February Clearance Sale! |
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Here are 61 newly on sale titles and you can click on a link for many more. Click on FEBSALE to see the entire list on our website, ready to order. As always, quantity is very limited so it's first come, first served. At the bottom of the list is a collection of Bargain Books, $5 or less. Click here for an advance look at even more Sale Items that will be included in upcoming sale lists. Click here to see the newest additions to our Closeout section, including bargain Imperfect Editions. 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. We also have over 300 books in our 20% off RARE BOOKS SALE. Click here. |
Spring 2025
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Artists & Illustration |
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2000 AD ART OF KEVIN O'NEILL Apex Edition Art from 1977 to 2022. From concept sketches of 2000 AD's alien editor Tharg the Mighty to complete episodes of Ro-Busters and A.B.C. Warriors, and previously unseen versions of his Nemesis the Warlock: The Final Conflict pages. Also included are his never before reprinted Metalzoic covers and the entirety of his final sequential work on Bonjo From Beyond The Stars. A deluxe, over-sized Artist's Edition, 160 pages compiled by O'Neill from his own archive, reproducing his original art pages at their actual size. Rebellion/2000AD, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: ADAKH Hard Cover, 15x19, 160pg, Partial Color |
Here's more 2000 AD, including Apex editions by Steve Dillon and Mick McMahon. |
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FAMOUS MONSTER MOVIE ART OF BASIL GOGOS New Printing Recommended. By Kerry Gammill and J. David Spurlock. Introduction by Rob Zombie. Basil Gogos, the greatest monster artist ever, his art book back with a new printing. To fans of classic horror, Gogos is as familiar as Karloff, Lugosi and Vincent Price. Actors, directors and rockstars collect Gogos' originals. This grand retrospective features many of the most famous paintings (many as Famous Monsters of Filmland covers) as well as many previously unpublished works and more covers, rock CDs, and movie posters. In-depth interviews with the artist and commentary from Rob Zombie and film professionals. Vanguard, 2023....More. Item Code: FAMBG Soft Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Full Color |
We still have one copy of The Monster Art of Basil Gogos, limited to 200. [MONBGH2. $100]. |
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THALAMUS The Art of Dave McKean Slipcase Set Oversized, 600 pages. Recommended. Collecting Dave McKean's visually-stunning work from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and Mirrormask, Arkham Asylum, Cages, Black Dog, Raptor, and so much more, as well as artwork featured in prose publications, film, music, and never-before-seen bonus material with commentary by McKean himself. This deluxe two-volume set is collected into a gorgeous slipcase featuring original artwork by McKean, also including a satin ribbon marker in each volume, and a foreword by David Boyd Haycock. Dark Horse, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: THALH Hard Cover, 12x16, 608pg, Full Color |
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PHILIP TAN 2022 SKETCHBOOK SIGNED Signed on the cover. Recommended. Philip Tan (born 1978) is a comic book writer/artist best known for his work on Spawn, Uncanny X-Men and Iron Man. This handsome sketchbook is entire full page unfinished pencil drawings, each one highly detailed, of characters from the aforementioned series, plus Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Sue Richards and many beautiful costumed heroines. 3 Wishes, 2022....More. Item Code: PT22S Soft Cover, 8x11, 96pg, |
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JOSEPH STELLA VISIONARY NATURE The first major monograph on the visionary nature paintings of the pioneering American modernist. Though Joseph Stella is primarily recognized for his dynamic Futurist-inspired paintings of New York, particularly of the Brooklyn Bridge, he was also compelled to express the powerful connection he felt to the natural world, a subject he pursued persistently throughout his career. Visionary Nature presents an overdue examination of this prolific and wide-ranging body of nature-based work. If Stella’s cityscapes became symbols of a modern era, his pictures of flowers, plants, birds and trees were rooted in another, more ancient, primal and paradisaical world. DelMonico Books/ Brandywine River Museum of Art, 2023....More. Item Code: JOSSVH Hard Cover, 10x11, 212pg, Full Color |
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WAYFINDER The Art of Gretel Lusky Recommended. This is an artist who loves fantasy and all things magical: fairies, mermaids, mythical creatures, knights, beautiful young girls and women. She creates characters that are colorful yet mysterious, and worlds otherworldly, always pretty yet sometimes unsettling. This delves into the story of her creative early years, why she chose art as a career, and follows her development timeline. She presents two exclusive galleries of art — one with a fantasy focus, based around maritime creatures and witches, and another that celebrates the beauty of sketchbooking. 3dtotal Publishing, 2024....More. Item Code: WAYFH Hard Cover, 8x10, 152pg, Partial Color |
