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CARL BARKS COMIC & STORIES Original Art Edition MGM Volume 2 |
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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 |
| Here’s more of the latest Carl Barks releases. |
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DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI'S BATMAN YEAR ONE Artist's Edition Enormous more twice comics size. Collects #404-407, 1987. Recommended. This edition includes the complete graphic novel and a new introduction by David Mazzucchelli. All of Mazzucchelli’s layouts are presented, giving true insight into a master storyteller's process from initial spark to completed page. In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman: who he is and how he came to be. Sometimes careless and naive, this Dark Knight is far from the flawless vigilante he is today. IDW, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: DAVMBH Hard Cover, 15x21, 144pg, b&w $150.00 |
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Arthur Adams Publisher File Copies |
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ARTHUR ADAMS SAMPLER V Signed Signed! Warehouse find, 2006. Arthur Adams' fifth self-published "sampler" from 2006. Composed mainly of Arthur's exquisitely detailed pen & ink commission pieces of super-heroine cheesecake and superhero pin-ups. Arthur Adams, 2006. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine/As New. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: AASBS05 Soft Cover, 8x11, 54pg, b&w $90.00 |
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ARTHUR ADAMS SKETCHBOOK #7 Signed Signed! Publisher File Copy. Highly Recommended. Beautiful black and white commissions in Adams' inimitable exacting style. Original characters, DC and Marvel superheroes and more are featured. Arthur Adams, 2008. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine/As New....More. Item Code: AASBKS07 Soft Cover, 8x11, 50pg, b&w $150.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE THE ART OF ARTHUR ADAMS Signed The first 75 copies sold will include a 8x11 b&w signed plate: ten left. Our Highest Recommendation. The most comprehensive retrospective ever compiled on this celebrated creator. A hand-picked selection of his art spans forty years and highlights a variety of comic-book covers and interior pages from each phase of his career. The pieces showcased here are from major and independent publishers as well as creator-owned projects. Examples cover a chronological display dating from his first samples, while trying to break into the business, to Arthur’s latest cover drawings. Each image is accompanied by personal anecdotes that enhance the visuals. Flesk, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTAA Soft Cover, 9x12, 180pg, b&w $40.00 |
| Only ten copies left with this fine, large-size signed bookplate; then we’ll have unsigned copies available for the same price. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ARTHUR ADAMS DRAWINGS 2022 Sketchbook Signed Almost Gone! Full size 8.5x11, thick collection and signed! Highly Recommended. A portraits special: superheroes and supervillains, all fully finished in ink. Some wonderful pin-ups like the cover image. Wolverine, Swamp Thing, Man-Thing, Godzilla, Two-Face, Rocketeer, The Thing, Thanos, Frankenstein, Black Canary, the ladies from Spider-Man, Batman family, and more characters from X-Men, Star Wars, and more. Wonderful detail, which is an Adams specialty. Arthur Adams, 2022. Out of print....More. Item Code: AA22S Soft Cover, 8x11, 54pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
| This is also now out of print, we have a limited number. Art generously gave us the two sketchbooks above when he couldn’t complete our reorder of these, so we priced them up according to what we found on the internet, and we are splitting the increased cover price with Arthur. |
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LOOK WHAT I DID! Doodles and Stuff by Lee Kohse Signed & Remarqued Signed with an original drawing! Limited, 500. Highly Recommended. From the Star Wars and Mandalorian character and concept artist. Featuring finished paintings, development sketches, and concept approval art for various projects including Star Wars and Boba Fett, Deadpool, Voltron and Speed Racer — the majority is devoted to vintage Star Wars. This book was printed to promote the artwork of Lee Kohse during his 2015 tour. Kohse Art Inc., 2015....More. Item Code: LOOKWS Soft Cover, 6x9, 24pg, Full Color $20.00 |
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BOLD! DARING! SHOCKING! TRUE A History of Exploitation Films 1919-1959 Closeout Price! Unashamed nudists, high-flying hopheads, brazen strippers, vicious vice lords, and high school girls who find themselves “in trouble” — all fodder for exploitation films. In the first full-scale history of these low-budget movies of decades past, Eric Schaefer reveals how this pioneering form of “trash film” purveyed the forbidden thrills of explicit sexual behavior, drug use, and vice that the mainstream movie industry could not show. Duke University Press, 1999. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BOLSHO Soft Cover, 6x9, 488pg, Partial Color |
| Here’s more on the world of exploitation films and artwork. |
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COMICS REVUE PRESENTS AUG 2024 Recommended. Cool new Mandrake cover by Tom Yeates. Complete in this issue: The Phantom by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde, Buz Sawyer by Roy Crane, Sir Bagby by R&D Hackney. 19 pages of color Sunday pages featuring Flash Gordon by Harry Harrison and Mac Raboy, Gasoline Alley by Dick Moores, Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin, Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff, Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts, and The Phantom by Lee Falk and Sy Barry. Plus the following stories in B&W: Mandrake the Magician, Krazy Kat, Buz Sawyer, Rick O'Shay, Sir Bagby, Garth, and Peter Welkin, Planeteer! Manuscript Press, 2024....More. Item Code: CR0824 Magazine, 8x11, 128pg, Partial Color $19.95 |
