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Our 20% off all RARE BOOKS sale is still going until this Friday, July 19, at midnite. Coupon code JULY24. You can combine these with this new sale to save on shipping. Here's our all new July sale with 64 titles below and ten more unlisted; click on JULSALE. You can find another 64 completely different sales items that will be coming up in August, but order them now: click on AUGSALE. Click here for more Sale Items still available from our Spring Sale, and click here for the latest Closeouts just added. Orders in the U.S. over $300 also qualify for FREE SHIPPING. You can always sort sale books by lowest price, highest price, and newest publication date using the filter box after your search, at the top of the listing. Last Tuesday we sent out a special RARE BOOKS SALE List. Click here to see it. |
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FRANK MILLER'S DAREDEVIL Artist's Edition Recommended. By Roger McKenzie. Frank Miller helped redefine sequential storytelling in the early 1980s. His style, influenced by Will Eisner’s The Spirit, was new and exciting. One of his earliest Daredevil issues featured the introduction of Elektra and was the first issue Miller wrote. This features pages from Miller’s earliest beginnings on Daredevil (issues #159, 163, 165), as well as the glory days when Miller began writing the character as well as drawing it, including #168 (first Elektra), as well as his continuing run on issues #169, 171, 172, 174-181 (#181 being the oversized classic "Death of Elektra"), followed by pages from issues #184-191 ( Miller’s final issue). Includes 20 covers. IDW, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: FMDARH Hard Cover, 12x17, 144pg, b&w |
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OF STROKES AND SHADES The Secrets of Digital Art by Laura H. Rubin Recommended. All new cover art. With hyper realistic portraits of mysterious women in black, Laura Rubin’s art is unmistakable. Laura shares her journey from art student to professional and talks about what inspires her. Mythology and psychology are two subjects that feed into her emotion-infused work. Then go behind the scenes to watch the artist at work in her studio, located in her hometown of Thun, Switzerland. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTLRH Hard Cover, 9x11, 176pg, Full Color |
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PRISM The Art Journey of Cosmic Spectrum Recommended. By Yana Bogatch aka Cosmic Spectrum. She has self-published a graphic novel and two art books. Now, The art of Yana, aka Cosmic Spectrum, showcases the artist’s entire story and demonstrates the development of her style and career, plus brand new art. Character art and comics being her specialty, this features an array of tips and techniques for drawing anatomy, gesture, and character details, much of it with pretty girls. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTCSH Hard Cover, 9x11, 152pg, Partial Color |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #10 The Art of Sydney Jordan & Jim Holdaway Two art books in one, a massive 160 pages. Highly Recommended. At long last, a fitting tribute to two of the greatest British newspaper comic strip artists, Sydney Jordan, renowned for the fine Sci Fi strip Jeff Hawke, and Jim Holdaway, the definitive artist on Peter O'Donnell's iconic Modesty Blaise newspaper strip. And of course, both artists had long careers with much more to be talked about. Foreword by Brian Bolland, Jeff Hawke gallery, in-depth interview with Jordan, Modesty Blaise and Romeo Brown gallery from original art, and much more. Book Palace, 2021. ...More. Item Code: IQS10 Soft Cover, 9x11, 160pg, Partial Color |
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CREATURES FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS Signed Signed! Highly Recommended. Denis calls these his "chipboard" drawings. Drawn without pencil prelims or any aforethought, the spontaneous images are created on the unforgiving pulpy surface of chipboard, the stiff backer board on legal pads and similar. They occasionally remind us of R. Crumb's more surreal work and also of Basil Wolverton — high praise indeed. There's nothing normal here. These are all from another dimension of strange creatures, stranger settings, all with some kind of bizarre story behind them...but it's for you to figure out what the heck caused Denis to create each one. Demented? Oh, yes. Tinto Press, 2023....More. Item Code: CREAFHS Hard Cover, 10x10, 170pg, b&w |
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HOKUSAI Inspiration and Influence Recommended. How artists from Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi to Whistler and Arthur Wesley Dow embraced and transformed Hokusai’s dynamic style and innovations. This book looks at Hokusai from the viewpoint of fellow artists who incorporated lessons learned from him into their own work, including Hokusai’s own students, his contemporary rivals and his many posthumous admirers working in a wide range of media, in Japan and around the world, from the late 19th century to the present. MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2023....More. Item Code: HOKIN Soft Cover, 9x10, 168pg, Partial Color |
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THE SERGIO TOPPI GALLERY Bestiary Highly Recommended. This collection of artwork from European comics master Sergio Toppi focuses on illustrations of beasts both real and imaginary, presented in Toppi's inimitable pen-and-ink style: beasts, monsters beautiful women, warriors, ethnic portraits. Sergio Toppi's work has been hailed as an influence by such artistic masters as Sean Gordon Murphy and Walter Simonson. Non-sequential images and studies created for various institutions and publication, collected here by theme. Minor nudity. Magnetic Press, 2022....More. Item Code: SERBH Hard Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color |
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GILEAD'S ZIGGURATS AND TENTACLES SKETCHBOOK #2 Signed Signed! Magic, mystery, heroic barbarian warriors both men and women, sorcerers, mischievous goblins, dragons, fierce mountain apes...this second collection has lots of flesh but no nudity. And it concentrates on finished works where the first sketchbook showed the process to get there. We like the new color cover and there is more commentary by the artist. Gilead, 2022....More. Item Code: GIL02S Soft Cover, 8x11, 40pg, b&w |
