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Free Comic Book Day is this week. Click here to link to free issues and special warehouse finds. This week: A Sandman Compendium, Art of Ariel Olvetti, Hokusai-inspired artists, Pink Floyd & Searle’s The Wall, Tesla, Incal. Plus signed Nocturnals, a mini-sale on Zenescope titles, and Eisner Hall of Fame news… Enjoy! |
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LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE Carmine Infantino |
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SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE Compendium One Nearly 1000 pages of tense adventure! 1st of two compendiums. Collects #1-36 & Annual #1. Recommended. By Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle. Art by Guy Davis. The year is 1938, and the world is holding its breath —mesmerized by the onrushing storm that will soon engulf it in fire and steel. In New York City, one man’s sleep is filled with tormenting visions of the evils that mankind visits upon itself, compelling him to act. And so, by night, Wesley Dodds lays aside the trappings of his inherited wealth to roam the shadows as the Sandman, armed with a tranquilizing gas gun and driven by an unrelenting sense of justice. DC Comics, 2023. ...More. Item Code: SANM01H Soft Cover, 7x10, 984pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more of the original hero, and the Neil Gaiman Sandman. |
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SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil Collects #1-4, 2007. New Edition, expanded behind-the-scenes section. Highly Recommended. Young orphan Billy Batson finds himself wielding truly amazing magic powers — just in time to face an invasion of alien creatures and to stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world!! When Billy follows a mysterious stranger onto the subway, he never imagines he's entering a strange world of powerful wizards, talking tigers, kid-eating monsters, and mysterious villains. All he has to do is say the magic word: Shazam! DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: SHAZMH Hard Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Full Color |
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THE ART OF PERRY PETERSON Limited to 1000. Highly Recommended. By Daniel Zimmer. TThis spectacular book explores the life and work of Perry Peterson (1908-58), in his day one of the nation's top slick magazine illustrators. Today he is largely forgotten, except for fans of vintage magazine illustration. His excellent work appeared in magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and Collier's, almost exclusively illustrating fiction. His pretty girls, handsome men, and dramatic scenes show that nothing was beyond his skill. His tragic death in a fire in 1958 cut short a promising career....More. Item Code: ARTPPH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color $44.95 |
| Illustration Magazine #78 and 79 are now out of print but we still have copies if you act quickly. Here’s more art books and back issues from The Illustrated Press. |
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THE ART OF ARIEL OLIVETTI Hardcover Highly Recommended. The best artwork from a stunning career in comics in an all-new art book. The first release from imprint Alien Books, from Fairsquare Comics. Ariel Olivetti has worked with American publishers such as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse, BOOM Studios, and more for over 25 years. Olivetti has drawn Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Venom, Cable, Space Ghost, and others, and here is his best, curated by Olivetti himself, who selected all the sketches, covers and pages, with never-before-seen material and commentaries. Fairsquare Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTAOH Hard Cover, 8x11, 100pg, Partial Color $34.99 |
| Also available in softcover [ARTAO. $24.95]. Check out our Comic Artists section for more books on comic book creators. |
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HOKUSAI Inspiration and Influence Recommended. How artists from Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi to Whistler and Arthur Wesley Dow embraced and transformed Hokusai’s dynamic style and innovations. This book looks at Hokusai from the viewpoint of fellow artists who incorporated lessons learned from him into their own work, including Hokusai’s own students, his contemporary rivals and his many posthumous admirers working in a wide range of media, in Japan and around the world, from the late 19th century to the present. MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2023....More. Item Code: HOKIN Soft Cover, 9x10, 168pg, Partial Color $29.95 |
| Here’s more on Hokusai, including a graphic novel about his life...plus more from the world of Japanese art. |
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THE ART OF PINK FLOYD THE WALL Recommended. A huge, oversized, sumptuously illustrated book collecting Gerald Scarfe's iconic work for Pink Floyd. First The Wall was an album, then it was a stage show, a film — now here is the definitive book, a work of art in its own right. Large, landscape-format, presented in a stunning slipcase designed by Scarfe. Packed with photos of the band, performances, stage design, drawings and paintings which incorporate the iconic imagery of The Wall alongside new and previously unseen material. Little Brown, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTPFWH Hard Cover, 14x10, 288pg, Full Color |
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MEL RAMOS First Kiss Die-Cut cover, cloth binding. American painter Mel Ramos (1935-2018) cemented himself as a key figure in Pop art at a momentous 1963 group exhibition at LACMA that presented his work alongside that of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He then established a signature style for himself by appropriating and re-contextualizing the sexually provocative imagery found in magazine ads of that time. Ramos’s most famous paintings feature voluptuous female nudes positioned on top of various consumer goods, including corn stalks, Chiquita bananas, candy wrappers and martini glasses. Kerber, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: MELFKH Hard Cover, 9x10, 104pg, Partial Color $50.00 |
