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Our new catalog, printed version, has been mailed and should be in customer hands by March 10th. Meanwhile you can download it here right now. If you don’t get one by then, you may not be on our mailing list. In that case, just ask for one or any order will get you on the list. The best original Plastic Man collection yet, in DC Finest. James Gurney & Thomas Kincade sketching in 1982! Eisner’s John Law reborn; Barnaby the last; Jose Munoz; Santos Sisters; Frank Cho’s Fight Girls, Director’s Cut; new Donald Duck tribute; two new Alley Oops. More new Blemished books, Taschen Mature titles, EC bookplate and Barks Prints news… |
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DC FINEST PLASTIC MAN The Origin of Plastic Man |
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| Click here for the entire DC Finest series—and here for more Plastic Man. We currently have four copies of Focus on Jack Cole, published by Fantagraphics in 1986. Depending on condition, from $25 to $44. Jack Cole’s Golden Age Daredevil, created before Plastic Man, is also in stock (from PS Artbooks). |
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THE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO SKETCHING The Classic Book About Making Art on Location Highly Recommended. Since its release in 1982, The Artist’s Guide to Sketching has become a classic art guide for students and laypeople around the world. For decades the first edition was impossible to find but sought out by in-the-know artists. The book includes instruction and artwork by James Gurney and Thomas Kinkade — two students, then traveling by car and sketching their way across the U.S. Both would go on to fame with Dinotopia (Gurney) and as the “Painter of Light” (Kinkade). This freshly updated edition restores the classic text with updated full-color visuals and a special section chronicling the book’s origins and the friendship, drawing on archives from Gurney and the Kinkade family estate. Andrews McMeel, 2025....More. Item Code: ARGSK Soft Cover, 9x11, 176pg, Partial Color $24.99 |
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THE COLLECTED WILL EISNER'S JOHN LAW Highly Recommended. By Will Eisner. Art by Will Eisner & his studio, and Gary Chaloner. In 1948, Will Eisner produced the first issue of John Law Detective, which he intended to add to a line of self-published comics. However, after Eisner's “Baseball Comics”, “Kewpies”, and “Pirate Comics” failed to find an audience, John Law never made it to the newsstand. Featuring original stories by Will Eisner, Gary Chaloner’s award-winning reboot from 2004, including a previously unpublished story, and a foreword by long-time Eisner publisher Denis Kitchen, this is a must-have not just for Eisner fans but comic collectors of all ages. Supporting characters include Lady Luck and Mr. Mystic (!), who both had their own long runs as backup features in The Spirit Weekly. Titan, 2025....More. Item Code: COLJLH Hard Cover, 7x11, 152pg, Full Color $24.99 |
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BARNABY Volume 5 Highly Recommended. Introduction by Ron Howard. Cover by Daniel Clowes. The final two-plus years of the strip, including the rarely-if-ever-seen conclusion. Five-year-old Barnaby Baxter says goodbye to his Fairy Godfather, Mr. O’Malley. Unlike most comic strips, Barnaby ended its ten-year run with an emotionally satisfying ending that broke the hearts of fans when first published in newspapers. The magic of Barnaby resides in its canny mix of fantasy and satire, amplified by the understated elegance of Crockett Johnson’s clean, spare art. Barnaby expanded our sense of what comics can do through its combination of Johnson’s sly wit and O’Malley’s amiable windbaggery, illustrating a child’s feeling of wonder and an adult’s wariness, highly literate jokes and a keen eye for the ridiculous. Fantagraphics, 2025....More. Item Code: BAR05H Hard Cover, 7x11, 388pg, b&w |
| We also have an original 1942 Barnaby first edition in Rare books! Condition: Very Good; yellowing pages, small tears to jacket [RB5126. $40]. |
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REBELLION PRESENTS THE JOSE MUNOZ COLLECTION From 1973. Three action-packed stories from the legendary Lion comic, all featuring the work of master of chiaroscuro-style black-and-white art — José Antonio Muñoz. A Stitch in Time follows the adventures of young Stitch Cotton and his alien friend, Varl, after they steal a time machine. Lost in Limbo Land (written by 2000 AD regular, Chris Lowder) follows Barry Smith, a studious bookworm who is struck by lightning and flung into a world of Norse myth and legend. Sark the Sleeper sees a starship commander accidentally woken from hypersleep by two boys who are completely unaware that they are passengers flying through deep space in search of a new home. Rebellion/2000AD, 2025....More. Item Code: REBJM Soft Cover, 8x11, 128pg, b&w $19.99 |
