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We’ve lots of great new items this week, from Frank Frazetta Fine Lines to a long overdue monograph on Marshall Rogers. There’s PS Archives, DC and Marvel Omnibus editions, Michael Moorcock’s Hawkmoon, Inside Studio Ghibli, an enormous Metal Hurlant #1, three different Twomorrows magazines, and lots of News and Notes. Dig in! |
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DC FINEST SCIENCE FICTION The Gorilla World |
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FRANK FRAZETTA FINE LINES Our Highest Recommendation. By Sara Frazetta and Arnie Fenner. Frazetta first achieved international prominence with his powerful covers for paperbacks featuring Tarzan, Howard's Conan, and The Death Dealer, but when asked how he was able to create such unforgettable paintings he replied simply, "Drawing is everything." Fine Lines helps to explain why he felt that way with a collection of his most exciting works in pencil, ink, and watercolor. Including many of his influential illustrations from the 1960s and '70s for the fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs and J.R.R. Tolkien, this beautiful book also features nearly a dozen previously unpublished drawings along with historical essays sharing the stories behind the art. Compiled and edited by Frank's granddaughter Sara Frazetta in collaboration with 2-time World Fantasy Award winner Arnie Fenner, Fine Lines is a celebration of the magical imagination of the Godfather of Fantastic Art. Moderate nudity. Frazetta Girls, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: FRAFL Soft Cover, 8x12, 84pg, b&w $35.00 |
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MARSHALL ROGERS BRIGHTEST DAYS & DARKEST KNIGHTS Highly Recommended. By Jeff Messer and Dewey Cassell. Profusely illustrated, with a complete checklist. Rogers’ story is told by friends, collaborators, and family members, delving deep into a complicated man and his art, featuring inker Terry Austin, friend and fellow artist Michael Netzer, Dan Greenfield‘s extensive interview with writer Steve Englehart, and others recounting their time and camaraderie with Rogers, alongside an in-depth interview with Marshall himself, and a wealth of art both familiar and rarely seen. TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: MARSRH Hard Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Partial Color |
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STUDIO GHIBLI DREAM ARTISTS Highly Recommended. Since 1985, Studio Ghibli has brought big dreams to the big screen - now, peek behind the curtain to discover the team of artists responsible for Japan’s most iconic animated films. Both a history and a deluxe art anthology, this book is the definitive compendium of Studio Ghibli’s visual style, revolutionary storytelling, and fabulous evolution across the last four decades. Exclusive interviews, recounts, and insights from visionaries including Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata provide vital context about the studio and enrich the experience of watching its most iconic films. Insight Editions, 2025....More. Item Code: STUDDH Hard Cover, 8x11, 144pg, Text/Full Color $21.99 |
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METAL HURLANT Volume 1 Highly Recommended. Art by Moebius, Philippe Druillet, Caza, Peeters, Gal, Schuiten, Snejbjerg, LeClerc and many, many more. Introduction by publisher Fabrice Giger. A book-sized, 274-page collection! 50 years after the debut of Metal Hurlant in France, the iconic and genre-defining publication is finally coming to the English language, and in bigger and bolder form than ever before: as a quarterly anthology published by Humanoids. Each volume will feature one-of-a-kind, otherworldly, literary experiences, expertly curated from archival material from the original '70s and '80s run, along with top A-list and up-and-coming creators from around the globe. Humanoids, 2025....More. Item Code: METH01 Soft Cover, 8x10, 272pg, Full Color |
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THE AVENGERS IN THE VERACITY TRAP! Highly Recommended. Writer Chip Kidd and artist Michael Cho have created a mind-bending, visually sumptuous saga that takes the Avengers — and you, the reader — to places that challenge everything we thought we knew about super heroes and the very nature of heroism . . . villainy . . . and existence. And it's all in a wonderful retro style, like an Avengers Comics from 1963, by Stan and Jack. Complete with pin-up pages! It starts in Asgard, as Loki comes into possession of a weapon of unimaginable power and assembles an army of otherworldly monsters in an effort to carry out his evil plans. Cue the Avengers, Cap, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Giant-Man, and the Wasp — who meet this horrifying throng of beasts head-on. Abrams, 2025....More. Item Code: AVEVTH Hard Cover, 9x11, 64pg, Full Color $25.99 |
