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Thursday, August 31, 2023

Calvin and Hobbes, Charles Schulz, Bettie Page, Red Sonja, The Phantom Stranger, Iron Man, Weird Science, and Richard Corben!

Richard Corben's Den is here. Calvin and Hobbes are back. Omnibus editions: The Phantom Stranger, Iron Man, The Avengers, and Red Sonja's first Marvel adventures. Weird Science 2 EC Archive. Charles Schulz's life in comics form! 2024 calendars. Doc Savage in two new adventures. The Art of Sci-Fi Movies. And Bettie Page goes after aliens. Enjoy!

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THE CALVIN AND HOBBES Portable Compendium Set Volume 1
Our Highest Recommendation. The first set of books collecting Bill Watterson's timeless Calvin and Hobbes comics in a compact, portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger to a new generation of readers. Featuring nearly 500 comics from the strip's debut in November 1985 through March 1987, this is the first set in a series of seven. Andrews McMeel, 2023....More.

Item Code: CALV01
Soft Cover, 6x9, 144pg ea, Partial Color
$19.99

 

Art Books

 


THE ART OF CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIES An Illustrated History
Recommended. Introduction by Kim Newman. By Nick Jones, Stephen Jones, Mark Salisbury et al. A large, thick coffee table book, packed with hundreds of classic posters, 100 mini-features highlighting key films, directors, stars, poster artists and subgenres. From the dawn of silent cinema to today, mad scientists, terrifying monsters (giant and otherwise), UFOs, and invading aliens all bursting out from some of the most brilliantly designed posters ever printed, featuring art that was sometimes lurid, always eye-catching, and often simply beautiful. With plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar, this presents a stellar selection of imagery, charting the story of the genre. Applause, 2023.  ...More.

Item Code: ARTSCIH
Hard Cover, 10x11, 320pg, Full Color
$45.00 $39.95
 


ART OF FANTASY A Visual Sourcebook of All That is Unreal
Highly Recommended. By S. Elizabeth. This beautiful, fully illustrated book presents a compendium of artworks throughout history which have been inspired by myth, fantasy and the unreal. While the artists in our history books first brought fantasy art to the galleries, it was the 19th and 20th century artists who brought it to the masses, such as Mucha, Giger, Dore, Dulac, Rackham, Harry Clarke, John Bauer, Sidney Sime, N.C. Wyeth, Boris Vallejo, James Gurney, Robida, Maxfield Parrish...all here and many more. Frances Lincoln, 2023....More.

Item Code: ARTFH
Hard Cover, 7x9, 240pg, Partial Color
$30.00
Find more like this in Fantasy & Sci-Fi under Artists and Illustration.
 


HENRY HOLIDAY His Stained Glass Windows for Gilded Age New York
Recommended. By George B. Bryant. Henry Holiday (1839-1927) counted figures such as Lewis Carroll, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, and Emmeline Pankhurst as his friends. Most significantly, he was unquestionably one of the greatest stained-glass artists of the Victorian-Edwardian period, yet his considerable achievements have not received the recognition that they deserve. He was also a Victorian painter and illustrator of Carroll's Hunting of the Snark. Lund Humphries, 2023....More.

Item Code: HENRH
Hard Cover, 10x11, 328pg, Full Color
$99.99
For more 19th and early 20th century painters, see our Classic section in Artists and Illustration.
 


COGNITIVE DRAWING Learn the Female Figure
By Jason Brubaker. Learn to draw step by easy step, right here. This unusual course was created for the purpose of helping new and experienced artists overcome a difficult task: learn how to draw anything quickly, and from memory! Developed with scientifically proven techniques, this book will help you permanently memorize the entire female anatomy and so much more. This is a hands-on how-to, with space for you to practice drawing all parts of female anatomy right alongside the artist's renderings. Coffee Table Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: COGDF
Soft Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Black & White
$26.95
Here's more in our reference and how-to-draw section.
 

Graphic Novels

 


BETTIE PAGE The Alien Agenda
Collects #1-5, the entire mini-series from 2022. Poor Bettie Page has barely finished up her latest adventure and gotten back to modeling when duty calls once more! Seems there's something funny going on in a place called Roswell, and it's up to Bettie to investigate. There's a catch this time, though — the United States military might be putting Bettie on the case, but they can't avow the existence of said case — or Bettie! Instead, our marvelous model is given a crack team of assistants to help her go where no woman has gone before! Different front and back covers by Linsner. Dynamite, 2023....More.

Item Code: BPTAL
Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color
$19.99
Here's more Bettie graphic novels and photo collections.
 


KENT MENACE QUARTERLY #1 Signed
Signed by Scott Braden, cover artist Matthew Plog, and writer Marty Grosser! Recommended. He is known by many names... "Mysterious Mariner," "Supernatural Sailor," "Weird Hero!" He is Kent Menace, two-fisted sailor of the limitless Pangean Sea, and four-color comic book hero-turned-reality's-champion. And he once again takes up his mystical harpoon, the Tritonblade, to fight the good fight across time and reality in 2023! Art director Belinda Miller, co-creators Scott Braden and Mike Malborough, plus Mark Wheatley, John Charles, Frank Fosco, Marty Grosser, Mark Herr, Dan Lawlis, Tom Newell, Chuck Patton, Eraklis and Erin Petmezas, Meggan Groves Robinson, Dillon Samuelson, Nate Shelton, Lance Woods, and Hiroshi Kanatani! Brilliant Enterprise LLC, 2023....More.

