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Vanguard’s Frazetta gets our highest recommendation for both editions. We have a collection of prose stories by Alan Moore, including a piece on the comics industry; Black Adam boxed set; a big stack of huge new Omnibuses; Beethoven; Gaiman’s Miracleman: The Golden Age; Black Panther; V.T. Hamlin’s Alley Oop 5, and bestseller Blackhawk hits Volume 3. Enjoy! |
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ILLUMINATIONS Stories By Alan Moore New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Highly Recommended. "A wonderful collection, Brilliant and moving." - Neil Gaiman. In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover — and in some cases even make and unmake — the various uncharted parts of existence. Bloomsbury, 2022. ...More. Item Code: ILLSTH Hard Cover, 6x9, 464pg, Text Only $30.00 |
| Click here for more by Alan Moore, including Comic Book Rebels from 1997, signed by Moore and seven other creators (without slipcase: COMBRS. RB$150 and with slipcase: RB1663. $250]. |
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THE ART OF HORROR MOVIES AND ILLUSTRATED HISTORY New Revised Edition, first published in 2017. Highly Recommended. Includes more films, rare images, and in-depth explorations to bring this award-winning book completely up to date, cementing its position as the definitive and essential guide to horror movies. Through a series of informative chapters and fascinating sidebars chronologically charting the evolution of horror movies for more than a century, profusely illustrated throughout with over 600 rare and unique images including posters, lobby cards, advertising, promotional items, tie-in books and magazines. Plus wonderful paintings from the original art celebrating horror milestones, actors and actresses. Applause Books, 2022....More. Item Code: ARTHMH Hard Cover, 10x11, 320pg, Full Color $45.00 |
| Also don’t miss The Art of Pulp Horror in the same series [ARTPHH. $40, $36.99]. It has Our Highest Recommendation. |
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HELLBOY The Bones of Giants Collects Hellboy: Bones of Giants #1-4, 2021-22. A brand new Hellboy adventure! Highly Recommended. Hellboy and Abe Sapien go to Sweden for a wild adventure full of Norse legends, giant demons, hordes of creatures, and a threat that could bring not just Earth but the Nine Realms of Norse mythology to their knees. Based on the illustrated novel by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden, this new graphic novel brings readers into Hellboy’s fight against the Frost Giants with stunning art by Matt Smith and colors by Chris O’Halloran. Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: HELBGH Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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WE HAVE DEMONS Collects #1-3. Recommended. By Scott Snyder. Art by Greg Capullo. Lam Lyle, a lovely young woman of science, dismissed stories of the conflict between angel and demon-kind. But when she discovers she is being raised by demons and is saved by a hulking, benevolent demon named Gus — her father's former partner — everything changes. Our feisty and attractive heroine turns out to have powers she never knew she had and she is thrust into a climactic war of good and evil that goes back to the beginning of time. Good artwork and supporting characters, nasty well-depicted demons.... Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: WEHAV Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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THE JOURNEY OF MARCEL GROB Recommended. By Philippe Collin. Art by Sébastien Goethals. In the dead of night, eighty-three-year-old Marcel Grob is sequestered by an investigating judge who questions him about his past. Particularly beginning on June 28, 1944, the day when “Marzell,” like ten thousand of his German-speaking peers from the French borderland province of Alsace, became a member of the Nazis’ infamous Waffen SS. But did the teenager volunteer, or was he conscripted by the Nazis? Dead Reckoning, 2022....More. Item Code: JOURMG Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Partial Color $27.95 |