| Here is more by the two men Munoz studied under: Hugo Pratt and Alberto Brecchia, both of whom also had a realistic, distinctive b&w style. |
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FIGHT GIRLS Director's Cut Highly Recommended. By Frank Cho, Sabine Rich, et al. This edition features new original art and an extended final chapter — how Frank originally intended the series to end. When the Queen of the Galaxy suddenly disappears, ten hard-as-nails women face off in an ancient contest to claim her throne. To win the challenge each contestant must survive the hazards of the planet’s harsh landscape, the ferocious predators on and below its surface, and their fellow contestants. There are no limits in this high-stakes contest, especially when we learn one of the competitors is an infiltrator who has her eye on a bigger prize. AWA, 2025....More. Item Code: FIGGDI Soft Cover, 7x11, 160pg, Full Color $17.99 |
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SANTOS SISTERS Volume 1 Recommended. FollowOne day while combing the beach in their hometown of Las Brisas, the Santos Sisters discover a pair of beautiful medallions. What happens next changes their lives, forever. The medallions are imbued with the powers of a goddess, "Madame Sosostris," and can transform them at will into flying, gun-wielding, mask-wearing murder-heroes. Follow Ambar and Alana, as they balance spicy superheroics with the drama of their everyday lives in a playful mix of Archie Comics and Love and Rockets. They fight crime, date guys, and try to just deal with day-to-day life as young women in a world of deadly assassins, roided-up footballers, zombie attacks, organized crime, and more. Fantagraphics, 2025....More. Item Code: SANS01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 160pg, Full Color |
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WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK Magic and Mayhem An all-new graphic novel. Recommended. By Alberto Savini. Art by Vitale Mangiatordi, Mattia Surroz, Emilio Urbano, et al. Foreword by David Gerstein. Donald Duck doesn’t want much in life. Just a great plate of pancakes. And to be a better treasure hunter than Uncle Scrooge. And for everyone in town to follow his perfect example. And for his whole family to be superheroes! Wait a minute, this is getting wacky... but the mystical E-Genie, an all-powerful being housed in a smartphone, is here to grant Donald’s wackiest wishes before you can say “App-acadabra”! It’s Donald Duck’s 90th anniversary, and a platoon of European Disney comics masters is bringing his magic makeover to life in an all-new feature-length graphic novel! Can Scrooge McDuck, Daisy, Huey, Dewey and Louie, and Cousin Fethry save Duckburg from Donald... and our birthday boy from himself? Fantagraphics, 2025....More. Item Code: WDMAGH Hard Cover, 7x9, 116pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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REDEMPTION Volume 1 Highly Recommended. By Christa Faust. Art by Mike Deodato.The dusty town of Redemption survived the apocalypse, but is hanging on by a thread. A despot rules the town with an iron fist and controls its most precious resource: water. Young Rose Obregon ventures into the wastelands to seek the help of the legendary gunslinger Cat Tanner — but the so-called "Butcher" is long retired. However, when Rose arrives on Tanner's doorstep, with gunmen hot on her trail, the Butcher has a choice to make: sit on the sidelines or pick up her guns and do what she does best? Excellent art! Bonus variant covers including one by Frank Cho. Afterword by the author. Script pages. AWA, 2025....More. Item Code: REDE01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color $9.99 |
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ALLEY OOP IN THE ANCIENT LOST ATLANTIS 1946 10 color Sundays & all Dailies from 1946. Highly Recommended. Alley Oop is flung back in time to legendary Atlantis — right into the raging floodwaters that devastate the city! In the twentieth century, Oop fights a trio of crooked carnival con-men. Then it's back to Moo to find the population ravaged by the Cro-Mags and Oola kidnapped — and fighting mad! Finally, he time travels with "Pop Fish" to the old west to find a gold mine and get thrown in jail. They escape but are now wanted outlaws. Just wonderful adventures across time with our hero and heroine! Reprinting all daily strips from 1946, plus ten Sundays in full color! Wonderful work from Hamlin's finest era, fun to read and brilliantly drawn. Manuscript Press, 2025....More. Item Code: ALLEANC Soft Cover, 10x13, 118pg, Partial Color $37.50 |
