Lots to share with you this week. A wonderful new Illustrators issue featuring Mark Schultz; DC Finest collects the first Silver Age Hawkman stories with my Highest Recommendation. Carmilla is a new Beehive title that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula; Kirby’s Forever People Artist Edition; three new TwoMorrows magazines and a comics-to-movies book. A new Zagor, Vampi Archives 1, DC Horror and the 2026 Tolkien Calendar. Plus new Sale Items, Coming and News and Notes. |
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| ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #48 Mark Schultz Our Highest Recommendation. Featuring the artwork of Mark Schultz, 38 pages of his finest right up to the present day. Amazing, exquisite examples of paintings, pencils, finished inked pieces, including previously unpublished work and a look at the upcoming sequel to Xenozoic!!! Plus a new interview. Next a fine feature on Chris Moore, one of the UK's leading exponents in sci-fi illustration whose previous art books we handled. Get up to date with his work also. Thirdly, from the horror movie posters to VHS and DVD covers, explore the paintings of Graham Humphrey. Book Palace, 2025....More. Item Code: IQ48A, IQ48B Soft Cover, 8x11, 96pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
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After seeing how superlative this new issue is, I don’t think I ordered enough. Act now, we have just 30 copies of each cover in stock. I’ll be bringing more in but we might be out of stock for a week or perhaps two at the most. It takes two weeks for reorders to arrive from England. Here’s all available Illustrator’s Quarterly issues plus specials. |
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| CARMILLA An Illuminated Edition Recommended. Introduction by Poppy Z. Brite. Sheridan Le Fanu’s magnetic and sinuous 1871 novella introduced one of the iconic anti-heroines of gothic fiction. It pioneered depictions of lesbian desire in European writing, and would go on to inspire Bram Stoker's Dracula. Today, Carmilla is considered a landmark work recognized for its major contributions to vampire fiction and gothic literature. Rosemary Valero-O’Connell contributes outstanding full page plates and spot illustrations, tender and menacing both. All new original illustrations tangle with the complex legacy of a landmark piece of horror fiction suffused with unfulfilled desire between two young women. Beehive Books, 2025....More. Item Code: CARIEH Hard Cover, 9x12, 144pg, Full Color $100.00 |
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| There will also be a deluxe signed & limited edition that is due soon [CARIED. $250]. We still have previous Beehive matching editions in stock: Island of Doctor Moreau, A Wonder Book, The Inferno at $100 each. Harrison Cady and Temple of Silence at $125. |
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JACK KIRBY FOREVER PEOPLE Artist's Edition New Printing. Highly Recommended. Continuing IDW's year-long celebration of the centennial of Jack "King" Kirby's birth. His classic Fourth World Epic told the story of a group of New Gods sent to Earth to oppose Darkseid. Featuring Beautiful Dreamer, Big Bear, Moonrider, and others, this was Kirby's take on super-powered 1970s-era hippies! Brilliant Kirby work, this includes issues #1 and 4-8, all from 1971. Nearly all pages scanned from the originals. Presented in IDW's award-winning Artist's Edition format — the next best thing to owning the original art. IDW, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: JKFPAEH Hard Cover, 12x17, 160pg, b&w |
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Jack Kirby’s Mister Miracle Artist Edition available [JKMMH. |
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AMERICAN MOVIE COMIC BOOKS 1930-1970S From the Silver Screen to the Printed Page Author Peter Bosch continues his remarkable history of Hollywood’s ongoing love affair with comic books. The sequel to American TV Comic Books, this new book looks at hundreds of Tinseltown’s motion pictures that made the jump from the silver screen to the comics page, starting from the days of Charlie Chaplin and continuing through to the wonders of Steven Spielberg. Along with comics story pages from the industry’s greatest talents — including Jack Kirby, Russ Manning, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Alex Toth, Dan Spiegle, Wallace Wood, Steve Ditko, John Buscema, George Pérez, and Walter Simonson (to name just a few!)—you will discover full-color photo covers, posters, original art, and much more! TwoMorrors, 2025....More. Item Code: AMMOV Soft Cover, 9x11, 192pg, Full Color $31.95 |
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ALTER EGO #195 Highly Recommended. Edited by Roy Thomas. Neal Adams revisited! Three incredible interviews by Alex Grand, Bill Field and Emilio Soltero — and an awesome overview of Neal’s merchandising art for Marvel and DC Comics. Plus a treasure trove of Adams art! Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt looks at the Spirit section backup feature, Mr. Mystic; tributes to Alberto Castelli, Jose Delbo, Greg Hildebrandt and Jules Feiffer. Fawcett Collectors features an interview with the son of their editor in chief in the 1940s and 50s. TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: AE195 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Full Color $10.95 |
