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A new Lost Marvels from Fantagraphics, this time featuring Howard Chaykin. The Art of Denys Cowan. Mars Attacks in a new edition. Mike Hoffman signs Secrets of Frazetta Technique. Eerie Comics facsimile sets. Conan. Judge Anderson. New DC Finest collections. Namor the Sub-Mariner Omnibus. Boris and Royo 2026 Calendars. |
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| LOST MARVELS Volume 2 Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, Phantom Eagle When Howard Chaykin broke into comics in the 1970s, there was nothing quite like him. His original characters Dominic Fortune and Monark Starstalker took classic pulp heroes and ran them through a postmodern blender. This new volume contains retro-science-fiction bounty hunter Monark Starstalker’s debut appearance and all Chaykin’s color-comic-book Dominic Fortune stories, including the character’s unexpurgated Max series, published a generation later. Completing the package is the collision between pulp heroism and the devastating, bloody realities of World War I in Chaykin’s 111-page collaboration with The Boys writer Garth Ennis on War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle. The collection is introduced by author and comics scholar Brannon Costello. This second title in Fantagraphics’ Lost Marvels series collects some of the most exciting, sought-after work by Howard Chaykin from 1975 to 2008. Fantagraphics, 2025....More. Item Code: LOST02H Hard Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Full Color |
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| We’re awaiting a reorder of these, reserve a copy now. We expect them soon. Here’s the very popular first Lost Marvels: |
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ALSO AVAILABLE LOST MARVELS Volume 1 Tower of Shadows 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....More. Item Code: LOST01H Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Full Color $34.99 |
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GRAPHIC SAMURAI The Art of Denys Cowan Signed Signed! By Michael Stradford. Foreword by Howard Chaykin. This hardcover coffee table book is a summation of the ongoing career of the historic comic book artist. Featuring a book length interview with Denys along with brief interviews from his collaborators, crammed with hundreds of illustrations and photos. Gizmoe Press, 2025....More. Item Code: GRASAH Hard Cover, 9x12, 312pg, Full Color $60.00 |
| Here’s more by Denys Cowan. |
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MARS ATTACKS 50th Anniversary Collection Back in stock. Includes four bonus trading cards. Edgy, subversive, and darkly comedic, this over-the-top series depicting a Martian invasion of Earth has a loyal following and continues to win new generations of fans. For the first time, this book brings together high-quality reproductions of the entire original series, as well as the hard-to-find sequel from 1994, rare and never-before-seen sketches, concept art, and test market materials. Also included are an introduction by series co-creator Len Brown and an afterword by Zina Saunders, daughter of the original artist, providing an insider’s behind-the-scenes view of the bizarre and compelling world of Mars Attacks. Includes preliminary sketches and artwork, including a facsimile of the original trading card mechanical on the inside back cover, with a reproduction of the 1962 handwriting from the original Topps production department. Abrams, 2012....More. Item Code: MARSAH Hard Cover, 5x7, 224pg, Partial Color $25.99 |
| Cryptology #3 features Mars Attacks: Peter Normanton inflicts the dread of Mars Attacks— the banned cards, model kits, and comics! [CRY03. $10.95]. |
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SECRETS OF FRAZETTA TECHNIQUE AND METHODS OF MIKE HOFFMAN Signed Signed by Mike Hoffman! Cover by Mike Hoffman. A new art book that fully explains how Frank Frazetta used Classical techniques in his paintings, with numerous examples shown. Also includes a gallery of works by the author describing how the same methods were used. An invaluable resource for artists and also the viewing audience. ...More. Item Code: SECFHS Soft Cover, 9x11, 76pg, Full Color $35.00 |
| Here’s quite a bit more from Mike Hoffman. Mike is also signing his Eyrie Magazine for us. We now have two sets: #1-3 and #4-6: |