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ALLEY OOP AND THE COUNTERFEIT QUEEN 1999 Graue/Bender Recommended. It's intrigue in the high court of ancient Moo as an impostor takes over the throne! Who is the mysterious "She" from the Land of Seven Peaks and what are her plans for the real Queen Umpateedle? Oola is a big part of the action as she infiltrates an enemy tribe that is into open war with Alley's. And then the time machine screws up...again...and flings Alley into the middle ages to meet an aging witch. All daily strips from 1999! Manuscript Press, 2025....More. Item Code: ALLE99 Soft Cover, 9x8, 108pg, b&w $19.99 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ALLEY OOP AND JULIUS CAESAR 1949-1950 Highly Recommended. By V.T. Hamlin. First Alley and crew have a new adventure in Moo, then they're back in the present and off on a trip to the moon! Next up, Julius Caesar has been beaten by the Britons and only Alley can come to the rescue, as he dons armor and becomes a warrior! Back in the modern day, Doc Wonmug is targeted by international gangsters! These stories and more are in this big oversized book, presenting two full years of daily strips and 78 color Sundays. As to why these two oversize books are different — ordinarily, Alley Oop daily and Sunday strips were completely separate and unrelated adventures. But, for reasons we'll never know, for three years (1946, '49, '50) , Sunday strips were integrated directly with the daily story lines, so that they were meant to be read continuously. Acoustic Learning, 2024. ...More. Item Code: ALLEJUL Soft Cover, 13x10, 290pg, Partial Color $75.00 |
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ALSO AVAILABLE ALLEY OOP THE FIRST TIME-TRAVEL ADVENTURES 1939-1942 Reprints all dailies from 1939 to 1942. Highly Recommended. Foreword by Michael H. Price, apprentice to V.T. Hamlin! Never before collected: four years of rare Alley Oop Daily Strips! Alley Oop's time-traveling adventures begin! Join Alley as he fights in the Trojan War, joins Ulysses' Odyssey, visits Cleopatra's Egypt, sails the Spanish Main, plunges into World War II, and more! You've seen the Sunday pages; now enjoy the daily strips, all featuring the time-travel stories, from the very beginning. Beautifully restored from 1939-1942 in this oversize and impressively thick hardcover. Acoustic Learning, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More. Item Code: ALLEFTH Hard Cover, 10x13, 424pg, Full Color $99.99 |
| Here are all the Alley Oop editions, including [RB6647. $150] which is signed by Hamlin himself and limited to 250 copies, from Kitchen Sink, 1991. |
Taschen Adult Special |
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ART OF PIN-UP 40th Anniversary Edition Highly Recommended. Edited by Dian Hanson. With Vargas, Elvgren, Petty, Mozert, Moran etc. Based on the formidably sized $200 Art of Pin-up, this new compact edition gathers everything in the larger edition: 100 artists plus in-depth showcases of the top 10. The reproduction quality of the paintings, pastels, and preparatory sketches that follow — largely sourced from the original art — invites the viewer to trace the brushstrokes, while the exquisite period calendars, vintage prints, and original model photos document the artists’ creative process. Taschen, 2024....More. Item Code: ARTOPAH Hard Cover, 6x8, 512pg, Full Color $30.00 |
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HELMUT NEWTON BERLIN, BERLIN By Matthias Harder.Berlin had an indelible influence on Helmut Newton and his photographic work. Many of his iconic images show the fascination he had for the city throughout his remarkable career, from the 1930s to the 21st century: nightcrawlers in uber-cool clubs, nude portraits in the old Berlin guesthouses of his youth, and the Berlin film scene. Featuring Hanna Schygulla and Wim Wenders at the Berlin Wall, John Malkovich and David Bowie. In 1979, the newly relaunched German Vogue commissioned him to retrace the footsteps of his youth to capture the fashion moment. The resulting portfolio, Berlin, Berlin!, inspired the title of the exhibition which celebrates 20 years of the Helmut Newton Foundation. Taschen, 2024. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: HELNBH Hard Cover, 8x11, 244pg, b&w $60.00 |
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DIAN HANSON'S THE HISTORY OF MEN'S MAGAZINES Volume 2 From Post War to 1959 New Printing. Recommended. By Dian Hanson. 650 magazine covers and photos from the U.S., Mexico, Argentina and England, plus informative essays. After WWII, the U.S. quickly came to dominate the men’s magazine market. Playboy, launched in December 1953, made a huge impact on publishing, but already on the stands were quirky burlesque titles Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter and Eyeful, featuring Bettie Page and covers by artist Peter Driben. Much loved WWII pin-ups, often of aspiring starlets, led to “news and nudes” titles with cover girls Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, and to more lurid titles like Shock, blending burlesque and celebrity scandal. In New York City a clandestine fetishist magazine industry, bankrolled by the mob, emerged, first with John Willie’s Bizarre, then female dominant Exotique. Taschen, 2023. Adult Material....More. Item Code: HISM02H Hard Cover, 9x11, 460pg, Partial Color $70.00 |
