Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Complete Fletcher Hanks, DC Finest: The Big Five, Ultimate Oz, Jim Starlin, Petra Cherie, EC Library, ERB’s Monster Men and Beetle Bailey’s 75th!

Big week for good new books again! The Complete Fletcher Hanks, DC Finest: Big Five War Books, a lovely new Oz Lost Lands, Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar, Petra Cherie. EC Library slipcase set, Garé Barks, ERB’s Monster Men & sequel, Beetle Bailey’s 75th, Pin-Up Master Arthur Ferrier…and of course, much more. Enjoy!

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TURN LOOSE OUR DEATH RAYS AND KILL THEM ALL!
Every single surreal story by one of the Golden Age's strangest creators. Highly Recommended. This gigantic compendium collects the complete stories written and drawn by the 1940s outsider comic book artist Fletcher Hanks. Hanks wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. Between 1939 and 1941 he created nearly 50, all unified by a uniquely artistic vision — primitive, bizarre, and singularly idiosyncratic. Whether it’s the superhero Stardust doling out ice cold slabs of poetic justice, or the jungle protectress Fantomah tearing evildoers limb from ragged limb, contemporary readers will be stunned by the pop surrealism and unfiltered violent mayhem of Hanks' work. This new paperback edition brings back into print all of Hanks' previously published material and is the most complete collection of his work. Fantagraphics, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: TURNL
Soft Cover, 8x10, 376pg, Full Color
$44.99 $39.99
 

Graphic Novels

 


ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE Volume 1 The Lost Lands
Highly Recommended. Gorgeous Artwork!! By Cullen Bunn and Larry King. Art by Mike Deodato. Foreword by Elton John. The Future of Oz starts here! Behind this subtle cover is a brilliantly drawn new story of all the Oz characters including new, matured characters that the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Woodmen have now become with the Wizard's help! Jump into a vast fantasy universe where beloved characters return, new heroes rise, and the magic of L. Frank Baum’s imagination is more powerful than ever. The Lost Lands picks up right after the classic Wizard of Oz story ends. Developed in close collaboration with leading Oz historians, this bold new adventure invites readers to explore long-forgotten lands, unearth buried secrets, and reconnect with beloved characters through an authentic, fresh and richly illustrated lens. Two double page full color maps of the Lost Lands of Oz along with a interactive map you can scan. Artists, Writers & Artisans, 2025....More.

Item Code: ULTIM01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$19.99
 


KARMEN
First published in France in 2020, then collected by Image Comics. Highly Recommended. Spanish writer and artist Guillem March is best known for his ongoing, extensive work with DC Comics on Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn. Here, he takes up his pen for an edgy new volume about a highly unconventional angel named Karmen and the beautiful young woman she takes under her wing — who has cut her wrists. Together they go off to explore life, nude as she was born and able to fly but now invisible to the world and the people who brought her to this place. "Packed with surprises and metaphysics, this gorgeously drawn series deploys tenderness and humor as it dives deep into topics that matter." Quite a bit of nudity. Image Comics, 2025. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: KARME
Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color
$16.99
I sat down with this last night and could not put it down. Its a wild ride, unlike anything I’ve ever read in comics. I really, really liked it. Not just our cute young protagonists, who’s nude through most of her “ghostly” wanderings (she swims through the air, weightless), well, that is a treat. March is a superb artist. But the story is powerful and I lean to really care for this sad, unhappy young lady. We learn about her life and loves and alongside her the reader explore her world (Paris, or a city in Spain perhaps) and her life choices to get her to commiting suicide. It takes some wild turns but I really loved where it goes and how it all beautifully wraps up. Totally satisfying, a nice long story reminding me a bit (well, the angels do) of the heaven/hell show “The Good Place.” But way, way further out there in fantasy land!
 


WISH WE WEREN'T HERE POSTCARDS FROM THE APOCALYPSE
Originally serialized in the legendary French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Recommended. Foreword by Jake Tapper. New York Times and Rolling Stone cartoonist Peter Kuper addresses climate change and our oligarchical future in an all-new graphic novel / political cartoon hybrid. 45 years after his first political cartoons focused on capitalism's impact, Peter Kuper takes stock of the state of the world. Across 100 pages of vivid and colorful four-panel comics, Kuper traces many aspects of how business and politics have accelerated the climate crisis, and looks at how, if things keep going in the direction they are, our lives will be further transformed. Witty and angry in equal measure, Kuper deploys bold figures, clever metaphors, despairing howls, and some of the best drawings of his career to get his message across. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: WISHWE
Soft Cover, 8x8, 144pg, Full Color
$19.99
 

Comic Book Archives & Omnibus Editions

 


DC FINEST WAR The Big Five Arrive
Collects Our Army at War #54-57, Star Spangled War Stories and more, 1957. Our Highest Recommendation. Entirely from 1957, a slice of DC's best war adventures across their Big Five war titles plus Blackhawk! Step into the trenches, soar through aerial dogfights, and navigate perilous seas in this thrilling collection of DC’s war stories. From infantry battles to covert missions, these tales bring to life the bravery, strategy, and sacrifice of soldiers on the front lines. With gripping narratives and iconic art from legendary creators like Joe Kubert and Russ Heath, this DC Finest volume is a testament to the resilience and courage of wartime heroes, offering readers an unforgettable journey through DC’s most celebrated military adventures. DC Comics, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: DCFW
Soft Cover, 7x10, 616pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
I predict this will become one of the bestsellers in the series. Any fan of DC, of war comics, or EC and Kurtzman’s epic work, of Kubert and Heath, will want to read this flashback to the best of DC war stories. Here’s more of this fine series.
 


FRIDAY The Complete Series Deluxe Edition
Collects Volumes 1-3. 2021-24, plus extra features. Eisner Award Winner. Highly Recommended. By Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin. From award-winning creators Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Reckless, Kill or be Killed) and Marcos Martin (The Private Eye, Daredevil), with brilliant colors by Muntsa Vicente, Friday is a chilling, coming-of-age story about growing up, letting go, and uncovering the darkness hidden in familiar places. Collects all three volumes plus extra features. First published as a nine issue limited series.. Image Comics, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: FRIDH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color
$49.95 $44.95
Here’s more fine storytelling by Ed Brubaker.
 