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ALSO AVAILABLE EYRIE MAGAZINE #4-6 Set Signed Volume 4 signed by Mike Hoffman! Art by Mike Hoffman. New tales of horror that salute the great mags of the past, but also plow new territory with imaginative and thought-provoking tales by famed fantasy artist & comics creator Mike Hoffman and his band of supremely talented artists and writers! Self-published and not available in most outlets. Hoffman International, 2021....More. Item Code: EYR02P Soft Cover, 8x11, 48pg, 48pg, 44pg, b&w $26.95 |
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EERIE Facsimile Edition #1 Slipcased Collects #1 and 1-5, 1947-52. Highly Recommended. By Wally Wood et al. Collect the first 5 issues of the legendary Eerie series plus Eerie Comics, the one-shot from 1947 and the first-ever supernatural comic! Six facsimile editions of classic Avon issues in one premium slipcase, not available individually! Packed with bone-chilling tales of the supernatural. From reanimated corpses to hair-raising horrors, these stories are sure to send shivers down your spine! With iconic artists like Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Joe Kubert, and Fred Kida contributing to over 200 pages of eerie terror, and even bondage, this collection delivers unbeatable bang for your buck! PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: EERC01D Comic, 7x10, 232pg, Full Color $104.99 |
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EERIE Facsimile Edition #2 Slipcased Collects #6-11, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. By Wood, Orlando, Kubert, Kinstler et al. Six facsimile editions of classic Avon issues in one premium slipcase, not available individually! Packed with bone-chilling tales of the supernatural. From reanimated corpses to hair-raising horrors, these stories are sure to send shivers down your spine! With iconic artists like Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Joe Kubert, and Everett Raymond Kinstler, who provides a bondage cover and a Phantom Witch Doctor story in #8 and more in #10. PS Artbooks, 2025. ...More. Item Code: EERC02D Comic, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $104.99 |
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EERIE Facsimile Edition #3 Slipcased Collects #12-17, 1953-54. Recommended. By Wally Wood, Joe Orland et al. Six facsimile editions of classic Avon issues in one premium slipcase, not available individually! Issue #12 features the cover and new 25-page Dracula story from the novel, by Gene Fawcette and Vince Alascia. Packed with bone-chilling tales of the supernatural and horror. From reanimated corpses to demons and monsters and sci fi, classic pre-code work! Avon's Eerie ran for an impressive 17 issues, throughout the pre-code horror period. Headlights and good girl art, a la Wood and others. PS Artbooks, 2025. ...More. Item Code: EERC03D Comic, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $104.99 |
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| PS is also doing facsimile sets of Chamber of Chills slipcased #1-3 (not yet in stock but expected this month) [HHC01D, 02D, 03D. $104.99 ea]. This Magazine is Haunted slipcased #1-4 are in stock now [THM01D, 02D, etc. $104.99 ea]. |
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ESSENTIAL JUDGE ANDERSON Childhood's End Art by Kev Walker, Dave Taylor, et al. PSI Judge Cassandra Anderson's belief in the origins of civilization is put to the test when she is brought to investigate an ancient relic on Mars, believed to be half a million years old. But as her crew members start dying, she finds herself confronting a threat that feels all-too familiar... Includes some of Alan Grant's previously uncollected Judge Death stories. 2000 AD....More. Item Code: ESSIC Soft Cover, 8x11, 144pg, Full Color $26.99 |
| We’ve only one copy left of the previous Judge Anderson book, but here’s more with the Judge Dredd universe of stories and art. |
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN Volume 5 Twisting Loyalties The triumphant new era of Conan continues in this tale of brutal heroic adventure from acclaimed creators Jim Zub (Avengers, Dungeons & Dragons), Danica Brine, and Doug Braithwaite (Punisher, Justice)! Featuring two epic tales of sword and sorcery starring Robert E. Howard’s iconic barbarian hero. Conan the Cimmerian and Bêlit, Pirate Queen of the Black Coast, are in their prime, enjoying a life of decadence and debauchery, but a flagrant flash of wealth brings unwelcome attention from thieves with a taste for danger and agents from Stygia on a dark mission for their serpent god! In the days following Bêlit’s tragic demise, Conan traveled through jungles of the southern kingdoms but there’s no time for grief – a deadly hunter stalks the Cimmerian, bent on bloody vengeance. Who is this strange foe and what do they know about the ancient power rising in Stygia? Titan, 2025....More. Item Code: CONBB05 Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color $17.99 |