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BACK ISSUE #161 Recommended. It's a special Mutant Mayhem issue with features on Storm, Havok, Polaris, Brood and much more. Cover featured is Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X. Plus: The crazy romance of Havok and Polaris, Rogue and Nightcrawler limited series, villain histories of the Brood and Arcade, and more! Featuring Jon Bogdanove, John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Louise Simonson, Mike Wieringo, and more! Re-presenting the 1991 Marvel Comics Presents #78 cover by Windsor-Smith. TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: BA161 Magazine, 8x11, 184pg, Full Color $10.95 |
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CRYPTOLOGY #4 Highly Recommended. An A issue that will appeal to any comics or movie fan. -Bud. Acclaimed illustrator Alex Ross regales us with the gory lowdown on his Universal Monsters paintings. Discover the early origins of blood-curdling slasher movies. Two meaty features display the macabre pre-Code artwork of Atlas’s Bill Everett as well as a look at the hugely collectible Venus run with its own Everett covers and stories! There's a look at ACG’s artist maestro Harry Lazarus. Editor Peter Normanton literally brings that era’s 3-D comic books to life with a mini-history and complete 3-D story reprint! TwoMorrows, 2025....More. Item Code: CRY04 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Full Color $10.95 |
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Our favorite issue to date! I love the two articles on Bill Everett’s 1950s pre-code work for both the Marvel horror comics and for the legendary Venus, which went from a bland romance title to one of the most collectible horror comics from Atlas, once Bill took over! #1 is out of print, but you can still score #2 and 3, $10.95 each. Like many other publishers, Twomorrows is not longer shipping books to Diamond Comic Distributors. Thus there may be an interruption in the flow of their books out to comic stores; just something to be aware of if you normally buy any of these locally. |
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ALSO AVAILABLE FROM TWOMORROWS REED CRANDALL ILLUSTRATOR OF THE COMICS Signed Almost Gone! Signed extra-illustrated full color 7x10 bookplate! Now in softcover. Our Highest Recommendation. By Roger Hill. The special bookplate features a painting never before reproduced in full color featuring John Carter, Dejah Thoris & friends, and Tars Tarkas going into battle (nudity). From the 1940s to the ‘70s, Reed Crandall brought a unique and masterful style to American comic art. Using an illustrator's approach on everything he touched, Crandall gained a reputation as the “artist’s artist” through his skillful interpretations of Golden Age super-heroes Doll Man, The Ray, Firebrand, and Blackhawk (his signature character); horror and sci-fi for the legendary EC Comics line; Warren Publishing’s Creepy, Eerie, and Blazing Combat; THUNDER Agents and Edgar Rice Burroughs characters; and even Flash Gordon for King Features. TwoMorrows, 2021. Out of print. ...More. Item Code: REEDCRA Soft Cover, 9x11, 156pg, Full Color $39.95 |
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DC FINEST HAWKMAN Wings Across Time Collects Brave and the Bold #34-36 & 42-44, Hawkman #1-16 and more, 1961-66. Our Highest Recommendation. The origin of the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl and all their earliest appearances in Brave and the Bold, Mystery in Space and Hawkman #1-16, all from 1961 to 1966. Superlative artwork by Joe Kubert and Murphy Anderson, who obviously really cared deeply for the characters. As did writer Gardner Fox, who was writing the Golden Age Hawkman stories and returned to do this modern retake of the characters. This begins with their journey as Thanagarian warriors coming to protect Earth. Whether battling the Shadow Thief, thwarting alien invasions, or solving ancient puzzles, their stories are a masterclass in courage and ingenuity, and brilliant comics storytelling and art. DC comics, 2025....More. Item Code: DCFHWA Soft Cover, 7x10, 560pg, Full Color |
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VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES Volume 1 Collects Vampirella Magazine #1-7, 1969-70. Highly Recommended. In September 1969, Vampirella #1 debuted as a companion to Warren's Creepy and Eerie Magazine, with a stunning cover and introduction page drawn by the legendary Frank Frazetta. It quickly made publishing history. In these first seven issues you'll find stories drawn by Neal Adams, Ernie Colon, Billy Graham, Alan Weiss, Reed Crandall, Jeff Jones, and Tom Sutton, among many othersWriters include Gardner Fox, Doug Moench, Nick Cuti, Forrest J. Ackerman, Don Glut, Bill Parente et al. All original covers (by Frazetta, Jeff Jones and Vaughn Bode), title pages and pin-ups. Dynamite, 2025....More. Item Code: VAM01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 232pg, b&w |
