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Thursday, November 20, 2025

R. Crumb, DC Finest Green Lantern, Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars Archives, Olivia Calendar with Bettie and Cryptology!

The must-have Taschen History of EC Comics is now abridged & revised, $30. DC Finest Green Lantern from the Silver Age. The classic good-girl heroine Ghost gets a massive compendium. R. Crumb’s new comic book! Dragons of Paris is a personal favorite this week. Plus Sherlock Holmes signed/limited, British exploitation film master, and a new Star Wars Archives. The Olivia Calendar is here. And a new issue of Cryptology.

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Comic Book Archives

 


DC FINEST GREEN LANTERN Earth's Other Green Lantern
Collects stories from Green Lantern #40-61, The Flash #168, Detective #350, and Brave and the Bold #69, 1965-68. Our Highest Recommendation. By John Broome and Gardner Fox. Art by Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson et al. From uncovering the origins of the Guardians of the Universe to battling cosmic foes like Sinestro and Major Disaster, this collection showcases Hal Jordan’s early journey as Earth’s Green Lantern. But Hal is not the only Green Lantern! Discover the first appearance of Guy Gardner and witness his rise to become another wielder of the Emerald Ring. Two of DC's finest writers collaborate with two of their finest artists (Gil Kane pencils, Murphy Anderson inks!) to create some of the very finest stories of DC's prime Silver Age years. DC Comics, 2025....More.

Item Code: DCFGLE
Soft Cover, 7x10, 608pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
Here are the latest DC Finest: The Big Five War Titles, Spectre, Superboy and more.
 


GHOST COMPENDIUM Volume 1
Collects Ghost (series one) #1-36, Ghost Special #2 and #3 and much more, 1993-99. Highly Recommended. By Eric Luke. Art by Adam Hughes, Terry Dodson et al. Over a thousand pages of story on one of my favorite modern comics—the artwork and gripping stories here contained some of the best work from Dark Horse in the 1990s. - Bud. Elisa Cameron is dead — murdered in cold blood. One intrepid reporter will not stop until she finds the perpetrator, even if it means crawling through the depths of hell to do it. That reporter is Elisa Cameron herself, risen from the grave as the spectral avenger Ghost! Featuring screenwriter Eric Luke, and superstar artists Adam Hughes, Terry Dodson, Ivan Reis, Jason Pearson, John Cassaday, Randy Emberlin, and Tony Harris. Dark Horse, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: GHOSC01
Soft Cover, 7x11, 1104pg, Full Color
$59.99 $54.99
 

New EC Comics History

 


EC COMICS THE NEW TREND 1950-1954
Our Highest Recommendation. By Grant Geissman. After publishing the full, fascinating story behind this fabled company in XXL size in 2020, Taschen now presents in full the story of what is considered to be EC's prime period, the New Trend, plus the complete covers of that era, including those of Tales from the Crypt and The Haunt of Fear, Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, Panic and MAD. Many of the cover images are reproduced from Gaines File Copies, which are widely regarded as the best surviving copies of the EC Comics. Taschen, 2025....More.

Item Code: ECCNEWH
Hard Cover, 6x8, 512pg, Full Color
$30.00
 


 

ALSO AVAILABLE
THE HISTORY OF EC COMICS with signed bookplate
Back in print, new 2025 printing. With full color bookplate signed by the author. 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
Pictured above is the color bookplate by Angelo Torres that comes with this edition. Signed by the author.
 

New On Sale - EC Comics

 
I just dropped the price $25 on this—a great book, we just have a few more than I’d like right now:


EC COMICS LIBRARY WEIRD SCIENCE Volume 1 XXL w/Signed Bookplate
Color bookplate limited to 100 & signed by Grant Geissman and 3 Gaines family members. Collects Weird Science #1-11, 1950-52. Oversized 11x16. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Grant Geissman. Art by Wood, Feldstein, Kamen, Orlando, Kurtzman et al. 30-page Introduction by Grant Geissman with lots of rare original art, photos, special artwork and more. Reproducing the initial eleven issues of the world’s first true science-fiction comic, this seminal collection exemplifies the genre’s Golden Age. Full of vivid artistry and narrative twists, the trailblazing series features wildly imaginative tales of nuclear apocalypse, interstellar adventures, and glittering utopias. Rather than recolor the artwork, this edition works with super-high-resolution photographs of each page as it was printed more than half a century ago, using modern retouching techniques to correct problems with the era’s inexpensive, imperfect printing. The result is a pristine product, keeping the character and feel of the classic issues, but freshly printed by a world-class press oversized, nearly twice the original size. Taschen, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More.