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THE ART OF PINK FLOYD THE WALL Recommended. A huge, oversized, sumptuously illustrated book collecting Gerald Scarfe's iconic work for Pink Floyd. First The Wall was an album, then it was a stage show, a film — now here is the definitive book, a work of art in its own right. Large, landscape-format, presented in a stunning slipcase designed by Scarfe. Packed with photos of the band, performances, stage design, drawings and paintings which incorporate the iconic imagery of The Wall alongside new and previously unseen material. Little Brown, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: ARTPFWH Hard Cover, 14x10, 288pg, Full Color |
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THE ART OF SEA OF STARS The Concept Art of Bryce Kho Recommended. Bryce Kho has been on the Sabotage Studio team as lead concept artist since 2020. He's known for his colorful and complex, retro-anime inspired illustrations, inspired by the classics. The Art of Sea of Stars showcases all the incredible characters, worlds, and lore that Bryce has brought to life, and is a book to enjoy for gamers and art-lovers alike. 3dtotal Publishing, 2024....More. Item Code: ARTBKH Hard Cover, 9x12, 272pg, Full Color |
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OUT OF MY HEAD The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baqué The incredible story of a World War II-era police officer in Barcelona, Spain…In his private time he created 1500 imaginary creatures and told not a soul about them. In this first-ever critical biography of Baqué, art historian Brian Chidester reflects on the artist and his creation through the prism of 20th century art, the Franco dictatorship in Spain (1939–75), and the few correlative records in Baqué’s personal archive. Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: OUTOMH Hard Cover, 10x5, 528pg, Full Color |
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THE ART JOURNEY OF LORD GRIS Illustrator and character designer Lord Gris (actually a woman) takes us on a guided tour of her world, where her anime-style characters exude emotion, attitude, mystery, and beauty that can be both bizarre and fragile. Step-by-step tutorials specially commissioned for the book are accompanied by galleries of Lord Gris’s fan favorites, unseen gems, and brand new and exclusive pieces. With a love for digital art and artist-staple pens and pencils, she shares a host of skills and techniques to offer something new to every artist as well as illustration fans. Biography, new introduction by the artist, very early work, inspirations and more. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022....More. Item Code: ARTJLGH Hard Cover, 9x11, 246pg, Full Color |
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THE FIELD GUIDE TO WITCHES An Artist’s Grimoire of Witches and Their Worlds. Highly Recommended. A beautifully drawn look at famous witches from around the world with lots of history and details. Twenty witches are described and illustrated by 20 international concept designers and illustrators. Circe, Freyja, Hecate, Isis, Morgan Le Fay, The Snow Queen, The Weird Sisters, Baba-Yaga, Jenny Greenteeth, etc. Step into a world of witchcraft both good and evil, where the iconic character of myth and legend is brought uniquely to life. 3dtotal Publishing, 2022....More. Item Code: FIEGWH Hard Cover, 9x10, 320pg, Partial Color |
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THE SPHINX AND THE MILKY WAY Selections from The Journals of Charles Burchfield. In the early years of the 20th century, Charles Burchfield painted mystic and visionary landscapes. For nearly his entire life, Burchfield also kept a journal. Over 54 years, he filled nearly 10,000 pages. To call this journal epic would be an understatement. A masterpiece whose bulk has remained unread, it is a handwritten tome that combines elements of the American nature journal with a dash of 19th-century spiritual autobiography. It is a record of a man who spent much of his life looking at and considering the sky. The Song Cave, 2023....More. Item Code: SPHMW Soft Cover, 6x9, 200pg, Partial Color |
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CARTOON ART OF MIKE DEODATO JR Signed Signed! Publisher file copy from 2013, never before handled. Marvel star Mike Deodato, Jr. in a ten-year-old collection of his cartoon art that we never handled before. From the publisher files, delightful light-hearted cartoons by the veteran artist. A new side to his art, inspired by his family life, with a comics twist added in. The man who has worked for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, and others now combines influences of Calvin & Hobbes, Will Eisner, and others — truly sensational for any Deodato fan! Red Giant Entertainment, 2013....More. Item Code: CARMDHS Hard Cover, 11x10, 48pg, b&w |
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BALOOK Hurt Publisher file copy. In the wake of technological breakthroughs, a nine-ton prehistoric Balook is brought to life and befriended by a boy named Thor, but when the growing creature breaks out of his compound, a chaotic romp ensues. Underwood/Miller, 1990. Out of print. Condition: Dust jacket covers slightly scuffed and edgeworn, bumped corner....More. Item Code: BALOHR Hard Cover, 6x10, 198pg, Text/Partial Color |
We have unblemished copies available as well. [BALOH. |
Comic Book Archives, Strips & Reference |