| We actually received Vol 2 already, long before this first volume reached us. As much as I’ve said about the Diamond Comics debacle having little effect on us, it did catch up with us here. Diamond never filled our order for Vol 1; we brought them in from new distributor Lunar. Anyway, now we have both volumes and look forward to Volume 3! These aren’t cheap but still are $15 less than the now out of print hardcover volumes, and each collects seven issues, almost 400 pages of material. |
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BATMAN By Tom King Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Batman: Rebirth #1, Batman Rebirth #1-24 and more, 2016-17. New introduction by series editor Jamie S. Rich, new cover by Clay Mann. Art by David Finch, Mikel Janin, Mitch Gerads et al. Dive into the first volume of Tom King’s groundbreaking run on Batman, now collected in a massive omnibus edition! This chronicles the Dark Knight’s emotional and physical battles, from his alliances with new heroes Gotham and Gotham Girl to his tense confrontations with Bane, Catwoman, and the mysterious forces behind "The Button." "A must-have for Batman fans," featuring unforgettable stories like "I Am Gotham," "I Am Suicide," and "I Am Bane," this collection brings together masterful storytelling with stunning artwork from some of the industry's best. Extensive cover gallery, never before seen material from the making of this acclaimed run. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: BATTK01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 984pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Volume 4 Collects Amazing Spider-Man #31-40, 1965-66. New Edition. Highly Recommended. Back in hardcover, beautifully restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Steve Ditko took over both storytelling, plotting and character creation with these issues: here are the first appearances of Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, Harry Osborne as the second Green Goblin, and Kraven the Hunter! These are his last before he left Marvel. John Romita took over the title with #39, so his first two issues are also here, kicking off his long and successful run as he redefined Spidey with his polished, modern look. Marvel, 2025....More. Item Code: MAS04H Hard Cover, 7x10, 280pg, Full Color |
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DC HORROR PRESENTS Collects #1-4, 2024-25. Recommended. Thrills! Thrills! Chills! An anthology series for the horror fans! A series of one-shot stories written and drawn by genre legends across movies, TV, novels, and comics, who have been given carte blanche to explore their wildest and most gruesome ideas with DC heroes and villains! You’ve never seen the DC Universe quite like this before! Features the spooky talents of Francesco Francavilla, Cat Staggs, David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, The Boulet Brothers, LaToya Morgan, Aaron Sagers, Patrick Horvath, Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Brandon Hay, Steve Kostanski, Butch Mapa, Walt Barna, Ryan Kelly, Danny Earls, and Logan Faerber. Lots of outstand artwork here. DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: DCHOR Soft Cover, 7x10, 96pg, Full Color $9.99 |
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ZAGOR ZOMBIES IN DARKWOOD Signature Edition Highly Recommended. By Samuel Marolla. Art by Paolo Bisi. Cover by Alessandro Piccinelli. In the remote Red Hook Valley, the Lizard gang bandits inadvertently release a creature that the natives revere as an obscure deity. This sets off a deadly zombie epidemic where Zagor and a female, one-eyed riverboat captain are intended to be the next victims! Desperate battle ensues. Will Zagor be able to stop the devastating contagion before it spreads throughout Darkwood and beyond? Also includes the short story "The Contagion" by Tito Faraci and Walter Venturi! As usual, very well drawn, collecting the long running and very popular Italian series. Epicenter Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: ZAGZH Hard Cover, 8x11, 240pg, b&w $27.99 |
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Also available: Zagor The Northwest Passage ($33.99), Zagor The Forest of Crossed Destinies ($15.99), and Tex & Zagor Omens of War regular ($17.99) and hurt ($7.99). Also from Epicenter Comics, The Best of Ken Parker Collection Book 1 & 2 by Giancarlo Berardi, and art by Ivo Milazzo. These came in this week, but too late for a full listing. |
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TOLKIEN 2026 Calendar Highly Recommended. Introduction by Alan Lee.This year’s calendar showcases 13 full-color paintings by Alan Lee of scenes from across the “First Age” of Middle-Earth, depicting key moments from the three “Great Tales” – The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin – that were published posthumously by Christopher Tolkien. Together they form the capstone to his unique literary contribution to our appreciation of his father’s invented world. Many consider Alan Lee THE Tolkien creator. He provided artwork that inspired scenes and sets in the movie trilogy and has illustrated book editions of both the trilogy and The Hobbit. Harper-Collins, 2025....More. Item Code: TOLK26 Calendar, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $16.99 |
