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LOST MARVELS Volume 1 Tower of Shadows Hurt Almost Gone! Collects the NEW material from #1-9, 1969-71. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Len Wein et al. In 1969, with its revolutionary superhero line well established, Marvel took a chance on the kind of supernatural, EC-style anthology series that had been banned since the formation of the Comics Code in the 1950s. Tower of Shadows began featuring entirely new stories with a staggering array of artists: Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Berni Wrightson, Wally Wood, John Romita, Johnny Craig, Tom Sutton & others. Atmospheric gems of twisted suspense and sardonic horror. Fantagraphics, 2025. Out of print. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: LOST01HR Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Full Color |
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ATLAS ARTIST EDITION Volume 1 Joe Maneely Hurt Our Highest Recommendation. A cornucopia, 256 pages, of Maneely’s finest! Marvel (then called Atlas) classics including pre-code horror (“Haunted!,” “The Raving Maniac,” and the classic “Your Name Is Frankenstein”), space opera (Speed Carter), war (Combat Kelly), Mad-style parodies of Crazy and Riot, cold-war intrigue, the Fu Manchu swipe (Yellow Claw), Westerns (Kid Colt, Black Rider, Ringo Kid, Wyatt Earp, Two-Gun Kid), and Maneely’s pride and joy — his Arthurian champion, The Black Knight. Fantagraphics, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: ATLA01HR Hard Cover, 10x13, 256pg, Full Color |
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ATLAS ARTIST EDITION Volume 2 Al Williamson Hurt Complete Stories, 1955-60. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. Becoming a professional comics artist in 1948 at the age of 17, by 21 Al Williamson was so well-regarded he was recruited by EC Comics — the absolute peak of the field in the 1950s, and a team rarely challenged since. After the Comics Code forced EC to reduce their business, Williamson found himself at the door of Atlas Comics, the largest employer of freelancers in the field. Across 1955-57 and 1959-60, Williamson would draw 99 stories for Atlas (both solo and with help by "Fleagle Gang" studio cohorts Angelo Torres and Roy Krenkel, plus Gray Morrow and Ralph Mayo) in mostly western and fantasy genres, with a smattering of war, romance and "jungle girl adventure." HERE ARE EVERY ONE OF THOSE STORIES, SLIGHTLY OVERSIZED AND IN FULL COLOR! Fantagraphics, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: ATLA02HR Hard Cover, 10x13, 448pg, Full Color |
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PULP HOPE 2 The Art of Paul Pope Hurt Massive 10x13 size, 340 pages in full color. Recommended. Updated, premium format new edition. Never before seen art and brand new previously unavailable material. New York Times bestselling cartoonist Paul Pope has worked with companies and clients including Kodansha, Nike, Disney, Image, DC, Marvel, and the British Film Institute. A critical and commercial icon, his influences include European, Japanese, and American comics traditions, while his own impact is undeniable across generations of artists. Archaia, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: PULARR Soft Cover, 10x13, 336pg, Partial Color |
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HAMMER COMPLETE The Films, The Personnel, The Company Hurt Highly Recommended. By Howard Maxford. Everything you could ever want to know about the fabled “Studio that Dripped Blood.” A massive 984 page lowdown on all the imperishable classics of horror, like The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula and The Devil Rides Out. And every star, from Christopher Lee to the voluptuous ladies. Lavishly illustrated. Every Hammer film and television production in thorough detail: budgets, shooting schedules, publicity, all the actors, supporting players, writers, directors, producers, composers and technicians. Packed with quotes, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, credit lists and production specifics, this all-inclusive reference work is the last word on this cherished cinematic institution, one of the most beloved horror film companies ever. McFarland, 2019. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: HAMCHR Hard Cover, 9x11, 992pg, Text/b&w |
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BLACK CONDOR & THE RAY Volume 2 Hardcover Hurt Collects The Ray from Smash #23-30 and Black Condor from Crack #12-21, 1941-42. Our Highest Recommendation. Art by Lou Fine and Reed Crandall. Don't miss this fine new collection of rare early Quality Group stories. Lou Fine draws every single Black Condor story in this collection, while Reed Crandall draws every Ray story to #29, taking over from Lou Fine with Crack #23. These are two of Quality's earliest and best superheroes. The Ray is zapped by an electrical storm, giving him powers to absorb energy from his surroundings and emit it from his body in any form he chooses, including flight. The Black Condor is Richard Grey, who lost his parents and was raised by giant black condors. From his condor foster parents, he learned to fly. PS Artbooks, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: BLACR02HR Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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FARSCAPE Book 1 Hurt 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! Archaia, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: FARS01HR Hard Cover, 7x10, 688pg, Full Color |
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THE ADVENTURES OF BLAKE & MORTIMER The Complete Collection Volume 1 Hurt Highly Recommended. By Edgar P. Jacobs. This first volume brings together the three episodes of our heroes' very first adventure, The Secret of the Swordfish, introducing their nemesis Olrik, their habit of saving the world “¦ and Jacobs's love of airplanes! A renowned physicist and the head of MI5 partner up to battle threats to the Empire and solve extraordinary mysteries across the globe. A long-awaited Complete Collection, each volume will gather two or three books each, in the original publishing order, plus another book's worth of extra material on the series and the author, as well as sketches and historical notes. This is a Belgian comics series created by writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first book series to appear in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Belgian comic book publisher Le Lombard. Cinebook, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: BLAKM01HR Hard Cover, 9x11, 224pg, Full Color |
