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Classic Rock Posters from Seattle. DC’s 1978 Implosion. A special double issue of Alter Ego. Overstreet’s Lost Universes returns. Comics from Brazil. Terry & the Pirates hits Volume 8, Creepy Archives 6 and Penthouse Comics 3. And…an entirely new collection of rare Carl Barks art! Download our spanking new Summer Catalog right now—the cover is a super homage to Frazetta’s Death Dealer. |
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THE EXPANDED SPLIT FOUNTAIN Hieroglyphics Psychedelic Concert Posters from the Seattle Area 1966-1969 Signed |
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FAILURE TO LAUNCH A Tour of Ill-Fated Futures Not all dreams come true! While history is written by the winners, the full story of humanity is built on the moments when things went completely sideways; the spectacular screw-ups, monumental mistakes, and explosive errors that paved the way for the bright and shiny achievements we normally celebrate. Today, the losers get their due as we honor the speed bumps we had to hit on the road to progress! In this entertaining tour of ill-fated futures, some of comics’ brightest talents relate the historical failure they’re most passionate about, bringing each moment to life in a hopeful and inspiring short story anthology. Some of these dreams were too big for their time, some were unfairly stopped by forces beyond their control, and some were best left on the cutting room floor, but all are windows to a world of possibility that’s still “ for now “ just beyond the horizon. Iron Circus Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: FAILL Soft Cover, 7x10, 300pg, Full Color $30.00 |
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COMIC BOOK IMPLOSION An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978 New printing. 2019 Eisner Award Nominee: Best Comics-Related Book. Recommended. By Keith Dallas and John Wells. A series of massive cutbacks and cancellations in 1978 quickly became known as “The DC Implosion.” One of the most notorious events in comics gets an exhaustive oral history from the creators and executives involved (Jenette Kahn, Paul Levitz, Len Wein, Mike Gold, and Al Milgrom, among many others), as well as detailed analysis and commentary by other top professionals, who were “just fans” in 1978 (Mark Waid, Michael T. Gilbert, Tom Brevoort, and more) — examining how it changed the landscape of comics forever! TwoMorrows, 2024....More. Item Code: COMBOO Soft Cover, 8x11, 136pg, Text/Partial Color |
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ALTER EGO #188 Edited by Roy Thomas.Alter Ego #188 is a special double-size (160-page) issue with twin (flip) covers — one for Marvel, one for DC — celebrating 25 years of Alter Ego at TwoMorrows! The Marvel side includes David Armstrong’s Comic-Con mini-interviews with John Buscema, Marie Severin, Jim Mooney, and George Tuska, plus “Stan Lee’s Dinner with Alain Resnais,” as annotated by Sean Howe! On the DC side: Armstrong’s short talks with Carmine Infantino, John Broome, Julius Schwartz, Joe Kubert, & Murphy Anderson, plus a special photo-feature on Gardner Fox, featuring his extended family! All this, plus FCA, Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, and more! TwoMorrows, 2024....More. Item Code: AE188 Magazine, 8x11, 160pg, Partial Color |
| Don’t miss any back issues, but especially the Angelo Torres and the Edmond Hamilton Specials, both have our highest recommendation. |
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OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Volume 2 Hardcover By Robert M. Overstreet and J. C. Vaughn. The ground-breaking second volume of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide To Lost Universes takes a tour through a whole new set of comic book worlds that have come and gone (and sometimes come again): Fawcett's Marvel Family, Marvel 2099, original Chaos! Comics, Captain Canuck, Badger & Nexus, DNA Agents, Tim Truman's Scout, BOOM!'s Stan Lee Universe, and others. Every comic listed in this book is pictured, and there are plenty of examples of original comic art as well, making it a hybrid of the Guide and the acclaimed Photo-Journals! Lady Death cover by Diego Bernard (with colors by Ceci De La Cruz). Gemstone, 2024....More. Item Code: OVEP02H Hard Cover, 6x9, 336pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
