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New from 3dtotal: The Concept Art of Bryce Kho. The latest Bare Bones and Wild World of Sleaze Digests. Drew Friedman. Cartoonists against Racism; JSA The Golden Age in a new edition. Wonder Woman: Outlaw. Chris Samnee’s Black Widow Artist Edition and John Romita’s Spider-Man Artisan. Rogue Trooper. Let It Bleed: 20 Years of Poster Design. Plus a Red Sonja Omnibus, Hugo Pratt, and coming: The Golden Age Daredevil, Rom, Best of DC War Artist Edition, Paul Smith’s X-Men, Kirby’s Pencils and Inks and EC news. |
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LET IT BLEED Twenty Years of Poster Design |
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SCHTICK FIGURES The Cool, The Comical, The Crazy Recommended. A new collection of portraits of cultural legends from the only cartoonist to have graced the covers of both New Yorker and Mad magazine! Drew Friedman chronicles an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, comic book artists, and comedians get the spotlight with brilliant portraits, from Groucho Marx to Bob Dylan, Bill Gaines to Kelly Freas, Buster Keaton to Boris Karloff.... Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: SCHTH Hard Cover, 9x13, 144pg, b&w |
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Here’s more Friedman: Heroes of the Comics and More Heroes set from 2014 [RB5435. $80] and Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix—on sale: [MAVLH. |
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CARTOONISTS AGAINST RACISM The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry Highly Recommended. Edited by Rafael Medoff and Craig Yoe. Foreword by Susannah Heschel. Art by Bill Mauldin, Vaughn Shoemaker, Dave Berg, Willard Mullin, Mac Raboy et al. Horrific scenes of anti-Jewish violence in Europe filled the newsreels in American theaters in the 1930s and 1940s. What could be done to make sure it didn’t happen in America? One Jewish organization hit upon a remarkable idea — to enlist some of America’s most beloved cartoonists to wage a war on bigotry. Here is the secret campaign to create anti-racist comics and cartoons. Meet the artists and the work that was their ammunition in the battle for America’s soul. Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: CARTAR Soft Cover, 6x9, 152pg, Partial Color $19.99 |
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THE ART OF SEA OF STARS The Concept Art of Bryce Kho Recommended. Bryce Kho has been on the Sabotage Studio team as lead concept artist since 2020. He's known for his colorful and complex, retro-anime inspired illustrations, inspired by the classics. The Art of Sea of Stars showcases all the incredible characters, worlds, and lore that Bryce has brought to life, and is a book to enjoy for gamers and art-lovers alike. 3dtotal Publishing, 2024....More. Item Code: ARTBKH Hard Cover, 9x12, 272pg, Full Color $50.00 |
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CHRIS SAMNEE'S BLACK WIDOW Artists Edition Recommended. Collecting the entirety of the first six issues of the acclaimed Black Widow series, penciled and inked by Chris Samnee. Co-written with Mark Waid. Includes a number of layouts by Samnee that show his creative process. As with all Artist’s Editions, this book appears to be in black and white, but is scanned and printed in color, the better to see the subtle nuances that make original art unique. IDW, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: CSBLH Hard Cover, 12x17, 192pg, b&w $150.00 |
| Here’s more Samnee work. |
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JOHN ROMITA'S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Volume 2 Artisan Edition Recommended. John Romita is for many the definitive artist on The Amazing Spider-Man. His sleek line work brought the web-slinger to life for a generation of fans. This collects issues #106, and 108 through 115 in their entirety. Additionally there is a beautiful gallery section of Romita extras. IDW, 2024. ...More. Item Code: JRASPA02 Hard Cover, 8x12, 208pg, b&w $39.99 |