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AVENGERS By Busiek & Perez Omnibus Volume 1 New Printing. Collects Avengers #1-23; Avengers Forever #1-12 & more, 1998 on. Fan-favorite creators Kurt Busiek and George Pérez craft a new era for The Avengers. As they re-form in the wake of a life-changing event, they must face an array of foes like no other: Morgan Le Fay, the Squadron Supreme, the Kree, the Legion of the Unliving, the Thunderbolts, the Wrecking Crew...and Kang and Immortus in the Destiny War!Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: AVBP01H Hard Cover, 8x11, 1184pg, Full Color |
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SPIDER-MAN VS VENOM Omnibus Back in stock. Collects all Venom appearances across the Marvel Universe, starting with Spider-Man #300, 1985 & into the 1990s. Spider-Man meets his deadliest foe when his symbiotic alien black costume takes a new host: Eddie Brock, who hates Spider-Man. Then Venom sires an even more psychopathic offspring: Maximum Carnage! Plus the sinister symbiote sinks his teeth into Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Quasar, Darkhawk and the Avengers, in this complete compendium of Venom’s earliest appearances! Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: SPIDVH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1160pg, Full Color |
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SPIDER-GWEN GHOST-SPIDER Omnibus Collects Gwen Ghost-Spider #1-10, Ghost-Spider #1-10 Gwenom vs. Carnage #1-3, Web Warriors #1-11 and much more, c.2015. By Seanan McGuire and Vita Ayala. Art by Rosi Kampe et al. Gwen Stacy, Spider-Woman returns...as Ghost-Spider! But the inter-dimensional events of Spider-Geddon are about to rock her world, and soon she will face her own evil self: the Gwen Goblin! Meanwhile, Mary Jane’s vision for their band is driving Gwen crazy, her father is pressuring her to return to school, and something sinister stalks the New York City of Gwen’s native Earth-65. So Gwen enrolls in classes in the Marvel Universe instead! Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: SPIGSH Hard Cover, 8x11, 824pg, Full Color |
| Also available by special order is the Spider-Gwen Omnibus [SPIGH. $125]. |
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BRANDON SANDERSON'S WHITE SAND Omnibus Recommended. Art by Julius Gopez, Fritz Casas and Julius Ohta. The epic tale by New York Times best-selling sci-fi novelist Brandon Sanderson in a deluxe anniversary omnibus. Five years since the title's debut, this collects all three volumes, 500 pages. Very well drawn, looks like a Dune-inspired graphic novel of epic scope. On the planet of Taldain, the legendary Sand Masters harness arcane powers to manipulate sand in spectacular ways. But when they are slaughtered in a sinister conspiracy, the weakest of their number, Kenton, believes himself to be the only survivor. With enemies closing in on all sides, Kenton forges an unlikely partnership with Khriss — a mysterious Darksider, a visitor from the other side of the planet who has an agenda of her own to pursue. Dynamite, 2023. ...More. Item Code: BRAWSH Hard Cover, 7x10, 496pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS HOWARD THE DUCK Volume 2 Collects Howard the Duck #15-31 & Annual #1, 1977-79. Marvel Masterworks finishes off Steve Gerber’s satirical masterpiece collecting 16 issues and an Annual’s worth of quackstastic adventures starring Howard and his gal pal, Beverly! Howard finds himself lost on the island of his greatest enemy, Dr. Bong, and Beverly faces an ultimatum: become Mrs. Beverly Bong or the duck gets fricasseed! Things get worse for our feathered friend when he undergoes a monstrous transformation. Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: MMHD02H Hard Cover, 7x10, 376pg, Full Color |
| Howard the Duck Volume 1 is still available at $75 [MMHD01H), and he's also cover featured in Comic Book Creator #33[CBCR33. $10.95] with a spotlight on Steve Gerber. |
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CLASSIC HORROR COMICS Volume 4 Hardcover Collects Fantastic Fears #2-3, Haunted Thrills #10-11, & Beware #15, 1953. Beginning with Fantastic Fears and "Fiends From The Crypt" — Chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. Then we have Haunted Thrills and "Death At The Mardi Gras"— Marcus Kemp creates a robot duplicate so realistic he gets blamed for the murders it committed. HT #11 features a rare Nazi death-camp story. And finally, even more horror and suspense from Beware #15, all brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Robert Webb, Myron Fass, Harry Harrison, A.C. Hollingsworth, Marty Elkin, Tony Tallarico and the Iger Shop. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: CLHOR04H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES Volume 7 Hardcover Collects #48-52, 1960-61. Recommended. Three issues with Steve Ditko covers and stories, a 4th with one story, including "The Human Powerhouse." Matt Baker gets an attribution with Vince Colletta inks on one of his last stories before he passed away. Also lots of work by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio. Ditko's moody, individualistic touch came to dominate Charlton's supernatural titles just before he jumped to Marvel and the monster titles like Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense and Tales to Astonish, and his own solo work in Amazing Adult Fantasy....all just before creating Spider-Man. PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More. Item Code: PCSS07H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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THOR Epic Collection Volume 3 The Wrath of Odin New Printing. Collects Thor #131-153 & Annual #2, 1966-68. Highly Recommended. Thor's saga explodes onto the cosmic stage with the debut of Ego the Living Planet, the High Evolutionary, Ulik the Troll, the return of Lady Sif, the Growing Man, Replicus, the Super-Skrull, the Wrecker and the Destroyer! And Loki has Odin strip Thor of his power and banish him to Earth. Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: THE03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 512pg, Full Color |