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CARL BARKS PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1966-1971 Slipcased Limited, 500. By John Garver. Carl Barks: Paintings and Drawings 1966-1971 is more than an art book. Meticulously researched using Barks’ painting ledger, color slides, and other documents from the Barks estate, the book includes more than thirty essays examining important themes, individual paintings, and his evolution as a painter, while the introduction explores his transition from comic-book writer and artist to full-time painter. Enchanted Images, 2020....More. Item Code: CARPDH Hard Cover, 11x11, 336pg, Full Color $64.95 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE CARL BARKS COMICS & STORIES Original Art Edition From Dell's Our Gang Comics, 1943-47. Highly Recommended. Edited by Kim Weston. This volume collects nine complete Carl Barks stories in the full size they were originally drawn, in black and white, reproduced from high quality stats made by the original publisher, Dell Comics. There are 2 Happy Hound (Droopy) stories, 3 Benny Burro solo stories, and 4 stories of the combined Barney Bear and Benny Burro feature. These all appeared in Our Gang Comics. The earliest (1943-44) and lesser known stories here were done at the same time Barks was doing stories in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #38-42 and "The Mummy's Ring" in Four Color #9. Kim Weston, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More. Item Code: CARBAH Hard Cover, 14x20, 108pg, b&w $100.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE CARL BARKS LITHOGRAPH SET Signed Signed & numbered! Limited, 595. 4 matted prints. Highly Recommended. Lithograph prints by Carl Barks on acid-free paper. This print set includes four color, signed prints by Barks: Visitor From Underground, Gifts For Shacktown, A Hot Defense, and Always Another Rainbow. Each print has the same limitation number. Another Rainbow, 1990-92....More. Item Code: CBLITP 8x10, Full Color |
| These four prints are also available at $300 each. Shipping is free on these and any U.S. order over $300. |
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BRABA A BRAZILIAN COMICS ANTHOLOGY American audiences have grown familiar with international comix through an influx of European bande dessinee and Japanese manga that has been translated into English over the past two decades. But there are vivacious creative scenes happening worldwide, notably in Brazil, the largest country in South America and fifth-largest country in the world. Braba aims to rectify this cultural blind spot with a single-volume showcase of innovative Brazilian comics, curated by acclaimed artist Rafael Grampá and comics editor Janaina de Luna. Produced by Fantagraphics in collaboration with Brazilian publisher MINO, this extraordinary collection of 13 short stories created by 16 pioneering Brazilian cartoonists encapsulates a thriving and thrilling comics scene. Fantagraphics, 2024. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BRABC Hard Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Partial Color |
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TERRY AND THE PIRATES THE MASTER COLLECTION Volume 8 1942 1942. Highly Recommended. Reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs. Pat Ryan's bittersweet reunion with the entire Sandhurst family, including young daughter Merrily, is cut short when they are captured and placed in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Even worse, human weasel Tony Sandhurst is revealed as an Axis conspirator! Pat revs up an escape with Normandie, Merrily, and himself, but their path to freedom intersects with the Dragon Lady. When the Sandhurst women find themselves on their own behind enemy lines, their privations finally end in the same U.S. Army camp hospital where Terry Lee is recuperating! Clover Press, 2024. ...More. Item Code: TERP08H Hard Cover, 11x14, 164pg, Partial Color $100.00 |
| All previous volumes are in stock. The series will conclude with Volume 12; Volume 13 collects bonus material and is packaged along with Volume 1 at a special introductory price. |
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CREEPY ARCHIVES Volume 6 Collects #26-32. Creepy Archives Volume 6 conjures a blood-curdling assemblage of shock, havoc, and nightmares by top comics fearmongers Archie Goodwin, Don Glut, Frank Frazetta, Tom Sutton, Ernie Colon, Vaughn Bodé, and more, and including “Rock God” by Hugo Award winning scribe Harlan Ellison, and illustrated by comics legend Neal Adams. Turn your happy home into a treacherous tomb with this terrifying tome! Dark Horse Books, 2024....More. Item Code: CRE06 Soft Cover, 8x11, 288pg, b&w |
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NEMESIS THE WARLOCK Definitive Edition Volume 1 The Diamond exclusive hardback of the crown-jewel epic from the pages of 2000 AD. At long last Nemesis the Warlock is back in print and better than ever in a brand-new series of Definitive editions. Written by Pat Mills (Marshal Law) and drawn by Kevin O'Neill (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), this definitive series is a comprehensive collection of the complete story line in order, and features development sketches showing the evolution of Nemesis and the Blitzspear. Rebellion/2000AD, 2024....More. Item Code: NEMWH Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Partial Color $33.99 |