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BEST OF THARG'S TERROR TALES By Mark Millar, Al Ewing, Simon Spurrier, et al. This fear-filled anthology introduces one-off stories full of ghosts, demons, mutants and killers and is thick with atmosphere, dark humor and mind-blowing twists. Written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in the comic book industry, this collection features strips by Mark Millar, Al Ewing, Simon Spurrier, Chris Weston, Richard Elson and Eric Bradbury among others. 2000 AD, 2023....More. Item Code: BESTT Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Partial Color |
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FUTURE STATE The Next Batman Collects Future State: The Next Batman #1-4; Future State: Dark Detective #1 & 3; Future State: Nightwing #1-2, & more, 2020. Batman is dead. The DC timeline has been shattered. Explore a dark possible Future State — a giant, sprawling Gotham City under martial law, protected and regulated by a private security force led by the infamous Peacekeepers. Their mandate is to maintain the safety of the citizens of Gotham, regardless of any Constitutional rights, and to hunt down, incarcerate, or kill all masked vigilantes, villains, and criminals in the city limits. Also includes all the backup stories starring Batgirl, Grifter, the Outsiders, the Gotham City Sirens, and the Arkham Knights. DC Comics, 2021....More. Item Code: FUTNB Soft Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color |
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THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE Master Edition Volume 1 Marvel A-L Collects #1-36, 1991-93. By Len Kamisky. Art by Keith Pollard. Amid the comic book boom of the 1990s, The Official Handbook of The Marvel Universe evolved to meet the collector frenzy, reinvented and presented as shrink-wrapped packs of looseleaf cards, hole-punched to be assembled in dedicated binders (sold separately)! Now these fact-filled profiles are collected in one giant Omnibus. This inaugural volume presents the first half of the Marvel Universe as of 1991-1993, from the Abomination to Lyja the Lazerfist, and the legions of heroes, villains and teams in between! Featuring front, back and side views of all the characters, including icons of the era like Deadpool and Cable. Marvel. 2024....More. Item Code: OFFH01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 888pg, Full Color |
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KRAZY & IGNATZ Volume 4: 1925-1927 Recommended. By George Herriman. This Eisner Award-nominated series showcases one of the most renowned and celebrated comic strips in the art form's history as it strides boldly through the mid-1920s, its quirky characters in full flower in this gorgeous, archival hardcover collection. Ignatz repeatedly sets elaborate traps for Krazy (long before the Road Runner), adventures on the "enchanted mesa," wacky weather, literal cliffhangers — and what happens when Santa and the stork arrive at the same chimney at the same moment? BONUS: The most complete collection of Herriman's long-lost Book of Magic pages ever assembled. Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: KRAZ04H Hard Cover, 11x14, 228pg, Partial Color |
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Graphic Novels |
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JADE WARRIORS ZETTAI NO EDITION SIGNED Slipcase, color bookplate numbered from 1000 and signed by Buckley, Campiti and Deodato. By David Campiti and Michael Buckley. Mike Deodato's Jade Warriors saga began at Image Comics in the late '90s but was never completed. For its 25th anniversary, Deodato and Vincenzo Cucca have completed the adventure in this oversized hardcover (Absolute format) edition. In an alternate history of Japan, dragons created its islands from which they ruled the world. Warriors defeated them and claimed the islands as their own. But women prepared for the dragons' return, invoking rituals in service to the dragons; over time, they became powerful weapons. Their efforts splintered by men, those women became an elite assassins' guild, Jade Warriors in service of the Yakuza — enhanced assassins much feared throughout the world. Now, as the dragons return, one of the Jade Warriors escapes after discovering terrible truths and fleeing from her life's mission. Alpha Comics/Glass House Graphics, 2023....More. Item Code: JADWHS Hard Cover, 9x12, 192 pg., Full Color |
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JADE WARRIORS ZETTAI NO EDITION Limited, 500, slipcase. By David Campiti and Michael Buckley. Mike Deodato's Jade Warriors saga began at Image Comics in the late '90s but was never completed. For its 25th anniversary, Deodato and Vincenzo Cucca have completed the adventure in this oversized hardcover (Absolute format) edition. In an alternate history of Japan, dragons created its islands from which they ruled the world. Warriors defeated them and claimed the islands as their own. But women prepared for the dragons' return, invoking rituals in service to the dragons; over time, they became powerful weapons. Their efforts splintered by men, those women became an elite assassins' guild, Jade Warriors in service of the Yakuza — enhanced assassins much feared throughout the world. Now, as the dragons return, one of the Jade Warriors escapes after discovering terrible truths and fleeing from her life's mission. Alpha Comics/Glass House Graphics, 2023....More. Item Code: JADWH Hard Cover, 9x12, 192 pg., Full Color |