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JEPH LOEB & TIM SALE SPIDER-MAN Gallery Edition Collects Spider-Man Blue #1-6, the complete series, 2002-03. “It’s about remembering someone so important to me I was going to spend the rest of my life with her.” What Peter Parker didn’t know was that Gwen Stacy would only get to spend the rest of her life with him. This is the story of how they fell in love — or, more appropriately, how they almost didn’t! To get the girl of his dreams, Peter must run the gauntlet of the Green Goblin, the Rhino, two Vultures...and a mysterious man in the shadows controlling it all. It’s one of the most poignant Spidey stories ever told, by the Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale — now looking better than ever in the pages of a Gallery Edition! Marvel, 20213. ...More. Item Code: JLTSH Hard Cover, 9x13, 168pg, Full Color |
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MIDNIGHT COMICS Volume 1 Collects #1-5, 1957-58. This oddball, post-code title reprinted stories from pre-code horror titles Voodoo, Fantastic Fears, Haunted Thrills and Strange Fantasy, with suitable changes to pass the new code. Behind all-new covers by unknown artists, you'll find classic pre-code stories, retitled and altered, from the Iger Shop, Ken Battefield, and Robert Webb. Also here are one-off stories from Seven Seas #4 and Farrell's own Phantom Lady series, when she was resurrected in 1954, with a story from issue #1 and 2, and from The Flame #5. PS Artbooks, 2023. ...More. Item Code: MIDN01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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MISTER MYSTERY Volume 2 Collects #6-10, 1952-53. Recommended. By Basil Wolverton, Howard Nostrand, Ross Andru et al. Tiny comics publisher Stanley Morse wasn't trying to imitate the gore, shock and horror in EC comics — he was trying to outdo it! See for yourself. We have sexy women in a "classic" bondage/torture cover on #6; being buried alive on #7; faced with an explosive creature coming in through a port hole in #8; and a hook-handed grave robber menaced by floating creatures' heads — a classic by Bernard Baily — on issue #10. Also: "Brain Bats of Venus" and "Robot Woman"— rewritten and partially redrawn — both by Wolverton. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: PCMM02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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WEIRD MYSTERIES Volume 1 Collects #1-5, 1952-53. Recommended. This particular title is one of the toughest to find and most prized, with a cover and three stories by Basil Wolverton, including Robot Woman and Swamp Monster, plus an “exposed brain” story. Also here are Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Hy Fleishman, Frank Frollo, and many still-unknown artists. But best of all, here are several of the very wildest covers ever by the amazing Bernard Baily. Decapitation, skulls, exposed brains — Baily offered them all. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: WM01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE Nightmare Country Volume 1 Collects #1-6, 2022. Art by Lisandro Estherren. A new, stand-alone graphic novel in the Sandman world. Return to the world of Neil Gaiman’s seminal epic The Sandman, in a new series starring fan-favorite character the Corinthian, and written by horror comics superstar James Tynion IV. Today the Corinthian walks the Earth again. The most feared of all Dream’s nightmares, his ravenous mouths have made him a legend among serial killers. Letting the Corinthian out among mortals is the most dangerous thing Dream could possibly do. But he has no choice — because there is another nightmare walking the Earth, one that must be hunted...and this monster is one that Dream, lord of all nightmares, did not make. DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: SANN01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS CAPTAIN AMERICA Volume 1 Collects the Captain America stories from Tales of Suspense #59-77, 1964-66. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. After Cap’s revival from his long sleep after World War II, as recounted in The Avengers #4, here he got his first all-new series in the beginning of the Marvel Age. Marvel by agreement could still only publish eight titles a month, so they shoe-horned Cap into Iron Man’s regular title, creating one of the best monthly reads in comics! Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: MMMC01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 216pg, Full Color |
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ARCHIE DECADES THE 1960s Recommended. 38 hand-picked stories from 1960 to 1968. Archie shone bright in the 1960s with gorgeous work by Dan DeCarlo, Harry Lucey and others. His standalone title proved to be interesting, hilarious and unforgettable — and the dates with Betty and Vernonica were always double-booked! And the gals were never cuter and more fun. "Decades" features some of the iconic stories that cemented his lasting imprint on the world. Archie Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: ARC60 Soft Cover, 5x8, 224pg, Full Color |
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THE ART OF DUCKTALES Deluxe Slipcased By Ken Plume. This deluxe edition offers a slipcase, gold-gilded book, an exclusive DuckTales Guidebook with expanded versions of the interviews with the crew and cast, and a finely-crafted replica of Scrooge’s Number One Dime! Scrooge McDuck and nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie are back, celebrating the 2017 remake of the series from Disney Television Animation. Find out about the making of DuckTales and read stories from the developers and cast covering every episode from all three seasons, and details on every character. Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: ARTDUD Hard Cover, 9x13, 200pg, Partial Color |
