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I love Comic Book Apocalypse. You get both the great covers and lots of history. ERB’s Mars novels continue. Disney’s earliest Golden Books are collected. Breathtaker from Mark Wheatley. Wolverton, Wonder Woman, Batman in DC Finest, Creepy, several key Back in Stock items. Two recommended items we won’t be stocking. And Playboy cartoons and Spirit sets. Enjoy! |
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| COMIC BOOK APOCALYPSE! The Death of Pre-Code Comics and Why It Happened 1940-1955 Highly Recommended. By David J. Hogan. Introduction by Maggie Thompson. Comic Book Apocalypse! explores the controversial world of pre-code comics, through 500 examples of cover art, highlighting why some deemed the Code necessary! I love it...here are all the wildest, weirdest, raunchiest, raciest, most violent covers of the 1940s and 1950s comics, from EC Comics to Batman, Fighting Yank to Pep Comics, romance to Planet Comics and Space Adventure. The book also examines who decided what content was acceptable, demonstrating how pre-Code comics reflect the larger story of 1950s America. While compliance was technically voluntary, most publishers followed its strict rules. Those who didn’t faced ruin when wholesalers and distributors refused to handle non-compliant comics, returning them unopened to publishers, who soon self-destructed. Schiffer, 2025....More. Item Code: COMIBOH Hard Cover, 10x11, 256pg, Full Color |
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CONAN The Tower of the Elephant Highly Recommended. Art by Valetin Sécher (Michael Moorcock’s Elric). Oversized hardcover with double-page paintings accompanied by the complete text of Robert E. Howard's novella, early in Conan's career. French artist Valentine Secher is outstanding here with the first adaptation in a new French series from Bragelonne Publishers. In the Maul district of Zamora, where bandits go to celebrate their crimes, a young barbarian with black hair, broad shoulders and powerful torso, hears a Kothian talking about the Tower of the Elephant. The thief tells him that it contains in its heights the Heart of the Elephant, a marvelous jewel that offers wealth and powers to the one who holds it. Without preparation, Conan the Cimmerian undertakes the ascent of this tower reputed to be impregnable, a journey that will test the body and mind of the barbarian in one of his earliest encounters with supernatural forces. Titan, 2025....More. Item Code: CONTEH Hard Cover, 10x13, 56pg, Full Color $24.99 |
| This reminds me more of the H.P. Lovecraft illustrated novels, also from France, than of a graphic novel. It's really an illustrated version with the full prose story. Here’s more of the latest Conan releases. |
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THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN Ed Grey and the Last Battle for England Collects #1-3, 2024 plus a bonus 17-page epilogue. Highly Recommended. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and fan-favorite artist Ben Stenbeck team up for a final story after the end of the world! Witchfinder Ed Grey is summoned by Alice, queen of the last standing realm on earth, to defend her and England against Morgan Le Fay and her champion in a final standoff. Grey must transform into the defender he was destined to be if England has a chance of surviving, while Le Fay has her own intentions for Alice. Bonus sketchbook and cover gallery. Dark Horse, 2025....More. Item Code: SERPH Hard Cover, 7x10, 104pg, Full Color $24.99 |
| Here’s more from the Hellboy universe. Flesk is working on a deluxe new edition of Gary Gianni’s Hellboy in the Silent Sea. Announcement soon. |
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THE BREATHTAKER COLLECTION Collects Breathtaker #1-4, 1990, plus new material. Recommended. By Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel. Introduction by Walt Simonson. The original four-part, cult classic remastered, so readers can experience the original Breathtaker story in an all-new light. Also includes 60 more pages of new and rare material, includeing a complete new story. Chase Darrow is a beautiful weapon. The US government gave her a sexual power that makes her utterly alluring and she was born with the power to love a man to death. She is a real, living psychic vampire. But Chase is now on the run from The Man — another government creation and the first superhero. All machismo, he is sent to bring Chase back, but which weapon will prove the most powerful - love or death? Titan, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BREACOH Hard Cover, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE NUCLEUS X Special Edition Slipcased set of four softcover (three signed), 5 signed 11x17 prints (3 signed), CD and bookmarks. Our Highest Recommendation. NUCLEUS X is a boxed set of four 8x11- inch full color, stunning softcovers (over 200 pages) of the 10th issue of the fanzine that pro-artist Mark Wheatley began publishing back in the 1960s as a young fan. These pages are filled with his own artistic history, tributes to other artists such as Dan Smith and Walter Jardine, full color paintings and illustrated stories, several from Robert E. Howard and E.R. Burroughs novels (Conan, Solomon Kane, Dejah Thoris and John Carter), reviews, and more. The quality of work here is magnificent. - Bud Insight Studios, 2024....More. Item Code: NUCXS Soft Cover, 9x11, 200pg, Full Color $65.00 |