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THE ADVENTURES OF BLAKE & MORTIMER The Complete Collection Volume 2 Hurt Recommended. By Edgar P. Jacobs. Here are the most emblematic early adventures: the two-part Mystery of the Great Pyramid, and above all, the incredible Yellow M, a classic that propelled its author into the ranks of bande dessinée greats. Graphic quality, narrative rigor, constant dramatic tension, and that touch of the unreal that are the trademark of the series — it's all there. Along with, of course, 40 pages of extra material on the creation of such seminal stories! First published in the legendary Euro magazine Tintin. Cinebooks, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: BLAKM02HR Hard Cover, 9x11, 224pg, Full Color |
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| I AM A BARBARIAN Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs Signed Limited Hurt Signed & limited, 600. Bookplate signed by Thomas Simmons (adaptor), Mike Dubisch (artist) and L. Jamal Walton (letterer). Comes with a bonus bookplate limited to just the first 250 copies. Recommended. Custom gold foil-imprinted slipcase. ERB’s “historical fiction” story set in ancient Rome, written in 1941 but not published until 1967, now adapted into a Sunday Page format. It tells the story of a young man’s courage in the face of cruel adversity, and of his tragic love for a beautiful Belgian slave girl. Britannicus, the defiant son of an arrogant chief in far-off Britain, was just another barbarian to the haughty Romans who captured and enslaved him to become the personal gladiator/slave of the mad Emperor Caligula. ERB, Inc., 2022. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: IAMBADR Hard Cover, 11x8, 228pg, Partial Color |
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SKY MASTERS OF THE SPACE FORCE The Complete Sunday Strips in Color Hurt New Edition, larger size with 16 bonus pages in color. Our Highest Recommendation. By Dave Wood. Art by Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. The Sky Masters newspaper strip is one of the most fascinating and obscure works by comics legend Jack Kirby. Created and developed by Kirby with writer Dave Wood at the beginning of 1958 while Kirby was working for National (DC), the Sky Masters daily strip debuted on September 8 of that year. Five months later, on February 8, 1959, the color Sunday strips arrived featuring a totally independent story line from the dailies.The strip narrates, with a realistic approach, the adventures of Major Sky Masters during the early days of space exploration in the late 1950s, just as a new front opened in the Cold War between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.: a frenzied space race. Kirby Museum Press, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. Out of print....More. Item Code: SKYMHR Hard Cover, 10x14, 144pg, Partial Color |
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THE COLLECTED TOPPI Volume 6 Japan (Hurt) Our Highest Recommendation. The sixth of a seven-volume library: six tales of folklore set in Medieval Japan. Presented in English for the first time since the 1970s and 1980s. Tales of ronin, demons, a retired samurai, the beautiful fox goddess and an unlikely savior, this collection includes "Tanka," "Kimura," "The Return of Ishi," "Sato," "Ogari 1650," and "Momotaro." Toppi is widely considered one of the world’s greatest visionaries in the art of sequential storytelling, with his evocative, detail-oriented pen-and-ink style. Magnetic Press, 2021. Out of print. Condition: We are unable to get perfect copies; these have bumped corners and/or dented cover edges....More. Item Code: COLT06H Hard Cover, 9x12, 144pg, 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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LEGENDS OF THE PIERCED VEIL The Mask of Fudo Hurt Recommended. Mythical tales of bloodshed set in a Feudal Japan that runs rampant with spirits both demonic and heroic fighting for the fate of their world, from acclaimed creator Saverio Tenuta. Set in the same feudal Japanese-influenced world of The Scarlet Blades and Izuna comes an origin tale, full of the universe's signature dynamic art and storytelling. Humanoids, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: LEGSMHR Hard Cover, 8x10, 200pg, Full Color |
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ART OF NOTHING 25 Years of Mutts and the Art of Patrick McDonnell Hurt Back in stock. Highly Recommended. By Patrick McDonnell. Foreword by Eckhart Tolle. Mooch, the curious cat, and Earl, the ever-trusting dog, are just two of the characters who inhabit the world of Mutts. The award-winning author and illustrator’s beloved comic strip is celebrated as well as his bestselling children’s classics, including Me . . . Jane, The Gift of Nothing, South, Just Like Heaven, Hug Time, and Wag!, all shot from the original art. Also included are rare and never-before-seen artwork, proposals, outtakes, and developmental work, along with autobiographical commentary, and a brand-new career-spanning interview conducted by artist Lynda Barry. Abrams, 2019. Condition: Slightly torn dust jackets....More. Item Code: ARTNHS Hard Cover, 12x9, 240pg, Partial Color |
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ETERNAL WARRIOR CLASSIC Omnibus Volume 1 Hurt Collects Eternal Warrior #1-25 and nine more titles/issues, 1992-94. Prepare for ten thousand years of war as comics legends Jim Shooter (The Avengers, Secret Wars), Barry Windsor-Smith (Monsters, Weapon X), John Dixon (Shadowman) and others come together for the first omnibus collection of Valiant's immortal hero. For a thousand generations, Gilad Anni-Padda has defended the innocent and dealt out justice as the Eternal Warrior — the undying champion of the Geomancers. An unsung veteran of every war ever waged, Gilad's hard-fought quest from the ancient world to modern day Los Angeles will force him to the forefront of the Valiant Universe — and into a brand new kind of battle alongside the likes of Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, and his own long-lost brother, Armstrong. Valiant Entertainment, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: ETERW01HR Hard Cover, 8x11, 912pg, Full Color |
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THE LAST MERMAID BOOK 01 Hurt Collects #1-6. By Derek Kirk Kim. The Last Mermaid is a post-apocalyptic adventure perfect for fans of lush, animation-style artwork like that of Isola, Low, and classic Miyazaki. A lone mermaid roams an endless wasteland on a quest beyond reason. To press ever onward, she must survive the interminable stretches between tiny pockets of water, roaming bands of cybernetic cannibals and fearsome mutant beasts. What propels her forward to take such a risk? And who is that cloaked figure watching her from afar...? Image Comics, 2024. Condition: Bumped Corners. ...More. Item Code: LASME01R Soft Cover, 8x9, 160pg, Full Color |
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ALVAR MAYOR Volume 4 The Gold of Peru Hurt Book four of four. Recommended. Powerful, striking artwork. Alvar Mayor's winding journey reaches its end in this final collection! In the 17th Century, the Americas were a paradise for adventurers, pirates, and others with bad reputations who sought to enrich themselves as quickly as possible. To Europeans, it was a mysterious and unknown land, with areas yet to be explored and great treasures to be found. In that dangerous jungle, only one person could guide the newcomers: Alvar Mayor. Don't miss the final book of this classic from two legends, Carlos Trillo and Enrique Breccia! Epicenter Comics, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: ALV04HR Hard Cover, 9x12, 184pg, b&w |