PETRA CHERIE
Embossed Hardcover, 296 pages. Highly Recommended. Set during World War I and originally published in serial format from 1977-1982, Petra Chérie follows the adventures of Petra De Karlowitz, “Chérie” to creator Attilio Micheluzzi, who addresses her throughout the book. Born to a Polish businessman and the most beautiful woman in Paris, raised in Canton, China, and now based in neutral Holland, she is a spy who answers only to herself. Evoking but cleverly eschewing stereotypes of the femme fatale, Petra is equally at home in the cockpit of an airplane and behind the wheel of a motorcar. More than that, she is an endlessly fascinating enigma and one of the most iconic characters in Italian comics. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: PETCH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 312pg, b&w
$34.99 $31.99
Also by Micheluzzi: The Farewell Song of Marcel Labrume [FARESH. $24.99] which is almost gone, and European Cartoonist [RB8810].
 


MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS Box Set
Enormous two volume slipcased set. Winner of 9 prestigious awards for Best Graphic Novel of 2024! Recommended. Taking the form of the fictional graphic diary of ten-year-old self-identifying "monster" Karen Reyes, and set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago. This series has become a worldwide sensation since Book One announced Emil Ferris as one of fiction's world-class storytellers in 2017 — and 2024's Book Two triumphantly concluded the epic graphic novel. Influenced by B-movie horror, classical painting, and pulp monster magazine iconography, Monsters tells the story of Karen as she tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: MYFAVTH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 828pg, Full Color
$79.99 $74.99
 


JIM STARLIN'S DREADSTAR Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Metamorphosis Odyssey, The Price, & Dreadstar graphic novel, stories from Epic #1-5, Dreadstar #1-8 and more, 1980-84. Recommended. From the mind of comics icon Jim Starlin (Infinity Gauntlet, Captain Marvel, Warlock), creator of Thanos, Drax, Gamora, and many more, comes an eon-spanning space fantasy, remastered and collected from the very beginning in this, the first of three definitive tomes! The spiraled arms of the Milky Way embrace hundreds of billions of stars, planets, and Earth. But humans aren’t the only inhabitants — there are beautiful and terrible alien species, one of which is so dangerous, so destructive, and so inevitable that the only way to save the universe is to Destroy The Milky Way. Vanth Dreadstar, last survivor of the Milky Way, is now safeguarding the future from the same fate. His crew, a cyborg sorcerer Syzygy Darklock, cybernetic telepath Willow, cat-like humanoid Oedi, and the freebooter Skeevo, are the universe’s unlikely protectors. Dark Horse, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: JIMD01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 512pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
Here’s more by Starlin.
 


EC ARTISTS LIBRARY Volume 7 Slipcased Set
Four hardcovers in slipcase, a whopping 1000 pages. Highly Recommended. By Al Feldstein and Harvey Kurtzman. Art by Wallace Wood, Johnny Craig, Feldstein and Kurtzman. Collecting four outstanding volumes in The New York Times best-selling series. The acclaimed EC Comics Artists Library collects the best EC stories in crisp black and white, with plenty of commentary by EC authorities. The Woman Who Loved Life And Other Stories, illustrated by Johnny Craig; Atom Bomb And Other Stories, illustrated by Wallace Wood; Man and Superman and Other Stories, illustrated by Harvey Kurtzman; and Terror Train And Other Stories, illustrated by Al Feldstein. Note: These slipcase sets often quickly sell out. 120 stories! Fantagraphics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More.

Item Code: ECAL07H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1036pg, b&w
$120.00 $110.00
Still available: Bomb Run, 50 Girls 50, Three for the Money, Kamen’s Kalamity. Home to Stay: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories is also still available [HOMEH. $75, $65].
 


THE INCREDIBLE HULK Omnibus Volume 3
Collects The Incredible Hulk #135-170, and more 1963-68. By Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart et al. Art by Herb Trimpe, Marie Severin et al. The first appearance of Hulk ladylove Jarella and her subatomic world — when the Hulk goes micro! Drawn by Marvel art icon Herb Trimpe and scribed by a trio of top writers, these classic stories also introduce Doc Samson, Jim Wilson and Xeron the Starslayer; the 2nd Valkyrie appearance; pit Hulk against Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror, pair him with Ant-Man, and put the Hulk on trial with the heroes of the Marvel Universe as his jury. Appearances by The Sandman, The Avengers, etc. Marvel, 2025....More.

Item Code: INCH03H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 912pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
Volume 1 is $100, Volume 2 is $100, $90. Also see the collections by Peter David.
 


DOCTOR DOOM EPIC COLLECTION Volume 1 Enter...Doctor Doom
Collects 13 early issues of Fantastic Four from #5 to #73, Annual 2 & 3, Amazing Spider-Man #5; Avengers #25; Daredevil #37-38 and more, 1962-69. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee & Roy Thomas. Art by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Gene Colan et al. The greatest comic-book villain of all gets his own Epic Collection at last — beginning with his very first appearance in The Fantastic Four! Discover the truth behind Victor Von Doom’s bitter rivalry with Reed Richards and watch as he unfolds plot after plot to destroy the FF! Doom forges a powerful alliance with the Sub-Mariner, steals the Power Cosmic from the Silver Surfer and sets his sights on world domination! He’ll also have early encounters with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Ant-Man and the Avengers! Marvel, 2025....More.

Item Code: DOCDE01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 488pg, Full Color
$54.99 $49.99
A flashback to the early days of the Marvel Age, when Stan, Jack and the gang were reinventing the superhero comics. Doom is surely one of their very best and most interesting villains (way, way better than Magneto)…these are all gems.
 


WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack (Book 29)
Collects WDC&S #253-265, 303-304, 306, Donald Duck #105-106. 1961-66 and 4 stories from Netherlands editions, 1992 & 2001-02. Highly Recommended. In the title story, Donald and the boys are trying to help light the light to warn off all the ships at sea at lonely Cape Quack, but a sneaky crook who wants to claim the land for himself has wrecked the controls. Then, Magica De Spell is back, this time with a Valentine’s Day threat to steal Uncle Scrooge’s No. 1 Dime. His only hope to save it lies with Donald and the boys — but can they fend off Magica’s secret plan? And, Donald sets out on a new career as a "Master Wrecker," demolishing old and outdated buildings. The Junior Woodchucks are back in four new crafty adventures, written and penciled by Carl Barks and finished and inked by Daan Jippes. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: WD29H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 220pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
Here are all the other WD’s Donald Duck series.
 


DISNEY MASTERS Volume 27 Walt Disney's Goofy Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr Syclocks
Collects Super Goof #1-16 & more, 1965-78. Handsome thick hardcover of 232 pages. The complete run of adventures by Silver Age fan-favorite artist Mickey Mouse artist Paul Murry. The run of Super Goof plus select later issues, some never reprinted. Follow Mickey Mouse on his pal’s heroic trail — and never, ever, underestimate the power of a Goof! The year: 1965! When Goofy gulps a peanut from his “super goober” garden, there’s a super puff of smoke and our hapless hero gets the powers of super X-ray vision, super speed, and super strength. Super Goof battles bad guys across the globe, including sinister Dr. Syclocks, the Tower of Pisa-stealing Super Thief, a freeze-dried Dr. Tempo, and the Beagle Boys, out to kidnap and resell an entire zoo (super-scoop: it’s harder than it looks!). Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: DM27H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 236pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
Click for more Disney Masters books, several on sale.
 

