Thursday, October 12, 2023

John Severin Westerns, Terry and the Pirates, Pierced Veil, Carthago. Yellow Submarine, Sgt. Rock, new Facsimile editions and Ghost Rider!

John Severin Westerns — an omnibus-size collection! Terry and the Pirates Volume 6; Bare Bones 15; Pierced Veil Book 3; Carthago. Also Yellow Submarine, Sgt. Rock’s Horror, five new Facsimile editions. The original 1950s Ghost Rider & Jungle Comics begin new series. 2024 mature calendars, John Waters, The World of Sherlock Holmes, and Spectrum Quarterly Volume 3 Coming Soon!

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THE JOHN SEVERIN WESTERNS Featuring American Eagle
Collects Prize Comics Western #85-113. 1951-55. Our Highest Recommendation. From 1951 to 1955, before and during his legendary EC work, John Severin, Mad artist Will Elder and Two-Fisted Tales writer Colin Dawkins introduced a new level of historical accuracy to the comic-book Western. While Native Americans had generally been vilified or left in the shadows of gun-slinging cowboy heroes, the American Eagle stories featured in Prize Comics Western were built around action-packed tribal intrigues and a heroic Crow warrior. And they are GREAT! Well written and superbly drawn!!! Fantagraphics, 2023....More.

Item Code: JOHWH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 488pg, Full Color
$65.00 $59.00

 


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JOHN SEVERIN TWO-FISTED COMIC BOOK ARTIST Signed
Our Highest Recommendation. Exclusive full color, double-sided bookplate signed by authors Greg Biga and Jon B. Cooke. A spirited biography of one of the most prolific creators in the history of American comics! From a start in 1947 at the Simon & Kirby shop, John Severin co-created the legendary Western strip American Eagle, and became an EC Comics mainstay, working with Harvey Kurtzman on MAD and Two-Fisted Tales. In addition to a 40 year association with Cracked magazine, his pivotal Marvel Comics work included an extended run on The Hulk, and teaming with sister Marie Severin to create the definitive comics version of King Kull. TwoMorrows, 2021....More.

Item Code: JOHSEH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Partial Color
$39.95
Click on this John Severin book for a whole mess of covers from the comics you’ll find collected in the John Severin Westerns. We did a special bookplate reproducing nine of them. Beautifully drawn AND very well written.
 


TERRY AND THE PIRATES THE MASTER COLLECTION Volume 6
Highly Recommended. By Milton Caniff.This tabloid-sized Volume 6 containing the 1940 dailies and Sundays is an unparalleled upgrade. Invading soldiers scatter the occupants of Singh-Singh’s outpost, forcing Pat, Blaze, and April to flee. They take refuge at Raven Sherman’s orphanage just in time for an outbreak of cholera (this is refuge?). Returning to the city, Raven meets the mysterious Hu Shee, while Pat is reunited with Terry, Big Stoop, and Connie and crosses paths with old friend Dude Hennick. All the newcomers to the cast — together with the Dragon Lady — fall prey to the schemes of Chopstick Joe. A strike by invader forces separates Terry and Hu Shee from the others, setting up an encounter with the elusive Chinese guerrilla leader known only as the Blue Tiger! Clover Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: TERP06H
Hard Cover, 11x14, 164pg, Full Color
$100.00
Here’s volumes 1-5, all still available. #1 is a two-volume special which includes the bonus Volume 13 with related special features.
 


BARE BONES Volume 15 Summer 2023
In this issue: John Drake's "Danger Man," "Secret Agent," and "The Prisoner!" Movie Monster Bubble Gum Cards; Craig Miller reminisces about marketing John Carpenter’s The Thing, Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine — the early years; vintage magazines Monster Parade & Monsters and Things; Cowboy Detective. Marvel’s Haunt of Horror; unproduced scripts for The Wolf Man vs. Dracula & Dracula’s Daughter. Cimmaron Street, 2023....More.

