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We have the first-ever R. Crumb biography; a killer new Alter Ego on 1950s superheroes; a new Frazetta collection; Farscape; Batgirl; Gil Kane; Supernatural Korea; Eyrie #1-3 and Secrets of Painting signed by Mike Hoffman; the Complete Krazy Kat Color Sundays from Taschen; Georges Bess’ Hunchback; and Romeo vs. Juliet! Plus lots of News and Notes! |
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| Taschen just re-released their six Sketchbooks ($50 each). We also have the original German-produced editions from the 1980s these were taken from, a signed limited set from 2012 that collects his work from 1982-2011, just listed and more. |
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GEORGE HERRIMAN'S KRAZY KAT The Complete Color Sundays 1935-1944 Highly Recommended. For the first time ever, ten full years—632 pages—of Herriman’s Krazy Kat Sunday pages, his best and brightest work, in large 10x14 size. One of the first comics to be considered a work of art, Krazy Kat delights with its characterization and visual-verbal creativity alongside the slapstick shenanigans between Krazy and Ignatz the mouse. This book comes with an illustrated introduction by Alexander Braun. Taschen, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Due: May....More. Item Code: GEOKKSH Hard Cover, 10x14, 632pg, Partial Color $100.00 |
| Here’s more of Krazy, including his earliest collection from 1977 ($30 & $60), a postcards book, the Komplete Kat Komics Vols 1 to 8 (dailies beginning in 1916). |
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ALTER EGO #192 Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Roy Thomas. A brilliant new issue with a lengthy, highly detailed look at the imagined super-hero shortage in comics between All-Star #57 and Showcase #4 — Mark Carlson-Ghost says think again! Here is the mid-1950s super-hero revival featuring The Human Torch, Captain America, Sub-Mariner, Fighting American, The Avenger, Strongman, Nature Boy, Black Cobra, Phantom Lady, The Flame, Samson, Wonder Boy, Tomboy, and Captain Flash, with art by John Romita, John Buscema, Bill Everett, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Mike Sekowsky, Mort Meskin, Bob Powell, and other comic book greats! Plus FCA looks at Trina and C.C. Beck's close relationship, and Michael T. Gilbert looks closely at Aquaman and Metal Men artist Ramona Frandon. TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: AE192 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Full Color $10.95 |
| Back issues! Don’t miss the Angelo Torres issue, also winning our Highest Recommendation. |
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ORGY PLUS MASSACRE Volume 1 1950-1956 By G.H. Janus. A sampler of sexy, scary and sensational films from the years 1950 to 1979, three of the most consequential decades in film history. It was during these years that global cinema came of age, not only in the technological sense but especially by way of pushing back pre-war restrictions of censorship, so much so that by the end of the 1960s, explicit sex and graphic violence had both become accepted in the mainstream. The book is divided into five sections: Horror, Science Fiction, Mayhem (delinquency, crime, murder, atrocity), Myth (fantasies of other worlds and time periods), and last but not least, Sex (nudity, sexploitation, adult). Nudity. Deicide Press, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: ORGPM01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 140pg, b&w $24.99 |
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SUPERNATURAL KOREA: MAGICAL TALES OF GOBLINS, DRAGONS, DEMONS AND MORE Recommended. From spooky tales of shape-shifting beasts and vengeful demons to romantic stories of enchanted love, the 19 stories in this collection bring together the best of Korea's supernatural folklore. Thirty-six gorgeous watercolor paintings and pencil drawings by artist Marco Furlotti bring the stories to life. Tuttle, 2025....More. Item Code: SUPKH Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Partial Color $19.99 |
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THE FRAZETTA GALLERY SERIES TERROR Limited edition, Poster size removeable pages. Recommended. Foreword by Frankie Frazetta. American Hero Press is launching a new series of curated, themed collector books. The Frazetta Gallery Series features Frazetta masterpieces in oversized, framable gallery format. These books are officially licensed productions from the Frank Frazetta Estate and the Frazetta Art Museum. Each book will be designed and printed to the highest available quality from the best existing files. Additional sketches, prelims and Frazetta photos throughout. Each will be a limited print run of about 3,000. This volume includes 26 collector images and Normanton, Brom, Brinkley, and Palumbo essays. American Hero Press, 2024. |
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THE FRAZETTA GALLERY SERIES TERROR Slipcased Limited, 500. 3-D Lenticular Portrait. Foil stamped leatherette slipcase with embossed 2-color medallion. Recommended. Full-color covers plus foil stamping, luxurious 3-piece case binding, numbered limitation page that is a 3D Lenticular presentation of one of Frazetta’s classic horror icon paintings, Die-cast Frazetta Horror Medallion, finished in a raised-relief graphite silver with red and white color enhancements. 3.5” in diameter and permanently affixed to the slipcase, slipcase leatherette Midnight Graveyard Black material over the ultra-weight 3mm boards and decorated on both sides with 2 color foil stamping. American Hero Press, 2024. Due: Apr....More. Item Code: FRAZGTD Hard Cover, 11x15, 72pg, Full Color $150.00 |