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BARRY WINDSOR SMITH'S MONSTERS Highly Recommended. Monsters is the legendary project Barry Windsor-Smith has been working on for over 35 years. A 360-page tour de force of visual storytelling, Monsters' narrative canvas is vast and deep. The year is 1964. Close-mouthed, damaged, innocent, trying to forget a past and looking for a future, it turns out that Bobby Bailey is the perfect candidate for a secret U.S. government experimental program — an unholy genetics program discovered in Nazi Germany during World War II... Fantagraphics, 2021....More. Item Code: BARMH Hard Cover, 8x11, 366pg, Full Color |
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THE COLLECTED TOPPI Volume 9 The Old World Our Highest Recommendation. Widely considered a master of graphic storytelling, Toppi spins tales of mystery and folklore set in Tuscany, Portugal and elsewhere during the age of exploration. Stunning art and unusual, unique subjects and characters. Fables set in Old World Italy, plus a feature-length what-if tale about the New World, Hypothesis 1492, speculating on a history where Christopher Columbus never made it to America. Stories are The Hidden Things, Saint Martin's Cloak, A Tuscan Fable, Roland Will Come, Algarve 1460, and two more, several set in Medieval times. Magnetic Press, 2023....More. Item Code: COLT09H Hard Cover, 9x12, 124pg, b&w |
Ten more Toppi collections can be found here. |
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GHOSTED COMPENDIUM Collects #1-20, the complete series, 2013-2015. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Joshua Williamson's breakout hit horror series, complete with a new introduction by the author. A nicely illustrated, unusual horror story. Jackson Winters is one of the greatest criminal masterminds to ever live, except he's rotting in jail after his last doomed score. But when a filthy rich collector breaks Winters out, he's tasked with putting together an elite team of paranormal experts to do the impossible: steal a ghost from a haunted house of horrors! A horror/crime mash-up, Ocean's 11 and The Shining from writer Joshua Williamson (Dark Ride, Superman) and artists Goran Sudzuka (Y: The Last Man), Davide Gianfelice, Laci and Ryp! Image, 2023....More. Item Code: GHOSTC Soft Cover, 6x10, 456pg, Full Color |
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FAILURE TO LAUNCH A Tour of Ill-Fated Futures Edited by Kel McDonald. Features work by Ryan North, Harry Brewis, Evan Dahm, Blue Delliquanti, Ryan Estrada, and many others. In this entertaining tour of ill-fated futures, some of comics’ brightest talents relate the historical failure they’re most passionate about, through hopeful and inspiring short stories. The moments when things went completely sideways; the spectacular screw-ups, monumental mistakes, and explosive errors that paved the way for the bright and shiny achievements we normally celebrate. Today, the losers get their due as we honor the speed bumps we had to hit on the road to progress! Iron Circus Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: FAILL Soft Cover, 7x10, 300pg, Full Color |
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TAO BANG First published in France. Highly Recommended. By Olivier Vatine and Daniel Pecqueur. Art by Didier Cassegrain with Fred Blanchard. The lovely Ellora has found her business in freefall since the dragon sheikh Ad Arphax opened a competing brothel nearby. So she sets out with a pirate ruffian Norden to find the Isle of Mermaids, whose siren song should bring in the customers and put her back on top. But the journey is wrought with fantastic dangers, not the least of which is the Amazon pirate Tao Bang — an old acquaintance of Norden's — now in the employ of Ad Arphax...not to mention dragons, monsters, and a fair amount of slapstick stupidity by several players. Magnetic Press, 2023....More. Item Code: TAOH Hard Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Full Color |
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PROOF THAT THE DEVIL LOVES YOU Featuring Gilbert Hernandez’s bosomy character Fritz, a B-movie actress (and half-sister to his iconic Love and Rockets character, Luba) whose hourglass figure has earned her a cult following. While Gilbert often explores Fritz’s troubled life off-screen in Love and Rockets, for years he has also been "adapting" her exploitation films. Here are three: one entirely new, two expanded from their original appearances in the ongoing Love and Rockets comic book series. Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: PRODH Hard Cover, 6x8, 96pg, b&w |
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TEZUCOMI Volume 1 Recommended. An anthology of all new stories based on the many popular creations of legendary Japanese mangaka Osamu Tezuka, illustrated by some of the greatest comic creators in Europe. Each artist is profiled AND interviewed about their connection with Tezuka's work. This larger 300-page softcover edition is presented in traditional manga reading order, right to left. This first volume includes "The Mouse" by Sourya, based on Ayako; "The Moon Rabbit" by Brice Cossu and Valerie Mangin, based on Buddha; "The Cursed" by Mathieu Bablet, based on Metropolis & much more. Magnetic Press, 2024. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: TEZ01 Soft Cover, 6x8, 300pg, b&w |
Volume 2 is also available. |