| See the website for back issues; several of the oldest are now half price. |
Graphic Novels |
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GONE Nothing is Farther Away Than Home On an impoverished and distant planet, where menial workers scratch out a living resupplying star ships, the best place to be is GONE... and that's exactly where 13-year-old ABI wants to be. Abi stows away on a colossal luxury space-liner for a chance at a better life. But Abi finds herself branded a saboteur as she struggles to evade the ship's deadly crew and to stay alive! Written and drawn by Jock — Eisner Award winning artist of Snow Angels & Batman: One Dark Knight — Gone is an action-packed sci-fi adventure where a young heroine confronts betrayal, discovers her true allies, and fights against all odds to discover that nothing is farther away than... home. Dstlry Media, 2024. ...More. |
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DON'T LET GO By Michel Bussi and Frederic Duval. Art by Didier Cassegrain. When a young mother disappears without a trace from an upscale resort on the remote Reunion Island, all suspicions lead to her husband. But when he himself disappears with their daughter in tow, the chase begins to save the girl and solve the mystery. Magnetic Press, 2024....More. Item Code: DONLGH Hard Cover, 8x12, 136pg, Full Color |
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THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN Omnibus Volume 2 Collects stories from Tales of Suspense #84-99, Iron Man #1-25 & more, 1966-70. Highly Recommended. Written by Stan Lee and Archie Goodwin, art by Gene Colan, George Tuska and E.C. Comics great Johnny Craig! These tales are the crème de la crème of early Iron Man adventures. To the world, Tony Stark is a debonair scientist leading the jet set life. What they don’t know is that he’s secretly the Armored Avenger, Iron Man. But that secret may not last for long when the U.S. Senate forces Stark to divulge Stark Enterprises’ secrets! Meanwhile, Iron Man faces a host of villains including classic battles against the Mandarin, the Hulk, Crimson Dynamo, Titanium Man and A.I.M. — not to mention the debuts of Whiplash and the sultry Madame Masque! Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: INV02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 848pg, Full Color |
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WITCHFINDER Omnibus Volume 2 Collects Witchfinder Volumes 4-6, 2016-2021. Recommended. Discover a nest of vampires, brave a technological “gate” to another realm, and track down the truth behind Jack the Ripper — more intense adventures of Sir Edward Grey. As the Queen’s personal “Witchfinder,” Grey continues to pursue the occult goings on in London and beyond. But this time the events he encounters — and the things he learns — will lead him to question his very future. And he’s picked up an attractive assistant, as dedicated as he is to monster-killing! Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: WITC02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 424pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Volume 3 Collects Amazing Spider-Man #20-30, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, all from 1965. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Introduction by Stan Lee. Highlight: a classic team-up between Lee and Ditko’s greatest co-creations — Spidey and Doctor Strange! Peter's boss, J. Jonah Jameson, considers Spidey Public Enemy #1 — and he’s sending the Scorpion and Spider-Slayer to take him out! The Human Torch one-ups Spidey in battles against the Beetle and the Circus of Crime. The Green Goblin teams up with the Crime-Master, Aunt May finds his costume, and the Molten Man crashes Peter’s high school graduation! Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: MAS03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 288pg, Full Color |
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THE MAN WHO LEAPT THROUGH FILM The Art of Mamoru Hosoda Closeout Price! An illustrated overview of writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda's Academy Award-nominated movies and career, including previously unpublished storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art. Written by renowned animation critic and historian Charles Solomon (The Art of WolfWalkers) and featuring exclusive interviews — this is the ultimate companion piece to Hosoda's work. Abrams, 2022. Out of Print....More. Item Code: MANWLH Hard Cover, 10x12, 272pg, Full Color |
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BRUTAL The Art of Samwise Hurt Closeout Price! Big, impressive art book. This career-spanning art book assembles the many artistic creations of renowned artist Samwise Didier. For thirty years, Samwise's unique art style, which combines the use of bold colors, visual storytelling, and a touch of humor, has been featured in numerous art books, illustrated novels, album covers, comic books, and video games. Including many images from his personal archives never before made public. Cernunnos, 2020. Condition: Lightly bumped corners but still in shrink wrap....More. Item Code: BRUTASH Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Full Color |
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GODS AND HEROES Masterpieces from the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts Paris Closeout Price! Recommended. In three illuminating essays and over two hundred beautifully illustrated catalogue entries, Gods and Heroes tell the fascinating story of one of Europe’s most influential cultural institutions. Over the years the École has amassed an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, and drawings by its students — including Jacques-Louis David, François Boucher, Ingres, and Théodore Géricault — as well as works by such masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Nicolas Poussin, and Rembrandt. American Federation of Arts, 2014....More. Item Code: GODHER Soft Cover, 9x11, 240pg, 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.