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MARVEL'S AVENGERS The First 60 Years Hurt Recommended. Art by Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Wally Wood, George Perez,Carlos Pacheo, Jim Lee, Alex Ross, Mike Dedato, and a host of others. A celebration of the birth and the first 60 years of Marvel’s Avengers, featuring Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Hawkeye, the Vision, Scarlet Witch, Black Panther, Quicksilver, and many more. Explore the history of the Marvel’s premiere super hero team, looking in-depth at their greatest battles, enemies, and unlikeliest allies. Lavishly illustrated with vintage covers and panels. Includes profiles of the the talented creators behind the team’s ongoing adventures. Titan, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: MARAVHR Hard Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color |
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THE ART OF MENAGE Ã 3 Hurt Highly Recommended. Ménage à 3 is an R-rated webcomic turned graphic novel series, that follows Montreal roommates Gary, DiDi, and Zii’s sexy hijinks, awkward moments, and wacky adventures. In the world of MA3, pretty much everybody is trying to bonk, shag, or nuzzle with everyone else! The Art of Ménage à 3 showcases over 10 years of illustrations from series artist Gisèle Lagacé, collecting book covers, postcards, art commissions, posters, merchandise designs, early concepts, and more. Also included is a bonus gallery of tribute art from top industry artists, plus many all-new pieces from Gisèle herself. Nudity and sexual situations, but also lots of humor and simply fun pin-up work. Udon Entertainment, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: ARTM3HR Hard Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Full Color |
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CRUMB A CARTOONIST'S LIFE Hurt Our Highest Recommendation. By Dan Nadel. The first biography of Robert Crumb, one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th century, whose iconic, radically frank and meticulously rendered cartoons and comics inspired generations of readers and cartoonists. Now, for the first time, Dan Nadel, a curator and writer specializing in comics and art, shares how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact. Including forty-five stunning black-and-white images throughout and a sixteen-page color insert featuring images both iconic and obscure. Scribner, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: CRUMCLHR Hard Cover, 6x9, 480pg, Partial Color |
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SERIAL Volume 2 Cat and Mouse Signed Hurt Signed! By Terry Moore. When Zoe's friend falls victim to a serial killer, Zoe vows to find the killer before the police and deliver her own razor-edged justice. But the clever killer continues to leave a trail of bodies behind him, or her, eluding the law and staying one step ahead of Zoe. Following the clues, Zoe discovers the identity of the killer and the chase is on as the killer grabs a final victim and runs. It's a deadly game of cat and mouse between two clever serial killers facing off in a brutal conclusion! Abstract, 2022. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: SER02SR Soft Cover, 7x10, 106pg, b&w |
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DAVID BOWIE IN COMICS Hurt By Thierry Lamy. Art by Martin Trystam et al.From David Jones to David Bowie and from Ziggy Stardust to The Thin White Duke, the story of an artist with a thousand faces. He was one of the most influential and creative artists of the 20th century, and his incredible ever-changing and pioneering visions endure today. A graphic novel biography with photo-illustrated articles breaking up the comics chapters, which present all his different personas. A career marked by constant re-invention. NBM, 2022. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: DAVBHR Hard Cover, 8x10, 176pg, Full Color |
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SAP HUNTERS Hurt Highly Recommended. Newly translated from the French. By Laurent Genefort and Alexandre Ristorcelli. All is not right within the branches of the sacred World Tree. Towering huge, its life-giving sap sustains the many divided clans living within it‚¬¦ until the Chasm Strider clan's diviner, the humble young man Pierig, discovers the Tree's sap has become infected. Before he can warn his clan, he is violently captured by another clan, the Sap Hunters. These warriors demand he use his special divining skills to track the source of the corruption. And they are led by the young and beautiful Riva, a tough leader who turns out to be attracted to Pierig even while she pushes everyone relentlessly on their journey to the roots of World Tree. Nudity, adult situations. Very well drawn, and excellent dialogue. A real page-turner of story. Humanoids, 2023. Mature Readers. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: SAPHHR Hard Cover, 10x12, 120pg, Full Color |
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A TWISTED TALES CLASSICS Boxed Set Hurt By Liz Braswell and Jen Calonita. For those who wonder: What if . . .? Here are three all-ages prose stories that beguile readers who dare to ask how the story might end differently, if only one thing changed. Now, for the first time, three fan-favorite tales are packaged together. Straight On Till Morning (What if Wendy first traveled to Never Land with Captain Hook?); Unbirthday (What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very, very late?); Go the Distance (What if Meg had to become a Greek god?). Plus an exclusive Twisted Tale poster. Very handsome set, not illustrated except with cover art. Disney Hyperion, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: TWITATR Soft Cover, 6x9, 1344pg, Full Color |
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THE U RAY Hurt Highly Recommended. Before Blake & Mortimer, this rare strip was a war-time replacement for Flash Gordon in occupied Belgium! After assisting Herge on six Tintin albums, Edgar P. Jacobs created a strip that has now attained mythical status — The U Ray. Here it is now, finally translated into English. It is clearly inspired by Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon and ERB’s Mars and Venus novels. It’s fun and very vintage science-fiction fantasy with lost lands, prehistoric monsters, a lovely heroine, and smart, daring adventurers. Cinebook, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: URAYR Soft Cover, 9x11, 56pg, Full Color |