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WALT DISNEY'S CHILDREN'S CLASSICS 1937-1953 Highly Recommended. By Charles Solomon. 376 pages with ten complete adventures. Travel to imagined lands through mid-century illustrations by pioneering Disney artists such as the now-legendary Mary Blair, John Hench, Tom Oreh, Al Dempster, Campbell Grant, Dick Kelsey, Mel Shaw, and Retta Scott Worcester. This anthology of stories collects the earliest Disney film adaptations for the Golden Books series, which began in 1943. Disney assigned their finest animators to these and sales helped them through hard times during and after WWII. The fine work on these stories set the style for future animators. This collects Dumbo, Pinocchio. Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Once Upon a Wintertime, Snow White, Peter and the Wolf, The Adventures of Mr. Toad, Peter Pan and Cinderella. Taschen, 2025. ...More. Item Code: WDCHH Hard Cover, 8x10, 376pg, Full Color $50.00 |
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CLASSIC SCI-FI COMICS Volume 9 Wolverton 2 Almost Gone, alaready out of print! Collects stories from Target Comics #17-34, Amazing Man Comics #25-26, and more, 1941-53. Highly Recommended. These stories are amazing, original, like nothing else in comics. I love Wolverton’s work, and Spacehawk remains my favorite of all his work. A super-powered alien hero, Spacehawk rights wrongs in space, rescues pretty girls, and has no mercy for evil-intentioned aliens or space monsters! Lots of huge clunky spaceships, alien planets, ugly aliens, and the occasional beautiful space girl who needs rescuing. Wolverton Good Girl Art! Also here are his wonderful alien/monster pre-code stories from the 1950s.- Bud PS Artbooks, 2025. Out or print....More. Item Code: PSSC09 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99 |
| Both editions are already out of print. We will have three copies left of the hardcover when our reorder arrives; our first shipment in June quickly sold out. We have 6 softcovers in stock. We are told we won’t be getting any more. Go figure! One of the best issues in the series and they let it sell out before anyone sees it? In their defense, they’ve been hit hard losing Diamond as a outlet for their books (and for revenue). |
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WONDER WOMAN By John Byrne Omnibus Collects Wonder Woman #101-136, Annual #5-6 and more, 1988-98. By John Byrne with Walt Simonson, Mike Mignola, Mike Zeck, and Curt Swan. Following his highly acclaimed reinvention of the Man of Steel, John Byrne weaves a new beginning for Wonder Woman. He brings his signature style to this full run on the iconic Amazon Warrior. As Diana carves out a new life in Gateway City, she faces devastating battles against the forces of Apokolips, confronts deadly foes such as Cheetah, and even ascends to godhood in a saga that redefines her destiny. With stunning artwork and sweeping storytelling, this collection showcases Wonder Woman’s most mythic adventures of the 1990s, including the rise of a new Wonder Girl and Queen Hippolyta’s surprising turn as Wonder Woman during World War II. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: WWJBH Hard Cover, 8x11, 1016pg, Full Color |
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DC FINEST BATMAN Red Skies Collects stories from Secret Origins #6, Batman Annual #10, Batman #386-400, and Detective Comics #553-567, 1985-86. By Doug Moench, Klaus Janson, Gene Colan, Tom Mandrake et al. From the dark alleys of Gotham to the red skies of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Red Skies presents some of the most compelling stories in the Dark Knight’s history. This collection spans the debut of Black Mask, Hugo Strange’s master plans, and Batman’s high-stakes confrontations with Two-Face, Catwoman, and the False Face Society. Through it all, Batman must navigate the line between his personal losses and his unyielding commitment to justice. This collection showcases the depth and evolution of Batman’s character during a pivotal era in his history. DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: DCFBRS Soft Cover, 7x10, 656pg, Full Color |