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LADY DEATH RULES Volume 3 Collects Nightmare Symphony (Chapter 8), Scorched Earth (Chapter 9), and Blasphemy Anthem (Chapter 10). By Brian Pulido and Mike MacLean. Art by Diego Bernard and Anthony Spay. Before Lady Death's "cursed sleep" began, witness the dark secrets of her doomed romance with Ravenheart and the birth and abduction of her children by demons. Then, she comes to present-day earth with the extinction-level villainy of The Trinity threatening humanity. The Sworn, a group of supernatural antiheroes, has assembled. What is Lady Death's role in all of this? Is she an ally, or an enemy of The Sworn? Coffin Comics, 2021. Mature readers....More. Item Code: LADR03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 160pg, Full Color |
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BRABA A BRAZILIAN COMICS ANTHOLOGY American audiences have grown familiar with international comix through an influx of European bande dessinee and Japanese manga that has been translated into English over the past two decades. But there are vivacious creative scenes happening worldwide, notably in Brazil, the largest country in South America and fifth-largest country in the world. Braba aims to rectify this cultural blind spot with a single-volume showcase of innovative Brazilian comics, curated by acclaimed artist Rafael Grampá and comics editor Janaina de Luna. Produced by Fantagraphics in collaboration with Brazilian publisher MINO, this extraordinary collection of 13 short stories created by 16 pioneering Brazilian cartoonists encapsulates a thriving and thrilling comics scene. Fantagraphics, 2024. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BRABC Hard Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Partial Color |
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BETRAYAL OF THE MIND A rare English-language work tracing the life and fate of noted surrealist Unica Zürn. A childhood devastated by rape, the absence of an idealized father, a strict moral mother, and a passion for art shaped Unica Zürn. One of the only prominent female figures of the Surrealist movement, Zürn was tormented by inner demons that she shared through her automatic drawings and anagram poems. Life Drawn, 2024. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BETMI Soft Cover, 8x10, 144pg, Full Color |
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BANZAI GIRL Volume 2 Variant Cover Signed Signed on the inside cover. Variant photo and art cover, publisher file copy from 2020. Never handled by Diamond. Steamy good girl art and near nudity highlights Jinky and her friend Michelle as they become pop stars and travel the world, only to come back to face the terrible Tikbalang, the devious Duwende, the crafty Kapre, and even more mysterious monsters of myth. Jinky’s adventure into becoming an adult in this volume concludes with a tale of terror, a woman ripe for revenge who is out to murder Jinky, her little sister, her friends, and her entire family. Good girl art bonus gallery and Kickstarter bonus, Katie’s World strips. Alpha Comics, 2020....More. Item Code: BANZ02V Soft Cover, 6x9, 196pg, Full Color |
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WHERE THE BODY WAS Recommended. Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, as unlike anything Brubaker and Phillips have done yet! A boarding house full of druggies. A neglected housewife. A young girl who thinks she's a superhero. A cop who wants to be left alone. And a private detective looking for a runaway girl. These stories collide one fateful summer in Where the Body Was, a tale of love and murder in the suburbs, told from a dozen different points of view. All the neighbors on the block have an opinion about the murder and how it happened, but which of them is telling the truth? Image Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: WHEBH Hard Cover, 7x11, 144pg, Full Color |
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RAMPARTS Unseeing Eyes Warehouse find, 1993. By Turf. Art by Joel Mouclier. Adventure in the world of huge wooden machines. Joël Mouclier designed a gloomy industrial steampunk society built on a platform in the middle of the sea. We visit factories and other locations where he needs to make the technology work, and he’s convincing with it, in scenes set in an abattoir for instance. His people, all with long and sad faces reflect the gloom of their society, which is being ravaged by disease. No-one knows its origin, let alone how to cure it, and Mouclier throws in subtle little touches such as the homemade calipers enabling one the of the leads to walk. Writer, Turf repeatedly creates scenes of characters wishing for forms of a better life. The harshness of the society and the lack of discrimination applied by the disease is reinforced via the experiences of heroine Lamantine, who has odd fever induced dreams. Heavy Metal/Tundra, 1993....More. Item Code: RAMPH Hard Cover, 8x11, 46pg, Full Color |
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WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE Volume 1 Highly Recommended. By Grant Morrison. Art by Yanick Paquette. From the masterful minds of Grant Morrison (Final Crisis, The Multiversity) and Yanick Paquette (Swamp Thing, Batman, Inc.) comes the most provocative origin of Wonder Woman you’ve ever seen—a wholly unique retelling that still honors her origins. In a superlative style that reminds us of Terry Dodson and Adam Hughes. Really, this is beautifully drawn and innovatively laid out. DC, 2016....More. Item Code: WWE01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