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HAWKMOON The Black Jewel Recommended. An all-new adaptation, part one of four parts, Michael Moorcock’s Jewel in the Skull comes to life in this graphic novel. Hardcover with stunning artwork that highlights the amazing world building in this epic series. Set in a post-apocalyptic age of primitive technology and strange magic, Europe has been conquered by the tyrannical Granbretan empire led by King-Emperor Huon. When the city of Koln falls under the empire’s iron ire and its Duke, Dorian Hawkmoon, is captured, it’s up to one of the last strongholds of civilization to rescue him and end the Granbretan’s evil rule. Titan, 2025....More. Item Code: HAWBJH Hard Cover, 8x11, 64pg, Full Color $19.99 |
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HEAT SEEKER BOOK COMBUSTION Volume 2 A Gun Honey Series Collects #1-4, 2024-25. Award-winning writer and co-founder of Hard Case Crime Charles Ardai returns to the Gun Honey universe in this action-packed sequel to the spin-off featuring the sultry and explosive artwork of Ace Continuado! Dahlia Racers, the ex-girlfriend of Gun Honey Joanna Tan, is a fiery redhead who, when someone’s gunning for you, will take the heat on herself — for a price. As a master of disguise and deception, she uses every trick to dupe those who want you captured or dead — including plenty of nudity to shock and awe! Secual situations, nudity. Titan, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: HEGH02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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COMIC BOOK CREATOR #39 Thomas Yeates Our Highest Recommendation. Thomas Yeates grants a career-spanning interview about attending the Kubert School’s first graduating class, his start at DC on Swamp Thing, Eclipse Comics work (including the Michael Jackson/Captain EO comic!), and becoming the greatest adventure comic strip cartoonist of the last 30 years, on Zorro, Tarzan, and to this day, the Prince Valiant Sunday Page! Greg Potter discusses his ‘70s Warren horror comics and ‘80s reboot of Wonder Woman with George Perez. Artist Warren Kremer is celebrated by Mark Arnold in a biographical essay. TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: CBCR39 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color $10.95 |
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BACK ISSUE #160 Recommended. Edited by Roger Ash and Michael Eury. Summer Fun issue, featuring Marvel’s Superhero Swimsuit Editions and a Betty and Veronica swimsuit gallery! Plus: DC’s 1970s Strange Sports Stories and Champion Sports, the real-life DC/Marvel softball rivalry, the secret origin of San Diego Comic-Con, the Impossible Man Summer Vacation Specials, DC Slurpee cups, DC/Whitman variants, and more! Featuring Adam Hughes, Jim Lee, Aaron Lopresti, Dan DeCarlo, Elliot S. Maggin, Bob Rozakis, Scott Shaw!, Brian Stelfreeze, and more! TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: BA160 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color $10.95 |
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ALTER EGO #194 Highly Recommended. Edited by Roy Thomas. Rascally Roy Thomas celebrates 60 years in comics at Marvel, DC, et al with a career-spanning, surprise-filled interview by Alex Grand, still more early-2000s Spider-Man comic strip e-mails to Roy from Stan Lee, the full secret history of the creation of Wolverine, RT’s 1960s fan-letters to Julius Schwartz, and his top dozen stories compiled by John Cimino! With amazing art by Buscema, Kane, Adams, Windsor-Smith, Colan, Ordway, Buckler, and many others! All this, plus FCA and Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, behind a Roy the Boy and Wolverine cover by Tony Gray! TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: AE194 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color $10.95 |
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Archives & Omnibus Editions |
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NIGHTWING By Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Nightwing #78-100, 2021 Annual #1, and more, 2016-21. Recommended. Winner of three Eisner Awards; Nominated for nine more!!! Since Nightwing #78, writer Tom Taylor has helped helm one of the most iconic runs for the fan-favorite hero. From putting the former Robin back in blue to having him set sail on the high seas, this bestselling series has gained critical acclaim. Taylor and a team of superstar artists craft a brand new arch-rival for Dick Grayson by the name of Heartless. This ultra-violent masked nemesis armed with a super-weapon captures the hearts right out of citizens' chests. Nightwing, now re-teamed with Barbara Gordon, sets his sights on capturing Heartless while facing his past, present, and future. Get the omnibus that celebrates the legacy of the fan-favorite character. DC Comics, 2025. ...More. Item Code: NIGTT01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 624pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL ARCHIVE EDITION AMAZING SPIDER-MAN The Black Costume Year One Gallery Edition Collects Amazing Spider-Man #252-263, 1984-85, Facsimile Editions and a Bonus Cover Gallery. By Tom DeFalco, Roger Stern and Bob Layton. Art by Ron Frenz, Rick Leonardi and Bob Layton. In this debut volume, journey back to the mid-80s, a transformative time in Marvel history. Spanning 1984-1985, this collection highlights one of the most pivotal story lines in Spider-Man’s career: the introduction of his mysterious black costume. Returning from Secret Wars, Peter Parker dons a sleek new suit, seemingly perfect in every way. But as Spider-Man battles villains like the Puma and the Hobgoblin, he discovers his suit has a dark secret: it’s alive, a symbiotic alien with its own agenda! With guest appearances from the Fantastic Four, the Black Cat, and a shocking confession from Mary Jane Watson, this saga sets the stage for one of Marvel’s most legendary rivalries: Spider-Man vs. Venom. Marvel, 2025. ...More. Item Code: MAEASH Hard Cover, 9x13, 488pg, Full Color |