Item Code: KENTQ01
Comic, 7x10, 60pg, Full Color
$9.99
 


FUNNY THINGS A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz
Recommended. Discover the man behind Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang in this imaginative and tender-hearted tribute told in comic-strip format, Sunday pages in color, dailies in b&w, starring Schulz himself from his army days in the 1940s, to the early comic books and strips, to worldwide success. Top Shelf Productions, 2023....More.

Item Code: FUNTH
Hard Cover, 8x7, 440pg, Partial Color
$39.99 $36.99
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MORIARTY Clockwork Empire
Highly Recommended. By Fred Duval and Jean-Pierre Pecau. Art by Stevan Subic. In an alternate history of the London of 1899, Holmes and Watson are on the case. A wretched man flees an opium house, transformed into a twisted monster. A clockwork card-playing automaton is discovered cheating the gentry out of their inheritances. And Lady Li Mei, widow of the late inventor Alfred Nobel, has come to London to strike a bargain on behalf of a mysterious benefactor. All these events are linked...but how? The game is afoot. And so is the strange alter ego of one Henry Jekyll... This is a dark and beautifully drawn story, with lots of detail and authentic atmosphere of War of the Worlds. Titan, 2023....More.

Item Code: MORCL
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$19.99
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BYLINES IN BLOOD
The near future. Politicians invent their own facts, and independent newspapers no longer exist. The very concept of truth has died. In this world, private detectives serve as ronin, searching out the hard truths that people are desperate to keep hidden. The best of these PIs is Satya — when she's not drinking, anyway — a former journalist turned hard-assed gumshoe. But Satya's former editor has been murdered and the trail points toward the highest bastions of power. To find justice for her friend, she'll have to put everything — and everyone — she knows at risk. A prophetic neo-noir thriller with unexpected twists at every turn.Aftershock Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: BYLBL
Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color
$17.99
 


SCARLET WITCH By Steve Orlando Volume 1 The Last Door
Collects Scarlet Witch #1-5 and Scarlet Witch Annual #1, 2023. By Steve Orlando. Art by Sara Pichelli and Carlos Nieto. There is a door that appears only to those who need it most, who have no one else in the world to turn to. On the other side is the witchcraft shop. If your hope is gone, there you will meet the Scarlet Witch! Wanda Maximoff is familiar with hitting rock bottom — and now that she's finally found peace, she's pledged to help others who are languishing at their lowest. Ten pages of variant covers by noted creators. Marvel, 2023....More.

Item Code: SCAW01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color
$19.99
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VENGEANCE OF VAMPIRELLA Volume 3 Ghost Dance
Collects #13-19 with a complete cover gallery, 2022. By Tom Sniegoski. Art by Kewber Baal and Michael Sta. Maria et al. Originally debuting in 1994, Vengeance of Vampirella portrayed a more savage and feral Vampi. For the 50th anniversary of Warren's first issue, the original series writer is back. Set 25 years after the initial series, Vampirella is Dead!? Now she struggles not only with the bestial side of her nature but with the mysterious return of Adam Van Helsing. Besieged on all sides, she and the remnants of the Danse Macabre fight on against the Lords of Chaos while the world slips that much closer towards oblivion. Dynamite, 2023. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: VENV03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 180pg, Full Color
$19.99
Vengeance of Vampi Vols 1 and 2 are also $19.99 ea. Here's more Vampirella.
 
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Richard Corben

 


DEN Volume 1 Neverwhere
Highly Recommended. The first volume presenting the long-out-of-print masterpiece Den, by fantasy legend Richard Corben, plus bonus material. All art restored from the original plates. New essay and introduction. In a bizarre fantasy world called Neverwhere, the muscular adventurer Den goes on an exotic adventure through ancient ruins meeting an evil queen, her sacrificial doppelganger, bizarre lizard men, giant insects, and more strange and dangerous madness in this legendary saga brimming with horror, magic, abundant nudity and violence. This was the inspiration for the Den segment of the cult film, Heavy Metal. Dark Horse Books, 2023. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: DEN01H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color
$34.99 $31.99
 


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MURKY WORLD
The first-ever volume collecting Richard Corben's entire Murky World series, this features never-before-seen sketch material, the Dark Horse Presents one-shot, and an introduction by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, all presented in a gorgeous hardcover with a dust jacket. A warrior wakes from a strange dream only to find himself in a bizarre land populated by hungry deadlings, cruel necromancers, buxom cyclopses, evil cults, and more as he sets off on a dangerous journey with his beloved horse Frix. Nudity. Dark Horse, 2023. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: MURWH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Partial Color
$39.99 $36.99
These are the first two of a series of matching Corben collections from Dark Horse. See more Corben here.
 

Archives

 


THE PHANTOM STRANGER Omnibus
Collects The Phantom Stranger #1-6, 1952; #1-41, 1969 on; stories from The Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-13 and much more. Highly Recommended. By John Broome, Mike Friedrich et al. Art by Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Neal Adams et al. First introduced in 1952, the Phantom Stranger is one of DC's most enigmatic characters, a supernatural hero whose origins have remained shrouded in mystery. This omnibus collects decades of his adventures beginning with the rare 1950s run, his highly successful late-1960s revival that ran into the 1970s, and early 1980s stories in the pages of The Saga of the Swamp Thing. DC Comics, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: PHASH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1200pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


ADVENTURES OF RED SONJA Omnibus
Marvel, 1975-95. Recommended. By Roy Thomas, Frank Thorne, Bruce Jones, John Buscema, Howard Chaykin et al. This comprehensive, massive collection reprints all first, classic Red Sonja tales from Marvel Feature #1-7, Red Sonja issues #1-15, and her appearances from the original Savage Sword of Conan in a single impressive volume. Remastered color. Beautiful early work by legendary Red Sonja artist Frank Thorne. Dynamite, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: ADVREDH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 648pg, Full Color
$99.99 $89.99
Here's more Red Sonja.
 


THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Tales of Suspense #39-83 & more, 1963-66. Highly Recommended. Lushly-illustrated stories by "Dazzling" Don Heck, Gene "The Dean" Colan and scripted by no less than Stan "The Man" Lee himself. Jet-setter, playboy, and brilliant scientist, Tony Stark is cut down to Earth when a battlefield explosion rips into his heart. Only by creating the amazing Iron Man armor can he stay alive. Packed with debonair and debutantes, Cold War monsters and sultry super-spies, this collects the very earliest Iron Man stories. First appearances of such classic Marvel characters as the Mandarin, the Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Crimson Dynamo and the Titanium Man. Marvel, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: INV01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 752pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
Here's more Iron Man.
 


THE AVENGERS Omnibus Volume 3
Collects Avengers #59-88, 1968-71 & more. Recommended. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble under the titanic talents of Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Gene Colan and Barry Windsor-Smith! It's page after page of Avengers classics, beginning with the wedding of the Wasp and Yellowjacket! Hawkeye transforms into Goliath, Ultron re-emerges, Kang and the Grandmaster introduce the Squadron Sinister, the Black Panther infiltrates the Sons of the Serpent, and Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch return — and that's just the beginning. The barbarian Arkon invades, the Lady Liberators unite, the Squadron Supreme makes the scene, and the Black Panther's origin is revealed. Marvel, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: AVE03H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 768pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
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EC ARCHIVES Weird Science Volume 2
Collects #7-12, 1951-52. Our Highest Recommendation. 24 more amazing stories written by Al Feldstein, and illustrated by such master artists as Wally Wood (nearly every issue), Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Harvey Kurtzman, and Feldstein himself. Alien invasion, contact in space, androids, war in space, landings on strange planets with unknown life... Includes Letters Page, house ads, "Artist of the Issue" with Jack Kamen, Wallace Wood and Al Feldstein! Forward by Paul Levitz. Dark Horse, 2023....More.

Item Code: ECAWS02
Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color
$19.99
Vol 1 is in stock, same price. Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror and Shock Suspense are all up to Volume 3. Weird Fantasy; Incredible Science Ficiton; Haunt of Fear is up to volume 2. See more archives here.
 


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THE HISTORY OF EC COMICS Signed
2020 Bestseller #2. Limited to 5000. From the leading authority on EC. Huge oversized volume. Our Highest Recommendation. By Grant Geissman. With exclusive 8x11 full color bookplate drawn by Angelo Torres, and signed by the author. Taschen presents the full, fascinating story of this fabled company, written and designed by EC-expert Grant Geissman. Even the most die-hard EC Fan-Addicts will find something new within these pages, with the Gaines family archives providing over 100 rarities that have never seen print. Cover images are reproduced from Gaines file copies. 1,000 illustrations include the rarest and most notorious covers, interior pages and panels, rare photos, vintage original artwork, and some of the most celebrated stories ever to be printed in four colors. Taschen, 2020. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More.

Item Code: HISECH
Hard Cover, 16x11, 596pg, Full Color
$200.00
 

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.

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2024 Calendars

 


PULP ATTACK 2024 Calendar
Recommended. Twelve steamy magazine and paperback covers and movie posters from the golden age of sleaze. Scarface, Hot Rod Gang, Bella, True Crime, Real Men, Nurse's Quarters, Marihuana, Line-Up Detective Crime, Fast, Loose and Lovely, LSD: Flesh of Devil, etc. Nice selection of sultry ladies. Lots of cleavage. Tushita, 2023....More.

Item Code: PULP24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


CINEMA NOIR 2024 Calendar
Classic collection of twelve amazing and mostly little-seen movie posters from the golden age of Hollywood crime dramas. Psycho, Laura, The Chase, Gangsters, Cult of the Cobra, Outlaw: The Story of Billy the Kid with Jane Russell, City that Never Sleeps, Jean-Luc Godard in Alphaville, Scarface, even Bogart and Bacall are here, and Rear Window with James Stewart. Other stars: Orson Wells, Boris Karloff, George Raft, Alfred Hitchcock, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster et al. All posters are in English except Alphaville, which is in the original French. Tushita, 2023....More.

Item Code: CN24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


WORLDS OF FICTION 2024 Calendar
Recommended. A fun selection of action film posters, but many that we've seen before. But if this is your first WOF calendar, you are in for a treat: H.G. Wells' Things to Come, Invasion of the Saucer-Men, The Deadly Mantis, At the Earth's Core, The Time Machine with Rod Taylor, Rocket Ship with Buster Crabbe, Mars Attacks, Invasion on Planet X, and good old Barbarella, the original with Jane Fonda! and more. Full page bottom grid on premium European paper stock. International holidays. Tushita, 2023....More.

Item Code: WOF24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


PIN-UP HISTORY 2024 Calendar
Recommended. Classic 1940s and 50s Pin-Ups from an impressive variety of artists; two by Elvgren, a lovely full nude by Earl Moran, fun teasing pictures of girls caught with a dress up, a housecoat caught in a door, nylons and garters and lovely legs exposed. Two swimsuit classics, a strip poker loser? A girl caught nude, bathing in a tiny basin. Fun works. All with that wonderful innocent appeal of vintage pin-up art, girls with big smiles or a look of naive surprise. Features 4 months at a glance view Sept-Dec 2023. Tushita, 2023....More.

Item Code: PI24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
The Vintage line of calendars came in, but too late to list this week: Westerns, Sci-fi, Monsters, and Crime Comics, Horror Comics, Golden Age Comics and Romance Comics. See all of the 2024 calendars on hand so far.
 