| Volume 1 is a special order item [JRASPA. $39.99]. Special orders take an extra 3-4 weeks. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE JOHN ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN DAILY COMIC STRIPS Artist's Edition Recommended. This collects high-resolution scans of the very earliest Amazing Spider-Man daily strips by the two creators most associated with the Web-Slinger, Stan Lee and John Romita. Approximately 300 (!) original daily strips have been scanned, all from 1977 and 1978. The strip debuted on January 3, 1977, and the first two months of the strip are included. Spider-Man’s origin is recapped and it’s a Who’s Who of all your favorite Spidey characters. IDW, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More. Item Code: JRASH Hard Cover, 19x16, 176pg, b&w $150.00 |
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BARE BONES Volume 18 Spring 2024 Recommended. In this issue: Science Fiction Theater; an overlooked classic, No Grave for Us; the popular TV show Combat; Curt Siodmak and his Dr. Patrick Cory Trilogy; best of Pre-Code Horror in Adventures Into Terror; The Big Caper and Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Cimmaron Street, 2024....More. Item Code: BARE18 Soft Cover, 6x9, 108pg, Text/b&w $12.00 |
| Still available, all at $12 each: Volumes 10-17 [BARE10, etc]. |
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THE WILD WORLD OF OFFBEAT DETECTIVE, CRIME AND SLEAZE DIGESTS Well-illustrated. Recommended. The second volume of a continuing series, in which Peter Enfantino breaks down each and every story that appeared in the pages of these five legendary titles: Justice, Keyhole Mystery, Keyhole Detective, Sure Fire Detective, and Off Beat Detective. Crammed cover-to-cover with feuding JDs, greedy wives, adulterous husbands, and serial killers, these were the "sleaze" crime digests. Cimarron Street Books, 2024....More. Item Code: WILWOF Soft Cover, 6x9, 178pg, Text/b&w $17.95 |
| Also: The Wild World of Two-Fisted Detective, Mystery and Terror Digests [WILWOR. $17.95]. |
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ADVENTURES OF RED SONJA Omnibus 1975-1995. Highly Recommended. By Roy Thomas, Frank Thorne, Bruce Jones, John Buscema, Howard Chaykin et al. Massive 650-pages with all first, classic Red Sonja tales from Marvel Feature #1-7, Red Sonja #1-15, and 14 appearances from the original Savage Sword of Conan. Remastered color. Beautiful early work by legendary Sonja artist Frank Thorne. Plus Neal Adams, Alfredo Alcala, Ernie Chan, Tony DeZuniga, Esteban Maroto and others. Dynamite, 2024....More. Item Code: ADVRED Soft Cover, 7x10, 648pg, Full Color |
| See our website for more Red Sonja and more Frank Thorne. |
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WONDER WOMAN Volume 1 Outlaw Collects #1-6, 2023-24. Recommended. By Tom King. Art by Daniel Sampere. Beautifully drawn. After a mysterious Amazonian is accused of mass murder, the U.S. Congress passes The Amazon Safety Act, barring all Amazons from American soil. To carry out its new law, the government sets up the Amazon Extradition Entity (AXE) task force to remove those who don’t comply by any means necessary. In her search for the truth behind the killing, Wonder Woman now finds herself an outlaw in the world she once swore to protect. DC Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: WOND01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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JSA The Golden Age Collects #1-4, 1993-94. Highly Recommended—a classic! By James A. Robinson. Art by Paul Smith. Presenting the thought-provoking alternate "Elseworlds" tale of the Justice Society of America in a new edition. Our heroes of World War II find themselves face to face with a new kind of oppression in McCarthy era America! Here are the original Green Lantern, Atom, Hawkman and Starman, among others. The story follows their postwar adventures as they battle evil in a world they fear may no longer need them. And as their importance wanes, a new hero, Dynaman, rallies the nation behind a fascist agenda. DC Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: JSAGA Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color |
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BETRAYAL OF THE MIND A rare English-language work tracing the life and fate of noted surrealist Unica Zürn. A childhood devastated by rape, the absence of an idealized father, a strict moral mother, and a passion for art shaped Unica Zürn. One of the only prominent female figures of the Surrealist movement, Zürn was tormented by inner demons that she shared through her automatic drawings and anagram poems. Life Drawn, 2024. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BETMI Soft Cover, 8x10, 144pg, Full Color $22.99 |