Edgar Rice Burroughs

 


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE The Monster Men Hardcover
First published in 1929. New front and back cover by Brian leBlanc. Map by Mike Wolfer. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. Cover by Brian LeBlanc. On a secluded jungle island in the East Indies festers a horrifying secret. There Professor Maxon has fled with his daughter Virginia following the success of his immoral experiments to subvert the laws of nature and create life. Twelve misshapen, hideous things have risen from Maxon’s vats on the island — but Number Thirteen is almost human. Just how human, the latter will soon discover when he encounters Virginia, who awakens him to a strange new potential. But a treacherous ally and a cutthroat band of pirates have their sights on both Virginia and her father’s treasure...it's up to #13 to rescue them. Bonus Story: "Elmer" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Rare Original Draft of "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw!" ERB Inc., 2025....More.

Item Code: ERBMMH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 198pg, Text Only
$39.95
 


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Return of the The Monster Men Hardcover
New front and back cover by Brian LeBlanc. By Josh Reynolds, based on ERB’s first novel The Monster Men. Thirteen months after their horrifying experiences in the East Indies,  Townsend J. Harper, Jr. and his wife Virginia return to the isle of terror where their adventures began. In their hearts lies a burning question: What truly happened to Number Thirteen, the soulless monster unleashed from Professor Maxon’s vats? But they are little prepared for the answer, or to confront the shadowy faction of a foreign power that has seized the island hoping to unearth its dread secrets for nefarious purposes. ERB Inc., 2025....More.

Item Code: ERBRMH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 324pg, Text Only
$39.95
 


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Monster Men and Return of The Monster Men Hardcover Set
Special set of both of these new books at a discounted price, both with new front and back cover art by Brian LeBlanc. Bonus stories in both volumes. By Edgar Rice Burroughs and Josh Reynolds. Special set of both of these new books at a discounted price. See the individual books or the full descriptions for details on each. Monster Men: On a secluded jungle island in the East Indies festers a horrifying secret. There Professor Maxon has fled with his daughter Virginia following the success of his immoral experiments to subvert the laws of nature and create life. Twelve misshapen, hideous things have risen from Maxon’s vats on the island — but Number Thirteen is almost human. Just how human, the latter will soon discover when he encounters Virginia, who awakens him to a strange new potential. But a treacherous ally and a cutthroat band of pirates have their sights on both Virginia and her father’s treasure...its's up to #13 to rescue them. Return takes us back to the island a year later, searching for #13... Bonus Stories: "Elmer" by ERB. The Rare Original Draft of "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw!" and "Weird Worlds: Dead on Venus" by Mike Wolfer. Includes ERB Inc., 2025....More.

Item Code: ERBMHP
Hard Cover, 6x9, 500+pg, Text/b&w
$79.90 $69.95
We have four copies of Monster Men the individual book in stock as I write this; more of the sequel and the sets are due here any day now; backorders have not all been shipped yet. Here are more recent Edgar Rice Burroughs releases, including the latest Mars books Vols 4 and 5.
 

November Sale

INFECTED BY ART Volume 11 Donato Giancola Cover
$39.99, $24.99

 SPACE ADVENTURES Volume 8 Hardcover
$52.99, $34.99

ATLAS ARTIST EDITION Volume 1 Joe Maneely
$75, $45

Along with the items above, I reduced prices on another 125+ items in preparation for our Cyber Monday Sale later this month. You can get an advance look at all these now and perhaps score some before they sell out. Search NOVSALE on our website.

Many have just two or three copies available at these new prices. I ’ve reduced most items straight from cover price to half price; some are now just $5, as much as 75% off.

 
 

About Comics

 


MORT WALKER'S BEETLE BAILY 75 Years of Smiles
Recommended. By Brian Walker.This coffee table retrospective commemorates Mort Walker’s long and dedicated commitment to cartooning, spotlighting the anniversary of his most popular and beloved creation. In addition to the 75 Sunday pages reproduced from color syndicate proofs, 135 daily and Sunday strips scanned from original artwork, and close to 200 additional images, this beautifully designed volume, impeccably researched and written by his son Brian, also includes rare photographs, historic debut character appearances, syndicate promotional materials, posters, merchandise, personal drawings and memorabilia from the family archives, as well as biographical sketches and anecdotes. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: MORTBBH
Hard Cover, 12x9, 276pg, Partial Color
$65.00
Here’s more from the prolific Mort Walker. He’s written several fine books about the history of comic strips and done introductions for others.
 


MESSIAHS, MESHUGGANAHS, MISANTHROPES AND MYSTERIES True Tales of Comics Conflict and Creativity
Highly Recommended. If you want to learn what really happened to Ghastly Ingels, or The Someday Funnies, or the "Keep On Truckin'" copyright — if you dare to confront art that provoked criminal conviction and Senatorial investigation, and which led to a trashed art gallery, a vandalized museum, even a ban by the “Berkeley Barb” — this book is for you. Bob Levin enters into and investigates the artistic sensibilities of cartoonists as disparate as Vaughn Bodé, R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Trina Robbins, Johnny Craig, Guy Colwell, Edward Gorey, Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Frazetta, Art Spiegelman, Alex Toth, and Dave Sim. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: MESSME
Soft Cover, 6x9, 360pg, b&w
$30.00 $27.00
 

Carl & Garé Barks

 


GARE BARKS PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1961-1981 Slipcased
Oversized hardcover in slipcase, gilt titles. Recommended. By John Garvin and Peter Barks Kylling. Wife of famed cartoonist Carl Barks, Garé brought a cartoonist’s vision to her landscape and wildlife paintings. Includes 400+ reproductions, her mid-century modern prints, her drawings and sketches, all 40 greeting cards, and 58-page biography. Garé’s work is wholly unique. Yes, she fits in well with other mid-century modern artists like Robert Woods, but Garé’s paintings come from a cartoonist’s perspective, emphasizing color, clarity, caricature, and simplicity, combined with dramatic light and shadow and an almost abstract use of shape and form. This book collects almost all of them and is  the book that Garé would have wanted to showcase her life’s work. Enchanted Images, 2025....More.