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New Blemished Books - 40% and 50% Off |
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THE NEAL ADAMS VAULT Volume 1 Hurt Recommended. By Elliot S. Maggin et al. An oversized treasury edition of 144 glossy-printed pages of spectacular artwork published by Neal's own company Continuity. All work by Neal, plus help from Tom Grindberg, Larry Stroman and others. Printed oversized in black and white from the original art. Includes covers (in color) and sequences from Armor, Megalith, The Hybrids (teenage human and alien mutations), Valeria-The She-Bat, and Knighthawk. Continuity Graphics, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: NEAV01R Soft Cover, 8x13, 144pg, b&w |
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CIMMERIAN 1-4 BOXED SET Hurt Highly Recommended. By Jean-David Morvan, Regis Hautierel et al. Art by Pierre Alary and Oliver Vatine & Didier Cassegrain, et al. Ablaze presents its bestselling line of uncensored Robert E. Howard graphic novels in a handsome boxed set. Each of the four volumes contains two complete Conan stories, plus bonus material, including the original prose stories! Plus a bonus folded poster. Includes "Queen Of The Black Coast," "Red Nails," People of the Black Circle," "Beyond the Black River," "Hour of the Dragon" and more. Ablaze, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: CIMM01PR Soft Cover, 7x10, 680pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL UNIVERSE By Arthur Adams Omnibus Hurt Longshot, X-Men, Fantastic Four 1980s-90 and much more. Highly Recommended. By Chris Claremont et al. Like all great comic book artists, Arthur Adams earned his way in through long, hard work, by hitting the pavement with his portfolio in hand. But it didn’t seem that way. Arthur Adams seemed to burst out of the clear blue sky with an avalanche of unbelievable artwork. Energetic, richly detailed, full of character and just plain fun, his art merged East and West, bringing manga influences to American readers and influencing a generation of future artists. This Omnibus collects his complete Marvel work from the 1980s through the early 1990s in one volume. From Longshot to the X-Men to the New Fantastic Four, from covers galore to pinups, posters, trading cards — not to mention a huge trove of pencils and original art — this is your be-all, end-all Arthur Adams Omnibus! Marvel, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners. Rush Service and International shipping may require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: MUAAHR Hard Cover, 8x11, 1200pg, Full Color |
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ETERNAL WARRIOR CLASSIC Omnibus Volume 1 Hurt Collects Eternal Warrior #1-25 and nine more titles/issues, 1992-94. Prepare for ten thousand years of war as comics legends Jim Shooter (The Avengers, Secret Wars), Barry Windsor-Smith (Monsters, Weapon X), John Dixon (Shadowman) and others come together for the first omnibus collection of Valiant's immortal hero. For a thousand generations, Gilad Anni-Padda has defended the innocent and dealt out justice as the Eternal Warrior — the undying champion of the Geomancers. An unsung veteran of every war ever waged, Gilad's hard-fought quest from the ancient world to modern day Los Angeles will force him to the forefront of the Valiant Universe — and into a brand new kind of battle alongside the likes of Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, and his own long-lost brother, Armstrong. Valiant Entertainment, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: ETERW01HR Hard Cover, 8x11, 912pg, Full Color |
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SECESSIONS KLIMT, STUCK, LIEBERMANN Hurt Highly Recommended. A rich overview of innovative Austrian and German artists. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Secession art movement shed conservative and commercial art traditions to usher in the beginnings of modernism in Austria and Germany. Taking an international yet individualistic approach to art, the rebellious Secessionists eschewed existing exhibitions and government support to embrace artistic freedom. They staged their own shows throughout Europe's German-speaking regions, which introduced the public to novel art movements like impressionism and symbolism and launched the careers of Franz von Stuck, Gustav Klimt, and Max Liebermann. Hirmer Publishers, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: SECESHR Hard Cover, 10x12, 336pg, Full Color |
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We just have a few of each: seven Eternal Warrior, four Secessions, a dozen Neal Adams, four Cimmerians, and two Marvel Universe. Click here for more "hurt" volumes. These are always at least 40% off (for heavier volumes that cost us extra to ship), but most are at Half Price, 50% off. Quantities are always very limited. When we sell these at a local show, customers are always very pleased with the condition — a minor corner bump is usually the issue. We are very fussy about sending out only the best, as-new copies, so we cull out even the most minor imperfections to go on sale. We also have unhurt copies of all these, and individual Cimmerian volumes. |