Item Code: ECLWS01H
Hard Cover, 11x16, 462pg, Full Color
$200.00 $175.00
Here’s much more on EC Comics.
 

Comics & Graphic Novels

 


THE DRAGONS OF PARIS
Highly Recommended. First published in France in 2024. I quite like this, but then everything I've seen from Sfar and Sandoval I have liked. - Bud. What if dragons invaded Paris during the Belle Époque? Popular French writer Joann Sfar and Eisner nominated illustrator Tony Sandoval weave their imaginations into a canvas of adventures, battles, sacrifices, love, and humor. A folkloric, playful, and liberating journey, told in breathtaking epic beauty and quite a bit of mermaid nudity! Magnetic Press, 2025....More.

Item Code: DRAGPH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 104pg, Full Color
$24.99 $21.99
More of the latest fine graphic novels from France: right here.
 


TALES OF PARANOIA R. Crumb
Recommended. The first new R. Crumb comic book in 23 years, including the final Dirty Laundry story, drawn by Crumb with a script written with Aline Kominsky-Crumb before her death in 2022! The seminal cartoonist who single-handedly invented the alternative comics format of the one-person anthology in 1967 with Zap Comix #1 returns at age 81, still raging at the world and himself, still drawing like a master, and still funny... well, mostly. In his latest comics excursion, Crumb dives down into internet conspiracies, the CIA, Covid-19, Big Pharma, and general news rabbit-holes, and comes up asking questions. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: TALPA
Soft Cover, 6x10, 36pg, b&w
$5.99
Here’s more R. Crumb. We’re just restocking Sketchbooks Vol 1-6 from Taschen.
 


SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE EMPIRE BUILDERS Volume 2 Panosian Hardcover Signed
Signed by Meadows, plus a color full page plate signed by Panosian from just 55 copies! By Joel Meadows. Holmes as people have never seen him before. Holmes at his lowest ebb, losing his closest friend and confidante to prime minister Oswald Mosley’s thugs. But a cornered man is perhaps the most dangerous, so can he, with the assistance of rebel Mohock Franklyn Miller, Mosley’s former cats paw Six and others, bring down Mosley and restore England to its status quo? With an exclusive cover by hot artist Dan Panosian (Conan, Nightwing), the second volume is even heftier than the first. Includes a color gallery section with original pin-ups by Pratt, Coker, Snyder, Kitson et al. Tripwire, 2025....More.

Item Code: SHE02HS
Hard Cover, 8x10, 120pg, Partial Color
$70.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE EMPIRE BUILDERS The Gene Genie Volume 1 Walter Simonson Cover Signed
Closeout Price! Signed book plus signed color bookplate, limited to 55 copies. By Joel Meadows. Art by Andy Bennett. TTripwire launches Tripwire Comics Presents imprint with this new graphic novel with two exclusive covers. When Watson leaves Holmes to help Francis Crick unravel the DNA helix and finds himself in the employ of England’s most evil man, Holmes is forced to team up with an unlikely group to defeat this monstrous figure and return England to its status quo. Includes an 8-page color section featuring art by Liam Sharp, Bill Sienkiewicz, Shawn Martinbrough, and Barry Kitson plus interviews with the series creators, character sketches by Bennett and script pages. Tripwire, 2023....More.

Item Code: SHE01HWS
Hard Cover, 9x10, 96pg, Partial Color
$55.00 $39.95
Volume 1 is still available with two different covers, each in a signed and unsigned version. All are on sale. We’re handling only the deluxe limited edition version on volume 2, no others.
 

