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FRANZ WACIK Highly Recommended. Franz Wacik (1883-1938) was an extraordinary Austrian talent who also designed for the theater, painted frescoes and murals, and illustrated children’s books. While his startlingly original work is largely unknown today, this volume (primarily composed of Wacik’s work for the satire magazine Die Muskete) will be a revelation for many. Wacik’s expertise encompassed a diverse array of fantastical subjects, including bizarre creatures and fairy tale settings. Illustrated Press, 2023. ...More. Item Code: FRAWAH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color |
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HANK JANSON UNDER COVER A Visual History Import from England. Highly Recommended. In this full-color coffee-table art book, noted researcher Stephen James Walker presents a complete visual history of the Hank Janson crime fiction series, from its inception in 1946 through to the last of the original novels in 1971, and beyond. Reproductions of every single cover — including, in full-page size and in better quality than ever seen before, all of the classic Reginald Heade painted covers of the 1940s and 1950s, including his foreign editions. Good girls, bad girls...it's all about racy themes and sex appeal on these vintage covers: nudity, bondage, violence, cleavage... The equivalent U.S. series might be Mike Hammer or Michael Shayne — except Janson was far longer-lived! Telos, 2021....More. Item Code: HANJH Hard Cover, 9x11, 256pg, Full Color |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #26 Highly Recommended. Featuring Petar Meseldžija, Arthur Barbosa, John Millar Watt and Philip Mendoza. This issue: cover feature artist John Millar Watt is an exceptional British artist we had never heard of before, prolific for forty years. He’s a cartoonist turned comic book artist turned celebrity illustrator. Petar Meseldžija: The fantasy illustrator has entered the world of fine art, a frequent Spectrum contributor and absolutely amazing fantasy artist. Philip Mendoza: The talented illustrator and master of anthropomorphic animal cartoons. Arthur Barbosa: known for his Flashman book covers. Book Palace, 2019....More. Item Code: IQ26 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color |
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JOHN BUSCEMA'S MARVEL HEROES Artist's Edition Highly Recommended. Includes several complete stories, as well as an outstanding sampling of covers and his finest pages from the mid 1960s to the late ‘70s. Viewing these pages, it’s easy to see why John Buscema has been called the Michelangelo of comics. Stan's go-to artist for the best in anatomy and drama, he set the standard on The Silver Surfer, The Avengers, Conan, Fantastic Four and Thor. An amazing illustrator who was nearly too good for comics! IDW, 2021....More. Item Code: JBMHAEH Hard Cover, 12x17, 192pg, b&w |
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COMICS JOURNAL LIBRARY Volume 4 Drawing the Line Recommended. By Gary Groth. The fourth volume in this ongoing series of lavish coffee-table-books. Far-ranging and introspective interviews drawn from the Utne Award-winning magazine's archives, this volume gathers together four of the sharpest social commentators of our times: Ralph Steadman, Jules Feiffer, Edward Sorel, and David Levine. Each definitive conversation is complimented with generous amounts of illustration. Plus a full-color gallery of rarely seen work. Fantagraphics, 2004. Out of Print....More. Item Code: CJL04 Soft Cover, 12x12, 120pg, Text/Partial Color |
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COSMIC-70 The Art of Paul Davidson Recommended. A visual archive of sketches, commissioned artwork and fantasy illustrations from comic book creator Paul Davidson. Paul revisits some of his most popular characters from Moon Knight, Silver Surfer and Conan to Judge Dredd and everything in between. The Newcastle-born artist has spent the past 25 years working as a concept artist for video games and illustrating books for publishers around world. His comic book career began with the creation of Dwarf Lords for Games Workshop’s “Warhammer” in the 90’s. After years of producing storyboards and concept art in the video games industry, Marvel lured him back into comics in 2008 to draw X-Men, Moon Knight and Silver Surfer to name a few. Berserker, 2022....More. Item Code: COSMP Soft Cover, 8x11, 100pg, Full Color |
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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATED The Comics Art Techniques of Paul Davidson Signed Signed with a full color cover! Foreword by Dan Abnett. Renowned Marvel & 2000AD artist Paul Davidson takes you on a behind-the-scenes look at his process and the art techniques used to illustrate a comic book. Here is a unique insight into the mind of a comic book creator as he develops an idea from sketching, inking, and finally coloring the final page. 100 pages of character design, concept art, and the how-to construction of a comic book page. Berserker, 2022. Out of print....More. Item Code: FANPD Soft Cover, 8x12, 100pg, Partial Color |