Item Code: GAREBH
Hard Cover, 11x11, 456pg, Partial Color
$80.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
CARL BARKS PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1966-1971 Slipcased
Limited, 500. By John Garvin. Handsome oversize hardcover in a slipcase with gold cover embossing. An amazing inside look at Barks' other world, paintings of farm houses and landscapes, cowgirls, horses, even nudes and humorous caricatures. Meticulously researched using Barks’ painting ledger, color slides, and other documents from the Barks estate, the book includes more than thirty essays examining important themes, individual paintings, and his evolution as a painter, while the introduction explores his transition from comic-book writer and artist to full-time painter. Over 160 full-color reproductions and an index of paintings completed 1966-1971, before the Duck paintings began. Enchanted Images, 2020....More.

Item Code: CARPDH
Hard Cover, 11x11, 336pg, Full Color
$64.95
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
AFTER CARL BARKS Painting Fine-Art Cartoons in Oils Original Art Edition
Closeout Price! Limited, 250 copies with an original 9x12 red pencil drawing and color print of "The Hunger" both signed by John Garvin. 260 pages of history, analysis and insight into Carl Barks' paintings, craft, and technique, chronicling artist John Garvin's decades long obsession with the paintings of Carl Barks, the 20th Century's Grand Master of cartoon fine art. 50-page biography of Barks the artist, including documents from the Barks estate; 100 visual diagrams of Barks' fine-art cartoon paintings; 18-page bibliography of Barks' personal reference library; practical painting tips covering Barks' approach to composition, narrative, dynamic symmetry, color theory, painting media and more. Enchanted Images, 2010....More.

Item Code: AFTCBD
Soft Cover, 9x11, 270pg, Partial Color
$124.95 $75.00
We also have just one copy left of the regular edition of this [AFTCB. $44.95].
 

British Pin-Up Master Arthur Ferrier

 


ARTHUR FERRIER'S SHOWGIRL SIRENS 1940-1949
Highly Recommended. By Rian Hughes. In the golden age of British cartoon pin-up art, no illustrator was as prolific or popular as Scotsman Arthur Ferrier. As the "cheesecake king" of good girl art, his voluptuous, wasp-waisted, leggy women were the benchmark for pin-up illustration. Through cartoons, comic strips, magazine illustrations and advertising art, his work epidomised the British pin-up for four decades. Often found in a state of casual undress... Korero Press, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: AFSSH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 320pg, Partial Color
$51.99
 


ARTHUR FERRIER'S BURLESQUE BOMBSHELLS 1949-1954
Highly Recommended. By Rian Hughes. Featuring a cast of captivating and mischievous starlets, Burlesque Bombshells dives into Ferrier's post-war pin-up illustrations. This volume, filled with beautiful girls, witty one-liners, and mid-century fashions, celebrates a master of comic illustration who merits wider recognition. In addition to showcasing Ferrier's work, it includes his illustration advice in the following articles: "From Sketch to Ink," "Model Etiquette," and "Model Choice and Lighting." Korero, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: AFBBH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 320pg, Partial Color
$51.99
 


ARTHUR FERRIER'S CABARET CUTIES 1954-1968
Highly Recommended. By Rian Hughes. Take a front-row seat for Cabaret Cuties as Ferrier's irresistible cartoon pin-ups steal the spotlight in the swinging sixties. In addition to highlighting Ferrier's illustrations, this volume includes several articles by him for aspiring illustrators: "Adventures in Pen and Ink," "Props, Dress and Style," "Pencils and Ink," and "On Cartooning." Arthur Ferrier had a very long career — he was active from the thirties to the sixties. He first sold cartoons to the Daily Record while working as an analytical chemist in Glasgow. Korero Press, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: AFCCH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 320pg, Partial Color
$51.99
Here are more collections from the unique publisher Korero Press: The View from Screw, Rayguns and Rocketships, The Anatomy of Style by Patrick J. Jones, Terror: The Horror Comic Art of Jayme Cortez (on sale), Nightmare on One Sheet: The Art of Graham Humphreys (on sale), Sex and Horror: The Art of Roberto Molino (on sale), and Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti. Quantities on sale books will be very limited.

Click here for more recent pin-up collections.
 

Rare Books This Week!

Set of Six issues!

Set of Eight issues!

Four Issue Set!  

New Arrivals This Week: 20 new items and sets this week: 9 GN sets: Marvel, DC, First, Dynamite and Indie 3 Forgotten Fantasy #1-5 and Fantastic Stories Digests Bon Saw set Comic Book Artist – 5 sets Comics Scene set of 12 Swords of Cerebus Set Tundra Sketchbook Set

Still available from last week: Legendary Warren magazines: Screen Thrills, Spacemen and Favorite Western sets, Harvey Kurtzman’s Help! Magazine, Fanzine and magazine sets: Squa Tront, Witchcraft & Sorcery, Monsters and Heroes, Paragon Illustrated, Amra Flash Gordon: The Movie by Al Williamson and The Rocketeer Eclipse GN by Stevens, 1991.

Mature Readers Rare Books

New Arrivals include The Betty Pages #6-9 set and Bettie/Jungle Girl Hot Girls Set More Playboy 1-year sets 1992, 1996, 1997, 2006 and specials Click here for last week’s magazine sets still available.  

 

3...2...1...Gone!

FIGHT COMICS Featuring Senorita Rio Volume 1 Hardcover

 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Epic Collection Volume 2 Great Responsibility

TERRY AND THE PIRATES The Master Collection Volume 3

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We are frequently adding blemished copies into our Imperfect Editions section, but often times the small quantity prohibits us from including them in the weekly emails. Check back often to find bargain treasures!

 

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Alter Ego, Back Issue, Comic Book Creator Back Issues

Get them now. Alter Ego #186-188. 190, 191 including the Angelo Torres, Edmund Hamilton and Jungle Comics specials, are all going away to make room for new items. Back Issue #148 and 151; Comic Book Creator #27, 29-32, 34, 36.

 

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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Atlas Comics Library, Gary Gianni’s Making of Into the Silent Sea, John Ostrander’s The Spectre, DC Finest Super Friends, Tran Nguyen, and Solomon Kane.

A new Atlas Library of horror stories; Gary Gianni’s Making of Hellboy in the Silent Sea; Ostrander’s run on The Spectre; DC’s 1970s Super Friends in DC Finest; Tran Nguyen and news from Flesk; Solomon Kane.

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HELLBOY INTO THE SILENT The Making of the Comic Revealed Hardcover
Publisher Special Hardcover; handsome dust jacket and separate cover art. Highly Recommended. A glorious treatment showcasing Gary Gianni’s original artwork in an exquisite new setting. This includes revealing commentary regarding how two legendary comic-book creators seamlessly developed this Hellboy saga from the core of an idea into a finished work of art. The combined talents of Mike Mignola and Gianni are on display as the reader follows along the path of the creative process — the script, preliminary roughs, reference photos, completed pencil drawings and finished inks are all shared and discussed. Flesk. 2025. ...More.