| Here’s previous volumes in this series. |
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DC FINEST BLUE BEETLE Blue Beetle Challenges The Red Knight Collects Blue Beetle #1-5 (1964 series), Blue Beetle #1-5 (1965 series), and more, 1964-81. Highly Recommended. By Steve Ditko, Vince Colletta, Dick Giordano et al. Unleashing the inventive and action-packed tales that made Blue Beetle a fan favorite! Dive into the pages where it all began for the Blue Beetle! This thrilling DC Finest collection captures his debut in Captain Atom #83-86 and a range of gripping adventures from his solo Charlton Comics runs. Full of inventive gadgets, daring battles, and high-stakes action, these stories lay the foundation for Blue Beetle’s enduring legacy in the superhero world. DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: DCFBB Soft Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color |
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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? Collects #1-12, 2019-20. By Matt Fraction. Art by Steven Lieber. Jimmy has always had the wildest and kookiest adventures — but none of them have been quite like this. The Daily Planet’s intrepid photographer has found himself faking his own death — merely the first step in untangling an increasingly bizarre web! Jimmy Olsen is dead — long live Jimmy Olsen! Blending modern humor and adventure with the bizarre sensibilities of the Silver Age of comics, Superman and Jimmy explode out of Metropolis to the furthest corners of the DC Universe. DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: SUPPJH Hard Cover, 7x11, 376pg, Full Color |
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NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Fantastic Four #4, 6, 9, 14, 27, 33, his stories from Tales to Astonish #70-101, Sub-Mariner #1 (1968) & much more, 1962-68. Our Highest Recommendation. By Stan Lee et al. Art by Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Gene Colan et al. Nearly all of these stories were created when Marvel was still restricted to just ten titles or so a month, under a distribution agreement that ran from 1958 to 1968. This actually resulted in the best-ever Marvel Comics material — Stan could still write or at least oversee every single title, and cross-overs were frequent. Amazing, iconic stories were even more frequent, such as Subby's first appearances in Fantastic Four, and in The Avengers #3 and 4, in Strange Tales battling The Human Torch, in Daredevil #7...you get the idea. - Bud Marvel, 2025. ...More. Item Code: NAMOR01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 920pg, Full Color |
| Here’s more Sub-Mariner. His original Timely appearances have been collected but we are low in stock on these. Act now. |
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ALL-NEW X-MEN By Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus Collects All-New X-Men #1-15 and #18-41 and Guardians of the Galaxy #11-13, 2013-15. Art by Stuart Immonen, David Marquez et al. Brian Michael Bendis blazes a new trail for the original X-Men! It’s a blast from the past as Professor X’s original five students —Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast — are plucked from yesteryear and brought to the present day. But what they find — and the state of Xavier’s dream — is far from the future they dreamed of. How will these young, idealistic heroes react when faced with the crushing knowledge of what fate holds for them? And how will the X-Men of the present day deal with their past coming crashing forward? The time-torn teens don new costumes, face life-changing revelations and undertake their first cosmic adventure alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy! Marvel, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: ALLNXH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1048pg, Full Color |
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WONDER WOMAN By Phil Jimenez Omnibus Collects Wonder Woman (1987 series) #164-188, Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War #1 and more, 2001-2005. Wonder Woman travels to Gotham to help Batman defeat The Joker, Scarecrow and Poison Ivy — only they’re possessed by even more sinister forces. Then, Lois Lane joins Diana on a trip to the United Nations, to the White House for official business with President Luthor, on a visit with Steve Trevor and Etta Candy, as a guest on a talk show and more. Before the day is over, Lois finally confronts Diana on her relationship with Superman. But it’s not the Man of Steel who seems to have captured Diana’s heart…DC Comics, 2025. ...More. Item Code: WWPJH Hard Cover, 7x11, 856pg, Full Color |