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FLEXIBLE The Art of Yo Shimizu Highly Recommended. The first collection of Yo Shimizu's work, featuring 160 breathtakingly beautiful and overwhelmingly fantastic landscapes and characters, body armor and creatures. The book introduces a wide variety of Shimizu’s work to date, from fully-realized digital art to his prelim landscapes, hand-drawn in water color. These latter works remind us of Miyazaki storyboards. A bonus feature on the making of the cover illustration is included with bilingual Japanese and English text, giving readers a glimpse into the techniques that Shimizu uses when drawing. PIE International, 2022....More. Item Code: FLEXAR Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
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IT'S ABOUT TIME A Memoir in Pictures and Words Brian Bolland Recommended. Foreword by Johnny Vegas. Introduction by Dave Harwood. An epic journey through the life and art of Brian Bolland in a totally unique format that we've never seen before. Told fumetti style, with actual photos (plus some artwork) of Brian from childhood to aspiring artist, marriage, meeting fellow artists, attending shows. This guy was hard-wired to his camera!! A visual journal of Bolland's development as an artist, writer and observer of the world around him, all narrated in the first person by Brian himself. Book Palace Books, 2023....More. Item Code: ITSABH Hard Cover, 7x11, 336pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL COMICS A Manga Tribute Experience a fresh take on the Marvel Universe with this collection of illustrations from twenty exceptional Japanese artists, including Yasuhiro Nightow, Akira Himekawa, Peach Momoko, Yusuke Murata, and Yoshitaka Amano. With entirely full page portraits and illustrations, this oversized hardcover explores a range of unique artwork, collected for the first time, celebrating characters from across the multiverse. A must-have for fans of Marvel Comics and Japanese art alike! Includes several pages done just for this edition. VIZ Media, 2023....More. Item Code: MARMTH Hard Cover, 8x12, 128pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL COMICS THE VARIANT COVERS Highly Recommended. By John Rhett Thomas. Explore the amazing visual history of Marvel Comics variant covers in this first-ever collection. Comprising some of the most sought-after and valuable comics, variant covers have become a tradition in comics publishing. The variant cover phenomenon began in 1986 and was immediately embraced by a devoted legion of fans. This showcases the finest and most famous variants alongside exclusive interviews from artists and industry experts. Featuring abundant fan-favorite characters: Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, the X-Men, and many others. Marvel, 2020....More. Item Code: MARVCOH Hard Cover, 9x12, 216pg, Full Color |
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MYSTERIOUS SCENES FROM A DARK FANTASY WORLD 4th book in the "Background Illustrations and Scenes" series. Highly Recommended. Fantastical and magical scenery, desolate landscapes, and weird creatures, this book collects 111 dark fantasy artworks from 30 illustrators, including renowned illustrators such as Posuka Demizu, the illustrator for the bestselling manga series The Promised Neverland, and YoShimizu, the cover illustrator for the 2nd book in the series Beautiful Scenes from a Fantasy World. The cover Illustration here was drawn by Monokubu, who, with more than 217K followers on Twitter, is also getting attention in the Japanese illustration industry. Text in both Japanese and English. PIE International, 2021....More. Item Code: MYSSC Soft Cover, 10x10, 160pg, Full Color |
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PIONEERS OF GERMAN GRAPHIC DESIGN Our Highest Recommendation. Pioneers of German Graphic Design tells the story of early 20th century art and design, the origins of concepts that are still innovative today...and why Germany became perhaps the most influential innovator in modern visual language. Apart from reproducing more than 1,000 iconic designs in magnificent quality, this volume exhibits a great diversity of important unpublished or forgotten pieces. It presents the inspirational stories of fourteen graphic designers who essentially shaped the modern profession, including the best known to us, Ludwig Hohlwein, Bayer, Julius Klinger, and Behrens. A full chapter with lots of examples is devoted to each of the 14 designers, plus an overview of the entire period. Callisto, 2017. Note: Some copies have a slightly bumped corner....More. Item Code: PIOGGH Hard Cover, 9x12, 400pg, Partial Color |
| Also available in Rare Books is Russian Graphic Design 1880-1917 [RB3787. $50]. |