| Boris and Luis Royo both came in last week. Here’s all 2026 calendars so far. Click here for new lower prices on past calendars, we still have quite a few as low as $1.99 and $2.50, including adult titles. |
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JOHN SEVERIN TWO-FISTED COMIC BOOK ARTIST Signed Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. Exclusive full color, double-sided bookplate signed by authors Greg Biga and Jon B. Cooke. A spirited biography of one of the most prolific creators in the history of American comics! From a start in 1947 at the Simon & Kirby shop, John Severin co-created the legendary Western strip American Eagle, and became an EC Comics mainstay, working with Harvey Kurtzman on MAD and Two-Fisted Tales. In addition to a 40 year association with Cracked magazine, his pivotal Marvel Comics work included an extended run on The Hulk, and teaming with sister Marie Severin to create the definitive comics version of King Kull. TwoMorrows, 2021....More. Item Code: JOHSEH Hard Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Partial Color |
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MAC RABOY Master of the Comics Closeout Price! The first-ever book on this hugely talented artist. Our Highest Recommendation. By Roger Hill. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Beginning with his WPA etchings during the 1930s, Mac Raboy struggled to survive the Great Depression and eventually found his way into the comics. He perfected his art style on early stories of Dr. Voodoo, Zorro The Mystery Man, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, (all for Fawcett), The Green Lama and, finally, his crowning achievement, Captain Marvel Jr. Raboy went on to illustrate the Flash Gordon Sunday newspaper strip, and left behind a legacy of meticulous perfection. Through extensive research and interviews with son David Raboy, and with several of Mac Raboy's Golden Age assistants, author Roger Hill brings Mac Raboy, the man and the artist, into focus. TwoMorrows, 2019....More. Item Code: MACRAH Hard Cover, 8x11, 160pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more with Mac Raboy and John Severin, and more fine books and magazines by Roger Hill and Jon B. Cooke. We have only seven copies left of Roger Hill’s earlier book on Reed Crandall, still with Roger’s signed bookplate. It is now out of print: |
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THE JOHN SEVERIN WESTERNS Featuring American Eagle Collects Prize Comics Western #85-113. 1951-55. Our Highest Recommendation. From 1951 to 1955, before and during his legendary EC work, John Severin, Mad artist Will Elder and Two-Fisted Tales writer Colin Dawkins introduced a new level of historical accuracy to the comic-book Western. While Native Americans had generally been vilified or left in the shadows of gun-slinging cowboy heroes, the American Eagle stories featured in Prize Comics Western were built around action-packed tribal intrigues and a heroic Crow warrior. And they are GREAT! Well written and superbly drawn!!! Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: JOHWH Hard Cover, 7x11, 488pg, Full Color |
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I also marked down Dave Steven Sketchbook Vol 4 [DAVE04. The Dave Steven exhibit book from 2024 from the Cartoon Art Museum is still available [ROCKL. $30]. Here is more by Dave. I Am a Barbarian by Edgar Rice Burroughs: The signed/limited graphic novel, is now half price while they last [IAMBAD. |
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This week we sent out an unprecedented listing of 500 newly or further discounted items. This includes more than 60 Omnibus Editions, ERB books, Dune, Dan Brereton signed items and more. Many have one or two copies left. We've broken the batches into two sections with the August sale covering titles A-J. Next month we'll feature titles K-Z. |
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FLASH GORDON CLASSIC COLLECTION The Complete Sunday Strips Volume 5 1951-1953 Highly Recommended. Science fiction’s most enduring icon Flash Gordon returns in newly restored editions, collecting his ongoing adventures on the mysterious planet Mongo. In this volume, a whole new era begins for the space faring adventurer as comics legends Harvey Kurtzman and Dan Barry relaunch the strip! Space prisons, butterfly men, and forest demons — Flash Gordon will take on them all! Superb artwork that carries on the tradition of powerful and imaginative storytelling launched in 1934 by Alex Raymond. Frazetta, along with other artists like Al Williamson and Jack Davis, briefly assisted Barry with illustrations during this period. Mad Cave Studios, 2025. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: FLAG05H Hard Cover, 11x10, 232pg, Partial Color |