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CREEPY ARCHIVES Volume 10 Collects #46-50, 1972. Recommended. New 5-page introduction by David Horne. A massive 278-pages of horror by Corben, Crandall, Romero, Garcia, Maroto, Sanjulian, Brocal, Auraleon, Grandenetti et al. Get creeped out with the latest collection of four more complete issues! This trailblazing horror magazine is reprinted just as it first appeared, in crisp black and white with color covers, "Loathsome Lore" stories, fan art pages, letter columns and essays from the original magazine as well. Features an iconic cover by horror master Sanjulian! Dark Horse, 2025....More. Item Code: CRE10 Soft Cover, 9x11, 280pg, Full Color |
| Click here for previous volumes as well as Eerie and the new Vampirella softcover series. |
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BARSOOM SAGA Volume 4 Thuvia Maid of Mars Highly Recommended. By Edgar Rice Buroughs. New cover and frontispiece by Joe Jusko. Afterword by Henry G. Franke III. Includes 68 bonus pages of artwork and letters. Carthoris, son of the Warlord of Mars and the incomparable Dejah Thoris, travels to the court of Thuvan Dihn to proclaim his love to the fair Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth, only to leave dejected when he finds she is promised to another. But the Prince of Helium’s troubles are only beginning, for when unknown raiders seize Thuvia, Carthoris becomes the chief suspect. While attempting to return to Ptarth and clear his name, his flier is sabotaged, and he finds himself carried across the desolate wastes to the ancient city of Lothar. There Thuvia has escaped her abductors, only to fall into the clutches of Lothar’s tyrannical jeddak, whose legions of spectral warriors have been locked in an unceasing bloody war since time immemorial. ERB Inc., 2025....More. Item Code: BARS04H Hard Cover, 6x9, na, Text/b&w $36.95 |
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BARSOOM SAGA Volume 5 The Chessman of Mars Highly Recommended. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. Cover and frontispiece by Joe Jusko. Afterword by Henry G. Franke III. One of the longest Mars novels; including the 68 bonus pages with art and letters, this is 358 pages! The largest storm in the history of Barsoom sweeps the flier of Tara of Helium, headstrong daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, halfway across the face of the planet to the mysterious Valley of Bantoom. There rule the ghoulish, bodiless heads known as kaldanes, riding upon the eerie headless torsos of their rykor mounts. Behind Tara comes the warrior Gahan of Gathol, intent on rescuing the princess who has spurned his love. But escape from the spine-chilling warrens of Bantoom’s kaldane king will lead Tara and Gahan — along with Ghek, their unlikely kaldane companion — to the even stranger and deadlier city of Manator, where they must survive the arena in a bloodthirsty game of living chess. ERB Inc., 2025....More. Item Code: BARS05H Hard Cover, 6x9, na, Text/b&w $36.95 |
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I’m first to admit I have many editions of each of the ERB novels. The original G&D printings, Ballantine and Ace paperbacks, cool British editions with entirely new artwork. But these new editions are just too good to pass up and I’m adding each to my collection. I love the new Jusko covers as well as the 68 pages of bonus material in the back—all kinds of cool rare stuff I’ve never seen before. it’s enough to make any ERB fan happy and if you’ve never before read the adventure, well, what can you be waiting for. It’s the ultimate edition!—Bud. Click here or on the banner above for the previous volumes as well as the Tarzan series and more from ERB Inc. |
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THE H.P. LOVECRAFT EXPERIENCE Deluxe Box Set Three Volumes, pamphlet and ephemera all in a clamshell box; Lovecraft’s complete fiction. A complete novel, four novellas, 53 short stories, and prose poems, edited by one of the world's preeminent Lovecraft scholars, S.T. Joshi. Introduction and an original Reader's Guide to HPL's fiction by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman, founders of the HPL Historical Society. Plus exclusive collectible ephemera from Lovecraft’s fictional Miskatonic University. Housed in a 3-D sculpted case made to resemble Cthulhu's visage. A premium collector’s set, nearly 4 inches deep. The sculpted cover is outstanding!. Weldon Owen, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: HPLEX Hard Cover, 10x12, 1188pg, Full Color |
| I didn’t have any idea how nice a package this was, and how well it would be received. We now have more! |
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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 |