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KEN PARKER BREATH AND THE DREAM Masterwork Edition For the first time ever in English, a work of the acclaimed Italian duo, Giancarlo Berardi & Ivo Milazzo! This poetic, one-off graphic novel of a man and nature in all of its seasons, colored with Milazzo's breathtaking watercolor, is also our precursor to the Ken Parker western series! Epicenter Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: KENPH Hard Cover, 9x12, 106pg, Full Color $23.99 |
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I AM LEGION DELUXE OVERSIZED EDITION Hurt Europe, December 1942. The global conflict has reached a fever pitch. The Nazis are at the height of their power, but the Allies have had their first victories both in Stalingrad and in the Pacific. Never has the war’s outcome been so much in doubt. Amidst this chaos, the destinies of several men will cross through a project code named "Legion," which consists of a series of horrific tests that a young Romanian girl with apparent supernatural abilities must undergo. Her 'skills,' if fully exploited by the Nazis, would give them unimaginable power.Humanoids, Inc., 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: IAMLHR Hard Cover, 9x13, 184pg, Full Color |
| We’ve gotten three shipments of this from Humanoids. Due to its size and poor packing, every copy has minor corner bumps. So rather than keep trying to get perfect copies, we’re giving up and listing these as-is at a discount. |
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Penthouse #3 is here, with variant covers by Jae Lee, Jade, and Kaiowa. By Jean-David Morvan et al. Art by Guillem March. Featuring a wealth of talent from all across the industry telling stories in the action, thriller, and horror genres. Here’s also are issues #1 and #2. We sent out our latest Mature Readers email on Tuesday. Click here if you missed it, and click here to sign up for future mailings. | ||
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DAVE COCKRUM'S X-MEN Artist's Edition An Artist’s Edition featuring the groundbreaking and bestselling X-Men series from the late 1970s by the stellar team of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum. This is an art book, not a traditional collection of comic books, featuring rare and beautiful imagery, a collection for connoisseurs of the form. This collection is a celebration of some of the most explosive art in X-Men history. Included in this stellar Artist’s Edition are more than 100 pages from Dave Cockrum’s initial run, selections from his return to the series, and an amazing gallery of sketches and covers. See the Giant-Size X-Men #1 cover as the artist originally imagined it! IDW, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge. Due: Aug. ...More. Item Code: DAVXAEH Hard Cover, 12x17, 160pg, b&w $150.00 |
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FRANK MILLER'S RONIN RISING Collectors Edition Foreword by Jim Lee.The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning classic Ronin by Frank Miller. A cursed Ronin. Psychological manipulation by a sentient AI. A security commander turned savior. And a post-apocalyptic biotech war in the demon-teeming pits of a twenty-first century New York inadvertently started by the once benevolent Aquarius Corporation. Abrams, 2024. Due: Sept....More. Item Code: FMRONH Hard Cover, 10x13, 192pg, Full Color $40.00 |
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NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER Epic Collection Volume 4 Titans Three Collects Sub-Mariner #28-49, 1970-72; Daredevil #77, 1971; material from Ka-Zar #1, 1974. By Roy Thomas et al. Art by Sal Buscema.It’s a string of Marvel classics that have defined the Atlantean’s life forevermore. There are team-ups, gladiator battles, the return of Attuma and Prince Byrrah, and the founding of the Titans Three (A.K.A. the Defenders to be). But the heart of the drama is Prince Namor and Lady Dorma’s wedding and the scheming Lemurian Llyra’s plans to destroy it all! Marvel, 2024. Due: Sept....More. Item Code: NAMS04 Soft Cover, 7x10, 512pg, Full Color |
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Here's another batch of 30 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. You can now see the latest 3…2…1 items in a new section on our website, called ALMOST GONE, at the top of the home page, right next to CLOSEOUTS. We have a Summer Clearance Sale coming soon, but you can get a first glance now. Click here to see over 70 newly reduced items, or enter JUNSALE in the seach field on the homepage. |