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RIVALS Gods & Machines The Art of Paul Gerrard. Recommended. You may not know his name but you know his incredible designs. British concept designer Paul Gerrard has created some of the most memorable and celebrated costume and character designs in film and TV. From Hellboy and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Battle: Los Angeles and Dungeons & Dragons (2023), his surreal sci-fi figures and landscapes have captured the imagination and admiration of movie and art fans worldwide. This stunning art book presents what we all want to know: What is the story behind these otherworldly, phantasmagorical creatures? Schiffer, 2022....More. Item Code: RIVAH Hard Cover, 8x11, 144pgs, Full Color |
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SPECTRUM Volume 11 Hardcover The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Highly Recommended. Edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner. 300 artists; seven categories, including one devoted to comics and graphic novels, a feast of disparate visions and artistic imagining. Featuring John Howe, fantasy illustrator and designer for Lord of the Rings; Peter de Seve, conceptual artist on Finding Nemo; Anita Kunz's work from Rolling Stone; bold new work by Michael Whelan; John Jude Palancar; Doug Chiang, design director for Star Wars; and Jon Foster, also of Star Wars fame. Underwood Books, 2004. Out of print....More. Item Code: SPE11H Hard Cover, 9x12, 208pg, Full Color |
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SPECTRUM Volume 19 Hardcover Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. 300 diverse visionary artists, many world-renowned, including Michael Whelan, Donato Giancola, Leo & Diane Dillon, Kinuko Craft, and Peter de Sève. James Gurney (Dinotopia) is the featured Grand Master. Cover is by Brom. Here is the year's finest art, Gold, Silver and Bronze winners plus all carefully chosen runners up, picked by a jury of their peers. With art from books and book covers, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, three-dimensional (statues, etc.) and advertising, Spectrum is truly an electrifying art book. Underwood Books, 2012. Out of print. ...More. Item Code: SPE19H Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Full Color |
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SPECTRUM Volume 25 Hardcover Hurt The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by John Fleskes. The best-selling Spectrum series continues with this lavishly produced 25th annual. Spectrum is the premier showcase for imaginative fantastic arts in the book, comic, film, horror, illustration, sculpture, conceptual art, fine art and video-game genres. Nearly 500 works by more than 275 diverse visionaries, including Paul Bonner, J.A.W. Cooper, Olivia De Berardinis, Annie Stegg Gerard, Scott Gustafson, Edward Kinsella III, Gregory Manchess, Victo Ngai, Tran Nguyen, Greg Ruth, Yuko Shimizu, and many more. The Grand Master this year is Claire Wendling and the Spectrum Rising Star award goes to Miranda Meeks. The Year in Review by John Fleskes is must-read. Flesk, 2018. Out of print. Condition: May have bumped corners or spine. Jackets may be torn or curled....More. Item Code: SPE25HR Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Full Color |
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STRANGE DAYS Aliens, Adventurers, Devils, and Dames Highly Recommended. 32 oversized, full-color, framable examples of this best of the fabled pulp covers. Included are works by some of pulpdom's most renowned artists: Virgil Finlay, Hannes Bok, Edd Cartier, Margaret Brundage, Jerome Rozen, Belarski, Enoch Bolles and Walter Baumhoffer...all reproduced from the original paintings! Underwood Books, 2009. Out of print....More. Item Code: STRDH Soft Cover, 11x15, 32pg, Full Color |
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BATMAN SPAWN The Classic Collection From 1994. Hardcover. Recommended. For the first time in three decades, this edition of the classic meeting between comics’ caped avengers of the night reprints Batman/Spawn: War Devil #1 by legendary Batman creators Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, and Klaus Janson...plus the Spawn/Batman one-shot by Frank Miller and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, which brings Batman to Spawn’s home turf of New York City! Two heroes with different methods in two very different tales. DC Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: BATSCC Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA LIVES! Omnibus Collects Captain America #43-50, #600-601, 2004; CA: Reborn #1-6, 2009; & the Reborn Prologue. Recommended. By Ed Brubaker, Paul Dini et al. Art by Gene Colan, Steve Epting, Jackson Guice et al. Steve Rogers' closest friends and allies may have found a way to bring back Captain America. Or is what they found something more sinister? The Red Skull's greatest plan to destroy Captain America has been in motion and its completion is almost at hand. Will Captain America be lost forever or will he be REBORN? A story that spans the 1940s to modern times, co-starring the original Human Torch, The Black Widow, the adult Bucky, and the Avengers. Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: CAPLIH Hard Cover, 7x11, 560pg, Full Color |