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SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN By Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo Omnibus Volume 1 Collects #1-37, 1990-93. Introduction by Peter Milligan. In 1990, Milligan and Bachalo revolutionized comics with Shade, The Changing Man, often considered one of the greatest works of the decade. Sent to Texas from another world, Rac Shade must save the United States from the madness inside all of us. Trapped in the body of a killer, Shade will embark on a road trip across the country to stop the American Scream. With the help of Kathy, whose life was shattered by the killer, and Lenny, a sharp-witted runaway, they might just save the world. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: SHADC01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 992pg, Full Color |
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Steve Ditko first created Shade, and you’ll find his earliest adventures in The DC Universe by Steve Ditko [DCUSDH. |
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BATMAN WAR GAMES Omnibus Collects Batman #631-634, 642-644, Batman Allies Secret Files 2005 #1, and a whole lot more, 2004-05. By Andersen Gabrych (Batgirl), Bill Willingham and Pete Woods. The tensions in Gotham's criminal underworld have escalated from rival gang battles to all-out war! With Gotham’s citizens caught in the middle of a hostile conflict, only one hero can be their protector: Batman and the Gotham underworld will be changed forever. To aid him in combat the Dark Knight will need to recruit his former and current allies before Gotham is reduced to ashes. But Tim Drake abandons his role as Robin, and the unexpected and unwelcome replacement is Stephanie Brown (aka The Spoiler, and Tim's girlfriend).Who is responsible for this chaos and what does the new Robin have to do with it? DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: BATWGH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1120pg, Full Color |
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THE BLACK TERROR Volume 2 Collects stories from Exciting Comics #21-32, 1942-44. Highly Recommended. The Nemesis of Crime entirely written by the masterful Richard Hughes! The Black Terror is a much-collected Golden Age character and sports one of the coolest costumes of the era. Besides being cover-featured on nearly all Exciting Comics issues, he had a long run of 30 issues in his own title and co-starred America's Best! This collection begins the amazing wartime Alex Schomberg covers. Iconic Nazi madness and atrocities...classics all! PS Artbooks, 2025. ...More. Item Code: BLAT02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99 |
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NYOKA THE JUNGLE GIRL Volume 1 Collects #1-4, 1942-46. Recommended. Art by Harry Anderson and Bert Whitman. Nyoka often gets short shrift in collector's eyes — Unlike the other barely clad jungle queens, she wore a dress and was clearly an all-ages title. And even the later art was pretty bland. However...these first four issues are outstanding, with far more Good Girl art and they are drawn by the brilliant Harry Anderson, who later did iconic work at Atlas in the pre-code titles. This is not your ordinary Nyoka...these are fun! And each issue is a full-length, four chapter adventure, very unusual during the Golden Age. PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: NYOK01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 188pg, Full Color $32.99 |
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AIRBOY Volume 2 Collects Vol 3 #6-9, 1946. Recommended. By Carmine Infantino, Fred Kida, Al McWilliams, Tony DiPreta et al. First soaring into action in 1942, Airboy is a young aviator hero co-created by Charles Biro and published by Hillman from 1942 to the 1950s, revived with new adventures in the 1980s & 90s and again in the 2000-teens. Airboy flies a distinctive, bird-shaped aircraft named Birdie, engaging in daring adventures against wartime foes, criminals, and supernatural threats. The backup features are all air-oriented with more flying heroes: The Flying Dutchman, Sky Wolf, The Iron Ace etc. Above average artwork and stories, a fun title. PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: AIRB02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color|na $32.99 |
| Airboy Vol 1 is in stock. This title is only available in softcover. [AIRB01. $32.99] |