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BOOTBLACK Recommended. By Mikael. By the author of the critically acclaimed Giant. On the German front, in the spring of 1945: the war leaves only death and destruction in its wake. To escape the horror of the present, Al, an American soldier, the only survivor of his unit, immerses himself in the memories of his New York life. Son of German immigrants, born in the United States, he was not yet ten years old when, in one night, under the approving eyes of anti-immigrant Americans, he lost his parents and his home in a terrible fire. Turning his back on his origins, Al has no choice but to live on the streets; he becomes a Bootblack, a shoe shiner. NBM, 2022....More. Item Code: BOOTBLH Hard Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color |
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BATMAN VS. RA'S AL GHUL Collects #1-6, 2019-21. Recommended. Written and drawn by Neal Adams. Neal Adams returns to Gotham and one his most beloved storylines, with an all new story, as contenders vie to wear the cape and cowl as the new Batman!! Gotham City is under siege by terrorists, and Batman is determined to find the source. But when Boston Brand/Deadman tries to intervene, he discovers an even more disturbing and deadly truth: the terrorists are led by an inhuman monster. Ra's al Ghul has volunteered his own private security force to aid the Police Department, and now they are the only thing standing between nuclear terror and the townspeople. DC Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: BATVR Soft Cover, 6x10, 160pg, Full Color |
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BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS Volume 1 Gotham Nocturne Overture Collects Detective #1062-1065. Recommended. By Ram V. Art by Rafael Albuquerque. Something is terribly wrong with Batman. No matter what tests Bruce takes, nor the numbers he counts, the greatest detective in the world can’t pin down the source of this creeping dread — of his own inner demons and a looming mortality. Meanwhile, real demons roam the shadows as an ancient melody haunts the Gotham night. Who is human, who is demon, who is to tell? As Batman investigates the songs and the demons of Gotham, he is forced to confront the oldest question...whether there has been a demon within him all along...and if so, what does it want...and why hasn’t it taken over yet? DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: BATD01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 152pg, Full Color |
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SHAZAM Volume 1 Meet the Captain Collects the Dawn of DC series SHAZAM! #1-6, 2023. Highly Recommended. When Garguax, Emperor of the Moon, sets his sights on Gorilla City, that’s when you shout “Shazam!” Mary Marvel and a host of kid heroes star! Dinosaurs from space! Homicidal worms and talking tigers! Atomic robots, alien worlds, mad scientists, sinister curses, and villains from throughout the DC Universe — welcome to the wild adventures of Billy Batson, whose big red alter ego defends the Earth from its weirdest and wildest threats! Outstanding artwork, we love it! DC Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: SHAZ01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 161pg, Full Color |
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FLUNG OUT OF SPACE A fictional and complex graphic novel portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith, caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, The Price of Salt. Both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, and an examination of its notorious author. We open with Pat begrudgingly writing low-brow comics, a true story! A drinker, a smoker, and a hater of life, Pat knows she can do better. Her brain churns with images of the great novel she could and should be writing — what will eventually be Strangers on a Train — later adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Abrams, 2022....More. Item Code: FLUOUT Hard Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color |
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HILDEBRAND VALKYRIE Volume 1 Collects issues #1-4. By Rob MacKinnon. Art by Luca Casalanguida et al. In 9th century England, a twist of fate enables a poor Viking girl called Hildebrand to overcome adversity and rise to knighthood. She leads an army to repel a Viking invasion of her homeland but her victory celebration is short-lived when her estranged father reveals their secret lineage. Now the two embark on a perilous journey to Rome. Caliber Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: HILV01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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BLACK ADAM The Justice Society Case Files Collects four special #1 issues from 2022. By Cavan Scott, Bryan Q. Miller. Art by Scot Eaton et al. One of the world’s foremost wielders of magic, Black Adam has been both hero and villain over a life that’s spanned thousands of years. But where does that leave him in the fight for justice? This ties into the film and co-stars Hawkman, Cyclone, Atom Smasher and Dr. Fate. DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: BLAJSC Soft Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color |
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With the exception of just a few titles we’re down to one or two left, we have marked all these down to half price. And we created a special category of slightly imperfect titles—and they are good ones—just $5 each! Signed & collectible titles are 40% off. See them all here.