Film Related

 


BEASTS IN THE CELLAR The Exploitation Film Career of Tony Tenser
Limited. Tony Tenser has earned an unrivaled position as the godfather of low-budget British films. Among his many movies are the notorious "nudie" Naked — As Nature Intended and Roman Polanski’s ground-breaking Repulsion, as well as folk horror classics Witchfinder General and Blood on Satan’s Claw. First published in 2005, this is the 20th Anniversary re-issue, the definitive study of Britain's greatest exploitation film producer! And it's a very handsome, very inclusive serious look at all of his work. By drawing on exclusive interviews, original production files and private correspondence, John Hamilton pieces together the stories behind the movies that made Tony Tenser the most admired and successful exploitation producer in British cinema. Fab Press, 2025. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: BEASCH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 304pg, Text/Partial Color
$49.95
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
ART! TRASH! TERROR! Adventures in Strange Cinema
From filmmaker, former Fangoria editor-in-chief, and Corman/Poe author Chris Alexander, a treasure trove of in-depth essays and interviews that celebrate some of the most eccentric and unforgettable movies in cult cinema history. From recognized classics (George A. Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead, David Lynch’s The Elephant Man) to misunderstood masterpieces (Michael Mann’s The Keep, Boris Sagal’s The Omega Man) to unfairly maligned curios (Kostas Karagiannis’ Land Of The Minotaur, Brett Leonard’s Hideaway), the author takes an alternately serious and playful but always personal look at international horror, dark fantasy, and exploitation films. Headpress, 2025....More.

Item Code: ARTTT
Soft Cover, 7x10, 452pg, Text/Partial Color
$31.95 $29.95
Here’s more coverage of exploitation films!
 


STAR WARS ARCHIVES EPISODES I-III 1999-2005
New edition at half the original XXL price. By Paul Duncan. Made in close collaboration with George Lucas and Lucasfilm, this second volume covers the making of the prequel trilogy: The Phantom Menace; Attack of the Clones; and Revenge of the Sith. It continues a visual trip through the Star Wars galaxy with an exclusive interview with Lucas, script pages, abundant concept art and on-set photography, and much more. Very handsome red cloth, pebbled with gold stars, gold embossed titles, and leatherette spine and corners. The be-all, end-all book on these three incredible films, giving you the inside story story of their creation, ideas used and ideas discarded, concepts that were evolved into special effects and story lines and backgrounds and characters, and so much more. Extremely impressive. Taschen, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More.

Item Code: STARW99H
Hard Cover, 13x10, 600pg, Full Color
$100.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
STAR WARS ARCHIVES EPISODES IV-VI 1977-1983
By Paul Duncan. Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. After watching depressing and cynical movies throughout the early 1970s, audiences enthusiastically embraced the positive energy of the Star Wars universe as they followed moisture farmer Luke Skywalker on his journey through a galaxy far, far away, meeting extraordinary characters like mysterious hermit Obi-Wan Kenobi, space pirates Han Solo and Chewbacca, loyal droids C-3PO and R2-D2, bold Princess Leia and the horrific Darth Vader, servant of the dark, malevolent Emperor. Taschen, 2024....More.

Item Code: STARW77H
Hard Cover, 13x10, 604pg, Partial Color
$100.00
Here’s more Star Wars. The small, abridged version of this new book is on sale at half price [STARWEAH. $30, $14.99]. Just four left at this price.
 

Miscellaney

 


CRYPTOLOGY #6
Recommended. Now bi-monthly! Cover and feature on Berni Wrightson's very special zombies! Journeying back to the films White Zombie and I Walked With A Zombie, before venturing on into the zombie apocalypse of George Romero and Lucio Fulci‘s foul imagining. We also stagger through zombies that ran amok in the comic books of the pre-Code years, decomposing abominations that overwhelmed the horror comics of Brazil. The contribution made by the black creators of classic horror cinema is explored. The Plague of Zombies in our Hammertime section. TwoMorrows, 2025....More.