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GODZILLA The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Collects #1-24, 1977-79. By Doug Moench. Art by Herb Trimpe and Tom Sutton. Cover by Junggeun Yoon. Godzilla, the towering scourge of Tokyo, rises from the depths in the United States — and the Marvel Universe! For two glorious years in the 1970s, Japan’s greatest export was one of Marvel’s biggest stars, marching across America and battling some of the best and brightest the House of Ideas had to offer, including the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the Champions, Nick Fury and the mechanized monster fighter, Red Ronin! Marvel, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: GODMYH Hard Cover, 440pg, Full Color |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA Omnibus Volume 2 Collects Captain America #114-148, 1969-72. Cover by Carlos Pacheco. While the world believes that Steve Rogers is dead, Captain America lives on! In this Omnibus collection of Marvel classics by Stan Lee, Gene Colan and John Romita Sr., Cap embarks upon some of his all-time greatest adventures! A body-swapping encounter with the Red Skull and his Cosmic Cube leads to the first appearance of the Falcon; M.O.D.O.K. returns with a vengeance — and a secret weapon; Cap sets out on a road trip to explore his and his country’s souls; Bucky Barnes returns; Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. enlist Cap in their battle against Hydra; Spider-Man and the Hulk face off against the star-spangled Avenger; and so much more! Every amazing story, every classic cover, every letters page is painstakingly restored and presented in this must-have oversized extravaganza! Marvel, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: CAP02H Hard Cover, 824pg, Full Color |
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GHOST RIDER 2099 Omnibus Collects #1-25, 1994-96. By Chris Bachalo, Peter Gross, et al.Between Neuromancer and The Matrix, there was Ghost Rider 2099: a dark cyberpunk take on Marvel’s biker from beyond the grave! When the consciousness of Zero Cochrane, a murdered computer hacker, is downloaded into the body of an unstoppable cybernetic warbot, sparks fly — and Cochrane’s killers become his first targets for vengeance! Marvel, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: GHORIH Hard Cover, 632pg, Full Color |
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UNCANNY X-MEN Omnibus Volume 2 New Printing. X-Men #132-153, 1980-82; Marvel Fanfare, Bizarre Adventures, Phoenix and more. Highly Recommended. By Chris Claremont, Bob Layton et al. Art by John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, John Romita and Brent Anderson. Claremont, Cockrum and Byrne took the cancelled X-Men and turned it into the all-new, all-different titan that became the most popular and best-selling Marvel title of the 1970s and 1980s. Here is "The Dark Phoenix Saga," "Days of Future Past," and much more in this enormous Omnibus! Including the first appearances of Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde, the debut of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Wolverine's first solo story, the original ending of "Dark Phoenix" where Jean Grey lived, a rare adventure into the Savage Land and a host of bonus stories. Marvel, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: UX02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 912pg, Partial Color |
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DAZZLER Omnibus Collects Dazzler #1-42, X-Men #130-131, 1981-85 and many more.Marvel presents the entire 1980s Dazzler run in a single, massive oversized Omnibus. Leaping from the pages of X-Men and Amazing Spider-Man, Alison Blaire, A.K.A. Dazzler, charted one of the comic-book direct market’s very first exclusive offerings in her solo series. Equal parts pop star and super hero, Dazzler’s stories feature drama, romance, adventure and action in the mighty Marvel manner. But being the hardest-working mutant in show business isn’t as glamorous as you’d think! She faces prison, family intrigue, the Sisterhood of Evil Mutants, a vengeful Rogue during her villain days.and even Galactus! Complete with letters pages and more! Marvel, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: DAZZLH Hard Cover, 1360pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE TOMB OF DRACULA Volume 4 Collects Tomb of Dracula #31-40, 1975; Giant-Size Dracula #4-5, 1974-75 and more. Marv Wolfman’s complex, long-form plotting on Tomb of Dracula was years ahead of its time. On the art side, Gene Colan and Tom Palmer’s visuals were arguably the final word on Dracula. Here Quincy Harker and his vampire hunters