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FORBIDDEN WORLDS Volume 11 Collects #65-70, 1958. Recommended. By Richard Hughes, Ogden Whitney et al. Tales exploring the supernatural, science fiction and more. More very readable, poignant and fun stories by the great writer/editor Richard Hughes. Whisked back to Egyptian times, seeing your mirror image as an oldster, lost on a planet of giants, or a giant among tiny aliens, apparitions, test pilot to a different dimension. Obviously sci-fi was popular in 1958, sparked by the Sputnik, and you'll find a lot of cool stories here. Very handsomely drawn by Ogden Whitney, John Forte, John Rosenberger, Harry Lazarus and others. PS Artbooks, 2016....More. Item Code: FOR11H Hard Cover, 7x10, 240pg, Full Color |
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PRE-CODE CLASSICS WEB OF EVIL Volume 2 Slipcased Limited, 300! Collects #8-14, 1953-54. Highly Recommended. By Jack Cole, Leo Morey, Charles Nicholas et al. Weird adventures into horror and the supernatural from Quality Comics Group's premiere title. While EC and Harvey were doing THEIR thing, Quality had their own take on ghosts, skeletons, the undead, and the damned. Featured artists also include Charles Culdera, Bob McCarty and John Forte. PS Artbooks, 2015. Out of Print. ...More. Item Code: WEB02D Hard Cover, 7x10, 252pg, Full Color |
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STRANGE TERRORS #4 Facsimile Edition From 1952. Recommended. Another legendary issue, this time with a wild and strange painted cover by the notorious William Ekgren. Inside we have work by Joe Kubert, Bill Molno, George Tuska and Charle Sultan, another forgotten artist who drew very much like Lou Fine. Comes with an oversized, 8 x 12 1/2 (image size) cover reproduction on card stock and matted. It is ready to display, with an embossed seal identifying the limited status. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: ST04 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color |
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WEIRD HORRORS #6 Facsimile Edition From 1953. Recommended. Another of the wildest covers of the 50s by legendary William Ekgren. Stories by Bob Forgione, Jim McLaughlin, Ed Ashe and Don Perlin. We get an atomic bomb story plus “From Outer Space,” “The Phantom Guillotine,” “Vengeance Trail” and more. Plus an oversized, 8 x 12-1/2 inch (image size) print of the cover on card stock and matted, ready to display. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: WEI06 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color |
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Cosmic Epics Hardcover Highly Recommended. Three complete novels, each one the first in its series. A Princess of Mars is the first of 11 Mars novels starring John Carter and Dejah Thoris; The Moon Maid is the first of three post-apocalyptic novels after an invasion of Earth; and Pirates of Venus introduces Carson Napier, the John Carter equivalent on Venus, a water planet more like Earth than Mars. ERB, Inc., 2023....More. Item Code: ERBCEH Hard Cover, 6x9, 458pg, Text Only |
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EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Savage Epics Hardcover Highly Recommended. Three first novels in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ major series! Savage Epics includes Tarzan of the Apes, which started it all: novels, movies, television and comics starring the Ape Man; At the Earth’s Core, the first of six novels of Pellucidar; The Land That Time Forgot, first of the Caspak trilogy, about the lost Pacific Island and civilization. This was adapted to film in 1975, written by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn. ERB Inc., 2023....More. Item Code: ERBSEH Hard Cover, 6x9, 436pg, Text Only |
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JOHN CARTER OF MARS: Gods of the Forgotten Hardcover Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe. By Geary Gravel. Cover art by Chris Peuler. The death of a friend spurs the Warlord of Mars to investigate a series of perplexing mysteries in the forbidding icy northern reaches. The enigma deepens as he journeys to the treasure city of Gathol with his spirited daughter Tara and an unexpected stowaway. An insidious conspiracy reaches from his early years on the Red Planet back into the the ancient past and now threatens the existence of all life on Barsoom. ERB, Inc., 2021....More. Item Code: ERBJCH Hard Cover, 6x9, 402pg, Text Only |
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THE WORLDS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective. Recommended. An exploration of all that encompasses the world of Sherlock Holmes “ tracing the infamous character’s own interests, personality, and mythologized biography alongside that of his creator’s. Explore original magazine appearances, books, films, television series and all the stars who played the role of Sherlock Holmes. Frances Lincoln, 2023....More. Item Code: WORSHH Hard Cover, 9x10, 208pg, Text/Partial Color |
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MEL RAMOS First Kiss Die-Cut cover, cloth binding. Mel Ramos (1935‚-2018) cemented himself as a key figure in Pop art at a momentous 1963 group exhibition at LACMA that presented his work alongside that of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He then established a signature style for himself by appropriating and re-contextualizing the sexually provocative imagery found in vintage comics of the 1940s and 50s, as well as popular magazine ads of that time. 70 works spanning his entire career, including never-before-published preliminary sketches and finished oil paintings, rendered in a classic Pop color palette of bright pinks, yellows, blues and greens. Kerber, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: MELFKH Hard Cover, 9x10, 104pg, Partial Color |