Item Code: CRY06
Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Full Color
$10.95
All back issues #2-5 are available, #1 is sold out.
 

Coming in December

 


SOLOMON KANE The Original Comics Omnibus Volume 1
Collects The Sword of Solomon Kane #1-6, material from Conan Saga #50 and much more, 1973-94. Set in the late 16th-17th Century, Solomon Kane oft described as a living weapon of God, is described as a tall, thin, dour one-man war-machine traveling the world spreading the good word and delivering vengeance and wrath upon the evil and corrupt, from devil-worshiping devotees, to pirates, cannibals, demons, werewolves and vampires. This collection spans 15 years and collects over 600 pages of jaw-busting action. Titan, 2025. Due: Dec....More.

Item Code: SOLA01H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 624pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
We just listed a new Solomon Kane graphic novel last week, it looks very good [SOLOSE. $17.99]. Click here for more Solomon Kane.
 

Coming in January

 


IRON MAN ARMOR WARS Omnibus Mark Bright Cover
Collects Iron Man #219-232, 258-266; Iron Man & the Armor Wars #1-4; Iron Man #258.1-258.4, 1987-2013. By Bob Layton and David Michelinie. Art by Mark Bright and Bob Layton. They stole his technology and now it’s war! There are an abundance of tech-based villains in the Marvel Universe: The Beetle, Stilt Man, Titanium Man, Controller, Crimson Dynamo and more use super-advanced weapons and armor to commit their crimes. Tony Stark just found out that his Iron Man technology was stolen and could be the catalyst for the suits these villains use — and he’s not happy about it! But when Stark takes drastic action, what will Steve Rogers have to say about that? Plus: The ghost of an old enemy, the machinations of a vengeful madman and a menace from within Tony’s own body will come to a head in the cataclysmic sequel! And when every single one of his armors is stolen and then turned against him, Tony must battle his greatest creations — while trying to figure out who could outsmart him! Marvel, 2025. Due: Jan....More.

Item Code: IMARMH
Hard Cover, 7x11, 768pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
 


BATMAN AND SUPERMAN World's Finest The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 2 Hardcover
New printing. Collects #117-158, 1961-66. Recommended. By Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton et al. Art by Curt Swan, Dick Sprang, Jim Mooney et al. Superman and Batman first teamed up in WF and those unique collaborative adventures continue here. Appearances with Bizarro Superman, Bat-Mite, and Mr. Mxyzptlk. This kicks off with a Bat-Woman appearance in #117, a Joker and Luthor team up in #129, the origin of the Composite Superman, a Legion appearance, Luthor/Clayface and Luthor/Braniac team ups, the second Super Sons story, and the last appearance of Kathy Kane (Bat-Woman) until Batman Family #10 in 1977, more than ten years later! Dick Sprang provides the art until #135. DC, 2026. Due: Jan....More.

Item Code: BSF02H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 688pg, Full Color
$75.00 $65.00
Volume 1 is still available [BATS01H. $100, $90].
 


WONDER WOMAN The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 3
Collects #150-177, 1964-68. By Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff and Robert Kanigher. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ross Andru. Picking up right where Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 2 left off, stories in Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus Volume 3 include bold tales such as “I Married a Monster” and “The Brain Pirate of the Inner World,” battles with Cheetah and Giganta, and Wonder Girl in her first starring role! DC Comics, 2026. Due: Jan....More.

Item Code: WWSA03H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 760pg, Full Color
$100.00 $90.00
Volumes 1 and 2 remain available both the same discounted price. Click here for more Wonder Woman collections.
 

Mature Readers


Our last calendar to arrive is one of our best, The Art of Olivia Featuring Bettie Page. Also, speaking of Olivia, don’t miss her new The Art of Olivia: Doodles Sketches Studies, now in stock [ARTODS01. $17.99]. Click here for more Olivia including her art books in Rare Books!

In Rare Books, new this week are magazine sets: Playboy’s Wet & Wild, Casting Calls, Playmates in Bed, Vixens and Voluptuous Vixens. Click here for more Playboy sets.