Doc Savage

 


DOC SAVAGE MR CALAMITY
Highly Recommended. By Lester Dent and Will Murray. Cover and frontis by Joe DeVito. Two Doc Savage novels in one volume! Prospecting in the Wyoming badlands, Doc's sister Patricia Savage spies a man swimming in circles — high in a cloudless sky! After he falls to his death, the dead swimmer is discovered soaked to the skin. Who is he? How did he manage to swim through thin air? These are the questions Pat sets out to answer when her cousin, the famous scientist-adventurer Doc Savage, diagnoses her account as a hallucination caused by altitude sickness. But when the bronze-skinned girl vanishes, the Man of Bronze is forced to take action. Altus Press, 2018....More.

Item Code: DOCMCH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 592pg, Text/b&w
$65.00
Here's more new works by Will Murray, and here are the last of our Doc Savage pulp reprints published at $14.95 and $12.95, now $6.95 and $4.95 each while they last.
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
PULP POWER The Shadow, Doc Savage and The Art of The Street & Smith Universe
Our Highest Recommendation. By Neil McGinness with Dan Didio. Foreword by Frank Miller. A brilliant book, the most comprehensive ever devoted to just one pulp publisher. And what a choice, S&S was the most successful of all pulp houses, creating The Shadow, Doc Savage, Detective Story, Nick Carter, The Avenger... Packed with wonderful art from original paintings plus rare interior artwork. Frank Miller's intro is a gem, where he talks about discovering James Bama's Doc Savage paperback covers that inspired his own work. This is rare glimpse into the pre-war pulp explosion, a period of bold action and adventure storytelling that directly inspired the creation of comic book superheroes. In more than 500 novels written between 1930 and 1940, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and the Street & Smith universe of characters captivated a generation of readers. Packed with wonderful cover art and much more, telling the success story of the most popular hero pulps ever. Abrams, 2022. ...More.

Item Code: PULPPH
Hard Cover, 10x13, 352pg, Full Color
$65.00
 

Mature Readers

The Titillating Tales of Dolly is back in print from SQP. Called "The European version of Little Annie Fanny," Gallego's sexy lady is amazing and funny.

This week we have three new books from Editions Skylight.

My Ukranian Top 15 Models is a new hardcover collection from the renowned Stefan Soell (Modern Urban Girls, My Favorite Top Models, Alpengluhn, Shasta).

Petter Hegre's Luba is devoted to one amazing model.

And the Penthouse 45th Anniversary Special is back in stock in the softcover edition.

See more from Editions Skylight here.

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News & Notes

 

We will be exhibiting at these Upcoming Shows:

OAF-Con, Norman, OK September 16 & 17

We'll have two tables of vintage comics and new art and comics-related books. Guests include Thomas Yeates, Joe Devito, Anthony Tollin, Buddy Saunders. Ken Sanders Rare Books will be there next to us.

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, Seattle, WA October 14 & 15

Pasadena Feb 3 & 4, 2024

Thre is no link yet for the non-ABAA Feb show. It’s called Rare Books Los Angeles - Details to follow.

San Francisco Feb 9-11, 2024

I'm going to skip the Berkeley Comics Show in October, since we have a Seattle Book Fair that month, But we'll be back there for the January show.

Next Sale

Our next sale is scheduled for fall, but we have already started reducing all new listings at least 1/3 off to 40% off, many now at 50% off, and occasionally even more. You can get a sneak peek by clicking here. Nearly 100 items newly reduced.

Labor Day

We'll be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. We'll be back on Tuesday to process your orders and answer phones. Have a wonderful Holiday weekend!

~Bud

 

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Pulpster, Grimm’s Swimsuit Special, Lobster , The Bomb, Forgotten Disney, Twisted Wonderland, 2024 calendars, Witchblade, The Phantom

A new issue of Pulpster, art from Asia and Japan, Grimm’s new Swimsuit Special, Lobster Johnson Omnibus 2, The Bomb , Forgotten Disney and Twisted Wonderland, six new calendars, Witchblade, The Phantom, new ERB anthologies and the Artist’s Edition Moon Maid is nearly finished. Stay Cool!

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Art Books

 


THE GREAT GATSBY The Essential Graphic Novel
Highly Recommended. An opulent new adaption, beautifully drawn with Art Deco designs and gold foil covers. Gatsby has captivated readers for generations. Its characters, plot, and setting are vividly imagined and perfectly executed here. A timeless tale of love, greed, and the American Dream. Step into the glamorous world of the Roaring Twenties, faithfully reimagined as a graphic novel. "Captivating and visually stunning..." -Kami Garcia. "A home run adaptation." - Brian Michael Bendis. Clover Press, 2023. More

Item Code: GREGAT
Hard Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color
$24.99
From 2020, we still have copies of the last Great Gatsby adaption, which was remaindered. Now at half price [GRGAT. $20 $9.95].
 


THE ART OF RON LESSER Volume 1 Deadly Dames and Sexy Sirens
Highly Recommended. By Robert Deis, Bill Cunningham and J. Kingston Pierce. In the late 1950s, while studying with the legendary art teacher Frank J. Reilly at the Art Students League in New York City, Ron Lesser embarked on a long career as one of America's top illustration artists. Over the next four decades, his artwork was used for thousands of paperback book covers, movie posters, magazines, and advertisements. The focus of this volume, first in a series, is on the first leg of his career -- paperback covers, movie posters, magazines, and ads between 1959 and 1979 that featured images of "dangerous dames," "sexy sirens," and other beautiful women. Subtropic Productions, 2023. More

Item Code: ARTRL01
Soft Cover, 8x11, 146pg, Full Color
$39.95
This was first released in hardcover a few weeks ago [ARTRL01H. $55]. Here’s more from this publisher, Subtropic, and their companion company, New Texture — they also do Men’s Adventure Quarterly.
 