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THE ART OF RED SONJA 50th Anniversary Poster Book Hurt Highly Recommended. Art by Arthur Adams, Frank Cho, Mike Mignola, Joseph Michael Linsner, Jim Cheung, Shannon Maer et al. An absolute all star list of artists offering up superb paintings for your wall—well priced for this oversized (12x16), impressive production. - Bud. 2023 marks fifty years of the She-Devil with a Sword’s adventures, and to honor the occasion Dynamite is going big! Join the celebration with this oversized trade paperback showcasing 20 of the most gorgeous Red Sonja covers ever to see print, as rendered by some of the greatest names in comics! This is how a poster book should be done! Super heavy stock for each page, removable. And it lays flat for full enjoyment. - Bud. Dynamite, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: ARTRPBR Soft Cover, 12x16, 42pg, Full Color |
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AMERICA'S GREATEST COMICS Volume 2 Hurt Collects #3-4, 1942. Highly Recommended. Two more massive 100-page, fifteen-cent issues that collected together the top superheros from Fawcett. Primo wartime issues! Captain Marvel, alias Billy Batson, drawn by C.C. Beck; Spy Smasher (by the great Mac Raboy), the master of espionage; Bulletman, a flying crime-fighter with super strength; Minute Man, unmatched in speed and agility; and Mr. Scarlet, the crimson-clad avenger, and now joined by Commando Yank, origin story by Charles Sultan. PS Artbooks, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: AMGR02R Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color |
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HARD BARGAIN Hurt Recommended. Outstanding artwork! By Steven DeKnight. Art by Leno Carvalho. Los Angeles 1940. There are no angels there but demons, on the other hand, are a dime a dozen, and if you have the bad luck to get mixed up with one, there’s only one private detective to call: Frank Harding. Demons, monsters, and various and sundry mystical ne’er-do-wells are Frank’s bread and butter. With the help of his gal Friday, Nahla, and his hookup to magical munitions, Rumi, there’s not much he can’t handle. But “not much” ain’t “nothing.” A mysterious woman is using dark magics to push old friends of Frank’s to perform nightmarish self-mutilations, and all signs point to Frank being next. Excellent artwork! Bonus Afterword and cover roughs. Humanoids, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: HARBARR Soft Cover, 8x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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BUCK DANNY CLASSICS Volume 1 Sabres Over Korea Hurt New series from France. Recommended. By Frederic Zumbiehl. Art by Jean-Michel Arroyo. The first volume of a return-to-the-roots new series. War has engulfed Korea, where the great powers are fighting to ensure the domination of their ideology. With the introduction of the superb MIG-15, the North Koreans and Chinese are on the verge of gaining air supremacy. Even American jets can only compete because of the superior training of their pilots. With the threat of veteran Soviet pilots tipping the balance, Buck is tasked with testing a new, far more formidable version of the F-86 Sabre in combat conditions. But saboteurs lurk “¦ Cinebook, 2023. Out of print. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: BUCD01R Soft Cover, 9x11, 48pg, Full Color |
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WORLDS BEYOND TIME Sci-Fi Art of the 1970S Recommended. Introduction by Vincent Di Fate. Adam Rowe, who has been curating, championing, and resurrecting the best and most obscure on his blog 70s Sci-Fi Art, introduces readers to the biggest names in the genre, including Chris Foss, Peter Elson, Tim White, Jack Gaughan, and Virgil Finlay, as well as their influences. With deep dives into the subjects: spaceships, alien landscapes, fantasy realms, cryptozoology, and heavy machinery. Abrams, 2023....More. Item Code: WORBH Hard Cover, 9x11, 224pg, Full Color |
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ARTISTS IN KOREA Curated by Pixiv. Cover by Tiv, with interview. Recommended. 78 of the best artists in Korea, also a tutorial and interview with artist Modare. Work by Anmi, zipcy, Gearous, Puhang, Pine, Kongya, Umi, le su yeon, SoyooNG, Vivinos, ttosom, Momoka, Kim Jungsung, Sora Kim, Kim sung Hwan, F.K. Davi, Vibibo, DSmile and others. "Korean illustration has a slightly different feel from Japanese illustration. [It] aims for more realism in its presentation with a high degree of perfection preferred over expressionism." Clover Press, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTKOH Hard Cover, 8x11, 200pg, Full Color |
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OIL SKETCHES By Glen Ridge Signed Signed & numbered from just 100. Highly Recommended. Glen Ridge is a local artist who has long studied the work of Jeffrey Jones and other fine illustrators. We also handle his first collection of work, Hop Art. This new portfolio is small but absolutely first class, with a de-bossed gold title page and five fine full color plates reproducing his oil paintings. All but one are closeups of nude women—very much (to us) in the best tradition of Jeffrey Jones. Penny Shrawder, 2023....More. Item Code: OILSS 9x6, Full Color |
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HIDETAKA TENJINS Artistry of Macross Volume 2 Recommended. Since its small screen debut in 1982, Macross has remained one of most influential anime films of all time. Longtime franchise illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin captures the high-flying action of the series' iconic "variable fighters" like no other artist through his hyper-realistic illustrations for model kits, magazines, promotional materials, and more. This second volume collects Tenjin's illustrations from the Macross Frontier films, Macross Delta TV series & films, and Walküre Launch, as well as an archive of his work on video games, novels, animation and more. Impressive technical illustration. Handsome oblong format, hardcover. Udon Entertainment, 2023....More. Item Code: HIDT02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 176pg, Full Color |
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MUSEUM BUMS A Cheeky Look at Butts in Art By Mark Small and Jack Shoulder. Based on the eponymous viral Twitter account, Museum Bums, a celebration of classical art, history, and shapely derriíères, encourages readers to learn something new while still managing to have a chuckle.What do Hieronymus Bosch, the Roman cult of Antinous, and the peach emoji all have in common? But of course, butts, of course! Chronicle Books, 2023....More. Item Code: MUSBH Hard Cover, 8x9, 160pg, Partial Color |