Also this week we have a rare warehouse find. Glamour International Magazine from 1985, a Burlesque Show Special for just $30.

Click here for all the adult 2026 calendars now available. Some will be selling out by December, so act now for the best selection.

 

Rare Books This Week!

Set of Nine issues!

Four Volume Slipcase Set!

Set of 14 Hardcover Books!  

New Arrivals This Week: We just started work on a small collection we bought last weekend, from a long-time customer dating back to our 1970s Comics & Comix stores. We have three new EC portfolios; The Complete EC sets Weird Science Fantasy/Incredible Science Fiction and two more; a beautiful set of 14 Dan Dare hardcovers, Little Lulu Dark Horse Archives Vol 1-9, Spacehawk and Firefly: A Celebration.

 

New on Sale

 

Two weeks ago we offered you the first ten items which I hand-picked from the newly discounted books. Here are the second/final ten that are worth your attention, including signed Carl Barks prints from Another Rainbow.



EC ARCHIVES Terror Illustrated
Closeout Price! Collects #1-3, 1954-55. Our Highest Recommendation. Illustrated prose stories (text plus art, EC's unique Picto-Fiction format) of terror, murder, and more! Featuring work by the classic EC bullpen: Al Feldstein, Reed Crandall, George Evans, Charles Sultan, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, and Johnny Craig. Features the never printed third issue and a brand-new foreword by Mick Garris! Dark Horse, 2022....More.

Item Code: ECATIH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 184pg, Partial Color
$49.99 $29.99
 


MARVEL COMICS LIBRARY SPIDER-MAN Volume 1 1962-1964
Amazing Spider-Man #1-21, 1962-64. Highly Recommended. By Ralph Macchio and Stan Lee. Art by Steve Ditko. Taschen's huge XL edition is now reduced in size but with all the same features inside, for $80. First in a new series of $80 editions. This big, thick volume features the first 21 stories of the world’s favorite web slinger from 1962-1964. Rather than recolor the original artwork (as has been done in previous decades’ reprints of classic comics), Taschen has attempted to create an ideal representation of these books as they were produced at the time of publication. The most pristine pedigreed comics have been cracked open and photographed for reproduction in close collaboration with Marvel and the Certified Guaranty Company. Each page has been photographed as printed more than half a century ago, then digitally remastered using modern retouching techniques to correct problems with the era’s inexpensive, imperfect printing — as if hot off of a world-class 1960s printing press. A custom paper stock was exclusively developed for this series to simulate the feel of the original comics. Taschen, 2021. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More.

Item Code: MARSM01H
Hard Cover, 9x12, 698pg, Partial Color
$80.00 $45.00
 


GREEN ARROW ARCHERS QUEST Omnibus Volume 1
Closeout Price! Collects Green Lantern #162-164; Green Arrow #1-39 and more, 1983-02. Oliver Queen has recently returned from the dead and like all ghosts he’s looking to get closure on some unfinished business. Packing his bags and hitting the road, Green Arrow will travel cross country with his old apprentice, now known as Arsenal, in search of...what? Alongside encounters with Shade, Solomon Grundy, and Catman, Green Arrow will discover what it means to really live a life worth living. Honoring the Emerald Archer’s past, present, and future, Brad Meltzer, Kevin Smith, and Phil Hester craft a fine new storyline. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More.

Item Code: GAARC01H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1128pg, Full Color
$125.00 $62.50
 


THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED Facsimile Edition #3 Slipcased
Closeout Price! Collects #15-21, 1954. Highly Recommended. The legendary series started by Fawcett, then taken over by Charlton Comics with #15. For the first time ever collect 7 Facsimile Editions in one premium Slipcase! Includes Steve Ditko's earliest stories in comics and several of his wildest, most collectible covers — #17 & 18 are almost entirely by Ditko, cover to cover. Plus injury to the eye motif, a blood drainage story, a blatant EC swipe from Haunt of Fear #5. Artwork by Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Shuster, Bob Powell, Dick Giordano, the excellent Robert McCarty, and Bill Molno. PS Artbooks, 2024....More.