| Just goes to show, no matter how many books on Frazetta are out there, there’s room for another good one. This is by Arnie Fenner, with cooperation from the Frazetta family. Arnie along with Cathy Fenner compiled and designed Legacy, Icon and Testament, which are THE three best Frazetta books. Maybe with the big $200 XXL Taschen volume a close 4th. Arnie always finds new material and puts together a fresh new perspective on whatever he works on (including the first 20 Spectrum volumes, lest we forget)! |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #48 Mark Schultz Cover A 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 Soft Cover, 8x11, 96pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
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ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #48 Mark Schultz Cover B 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: IQ48B Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
| We ran out of both cover A and B but all backorders are shipping out this week. We brought in more A’s than B’s because initially it was selling more copies, but we might just run out of B before I get a 3rd order in for them, so act now if you want one. |
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BECOMING FRAZETTA The Early Years of a Fantasy Art Master Limited Signed Signed bookplate by Michael Finn, Sara Frazetta and Mark Schultz! Limited. Recommended. By Michael Finn. Introduction by Sara Frazetta. Art analysis by Mark Schultz. Foreword by Joe Mannarino. Before he was a legend, he was just a Brooklyn kid with a pencil and a dream. Becoming Frazetta is the first book to uncover how he grew into the iconic fantasy painter we revere today. Created in collaboration with the Frazetta Girls and with unprecedented access to the Frazetta family and the archives of Bernard Baily's publishing company, this biography reveals dozens of unpublished pages Frank drew as a teen — including more than 50 pages of art for what would have been Frank's first published solo stories had Baily's company not gone bankrupt. Includes Frank’s never-before-seen childhood story, "Grey Dawn," alongside rare art by his teacher, Professor Michele Falanga, and his early mentor, John Giunta. Rich with discoveries, this is the untold story of how Frazetta became Frazetta. Frazetta Girls, 2025. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: BECFD Hard Cover, 9x12, 350 pg, Partial Color $150.00 |
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BECOMING FRAZETTA The Early Years of a Fantasy Art Master Signed Signed bookplate by Michael Finn! Recommended. By Michael Finn. Introduction by Sara Frazetta. Art analysis by Mark Schultz. Foreword by Joe Mannarino. Before he was a legend, he was just a Brooklyn kid with a pencil and a dream. Becoming Frazetta is the first book to uncover how he grew into the iconic fantasy painter we revere today. Created in collaboration with the Frazetta Girls and with unprecedented access to the Frazetta family and the archives of Bernard Baily's publishing company, this biography reveals dozens of unpublished pages Frank drew as a teen — including more than 50 pages of art for what would have been Frank's first published solo stories had Baily's company not gone bankrupt. Includes Frank’s never-before-seen childhood story, "Grey Dawn," alongside rare art by his teacher, Professor Michele Falanga, and his early mentor, John Giunta. Rich with discoveries, this is the untold story of how Frazetta became Frazetta. Frazetta Girls, 2025. Due: Nov....More. Item Code: BECFHS Hard Cover, 9x12, 350 pg, Partial Color $100.00 |
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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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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE The First 50 Years Hurt Recommended. Brian Walker on the history of Hägar plus the story of the (almost) animated movie. It’s time to set sail with the world's mildest marauding Viking, Hägar the Horrible and his hapless (and helpless) sidekick, Lucky Eddie and his long suffering family, his wife Helga and his duck Kveck. A massive 480-page celebration of the first 50 years of Hägar’s quest to put meat, mead and loot on the family table, while doing as little as possible. 1000 daily cartoon strips, including 600 hand-picked by Dik Browne’s son Chris Browne. Titan, 2025....More. Item Code: HAGHHR Hard Cover, 9x9, 480pg, b&w |