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ROGUE TROOPER Blighty Valley By Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard. Nu Earth: a whole planet sacrificed to war. A chemical and nuclear nightmare, fit only for the endless battle between Nort and Souther forces — and for the Rogue Trooper, sole survivor of the Genetic Infantry, hunting the traitor who sold out his regiment. Together with the bio-chipped "ghosts" of his dead comrades, Rogue walks the wasted lands in search of their killer, determined to see justice done. 2000 AD, 2024....More. Item Code: ROGUT Hard Cover, 8x11, 96pg, Partial Color $26.99 |
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THE CRIMSON SEA WAR PICTURE LIBRARY By Hugo Pratt Art by Hugo Pratt, prior to his creation of Corto Maltese. The title story of this collection, The Crimson Sea, tells the tale of a younger brother of an officer, both survivors of the sunken HMS Grapnel, who feels he must step out of his brother's shadow with astonishing acts of bravery. There are three other stories in this collection; Pathfinder focuses on an Australian pilot joining the RAF, Up the Marines features Royal Marine Commandos sent on daring missions behind enemy lines, and in Dark Judgment two rescued POWs are suspected of not being who they claim to be. 2000AD, 2024....More. Item Code: CRIMSEH Hard Cover, 7x10, 242pg, b&w $22.99 |
| The previous Hugo Pratt collection, War Picture Library: Night of the Devil, is down to only three copies left [NIGDEH. $19.99]. |
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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. |
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PIRATE TALES Recommended. This sweeping anthology recalls the exploits of Long John Silver, Henry Morgan, and others inspired by piracy’s Golden Age. Retelling literary classics, from Robinson Crusoe to The Mysterious Island, alongside captivating illustrations from artists such as Howard Pyle, Frank Schoonover and N. C. Wyeth, this compilation is a visual delight and a pleasure to read. Scene-setting vignettes for each story by the artist Michael Custode were additionally commissioned especially for this volume. Taschen, 2024. Due: Aug....More. Item Code: PIRATH Hard Cover, 9x10, 392pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE FLEETWAY PICTURE LIBRARY CLASSICS Captain Blood Collects four stories from 1953, '54, '56 and '57. Recommended. Four swashbuckling pirate tales adapted from the novels of Raphael Sabatini (1875-1950). First published in the 1950s in graphic novel form, these exciting stories are seeing publication for the first time in 70 years. The artwork has been re-scanned and cleaned so the reproduction is even better than their first appearance. Six-page introduction. Book Palace, 2023....More. Item Code: FLCAP Hard Cover, 7x9, 264pg, b&w $36.99 |
| Here’s more from Fleetway Picture Library. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #7 Pirates! Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Diego Cordoba and David Ashford. Fabulous special issue showcasing some of the greatest pirate art ever published from around the world in comics (Piracy, Pirates, Buccaneers, etc), books, magazines, posters and films. Full chapters on the art of Howard Pyle, Norman Price and illustrated versions of Treasure Island. A treasure trove of featured artists, including: H.M. Brock, Ron Embleton, Derek Eyles, Reginald Heade, Sidney Herbert Sime, Walter Baumhofer, Reed Crandall, Schoonover, Wyeth, Niño, Salinas, Matania, et al. Book Palace, 2020....More. Item Code: IQS07 Soft Cover, 9x11, 128pg, Partial Color |
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DAREDEVIL COMICS Volume 1 Hardcover Collects Daredevil Battles Hitler #1, 1941 and Silver Streak #6-17, 1940-41. Highly Recommended. Art by Jack Cole and Don Rico. Some of the rarest comics of the Golden Age! Here is the original 1940s Daredevil, created by Jack Binder. One of the few heroes to last into the 1950s, and this spawned the spin-off villain Iron Jaw, who in his day was nearly as popular as Batman's The Joker. Publisher Lev Gleason began with the iconic Daredevil Battles Hitler #1 (July 1941), then DD appeared in Silver Streak Comics and quickly got his own title continuing with Daredevil #2, which will be collected in Volume 2. PS Artbooks, 2024. Due: Oct....More. |