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DOCTOR STRANGE Epic Collection Volume 3 A Separate Reality Collects Doc Strange #180-813, Marvel Premiere #3-14 and more, 1968-74. Recommended. Top-flight creators Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, Stan Lee and Barry Windsor-Smith portray Doctor Strange at his very best! Here are The Undying Ones, Baron Mordo, the cosmic threat of Eternity and the eldritch horror of Shuma-Gorath. Then, Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner break new boundaries with their all-time classic Sise-Neg Genesis and Silver Dagger sagas featuring lush art and stories that plumb the depths of Strange's soul. Marvel, 2021. ...More. Item Code: DOCST03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 472pg, Full Color |
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DOCTOR STRANGE Epic Collection Volume 5 The Reality War Collects Doctor Strange #29-51, 1974 & 4 more issues, 1973-80. Recommended. Roger Stern and Chris Claremont join artist icons Gene Colan, Marshall Rogers and Tom Sutton. Nightmare, D’Spayre and the Dream Weaver twist reality and rend Strange and Clea’s souls with inconceivable fears. Baron Mordo returns, armed with the occult secrets of the Vatican. Wong is captured by the Shadowqueen and Clea and Strange must traverse dimensions and battle the demonic N’Garai to save him! Excellent artwork. Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: DOCST05 Soft Cover, 7x10, 504pg, Full Color |
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FANTASTIC FOUR NO. 1 PANEL BY PANEL Sixty years after its publication in November 1961, this re-imagining by award-winning graphic designer Chip Kidd uses an original copy of the comic book to present the classic story in a whole new way — with each panel as a full page. The book also includes text by Marvel editor Tom Brevoort and historian Mark Evanier (Kirby: King of Comics), and the entire issue as it was originally presented also. Abrams ComicArts, 2021....More. Item Code: FANTFH Hard Cover, 9x11, 260pg, Full Color |
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FORBIDDEN WORLDS Volume 3 Slipcased Limited, 300! Collects #12-18, 1952-53. Recommended. By Richard Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus, Paul Gattuso et al. We love the stories: "Were-Spider's Doom," "Invasion from Hades," "The Subway Spectres," "The Time Destroyer," "The Death Slave," "The Vampire Cat," "The Living Head." Seven full issues and 34 over-the-top horror and supernatural stories, from the peak of the pre-code horror explosion. Every kind of frightening menace and resurrected dead body was fair game in these fun and unusual stories by the fine staff at American Comics Group (ACG). PS Artbooks, 2013. Out of Print....More. Item Code: FOR03D Hard Cover, 7x10, 288pg, Full Color |
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FORBIDDEN WORLDS Volume 10 Collects #59-64, 1957-58. Recommended. By Emil Gershwin, Ogden Whitney et al. Tales exploring science fiction, dark creatures and the supernatural as ACG thrives in the post-code world. These stories are some of the most readable and interesting from the period, even considering Stan Lee's work at Atlas. ACG editor and chief writer Richard Hughes escaped the typical clichés and presented off-beat tales—more fun to read now than most other comics of the time. PS Artbooks, 2015....More. Item Code: FOR10H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 240pg, Full Color |
| Hardcovers of Volume 11 & 12 are also on sale. Click here to see all avilable volumes. |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS WEB OF EVIL Volume 2 Slipcased Limited, 300! Collects #8-14, 1953-54. Highly Recommended. By Jack Cole, Leo Morey, Charles Nicholas et al. Weird adventures into horror and the supernatural from Quality Comics Group's premiere title. While EC and Harvey were doing THEIR thing, Quality had their own take on ghosts, skeletons, the undead, and the damned. Featured artists also include Charles Culdera, Bob McCarty and John Forte. PS Artbooks, 2015. Out of Print. ...More. Item Code: WEB02D Hard Cover, 7x10, 252pg, Full Color |
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MYSTERIOUS STORIES Volume 1 Collects #2-7, 1954-56. Highly Recommended. Art by George Woodbridge, Angelo Torres, A. C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman, et al. We have a real sleeper here. George Woodbridge was a brilliant artist but wasn't in comics long enough to be well-recognized today. Here he does three covers and a story, collaborating with Angelo Torres on the cover and story in #3—it looks like Frazetta drew it. From here he went on to a 44-year career with Mad Magazine, beginning in 1957. The first issue of this was Horror from the Tomb. Fetid horror stories also featuring more fine work by more unsung artists: Kurt Schaffenberger (Superman, Lois Lane), Richard Doxee (a stand-out at Stan Lee's Atlas) and Cal Massey. PS Artbooks, 2019....More. Item Code: MYS01H Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color |