| In stock is the whole series of six volumes spanning 1900's to the 1970's. |
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VARGAS 20s-50s By Alberto Vargas. Vargas is the most famous of all American pin-up artists. Individual chapters cover each decade of Vargas's career, beginning in the 1920s, then the 30s, 40s, and very early 50s. Vargas Girls boosted the morale of our fighting men during WWII. There are eleven Esquire girls, along with other unusual and less-seen works featuring elegant nudes, Follies beauties, etc. This is a nice overview of his career, spanning 16 pages, with more rare work and photos. Taschen, 1990. Out of Print. Condition:Fine Plus. Softly bumped corners....More. Item Code: RB6592 Soft Cover, 9x12, 80pg, Full Color $35.00 |
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THE BIG BOOK OF LEGS The third in Dian Hanson's wildly successful series on erotic body parts explores how the female leg became central to women's emancipation, from the French Revolution to the sexual revolution. Over 400 photos document the first burlesque shows of the 1800s, the nylon-mania of the '40s, and the golden age of leg magazines in the '60s. Taschen, 2023. Adult Material. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: BIGBLH Hard Cover, 12x12, 372pg, Partial Color $70.00 |
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ELMER BATTERS 1 This fun little pocket-sized book is filled with dozens of Elmer Batters' photos. The artist's love of the nude female form is in every image. But his special interest is legs, feet, nylons and sexy under things. His girls are engaged with the viewer and having fun teasing and showing off their bodies, from ample breasts on. So there is lots to look at in those areas in this mini-book. Taschen, 1996. Adult Material....More. Item Code: ELMER01 Soft Cover, 3x4, 64pg, Partial Color |
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ELMER BATTERS 2 The Caruska Sittings By Elmer Batters. Like a Zen artist, Elmer Batters has spent over 35 years photographing the same thing. He is the master of "leg art," and this book is a collection of his obsession. Wide variety of women, and usually clearly enjoying what they are doing. There are several photographs of the same ladies, such as a voluptuous brunette who is smiling and clearly having fun teasing the reader with her exposed breasts, nylons, high heels and undies. The artist's love of the nude female form is in every image. But his special interest is legs, feet, nylons and sexy under things. So there is lots to look at in those areas in this mini-book. Taschen, 1995. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: ELMER02 Soft Cover, 3x4, 34pg, Full Color |
| In Rare Books we have Legs that Dance to Elmer's Tune (40% off!), and From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose. |
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LIBERATORE'S WOMEN By Liberatore. When the creator of Ranxerox and Ranx devotes an entire book to drawings and paintings of women, the results are intense, disturbing, bizarre, and very sexy. Italy's famous artist draws no delicate flowers—his women are powerful and menacing, exuding a fearsome and yet compelling sexuality. A master of eroticism. Explicit paintings and drawings both, beautifully printed in an oversized edition. Kitchen Sink, 1998. Out of Print. Adult Material....More. Item Code: LIBHC Hard Cover, 9x13, 96 pg, Partial Color |
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MARVEL FANFARE Omnibus Volume 1 Collects #1-19, 1982. In 1982, the comics industry was making rapid advances. The door to higher-quality, prestige titles had been opened with Marvel Fanfare. It was the place to be seen. The series gave industry’s greatest creators — like Frank Miller, Barry Windsor-Smith, Chris Claremont and Michael Golden — a chance to make singular statements on Marvel icons like Captain America, the Thing and Spider-Man. New talents like Mike Mignola and Charles Vess could take their shot for an issue and gain break-out success. And groundbreaking talents like Bill Sienkiewicz could steal the scene with a gallery of pinups that redefined characters in a single image. Marvel, 2025. Due: May....More. Item Code: MARVF01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 736pg, Full Color |
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QUEEN SONJA Omnibus Volume 2 Collects #16-35, 2011-13. By Luke Lieberman and Arvid Nelson. Art by Edgar Salazar et al.Collects three complete volumes and story lines: Volume 4 Son of Set; Volume 5 Ascendancy; and Volume 6 Heavy is the Crown. Here's Thulsa Doom and the evil god Set; Sonja's new kingdom revolts against her rule. And now as Empress, she's the target for plots, schemes and assassination attempts. She sends her best captains to infiltrate a suicide cult of fanatical worshipers. Dynamite, 2025. Due: May....More. Item Code: QS02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 496pg, Full Color |