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KRAZY & IGNATZ Volume 5 1928-1930 Hurt Highly Recommended. By George Herriman. Another impressive, oversized 11x14 inch hardcover, complete with an embossed cover, a bonus color section and three long, informative essays over dozens of pages. Meticulously and lovingly restored, this Eisner Award-nominated series showcases one of the most renowned and celebrated comic strips in the art form’s history. This exquisite, generously sized volume finishes up the 1920s, collecting the acclaimed and groundbreaking Krazy Kat Sunday strips in an archival hardcover edition. Fantagraphics, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: KRAZ05HR Hard Cover, 11x14, 228pg, b&w |
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SUPER VISIBLE The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics Hurt Packed with biographies and illustrations from creators, graphical reprints and excerpts of historic Marvel comics, and exclusive interviews from acclaimed directors like Anna Boden and Cate Shortland; lauded writers such as Kelly Sue DeConnick, Eve Ewing, Rainbow Rowell, Nic Stone, G. Willow Wilson, Tini Howard, and Maurene Goo; top artists like Jen Bartel; and influential producer Sana Amanat, an essential read for fans of all ages. A thick, hardcover book in full color. Impressive! Marvel, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: SUPVHR Hard Cover, 6x9, 400pg, Text/Partial Color |
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DOCTOR STRANGE Master of the Mystic Arts Omnibus Volume 1 Hurt Frank Brunner Cover. Collects Marvel Premiere #3-14, Doctor Strange #1-22, and more, 1972-77. When Doctor Strange’s first solo series ended, there was little doubt that the Master of the Mystic Arts would soon return. That moment arrived in Marvel Premiere, where hot new art talents illustrated tales tinged with Lovecraftian horror. Then, writer Steve Englehart and artist Frank Brunner brought Doctor Strange to new heights of cosmic consciousness and other-dimensional adventure. Marvel, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: DOCSM01HR Hard Cover, 8x11, 776pg, Full Color |
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BLADE The Early Years Omnibus Hurt Collects Tomb Of Dracula #10, 12-14, 24, 30, 41-43, 45, 51, 53 & 58 and 23 other issues and titles, 1973-77. By Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan et al. For the first time, Blade’s complete early adventures, from his influential role in Tomb of Dracula to his 1970s solo stories and on into his 1983-84 battle against Dracula with Doctor Strange, and a new era of vampire hunting dawns in 1991. Blade hit the comics scene in the 1970s when horror movies were all the rage and Black cinema was introducing bold new action heroes that defied authority. He immediately changed the stakes for Tomb of Dracula, bringing a sense of unstoppable determination as he pursued Deacon Frost, the vampire that killed his mother. And if a few other vampires died along the way, all the better. Marvel, 2023. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: BLAEYHR Hard Cover, 7x11, 720pg, Full Color |
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VIDEOTAPES FROM HELL Hurt Edited by Stephen Jones. Foreword by Joe Dante. A jubilant celebration of the greatest VHS cover art in all its gory glory, which inspired, scared, and delighted viewers.For anyone who frequented a video store in the '80s or '90s, the styles are instantly recognizable: surprisingly beautiful paintings of fanged and winged monsters; ridiculously lurid depictions of young men and women in peril; outsider art; absurdly overstuffed photo montages. Embodying the anything-goes ethos of an era when obscure, cheaply produced movies — usually with supernatural story lines and bottom-drawer special effects — could be distributed throughout the world and watched from the comfort of one’s living room. Applause, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: VIDHEHR Hard Cover, 8x10, 224pg, Full Color |
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BACKTRACK Deluxe Edition Hurt Collectos #1-10, 2020. Recommended. Guilt weighs heavily on former criminal "wheelman" Alyson Levy, whose personal life is in tatters. That is, until eccentric businessman Casper Quellex makes her an offer: to participate in a cross-country race where the winner can correct a single mistake from their past. The catch? Each leg of the course will have drivers racing through a different period in history, where they will contend with medieval warriors, dinosaurs, natural disasters, and all-out pirate brawls . . . Quellex is determined to make this his most entertaining race of all time! Oni Press, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: BACKTRHR Hard Cover, 7x10, 288pg, Full Color |
| Click here for all of our in-stock hurt titles. Be aware they will sell out with no notice. We may have unblemished copies available, drop the last “R” from each code to search. |