| Here are more stories of military history from publisher Dead Reckoning. I enjoy reading these and recommend nearly every one. |
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BEETHOVEN A Stand for Freedom Recommended. By Régis Penet. 1806. The great Napoleonic conquests are underway and Austria, Beethoven's home, is now occupied by French troops. Beethoven is a towering figure in Austrian culture. He is 36 years old and is forced to live in the palace of Prince Alois von Lichnowsky; von Lichnowsky made it a point of honor to have the composer play in front of his guests. But Beethoven refused to show his talent. "Tell the French that there is still one man in Austria who is not subject to them, and that he does not bear any title." -Beethoven! Life Drawn, 2022. ...More. Item Code: BEETST Soft Cover, 8x10, 144pg, b&w $22.99 |
| Here are more graphic novels dealing with musicians: Bluesman, Hendrix Electric Requiem, Janis Joplin: Love Me Please, Django Reinhart: Hand on Fire, Leonard Cohen, and Nelle. Books on music: Rock Covers, Art Record Covers, Jazz Covers, Sun Ra, The Haunted Banjo, Electric Frankenstein, and more. |
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MIRACLEMAN The Golden Age By Gaiman & Buckingham Collects #1-6, 2015. Highly Recommended. By Neil Gaiman. Art by Mark Buckingham. Atop Olympus, Miracleman presides over a brave new world forged from London's destruction. It is a world free of war, of famine, of poverty. A world of countless wonders. A world where pilgrims scale Olympus' peak to petition their living god, while miles below the dead return in fantastic android bodies. It is an Age of Miracles — but is humankind ready for it? Do we even want it? Is there a place for humanity in a world of gods? Plus 30 pages of bonus material. Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: MIRM01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color $19.99 |
| Also available is a Miracleman Omnibus [MIRMAH. $100, $90] due in October. And an Artifact Edition [MIRAEH. $150] which is temporarily out of stock but due back shortly. |
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THE LAST MECHANICAL MONSTER Includes 4-page punch-out Robot! Recommended. "Brian picks up the baton left by the Fleischer Studios Superman cartoon in 1941 and finished the story!" This latest graphic novel from Brian Fies (Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, A Fire Story) already has a fan base and a considerable history of accomplishment. Initially published online as a webcomic, it was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in both 2014 and 2015. Decades after being imprisoned for threatening his city with an army of giant robots, an elderly scientist reenters society, only to discover he needs help navigating life in the 21st century. Experiencing real kindness and friendship for the first time, his new relationships challenge the inventor’s single-minded devotion for vengeance — just as his plans threaten to spiral out of his control. Abrams, 2022....More. Item Code: LASMEC Hard Cover, 7x11, 192pg, Full Color $24.99 |
| See our website for many more books starring robots, from film robots to pre-code comics and modern graphic novels... |
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BLACKHAWK Volume 3 Collects #17-20, 1947-48. Highly Recommended. The best-selling PS Artbook series this year continues! Four more 52-page issues with wonderful stories of adventure, and fine artwork by Al Bryant, Jack Cole, Bill Ward, and Reed Crandall. Femme fatales abound, as only Crandall can create them. High-flying adventure in the boys' original Grumman two-engine planes. Fights to the death with evil geniuses, ex-Nazis, dictators and more. Plus Chop-Chop backup stories, and some wildly sexy girls by the creator of Torchy, Bill Ward, doing his thing as one of Blackhawk's regular artists. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: BLAC03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color $32.99 |
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Volume 2 is back in stock and available now [BLAC02. $32.99]. We are awaiting a reorder of Volume 1 but you can reserve a copy now [BLAC01. $32.99].