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SUICIDE SQUAD The New 52 Omnibus Collects Suicide Squad #0-30, Suicide Squad: Amanda Waller #1 and more, 1989-2014. By Adam Glass et al. Art by Andrei Bressan et al. Drafted on a mission deemed too deadly for the Justice League, this team of super-villains is dispatched on ultra-violent missions with an ultra-slim chance of survival. They complete the mission; they are one step closer to freedom. They are the Suicide Squad. Harley Quinn. Deadshot. King Shark. They’re some of the most notorious super-criminals in the DC Universe. As part of DC’s “The New 52” relaunch they are off on harrowing missions through some of the most dangerous places on earth. Who will earn their freedom and who will die trying? DC Comics, 2025. Due: May....More. Item Code: SUISNH Hard Cover, na, 856pg, Full Color |
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FANTASTIC FOUR Omnibus Volume 1 New printing. Collects #1-30, 1961-64; Annual #1, 1963. Our Highest Recommendation. TheyThey were visionaries. Explorers. Imaginauts. They were Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. And like the Fantastic Four, they continually strove to overcome the impossible and achieve the extraordinary. Now, the first three years of their landmark run are collected in one oversized volume. Includes all original letters pages and pinups, critical commentaries, a historical overview, and other extras. It doesn't get better than this! The title that kicked off the entire Marvel Age of Comics in December, 1961. Stan and Jack's masterpiece! Marvel, 2025. Due: May....More. Item Code: FFOM01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 848pg, Full Color |
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SILVER SURFER Omnibus Volume 1 New printing. Silver Surfer #1-18 & more, 1968-70. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas et al. Norrin Radd sacrificed himself to save his planet and his true love Shalla-Bal from the world-devourer Galactus. The price was servitude as mighty Galactus' herald, the Silver Surfer! Now, exiled on Earth, the Surfer struggles to understand mortal men. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the pages of Fantastic Four, here are the first amazing issues of the Surfer's own title, with Lee's socially conscious writing and Kirby's mind-blowing cosmic concepts — joined by the one and only John Buscema! Marvel, 2025. Due: May. ...More. Item Code: SILS01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 576pg, Full Color |
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GREEN LANTERN The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 2 New printing. Collects #36-75, 1965-70. Our Highest Recommendation. By John Broome. Art by Gil Kane, with Sid Greene and Murphy Anderson. An amazing five more years of the original Green Lantern/Hal Jordan stories. The three big DC Silver Age hits and fan favorite series in the early sixties were The Flash, Adam Strange in Mystery in Space...and GL. These are the tales that established Hal Jordan as the greatest member of the Green Lantern Corps and offered fans brilliant storytelling. This was the thinking fan's series. Since GL's ring could create just about anything, instead of having punch-outs with the bad guys, he simply out-thought them, using his ring to create defensive and offensive stuff of all sorts. The ring could create dams to stop runaway rivers, giant hammers to swat threats out of the sky, an invulnerable shield, blinding light, a giant bow-and-arrow...anything except mechanized equipment. Also: Cross-overs with the Golden Age Green Lantern, plus first appearances of Sinestro, Evil Star, Black Hand, Dr. Polaris, Star Sapphire and more. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Due: May. ...More. Item Code: GRL02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1000pg, Full Color |
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PHANTOM THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES Volume 32 1986-1987 Hurt By Lee Falk. Art by Sy Barry. Four complete continuities drawn by Sy Barry continue the adventures of The Phantom, Diana, and his two children: "Tarashima Terrorists", "The Snake Goddess", "Zabadabah", and "Ruler of Baronkhan", where a young man set to inherit a kingdom is being targeted for murder by someone, and The Phantom is going to solve the mystery. Hermes, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: PH32HR Hard Cover, 12x9, 272pg, b&w |