Item Code: HELBMH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 176pg, Partial Color
$49.95
 


HELLBOY INTO THE SILENT The Making of the Comic Revealed
Highly Recommended. A glorious treatment showcasing Gary Gianni’s original artwork in an exquisite new setting. This includes revealing commentary regarding how two legendary comic-book creators seamlessly developed this Hellboy saga from the core of an idea into a finished work of art. The combined talents of Mike Mignola and Gianni are on display as the reader follows along the path of the creative process — the script, preliminary roughs, reference photos, completed pencil drawings and finished inks are all shared and discussed. Flesk, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: HELBM
Soft Cover, 8x11, 176pg, Partial Color
$34.95
Click to see more Hellboy titles, and for more by Gary Gianni.
 


SOLOMON KANE The Serpent Ring
Collects #1-4, 2025. Solomon Kane and a mismatched group of companions including an old scholar, his beautiful daughter, a disgraced Knight of Malta, an Italian rogue, and an African guide, search for the lost Serpent Ring of Thoth-Amon in the valley of the Serpent Men. Titan, 2025....More.

Item Code: SOLOSE
Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color
$17.99
Here is more Solomon Kane, from crossovers with Conan, The Nucleus Artist Edition, Dan Brereton work, and Witchfinder.
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD
Closeout Price! Recommended. Hailed by REH fans as a book essential to Howard studies, and originally sold out within a mere months. This 2nd edition is now available direct from the publisher as a special bargain closeout. Edited by James Van Hise (The Rocket's Blast), 21 articles by well-known Robert E. Howard scholars such as Rusty Burke and Morgan Holmes that discuss Howard's writing style and his impact on 20th century fantasy. James Van Hise, 2001....More.

Item Code: FANREH
Soft Cover, 8x11, 190pg, Text/b&w
$18.00 $9.95
 

Atlas Comics Library

 


ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 6 Shiver as You Read!
Collects Amazing Detective Cases #11-14, 1952, and Men’s Adventures #21-26, 1953-54. Highly Recommended. Among the tales in this volume are the mini masterpieces "The Eerie Escape" by Krigstein, "The Torture Master!" by Russ Heath, "The Drowning Witch" by Reed Crandall and "The 3rd Corpse" by Bill Everett. Stories by Gene Colan, John Romita, Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Jim Mooney, Paul Reinman and George Tuska, all of whom remained through the shift to Marvel Comics, additionally fill out these issues, along with Atlas regulars Fred Kida, Mort Lawrence, Mike Sekowsky and Myron Fass. Plus a long, well illustrated look at Martin Goodman's crime and horror magazines (1935-52) and similarly themed comics, by Atlas expert Vassallo. We love these enlightening introductions. Fantagraphics, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: ATL06H
Hard Cover, 9x11, 304pg, Full Color
$44.99 $39.99
Here are the previous Atlas Library releases. Note the Joe Maneely special is on sale, below. Just released is Police Action [ATL05H. $44.99, $39.99], and coming soon is Snafu and Girl Comics (its not what you think!).
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 4 War Comics #1
Our Highest Recommendation. Major Historical Essay by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. Forged in the crucible of the Korean War, and produced by veterans of the Second World War, this volume's eight issues present the brutality and grimness of armed combat by some of Atlas' most notable war artists and future Marvel Age stars: Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Dave Berg, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky, et al. Propaganda abounds from the very first story, published in War Comics #1 in September 1950: "Peril in Korea," a primer explaining why the US joined the conflict. Other highlights include Colan's "The Chips are Down" and "Victory," Heath's "Alone" and "No Survivors," Maneely's "Stormy Weather," Henkel's "Total Destruction," and Berg's "The Infantry's War." Fantagraphics, 2024....More.

Item Code: ATL04H
Hard Cover, 9x11, 180pg, Full Color
$34.99 $31.99
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 3 In the Days of the Rockets
Collects Space Squadron 1951-52 and Speed Carter, Spaceman 1953-54. Our Highest Recommendation. In the vein of comics-to-multimedia stars Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, Atlas launched their own pulp heros in 1951, looking ahead to the futuristic year 2000: Jet Dixon and Speed Carter. Across five issues of Space Squadron (and one of Space Worlds), George Tuska, Werner Roth and Allen Bellman (with back-up features by Joe Maneely, Christopher Rule, George Klein and Vern Henkel) portrayed Captain Jet Dixon and his Space Squadron blasting into action, facing cosmic threats like "The Armada of Death," "The Space Demons," "Terror from the Deep," "The Temptress of Jupiter," and "The Midnight Horror." Fantagraphics, 2024. ...More.

Item Code: ATL03H
Hard Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Full Color
$49.99 $44.99
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 1 Adventures in Terror
Closeout Price! Collects #1-8, 1950-52. By Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Basil Wolverton, et al. Our Highest Recommendation. The Fantagraphics Atlas Comics Library is the first attempt to publish a carefully curated line of Atlas titles. This first volume includes a treasure trove of stories drawn by many of the most stylistically accomplished artists of the Golden Age including Joe Maneely, George Tuska, Carl Burgos, Mike Sekowsky, and Joe Sinnott— highlights include Russ Heath’s two-part story "The Brain"; Basil Wolverton's classic "Where Monsters Dwell" from issue #7; Gene Colan's moody "House of Horror" in issue #3; and Don Rico’s wild layouts are on display from #4’s "The Torture Room." Fantagraphics, 2023....More.

Item Code: ATL01H
Hard Cover, 9x11, 208pg, Full Color
$34.99 $24.99
We have only seven copies left of Adventures Into Terror at this sale price. We have just three copies left of Venus Volume 2, also on sale [ATL02H. $49.99, $34.99].
 

Comics Archives

 


DC FINEST SUPER FRIENDS The Fury of the Super Foes
From Limited Collectors' Edition #41 & 46 and Super Friends #1-26, 1976-79. By Alex Toth, Ric Estrada, Ramona Fradon et al. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and more DC heroes in spin-off comic adventures from the television series. From battling the Penguin and Poison Ivy to facing off against alien scientists and time-traveling foes, these stories capture the magic of superhero team-ups in new adventures aimed at younger readers. Includes the first comic book appearances of the Wonder Twins and Gleek, as well as wild battles against villains Grax, the Menagerie Man, and Dr. Destiny. A nostalgic celebration of DC’s beloved team from the 1970s. DC Comics, 2025....More.