ARTISTS IN THE AMERICAS Talents of Tomorrow in Manga, Game and Animation
Recommended. 62 noteworthy creators working mainly in North and South America today with several outstanding illustrations by each artist. Includes Japanese anime-style works, gaming styles, fully painted concept illustrations of daily life, fantasy worlds, and much more. Very impressive quality and variety. "We hope this art book will inspire readers, help them find creative hints, and discover new creators." -Pixiv. Includes contacts for all artists. PIE International, 2023. More

Item Code: ARTAM
Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color
$39.99
Here’s more from animation concept artists.
 


VSI WATABOKU ART BOOK
Recommended. Artworks by wataboku, the digital artist who continues attracting attention both in Japan and worldwide, with the artist's illustrations of beautiful, yet somewhat shadowy, shojo girls, rendered with a watercolor touch. This book comprehensively covers wataboku's work, from works presented at solo exhibitions around the world to more recent works. This book offers a complete archive that condenses five years of evolution since wataboku's first art book was released. Includes two fold-outs and a inserted postcard sized print. PIE International, 2023. . More

Item Code: VSIWAT
Soft Cover, 8x10, 176pg, Full Color
$45.00
Here’s more art from Japanese artists, both past and present.
 

Pulp & Pop Culture

 


THE PULPSTER #32
Highly Recommended. The latest annual issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of Sport Story Magazine and the sports pulps, and of Weird Tales and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as the 90th anniversary of the pulp heroes of 1933. Also: ERBfest 2023 and ERB's Moon trilogy, the second installment of the history of Fiction House and a rare interview with its founder, the history of Doc Savage's sister Pat, the story of bizarre pulp hero The Moon Man, and much more. Mike Chomko, 2023. More

Item Code: PULP32
Soft Cover, 8x11, 80pg, Text/Partial Color
$16.00
We have back issues back to #29. These have very limited distribution. Click here or the banner above for more Pulp artwork and history and pulp fiction!
 


DIGEST ENTHUSIAST Volume 16C
Recommended. Now in full color. The history of the highly collectable Handi-Books and their indie publisher James Louis Quinn. DC's Blue Ribbon Digests, 1981's Best Comics Stories and Jonah Hex. Howard Browne's Fantastic shines in the foundational year of 1953. A visual survey of pin-up sensation and men's magazine cover girl Jeanne Carmen's digest and magazines. 1956 (part one) with an inside look at Manhunt, the gold-standard of detective fiction digests. A jam-packed edition featuring over 100 magazine covers; new fiction by John M. Kuharik and Robert Snashall, illustrated by Brad W. Foster and Michael Neno; cartoons by Bob Vojtko; and more. Larque Press, 2023. More

Item Code: DIGE16
Soft Cover, 5x8, 164pg, Text/Partial Color
$20.00
Almost Gone: #7 [DIGE07. $10], 11 [DIGE11. $18.99 $8.99], 13 & 14 [DIGE13, DIGE14. $20 each].
 


FORGOTTEN DISNEY
Recommended. This work demonstrates that not everything that Disney touched turned to gold. In its first 100 years, the company had major successes that transformed film making and culture, but it also had its share of unfinished projects, unmet expectations, and box-office misses. Some works failed but nevertheless led to other more stunning and lucrative ones; others shed light on periods when the Disney Company was struggling to establish or re-establish its brand. In addition, many Disney properties, popular in their time but lost to modern audiences, emerge as forgotten gems. By exploring the studio's missteps, this book provides a more complex portrayal of the history of the company than one would gain from a simple recounting of its many hits. With essays by writers from across the globe, it also asserts that what endures or is forgotten varies from person to person, place to place, or generation to generation. What one dismisses, someone else recalls with deep fondness as a magical Disney memory. McFarland, 2023. More

Item Code: FORGDI
Soft Cover, 7x10, 262pg, Text Only
$49.95
Here’s lots more Disney
 

Comics & Graphic Novels



GRIMM FAIRY TALES 2023 SWIMSUIT SPECIAL Josh Burns Cover
By David Franchini. Also includes a never before published Grimm Fairy Tales short story! Full page pin-ups by Sun Khamunaki, Mike Krome, Michael Dooney, Alfredo Reyes, Riveiro, Keith Garvey, Josh Burns, Eric Basaldua and others. Several by most of the artists mentioned. Grimm Universe heroines and villainesses, soaking up the sun while wearing the season's hottest swimsuit fashions. Zenescope, 2023. More

Item Code: GRIMS23
Comic, 7x10, 48pg, Full Color
$5.99
Here are more special issues from Zenescope.
 


WONDER WOMAN Black and Gold
Collects #1-6, 2021. Recommended. Art by Becky Cloonan. In honor of Wonder Woman's 80th anniversary, DC presents a new anthology series starring the Amazon Princess, embellished in the color of her famous lasso! Kicking things off, John Arcudi and Ryan Sook reunite to show us the grace immortality grants a hero in a beautifully drawn story. Becky Cloonan weaves a spine-tingling tale of Diana's most precious weapon against the darkness. Then Amy Reeder takes us back to the Golden Age for a fun romp co-starring Etta Candy. AJ Mendez and Ming Doyle travel to Themyscira for a tense family reunion. Nadia Shammas and Morgan Beem show us a story of Diana's past failures coming back to haunt her. DC Comics, 2023. More

Item Code: WWBLG
Soft Cover, 7x10, 272pg, Partial Color
$24.99 $21.99
The hardcover edition is still in stock, but we have just five left [WWBLGH. $39.99 $35.99]. Click here for more Wonder Woman.
 