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MILITARY COMICS Volume 9 Collects #30-32, 1943-44. Recommended. We have covers and lead-off Blackhawk stories by Torchy artist Bill Ward. Jack Cole draws the bizarre team of The Death Patrol. Vern Henkel does The Sniper. Fred Guardineer draws Secret War News. Gear up for action with Military Comics Volume 9! This thrilling collection brings you high-octane adventures from the Golden Age of comics. Join Blackhawk and his daring squadron as they take to the skies to battle nefarious villains and thwart global threats. Packed with riveting wartime stories, daring heroes, and classic 1940s artwork, this softcover edition is a must-have for fans of vintage comics and military-themed adventures. PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: MILC09 Soft Cover, 7x10, 180pg, Full Color $32.99 |
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Here are all previous Military volumes; most or all are in stock as I write this. I collect all of these, being a long time Blackhawk fan... My favorites remain from #12-21, with the glorious Reed Crandall covers and stories. But they are all good, #1-12 are filled with great features also. - Bud |
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BILLY THE KID Volume 1 Collects Masked Raider #6-9 and Billy the Kid #9-10, 1957. Recommended. One of Charlton's very best titles from their stable of westerns. For comics he became a hero. He made his first appearance in Masked Raider #6 (February 1957). He took over the title with #9 (November 1957) and ran for another 147 issues, competing with Marvel's western titles and surviving nearly all of them! Regular contributors included writer Joe Gill and artists Maurice Whitman, Dick Giordano, Rocke Mastroserio, Bill Molno, and Charles Nicholas. Collected here: his first five complete issues. PS Artbooks, 2025. ...More. Item Code: BILK01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99 |
| There will also be a hardcover of this; we don’t have copies yet but expect it in our next shipment [BILK01H. $52.99] |
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SCIENCE FICTION ODYSSEY MAGAZINE #1 From 1971. Highly Recommended. For the first time ever, Skywald's famous, never printed magazine!! This would have been the first adult Sci-Fi comic since EC's Incredible Science Fiction, but the belief of the publishers, Sol Brodsky ("Sky", who was a long time Marvel production person) and Israel Waldman ("Wald"), that SF just didn't sell plus budgetary constraints, meant the magazine was withdrawn, although only after film had been made and just before delivery to the printers! PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: SFOM01 Comic, 7x10, 68pg, b&w $22.99 |
| PS drives us crazy. We only got six copies of the 20 we ordered, so we’re already out as I write this, also. Arghh. We try really hard, but some publishers just don’t have their act together filling our orders! |
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EERIE COMICS #1 Facsimile Edition From 1951. Highly Recommended. Prestigious publisher Ziff-Davis pulled out all the stops on this very special issue. The cover painting is by Allen Anderson, well known for his pulp covers for such titles as Planet Stories. Inside we have "Vampires from Venus" by Bob Powell; "The Grim Reaper" by Al Carreno, where an international chess tournament turns into a battle with death; "The Perfect Hideout" by Gerald McCann, best known for his Jules Verne's Off on a Comet in the Classics Illustrated series; "Deadline for Death" by Powell and Howard Nostrand, one of the finest of the Harvey Horror artists. And there's even more! PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: EERC01 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color $15.99 |
| Eerie clearly could not be trademarked, because publisher Avon also did a 1947 #1 edition [ECM01. $16.99], of which we have just four left. And there’s also a second series from Avon [EERC01D, 02D $104.99 ea.]. And then of course there is Warren’s well-known series of Eerie also! |
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On Tuesday, July 22 we did a special mailing but only to customers who’ve signed up for occasional Adult mailings. It has New Arrivals, 2025 Bestsellers, Rare Books and more. Click here. If you want to get future adult mailings, sign up here. We uncovered a box of vintage Playboy Magazines filled with unclothed TV and film celebrities, models and babes, from the late 1990s and the early 2000s. All in very sharp condition! You can get one with any order, 2 for a $50 order, and one more for every additional $50. There are some good ones we might have priced up, but what the heck. Take advantage of us! |
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We're now featuring our GONER section every two weeks, and we're including 70 items instead of the usual 30 or so. These are items that are out of print or discontinued with only a few copies left. Once they are gone... they're gone indefinitely. We are frequently adding blemished copies into our Imperfect Editions section, but often times the small quantity prohibits us from including them in the weekly emails. Check back often to find bargain treasures!