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We are currently cataloging some great early fanzines, circa 1960-75. Bill Spicer’s Fantasy Illustrated and Graphic Story Magazine, Gary Groth’s Fantastic Fanzine, and the Wally Wood Sketchbook as well as Wood’s Witzend. Also Comic Art (Don & Maggie Thompson), Bob Jenning’s wonderful Comic World, This is Legend, Infinity, and Jim Vadeboncoeur’s and my very own Promethean. And of course, the EC master zines Squa Tront—every issue is available as I write this. And more to come! Also The World of Comic Art (a set will come up soon), CAPS’ Russ Heath Special, etc. In the early days, many professionals, such as Steranko, Buscema, Alex Toth, Jack Kirby, Howard Chaykin, Frankj Brunner, Berni Wrightson, even Steve Ditko, would contribute original drawings and even covers to these. And of course they also often featured in-depth looks at comics history and particular artists, for the first time ever. Richard Kyle’s prestigious Graphic Story Magazine was first to chronicle the work of Basil Wolverton, Vaughn Bode, Gahan Wilson and others. And the letter writers are often a who’s who of big name pros and fans alike. We’re also listing early Price Guides, which also sport original covers by Joe Kubert and others. Do a search on any title to see all of our listings. Click here to see the new batch of rare books for this week. |
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2024 Best Sellers |
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We listed the top ten last week—see our blog or my editorial of our latest catalog. Here are the top #11-20 Bestsellers so far for 2024. |
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11. Bigger Book of Breasts BIGBOBH (Adult) 12. Illustrators Quarterly #43 ALL WESTERN IQ43 $30.00 13. Richard Corben's Tales From The Plague RCTALE $9.95 14. Art of Arthur Adams Signed ARTAA $40.00 15. Cave Paintings The Art of Budd Root (Mature Readers) CAVPH $30.00 16. Frazetta World's Best Comics Cover Artist DLX FRAZWD $74.95 17. Plastic Paperback Book Bags -100 (5 X 7 3/8) PB $8.00 18. Atlas Comics Library 2 Venus Vol 2 ATL02H 19. Middle Earth Visions of a Modern Myth w/Signed Bookplate MIDEH 20. Art of Ichikawa 1 (Adult) ARTIC01 $14.95 |
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News & Notes |
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Mata Hari HC is temporarily sold out Last week we listed Jim Silke’s illustrated novel and the hardcover is already sold out. As mentioned, the publisher had a small batch left so we have ordered these and hope to have them before long, though sometimes he takes a while to ship. In the meantime, you can backorder it. There are just four softcovers left as I write this; we can’t get more of these. Here’s more by Jim Silke.
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Sky Masters of the Space Force We’re pretty excited about this new edition. The first was the best book ever done on Jack Kirby and Wally Wood’s wonder sci-fi newspaper strip. However, it’s still at the printer so we don’t expect to see copies until November or December (it’s coming from overseas). Here are some previous Sky Masters editions to wet your appetite.
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Conan The Barbarian Colossal Edition The publisher just told us this is also in progress but now we don’t expect to see the various editions until September. This may be quite limited, so reserve a copy now of the variant you desire.
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The Amazing Spider-Man Brand New Day Omnibus Volume 1 All our copies were spoken for upon arrival, so I won’t officially list this until we get a reorder in three weeks or so [ASBRA01H.
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Savage Sword of Conan The Original Comics Omnibus Volume 1-4, first scheduled in 2023, have all been delayed until Fall. This is the new Titan series that is replacing the previous Marvel series that made it to Volumes 9 or 10. We have a few of these left, now on sale.
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Collector Supplies Prices Going Up Next Week Our supplier has informed us of immediate price increases on plastic bags, backing boards and mylar, pretty much across the board. We are maintaining our old prices until midnite on Thursday, August 22nd. After that, prices will be going up by $1 and $2 to as much as $5 on larger, heavier bags and boards. You have TWO WEEKS left to stock up and save. Just-A-Fold dust jacket covers will remain the current price. ~Bud
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