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MIRACLEMAN The Golden Age By Gaiman & Buckingham Collects #1-6, 2015. Highly Recommended. By Neil Gaiman. Art by Mark Buckingham. Atop Olympus, Miracleman presides over a brave new world forged from London's destruction. It is a world free of war, of famine, of poverty. A world of countless wonders. A world where pilgrims scale Olympus' peak to petition their living god, while miles below the dead return in fantastic android bodies. It is an Age of Miracles — but is humankind ready for it? Do we even want it? Is there a place for humanity in a world of gods? Plus 30 pages of bonus material. Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: MIRM01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 192pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE FANTASTIC FOUR Volume 23 Collects Fantastic Four #251-257, Annual #17, Avengers #233, Thing #2, all from 1983. Story and art by John Byrne. New introduction by Al Milgrom. Continue John Byrne's iconic Fantastic Four run! When the Fantastic Four journey on a mind-bending quest through the Negative Zone, the opportunistic Annihilus attacks the undefended Baxter Building. With Daredevil, She-Hulk and the Avengers racing to the Fantastic Four's side, Reed and Sue must make some drastic decisions concerning their future with the team. Plus: Galactus is back, he's hungering for the Skrull homeworld. Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: MMFF23H Hard Cover, 7x10, 344pg, Full Color |
| Click here for more Marvel Masterworks, and here for the bargain priced Mighty Marvel Masterworks, all $15.99. |
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SANDMAN DELUXE EDITION Book Four Collects #51-69 original series. Highly Recommended. By Neil Gaiman. Art by Marc Hempel. Includes the zero-hour tale "World's End" — at the World's End Tavern, two travelers tell stories like "A Tale of Two Cities". Vertigo Jam #1, where the beauty and wonder of Dream's Castle is able to be experienced. Also reintroduces Prez; Death appearance; Belushi, Nixon and Wildcat cameos; and the Death of the Sandman in #69. DC Comics, 2021....More. Item Code: SAND04H Hard Cover, 7x11, 528pg, Full Color |
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SPAWN THE RECORD BREAKER Collects Spawn #298-301, 2019. By Todd McFarlane and Scott Snyder. Collected together for the first time, the issues that lead up to and include the record-breaking Spawn #301, which went through three printings. This is the story line that changes everything...Including art from industry giants like Greg Capullo, Jason Alexander, Clayton Crain, Jerome Opeña, and Francesco Mattina, as well as a story penciled by Todd McFarlane himself. Image Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: SPAWRB Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 53rd Edition Avengers Hardcover Highly Recommended. By Robert M. Overstreet. Kevin Nowlan offers an imaginative new take on Jack Kirby's classic image from The Avengers #3 for the cover. Celebrate the 60th anniversaries of The Avengers and the Justice League/Justice Society crossovers; take a look at the influential advertising comics of the pioneering R.F. Outcault, CGC history, Hall of Fame, Key sales, Market reports, and a spotlight on Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer. Packed with more articles, comics values, artist and writer credits, special issues, key issues and much, much more. Gemstone, 2023....More. Item Code: CB53AH Hard Cover, 7x10, 1120pg, Full Color |
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THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 53rd Edition Death Dealer Hardcover Highly Recommended. By Robert M. Overstreet. Artist Dan Lawlis recreates the Death Dealer cover. Celebrate the 60th anniversaries of The Avengers and the Justice League/Justice Society crossovers; take a look at the influential advertising comics of the pioneering R.F. Outcault, CGC history, Hall of Fame, Key sales, Market reports, and a spotlight on Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer. Packed with more articles, comics values, artist and writer credits, special issues, key issues and much, much more. Gemstone, 2023....More. Item Code: CB53DH Hard Cover, 7x10, 1120pg, Full Color |
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THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE 53rd Edition Hero Initiative Cover Limited, 500. Highly Recommended. By Robert M. Overstreet. Acclaimed artist John Tyler Christopher brings Red Sonja to the cover of the exclusive Hero Initiative edition. Celebrate the 60th anniversaries of The Avengers and the Justice League/Justice Society crossovers. It also includes a look at the influential advertising comics of the pioneering R.F. Outcault, creator of The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown, and a spotlight on Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer. Packed with more articles, comics values, artist and writer credits, special issues, key issues and much, much more. Gemstone, 2023....More. Item Code: CB53HH Hard Cover, 7x10, 1280pg, Full Color |