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FELIX GIRLS BOXED SAMPLE SET Warehouse find, 1996. Import. From German pin-up artist Felix & Edition Quasimodo. 14 assorted trading cards, most in full color. plus two color slipcases and tiny 8-page pamphlet with a bio of this designer and illustrator and promotions for his other releases. He's best known for his 1991 pin-up creation Playbar (Playbear) series and has done work for Bayer, Toys 'r' Us and mannerVogue. His work has been featured in the German Penthouse magazine (1993) AND in Previews (1995), which called him "one of Germany's hottest adult comics artists." We handled all of his publications back in the 90s but somehow set this and one other set aside. It features mostly Felix's famous Good Girl Art but also some of his great fantasy & film noir paintings. Full color box. Quasimodo, 1996. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: FELB 2x3, Full Color $10.00 |
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FELIX III BAD GIRLS & GOOD GIRLS CARDS Almost Gone. Warehouse find, 1996. From German pin-up artist Felix & Edition Quasimodo. 14 Special Promo Cards of pin up and noir themes, two Special artist cards and a "Merry Christmas" gift card. No box. He's best known for his 1991 pin-up creation Playbar (Playbear) series and has done work for Bayer, Toys 'r' Us and mannerVogue. His work has been featured in the German Penthouse magazine (1993) and in Previews (1995), which called him "one of Germany's hottest adult comics artists." Quasimodo, 1996. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: FELCD 2x3, Partial Color $10.00 |
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STARWATCHER MOEBIUS MARIE DAKAR POSTCARD SET Warehouse find, 1998. Recommended. Set of 8 illustrated postcards: Classic surrealistic Moebius in this relatively unknown wordless short story told through the dreams of a couple in bed. It was originally published in 1991 as part of a special issue of the magazine A Suivre called "Silence, On Rêve" (Silence, We Dream); then in black and white for Dark Horse Presents #63 (1992). This set of cards collects all eight pages of the original story, sans a tiny bit of text that may have been added for the DHP reprint. This was published by Moebius' U.S. company Starwatcher Graphics, whom we used to deal with for many years. Starwatcher Graphics, 1998....More. Item Code: STARPCD 4x6, Full Color $10.00 |
| Here’s 20 more warehouse finds, from The Monster Times (1970s) and Neal Adams' Ms. Mystic, to Superheroes Monthly (silver age reprints from England) and DC and Uncle Scrooge promotional prints. |
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No new books this week, but we have several cool Rare Books items and also sets. From Playboy: Playboy Cartoon Album sets; Gahan Wilson set; Playboy’s Kliban. Carnal Comics/True Story set. Nothing But the Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image (1997). See more Pin-Ups, Erotic Art & Nude Photography in adult Rare Books. |
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EC Fan Addict Kit reprint from 1971! Kirby King of Comics. Mickey Mouse Waddle Promo 1992. Warren’s Spirit Magazines, two near-complete sets; 1972 Spirit Reprints with rare bag toppers; Spirit Dailies set; Brom (two); Cisco Kid Vols 2-5; Bell du Jour Signed; Little Abner partial sets. Dejah Thoris set; Illustrators Quarterly & Illustration Magazine back issues. We also found another copy of Anton Otto Fisher in case you missed out on the two we listed last week. |
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These just came in today, too late to include this week. Softcover editions of Plastic Man 8, Dollman 5, Tales of Horror 3, Tales of the Mysterious Traveler 3, Classic Horror 10, and the hardcover Billy The Kid. Also a new issue of Hogan’s Alley #24 (not handled by Diamond Comic Distributors, so probably in very few comic shops) and Spawn of Venus & Other Stories. Most of these should be on our website by the time you read this. |
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Jim Davidson with an introduction by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson. I wanted badly to handle this, but it’s a Print on Demand book from Amazon. Our discount is almost non-existent, and once we pay shipping, we’d be losing money. Rather than up the price and risk making anyone unhappy, I’m reluctantly telling you it is available (choke, gasp) from Amazon. It's $65, oblong 11x8.5, 314 pages, collecting the major’s pre-Classics Comics adaptations of famous novels. I really like it. |
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Another friend is doing some very handsome reprints of Dulac’s work for American Weekly. We tried two of the books but response was not enough to try more of these. But if you’d like to check out more of his publications, here’s a link to sign up for future releases. ~Bud |
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