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NIGHTMARE ON ONE SHEET THE ART OF GRAHAM HUMPHREYS Foreword by Rob Zombie. Recommended. Following on from Hung, Drawn and Executed, this second volume showcasing the work of Graham Humphreys contains almost 100 new paintings. With home entertainment playing such a crucial role during the Covid years, Graham found himself busier than ever and with increased focus. From Blu-ray reissues to soundtrack LP covers, and book jackets to private commissions, this new work is among the artist's best yet. Classic horror, independent films, and re-imaginings of cult movie posters, it's all here! Outstanding work throughout, he's a master at capturing the horror icons, actors and actresses, monsters and more. Korero, 2023. ...More. Item Code: NIGONH Hard Cover, 8x11, 176 pg., Full Color |
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MULTIVERSE The Art of Aleksi Briclot Highly Recommended. Foreword by Andy Park (Marvel Studios). There's no way you haven't seen his art, whether it was while watching a movie, reading a comic-book, or playing a card or a video game. Aleksi Briclot visually develops universes, stories, and characters for Wizards of the Coast, Ubisoft, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Capcom, and Marvel Studios. It is now time for this extraordinary artist to have a monograph dedicated completely to his own art. We are VERY impressed, this is packed with wonderful artwork. - Bud. Cernunnos, 2024....More. Item Code: MULABH Hard Cover, 9x12, 272pg, Full Color |
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JOHN ROMITA'S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Volume 2 Artisan Edition Recommended. John Romita is for many the definitive artist on The Amazing Spider-Man. His sleek line work brought the web-slinger to life for a generation of fans. This collects issues #106, and 108 through 115 in their entirety. Additionally there is a beautiful gallery section of Romita extras. IDW, 2024....More. Item Code: JRASPA02 Hard Cover, 8x12, 208pg, b&w |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA Omnibus Volume 3 New printing. Collects Captain America #149-192, and more, 1972-75. By Steve Englehart. Art by Sal Buscema. The early ‘70s were interesting times for America — and adventurous ones for Cap! Featuring more than 40 issues, this oversized omnibus collects writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema’s iconic run. Cap battles enemies — and allies — including Doctor Faustus, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Captain America and Bucky of the 1950s. And that’s just the beginning! The Falcon co-stars throughout, and only the combined efforts of Cap, the Falcon, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the X-Men can hope to topple the Secret Empire! Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: CAP03H Hard Cover, 7x10, 976pg, Full Color |
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MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS DOCTOR STRANGE Volume 1 Stories from Strange Tales #110-111, 114-129, 1963-65. Our Highest Recommendation. The first 18 stories, all by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Starting as a back-up strip in Strange Tales, second fiddle to The Human Torch/The Thing stories, Doc's psychedelic universe took on a life of its own, including a highly successful film. Here are the stories that built the Marvel Universe. First appearances of Baron Mordo; Doc's 1st cover (#20); 1st Dread Dormammu and Doc's girlfriend Clea. Marvel, 2021....More. Item Code: MMMDR01 Soft Cover, 6x9, 176pg, Full Color |
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DORIS DANGER Giant Monsters Amok By Chris Wisnia & Ricky Sprague, with Dick Ayers, Art Adams, Bill Stout et al. Written and drawn as dead-on homages to the styles of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Dick Ayers, these 20 stories recount Doris Danger's encounters with the classic Marvel-style pre-hero monsters, now renamed "Ner-Nee-Nah," "Spwum," "Ho-Chee-Cha," "X, Son of XI," etc. But this is parody on a meta-level, as "editor" Rob Oder takes you behind the scenes and reveals the secrets behind these comics — the chaos, the "faster-faster/cheaper-cheaper" mentality, the never-ending deadlines, the despicable treatment of writers and artists, the contempt for fans, the blithe disregard for quality — all presented with an unctuous, sunny veneer of jocular "sophistication" to readers. This is one very, very strange book! Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: DORDH Soft Cover, 7x11, 214pg, Full Color |
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JOHN BUSCEMA'S SILVER SURFER Artisan Edition Collects #5, 6, and 8, 1968-69. Highly Recommended. John Buscema's innovative drawing is presented in IDW's Artisan Edition format “ scanned in full color from the original art. Three complete issues from the acclaimed original run written by Stan Lee. Bonus: five covers, including an unpublished variant of #2! Buscema's talented hand graced the pages of Marvel's most iconic characters for over four decades, working on The Avengers, Thor, The Fantastic Four, and The Amazing Spider-Man just to name a few. IDW, 2022. ...More. Item Code: JBSSAE Soft Cover, 8x12, 144pgs, b&w |
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN The Original Comics Omnibus Volume 2 Collects Conan The Barbarian #27-51, Annual #1 & more, 1973-76. Highly Recommended. By Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema and Gil Kane. Tired of the thieving life, Conan signs on as a mercenary for the warring kingdom of Turan. The enemy will report on Conan’s legendary skill in battle — if any of them live to tell the tale — but palace intrigue may prove more dangerous to the barbarian. After all, it’s never wise to bed a wizard’s woman. Then, Conan joins with Red Sonja for a multi-part adventure. Plus Roy Thomas and Gil Kane’s complete adaptation of "The Hour of the Dragon," the iconic story of how Conan became king and conqueror and met the woman who would become his wife. Titan, 2024....More. Item Code: CONOC02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 856pg, Full Color |
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MELVIN MONSTER Highly Recommended. Little Lulu's beloved creator John Stanley's nod to The Addams Family and sixties monster mayhem. Melvin Monster is about a good-natured monster boy whose sweet personality belies his monstrous appearance. Melvin just wants to be good, go to school, and do as he is told. Melvin's sunny optimism makes him an oddball outcast in his Monsterville community, where he disappoints his parents with his upbeat attitude — they want a regular naughty little monster boy! Drawn and Quarterly, 2023....More. Item Code: MELMON Soft Cover, 5x7, 312pg, Full Color |
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SECRET SIX By Gail Simone Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Secret Six Vol 2 #1-6, 2006; Secret Six Vol 3 #1-16, 2008-10 plus 14 more issues. Art by Nicola Scott and Brad Walker. Together, they want to take a stand to stop the super-heroic community from tampering with their minds and to prove how deadly they can be! But not everyone agrees with this agenda. Six rogues are recruited by the enigmatic Mockingbird, charged with opposing the Society and given assignments to thwart their rivals and even help their enemies. DC Comics, 2024. ...More. Item Code: SECS01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 920pg, Full Color |