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THE OUTER LIMITS AT 60 Complete episode guide, upwards of 100 pictures with many behind-the-scenes shots. There is nothing wrong with your television set . . . Join Outer Limits expert David J. Schow on a 60th Anniversary exploration of things old, things new, and things to come for the all-time classic TV series. Still going strong in the streaming age and with no fewer than four Blu-Ray incarnations, The Outer Limits has withstood the ravages of time and taste to remain essential viewing for fans of the unknown, the mystical, the different, and — dare we say it? — the outré! Independently published, 2023....More. Item Code: OUTLIM Soft Cover, 6x9, 130pg, Text/b&w |
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KONG OF SKULL ISLAND Volume 3 Recommended. By James Asmus. Art by Carlos Magno and Jeremy Lawson. TThere are some who would see the Kong as monsters. Beasts waiting to unleash the anger they have within. When a coup is formed to take Ewata, the present ruler of the primitive peoples of the island, from power and show the Tagu and Atu people the power of the Kong, everyone's existence is thrown into chaos. The Kong—giant gorillas like King Kong—must battle enormous monsters and the tribes people are caught in the middle. Final book in the trilogy. Boom, 2018. Out of print....More. Item Code: KONS03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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THE GREAT GATSBY Recommended. By F. Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction by Blake Hazard. First published in 1925, The Great Gatsby has been acclaimed by generations of readers and is now reimagined as a unique graphic novel. The story is captured by artist Aya Morton, who works in soft pastels and water-color. Here is the mysteriously wealthy Gatsby and his tragic love for the beautiful Daisy. Iconic text has been artfully distilled by Fred Fordham, who keeps much of the original dialogue — so much, it took me three sittings to read this. It's dense! Scribner, 2020....More. Item Code: GRGAT Soft Cover, 6x9, 208pg, Full Color |
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FIREFLY BLUE SUN RISING Volume 2 Collects Firefly #23-24 & Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #1. By Greg Pak. Art by Dan McDaid, Lalit Kumar Sharma et al. The stage is set for the final battle as the first ever Firefly event concludes, with Sheriff Mal Reynolds — yeah, he’s still getting used to it too — making a choice that may cost him those he loves most, whether he knows it or not... Shocking losses lead to stunning decisions as Mal and the crew of Serenity must face the consequences of their choices in war against the Blue Sun Corporation. Boom!, 2021....More. Item Code: FIRBS02H Hard Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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RETROACTIVE By Ibrahim Moustafa. Temporal agent Tarik Abdelnasser is trapped in a time loop, living and dying over and over again.But before he got stuck, he and his new partner were investigating a radical new adversary who's going back in time and changing events to benefit themselves. Tarik must keep his sanity and find a way to prevent the attack, escape the loop, and return to his own timeline... Humanoids, 2022....More. Item Code: RETROA Soft Cover, 7x10, 136pgs, Full Color |
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CRIMINAL MACABRE Spirit of the Demon By Steve Niles (30 Days of Night). Art by Szymon Kudranski. A stand-alone new horror story of supernatural detective Cal McDonald. Cal’s self-imposed retirement must move aside so he can resume his monster-killing career. He’s hunting down a serial-killing priest with a blood-draining knife and on a trail leading him directly to the gates of Hell! Dark, bloody and macabre! Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: CRIMSP Hard Cover, 7x10, 72pg, Full Color |
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MOON KNIGHT Volume 2 Collects #7-12, 2021-22 and Devil's Reign. The brilliant new phase of the Moon Knight continues by writer Jed MacKay. How does he fight someone that no one knows? Moon Knight is out for blood, and hits the streets armed with only a name...Zodiac. Marc is soon fighting his way through the super-crime underworld of NYC, looking for answers to a question he’s barely grasped... Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: MOONK02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 168pg, Full Color |
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RESISTANCE UNIVERSE: The Origins 368-page omnibus collects The Resistance #1-6 and 7 more one-shots and #1's. An outstanding lineup of artists and a very relevant story, collecting six issues and seven one-shots and first issues. In March 2020, amid Covid-19 lockdowns, AWA launched a bold new universe for the 21st Century with J. Michael Straczynski & Mike Deodato Jr.'s The Resistance, in which "Reborns" gain incredible powers in the wake of a global pandemic. Other creators followed with series such as E-Ratic, Knighted, and The Joneses. Now, for the first time, each of the initial chapters are available in this super-sized collection. Artists, Writers & Artisans, Inc., 2022....More. Item Code: RESUN Soft Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color |
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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED MACBETH Hardcover Recommended. By William Shakespeare. Art by Alex Blum. The original early 1940s adaptation by Classic and Fiction House alum, Alex Blum. After winning an important victory in battle, Macbeth, a Scottish lord, is prophesied to become king by three mysterious witches. Will the prophecy be fulfilled? Is Macbeth in charge of his own destiny? Is his deadly fate inevitable? The Shakespeare masterpiece retold. CCS Books, 2016....More. Item Code: CLAMH Hard Cover, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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