| ALSO AVAILABLE THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF FRANK FRAZETTA Limited First Edition, 6000 individually numbered copies. Available from us but now out of print. Our Highest Recommendation. Introduction by Dan Nadel. This monograph is the biggest and most complete ever produced on the artist, done in collaboration with the Frazetta family and with top collectors. Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 10 years since his death. With his paintings now breaking auction records, he's long overdue for this ultimate monograph. This has a LOT of material rarely or never before seen. Many nudes that Frank just did for himself are here; early work from his youth and early days in comics, Li'l Abner and Thunda pages, early comic book covers — all from his original art. There are also later advertising works never before collected, early paperback covers now show from the paintings. There's also a good bibliography of many of the works originally published as paperback, magazine and book covers. Taschen, 2023. Out of Print. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE FRAZETTA BOOK COVER ART The Definitive Reference Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. By J. David Spurlock. This new book is devoted solely to the artist's single, most beloved venue, Book Cover Art. By focusing on this specific area, the book boasts room enough to feature every single one of Frazetta's famous and highly collectable covers, beautifully and authentically reproduced at a larger size on a page to itself. All, paperbacks from girlie publishers, Ace Burroughs covers, Conans, and far far more, are presented in chronological order, which gives readers a unique ability to follow Frazetta's evolution as an artist. Commentary and rare quotes from the artist himself. Vanguard, 2022....More. Item Code: FRAZBCH Hard Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Full Color |
| We just reduced the price on this by $10. The deluxe edition is also available. Here’s much more from Frazetta. |
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Highly Recommended. Georges Bess masterfully adapts Victor Hugo’s classic novel of unrequited love set in the midst of medieval Paris in 1482. Quasimodo, a deformed bellringer in Notre Dame cathedral, is hopelessly in love with the beautiful but wild gypsy girl Esmeralda who has falsely been condemned as a witch by the archdeacon. In hopes of saving her from a fiery fate, he hides her in the cathedral's tower and fights off her tormentors. Brilliantly drawn, oversized, handsome embossed gilt cover. Nudity. Magnetic Press, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: HUNNH Hard Cover, 9x12, 208pg, b&w |
| Here’s more by Georges Bess: Aphrodite ($50), Frankenstein (matching Hunchback) also $31.99, and Bess has work in the Jodorowsky Library. |
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ROMEO VS JULIET A Kill Shakespeare Adventure Pulitzer Prize-winner writer Anthony Del Col (Luke Cage: Everyman, I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp) and artist Stefan Tosheff bring reboot Kill Shakespeare with this fantasy Western. The world's most famous lovers are now sworn enemies dueling to the death! In this Shakespearean Western, warrior-for-hire (and pregnant) Juliet Capulet is hired to protect a border town nunnery from the evil forces led by her ex Romeo. As they prepare, she reluctantly reunites with her old allies, including Hamlet, Othello, Puck (a “Magnificent Shakespeare Seven”) but they soon discover something rotten in the state of the nunnery and a magical force that dreams are made on, all while Juliet must determine if the father of her child is Hamlet. or the man she must kill, Romeo. Gemstone, 2025. ...More. Item Code: ROMVJ Soft Cover, 6x10, 148pg, Full Color $17.99 |
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ONE PATH Volume 1 Oversized 9x12. By Greg Broadmore with Andy Lanning and Nick Boshier. "Pitching Dinos against cave girls in a breathtakingly original world—no one could do it better than Greg Broadmore." - Richard Taylor, WETA Workshop. Hunted by giant primordial beasts, a tribe of cave women scratch out a bleak existence in a brutal, uncaring world. They cling to a life where not many make it beyond the first few months, let alone to adulthood. Governed by ancient laws and arcane rituals — the only constants they have — they follow the old ways on pain of death. But One Path, a powerful female, hunter and warrior, has a plan to free them from the toll the great predators take — work together with the monsters... Abundant nudity and violence. Mad Cave Studios, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: ONEP01 Soft Cover, 8x12, 200pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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FARSCAPE Book 1 Collects Farscape #1-4, Farscape Vol. 2 #1-4, and 3 more stories, 2009-11. 'Scapers will be frelling delighted to experience what happens to the Moya crew after the Peacekeeper Wars in the first of two ultimate collections officially extending the show mythology! After the events on Hyneria, the crew of Moya face a new, mysterious menace, discover their greatest enemies might just be themselves, John Crichton and Aeryn Sun reunite at last, and so much more! Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon is joined by writer Keith R.A. DeCandido, with art by Tommy Patterson, Neil Edwards, and more in the massive omnibus collection: SIX COMPLETE adventures in a single volume!...More. Item Code: FARS01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 688pg, Full Color $59.99 |