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DEATH OF WOLVERINE Omnibus Collects Wolverine #1-13, 2013-14; Wolverine #1-12, 2014 and much more. By Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, Paul Cornell et al. Art by Alan Davis et al. Cover by Alex Ross. When Logan loses his healing factor, he must quickly adjust to a very different reality. All of a sudden, the unkillable mutant is all too mortal. And an army of villains and mercenaries is lining up to be the one who puts him in the ground! With a new protective suit, Wolverine joins with old allies including Kitty Pryde, Storm and Nick Fury on a hunt for a cure — but faced with only months to live, he must prepare himself for one final encounter with his greatest foe, Sabretooth. Marvel, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: DEAWH Hard Cover, 8x11, 1232pg, Full Color |
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TALES OF HORROR Volume 1 Collects #1-5, 1952-53. Recommended. Art by Myron Fass, Pete Morisi, A.C. Hollingsworth et al. Toby Press was a small but respectable comics publisher which also used the imprint Minoan; they put out one issue of Tales of Terror, then got hit by a cease-and-desist order from E.C., who had used that title for their annuals (don't worry, that particular issue will be coming later on). Toby dropped that and started over with Tales of Horror, which ran for 13 issues. Toby may be the only comics publisher to swipe the urbane and cynical stories of John Collier, rather than relying on Poe, Lovecraft, and the like. But there's still lots of pre-code horror here, monsters, giant bugs, demons, all the fun themes. PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: TALH01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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RACE FOR THE MOON / THRILLS OF TOMORROW Volume 1 Collects Thrills of Tomorrow #17-20, 1954-55 and Race for the Moon #1-3, 1958. Our Highest Recommendation. By Simon & Kirby, Al Williamson, Bob Powell et al. Finishing off the run of Harvey Horror Comics, PS Artbooks brings you the enormous talents Jack Kirby and Al Williamson in this unique Flipbook format, weighing in at a larger than usual 250 pages. In Race, Kirby and Williamson work together on three stories in #3 and FOUR in #4!! Thrills was a reprint title, but it's loaded: it has Simon & Kirby's Stuntman from 1947, several stories including his origin, all beautiful stuff. And it reprints pre-code horror from Witches Tales #7 and Tomb of Terror #1. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: RACM01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 250pg, Full Color |
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BAFFLING MYSTERIES Volume 1 Collects #5-9, 1951-52, (this began with #5). From Mike Sekowsky, Maurice Gutwirth, George Appel, Gene Colan, Jim McLaughlin, Ace Baker, Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Chic Stone, and Ken Rice and all of 'em from the fifties comes this collection of "Baffling Mysteries." PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: BAFF01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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WEB OF MYSTERY Volume 2 Collects #6-10, 1951. Highly Recommended. Master artist Lou Cameron, who at his best compares with Frank Frazetta, is here in every single issue. It's also a tribute to these issues that several of the stories have been reprinted in numerous collections of the best stories from the fifties. Other contributors include Louis Zansky (several stories), Rocke Mastroserio (several stories, inking Lou Cameron), Jim McLaughlin (another fine but under-rated artist, on several stories), Bill Molno (two stories), Chic Stone (yes, two stories by Marvel's inker for Jack Kirby and others) and Ken Rice. PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: PCW02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color |
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FIGHT AGAINST CRIME #20 Facsimile Edition Reprint from 1954. Recommended. Online there are no credits for these stories, but they are actually very competently drawn in a familiar style “ the first sure looks like early Joe Maneely to me! Famous, grisly decapitation (with headlights, no less) cover, even outdoing EC's lone decapitation cover that Gaines tried to defend in Congress trials. Plus inside: hanging, ax murder, blood and violence. A merely Fine copy (6.0) in 2023 sold for $14,000! This pre-code crime classic being released mere months before the Comics Code would come into play is a prime example of what the Code aimed to censor! And for good reason, in this case! PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: FIG20 Soft Cover, 7x10, 38pg, Full Color |
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CAPTAIN MARVEL JR #4 Facsimile Edition 1943. Highly Recommended. By Otto Binder. Cover by Mac Raboy. Art by Al Carreno et al. Our young Marvel, a lame newspaper boy until he says the magic words. He battles the invisible Nazi, villain Sabbac and Satan in several disguises, Captain Nippon, Sivana and daughter Beautia, the invisible Count Spector and White Robes — several in their first appearances. Classic all-time great Raboy cover. A great 64-page Golden Age issue. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: CAPMJ04 Comic, 7x10, 68pg, Full Color |
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SUSPENSE COMICS #7 Facsimile Edition From 1943. Recommended. Another rare issue from very unusual publisher Continental, featuring a classic L.B. Cole cover and some very fine stories inside. "Bedlam" by John Giunta. Giunta took a young Frazetta under his wing for Frank's first comic work; you can see the influence here. "Mr. Nobody's Clue Corner," by L. B. Cole. "Curse of the Copperhead," by George H. Appel. "The Sands of Time" by Nina Albright. "Sherry Flippe," art by future Atlas artist Tony Di Preta. "Murder Is On The Air" starring Spirit rip-off, The Grey Mask, by Maurice Del Bourgo. "Caligstranno the Great," by Jack Alderman. "License for Murder," art by the excellent Rudy Palais. PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: SUSP07 Comic, 7x10, 52pg, Full Color |
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OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Volume 2 Hardcover Recommended. By Robert M. Overstreet and J. C. Vaughn. Take a tour through a whole new set of comic book worlds that have come and gone (and sometimes come again): Fawcett's Marvel Family, Marvel 2099, original Chaos! Comics, Captain Canuck, Badger & Nexus, DNA Agents, Tim Truman's Scout, BOOM!'s Stan Lee Universe, Captain Action, Tom Strong, Punisher, Malibu titles, Evil Ernie, Wally Wood's Thunder Agents, and dozens of others. Every comic listed in this book is pictured, and there are plenty of examples of original comic art as well, making it a hybrid of the Overstreet Guide, with current values, and the acclaimed Photo-Journals, with full color covers. Gemstone, 2024....More. Item Code: OVEP02H Hard Cover, 6x9, 336pg, Partial Color |