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THE THREE GHOSTS OF TESLA First published in France as three separate volumes, 2018-22. Highly Recommended. By Richard Marazano. Art by Guilhem. Science meets the supernatural in this award winning graphic novel, when the eccentricities of infamous engineer and inventor, Nikola Tesla, are warped into a terrifying mystery during World War Two. Rumors abound of German submarines landing on the east coast, mysterious appearances — and disappearances — on the banks of the East River. Thomas Edison's laboratories under supervision of the FBI and experiments of terrible secret weapons are discovered by U.S. servicemen in the South Pacific... Titan, 2023....More. Item Code: THRTH Hard Cover, 8x11, 152pg, Full Color |
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THE INCAL DYING STAR Recommended. By Dan Watters. Art by Jon Davis-Hunt. Things are not going well for Commander Kaimann. Luz, the love of his life, is dead, his home of Tortuga destroyed, his crew ghostly apparitions, and his crocodilian mutation is taking over more and more of his body. But now a chance encounter with a strange violin connects him to Aurora, a woman living in a future where she is staring down almost certain destruction. With his passions renewed, Kaimann hatches a bold plan to find a cure for his mutation and a future with his newfound love. Two timelines tick towards tragedy....Humanoids, 2023....More. Item Code: INCDSH Hard Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color $24.99 |
| See more of the Incal universe on our website. |
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GURVAN A DREAM OF EARTH Recommended. By P.-J. Hérault and Mathieu Mariolle. Art by Livia Pastore. Deep in space soldiers of the Terran Coalition are cloned from the best who came before them, and trained under an artificial sun to fight in the endless conflict with a fearsome foe. Among them, combat pilot Gurvan dreams of surviving the seven years each Coalition fighter must serve, so that he may retire to the distant peace of Earth. But when Gurvan is stranded on a planet with an opposing soldier, who turns out to be a beautiful woman, they both begin to wonder if they really know their enemy...or even their allies! Humanoids, 2023....More. Item Code: GURDH Hard Cover, 8x10, 120pg, Full Color $24.99 |
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WE LIVE Vol 1 Collects #1-5 & more, 2021. Recommended. By Roy Miranda & Inaki Miranda. The year is 2084. Wracked by calamities and crawling with monsters, the last remaining humans face a dangerous existence. And now, the Earth has received a message from space — Five thousand humans, only children, will be rescued. This is the journey of Hototo, one of the lucky five thousand — but only if his teenage sister, Tala, can safely deliver him to the nearest Extraction Beacon before time runs out. Aftershock Comics , 2023....More. Item Code: WEL01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color $24.99 |
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BLOOD OF THE VIRGIN By Sammy Harkham. Using the film’s production as a means to spiral out into time and space, Harkham creates an epic novel that explores the intersection of parenthood, 20th-century America, sex, the immigrant experience, and the era of Grindhouse movies. An epic story of artistic ambition. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, we follow an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. He's stuck working for the most exploitative production company in town. When finally given his big chance, his unbending principles and relentless drive violently clash with an industry that rewards everything but these traits. Pantheon, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BLOVH Hard Cover, 8x10, 296pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
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The Karma graphic novel has started off well, and we just got in a variant Michael Dipascale cover. But it was allocated, we have just five copies to offer as I write this. Cover price while they last. Here’s the regular edition. Click here to see more adult graphic novels. |
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ARTISTS IN TAIWAN 83 of the finest artists in Taiwan, with a cover by Vofan, an illustrator with an impressive mastery of the use of intense light and shadow. Additionally, this volume includes a conversation between Vofan and Say Hana, discussing their work. Other artists featured include I Reading, Loiza, B.c.N.y., Canking and others. Clover Press and Pixiv bring these artists to the English reading audience, and deliver their art beyond the boundaries of region and language. Clover Press, 2023. Due: Aug....More. Item Code: ARTTAH Hard Cover, 8x11, 200pg, Full Color |
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ARTISTS IN KOREA 78 of the best artists in Korea, with a cover by Tiv, an illustrator well known for poetic and transparent expression and capturing emotional moments, especially of women. This volume also includes art by modare, Anmi, zipcy, Gearous, DSmile and others. Clover Press and Pixiv bring these artists to the English reading audience, and deliver their art beyond the boundaries of region and language. Clover Press, 2023. Due: Aug....More. Item Code: ARTKOH Hard Cover, 8x11, 200pg, Full Color |
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ARTISTS IN THE AMERICAS Talents of Tomorrow in Manga, Game and Animation 62 noteworthy creators working mainly in North and South America today. The collection includes several attractive illustrations by each artist, and features artists working in a variety of genres, such as Japanese anime-style works, gaming styles, American comic styles, illustrations of daily life or fantasy worlds, and more. PIE International, 2023. Due: Sept....More. Item Code: ARTAM Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color $39.99 |
June Sale Preview! |
Here's an advance look at our upcoming sale, with newly discounted items.