Blackhawk is also examined in Reed Crandall: Illustrator of the Comics [REEDCRA. $39.95], which comes with a signed illustrated bookplate, and in The Quality Companion [QUALC. |
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ALARMING TALES Volume 1 Collects #1-6, 1957-58, from Harvey Comics. Highly Recommended. Collects all six issues of this outstanding title. The first two issues each feature four stories by Jack Kirby, including a Kamandi prototype. Kirby has one story each in #3 and 4, collaborates with Al Williamson in #5. Also contributing here are Bob Powell, Doug Wildey, John Severin (two covers), and Williamson does another story! Not half bad for a long forgotten pre-1960s title!! PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: ALAR01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $34.99 |
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WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Christmas in Duckburg New printing. Book 21 in the series. Our Highest Recommendation. By Carl Barks. 17 complete stories from 1958-59. When Donald decides to let the boys pick their own Christmas present, they choose...a Ferris Wheel! Only Uncle Scrooge can pay for it, and only if Donald will go to Canada to pick up a 100-foot Christmas tree. Oh, if only it were that easy! Then, Donald becomes a firefighter and dreams of rescuing a damsel in distress and proving he is brave and noble. And, when Uncle Scrooge notices an unidentified island in the South Pacific, the race is on for him to claim it for himself! Fantagraphics, 2022. Out of Print. ...More. Item Code: WD21H Hard Cover, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color |
| See more of the Complete Barks series here. |
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DEADLY BELOVED AND OTHER STORIES New 11-page Introduction by Max Allan Collins. Highly Recommended. Johnny Craig's crime and horror stories written and drawn for Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, and Crime SuspenStories, as well as the complete collection of all his "Dateline" stories from Extra! Craig's murder masterpiece, "Understudies," in which two lovers conspire to remove their respective spouses, in a twisted twist recalling The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity; and his signature horror story "...All Through the House" (twice adapted to film — for 1972's Tales From the Crypt movie and HBO's 1989 Tales From the Crypt pilot episode). Plus, the debut of EC's enigmatic horror hostess, Drusilla, and a look at the work of EC artists Harry Harrison, Howard Larsen, Sheldon Moldoff (Moon Girl) as well. Thirty-one stories in all, with essays and commentary by EC experts. Introduction by Grand Master crime novelist Max Allan Collins.Fantagraphics, 2022....More. Item Code: DEADLH Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, b&w |
| Here are more in the Fantagraphics EC Artist series. |
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THE JODOROWSKY LIBRARY Volume 4 Recommended. The latest deluxe matching volume offers previously unseen bonus materials and extras, including rare pages from Jodorowsky’s never-reprinted comics debut in 1966! This collects the psychedelic, explosive '80s fresco The Saga of Alandor drawn by the brilliant Silvio Cadelo; the unfinished masterpiece Diosanmante drawn by Jean-Claude Gal and stories from the Screaming Planet with Opena, JH Williams III and Ciruelo. Nudity, adult. Humanoids, 2022. Adult Material....More. Item Code: JODL04H Hard Cover, 8x10, 272pg, Full Color |
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GRIMM TALES OF TERROR QUARTERLY Rise of Cthulhu Alfredo Reyes Cover By George Brusha. Art by Julius Abrera, LaManno, Mariani and Uezu. For millennia it has slept while the Grimm Universe grew around it. Remembered only in myth and legend, its name has been whispered throughout time...Cthulhu. It is evil incarnate and its awakening foretells the end of mankind. The beginning of the end of the Grimm Universe is here...Dread Cthulhu's slumber is over. Keres, the beautiful Goddess of Death, can bend men to her will (and insatiable lust) while she plots to bring Cthulhu back into the world in part one of a new adventure. Zenescope, 2022....More. Item Code: GRIMRT Comic, 7x10, 40pg, Full Color $8.99 |
| Here’s more stand-alone comics in the Grimm Universe from Zenescope. |
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STEVE CANYON Volume 12 1969-1970 From the end of the tumultuous 1960s into a brand-new decade, everyone’s favorite bird colonel travels from Alaska to Latin America and romances women from dominating millionaire Copper Calhoon to— Poteet’s old friend, Bitsy Beekman? Things are not always as they seem, but the course of love finally runs true on April 24, 1970. Caniff tackles addiction, Poteet Canyon covers the cross country Powder Puff Derby as Bitsy enters the race, vying to become the champion woman pilot of 1969. On land or thousands of feet in the air, the action never stops. Chronological daily strips and Sunday Pages. IDW, 2022. ...More. Item Code: SC12H Hard Cover, 11x9, 296pg, Partial Color |