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GLADYS PARKER A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion Highly Recommended. By Trina Robbins.This fascinating biography explores Gladys Parker, a creative force to be reckoned with. She first took over Flapper Fanny, a highly popular syndicated comic strip. Then she left to create her own strip, Mopsy, that ran from the 1940s to the 60s in both newspapers and comics. Meanwhile, she created her own clothes line, designed dresses and pants for Hollywood stars, put on exhibits, lived with two famous men, and it doesn't stop there. Hermes, 2022....More. Item Code: GLADH Hard Cover, 8x11, 256pg, Partial Color |
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CONFABULATION An Anecdotal Autobiography By Dave Gibbons Highly Recommended. This comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the world’s most famous comics creators, Dave Gibbons, spans his earliest years copying Superman and Batman comics as a kid, to co-creating the bestselling graphic novel of all-time, Watchmen, and beyond. Presented alphabetically, with informally written anecdotes that can be read from cover-to-cover or simply dipped into, Gibbons reveals unseen comics’ pitches, life as the first Comics Laureate, and going from being a fanzine artist to infiltrating DC Comics in the 1970s. Dark Horse, 2023....More. Item Code: CONFABH Hard Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Partial Color |
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INSPIRED BY NATURE A Guide to Designing Botanical Characters Recommended. By Eliza Ivanova, Feefal and 15 others. Character designers take inspiration from nature, plants, trees, and flowers. Each creates a brand-new character based on nature, with step-by-step tutorials allowing readers to follow along. From mushroom fairies to swamp-dwelling beasts, and Mother Nature herself, characters inspired by the delicacy and harshness of the natural world. The projects include notes on the research, design, and creation of the characters, leading to a stunning final image, plus a gallery from each artist showing more of their nature-themed works. A big, thick, handsome hardcover in jacket. 3dtotal Publishing, 2023....More. Item Code: INSPN Hard Cover, 8x12, 296pg, Partial Color |
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COMICS A Global HIstory, 1968 to the Present Recommended. By Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner. Comics, manga, bandes dessinées, fumetti, historietas... no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century. A richly illustrated survey of everything from R. Crumb and Kirby to RAW, from Metal Hurlant to Marjane Satrapi to nouvelle manga, from the American mainstream and underground and the evolving British scene. The images here are bright and colorful, dark and brooding, arresting and pleasant, all at the same time. 260 expertly chosen illustrations, many reproduced in full-page. Thames & Hudson, 2014....More. Item Code: COMGLO Soft Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Partial Color |
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ALTER EGO #171 Highly Recommended. Alter Ego #171 features Paul Gustavson — Golden Age artist extraordinaire of The Angel, Fantom of the Fair, The Arrow, The Human Bomb, The Jester, Plastic Man, Alias the Spider, Quicksilver, Rusty Ryan, Midnight, and many more. Roy Thomas on the controversial new bio of Stan Lee, a look at all 12 Fawcett "Mighty Midget" comics, Michael T. Gilbert gives us a complete, very rare Bob Powell story, fully restored from the original art from Eerie Tales 1959. Plus eulogies to The Hangman's Bob Fujitani ("Fuji"), Jack Kirby's finest inker, Joe Sinnott and Marty Pasko and more! Twomorrows, 2021....More. Item Code: AE171 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color |
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COMIC BOOK CREATOR #31 Edited by Jon B. Cooke. The artistry of Graham Nolan! A career-spanning interview with the co-creator of Batman's back-breaking nemesis, Bane, from Graham's Kubert School start to recent Compass Comics titles, including The Chenoo and Alien Alamo! There's also an art gallery of his Monster Island projects, The Phantom newspaper strip, and his Dark Knight Detective collaborations with writer Chuck Dixon! Also spotlighted is "Marvel's Great Folly of 1972," where Stan Lee and the whole blamed Bullpen put on a notorious and near-catastrophic stage production at Carnegie Hall. Then it's Part One of a look at cartoonist Frank Borth, on his Funnies, Inc. beginnings, producing Quality Comics masterpieces, and his friendship with Reed Crandall, and more. Plus a 1974 trade journal article on the DC Comics Production Department and their Famous First Edition treasury editions. And Greg Biga talks with Dan Didio, former DC Comics co-publisher, on his latest endeavor as publisher of Frank Miller's current comics line, Frank Miller Presents, and his creating the new title, Ancient Enemies. Plus the usual excellence from the CBC bullpen! TwoMorrows, 2023....More. Item Code: CBCR31 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Full Color |
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COMICS REVUE PRESENTS DEC 2021 Highly Recommended. Complete in this issue: The Phantom byLee Falk and Sy Barry and Flash Gordon by Dan Barry & Bob Fujitani, both from 1973. 19 pages of full-color Sunday pages and a wealth of B&W features: Flash Gordon by MacRaboy and Harry Harrison, Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin, Tarzan by Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin, Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff (with color Sundays), Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts, Mandrake the Magician by Lee Falk and Phil Davis from 1939, Garth by Peter O’Donnell and Steve Dowling, Buz Sawyer by Roy Crane, Drago by Burne Hogarth, and Gasoline Alley by Dick Moores. Manuscript Press, 2021....More. Item Code: CR1221 Soft Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Partial Color |
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Comic Related & Graphic Novels |