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Zenescope Comics Sale |
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We just put quite a few of the one-shot Zenescope titles on sale, many as low as $3.99 and $5.99. Click here for the full list. Quantities are limited. |
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SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN The Original Comics Omnibus Volume 2 Collects Savage Sword of Conan #13-28, 1974; and Marvel Comics Super Special #2. Recommended. The cornerstone of Marvel's black-and-white magazine line offers stories of fiction's most famous barbarian unencumbered by the Comics Code. Ferocious, untamed tales by Roy Thomas and artistic greats including John Buscema and Neal Adams, took full advantage and the results are fine mature work. Multi-part sagas like "The People of the Black Circle" luxuriate in extended tellings, while Buscema's take on "The Tower of the Elephant" explores the nuance of an all-time Robert E. Howard classic. Titan, 2023. Due: Sept....More. Item Code: SAVOC02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 944pg, Full Color |
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Volume 1 was recently offered here and will be available in late July [SAVOC01H. |
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THE AVENGERS Omnibus Volume 5 Collects Avengers #120-149, six more issues and material from 3 more. Steve Englehart and a host of Marvel’s greatest artists present the origin of Mantis, the Avengers’ first conflict with Thanos and a defining Kang the Conqueror saga that spans space and time. Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch’s origins are explored and two weddings bring together Marvel’s heroes. The Beast, Hellcat and Moondragon become Avengers. This volume also features the series’ letters pages as well as art and interviews from Marvel’s famous fanzine F.O.O.M.! Marvel, 2023. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: AVE05H Hard Cover, 856pg, Full Color |
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THOR By Jason Aaron Omnibus Volume 2 Jason Aaron’s Asgardian epic concludes with the final fate of the Mighty Thor, the return of the Odinson, and the cataclysmic War of the Realms! But before Jane Foster lays down Mjolnir, she will join the League of Realms, lead Asgard against the Shi’ar and face the vengeful War Thor, wielder of the ultimate hammer! Plus: At the end of time, witness King Thor’s final confrontation with Loki!! Marvel, 2023. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: THORJ02H Hard Cover, 1368pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE FANTASTIC FOUR Volume 2 Collects The Fantastic Four #11-20, 1961; & Annual #1, 1963. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. By popular demand! Back in hardcover, beautifully restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Welcome to Marvel’s reMasterworks! Across ten trend-setting issues, the Thing and the Hulk face-off for the first time; the FF journey to the moon to grapple with the Red Ghost; encounter the Watcher; the Puppet Master bends the Sub-Mariner to his will; the Mad Thinker unleashes his Awesome Android; Rama-Tut (a.k.a. Kang) sends the FF to ancient Egypt; Doctor Doom returns in a two-part epic guest-starring Ant-Man; the Molecule Man menaces the world; and the wild and wacky Impossible Man drops in. Marvel, 2023. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: MMFF02H Hard Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color |
| Volume 1 is also coming soon, same discount price, along with Spider-Man Vol 1. |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE TOMB OF DRACULA Volume 3 Collects The Tomb of Dracula #23-30 and eight more issues; By Marv Wolfman et al. Art by Gene Colan. Cover by John Romita Sr. Dracula’s daughter Lilith is revealed and while she doesn’t get along with dear old undead dad, she still carries on in the bloodsucking family tradition. That means extra trouble for our vampire hunters Rachel Van Helsing, Quincy Harker, Frank Drake, Taj Nital and Blade. Speaking of Blade, he goes one-on-one with the Lord of Vampires, who has perhaps found a corner in his dark heart for a human woman. Marvel, 2023. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: MMTD03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color |
| Tomb of Dracula Vol 2 is still available, same discounted price. Vol 1 is gone. You can also get an original facsimile issue in this set—we have just seven sets left. |
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AVAILABLE NOW TRUE BELIEVERS CRIMINALLY INSANE Set Almost Gone! Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee et al. Art by Steve Ditko et al. This special set contains all 10 comics from the True Believers #1: Criminally Insane series, each reprinting the original, first appearance of ten major Marvel villains: Green Goblin (from Amazing Spider-Man #14), Masters of Evil (The Avengers #6), Gypsy Moth (Spider-Woman #10), Dracula (Tomb of Dracula #24), Bullseye (Daredevil #131), Bushman (Moon Knight #1), Mandarin (Tales of Suspense #50 & 55), Purple Man (Daredevil #4), Absorbing Man (Journey Into Mystery #114), and Klaw (Black Panther #14). Marvel. Out of Print....More. Item Code: TRCIP Comic, 7x10, 28pg ea, Full Color $14.95 |