Item Code: BARE15
Soft Cover, 6x9, 110pg, Text/b&w
$12.00
Here’s available previous issues.
 

Graphic Novels

 


LEGENDS OF THE PIERCED VEIL The Mask of Fudo
Recommended. Mythical tales of bloodshed set in a Feudal Japan that runs rampant with spirits both demonic and heroic fighting for the fate of their world, from acclaimed creator Saverio Tenuta. Set in the same feudal Japanese-influenced world of The Scarlet Blades and Izuna comes an origin tale, full of the universe's signature dynamic art and storytelling. Humanoids, 2023....More.

Item Code: LEGSMH
Soft Cover, 8x10, 200pg, Full Color
$29.99 $26.99
Here’s the first two volumes with more outstanding artwork and unusual stories: Izuna [LEGIZH] and Scarlet Blades [LEGSBH]. Same discounted price. This is a very impressive series.
 


CARTHAGO KANE
Highly Recommended. By Christophe Bec. Art by Ennio Bufi.Kane, a young amphibius hybrid, escapes from his captivity in a secret research facility owned by a corrupt billionaire intent on proving the existence of not only the tritons but the megalodons. As Kane flees his captor's henchmen and trackers, he finds himself in a breathless chase with a megalodon of legend! But is the megalodon really his enemy? Humanoids, 2023....More.

Item Code: CARTK
Soft Cover, 8x10, 120pg, Full Color
$19.99
A new volume in this outstanding series from Humanoids. I’ve enjoyed every one of these; but they are also free-standing so you can start anytime in the series.
 


THE BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE
Recommended. By Bill Morrison.Authorized graphic novel adaptation. The Beatles are recruited by the Captain of the Yellow Submarine to help him free Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the world of Pepperland, from the music-hating Blue Meanies. Insight Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: BEAYSH
Hard Cover, 8x12, 112pg, Full Color
$34.99 $31.99
 


DC HORROR PRESENTS SGT. ROCK VS. THE ARMY OF THE DEAD
Collects #1-6. Recommended. Berlin, 1944. The Nazis are besieged on all fronts by the Allied forces. Defeat is inevitable. But Hitler and his team of evil scientists attempt a last-ditch effort that may turn the tide of the war and rewrite history itself: a serum that resurrects their dead soldiers, stronger than they were in life, and sends them back into the battlefield. Now Rock and Easy Company face off against the strangest, most horrific enemies they’ve ever encountered: Nazi zombies! DC Comics, 2023....More.

Item Code: DCHSRH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
 

New Facsimile Editions

 


MASTER COMICS #27 Facsimile Edition
Highly Recommended. One of the all time great World War Two covers by Mac Raboy. Captain Marvel Jr. vs. Captain Nazi, Bulletman, Minute Man, El Carim, Buck Jones, Companions Three. Complete 64 page comic with all ads intact. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: MASC27
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


MASTER COMICS #30 Facsimile Edition
Recommended. Classic cover and lead Captain Marvel story by the great Mac Raboy, guest starring Captain Nazi. Bulletman, Minute Man, El Carium, Hoodoo Hannigan, Buck Jones, Companions Three. Another classic 64-page Fawcett issue. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: MASC30
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


MASTER COMICS #32 Facsimile Edition
Highly Recommended. Cover and Capt. Marvel Jr. story by Mac Raboy. Bulletman by Otto and Jack Binder, Minute Man, El Charim by Bert Whitman, Buck Jones by Ralph Carlson and more in this 64-page classic from 1942. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: MASC32
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


ROBOTMEN OF THE LOST PLANET Facsimile Edition
Art by Gene Fawcette. A 36 page facsimile comic book, a classic from the great Avon lineup. Reprints Avon's Robotmen of the Lost Planet #1 from 1952, a multi-chapter epic that simply wild! With additional art by Mort Lawrence and a 3-page backup story by Gerald McCann. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: ROBLP
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$15.99
 


ROCKET TO THE MOON Facsimile Edition
Highly Recommended. Another iconic 36 page Facsimile Comic Book reprinted to match the quality when first produced in 1951. Reprints Rocket to the Moon #1 from Avon, with wild early work by Joe Orlando (strongly influenced by his studio-mate, Wally Wood) and written by the famous magician and writer of The Shadow pulps, Walter Gibson! PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: ROCKM
Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color
$15.99
PS is selecting excellent vintage comics to print lately. See their entire listing here, including more with Capt. Marvel and Capt. Marvel Jr.
 