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POPEYE VARIANTS Not Your Pappy's Comics an' Art Book Recommended. Edited by Craig Yoe. This hardcover collection celebrates the incredible art of Popeye and his pals, illustrated by scores of artists over the years, with a special focus on the Popeye's Cartoon Club by King Features Syndicate. Also included are highlights from The National Cartoonists Society's celebration of Popeye's 90th year, and a collection of rare cover illustrations by popular counter-culture artists done for Popeye comics. This is a must have collection for any Popeye aficionado! Clover Press, 2023....More. Item Code: POPVH Hard Cover, 10x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE Box Set Collects Batman Black & White #1-5 and Gotham Knights. Five softcovers in slipcase. Highly Recommended. Presented in stark black-and-white tones that all too easily represent Batman's worldview comes this collection of the Dark Knight Detective's hardboiled adventures: Batman: Black and White and Gotham Knights series. Box set with all five volumes of the Batman: Black and White collection! Contains work by some of comics' top talent! DC Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: BATBLW Soft Cover, 7x10, 1280pg, b&w |
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THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS The Deluxe Edition Collects #1-7 and The Grim Knight #1. He unleashed the Dark Multiverse in Dark Nights: Metal. Now writer Scott Snyder reunites with acclaimed artist Jock (Batman: Black Mirror) to set that alternate reality's deadliest denizen loose in Gotham City. Half Batman. Half Joker. Combining everything that makes the Caped Crusader a hero and the Clown Prince a killer, the Batman Who Laughs is the Dark Multiverse's deadliest criminal mastermind. DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: BATWLH Hard Cover, 7x11, 280pg, Full Color |
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THOMAS GERTIN The Forgotten Painter Graphic Novel Part historical narrative, part modern fiction, this book consists of two interlinked stories: The first focuses on the 18th-century painter Thomas Girtin and his relationship with his friend and rival J.M.W. Turner; the second tells the tale of three amateur artists in the present day, united by a shared interest in Girtin’s art. Using this dual narrative to draw parallels between two eras of rapid technological advancement and sociopolitical turbulence, Oscar Zárate’s long-awaited new graphic novel restores to modern eyes this unjustly forgotten figure, whose work has been almost entirely ignored despite his huge influence in British painting. SelfMadeHero, 2023. ...More. Item Code: THOMFH Hard Cover, 8x10, 352pg, Full Color |
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BATMAN SPAWN The Deluxe Edition Collects Batman/Spawn one-shot, 2022 and the original crossovers: Batman/Spawn #1 and War Devil #1, 1994. Recommended. By Todd McFarlane. Art by Greg Capullo. When sinister forces manipulate the Dark Knight and the Hellspawn into confronting each other, you can bet that there’ll be hell to pay when our heroes discover the truth and turn the tables on their would-be puppeteers: The Court of Owls. This highly anticipated follow-up almost 30 years in the making reunites two of comics great visionaries: Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo. Features a gallery of behind-the-scenes artwork from the new and original series. Handsome hardcover in jacket. DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: BATSCH Hard Cover, 7x11, 280pg, Partial Color |
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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH The Official Movie Adaptation By Dan Watters. Art by Dev Pramanik. An all-new, fully-authorized graphic novel adaptation of the cult 1976 movie starring David Bowie and directed by Nicholas Roeg. Includes a 12-page gallery of dozens of never-before-seen photos on the set during making of the movie. Also a 13-page feature with character sketches and showing the development of graphic novel. The film, based on the classic science fiction novel by Walter Trevis, sees an extra-terrestrial called Thomas Jerome Newton (played in the movie by David Bowie) land on Earth in search of water to save his dying home planet. Titan, 2022. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: MANWH Hard Cover, 8x12, 128pg, Full Color |
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THE METABARON BOOK 4 The Bastard & The Proto-Guardianess In this new and long-awaited installment of the classic Incal spin-off series, writer Jerry Frissen and artist Pete Woods put the Metabaron through his greatest challenge yet. This long-awaited fourth installment focuses on the greatest warrior the universe has ever known, the very last Metabaron No Name, and his fight against his own legacy. Humanoids, 2023....More. Item Code: META04H Hard Cover, 9x13, 112pg, Full Color |
| Also available: Weapons of the Metabaron [WEAPMH. $29.95] and La Caste des Metabarons (French languarge, 2015, art by Gimenez. RB4882. $50]. |
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THE SUPER HERO'S JOURNEY Includes art by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. The second book in Abrams’ Marvel Arts line, featuring the art of the multi-award-winning, bestselling beloved Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and the greatest super heroes of the Marvel Universe. It's a mash-up of McDonnell's work with classic Kirby and Ditko panels and pages, "weaving the work of Jack Kirby and other Marvel artists together... to create a remarkable view into the wonder he felt as a young reader first experiencing these classic comics." - Alex Ross. Marvel Arts, 2023....More. Item Code: SUPJH Hard Cover, 9x11, 112pg, Full Color |
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BLOOD OF THE VIRGIN By Sammy Harkham. Using the film’s production as a means to spiral out into time and space, Harkham creates an epic novel that explores the intersection of parenthood, 20th-century America, sex, the immigrant experience, and the era of Grindhouse movies. An epic story of artistic ambition. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, we follow an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. He's stuck working for the most exploitative production company in town. When finally given his big chance, his unbending principles and relentless drive violently clash with an industry that rewards everything but these traits. Pantheon, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BLOVH Hard Cover, 8x10, 296pg, Partial Color |