thought they had put an end to the Lord of Vampires — but no! Dracula’s evil has survived.and has split our heroes apart. Marvel, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: MMTD04H Hard Cover, 7x10, 392pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS MAN-THING Volume 1 Collects Man-Thing #1, 1974; Fear #10, 11-19, 1972-73 and more. Art by Val Mayerik. From the fetid of the swamps of the south comes the Man-Thing! The brilliant Dr. Ted Sallis’ progress on a new Super-Solider Serum gained the envious attention of A.I.M. One untested injection and a hot-pursuit car crash into the swamp later, Sallis is forever changed. He is now the Man-Thing, a lumbering creature with the searing power to burn those who know fear! Marvel, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: MMMT01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color |
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BRZRKR Deluxe Slipcased Edition Collects #1-12, 2021-23. A war with no end. The man known only as B. is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence... even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the world for centuries, B. may have finally found a refuge — working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, B. will be granted the one thing he desires — the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence... and how to end it. Boom!, 2024. Due: Oct....More. Item Code: BRZD Hard Cover, 424pg, Full Color |
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PIRATES OF VENUS The Illustrators Edition Limited, 548. Pirates of Venus-The Illustrators Edition is the first novel in the Amtor series and the ninth title in the ERB Limited Edition Collection. This curated set includes a profusely illustrated new edition of Pirates of Venus and a collector's portfolio full of rare replica items all housed in a decorated and illustrated custom leather clamshell case.ERB Inc., 2024. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: PIRVH Hard Cover, Partial Color $350.00 |
| A deluxe new edition from the publisher of The Moon Maid and At the Earth’s Core, both which are still available from us. All other editions—Tarzan of the Apes, Princess of Mars, etc. are sold out. We reserve your own personal number on these if you have purchased previous volumes. Contact us to reserve it before the book goes on general sale. Or match numbers with Moon Maid and Earth’s Core right now. |
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Rare Books Tip - Dwayne now posts the new Rare Books to the website every Wednesday by 4pm PST. You can see all new listings a full day before we link to them in the Thursday evening email. Dwayne’s now cataloging vintage statues, such as the topless mermaid below—see several in this week’s list and watch for more in the next few weeks. Some are as-new, some have defects and are seriously marked down. Most/all are in original boxes. Go to the home page and scroll down to Just Arrived--Rare & Out of Print. Look at the first several screens, or click on the RARE & OUT OF PRINT main section for more per page. We post around 60 new titles a week. |
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Just came in the door today! Comes with a bookplate signed by both Roger Hill and Grant Geissman. Since I have been in Oregon this week, I have not had a chance to write and proof the description. In next week's email we'll have a full write up with additional scans. A large batch of backorders shipped today, and we hope to finish the rest tomorrow. This will most likely sell out, so get your copy soon! All previous issues are out of print; the last issue, which also came with an exclusive bookplate, sold out within the first month of release.
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And finally, here is the latest Rare Books Email. As usual, if you click on a item and it does NOT link you to the website, it means it has sold. But there’s plenty left. Or just take a look here at New Arrivals which as new listings since that email went out, including all of this week’s latest. ~Bud |
Our Catalog and Contact Info We publish a color catalog every two months—if you’ve placed an order in the last 12 months, you will receive it hot off the press. If this is your first order, or if you’d like an extra copy, you can add one to your order: click here. Or call or send us your address and we’ll mail one to you. You can also download it here. Place your order before noon PST, Monday through Friday for SAME DAY shipping (for in-stock items). Note: FREE SHIPPING OVER $300. If your order total is $300 or more and you are in the U.S., we pay the standard shipping cost. Contact us: csr@budsartbooks.com or 530-273-2166 Mon-Fri 9-4 |
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