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ALLEY OOP IN ANCIENT CHINA 1945 V.T. Hamlin Daily strips, 1945. Alley Oop and his time-traveling party succumb to a raging typhoon, leaving them at the mercy of the China Sea, in this splashy Alley Oop daily. Acoustic Learning, 2025....More. Item Code: ALLE45 Soft Cover, 11x7, 160pg, b&w $27.50 |
| Here’s more Alley. Some books are going out of print; watch for the ALMOST GONE message in our descriptions which will identify these. |
2026 Calendars |
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BORIS VALLEJO & JULIE BELL Fantasy 2026 Calendar All new every year. Step into an enchanted world swirling with dark forces, creatures that inspire awe and astonishment, and fierce men and women who rule over it all. Warriors fend off gargantuan enemies. Intergalactic explorers embark on unimaginable adventures. A witch summons her netherworld love. Workman, 2025....More. Item Code: BVJB26 Calendar, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $16.99 |
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LUIS ROYO 2026 CALENDAR Paintings of sensual women in apocalyptic landscapes and fantasy worlds have made Luis Royo one of the most popular and prolific illustrators in the world today, and this calendar features some of his fan favorites. No full nudity. Sellers, 2025....More. Item Code: LR26 Calendar, 12x12, 24pg, Full Color $17.99 |
| Here’s more for 2026. And here’s more collections with Boris, Julie and Luis Royo. Also, we’ve dropped prices again for 2025 calendars, check out the bargains here. |
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Rare Books Highlights—44 new arrivals this week: Yoshitaka Amano, H20 photographs of Howard Schatz, vintage Alex Raymond Flash Gordon archives, Collected Jack Kirby, Complete Jack Kirby and Jack Kirby Reader, Seeing Red: Rapture of Redheads (two copies of this 1993 bestseller for us only $25), Mike Benton’s History of Horror Comics, McSweeneys, Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics, Disney’s Treasury of Children’s Classics and much more! |
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WARLORD By Mike Grell Omnibus Volume 1 Collects 1st Issue Special #8, Warlord #1-50, and Amazing World of DC Comics #12. In 1975, DC made one of its most notable expansions beyond the world of superheroes with the introduction of the Warlord”a new fantasy hero created by writer and artist Mike Grell, later distinguished for his character-redefining work Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters. Lt. Colonel Travis Morgan of the United States Air Force is attacked while on a reconnaissance mission over Russia. Fleeing toward the arctic circle, he is forced to abandon his dying aircraft over the Yukon”and parachutes through a swirling mist into the strange and unrecognizable land of Skartaris! DC Comics, 2025. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: WARL01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 736pg, Full Color |
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AVAILABLE NOW DC FINEST GREEN ARROW The Longbow Hunters Collects Green Arrow #1-8, Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1-3 and more, 1987-88. Highly Recommended. In Mike Grell's stunning reinvention of the Green Arrow mythos, Oliver Queen has hung up his bow and quiver to settle down for a peaceful life with Dinah Lance. But when trouble comes calling, he is once again forced to become the Emerald Archer. Seminal stories with additional creators Dick Giordano, Bill Sienkiewicz, Denys Cowan, Ed Hannigan, Klaus Janson. Collects Detective Comics Annual #1, Green Arrow #1-8, Green Arrow Annual #1, The Question #17-18, The Question Annual #1, Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1-3. DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: DCFGA Soft Cover, 7x10, 544pg, Full Color |
| Here’s Grell’s Jon Sable (in Rare Books we have both the trade edition and the original comics!) and more. |