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DUNE HOUSE HARKONNEN Volume 1 Collects #1-4. The second New York Times Bestselling prequel, adapted for the first time by award-winning novelists Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and artist Michael Shelfer (Domino), unveiling a closer look at the rising conflict between beloved characters and bitter villains. Delve into the past of Gurney Halleck, Leto Atreides, Lady Jessica, and Liet Kynes, and discover how the complex and brutal machinations of House Harkonnen shaped their future! What difficult choices will tear Leto apart as Baron Harkonnen plots against not just House Atreides, but the Bene Gesserit and the Emperor himself? And who watches Duke Atreides from afar? This dangerous figure holds untold significance for his future and lineage... Boom!, 2023....More. Item Code: DUNHH01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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MECH CADETS Book 1 Now a Netflix series. Collects #1-12, 2017-19. "...recalls all sorts of classic robot fiction while standing on its own as a wonderfully imaginative and colorful new world." - SyFy Wire. Each year, giant sentient robots from space come to Earth and bond with a new Sky Corps Academy cadet to keep the planet safe. But this time, one mech bonds with Stanford Yu, a young kid working with his mom as a janitor. This is the opportunity of a lifetime for him, but first he’ll have to earn his classmates’ trust and survive an uncompromising enemy...colossal aliens known as the Sharg. Boom!, 2023....More. Item Code: MECH01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color |
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NIGHT FEVER By Ed Brubaker. Art by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips. Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can't sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer, as his guide. Rainer shows Jonathan the hidden world of the night, a world without rules or limits. But when the fun turns dangerous, Jonathan may find himself trapped in the dark-the question is, what will he do to get home? Image Comics, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: NIGFEH Hard Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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QUEEN IN COMICS French Graphic Novel, newly translated. By Emmanuel Marie with Sophie Blitman. Art by Riccardo Randazzo, Celine Olive et al. A host of artists present the episodic life of the infamous band, from humble beginning to dissolution. Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Freddie Mercury formed one of the greatest rock bands ever. Decadent shows, inimitable aesthetics, and style gave us “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love...” Episodic stories take us behind the scenes in this new graphic novel. NBM, 2023....More. Item Code: QUEECH Hard Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color |
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STARHENGE Book 1 The Dragon and the Boar Deluxe Edition Collects #1-6. Recommended. Revered creator Liam Sharp cuts loose in this visually stunning masterpiece. A future Merlin travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling killer robots from robbing the universe of magic. Meanwhile, Amber Weaver's lively present-day narrative reveals how she becomes drawn into a war across time. The Terminator meets The Green Knight in this enthralling epic inspired by the Arthurian sagas! Stunningly painted. Image Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: STAR01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 176pg, Full Color |
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GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Highly Recommended. By Jean-Yves Delitte and Giuseppe Baiguera. In the history of civilizations, sea power has always played a preponderant role. This collection plunges into the heart of three of the twentieth century’s greatest naval battles, told from both the lowliest sailor's viewpoint, as well as from the commanders'. TSUSHIMA. 1905. Newly opened to the world, Japan surprises and confounds the fabled Russian fleet. JUTLAND. 1916: the British Royal Navy and the German Kaiserliche Marine confront one another in the North Sea in the final great marine confrontation of World War I and one of the greatest epic battles in the history of seafaring. MIDWAY. 1942: The age of the aircraft carrier begins. What unfolds is an epic carrier duel, the likes of which the world had never seen. In the end, Japan would never recover... Dead Reckoning, 2020....More. Item Code: GRENB Soft Cover, 8x11, 176pg, Full Color |
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SEVEN SONS Collects #1-7, 2022. By Robert Windom and Kelvin Mao. Eisner Award-winning artist Jae Lee returns to creator-owned comics with his first new title since 1994, a seven-issue limited series, collected here in its entirety. Set in an alternate timeline, on July 7, 1977, seven identical sons would be born to virgin mothers. Now, on their 21st birthday, one of these Seven Sons will be revealed as the new son of God and lead humanity into a golden age of morality, peace, and prosperity. Really? It's The Fugitive meets The Book of Revelation, as Delph breaks free from his sheltered life to uncover the truth behind the Church and find his place in the world before Judgment Day arrives. Image Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: SEVSO Soft Cover, 7x10, 232pgs, Full Color |
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FRANK PE'S LITTLE NEMO Highly Recommended. French artist Frank Pé pays tribute to Little Nemo and the cast of mythical characters created by Windsor McCay in 1905. The celebrated artist plunges into their universe with delight, inviting readers to stroll through his own poetic and whimsical imagination. A century later, he breathes new life into this wonderful world. Dinosaurs, mountains of books, wizards, unicorns, walking beds, talking animals, hippos, elephants, polar bears, panthers…this is wild. Magnetic Press, 2021....More. Item Code: FRAPLH Hard Cover, 9x12, 80pg, Full Color |