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CHARACTER DESIGN QUARTERLY #21 CDQ is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators and artists worldwide. Among this issue’s highlights: Amelia Bothe reveals the process of creating this issue's cover; we go behind the scenes at London animation studio Blinkink, talk to animator Carlos Luzzi, character creator Jeanne Wong, Wouter Bruneel shows how to stylize character designs, Laura Pauselli reveals making contrasting emotions effect character design. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022....More. Item Code: CDQ21 Magazine, 8x11, 104pg, Full Color |
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THE PHANTOM The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 23 1971-1972 By Lee Falk. "The Phantom Faces Modern Challenges," Introduction. Continues the Sy Barry years. Six complete continuities: "The Fence," "The Mysterious Passenger," "The Vultures," "The Lost City," "The Witchman," and "The Tanker-Jackers." Taken directly from King Feature's proofs. Hermes, 2021....More. Item Code: PH23H Hard Cover, 12x9, 272pg, b&w |
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BLACK ADAM Rise and Fall of an Empire Almost Gone! By Geoff Johns, Morrison, Rucka & Mark Waid. Art by Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett et al. Following the events of Infinite Crisis was a year without Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman...now it's Black Adam as the merciless ruler and protector of the nation of Kahndaq. He's declared an end to the reign of superheroes. But now Adrianna Tomaz, a former refugee, joins Adam and reshapes his goals to become a hero to the world. Freeing enslaved children across Africa, Adam and his newly formed family offer hope to a world in need...but can such change last? Collects the complete black Adam saga from the 52 series. DC Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: BLAARF Soft Cover, 7x10, 360pg, Full Color |
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BREATH OF THE GIANT Highly Recommended. An excellent ages 12-up adventure, first published in France. Legend says a Giant's breath has the power to bring the dead back to life. Young Iris and and sister Sophia have lost their mother, so they journey into the far north of snow and mountains to bring her back. They can count on magic, but above all, they will have to conquer their fears. Fagus also has lost a loved one and is following the girls with seeming ill intent. A powerful story about obsession, hope and overcoming fear and danger. Fairsquare Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: BREAG Soft Cover, 7x9, 148pg, Full Color |
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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 |
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CHILDREN OF DOOM Replica Edition Collects Charlton Premiere #2, 1967. Written by Denny O'Neil, and drawn by the late great Pat Boyette. A full length story with a unique blend of full color and black and white pages. Holocaust, space and time traveling, mutants...a compelling story, especially given the period it was produced in and the audience (kids?) it was aimed at. A rather obvious Dr. Strangelove reference as the world faces an uncertain future in the age of the Atom Bomb. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: CHILDO Magazine, 7x10, 36pg, b&w |
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DJANGO HAND ON FIRE The Great Django Reinhardt Highly Recommended. By Salva Rubio. Art by Efa. Django Reinhardt is a legend. But Django — which may have meant "He who wakens"—-was twice born. A first time in the snow, during the winter of 1910 in a nomadic gypsy family stationed in Liberchies, Belgium. The second in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, in the fall of 1928, when a fire in his caravan mutilated his left hand. Beautifully told story with borderless panels. 16 page afterword with wonderful vintage photos of Django and fellow musicians. Cue the music! NBM, 2022....More. Item Code: DJAH Hard Cover, 9x12, 88pg, Full Color |
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GRIMM TALES OF TERROR QUARTERLY Sea of Souls Sean Chen Cover By Joe Brusha, Dave Franchini et al. Art by Alvarado Feliu, Mota, Osnaya and Tamayo. When an opportunity comes up for several "adventurers" to escape the confines of their mundane life on land, they board a cruise that sets sail through murky bottomless waters, on a ship said to be haunted. There they will find that some stories of the seven seas are anything but tales. A long, one-shot horror story. Near nudity, sexy girls but dark horror. Zenescope, 2022....More. Item Code: GRIMUS Comic, 7x10, 72pg, Full Color |