Item Code: DCFSFF
Soft Cover, 7x10, 512pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99

For more of the original DC teams, here are the Justice Society and the Justice League of America collections. The DC Finest collecting these teams are Highly Recommended and bargains for all that they offer.

And here are all the other DC Finest releases.

 


THE SPECTRE By John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake Omnibus Volume 1
Collects The Spectre #0-31 and more, 1986-95. New Introduction and issue commentary by Ostrander. Never-before-seen development art by Mandrake. Highly Recommended. Writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake were already well-established in the comics world by 1992, following acclaimed runs on Suicide Squad and Batman. In these tales from the 1990s, dead police detective Jim Corrigan tries to end his mission as the all-powerful but unforgiving Spectre. But the grisly crimes of a serial killer pull him back into the battle for justice, and send him on a trip to hell itself. And the enigmatic mystic known as Madame Xanadu tries to help Corrigan — but her help may lead somone to suicide. A second volume will collect the balance of Ostrander & Mandrake's run. DC Comics, 2025....More.

Item Code: SPEC01H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 888pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
 


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SPECTRE — THE WRATH OF THE SPECTRE Omnibus
New printing. Our Highest Recommendation. 1966-81. By Gardner Fox & Murphy Anderson, Michael Fleisher & Jim Aparo, Neal Adams et al. Originally introduced in 1940 and co-created by Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, the Spectre was a green-caped, white-skinned, all-powerful demi-god who meted out his own version of justice — very grim justice! DC's grim arbiter resurfaced in the 1960s, brought back by the dream-team of Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson in Showcase in 1966, then in The Brave and the Bold, in ten issues of his own title, also by Fox and Anderson, and ultimately returned to the all-powerful 1940s version dark Spectre as reimagined by Fleisher and Aparo in Adventure Comics #431-440. What we have here are ALL of those great Silver Age appearances!!! DC Comics, 2025....More.

Item Code: SPEWRH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 680pg, Full Color
$99.99 $90.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
DC FINEST THE SPECTRE Wrath of the Spectre
Collects Showcase #60-61 & 64; Brave and the Bold (4 issues), The Spectre Vol 2 #1-10; Adventure #431-440 and more!! 1966-83. Our Highest Recommendation. This includes the first revival with great art by Murphy Anderson and stories by Gardner Fox...then we have Neal Adams' work, and then the violent (and controversial) Michael Fleisher revival in Adventure Comics, with outstanding art by Jim Aparo. Another top-tier outstanding collection in this fine series. Originally introduced in More Fun Comics #42 in 1940 and co-created by Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, DC's grim arbiter of justice, the Spectre, resurfaced in the 1960s for all-new — and sometimes controversial — stories demonstrating the true power of his vengeance. DC Comics, 2025....More.

Item Code: DCFSW
Soft Cover, 7x10, 656pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
 

Art Books

 


ANIMALIA & FANTASIA The Magical Worlds & Fantastic Creatures of Professor Anton Seder Slipcased
Special full-color dragon slipcase, hand signed by the publisher on a tipped-in vellum sheet from 888 copies. Our Highest Recommendation. By Anton Seder. Text by Thomas Negovan. Psychedelic starfish, omniscient owls, sinuous dragons, and bizarre imaginary sea creatures! A nearly unknown German professor of art drew this brilliant, almost mind-boggling portfolio of Art Nouveau-inspired images. The subjects often tip in the realm of fantasy. Every page is worth framing. This is the first time this work has been collected; this deluxe book includes close-up, high-resolution details that allow you to immerse yourself in Seder's beautiful and strange visions of creatures both real and imagined. Century Guild, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: ANIMFD
Hard Cover, 10x13, 232pg, Full Color
$199.00
The regular edition, sans slipcase and limitation page, is $129 [ANIMFH. $129].
 


NANOCOSMOS JOURNEYS IN ELECTRON SPACE
Oversized 12x12, 320 page coffee table book. Highly Recommended. Hundreds of plates include radiolarians, dinoflagellates, and diatoms, as well as many varieties of insects, microscopic flowers, and even lunar samples from the Apollo program. A breathtaking tour of the NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN MICROSCOPIC natural world — a glorious examination of majestic topographies revealed by powerful scanning electron microscope (SEM) technologies. Magnificent full page plates of "eerie, awe-inspiring beauty". An unprecedented examination of natural design at sub-millimeter scales. Abrams, 2025....More.

Item Code: NANOH
Hard Cover, 11x11, 320pg, Full Color
$65.00
Here are more photography books including Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography, Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition, Photography Workshop 1950 & 1953; Creative Figure Photography (1957), Photography Annual 1954, Calendar Girl Photography and much more.
 

New from Flesk and Tran Nguyen

 


SPECTRES By Tran Nguyen
Highly Recommended. A curated collection of over 110 smaller artworks made in the past decade. Each painting is a means of exploration, a study whose purpose is to develop a deep understanding of new media. The works depict loosely rendered female portraits or, occasionally, animals. They were created without the restraints imposed by extensive preliminaries that Tran often adheres to as part of her standard illustration process. This study series started out as an outlet for trying new ideas, materials, color palettes and substrates, without the looming pressure of perfection or deadlines. They fulfill Tran's need to be adventurous, which allows her to stumble with her brushstrokes and evolve as an artist. Flesk, 2025....More.

Item Code: SPECTH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Partial Color
$49.95 $39.95
 


AMBEDO The Art of Tran Nguyen
New Printing. Deluxe Hardcover, page edges in gold. Highly Recommended. 120 paintings and drawings by this award-winning illustrator and fine artist. Born in Vietnam and raised in the States, she is fascinated by creating traditional paintings in the realms of fantasy and surrealism. Tran illustrates for magazines, books, product packaging, advertising and mural art. Her clients include Smithsonian magazine, Tiger Beer, the World Wildlife Fund and Amazon, and she has been showcased in galleries across the world. “Ambedo is a collection of all of the sweat and tears I’ve shed in the past decade of my career." Flesk, 2025....More.

Item Code: AMBEH
Hard Cover, 9x12, 192pg, Full Color
$39.95
Tran’s work also appears in Infected by Art Volumes 7 (she was the featured cover artist), 8 and 10. And probably others since we cannot catalog every contributor. Here’s more Infected by Art and more Spectrum Annuals for similar fantasy art from new creators like Tran.
 

Rare Books This Week!

Six Issue Set!

Five Issue Set!

Seven Volume Set!  

New Items this Week: Two sets of Harvey Kurtman's Help! Magazine, Screen Thrills Illustrated, Favorite Westerns, graphic novel sets from DC & First Comics, Fantastic Stories Digest, The Rocketeer, Flash Gordon The Movie, Playboy Complete Year sets plus Monsters & Heros, Amra & Squa Tront Fanzine Sets.