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Item Code: GHOR01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

GHOST RIDER Volume 1 Hardcover
Collects #1-5, 1950-51. Covers (#2-5) by Frank Frazetta. Highly Recommended. Created by Dick Ayers and Ray Krank, Rex Fury was originally known as the Calico Kid, who together with his white horse Spectre became the Ghost Rider! Wearing a white outfit covered with phosphorus, he could cover parts of his body to give the illusion that he was merely a floating head or pair of hands! To further the illusion, he wielded a black lariat and black bullwhip! A wildly popular title in the 1950s, which Marvel scooped up and turned into their own motorcyle-riding hero. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: GHOR01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

 


Item Code: SAG03
Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$32.99

GORGO Volume 3
Collects #11-15 1963. Recommended. By Joe Gill. Steve Ditko draws the cover of #11, 13, and 15 and feature-length stories in #13-15. After a seaquake, a huge lizard-like creature walked out of the ocean; things became more complicated when it was discovered the monster, dubbed Gorgo, was really just a youngster and its 200 foot tall mother was coming for him. After a pitched battle with the British army, Gorgo's mother, Ogra, was able to free her child and they both went lumbering back to the sea. That, however, was not the last the world heard of Gorgo. Having found a taste for the land, the young monster began to make regular visits there! PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: SAG03H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color
$52.99

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Item Code: JUNG01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color
$52.99

JUNGLE COMICS Volume 1 Hardcover
Collects #1-3, 1940. Jungle Comics ran for almost 15 years, with a roster of creative talent like Lou Fine, Alex Blum, Fletcher Hanks, Chuck Winter, Art Peddy, Dick Briefer, Will Eisner, Rafael Astarita, Charles Sultan, and Bob Powell. Kaanga, Lord of the Jungle, lost his family in the Congo and was adopted by a local tribe of "ape-men" where he tackled everything from bad animals to dinosaurs to witch doctors to Germans, appearing in all 163 issues! The "Mystery Woman of the Jungle," Fantomah, is a mysterious goddess-like being, with vast omnipotent magical power that can transform her into a frightening phantom/skeleton creature with floating skull and blonde hair. PS Artbooks, 2023....More.

Item Code: JUNG01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color
$32.99

 

Comics Archives

 


WHAT IF? INTO THE MULTIVERSE Omnibus Volume 1
Collects What If?#1, 1988 & #1-39, 1989 & more. Anything can happen in WHAT IF? — and this is the Omnibus to prove it! Imaginative creators line up to explore alternate possibilities: What if the alien costume possessed Spider-Man? What if the new X-Men died on their first mission? What if the Fantastic Four all had the same power?! Professor X becomes the Juggernaut, Wolverine is an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil kills the Kingpin...and the Punisher’s family survives! Marvel, 2023....More.

Item Code: WHA01H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 1240pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


MARVEL AGE Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Marvel Age #1-34 & Annual #1, 1983-85. By Kurt Busiek, Jim Shooter et al. Art by Sal Buscema, Mike Mignola et al. Long before the internet, True Believers of the 1980s got the inside scoop on Marvel’s upcoming projects in the pages of Marvel Age. Now, the first three years’ worth of this fan-favorite promotional magazine are reprinted in full — a treasure trove of big-name interviews, previews of the major titles of 1982-1985, behind-the-scenes features, rare house ads, stunning covers...and classic cartoons of the legendary Fred Hembeck! Plus an exclusive Annual story covering the length and breadth of the Marvel Universe! Marvel, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: MARVA01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1184pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