Item Code: THM03D
Comic, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color
$104.99 $65.00
 


THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED Facsimile Edition #4 Slipcased
Closeout Price! Collects Vol 2 #12-16, 1957-58. Highly Recommended. Collect the last wave of 5 issues from the legendary series by Charlton Comics, five Facsimile Editions in one premium slipcase. Issues are packed with covers and stories by Steve Ditko — four issues each have a cover and up to four stories by Ditko!! Plus Maurice Whitman (who moved over when Fawcett turned the title over to Charlton), Bill Molno, and Rocco Mastroserio! Great fantasy and horror tales as Ditko quickly develops into Charlton's finest artist, just before he moves to Marvel. PS Artbooks, 2024....More.

Item Code: THM04D
Comic, 7x10, 256pg, Full Color
$104.99 $65.00
 


THE COMPLETE DICK TRACY DAILIES & SUNDAYS Volume 4 1936-1938
Closeout Price! New printing. Recommended. By Chester Gould. Faceless foes bookend the stories here. Reissue of the original six Dick Tracy volumes in the larger format that became the series standard. The intrepid detective and his friends tackle invisible enemies when they square off against the notorious Purple Cross Gang and their masked leader. Later, Tracy and Pat Patton come to grips with The Blank, whose look predates The Question, whose name predates The Shining, and whose unmasked face harkens back to Lon Chaney as Quasimodo! Sandwiched between those two tales, Tracy is caught in a web of intrigue along with three amoral young girls, millionaire wastrel Johnny Mintworth and his mother, plus the powerful mobs fronted by "Collie" Vinsso and Danny Supeena. IDW, 2023....More.

Item Code: CC04H
Hard Cover, 11x8, 264pg, b&w
$59.99 $29.99
 


BILL SIENKIEWICZ MUTANTS & MOON KNIGHTS Artisan Edition
Closeout Price! Oversized; beautifully printed. Recommended. Bill Sienkiewicz is renowned for his work on some of Marvel’s most iconic comics of the 1980s: Moon Knight, The New Mutants, Elektra: Assassin, and more. This collection is filled with some of his finest covers, pin-ups, and pages. Included in this Artisan Edition is the oversized first issue of Elektra: Assassin, written by Frank Miller, as well as many gorgeous pages from that acclaimed series. All have been meticulously scanned from the original art and reproduced to the exacting Artist’s Edition standards. IDW, 2023....More.

Item Code: BSMUT
Soft Cover, 8x12, 172pg, Full Color
$39.99 $19.99
 


AESTHETICS A Memoir
Closeout Price! Recommended. Ivan Brunetti (b. 1967) was drawn to cartoons and comic strips from an early age. Finding inspiration in Spider-Man and Peanuts, he began crafting his own stories and gradually developed a unique style. The dark humor of his graphic novels earned him a cult following, yet his illustrations have had broad appeal. Now recognized as an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, Brunetti has published his work in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, and McSweeney’s, among others. Yale University Press, 2013....More.

Item Code: AESTH
Hard Cover, 8x8, 120pg, Full Color
$25.00 $5.00
 


CARL BARKS A HOT DEFENSE LITHOGRAPH Signed
Closeout Price! Signed & numbered from 595 copies. 8x10 matted print. Lithograph print by Carl Barks on acid-free paper. "A Hot Defense" is the first in a series of miniature Carl Barks lithographs issued alternately with Another Rainbow's regular large series. It has been produced in eleven continuous-tone colors, picturing Donald Duck battling well-fortified nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. Another Rainbow, 1990. Out of print....More.

Item Code: CBAHO
8x10, Full Color
$300.00 $125.00
 


CARL BARKS GIFTS FOR SHACKTOWN LITHOGRAPH Signed
Closeout Price! Signed & numbered from 595 copies. 8 x 10 matted print. Lithograph print by Carl Barks on acid-free paper. Donald Duck, dressed as Santa Claus, rings a bell signaling good cheer as he rides a toy train. Huey, Dewey, and Louie play Santa's tiny helpers, and they tote a giant sack full of toys for the unfortunate children of Shacktown. This was the third miniature lithograph issued by Another Rainbow. Another Rainbow, 1991. Out of print....More.

