - $125 HAWKS OF THE SEAS Signed - Will Eisner - $100 DON LAWRENCE: Sketchbook - $200 DON LAWRENCE: The Legacy Book Two: Women - $150 PLAYBOY: Helmut Newton - $100 PLAYBOY: The Celebrities - $85 THE PLAYMATE BOOK: Five Decades of Centerfolds - $85 PLAYBOY: 50 Years The Cartoons - $100 MASTERS OF COMIC BOOK ART - $70 THE STUDIO - with Jeffrey Jones, Michael Kaluta, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Berni Wrightson - $200 Many of these are from three collections, bought new by the former owners. Copies are often exceptionally sharp, as new, since all three collectors were very careful with their books. Exceptions are noted. Click here to see all the new Rare Books entered this week!
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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. |
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Judge Dredd Brian Bolland Apex Edition Wow, advance orders for this have really surprised us. We’ve had to increase our initial order twice now. Sometimes an item this popular can sell out upon publication, so get your order in if you want to play safe. |
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Marvel Comics Library – Golden Age Captain America Taschen’s first release in this series was Spider-Man—everything you ever wanted to know about his origin as well as oversized compilation of his first 21 issues. The word is that Taschen is now working on the same format for Cap from the 1940s…and looking for collectors to help with finding all needed issues. |
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This has finally arrived at the publisher’s warehouse here in California. We’ll have our copies of the regular and slipcased/signed edition very soon. You can reserve it now for the fastest shipment. |
Serpieri Books from Los Scarabeo A large shipment of all the hard-to-find Serpieri books is now on the way to us from Italy. This includes all the classic Druuna graphic novels and the latest “bi-lingual” Western and Eros collections. Our U.S. source for these proved totally unreliable for getting reorders, so we went direct. However, XXX Serpieri Bi-Lingual [SERXH. $44.99] is going back to press. We’ll keep backorders on file and hope to see it before too much longer. |
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We listed a new Vampi Bust by Joseph Michael Linsner last week but neglected to mention this can be a stand-alone statue OR it is also designed as a companion to the new Dawn Bust, also by Linsner. We are just making Dawn available now and we’ll officially list it next week. ~Bud |
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