RED SONJA Volume 1 Mother
Collects #1-6. Industry icon Mirka Andolfo presents an all-new vision of the She-Devil With A Sword, in a thrilling new ongoing series. Our story begins in a village on fire, set by members of the dreaded Three-Eyed Shezem. When Red Sonja arrives, the only survivor of the flame is a lively child with curious white tattoos. The child will become Sonja's travel companion, on a journey from hardened ice to imposing forests, where dangerous secrets wait to be revealed... Each issue has variant covers by Roberto Castro, Johseph Linsner, and cosplay models. Plus special variants by Jay Anacleto, Greg Horn and many others. Dynamite, 2023. More

Item Code: REDSM01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color
$19.99
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DEJAH THORIS Volume 2 A Princess of Earth
Collects #7-12, 2019-2020. By Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy). Art by Sebastian Piriz. Cover by Lucio Parrillo. New arc, new artist, new jumping-on point for new readers. Dejah awakes in a mysterious cave, on a confusing planet, full of strange aliens known as "humans..." Trapped on Earth in 1945! Variant covers for all six issues by Joseph Linsner, Roberto Castro, cosplay models, Vasco Georgiev and others. "The world feels lived-in and authentic. The characters act and speak with genuine desperation. And the art suits the dying barren world perfectly." - comical opinions. Dynamite, 2023. More

Item Code: DEJOC02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 152pg, Full Color
$19.99
Click here for more of Dejah Thoris of Mars.
 


DISNEY TWISTED WONDERLAND Volume 1 The Manga Book of Heartslabyul
By Yana Toboso and Wakana Hazuki. Art by Sumire Kowono. A very well drawn, unusual new manga tale takes us to alternate dark world of twisted Disney legends and characters! Yu is whisked away to Night Raven College, an arcane academy in the world of Twisted Wonderland. Stranded until he can find a way home, Yu is allowed to stay on campus despite having no magic of his own. But when his new friends (and assorted ghosts and monsters) land him in trouble with the head mage, his fate hinges on bringing together two uncooperative students and a fire-breathing monster cat... VIZ Media, 2023. More

Item Code: DIST01
Soft Cover, 6x8, 198pg, Full Color
$12.99
Here’s more on World War II.
 


A GUEST IN THE HOUSE
Recommended. Eisner award-winner Emily Carroll's haunting adult graphic novel of horror. A young woman marries only to realize that there's a dark mystery surrounding her husband's former wife's death. Although it's strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother to her step-daughter. But the more she learns, the more things don't add up. Sheila's memory seems to become a force all its own, ensnaring Abby in a mystery that leaves her obsessed, fascinated, and desperately in love for the first time in her life. Carroll's masterful balance of black and white, surreal rich colors and textures, and dramatic lettering is brilliant. First Second, 2023. More

Item Code: GUESHH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color
$27.99 $23.99
 


THE BOMB The Weapon That Changed the World
Recommended. From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, The Bomb is the multi-award-winning black-and-white graphic novel revealing the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented, by writers Alcante and Laurent-Frédéric Bollée, and illustrator Denis Rodier. This illustrated history begins with the discovery of the power of uranium. Sifting through the history, from Katanga to Japan, through Germany, Norway, the USSR, and New Mexico, The Bomb is a succession of incredible but true stories, culminating in the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and ending World War II. Abrams ComicArts, 2023. More

Item Code: BOMBW
Soft Cover, 8x10, 448pg, b&w
$29.99
 

Comic Book & Comic Strip Archives



THE COMPLETE WITCHBLADE Volume 3
Collects #37-57, Destiny's Child #1-3 and Witchblade/Lady Death #1, 2000-2002. By David Wohl, Christina Z. et al. Art by Francis Manapul, Randy Green et al. In this third absolute collection of the bestselling series Witchblade, NYC Detective Sara Pezzini is back from her foray into the Underworld. As she emerges with full power over the Witchblade and makes her final attempt to banish the creatures back to the underworld from whence they came, she is also given a clue as to the true nature of the Witchblade. Sexy good girl art, near nudity, variant covers. Image Comics, 2023. More

Item Code: CWIT03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 640pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
Well! Volumes 1 and 2 are both currently out of print. We’ll have them again when they are reprinted.
 


LOBSTER JOHNSON Omnibus Volume 2
Collects Volumes 1, 5-6 and more, 1999-2018. Highly Recommended. By Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Tonci Zonjic. Art by Zonjic, Ben Stenbeck, Kevin Nowland et al. Nine complete adventures, plus an abundant bonus sketchbook with cover prelims. After years of captivating fans' imaginations from the pages of Hellboy and B.P.R.D., the pulp-style adventures of Lobster Johnson took the limelight in their own series of comics adventures. From gangsters to Nazis to an army of monkeys, the Lobster faces classic foes in strange new ways. His adventures continue in this omnibus hardcover edition, collecting trade volumes The Iron Prometheus, The Pirate's Ghost and Metal Monsters of Midtown, A Chain Forged in Life, and the short story "The Killer in My Skull." The second volume of this collection features writing by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Tonci Zonjic, with art by Zonjic, Ben Stenbeck, Kevin Nowlan, and more!Arcudi, and Tonci Zonjic, with art by Zonjic, Ben Stenbeck, Kevin Nowlan, and more! Dark Horse, 2023. More