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DOCTOR DOOM EPIC COLLECTION Volume 1 Enter...Doctor Doom Collects Amazing Spider-Man #5; Avengers #25; Daredevil #37-38 and more, 1962-69. By Stan Lee, Jack Kirby. Art by Steve Ditko. Cover by Jack Kirby. The greatest comic-book villain of all gets his own Epic Collection at last — beginning with the Latverian monarch’s first battle with his accursed enemies, the Fantastic Four! Discover the truth behind Victor Von Doom’s bitter rivalry with Reed Richards and watch as he unfolds plot after plot to destroy the FF! Doom forges a powerful alliance with Namor, the Sub-Mariner, steals the Power Cosmic from the Silver Surfer and sets his sights on world domination! But the Fantastic Four aren’t the only heroes standing in Doom’s way: He’ll also have early encounters with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Ant-Man and the Avengers! Plus: a villainous clash with the master of alchemy, Diablo — with the fate of Victor’s childhood friend, Valeria, at stake! Marvel, 2025. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: DOCDE01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 488pg, Full Color |
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CAPTAIN TRIUMPH Volume 2 Hardcover Stories from Crack Comics #39-50, 1945-47. Highly Recommended. Art by Reed Crandall, Al Bryant et al. Now we come to the great era for Captain Triumph. Reed Crandall returned to drawing Blackhawk and Capt. Triumph after a stint in the service, and his art was more polished than ever. This is a well-drawn and well-written character who ran in Crack for many years during the Golden Age. PS Artbooks, 2025. Due: Nov....More. |
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CLASSIC SCI-FI COMICS Volume 10 Hardcover Wonder Comics Collects Tara stories from Wonder #15-20 & Thrilling #71 (1947-49) and King of Futuria stories from Mystery #1-4 & Wonder #11-14 (1944-47). Highly Recommended. Art by Alex Schomberg, Gene Fawcett et al. Tara is a fine sword fighter and carries an ‘Atom Sword’ which can fire a short blast of atomic energy. Combined with her leadership skills and tactical cunning and her ability to hypnotize opponents – they travel the Solar System in the Space Rover! Captain Dick Devens volunteers to travel a thousand years into the future but gets stuck in the 30th Century - bringing only his bullet-proof suit, some weapons and a helicopter, Dick must survive the Venusians and other alien attacking the city of Futuria! PS Artbooks, 2025. Due: Nov....More. |
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EROTIC HOLLYWOOD NUDES Volume 1 Award winning erotic film director and glamour photographer, James Avalon, brings you the best of his twenty years of experience in the erotic film industry in his second and newest book Erotic Hollywood Nudes Volume 1. James started his career as a set photographer / glamour photographer, then added writer, director of photography, editor and feature director winning numerous international awards for his films. This book reveals his talent as a director and his passion for glamour photography on the set. Asylum, 2025. Adult Material. ...More. Item Code: EROTH01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 72pg, Partial Color $24.95 |
We currently still have 20 copies of Playboy Magazine, free with any order. Click here for more details. |
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I've been busy reducing the price on many items that we've had on the shelf for a while, and a new clearance sale is coming soon. For now, here is a teaser of some recently reduced Omnibus collections, and Marvel Masterworks. Titles that were full price are now 40% off; titles 40% off are now 50% off. Click here to see all 14 titles. |
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Anne and I have been in Connecticut for a week, visiting with friends (one of whom is a comic book buddy, who was reading Golden Age in the Golden Age…he’s 90 and still doing very well). But I will admit, we were going to drive over to Terrificon in Massachusetts and we mutually cancelled out. I’d just done very long day visiting Ted Van Liew of Superworld Comics the day before. Three hours of driving, six more spent in his basement looking at comics—and, well, a fair amount of time swapping stories. We’ve both been in this for a long time. I came home with a busted budget and a small stack of goodies, so further temptation at Terrificon seemed over the top. Anne and I also went by a children’s & illustrated book dealer here, E.M. Maurice. We’d met years ago at the Boston shadow book fair, when we used to fly back to exhibit at the ABAA show there. We hadn’t realized before that he was so close to our friend’s house in Suffield. We had a fine visit and I found some quite special books, several of which were entirely new to me. A Rip Van Winkle illustrated by Charles Robinson I’d never seen before. A lovely 1860s book with hand-colored plates illustrated by Henry Noel Humphreys, whose chromolithography books are my favorites from this time. Even found a nice E.J. Detmold Book of Baby Beasts in a handsome binding new to me. ~Bud |
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