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JUDGE DREDD By Brian Bolland Masterpiece Edition Hurt Oversized. Highly Recommended. Acclaimed as one of the greatest artists of his generation for his work on such titles as Camelot 3000 and Batman: The Killing Joke, Brian Bolland’s work on Judge Dredd helped catapult both the series and Bolland himself to international acclaim. Here are stunning original art pages from the Judge Dredd epics; The Cursed Earth, The Day the Law Died, The Judge Child Quest, and Bolland’s masterpiece Judge Death Lives. 2000 AD, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: JUDBBR Soft Cover, 9x12, 160pg, Partial Color |
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THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR Ominous Omnibus Volume 3 Hurt Highly Recommended. Cover by Matt Groening. Introduction by Marge Simpson. Fiendish Fables of Devilish Delicacies! The third volume of three! Collecting the complete series — packaged in a deluxe, die-cut slipcase that glows in the dark. Contributors include Zander, Gene Colan, Dan DeCarlo, Garth Ennis, Gilbert Hernandez, Carol Lay, Stan Sakai, Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, Rob Zombie, Marv Wolfman and more!!. Abrams, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: SIMPT03HR Hard Cover, 8x12, 416pg, Full Color |
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CREEPY ARCHIVES Volume 8 Hurt Collects #37-41. Now available in a value-priced paperback edition, Creepy Archives Volume 8 features the best in gruesomely gorgeous tales of horror, fantasy, and science fiction from a capable cadre of celebrated storytellers including Tom Sutton, Steve Skeates, Wally Wood, T. Casey Brennan, Ernie Colón, and many more. Dark Horse, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: CRE08R Soft Cover, 8x11, 312pg, Partial Color |
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ARTISTS' MASTER SERIES Perspective and Depth Hurt Art by Mike Hernandez, Devin Elle Kurtz, Nathan Fowkes, Orenji, and Guweiz. No matter what medium you work in, this combination can be the driving force that elevates art from “good” to “world-class.” This book takes these fundamentals and pushes them to an advanced level of understanding and application. To achieve this ambitious brief, a select few, hugely popular industry experts reveal how they plan and execute these techniques. 3dtotal Publishing, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: ARTMPDHR Hard Cover, 8x12, 304pg, Partial Color |
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Folsom Comic Show March 2 |
| We’ll be exhibiting at the Folsom Comic Show this weekend, Sunday, March 2. I’ll be attending but not exhibiting at the next Sac-Con in March and the next Berkeley Comic show April 5. Full details on these and other shows are on our Upcoming Events page, along with pictures and a local television news clip from the last Folsom show. |
| Our reorder has taken ages to be confirmed and shipped — the publisher was very slow fulfilling orders on the Zoop offering. We listed the John Buscema cover in our latest catalog (page 3) but it is sold out. We do have more Barry Windsor-Smith covers and Jim Lee covers coming in, so order accordingly. Both are down to less than 100 copies left from the publisher. |  |
| We featured this on our last catalog cover for 2025…and we just learned it’s gone out of print from the publisher. We still have copies available while they last. |
Jim Vadeboncoeur’s Black and White Images |
| Jim’s third issue is now in very short supply, just seven copies left. We’ve taken it off our flash sale and the last ones are cover price [IMAA03. $25]. Issues 4 and 5 are still just $7.50 each, and Images (his regular full color magazine) remain at $5 each, except the last issue, #13 is $7.50 ($30 cover price). Underwood’s Philip K. Dick Letters is now sold out. |
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Once again, the publisher has given us advance warning on titles going out of print. In short supply are: 1957 Mississippi - 1958 Back to the Moon - 1960 Fountain of Youth - 1964 Olympus 1991 Sparta - 1963 Dragon Silene - 1978 Delfon - 1959 Million Nugget |
Weird Science XXL Bookplate |
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| Author Grant Geissman and the Gaines family members Wendy, Cathy and Corey are signing a special bookplate that will come with this new Taschen edition. It will be limited to just 100 copies. We will also include it with the deluxe edition and numbers will be allocated in the order we take customer reservations. It features an Al Feldstein recreation from 2001 in full color. |  |
We have been offering these individually but our supplier does not want to break up his sets with four matching numbers. We still have just a couple copies each of A Hot Defense, Visitor from Underground, and Gifts for Shacktown at $200 each (they were $300 each). Sold out is Always Another Rainbow. We still have the 4-print sets at the new discounted price of $600 [CBLITP]. ~Bud |
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