 

New on Sale

 


ATLAS ARTIST EDITION Volume 1 Joe Maneely
Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. A cornucopia, 256 pages, of Maneely’s finest! Marvel (then called Atlas) classics including pre-code horror (“Haunted!”, “The Raving Maniac,” and the classic “Your Name Is Frankenstein”), space opera (Speed Carter), war (Combat Kelly), Mad-style parodies of Crazy and Riot, cold-war intrigue, the Fu Manchu swipe (Yellow Claw), Westerns (Kid Colt, Black Rider, Ringo Kid, Wyatt Earp, Two-Gun Kid), and Maneely’s pride and joy — his Arthurian champion, The Black Knight. Fantagraphics, 2023....More.

Item Code: ATLA01H
Hard Cover, 10x13, 256pg, Full Color
$75.00 $45.00
 


LACKADAISY Volume 1
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Deluxe Hardcover in Jacket. By Tracy J. Butler. The cult classic, Eisner Award-nominated webcomic, finally available in a handsome collected edition. It’s 1927 and Prohibition is in full effect in St. Louis, Missouri. Organized crime has risen to meet the relentless demand for illicit alcohol. Bootleggers, gangsters, and might-makes-right rule dominate the city’s underworld, fueled by the patrons of speakeasies like Lackadaisy. In the tradition of Blacksad, a delightful anthropomorphic world... The style of the comic is highly detailed, with elegantly attired cartoon characters that resemble styles from animated films of Walt Disney and Don Bluth. The earlier strips are sepia-toned, resembling aged photographs of the 1920s era, while more recent pages can be seen fully colored, often in shades of deep blue. Launched by Butler in July 2006, the comic updates on an irregular basis, with the most recent update published in 2020. Iron Circus Comics, 2024....More.

Item Code: LACKA
Hard Cover, 10x11, 178pg, Two Color
$25.00 $14.99
 


MARVEL COMICS IN THE EARLY 1960S
Closeout Price! Recommended. This new volume in the ongoing "Marvel Comics in the..." series takes you all the way back to the legendary beginnings, when gunfighters traveled the West and monsters roamed the Earth! The company's output in other genres influenced the development of their super-hero characters from Thor to Spider-Man, completing issue-by-issue reviews of every Marvel comic of note from 1961-1965! Presented are scores of handy, easy to reference new entries on Amazing Fantasy, Tales of Suspense (and Astonish, Strange Tales, Journey Into Mystery, Rawhide Kid, plus issues of Fantastic Four, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, and others that weren't in the previous 1960s edition. TwoMorrows, 2024....More.

Item Code: MARCE
Soft Cover, 8x11, 224pg, Text/b&w
$29.95 $14.95
 


THE ART OF FUTURAMA
Closeout Price! Special acetate cover and three fold-out pages. Highly Recommended. Just in time for the show’s 25th anniversary and the new season on Hulu, this first and only Futurama deluxe art book examines the first seven seasons. Futurama first aired on Fox in 1999. Commentary from the show’s creator, Matt Groening, showrunner David X. Cohen, and producer Claudia Katz. Readers can dive into the development and visual history of all 150 episodes, including brand-new content, never-before-seen concept art, sketches, developmental work, and a complete episode guide. Abrams, 2024....More.

Item Code: ARTFUH
Hard Cover, 9x11, 176pg, Full Color
$35.00 $17.50
 


BLACK ADAM Box Set
Closeout Price! 3-book boxed set. By Geoff Johns. Art by Gary Frank. Thousands of years before Billy Batson became a magically-empowered hero, the wizard Shazam selected another champion. But his power corrupted Black Adam. Exiled by Shazam, he has now returned to the modern day in comics as well as in the new film. A frequent enemy to Earth’s heroes, Black Adam firmly believes he is the right person to lead humanity and any action he takes is necessary for the greater good. Three volumes: JSA: Black Reign, Shazam Vol 1 and Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire. DC Comics, 2022....More.

Item Code: BLADA
Soft Cover, 7x10, 696pg, Full Color
$51.00 $19.99
 


FRANK MILLER'S RONIN RISING Collectors Edition
Closeout Price! Impressive oversize, oblong hardcover. Recommended. Foreword by Jim Lee. The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning classic Ronin by Frank Miller. A cursed Ronin. Psychological manipulation by a sentient AI. A security commander turned savior. And a post-apocalyptic biotech war in the demon-teeming pits of a twenty-first century New York. Abrams, 2024....More.

Item Code: FMRONH
Hard Cover, 10x13, 192pg, Full Color
$40.00 $19.99
 


GHOST COMICS Volume 2
Closeout Price! Collects #6-11, 1953-54. Highly Recommended. This unfairly forgotten series boasted some of the best covers of any of the EC wannabes. Forgotten masters Maurice Whitman did these and all the final Fiction House covers, his best-ever work of his career. Plus EC's very own Jack Kamen regularly pops up. Wonderful stuff. This was material that suggested unpleasantness rather than just stepped forward and pulled the old schlock-it-up-lever. Heartily recommended for the more discerning horror comics reader. PS Artbooks, 2024....More.

Item Code: PCGS02
Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color
$32.99 $19.99
 


GONE Nothing is Farther Away Than Home Deluxe w/Variant Cover
Closeout Price! Print to order, limited supply. This hardcover is a creator-owned project and features the complete three issues, plus unique to this edition: an 11-page story from The Devil's Cut, variant cover, more interior pages with bonus material and cover gallery, and a tipped-in plate. 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. She 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.

Item Code: GONEHV
Hard Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Full Color
$75.00 $25.00
 


ARTISTS AGAINST THE WAR
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Art by Ralph Steadman, Peter de Seve, Milton Glaser, et al. Edited with an introduction by Steve Brodner. Based on the 2008 Society of Illustrators' exhibit, "Artists Against the War", this draws from the history of graphic protest and demonstrates the many ways that illustrators — in comics, editorial cartoons, illustrations for magazine articles, and so on — have reflected on the representations and misrepresentations of war, specifically in Iraq and Afghanistan. 56 nationally-known contributors, an all-star list including Grossman, Arisman, Kuper, Sorel, Holland, Billout, Silverman, Tim O'Brien, Banyai et al. Underwood Books, 2011. Out of print....More.

Item Code: ARTAGH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 110pg, Partial Color
$19.95 $5.00
 


BACK ISSUE MAGAZINE #151 Neil Gaiman
Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Edited by Michael Eury. Dreams and Nightmares Issue. Star-studded examination of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and a Gaiman interview! Plus: Sandman Mystery Theater’s Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle revisit working together, Dr. Strange’s nemesis Nightmare, Marvel’s dream-master Sleepwalker, and Casper’s haunting horse Nightmare. Featuring recollections of drawing Sandman by Shelly Bond, Bob Budiansky, Colleen Doran, Michael Dringenberg, Kelley Jones, Alisa Kwitney, Dave McKean, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jill Thompson, Michael Zulli, and more! TwoMorrows, 2024....More.