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Death Defying Devil, a new graphic from 2021 brought back DD (now renamed the Red Devil). Marvel took over the name in 1963. This is on closeout at half price [DEADEF. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE AMERICAN DAREDEVIL Comics, Communism and The Battles of Lev Gleason Almost Gone! Highly Recommended. By Brett Dakins. American Daredevil is the story of Lev Gleason, a titan among comic book publishers in 1940s New York who fell victim to two of Cold War America's defining crusades: a nationwide campaign to censor comics, and the paranoia of the Red Scare. Beginning with Silver Streak and the original Daredevil—who like Captain American fought Hitler before the U.S. entered the war — it was his team, Biro and Wood, who created Crime Does Not Pay. That title outsold every other comic in the 40s, and started the crime trend that eventually resulted in the creation of the Comics Code. CharterHouse, 2019....More. Item Code: AMERDE Soft Cover, 6x9, 220pg, b&w $24.99 |
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JACK KIRBY'S THE ETERNALS PENCILS AND INKS Artisan Edition Highly Recommended. Explore side-by-side presentations of restored photocopies of Jack Kirby’s pencils next to the finished inks scanned from the original art. Several complete stories featuring The Eternals, including covers, will give a keen insight into Kirby's creative process, making this book a must-have for any fan of the artist, or any fan of the art form. IDW, 2024. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: JACEP Hard Cover, 176pg, b&w $49.99 |
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BEST OF DC WAR New Artist's Edition New Revised Edition. Our Highest Recommendation. First printed in 2016, this adds 20 pages and brings this outstanding book back into print. DC Comics produced some of the very finest war comics ever, by some of the best artists in the field. This spectacular Artist’s Edition includes an amazing selection of stories by the best of the best: Russ Heath, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, John Severin, and Alex Toth — a veritable pantheon of classic war artists doing what they do best. IDW, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: BESDCH Hard Cover, 12x17, 180pg, b&w $150.00 |
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This has been a long time coming back, long out of print. There’s a big fan following for the DC War titles (in which I include myself). The work by Heath, Kubert, Toth and others is just some of the finest DC was doing in the 1950s and 60s. So we’re excited to see this revised new printing. Here are more War Comics collections. |
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ROM The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 3 Collects Rom #51-75, Annual #3-4, and Incredible Hulk #296, 1983-85. By Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Mark Bright et al. Cover by P. Craig Russell. Rom has exposed the vile Dire Wraiths hiding in Earth’s midst — but that only means his accursed enemies become more bold.and more deadly! It’s a good thing Rom has allies, including his armored companion, Starshine, and fellow heroes including Nick Fury, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Alpha Flight and the New Mutants — but will perennial sidekick, Rick Jones, be his new best pal? Marvel, 2024. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: ROM03H Hard Cover, 8x11, 752pg, Full Color |
| Volume 1 is in stock; Vol 2 is out but a reorder is coming. Same discounted price [ROM01H, ROM02H.] |
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X-MEN X-TINCTION AGENDA Omnibus Collects Uncanny X-Men #270-272, X-Men Annual #14-15, 1990-92, and much, much more. By Chris Claremont et al. Art by Jim Lee et al. The X-Men, New Mutants and X-Factor are targeted for X-Tinction! When the island nation of Genosha strikes at the X-Men, the mutants mount a rescue mission that leads to disaster! With old foe Cameron Hodge pulling the strings, the X-teams are captured, brainwashed, stripped of their powers and forced into combat — and at least one among them will die! Plus: In the sequel to "Days of Future Past," the X-teams and Fantastic Four are shaken when an adult Franklin Richards travels back in time from a horrific future — with the mutant-killing Ahab hot on his heels! Marvel, 2024. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: XMXAH Hard Cover, 7x11, 984pg, Full Color |