| Click here for previous volumes. Volume 4 just arrived this week, too late to make the new items above. Unfortunately more than half our shipment was damaged, but we do have a few copies that can ship right away. |
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TERRY AND THE PIRATES The Master Collection Volume 12 1946 Highly Recommended. In this final volume Milton Caniff gives curtain calls to many of his vivid, colorful characters. Readers will be sometimes delighted, sometimes shocked by their last visits with Terry, Pat, Connie, Big Stoop, the Dragon Lady, Burma, Hotshot Charlie, Jane Allen, Deeth Crispin III, Chopstick Joe, Tony Sandhurst, Baron DePlexus, Cap’n Blaze, and others. It’s time to ring out the old and ring in the new in Caniff’s classic Terry and the Pirates conclusion! Clover Press, 2025. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: TERP12H Hard Cover, 11x14, 164pg, Partial Color $100.00 |
| All previous volumes are still available, Vol 1 & 13 is $125, the others are $100 each. |
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THE HISTORY OF EC COMICS Back in print, new 2025 printing. From the leading authority on EC. Huge oversized volume. Our Highest Recommendation. By Grant Geissman. Taschen presents the full, fascinating story of this fabled company, written and designed by EC-expert Grant Geissman. Even the most die-hard EC Fan-Addicts will find something new within these pages, with the Gaines family archives providing over 100 rarities that have never seen print. Cover images are reproduced from Gaines file copies. 1,000 illustrations include the rarest and most notorious covers, interior pages and panels, rare photos, vintage original artwork, and some of the most celebrated stories ever to be printed in four colors. Taschen, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: HISECH Hard Cover, 11x16, 596pg, Full Color $200.00 |
| This sold out the first printing but it did so well that like the XXL Frazetta edition, Taschen went back to print on it. This was a huge bestseller for us; get it now before it sells out and they do a reduced price but also reduced size edition, as is their usual move. See the customer reviews on our listing! It's much loved! |
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We have another triple feature DVD this week: More, More, More: Andrea True Collection. This includes two earlier films plus a special 1977 compilation of her best from several films. Click here for more more adult DVDs. Adult Rare Books this week: Ex Libris Eroticis by Rotundo, Dames & Goodies; Barbe Cinema 1 & 2, Barbe Confesse and Barbe Jeux d’Eau, Grin and Bear It Set, Naked Fashion Girls, Spanish Fly & Lolita set, four SQ artbook sets featuring fantasy and erotic art. |
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We have 38 new listings this week, including a bevy of adult items listed in our Mature Readers box. We have two vintage Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books sets bargain priced at $80 and $100. Also available are Vol 3 & 4 signed/limited set $300; Vol 1 &2 leatherbound/limited set $325; 1&2 regular set $122.50 to $200 and Vol 3 & 4 sets at $56 and $100. Also new this week: Disney Picture Disc LP set; vintage Two-Fisted Tales Cover Set; Ray Lago, two copies; Vampi four-book set; Pulp Vault set, Caatinga & Blood Ties set; JLA Archive 2, Greatest Golden Age Stories; Archives Hergé set, Mice Templar; and the very first Flash Gordon compilation from 1967 and two other FG archives. |
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Illustrators Quarterly Special #17 |
Glenn Fabry Essentials Volume 1 |
Shi Senryaku Omnibus |
Here is our bi-weekly listing of 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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News & Notes |
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Overstreet Price Guide now out in November |
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This year’s guide, normally ready in July, is now slated to ship in November. We are taking orders for the three editions, softcover, hardcover and Big Big. So far there are no other variants planned. Although still owned by Diamond founder Steve Geppi, the publisher Gemstone has obviously been affected by the Diamond bankruptcy, creating this delay. |
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Bud Plant For Sale - Update |
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We had a productive first meeting with potential buyers of the business this week. They are located in Sacramento; they already sell discounted comic book archives on Ebay. If we come to an agreement, they would keep the business running for the forseeable future as it is now, keeping our staff and location and product mix. I would help in the transition to new owners before I bow out sometime in mid-2026. Meanwhile, as I’ve said before, we continue to operate as usual with new items being ordered as usual. ~Bud |
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