Item Code: BA151
Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color
$10.95 $5.95
 

More on Sale

 

Farscape Book 1 Hurt $59.99, $14.99

Just this week reduced to 75% off cover price for these blemished copies. Two copies of the regular edition in as-new condition are now half price [FARS01H. $59.99, $29.99]. We also have just four copies left of Volume 2, now at half price [FARS02H. $59.99, $29.99].

Along with the items above, I reduced prices on another 100+ items in preparation for our Cyber Monday Sale later this month. You can get an advance look at all these now and perhaps score some before they sell out. Search NOVSALE on our website.

Many have just two or three copies available at these new prices. I ’ve reduced most items straight from cover price to half price; some are now just $5, as much as 75% off.

 

Mature Readers

On Wednesday we sent out a new Adult Email Special. It features

· new Flash Sale items (including Wild Girl, After Hours and Half Century of Nudes)

· new sale items like Dauntless Dames, The Bill Ward Studio Edition, and EC Archives Terror Illustrated

· sets of magazines including Femme Fatales, Scream Queens, Sirens of Cinema, Draculina, Pin Up Magazine, Playboy (one year sets) and Playboy Press Specials and more Rare Books items

· 2026 Adult Calendars

Sign up for future Adult emails here, and take a look at the entire special here.

 

2026 Calendars

Pin-Up History

Lovecraft Illustrated

Boris & Julie Bell  

Every title except one are currently in stock. 27 calendars to choose from!

We most likely will not be doing any calendar re-orders this year, so it's best to grab the one you like before it's sold out. Click here to see all of our Mature Readers calendars,

 

News & Notes

 

Science Fiction Odyssey Facsimile Edition

A friend pointed out how wonderful it was to finally have this issue intact…but when I reviewed it, I realized we’d never added all the creators who worked on this. Duh! Check this list out:

From 1971. Highly Recommended. By Gardner Fox, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven and Terry Carr. Cover & art by Jeff Jones, along with art by Michael Kaluta, Berni Wrightson, Bruce Jones, Rich Buckler, Jack Katz, Vince Colletta, and Chic Stone.

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For the first time ever, Skywald’s famous, never printed magazine!! This would have been the first adult Sci-Fi comic since EC’s Incredible Science Fiction, but the belief of the publishers, Sol Brodsky (“Sky”, who was a long time Marvel production person) and Israel Waldman (“Wald”), that SF just didn’t sell plus budgetary constraints, meant the magazine was withdrawn, although only after film had been made and just before delivery to the printers! PS Artbooks, 2025. SFOM01. Comic, 7x10, 68pg, b&w $22.99

Next ERB Books Artist Edition: The Land That Time Forgot Trilogy Edition

Limited to 548 copies; three leather-bound volumes packed with more than 32 full page illustrations, some classic, many newly commissioned. Mark Shultz, William Stout, Bob Eggleton, Sanjulian, Mark Wheatley, Thomas Yeates, Daren Bader, Doug Klauba, Jamie Chase, Richard Hescox, Mike Hoffman, Joe Jusko, J. Allen St. John, Frank Frazetta and Roy Krenkel.

Since it’s not due until early March, we will hold off taking orders for it until we officially announce it in January. As usual, if you have bought a previous volume, you can get the same edition number. $395.

Pirates of Venus [PIRVH. $375] and The Moon Maid trilogy [MOONMH. $350, $225] both remain available. Only 3 copies of Moon Maid remain at this sale price.

 

Flesk Publisher News

“The first topic is regarding our upcoming The Horror Art of Bruce Timm book. I actually have an advance copy of the book right here on my desk as I type this. I’m intentionally not sharing any previews or information about the book yet. It has been printed and it’s making the journey from Hong Kong to Santa Cruz, CA along with the new Art of Daniel Warren Johnson art book. Look for both around the beginning of December.

With the success of the new Portfolio by Mark Schultz book, we are now planning a Carbon collection for 2026. Once we've sorted out all of the details we'll be sure to share all of the specifications and its release date. A new Bill Stout collection, The Comics Volume 1, is in the works also.

Note: Mark Schultz’s Portfolio is now out of print. We have 12 copies left, still at cover price [MSPORT. $49.95]. Signed by Mark. Here is more by Mark Schultz, including his Various Drawings Volumes 2-5 and the Illustrators Special Quarterly #48 (cover A is out of print, we have just 9 copies left) [IQ48A and IQ48B. $30 ea].

 

Prince Valiant Vol 30 and 31

Vol 30 will be here any day now, release is Nov 18. Volume 31: 1997-98 is coming in June of 2026. The march to the end of the Cullen Murphy era and the beginning of the Gary Gianni era continues. Here’s an advance look at Vol 31:

"On its sixtieth anniversary, the strip looks back on Prince Valiant’s eventful life as many threads begin to come together that will change the face of Camelot. Dire times as a three-way war erupts between Arthur’s British kingdom, the Picts, and the Jutes; Aleta, Maeve, and Ingrid are thrown into prison; Camelot falls to a barbarian army; and King Arthur makes a last stand. Plus: Galleries of the best images from Prince Valiant by its creator Hal Foster chosen by artist admirers and comic-strip experts."

 

Comic Book Creator 40: Remembering Dave Stevens

We’re pleased that this is not yet sold out! It’s a superlative issue, so we packed in a lot of extra copies to satisfy demand [CBCR40. $24.95]. Twomorrows was hit rather hard by the Diamond bankruptcy, so we don’t anticipate them to be printing lots of extra on new books like this and others recently announced. FYI. Click here for the latest from Twomorrows.

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No "Vintage" Calendars this year

The Vintage line of calendars (Science Fiction, Pulp, Classic Comics, etc) line went up to the rather outrageous price of $30 each; $25 was already a lot for what could be a $15.99 or $17.99 or maybe tops, a $19.99 calendar. They didn’t bother to contact us months ago when all the other calendar manufacturers did…so the line slipped by without our ordering them. All the calendars we ARE handling are on the website and in the latest catalog.

~Bud

 
 

Our Catalog and Contact Info

We publish a color catalog every two months—if you’ve placed an order in the last 12 months, you will receive it hot off the press. If this is your first order, or if you’d like an extra copy, you can add one to your order: click here. Or call or send us your address and we’ll mail one to you. You can also download it here.

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