FARSCAPE Book 2 Item Code: FARS02H |
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DC FINEST BATGIRL Nobody Dies Tonight Collects stories from Batgirl #7-27, Superboy #85, and Supergirl #63, 2000-02. By Sandy Puckett, Joe Kelly and Damon Scott. Here are the earliest, key early appearances of Cassandra Cain, the fan-favorite Batgirl who first appeared in 1999. The daughter of assassins, Cassandra Cain used her unique skills and martial arts prowess to become a hero — and a vastly different Batgirl than fans had seen before. In these tales, from comics talents including writer Kelley Puckett and artist Damion Scott, Cass faces Lady Shiva in a battle to the death, steps up her training with Batman, and teams with fellow teen heroes Superboy and Supergirl! DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: DCFBN Soft Cover, 7x10, 552pg, Full Color |
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WEB OF SPIDER-MAN Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Web of Spider-Man #1-34; Web of Spider-Man Annual #1-3 and much more, 1985-88. By Louise Simonson, Fingeroth, Peter David, Mantlo et al. Art by Greg Larocque, Jim Mooney, Sal Buscema, Zeck, Stern, Art Adams, Mignola, Frenz et al. When Marvel Team-Up came to an end, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man grabbed yet more of the spotlight in Web of Spider-Man! Whether in his sleek black suit or classic red-and-blues, Spidey faces off with Magma, the Vulturions, Chance, Future Max and the Smithville Thunderbolt, as well as the Kingpin, Doc Octopus, the Vulture and even the Hulk. Peter Parker makes a jaunt over the Atlantic for some adventures in the UK where he foils an assassination attempt on the prime minister. Then, back on this side of the Pond, he has to travel cross-country to retrieve a misplaced web-shooter! Plus: The all-time classic Spider-title crossover “Kraven’s Last Hunt”! And Peter gets consigned to a mental hospital’s Mad Dog Ward! Marvel, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: WEBS01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1128pg, Full Color |
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ALLEY OOP IN YOUTOPIA 1968 Hamlin/Graue Recommended. By V.T. Hamlin and Dave Graue. Alley Oop has had it with living in prehistoric Moo! Will he find a new paradise in Youtopia? But in modern times, Earth is threatened by the planetfall of Asteroid Icarus! Also featuring an unexpected encounter with Helen of Troy! Lots of time travel. Oola, toting a rifle, takes a "Prehistoric Photojournalist" to Moo and to Troy and Alley has to come to her rescue instead of the reverse. Reprinting all daily strips from 1968. Acoustic Learning, 2025....More. Item Code: ALLE68 Soft Cover, 9x8, 106pg, b&w $19.99 |
ALLEY OOP MEETS EARLIE OOP THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS 2000-2002 Item Code: ALLEMEE |
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ALLEY OOP AND THE MIGHTY KAFRAK 2000 Graue/Bender Recommended. By Dave Graue & Jack Bender. Alley and his best pal Foozy discover the futuristic underground world of the Great Kafrak! Will they be her prisoners — or her saviors? Also, Alley champions the revolution against the vicious Socko the Giant! Reprinting all daily strips from 2000. Acoustic Learning, 2025....More. Item Code: ALLE00 Soft Cover, 9x8, 106pg, b&w $19.99 |
| Here’s more Alley. Be aware that several books are going out of print and in short supply. Don’t miss the Sunday Page and First Time Travel adventures, they are our most popular titles. Followed by all the V.T. Hamlin collections. |
Mike Hoffman Exclusives |
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EYRIE MAGAZINE #1-3 Set Recommended. Art by Mike Hoffman, Jason Paulos, and Rock Baker. New tales of horror that salute the great mags of the past, but also plow new territory with imaginative and thought-provoking tales by famed fantasy artist & comics creator Mike Hoffman and his band of supremely talented artists and writers! Self-published and not available in most outlets. Intelligent and thoughtful horror tales with a moral — told without unnecessary gore or sexual content and high-quality art and content, much like the earliest Warren publications. Featuring dramatic covers by well-known comics and fantasy artist Mike Hoffman, 17 horror tales in total. We are starting with the first issues that came out in 2020-21, but if they do well we will pick up more—they are up to #30 this month. Hoffman International, 2020-21....More. Item Code: EYR01P Magazine, 8x11, 40pg ea, b&w $26.95 |