Item Code: LOB02H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 472pg, Full Color
$39.99 $34.99
Volume 1 remain available, same discounted price. See more of the Hellboy Universe here.
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE FANTASTIC FOUR Volume 25
Collects Fantastic Four #269-277, Annual #18, Thing #19 & #23, and The Last Galactus Story from Epic Illustrated #26-34. It begins with the FF, the Inhumans, a wedding and a war between Kree and Skrull on the Moon! Then, the FF and Wyatt Wingfoot face a galactic menace with a message: "I claim this planet!" The two-part tangle with Terminus; Reed shares a tale of alien invasion by the giant green monster, Gormuu, before setting off on a time-traveling journey that will bring him up close with cowboys, aliens and his time-tramping father. She-Hulk and Wyatt grow closer, Mephisto rears his awful head and the Thing returns from Battleworld. Plus: John Byrne's unfinished cosmic masterpiece "The Last Galactus Story." Marvel, 2023. . More

Item Code: MMFF25H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 376pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
Here are previous volumes, and more of the FF.
 


MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE AVENGERS Volume 1
Collects #1-10, 1963. Our Highest Recommendation. By Lee & Kirby. By popular demand, the first Masterworks are back in print. Restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Welcome to Marvel's reMasterworks. Gathering together to face the evil Loki, join Iron Man, The Hulk, Ant-Man & the Wasp and Thor as they first formed the improbable core of the ever-changing super-team. But it was three issues later, when Captain America returned from the frozen depths of the North Atlantic, that the Avengers truly took form! Wonderful, brilliant work by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Marvel, 2023. . More

Item Code: MMAV01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 280pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
This joins the new Re-Masterworks editions of Fantastic Four Vol 1 and Spider-Man Vol 1. Here’s more Avengers, including bargain-priced Omnibus Editions. Click here for the $15.99 editions of Mighty Marvel Masterworks of The Avengers and more.
 


THE COMPLETE WORLD FAMOUS CREATURES
Almost Gone! Collects #1-4. Coming at you from the earliest days of monster mania, World Famous Creatures magazine was put together quickly and cheaply to cash in on the popularity of Famous Monsters #1. The title lasted just four issues, which are much sought after by monster magazine collectors. This competitor came closest to FM in terms of content and visuals and even tongue-in-cheek attitude. The issues contain b&w stills from all the classic films (not terribly well reproduced), Forry Ackermann-like puns, and even cut-out monster masks. There is also early John Severin art and several comic book stories in the monster mix! Fantaco Enterprises, 2023. Out of print. . More

Item Code: COMWFC
Soft Cover, 9x11, 288pg, Partial Color
$39.95
We have just ten copies of this available; printing was limited. It’s also available in hardcover with a different cover [COMWFCH. $49.95]. Here are more Archive Editions from Fantaco.
 


PHANTOM The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 29 1980-1982
Recommended. This volume continues the Sy Barry years! Five complete adventures of The Phantom, Diana, and now their two children! "Gooroo's Jungle," "The Hostages," "The Phantom's Vacation," "The Return of Gooroo's Mob" and "The Tale of Rex." Strips from this issue are taken directly from King Feature's proofs. Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials. In the hostages story, Diana and the kids are kidnapped and you can imagine how the vengeful Phantom deals with that! Hermes, 2023. More

Item Code: PH29H
Hard Cover, 12x9, 272pg, b&w
$60.00
We have just two of these in stock as I write this, due to poor packing, but we have more coming in 14 days or so. Here’s more Phantom collections.
 

2024 Calendars



DRAGON WITCHES Art of Nene Thomas 2024 Calendar
Highly Recommended. Dragon Witches are beautiful, immortal women who live in concert with dragons, both diminutive and enormous. We've handled work by Nene Thomas before and we're very impressed with the quality, detail and pure imagination that is here in all twelve images. This is the finest work we've seen by her and it's really sharp. This can be enjoyed by both sexes...strong, powerful, sensual, assured women: warrior, queen, painter, pirate, even winged...! Sellers, 2023. . More

Item Code: DW24
Calendar, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


THE FANTASY ART OF LUIS ROYO 2024 Calendar
Recommended. Spanish artist Luis Royo is one of the most popular fantasy illustrators today. With a career spanning four decades, his sensual paintings of women in apocalyptic landscapes and fantasy worlds have captivated fans of science fiction and erotica. This calendar features a selection of artwork of bold, beautiful, and mysterious women. No full nudity. Sellers, 2023. More

Item Code: LR24
na, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$15.99
Here are Rare Books by Royo, $45 to $150.
 


PRE-RAPHAELITES 2024 Calendar
Highly Recommended. Exquisitely detailed paintings by the most renowned artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, circa 1855-1900: Lord Leighton, J.W. Waterhouse, Burne Jones, Herbert Draper, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others. Well-chosen, wonderfully evocative images of angels, gods, queens, country scenes and ordinary people of the mid to late 19th century. The large grid is ideal for home and office with space for birthdays and notes. Grace your walls with unparalleled beauty today! Tushita, 2023. More

Item Code: PRE24
na, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
 


ART NOUVEAU 2024 Calendar
Recommended. Well-chosen images, some never before collected on a calendar. Includes Sept-Dec 2023. Rare advertisements, ads and paintings by Henri Privat-Livemont (3 different), Etienne Bouisset. Raphael Orazi, Albert Weisgerber, Mucha, Leopoldo Metlicovitz, Jules-Alexandre Grun, Henri Thiriet, etc. This beautiful Art Nouveau Calendar is printed on thick glossy paper with plenty of space for personal notes and birthdays, plus important holidays. Tushita, 2023. More

Item Code: ARTN24
na, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$16.95
See all 2024 calendars here. And see new adult titles below. And click here to see much more on The Pre-Raphaelites and on Art Nouveau.
 