THE COMPLETE DICK TRACY DAILIES & SUNDAYS Volume 1 1931-1933
New uniform format and rescanned Sunday pages. Recommended. Size does matter: the first new edition of the first six volumes, reformatted to be the same larger size as Volumes 7 through 29. In this premiere offering, we return again to those hardscrabble days of 1931, when tragedy in the Trueheart family puts young Dick Tracy on the police force and pits him against mobster "Big Boy," Larceny Lu, the counterfeiter Alec Penn, the nefarious "Stooge" Viller, and Steve the Tramp! Clover Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: CC01H
Hard Cover, 11x8, 280pg, Partial Color
$59.99 $52.50
 


THE COMPLETE DICK TRACY DAILIES & SUNDAYS Volume 2 1933-1935
It’s all about family in the Complete Dick Tracy Volume 2, as Clover Press and The Library of American Comics bring this early entry into the series’ standardized format. That means larger pages in a book that looks great on the shelf with its companions. Between the covers, the spotlight’s on Junior Tracy as he and his biological father cross paths with the notorious "Stooge" Viller and his sister, Maxine. Then "Big Boy" leaves Junior hospitalized before "Confidence" Dolan locks the boy in the can. Dick Tracy’s subsequent encounter with secret operative J. Scotland Bumpsted puts the evil Larceny Lu on the run to California. There she meets Junior’s long-lost mother, who gives Junior a Scotty pup named Oscar and Tracy a way to bring villainous Boris Arson to justice. Chester Gould’s high-octane stories set pulses raising and hearts beating faster in the reformatted, super-sized, all-action The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 2! Clover Press, 2023....More.

Item Code: CC02H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 296pg, Partial Color
$59.99 $52.50
Click here for all available Dick Tracy volumes plus out of print titles.
 

Art Books

 


THE WORLDS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective. Recommended. An exploration of all that encompasses the world of Sherlock Holmes — tracing the infamous character’s own interests, personality, and mythologized biography alongside that of his creator’s. Explore original magazine appearances, books, films, television series and all the stars who played the role of Sherlock Holmes. Frances Lincoln, 2023....More.

Item Code: WORSHH
Hard Cover, 9x10, 208pg, Text/Partial Color
$32.00
Here’s more from the world of Sherlock.
 


THE SPHINX AND THE MILKY WAY
Selections from The Journals of Charles Burchfield. In the early years of the 20th century, Charles Burchfield painted mystic and visionary landscapes. For nearly his entire life, Burchfield also kept a journal. Over 54 years, he filled nearly 10,000 pages. To call this journal epic would be an understatement. A masterpiece whose bulk has remained unread, it is a handwritten tome that combines elements of the American nature journal with a dash of 19th-century spiritual autobiography. It is a record of a man who spent much of his life looking at and considering the sky. The Song Cave, 2023....More.

Item Code: SPHMW
Soft Cover, 6x9, 200pg, Partial Color
$28.95
 


JOHN WATERS Pope of Trash
This accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the first dedicated solely to Waters’ films. Known for pushing the boundaries of any kind of taste, John Waters has created a canon of high-shock-value movies. Featuring misfit muses, tributes to his hometown of Baltimore and themes of fetish, obsession and celebrity culture, his renegade films — including Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974), Desperate Living (1977), Hairspray (1988), Serial Mom (1994) and A Dirty Shame (2004) — are irreverent, laugh-out-loud comedies that lovingly draw inspiration from William Castle, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, and others.DelMonico Books/Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: JOHWPH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Partial Color
$59.95
 

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.

 

2024 Calendars

 


GIRLS 2024 Calendar
Thirteen glamorous images of girls in sexy lingerie and swimsuits, in both outdoor and boudoir settings. Lots of eye contact with the viewer. English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. A number of important school and public holidays have already been added to the calendar. Avonside, 2023. ...More.