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PAUL SMITH'S UNCANNY X-MEN Artist's Edition A veritable cornucopia of classic Paul Smith original X-Men art has been scanned at high resolution in color — although the art appears to be in black and white, all Artist’s Editions are shot in color so all the subtle nuances are clearly visible to the reader and printed at 100 percent size as drawn, a massive 12 x 17 inches. The only better way to see Paul Smith’s original art would be to hold it in your own hands. IDW, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge. Due: Nov. ...More. Item Code: PAUSUH Hard Cover, 12x17, 204pg, b&w $150.00 |
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We’ve just added several new Complete EC collections, the slipcased sets published by Russ Cochran. See them all here. We have a variety of sets yet to be processed, including Weird Science Fantasy, Crime Suspense, Frontline Combat and Impact/MD/Valor, so please inquire if you are looking for something special. To see the newest listings, 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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EC Fan Addict Volume 6 –We have just 15 left with bookplates as I write this on Tuesday, July 2, out of the 250 Grant Geissman designed and signed for us. We will be out of bookplates by Wednesday nite or Thursday. After these are gone, orders will be filled in regular copies without the bookplate. Fantagraphics is sold out and we have just 65 copies (without bookplates) and we have another 35 that were damaged in shipping. Once the 65 are gone, we’ll be forced to fill orders with slightly dented copies. We’ll update the description that is linked here as quickly as possible to reflect these changes. This issue has sold out even faster than the previous one. We went through 250 bookplate copies in about three weeks. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE HOME TO STAY The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories Our Highest Recommendation. Introduction by Greg Bear. Commentary by Ted White. All the Ray Bradbury stories adapted by EC (including the unauthorized ones!) for the first time in one volume...oversized in a beautiful deluxe binding. Between 1951 and 1954, EC adapted 28 Bradbury stories, scripted by Al Feldstein and illustrated by all of EC's top artists: Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Will Elder, George Evans, Frank Frazetta, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson, and Wallace Wood. Fantagraphics, 2022....More. Item Code: HOMEH Hard Cover, 10x14, 240pg, b&w |
| Another book close to Roger Hill’s heart is this John Severin compilation below. We talked about a lot of John’s work on American Eagle. Roger helped us produce our bookplate for his John Severin: Two Fisted Comic Book Artist and I hand-picked nine American Eagle covers for the flip side. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE 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 |
July Summer Sale |
We’ll have a brand new sale list going out Tuesday, July 16. I just marked down more than 100 items this week. Not all the items have the prices changed yet, so check back. But meanwhile you can see many of them using these two links: JULSALE and AUGSALE. Here are some of the titles newly on sale or going away: Mighty Marvel the Avengers #1-3 with #2 on sale: Mighty Masterworks: Dr. Strange, Capt. America, Avengers; Phantom Dailies to Vol 28. From PS Artbooks: Planet Comics up to #16; Punch Comics, Spook and Weird Tales of the Future # 5, 6, 8 facsimiles; PS: Adventures into the Unknown #17 and earlier; Strange Suspense Stories – all; Midnight Comics; Blue Bolt Weird Tales; Mister Mystery; The Beyond #1-4; Worlds of Fear #1-2. |
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We finally got a reorder, direct from Neal’s studio, but most of them came in damaged in shipping. We were able to fill all our backorders and have just two left as I write this. More are on the way, and we also will be getting TWO Neal Adams Sketchbooks from the early 2000s. They are unsigned, but we’ve never offered them before, and they’ll only be $25 each. Watch for them in two weeks. Happy 4th of July to everyone! We’ll be closed on the 4th, but we’ll be open as usual on Friday the 5th, to take calls and ship out your orders. Thanks for your support!! ~Bud
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