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WALT DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONIES 1935-1939 Starring Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf Revised and Updated. Highly Recommended. The 1930s were the heyday of Disney's second-ever newspaper comics feature: the full-color weekly Silly Symphonies Sunday pages. Fantagraphics' latest volume showcases the original Snow White; Donald Duck's extended run as star of the strip, from his pranks on Goofy to his battles with Mickey's naughty nephews; and the debut of Donald's own Huey, Dewey, and Louie, first created for this strip by artist Al Taliaferro! Also: perilous pork pursuits of Zeke the Big Bad Wolf, who with the Three Little Pigs also made his comics debut. Plus dog tales with Pluto”š and two tales of Elmer Elephant, one plotted by comics maestros Carl Barks and Walt Kelly! Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: WDSIL02H Hard Cover, 12x9, 212pg, Full Color |
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THE NANCY SHOW Celebrating The Art of Ernie Bushmiller Oversized. Highly Recommended. A companion catalogue of original art, memorabilia, and more from “The Nancy Show”, a 2024 exhibition honoring Ernie Bushmiller at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. This book includes reproductions from the museum show, including over 100 pieces of original artwork, with special bonus material. Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: NANSHO Soft Cover, 12x9, 152pg, Partial Color |
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BETTIE PAGE UNBOUND Volume 2 Recommended. By David Avallone. Art by Julius Ohta. It's almost 1953, Americans are afraid, there are flying saucers in the sky, a Commie spy under every bed...and something even more dangerous might be attacking America...from within! It's up to Model Agent Bettie Page to find out what it is...and stop it. Get ready for an alien encounter with the good-looking Bettie up for the fight. 21 variant covers by Royle, Ohta, Chantler, Shannon and vintage Bettie photo covers. Dynamite, 2023....More. Item Code: BPU02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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DUNE The Official Movie Graphic Novel Recommended. By Lilah Sturges. Art by Drew Johnson. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. Very well drawn. The official graphic novel adaptation of the Academy Award-winning sci-fi epic directed by Denis Villeneuve, based on the acclaimed novel by visionary author Frank Herbert. This lavishly illustrated adaptation brings the vivid, mind-bending visuals of the landmark sci-fi masterpiece to life. A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born to a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. Legendary Comics, 2022....More. Item Code: DUNOFH Hard Cover, 7x11, 120pg, Full Color |
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INSIDE THE MIND OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Highly Recommended. Art by Benoit Dahan. An award-winning original graphic novel like nothing you've seen before. Beginning with a cool die-cut cover, this is a lesson in serperlative design, attempting to show how Sherlock's MIND works through complex, exploded detail of his piecing together each little clue and detail he encounters. Cyril Lieron depicts an intricate visual representation of his mind palace! A brand new original tale, set in Victorian England. The discovery of a mysterious powder on some clothing and a very special show ticket leads Sherlock Holmes to believe a patient isn't the only victim of a grand conspiracy. Titan, 2023....More. Item Code: INSIDH Hard Cover, 8x11, 96pg, Full Color |
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HAYAO MIYAZAKI SHUNA'S JOURNEY One of NY Times "Best Children's Books" of 2022. Our Highest Recommendation. From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes Shuna's Journey, a beautifully told graphic novel that he created in 1983, just before producing his first film at Studio Gibli. A prince goes on a quest for a golden grain that would save his land and finds danger, adventure, and companions in a world of myth. Never before published in English! Many of Miyazaki's tropes used in later films appear here for the first time, but the story is like nothing you've read before. I really, really enjoyed this—it's pure Miyazaki. - Bud. Macmillan Publishing, 2022....More. Item Code: HMSJH Hard Cover, 6x9, 160pg, Full Color |
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DUNE: The Waters of Kanly Collects #1-4, 2022. In the aftermath of the battle of Arrakeen, House Atreides is shattered and war master Gurney Halleck takes refuge with spice smugglers, vowing revenge no matter the cost. Soon, Gurney and the smugglers may have an opportunity to deal a crucial blow to their bitter enemies, but at what cost? Will they be met with certain death, their sacrifices all for nothing? Artist Francesco Mortarino brings the original short story written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson to life. Variant covers by Yoon (4 different), Carnevale, Raul Allen, Sorrentino, Mortarino, and InHyuk Lee. Boom!, 2023....More. Item Code: DUNWH Hard Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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GARBAGE PAIL KIDS ORIGINS Collects #1-3, 2022. By Adam F. Goldberg, Hans Rodionoff and Jeff Zapata. This all-new hardcover collection not only relates the epic saga of how our heroes came to be, but also reveals how Adam Bomb and his gang of good guys were instrumental in the outcome of World War II and the fate of humanity!Dynamite, 2024....More. Item Code: GARBH Hard Cover, 6x10, 88pg, Full Color |
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CODA False Dawns Collects #1-5, 2023. Superlative artwork. Highly Recommended. New and returning fans alike shouldn't miss this collection of the return of Coda from GLAAD Media Award-winning writer Simon Spurrier (Damn Them All, The Flash) and EW's 2019 Artist of the Year Matías Bergara (Step By Bloody Step)! In the long-awaited return to the Eisner Award-nominated apocalyptic fantasy world of Coda, the disheartened bard Hum finds an ever-darkening, magic-less apocalypse “ or so it seems. Boom!, 2024....More. Item Code: CODAF Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