Coming in October



EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Cosmic Epics Hardcover
Highly Recommended. Three complete novels, each on the first in its series. A Princess of Mars is the first of 11 Mars novels starring John Carter and Dejah Thoris; The Moon Maid is the first of three post-apocalyptic novels after an invasion of earth; and Pirates of Venus introduces Carson Napier, the John Carter equivalent on Venus, a planet of giant forests, not unlike Avatar!! ERB, Inc., 2023. Due: Oct.. More

Item Code: ERBCEH
Hard Cover, 6x9, na, Text Only
$39.95
Also coming in softcover [ERBCE. $24.95].
 


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Savage Epics Hardcover
Highly Recommended. Three first novels in Edgar Rice Burroughs' major series! Savage Epics includes Tarzan of the Apes, which started it all: novels, movies, television and comics starring the Ape Man; At the Earth's Core, the first of six novels of Pellucidar; The Land That Time Forgot, first of the Caspak trilogy, about the lost Pacific Island and civilization. This was adapted to film in 1975, written by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn. ERB Inc., 2023. Due: Oct.. More

Item Code: ERBSEH
Hard Cover, 6x9, Text Only
$39.95
Also coming in softcover [ERBSE. $24.95].
 


JIM HENSON'S The Dark Crystal Creation Myths The Complete Collection
Discover the definitive origins of the beloved characters in Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal in this complete collection. Brian Froud, legendary conceptual designer of the beloved Jim Henson fantasy film The Dark Crystal, returns to the world he helped create in this complete, premium hardcover edition of an official prequel to the generation-defining film. Creation Myths reveals the definitive origins of the Skeksis, Mystics, Gelfling, and the Dark Crystal itself while introducing all new characters in an epic spanning thousands of years. Archaia, 2023. Due: Oct.. More

Item Code: JIMCMH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 124pg, Full Color
$75.00 $67.50
 
ALMOST GONE SALE
20% OFF!!

Use coupon code: GONE20 at checkout until August 31st, and take 20% off all items in our ALMOST GONE section on our Website. Any order within the U.S. over $300 will also be shipped postage FREE. Prince Valiant back issues now goners. Just 20 on restocked and sets.

OTHER SALES
Check out our August Sale. And now an advance look at our next November Sale.

Also, Images #10 and 12 continue to be free with any order. See our tribute to my friend and the publisher of Images, Jim Vadeboncoeur.

 

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.

 

Mature Readers

New Calendars

Two new calendars this week--PO: The Back Side of Beauty and Naked Touch. Click here for all 2024 calendars now in stock.


Editions Skylight

This European publisher specializes in nude photography. They just switched American distributors — as a result, we were out of many of their titles for several months. But now we have them. These five titles are back in stock and now have LOWER prices! Click here for all their line. And…we have 8 brand-new titles we’ll be listing in the next three weeks. You can get an advance glimpse at some of these starting the week of August 28th.

New lower prices:
Dahmane Erotic Sessions: $27.95
Stainless Ladies: $27.95
Modern Urban Girls: $27.95
Extra Petite P**sy Girls: $27.95
Sorayama Complete Masterworks New Printing: $38.95


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Prince Valiant

We’re dropping the earliest volumes of Prince Valiant Vols 1 to 19. Sales have slowed way down…since we’ve handled some of these for more than a decade. Most are now ALMOST GONE items, if not completely gone. So you can receive an extra 20% off the already-discounted prices when you check out.

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Wild Adventures by Will Murray

The ALMOST GONE 20% discount also applies to most of the softcover books by Will Murray. As explained previously, Amazon is printing the softcovers for Will and EVERY shipment we’ve received has been poorly packed and banged up, preventing us from keeping them in stock. Will and ourselves agreed from now on we’ll just carry his hardcover editions, which he packs and sends to us himself. You can score our last stock of his titles here. These include King Kong vs. Tarzan and the highly recommended Tarzan Conqueror of Mars, which I’m very sorry to see go. But we’ll still handle the hardcovers.

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Phil Seuling Tribute

Alex Jay is a graphic designer who has done a massive number of DC’s (and First Comics) logos, for titles like Batman, American Flagg, etc. He also just produced a wonderful homage to our mutual friend Phil Seuling, tracing his family, his work as a teacher, and his wonderful New York conventions, publishing and creating the Direct Market as the very first distributor for Marvel and DC direct to comic stores. He posted this on the 39th anniversary of Phil’s passing away. Here is the Seuling story, complete with wonderful artwork from all of the NY Con Program Books!!! Alex’s company is called Tenth Letter of the Alphabet.

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The Moon Maid Trilogy

This is from the publisher: The original estimated ship date was the end of summer, but it now looks like the end of October will be more realistic.

COLLECT ALL SIX TITLES in the ERB "NEW WORLD" SERIES

ERB Books "New World" series celebrates ERB's amazing ability to dream up and describe fantastic new realms filled with undiscovered technologies, creatures and cultures. Each of these realms provided the backdrop for a unique sequence of stories filled with danger and adventure. The deluxe editions of the "New World" series are housed in matching custom cases with a curated portfolio of artwork and artifacts. The six titles in the series (including three yet to be published) and the worlds they introduced are:

1. A Princess of Mars - The Manuscript Edition - 2020 (Barsoom) – sold out
2. Tarzan of the Apes - The Artist Edition - 2021 (Mythic Africa) – sold out
3. At the Earth's Core - The Letterpress Edition - 2022 (Pellucidar) – still available but in very short supply
4. The Moon Maid - The Centennial Edition - 2023 (Va-nah)

Whenever possible, as you advance order the next volume, tell us and we will give you the matching numbers you have on previous volumes. ~Bud


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