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GUNSLINGER SPAWN Volume 1 Collects #1-6. Recommended. By Todd McFarlane. Art by Brett Booth. Gunslinger Spawn is a man out of time, lost in the future and in search of a way back to his past — can the contemporary SPAWN help? He has many scores to settle with those who've done him wrong, but after he's been thrown headfirst into a far greater conflict — one concerning the fate of humanity — he finds his revenge might just have to wait for a bit. Stunning artwork — detailed, colorful, dramatic, fast-paced, innovative, wild. Image Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: GUNS01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color |
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HELLCOP Volume 2 The Sasquatch War Collects #6-10. Strong European style realistic art. Recommended. By Brian Haberlin. Art by Geirrod Van Dyke.A Men in Black for modern times — new technology sends Virgil, new Captain of the Hellcops, down the rabbit hole and into Wonderland — literally. Now he has a whole new world to navigate and a deranged Red Queen to keep contained. When imaginary creatures start to escape the very pages of books they were written on, Virgil must go through the looking glass to keep them from ripping our world apart. Image Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: HELLC02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
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HILDEBRAND VALKYRIE Volume 1 Collects issues #1-4. By Rob MacKinnon. Art by Luca Casalanguida et al. In 9th century England, a twist of fate enables a poor Viking girl called Hildebrand to overcome adversity and rise to knighthood. She leads an army to repel a Viking invasion of her homeland but her victory celebration is short-lived when her estranged father reveals their secret lineage. Now the two embark on a perilous journey to Rome. Caliber Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: HILV01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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LADY DEATH EXTINCTION EXPRESS #1 Premiere Edition By Brian Pulido and Mike MacLean. Art by Dheeraj Verma. After a twenty-year, spellbound slumber, Lady Death awakens. Armed with her new sword, Chaos, she wreaks havoc and rescues Jake, an innocent boy dragged to Hell. She meets an ally, Haxan, and faces the nefarious Hellwitch, decimating the city Damnation and embarrassing the great Hellbourne. Premium square bound graphic novel with gold-gilt cover titles. Coffin Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: LADEE01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 48pg, Full Color |
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MAKHNO Ukranian Freedom Fighter Recommended. By Philippe Thirault. Art by Roberto Zaghi. The spellbinding true story of the infamous Ukrainian anarchist and revolutionary. Very well drawn. In early 20th century Ukraine, anarchist Nestor Makhno, the son of peasants, was among the most heroic and colorful figures of the Russian Revolution, encouraging his people to find and embrace social and economic self-determination. This is his story, of a military strategist who tirelessly defied both the Bolsheviks and the Germans to protect his homeland. Occasional adult material and nudity. Life Drawn, 2022....More. Item Code: MAKUK Soft Cover, 8x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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MARCH Book One Part 1 of 3, winner of five major awards. Recommended. By John Lewis and Andrew Aydin. Art by Nate Powell. Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolencetook him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president. Top Shelf, 2013....More. Item Code: MARB01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 128pg, b&w |
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MISS FURY JOY DIVISION Signed An original graphic novel. Signed bookplate by Billy Tucci! Writer Billy Tucci, along with artists Maria Laura Sanapo and Edu Menna, delves into the deep dark secret of the Nazi regime. This fits perfectly into a continuity gap in the original Tarpé Mills stories, in the summer of 1944! Through the 1940s, several Nazi concentration camps featured brothels wherein Jewish women were forced to work as prostitutes for soldiers. This rarely discussed, dark tragedy of history remains starkly relevant today. Now, Miss Fury and her team of Black Furies have discovered this cruel phenomenon — and they're going to kick some Nazi ass, in an all-female style mission of revenge. Dynamite, 2022....More. Item Code: MISJDHS Hard Cover, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color |
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MOON KNIGHT Volume 2 Collects #7-12, 2021-22 and Devil's Reign. The brilliant new phase of the Moon Knight continues by writer Jed MacKay. How does he fight someone that no one knows? Moon Knight is out for blood, and hits the streets armed with only a name...Zodiac. Marc is soon fighting his way through the super-crime underworld of NYC, looking for answers to a question he’s barely grasped... Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: MOONK02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color |