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SPOOK COMICS #1 Replica Edition 1946. Highly Recommended. Art by John Giunta, Howie Post, Munson Paddock et al. A rare 1946 one-shot produced by artist Bernard Baily himself, with a great lineup. One of Giunta's best works: Two crooks rob a store, shoot a policeman and hide out in a cemetery to hide their stolen funds, when suddenly Mr. Lucifer appears, being freed by the crook's actions. The wild creator Munson Paddock draws "The Obi Makes Jumbee," with a half-naked Haitian dancer getting wild. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: SPOC01 Comic, 7x10, 38pg, Full Color |
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THE DEAD WHO WALK Volume 1 Replica Edition 1952. Art by Tex Blaisdell and Ed Goldfarb. This notorious Avon one-shot features a single long story that is genuinely creepy! Out of the horrible abyss came a ghastly army of the dead! Thirsting for the pleasures of the living, these lost souls wanted human bodies! But a beautiful girl and two brave men dared to defy them... PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: DEADWW Magazine, 7x10, 38pg, Full Color |
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WEIRD MYSTERIES #4 Facsimile Edition 1952. Recommended. Art by Basil Wolverton et al. Behind a wonderfully classic cover by Bernard Bailey, we are treated to "Devil's Disciple" by Ross Andru, "The Twin Coffins" by Hy Fleishman, "Choker," "The Witches Tale," by Ed Smalle. And best of all, we have "The Man Who Never Smiled" by the one and only Basil Wolverton. Delicious dark and macabre pre-code horror from another of the most iconic titles. A really offbeat title from tiny company Gillmor. Includes all ads and text features. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: WEIM04 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color |
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THE GREAT GATSBY ILLUSTRATED An elegant new adaptation, with the original text plus 17 gorgeous full color illustrations by Jorge Coelho. Step back into the Roaring Twenties with F. Scott Fitzgerald's timeless masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, now reimagined as a stunning illustrated edition. Gilt embossed covers, elegant color printing. The glamour and excess of the Jazz Age to comes to life, while showcasing the beauty of Fitzgerald's prose. Clover Press, 2024....More. Item Code: GREGI Soft Cover, 6x9, 192pg, Full Color |
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THE LONESOME HUNTERS Collects #1-4, 2022-23. Highly Recommended. By Tyler Crook. Excellent painted artwork and a good captivating story. From Russ Manning award-winning and Eisner-nominated Harrow County co-creator Tyler Crook comes this unusual supernatural fantasy. An old and out-of-practice monster hunter, cursed with possession of a supernatural sword and extraordinary long life, crosses paths with a young girl that forces him to confront these chaotic creatures once again, this time as talking magpies that take over human bodies. Our heroes will confront the queen of this new supernatural evil in this good stand-alone story. But this is also Part 1—meanwhile, the original owner of the sword, an ancient god, has awakened from ages past and is on a course to meet our couple... Dark Horse, 2023....More. Item Code: LONHU Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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THE WITCHER RONIN Recommended. By Rafal Jafi. Art by Hataya.In a new world inspired by Edo-period Japan, Geralt battles a variety of yōkai and oni, creatures inspired by Japanese myths and his own inner demons. Each encounter drops a clue in his desperate search for a mysterious apparition known as the Lady of Snow, yuki onna, for she is the key to who Geralt seeks, but finding her won’t be easy . . . Unusual for a manga tale, this is in printed in partial color. Includes nine bonus pages describing each creature in legend. Nicely drawn. Dark Horse Manga, 2022....More. Item Code: WITRO Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color |
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JANE FOSTER AND THE MIGHTY THOR Collects #1-4, 2022. Recommended. Will Jane Foster don the mantle of Thor once more? When Mjolnir comes crashing through the Valkyrie’s apartment window, she fears that the worst has happened to the God of Thunder. Where is Thor, and why did his mighty hammer seek out Jane? Asgard’s greatest enemies, including Hela, Ulik the Troll and the Enchantress, have mounted a shocking assault on the Golden Realm, and the warriors of Asgard are losing...badly. Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: JANFM Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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NIGHT OF THE GHOUL Collects #1-3. By Scott Snyder. Art by Francesco Francavilla. This graphic novel is a bold and bloody re-imagining of horror monsters that celebrates classic creature features, while creating an unsettling and contemporary new kind of horror story. Horror film obsessive Forest Inman stumbles across a seemingly forgotten canister of old footage. Thinking he has found the legendary unreleased would-be classic 1936 film “Night of the Ghoul,” he sets off on a dark odyssey to the California desert, where he’s warned that the film’s ghoul is far more than a work of fiction: it’s a very real monster who plans to kill him. It was said to be the greatest horror movie in cinematic history. Shot in 1936, “Night of the Ghoul” by writer/director T.F. Merritt was meant to sit beside “Frankenstein” and “Dracula” as an instant classic...But the legendary film never made it to the silver screen. Just before editing was finished, a mysterious studio fire destroyed the footage and killed the cast and crew celebrating at a wrap-party. Rumors of the doomed film’s greatness persist to this day, but no footage from it was ever recovered...until now. Forest Inman is a horror film obsessive who digitizes old films for the famed Aurora movie studio. When Forest stumbles across a seemingly forgotten canister of footage, he just might have discovered the remnants of the lost classic “Night of the Ghoul.” Dark Horse, 2023....More. Item Code: NIGHG Soft Cover, 6x10, 192pg, Full Color |