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SECRETS OF PAINTING Mike Hoffman Signed Signed! Highly Recommended. By Mike Hoffman. You don't need to be a wanna-be artist to appreciate this superb collection of paintings. Our friend Dan Brereton, who's also a painter of comics and fantasy, is one of Mike's biggest fans. Here you will see exactly why. Wonderful paintings of heroes and heroines, monsters, King Kong, witches, barbarian women, mermaids, winged devils (both male and female)...And yes, you also get some great prelim work showing how it's all done, step by step guides to fantasy images. Mike Hoffman, 2024....More. Item Code: SECPHS Hard Cover, 8x11, 82pg, Partial Color $35.00 |
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This week we have several out-of-print Dan Brereton titles; a set of Craig Yoe’s ARF; Chesley Bonestell, a signed Manara Indian Summer; Hannes Bok (two different), Hogarth’s Tarzan, Calvo, three different books on Mahlon Blaine, Kelly Freas. Also several classic 1980s books on Dungeons and Dragons, Dragonlance, and The Art of Dragon Magazine, all in super nice condition. Also: Alicia Austin, Mickey Mouse in Color, Disney Dons Dogtags, The Complete Star Hawks (by Gil Kane), The Complete Terry and the Pirates and Male Call. | ||
Gil Kane - Back in Stock |
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GIL KANE ART AND INTERVIEWS Hardcover Back in stock. Highly Recommended. Gil Kane, whose career spanned almost the entire history of American comic books, was one of the most influential artists to work in the medium. This book takes an inside look at the history and development of American comic books through interviews with Kane and some of his most important collaborators. These interviews, conducted by Daniel Herman, author of Gil Kane: The Art of the Comics, explore a wide range of topics which focus on the development of comic book storytelling in the last half of the twentieth century — all accompanied by examples of Kane's rarely seen original artwork and a full color section of his finest comic book work. Hermes, 2002....More. Item Code: GILKAH Hard Cover, 8x11, 200pg, Partial Color $47.99 |
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GIL KANE The Art of Comics Hardcover Back in stock. Highly Recommended. By Daniel Herman. Art by Gil Kane. A comprehensive overview of the career of one of the most significant artists of comic book stories in the 20th century. This book takes an in-depth look at Gil Kane, his art, and the art of comic books. Essential reading for the fan of comics history and its artistic values. Gil Kane was one of the leading pioneers for the medium, and this book solidifies his place as one of the greatest comic soldiers of all time. Features black-and-white art, color art, plus epilogue, footnotes, checklist, an interview with Gil Kane, and more! Hermes, 2001....More. Item Code: GILKACH Hard Cover, 8x11, 208pg, Partial Color $49.99 |
| Also available in softcover, same cover and contents [GILKAC. $29.99]. These were all published in 2001-2002. Here’s more by Kane on our website. See Rare Books this week for The Complete Star Hawks by Kane [RB7184. $100], also from Hermes. |
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Two new DVDs this week: The Young Seducers, a trio of three films from 1970 by a well-known director. And a new release in the 42nd Street series. Click here for more adult DVDs.
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Inside Our Next Sale: I’ve just lowered prices on even more books; we have almost 200 titles now discounted newly this week, or even MORE discounted to clear out space here! We now have dozens of titles as low as $5, $7.50 or $10, many now 75% off cover price. You can see all 200 all-new-prices here, before our other sale lists go out. We may have as few as one, two or three copies of these. You’ll find new PS pre-code Artbooks, two Spectrums, Dune, Green Hornet, Birds of Prey, Zatanna, this year’s Overstreet Priceguide, Sacred Six, Firefly, Spawn, Ronin Island, Best of Star Studded, and many graphic novels. |
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Carol Day by David Wright |
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We did such a good job of talking this up, we blew out all of our initial shipment! Pretty good for a British artist nearly unknown in the U.S. We have a bunch more coming in shortly (from England) so order it with confidence -- you’ll have one as soon as we can get it to you. Limited to 500. We’re also going to bring in a deluxe edition of a complete story from the series; we’ll announce that shortly. It’s also severely limited. |
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We also blew through our stock of Sky Masters, but only because a third of our order came in with dented corners. We have more coming as I write this. |
RIP - Robert McGinnis |
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Famed paperback cover and movie poster artist Robert McGinnis passed away this week at the age of 99. |
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The latest release is Volume 12 and we’re featuring a wonderful Greg Hildebrandt piece from it on our next catalog cover, the Late Spring issue. It should be available to download by next week. I’ve just discontinued the earlier volumes since they’ve slowed down, so act now if you are missing any. |
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We just raised our basic shipping rates by $1 on the lower end, making the minimum shipping now $5.95 and our upper rates by $2, making the top rate $18.95 for $200-$299.99. Foreign rates may need to go up too, but for now they remain the same. |
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