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NIGHTMARE #2 Replica Edition Cover by Boris Vallejo. Recommended. From February 1971, publisher Skywald's popular horror black-and-white magazine with 68 pages. Bill Everett and Gene Fawcette are here, along with "Children of the Cold Gods" by Ross Andru, "The Phantom of Philip Hawks" by A.C. Hollingsworth, "The Circle of Circe!" by Syd Shores, and "Blood for the Vampire" by Norman Nodel. "Pressed for Time" scripted by Marv Wolfman and penciled by Dan Adkins. All reproduced here completely, like the original comic magazine. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: NIGHM02 Magazine, 7x10, 68pg, b&w |
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RESISTANCE UNIVERSE: The Origins 368-page omnibus collects The Resistance #1-6 and 7 more one-shots and #1's. An outstanding lineup of artists and a very relevant story, collecting six issues and seven one-shots and first issues. In March 2020, amid Covid-19 lockdowns, AWA launched a bold new universe for the 21st Century with J. Michael Straczynski & Mike Deodato Jr.'s The Resistance, in which "Reborns" gain incredible powers in the wake of a global pandemic. Other creators followed with series such as E-Ratic, Knighted, and The Joneses. Now, for the first time, each of the initial chapters are available in this super-sized collection. Artists, Writers & Artisans, Inc., 2022....More. Item Code: RESUN Soft Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color |
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SHADOW DOCTOR Collects #1-5. Recommended. The true story of Dr. Nathaniel Calloway, a Black physician caught between medicine and the mob in 1930s Chicago. Writer Peter Calloway tells this story about his own grandfather, who graduated from medical school in the early 1930s. Unable to get work at any Chicago hospital (because he was Black) and unable to secure a loan from a bank to start his own practice (because he was Black), Nathaniel turned to the only other source of money in Prohibition-era Chicago: the Mafia, run by none other than Al Capone. Aftershock, 2021....More. Item Code: SHADOC Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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SHINJUKU An illustrated prose novel written by film director Christopher “mink” Morrison, veteran of Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender’s A Band Apart. This urban mix of action and horror is illustrated by world-famous illustrator Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D). Daniel Legend, in search of his missing sister Angela, discovers the unreal city within Tokyo: Shinjuku, the nexus of realities, riddled with lowlife crooks and subterranean monsters and three rival yakuza leaders who hold control over every earthly crime. Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: SHINJH Hard Cover, 9x12, 184pg, Partial Color |
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VAN HELSING ANNUAL Hour of The Witch Igor Vitorino Cover By Pat Shand, Joe Brusha et al. Art by Sergio Arino and Julius Abrera. Liesel Van Helsing has gone against almost every type of monster and creature that the universe can throw at her, and she's out-smarted, out-scienced, or overpowered just about each one of them. But what's coming for her next goes beyond anything she could prepare for, with a power beyond anything she could fathom. Also featuring heroine Gretel and Calabar in this expanded story. Don't cast your gaze anywhere but here, when Van Helsing takes on one of the most powerful beings she has ever faced! Solidly drawn good-girl horror fantasy. Zenescope, 2022....More. Item Code: VANHO Comic, 7x10, 64pg, Full Color |
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HALF CENTURY OF NUDES Traditional, Animated, and Stereoscopic Nudes. Recommended. By Byron A. Falk. Falk's favorite photographs, taken over 50 years of capturing beautiful young women. Many lovely nudes in a variety of active (jumping, stretching) and passive poses, indoors and out. Each chapter tackles a decade beginning in the 1950s, and they reflect changes in women's styles and looks. Entirely in full color. Handsome large oblong size, full red cloth with gilt titles and inset photograph. Roxbury, 2000. Mature Readers. Out of print. ...More. Item Code: HALFCH Hard Cover, 12x11, 228pg, Full Color |
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MANEATERS Killer Sharks in Men's Adventure Magazines Men's Adventure Library editors Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle present a deep dive into long unseen shark-themed pulp fiction and savage full-color illustration art drawn from three decades of classic men's adventure magazines. 14 complete stories with art by Mort Kunstler, Ken Barr, Earl Norem, Robert Stanley, Syd Shores, Ray Johnson and others. Also: commentary and mythbusting by a celebrated panel of contemporary shark experts who separate the stories' fact from fiction. New Texture, 2021....More. Item Code: MANEA Soft Cover, 6x9, 170pg, Text/Partial Color |
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