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LIGHTFALL BOOK 1 The Girl & The Galdurian Highly Recommended. By Tim Probert. For fans of sweeping worlds like Star Wars, the first book of the Lightfall series introduces Bea and Cad, two unlikely friends who get swept up in an epic quest to save their world from falling into eternal darkness. A perfect Young Adult title but fun for any age (I really enjoyed it-Bud). A young girl and a very strange creature, thought to be extinct but clearly not, set out on a wonderful quest across a strange and dangerous land. Our creature is much more battle-worthy, and skilled, and lucky, than he seems, as young Bea slowly discovers. What's his secret? She's sucked into his quest when her adopted grandfather disappears. Harper Collins, 2020....More. Item Code: LIGF01 Soft Cover, 6x8, 248pg, Full Color |
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SHAME Volume 4 Hope A gorgeous, richly drawn modern fairy tale. Highly Recommended. By Lovern Kindzierski. Art by John Bolton. Shame is dead, her demon father blasted back to hell. Hope, newly born into the body of a young woman, stumbles from the battle-scarred castle still filled with Shame’s malevolent servants. The evil queen may have been defeated, but her dark forces are determined to stamp out Hope’s return to the world. This one-shot story continues the acclaimed Shame series. Nudity. "John Bolton’s art is brilliant." Renegade, 2018. Mature readers....More. Item Code: SHAM04 Soft Cover, 7x10, 64pg, Full Color |
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SUNSHINE PATRIOTS #1 Dan Panosian Cover You think you've read everything about Hollywood? Think Again! And when legendary creator Howard Chaykin is in the director's chair, expect the unexpected. Follow the adventures of two former members of Roosevelt's Rough Riders cavalry, who arrive in Hollywood in 1913 and find themselves caught in the web of a dangerous new world. As the first Sicilian mobsters make their way to the City of Angels, the two heroes find themselves recruited as mercenaries for the movie studios and drawn into the cutthroat world of cinema, with a front-row seat to the building of a new American empire. With its action-packed narrative and exciting new historical setting, Sunshine Patriots is a must-read for fans of the Western genre and anyone interested in the early days of Hollywood and the formation of one of the most important facets of modern American culture. Fairsquare Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: SUNP01 Comic, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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TROJAN Recommended. By Daniel Kraus. Art by Laci. When a mysterious young woman, Nessa, enlists the help of a hacker to take a tour of the grisliest corners of the Dark Web, she sets in motion a war between those who pander to mankind’s darkest fantasies and a world that transcends imagination. What does she find? Once upon a time, we lived alongside Creatures of myth. Centaurs, fauns, gorgons, kelpies, gnomes... They were spectacular. Majestic. Powerful. Peaceful. Pure. But not longer... Very well drawn. And check out the wings on our heroine! Artists, Writers & Artisans, 2023....More. Item Code: TROJ Soft Cover, 7x10, 100pg, Full Color |
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FETISH FASHION Recommended. A massive new collection with 480 amazing full- and double-page photographs.The best creations from 39 international designers are collected —latex, pasties, high heels, BDSM outfits, masks, stylized hair, great vintage & retro settings. From cosplay to bondage, from sex fantasies to the ultimate in latex fetish scenes. An amazing array of different girls, different nationalities, settings, expressions, this covers the spectrum and then some you might never have imagined. "An indispensable source of inspiration for every fetish fan." Some full nudity. Konemann, 2019. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: FETFAH Hard Cover, 10x10, 480pg, Full Color |
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PINUPS AROUND THE WORLD By Lucy Radford-Earle. Introduction by artist Fiona Stephenson. Previously considered taboo, pinup women continue to grow in popularity in the art community. The current appeal of pinup art celebrates the sensuality of the women depicted, often drawn by women themselves. This around-the-world survey features contemporary artists, grouped by subjects from Seduction and Surreal, to Halloween and Sci-fi. Chartwell Books, 2022....More. Item Code: PINAWH Hard Cover, 9x11, 176pg, Full Color |
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ARAÑA AND SPIDER-MAN 2099 Dark Tomorrow By Alex Segura. Behind an impressive, wrap around, avant-garde cover you’ll find an all-new Young Adult prose novel. Araña was a normal Brooklyn teenager with normal Brooklyn problems — until a few months ago, when she was gifted with amazing spiderlike abilities, from super-strength and heightened agility to web-slinging. And then…she’s blasted into the future! It’s the home of the Spider-Man of 2099, where Araña finds herself stranded. Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: ARASH Hard Cover, 6x8, 320pg, Text Only |
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STANLEY KUBRICK Photographs Through a Different Lens By Luck Sante. Before becoming the critically acclaimed filmmaker responsible for such iconic films as Dr. Strangelove and The Shining, Stanley Kubrick spent five years as a photographer for Look magazine. The Bronx native joined the staff in 1945, when he was only 17 years old, and shot humanist slice-of-life features that celebrated and exposed New York City and its inhabitants. This collection reveals the keen and evocative vision of a burgeoning creative genius in a range of feature stories and images, from everyday folk at the laundromat to a day in the life of a debutante, from a trip to the circus to Columbia University. Taschen, 2023....More. Item Code: STAKPH Hard Cover, 8x10, 326pg, Black & White |
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