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Our man Dwayne is at San Diego Comic-Con this week…so we don’t have any new listings for you. You can see all the recent arrivals here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We just discounted a brand new batch of of 100 titles by 20%. And... we've also reduced our previous batch of Rare Books that were 20% off to 30% off, over 900 titles! We broke these into categories for easier browsing: Artist & Illustration - Comic Book Archives |
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News & Notes |
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Moon Girl Bookplate! |
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Coming at the end of September is the all-new hardcover EC Archive: The Complete Moon Girl. Grant Geissman is once again compiling and editing this collection, and he’s once again making up a bookplate for us. It will be limited. [ECACMH. |
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Time’s Last Gift by Philip Jose Farmer |
I read this last week. It was a real honest to goodness page turner. Farmer always had a fondness for famous fiction charactes, from Sherlock Holmes to Tarzan and he wrote several books carrying their lives forward. Without giving away too much, let me say that this novel, Time’s Last Gift, should be a must-read for any ERB fan. |
Update on Retirement/Sale |
We have two active, motivated buyers talking to us about taking over and continuing Bud’s Art Books. I can’t say more right now, but it is looking very good that even after I retire, sometime in 2026, you’ll still have Bud’s Art Books to order from! |
PS Artbooks |
We apologize for the difficulty we are having getting new PS books and keeping them in stock. PS (in England) does not ship our reorders promptly; they leave out items we have ordered; they short our quantities on new items and reorders. This isn’t rocket science, but they sure act like there’s something tough about getting things right. So… we keep doing our best but we’re forced to backorder titles no matter how hard we try to get enough for our first listing, and to keep them in stock at all times after that. |
EC Fan Addict #7 Bookplate is here! |
As we have mentioned once before — we don’t normally take advance orders for coming items with a low sticker price. But if you order only Fan Addict #7 by itself (or any other similar item not yet listed online and not yet out, by itself)—and pay for shipping, then we can do it. You need to CALL IN your order so our guys can override the system. [ECF07S. $16] Here’s the description that editor Grant Geissman just sent us: |
Edited by Grant Geissman and the late Roger Hill, this 120-page issue features a portfolio of pre-EC art by Jack Davis, an interview with the legendary publisher of the 1960s and 1970s prozine (and first-generation EC fan) Bill Spicer, a portfolio of Gary Arlington’s “What If?” EC covers released as part of his 1970s Nickel Library series, an article on collecting Humbug/Harvey Kurtzman-related collectibles, a 1958 interview with Kurtzman conducted by John Benson and Larry Ivie, another installment of “The EC Collector,” an interview with the notorious Dr. Fredric Wertham about his final book, The World of Fanzines: A Special Form of Communication, a vintage 1967 visit with Frank Frazetta, and much more!
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ECFA #6 is out of print but we have exactly 23 copies left as I write this. They do have a light bump to one or two corners, else are as new [ECF06S. $16]. The bookplate that went with the first 250 copies sold is gone. |
Berkeley Comic Book Show – Saturday August 2 |
This goes on several times a year, but we don’t do every show. Our last one was in January. ~Bud |
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