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BECOMING FRANKENSTEIN Artisan Edition Limited to 150 numbered copies, with a special metal plate illustrated by Cirocco. Highly Recommended. I was very, very impressed with the graphic novel of this which appeared in 2023. Now it comes in a handsome black & white hardcover. Here's what I said about the GN, which is still available ($19.95). Wow, this looks VERY good! Think Mike Ploog at his best, in case you don't recognize Frank Cirocco. Frank worked in the independents and for Atari and LucasArts, created Alien Legion, and drew Samurai Cat for Marvel along with many fine mainstream covers. Don't miss this, a new take on the classic with superlative art! “ Bud. Victor Frankenstein will stop at nothing, not even murder of his own friends, to get the elements he needs to create his monster....becoming a monster himself, even to his beautiful new wife. 10 Ton Press, 2024....More. Item Code: BECFH Hard Cover, 7x10, 152pg, b&w |
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GEORGE SAND True Genius, True Woman Recommended. By Séverine Vidal. Art by Kim Consigny. A scrupulously researched and tenderly revealing biography of one of the great pioneering figures of 19th-century French literature. Born in 1804, at a time when women were deprived of their civil rights (along with minors, criminals, and the insane), Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin grew up to defy those norms, both in her life and her writing. Adopting the gender-neutral pen name George Sand, and with a career lasting over forty years as a novelist and playwright, she is best remembered today for the affairs and friendships she enjoyed with men: the composer Chopin; the painter Delacroix; the novelist Balzac. Abrams, 2024....More. Item Code: GEOSA Soft Cover, 7x9, 344pg, b&w |
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BILLI 99 Recommended. With José Villarrubia and Sarah Byam. Nominated for three Eisner awards! "The story that launched [Tim Sale] into the public eye...Billi 99 is a must have for your collection." - Jeph Loeb. Set in 1999, Billi 99 embodies a cautionary tale in which corporate greed and corrupt government affected an America very much like our own today. With that, they posed the question, what is power when everything has been taken away? Celebrate the genius and artistry of Tim Sale with one of his earliest published works, Billi 99. While his collaborations with Jeph Loeb on stories such as Spider-Man: Blue, Batman: The Long Halloween and Superman: For All Seasons, would elevate Tim to legendary status, Billi 99 revealed Tim's master storytelling talents. Clover Press, 2024. ...More. Item Code: BILLIH Hard Cover, 7x11, 232pg, Full Color |
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MASTERPIECE Collects #1-#6, 2023, with Gallery & Sketchbook. Recommended. By Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Alex Maleev. From the Eisner award-winning creators behind Daredevil and Scarlet, an all new crime epic. Emma discovers she is the only daughter of two of the greatest, most charismatic master criminals of all time. The suavest, most liked criminals ever. The criminal's criminal. The ones that wrote the rulebook. There are movies about them starring the biggest movie stars. Her parents were the authors of the greatest casino robbery of all time, the greatest museum heist of all time, AND they took the world's most famous billionaire for a cool billion...before they disappeared never to be seen or heard from again. Ghosts. Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: MASTP Soft Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color |
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BLOOD N THUNDER 2022 Special Edition Highly Recommended. Introduction by Ed Hulse. Cover by Hugh J. Ward. This massive Special Edition boasts more than 100,000 words and over 100 illustrations in 336 pages. Will Murray on the rare one-shot supervillain pulps The Octopus and The Scorpion. Life-long fantasy fan Donald Sidney-Fryer shares his memories of fantasy/horror authors August Derleth and Fritz Leiber Jr. Film historian Richard W. Bann offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of This Gun for Hire (1942), an early film noir classic. Karl Schadow uncovers fascinating details on late '20s and early '30s radio programs adapted from pulp magazines. And much more, including a major look at Doubleday's Crime Club. Profusely illustrated. Murania Press, 2022....More. Item Code: BLOT22 Soft Cover, 7x10|na, 336pg, Text/b&w |
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BLOOD N THUNDER 2023 Special Edition Highly Recommended. The award-winning journal of pulp history enters its third decade with a book-length barn-burner special with all-star contributors. Robert Sampson writes about gangster pulps; Ron Goulart reveals his personal relationship with legendary crime-fiction writer Cornell Woolrich; Don Hutchison on the film adaptation of Woolrich's Black Alibi; Will Murray on Western scribe Clyde A. Warden); Rick Lai on the intersection between the works of Robert E. Howard and Robert Bloch and much, much more. Muriana Press, 2023....More. Item Code: BLOT23 Soft Cover, 7x10, 334pg, Text/b&w |
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THE PULPSTER #32 Highly Recommended. The latest annual issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of Sport Story Magazine and the sports pulps, and of Weird Tales and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as the 90th anniversary of the pulp heroes of 1933. Also: ERBfest 2023 and ERB's Moon trilogy, the second installment of the history of Fiction House and a rare interview with its founder, the history of Doc Savage's sister Pat, the story of bizarre pulp hero The Moon Man, and much more. PulpFest, 2023....More. Item Code: PULP32 Soft Cover, 8x11, 80pg, Text/Partial Color |
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BARE BONES Volume 17 Winter 2024 Recommended. In this latest issue: The heyday of the working class criminal; The Fugitive. Actor Craig Stevens in Man of the World; Exhuming Federico Curiel's Nostradamus cycle; Randall Larson on his early life as a 1970s and 80s fanzine publisher (Fandom Unlimited, Cinefan); four paperback originals by Marvin H. Albert are explored; another Six-Pack of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; Destination: Santa Barbara in Field Guide to L.A. Pulp. Cimarron Street, 2024....More. Item Code: BARE17 Soft Cover, 6x9, 108pg, Text/b&w |
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JOHN WATERS Pope of Trash This accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the first dedicated solely to Waters' films. Known for pushing the boundaries of any kind of taste, John Waters has created a canon of high-shock-value movies. Featuring misfit muses, tributes to his hometown of Baltimore and themes of fetish, obsession and celebrity culture, his renegade films “ including Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974), Desperate Living (1977), Hairspray (1988), Serial Mom (1994) and A Dirty Shame (2004) “ are irreverent, laugh-out-loud comedies that lovingly draw inspiration from William Castle, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, and others. DelMonico Books/Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2023. ...More. Item Code: JOHWPH Hard Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Partial Color |
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