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ALLEY OOP Book Five Chief Bighorn 1937 V.T. Hamlin Highly Recommended. By V.T. Hamlin. The complete year of 1937 daily Alley Oop strips, all newly scanned and cleaned from newspaper pages. Alley Oop meets Chief Bighorn. King Guzzle is deposed and Oola becomes the Grand Wizer of Moo. Foozy burns the plant that gives Guzzle his power and suddenly we have talking dinosaurs and Oop collapses. Lots of Dinny and various dinosaurs as chaos reins in Moo. Wonderful artwork by Hamlin. Acoustic Learning, 2022. ...More. Item Code: ALLE05 Soft Cover, 11x8, 112pg, b&w $19.95 |
All back volumes are currently in stock, same price. Here are the Dave Graue collections; Dave was Hamlin’s assistant and took over the strip. |
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BLOOM COUNTY LIBRARY Volume 1 1980-1982 Highly Recommended. By Berkeley Breathed. First of five editions collecting the Pulitzer Prize- and Eisner Award-winning comic strip in its entirety. Introduces the beloved Opus the Penguin, as well as Bill the Cat, Cutter John, Michael Binkley, Milo Bloom, Steve Dallas, and others. Whether you're new to the series or an old fan, this is the perfect opportunity to collect one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of all time from the very beginning. Running from December 8th, 1980, to August 6th, 1989, Bloom County was published in an astounding 1,200 newspapers on a daily basis. It spawned a merchandising bonanza, as well as two spin-off strips, Outland and Opus. The first Bloom County paperback collection, Loose Tails, sold over one million copies. IDW, 2022....More. Item Code: BLOM01 Soft Cover, 11x8, 288pg, Partial Color $34.99 |
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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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FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION Volume 4 The Mystery of the Black Panther New printing. Collects Fantastic Four #52-67, Annual #4-5, and material from Not Brand Echh #1 and 5, 1966-67. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby redefined super heroes and started the Marvel revolution. Nowhere did they notch more innovative firsts than with the Fantastic Four. Here is the first appearance of The Black Panther; The Thing fights The Silver Surfer; The Human Torch fights his 1940s namesake; the FF face DoctorDoom armed with the Silver Surfer's cosmic power; the first appearances of Blastaar, the alien Kree, Ronan the Accuser, Sentry 456 and The Supreme Intelligence...and also of "Him," aka Adam Warlock! Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: FFE04 Soft Cover, 7x10, 448pg, Full Color |
| Also in stock are Epic Collections 1, 2, 7 and 8. And here’s more Fantastic Four. |
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SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 8 Collects Savage Sword of Conan #102-116; Marvel Comics Super Special #35, 1984-85. Recommended. Few, if any, comic magazines have had such an abundance of amazing artists. Here is Ernie Chan, the flowing beauty of Rudy Nebres, the airbrushed action of Dave Simons and the Conan artist of all Conan artists, Big John Buscema, who illustrates the never before reprinted adaptation of "Conan the Destroyer!" New visual talents join as well with Gary Kwapisz crafting a new visual pace for Savage. Conan’s exploits in this volume include the return of Captain Bor’aqh Sharaq, the resurrection of the Devourer of Souls and all-out war with an undead army! Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: SAVS08H Hard Cover, 8x11, 1056pg, b&w |
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BLACK PANTHER The Early Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 1 Highly Recommended. For the first time the complete classic adventures of the Black Panther — first in a line of Omnibus editions. In the 1960s, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created one of the most iconic super heroes ever conceived, the regal king of Wakanda: the Black Panther. Roy Thomas, joined by top artists including John Buscema, brought the Panther into the ranks of the Avengers and delved into his origins and backstory. Then, Don McGregor launched T’Challa’s first solo series. His “Panther’s Rage” was an adventure so huge it ranged across the savannah, into the deepest jungles and over snow-topped mountains. Marvel. 2022. ...More. Item Code: BLP01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 912pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more Black Panther. Several are currently on sale, including a postcard book, Masterworks 3, and Epic Collection 3. |