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WONDER MAN The Early Years Omnibus By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas et alArt by Don Heck, John Buscema et al. Simon Williams is imbued with incredible ionic powers by Baron Zemo to become an enemy of the Avengers, but gives his life to save them...and later returns from the grave to join them and then become a founding member of the West Coast Avengers. But he’s never far from drama with his complicated family tree — which includes Vision, Scarlet Witch, Ultron — and his brother, the Grim Reaper! Marvel, 2023. Due: Dec....More. Item Code: WONEH Hard Cover, 1064pg, Full Color |
Nocturnals Hurts Signed Dan happened by last week and signed the four and seven copies we have of his Dark Horse Nocturnals Omnibus editions, Volumes 1 and 2, that got bumped coming in here. Regular as-new editions are $10 more, $29.99 each, and come with a signed bookplate. Here’s all of our Dan Brereton books and t-shirts and portfolios. Note several editions come with original drawings. |
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Here’s a few of the free comics, yours with any purchase. Click here for the entire email sent earlier 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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We just lowered the price on our last 2023 calendars to $2.99, even ones we have just one or two copies left. The exceptions are the collectible titles that continue to sell, which are still discounted but not quite so much (these include Dan Brereton’s signed Halloween, two Frazetta Girls Calendars, and Olivia’s Bettie Page. We still have a few of the signed Charles Vess 2022 calendars left also.) |
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Our long-awaited reorder copies, the last ones we’ll get of the first limited edition, are being shrink wrapped and will be shipping from the mid-west shortly. This book remains out of print; the only copies online are used, priced over the cover price, or from the unnumbered edition. Our copies are limited with a laid in specially numbered page. Still publication price. We also have a few more coming of the deluxe edition, also due shortly. |
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Will has his softcovers printed Print on Demand by Amazon. Every single copy we’ve gotten lately has been poorly packed and damaged. So Will and we have agree to give up and from now on, we will only carry his hardcovers. He uses a different printer and they pack them well. In the meantime, this is your final chance to pick up his softcover editions from us: Two Shadows: Master of Mystery and Dark Avengers; Wild Adventures of Cthulhu 1 & 2; Tarzan on Mars, The Spider (Wild Adventures of): Fury and Steel, Scourge of the Scorpion, and The Doom Legion; and King Kong vs Tarzan. We’ll continue to handle the hardcovers as long as sales warrant. |
Eisner Hall of Fame – Dan Gearino/Comic Shop/icv2 interview Well, I didn’t make it into the Hall of Fame this year. Neither did my mentor, Phil Seuling. But I’m still honored and got lots of support from friends, Maybe next year! Thanks to everyone who participated. At the same time, Milton Griepp, who wrote such a nice piece about Phil and I for his icv2, contacted Dan Gearino to do a full-on interview with me. Dan wrote the book Comic Shop and he’d previously used quite a lot from our conversations to fill in the history of comic stores. The hardcover of this has gone out of print, but a softcover is coming soon. We’ll handle it and I’ll sign copies, as I did the hardcover. Meanwhile, keep an eye on icv2 for my interview, and I’ll post a link here as soon as it’s online. You can still see my last interview on comicbookhistorians.com https://comicbookhistorians.com/comic-book-interviews/. Scroll down, I’m the 11th listed. Some great interviews here, check them out. And of course you can still score my in-print interviews in The Comic Book Creator #27 and 28. Nuff said, indeed! |
Art of Arthur Adams Next week we’ll have news on this new career overview, coming in October. From Flesk Publishing. |
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Rare Books We have a lot to share this week, so we skipped picturing the rare books. But if you click here, you can see all the new listings for this week. |
Happy Birthday Bud! Not only is today Stars Wars Day, but it is also Bud's birthday! Best wishes Bud! We hope your day is filled with fun, good food and wonderful comics! |
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