Item Code: GIRLS24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99
 


SWIMSUIT 2024 Calendar
Recommended. The most beautiful young women, posed on beaches in the brilliant sun and in the briefest of latest swimsuit fashions. You can't NOT look at these perfect bodies, tastefully covered and yet enough to drive any man slightly crazy. International settings and a nice variety of women from the world over. Bright Day, 2023....More.

Item Code: SWIM24
12x12, 24pg, Full Color
$14.99
These are quite G-rated so nothing explicit here. Click here for all 2024 calendars.
 

Coming in October

 


SPECTRUM FANTASTIC ART QUARTERLY MAGAZINE #3 Brom Signed Bookplate
1000-copy print run. Bookplate illustrated and signed by Brom. Our Highest Recommendation. Bernie Wrightson is the featured artist in an all new 46-page examination with opinions from Stephen KingFrank Frazetta and publisher Todd Adams. An interview with Brom and Laurie Lee Brom with recent works pictured. A ghoulish celebration featuring creatures from John Jude PalencarMark EnglishKarla OrtizJon FosterRobert PeakDan dos SantosRoger StineJeffrey Jones, and Phil Hale. Beautiful oil paintings by award-winning artist, dancer, and owl wrangler Alessandra Maria PisanoDian Hanson, Taschen’s resident “Sexy Book Editor,” is interviewed about her career and her recent foray into fantastic art with this year’s bestselling Frazetta collection. Spectrum/Underwood Books, 2023. Due: Oct....More.

Item Code: SPEQ03
Soft Cover, 88pg,12x12, Partial Color
$25.00
We're expecting these to arrive at the end of October. Click here to see previous Spectrum volumes, including Quarterly Volume #2 with a bookplate signed by Ed Binkley.

Coming in November

 


THE PEN AND INK DRAWINGS OF TONY DITERLIZZI Signed
Signed. Lots of work in full color. Highly Recommended! Since his meteoric debut as an illustrator for Dungeons & Dragons to a decades-long career as a bestselling author and illustrator of children's books, Tony DiTerlizzi has continued to sketch his favorite fantasy subjects. Wizards, gnomes, and all manner of monsters fill over 100 pages spanning thirty years from Tony's early art samples for TSR (then publishers of Dungeons & Dragons) to dozens of fantastic New Yorker covers, to pieces rendered over a livestream during the recent pandemic. 2023. Due: Nov....More.

Item Code: PENTS
Soft Cover, na, na, b&w
$30.00
We’ve done a special bookplate with Tony for this delightful selection of new work.
 

Mature Readers

A new erotic art book from SQ: Skin Tight 2: The Art of Marcus Gray is here. His first collection was published by SQ in 2002! Click here to see more erotic art books.

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And we have four new adult calendars: Lingerie (Avonside) joins the other two lingerie calendars. Tattoo Girls is a new title this year, we’re impressed with the ladies here — it’s a steamy selection of amazing ladies. Babes 2024 is exactly that…Babes and very tasteful with a nice variety of ladies. And Dream Girls is also tasteful and classy.

Click here to see all of our adult 2024 calendars.

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Rare & Out of Print

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Bill Sienkiewicz 2005

 

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1991

More Rare & Out of Print items listed this week, too many to list here! Click Here to see them all on our website.

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   Astro City- 1999

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5 Book Slipcase Set - 1979

 

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Signed - 1996

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Kupka -2002

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Rare Books: Corben and EC

We just received a nice group of vintage Richard Corben items. They are not yet on the website, but inquire if you are looking for any particular title. Ditto on Russ Cochran’s Complete EC sets. This week we list the most in-demand title, Tales from the Crypt. But we just got nearly every other set, and second copies of many. Inquire with Todd for specific titles.

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Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair

Hope to see many of you at the fair. We have a wonderful selection of vintage illustrated books, children’s picture books, art books, vintage comics, pulps and fanzines.

Our next show will be the Berkeley Comic show with fewer books and more comics; we will skip the October 28 show but will be back in early January.

~Bud

 

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