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BLACK ADAM Box Set 3-book boxed set. By Geoff Johns. Art by Gary Frank. Thousands of years before Billy Batson became a magically-empowered hero, the wizard Shazam selected another champion. But his power corrupted Black Adam. Exiled by Shazam, he has now returned to the modern day in comics as well as in the new film. A frequent enemy to Earth’s heroes, Black Adam firmly believes he is the right person to lead humanity and any action he takes is necessary for the greater good. Three volumes: JSA: Black Reign, Shazam Vol 1 and Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire. DC Comics, 2022. ...More. Item Code: BLADA Soft Cover, 7x10, 696pg, Full Color |
| Here is more Black Adam, Rise and Fall of an Empire, and a statue, now out of print, from 2019. Only one left [DCHBA. $90], still original release price. |
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DOOM PATROL By Rachel Pollack Omnibus Collects Doom Patrol #64-87, Annual #2, Totems #1, and Vertigo Jam #1, 1993-95. Recommended. Art by Ted McKeever et al. Science-fiction author Rachel Pollack brings her unique and inventive sensibility to DC’s weirdest super-team! This massive hardcover collects her entire Doom Patrol run for the first time. Starting in 1989, Doom Patrol evolved into something truly bizarre — and brilliant — with some of the most unique ideas in fiction given shape. The book was part of a wave of unbridled creativity that helped inspire the creation of DC’s groundbreaking Vertigo imprint, and its impact is still felt today in the HBO Max Doom Patrol original series.DC Comics, 2022. ...More. Item Code: DOOPH Hard Cover, 7x10, 760pg, Full Color |
| See our website for more Doom Patrol collections. |
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THE NEW TEEN TITANS Omnibus Volume 1 In 1980, writer Marv Wolfman and artists George Pérez and Romeo Tanghal introduced this team of former sidekicks, now on their own with their former mentors nowhere in sight (well, mostly). Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Changeling, Raven and Starfire — young heroes with great powers and strong personalities who learn their way in the world through the strength of their friendship and adventures. This collects the team’s debut in DC Comics Presents #26, plus the first twenty issues of their monthly series AND the four-issue mini-series, Tales of the Teen Titans. DC Comics, 2022...More. Item Code: NEWT01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 688pg, Full Color |
| Here is more with the Teen Titans, an out of print Silver Age Omnibus, and two artbooks on Titan artist Nick Cardy [RB1819, signed and RB3021. $100 ea]. |
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WONDER WOMAN GEORGE PEREZ Omnibus Volume 1 New printing. Collects Wonder Woman #1-24 (1987-89) and Wonder Woman Annual #1. Recommended. One of the most popular artists working in comics over the last 30 years, George Pérez’s resume contains a who's-who of the most popular characters in comics, from his co-creation of The New Teen Titans in the 80s to Crisis On Infinite Earths. This omnibus collects the first two years of his revolutionary run on Wonder Woman in premium format, where he reinvented our Amazon and brought her character up to date and into far greater popularity. With co-writer Len Wein and inker Bruce Patterson, Perez went on to craft's Wonder Woman's stories for years. DC, 2022. ...More. Item Code: WWOM01H Hard Cover, 8x11, 640pg, Full Color |
| Click here for more Wonder Woman and more by George Perez. |
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DAN BRERETON’S NOCTURNALS OCTOBER EPOCH 2023 Calendar Signed Signed! Highly Recommended. This unique 13-month calendar frames the year as it should, beginning and ending with the most important month of the year–OCTOBER! Featuring significant holidays, and MORE IMPORTANTLY, all the horror-themed dates they could think of: author birthdays, classic horror movie release dates, and many more monstrous events! Includes November-December 2023 also! The Nocturnals and more monsters and creatures star in Dan’s very first calendar, signed on the cover. Nakatomi, 2022. ...More. Item Code: DB23 12x12, 26g, Full Color $25.00 |
| Dan’s special calendar begins in October, so you can start using it right now. Each one is signed and supply is limited. Here’s more of Dan’s work including his latest book and portfolio, By the Blade. Click here for ALL of our 2023 Calendars. Or download a brand new revision of the Holiday Catalog for the complete calendar listings (pages 22-25), including several 2023 titles not yet in stock but due any day. |
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