Item Code: CBGIF
8x10, Full Color
$300.00 $125.00
 


CARL BARKS VISITOR FROM UNDERGROUND LITHOGRAPH Signed
Closeout Price! Signed & numbered from 595 copies. 8x10 matted print. Lithograph print by Carl Barks on acid-free paper. Visitor From Underground was Another Rainbow's first Carl Barks money bin lithograph — large-size or miniature — in eight years when it was released in 1991. It was an instant success and quickly sold out. It was also the only miniature money bin litho. In The Fine Art of Walt Disney's Donald Duck by Carl Barks, a slip-cased coffee table book, Barks historian Barbara Boatner wrote "Worse than the Beagle Boys are little varmints that nibble thousand-dollar bills or squirrel away round, shiny objects ... but Scrooge's helpers are too tired from a long day in the south forty to even notice an intruder." Another Rainbow. 1991. Out of print....More.

Item Code: CBVIS
8x10, Full Color
$300.00 $125.00

Only one left!

Also now available is the complete set of four prints with matching numbers, still half price. [CBLITP. $1200, $600]. Every one is signed by Barks. We don’t have the 4th print available individually, only as part of the set.

 

More On Sale!

Along with the items above, I reduced prices on 100+ items in preparation for our Cyber Monday Sale later this month. You can get an advance look at all these now — and perhaps score some before they sell out. Search NOVSALE on our website.

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Imperfect Editions

We have a few titles that have been newly listed on our site that have a limited supply, as few as one or two copies.

JIMMY! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton Hurt   $100 $60 
FILM POSTERS OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE HURT  $70 $35
STEVE CANYON Volume 12 1969-1970 Hurt   $49.99 $25.99
NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER Omnibus Volume 1 Hurt   $125 $75
THE ADVENTURES OF BLAKE & MORTIMER THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOLUME 1 HURT  $46.99 $23.99 
WORLD'S TOP MODELS: METART.COM HURT   $65 $32.99

Click here to see our full listing of Imperfect Editions.

 
 

News & Notes

 

Flash Gordon Vol 5

We reported earlier that the cover and contents don’t match up; the publisher is correcting the issue and reprinting these; we will replace them free of charge and you can keep the original defective copy (which contains dailies in black & white instead of the Sundays it is supposed to have). We have customers recorded, so as soon as we have the corrected copies we’ll send them out. You don’t need to contact us.

 

2025 Bestsellers

We've expanded our 2025 Best-Sellers list to include over 80 items. Click here to take a look. A few of our top sellers have already sold out.

 

Our Holiday Schedule

The staff here want to take advantage of the Thursday holidays this year and get a nice long four day weekend. Who wouldn’t? So we will not be open on the Fridays after Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. But place those orders and we'll be shipping them out immediately on the following Mondays.

~Bud

 

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Complete Fletcher Hanks, DC Finest: The Big Five, Ultimate Oz, Jim Starlin, Petra Cherie, EC Library, ERB’s Monster Men and Beetle Bailey’s 75th!

Big week for good new books again! The Complete Fletcher Hanks, DC Finest: Big Five War Books, a lovely new Oz Lost Lands, Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar, Petra Cherie. EC Library slipcase set, Garé Barks, ERB’s Monster Men & sequel, Beetle Bailey’s 75th, Pin-Up Master Arthur Ferrier…and of course, much more. Enjoy!

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TURN LOOSE OUR DEATH RAYS AND KILL THEM ALL!
Every single surreal story by one of the Golden Age's strangest creators. Highly Recommended. This gigantic compendium collects the complete stories written and drawn by the 1940s outsider comic book artist Fletcher Hanks. Hanks wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. Between 1939 and 1941 he created nearly 50, all unified by a uniquely artistic vision — primitive, bizarre, and singularly idiosyncratic. Whether it’s the superhero Stardust doling out ice cold slabs of poetic justice, or the jungle protectress Fantomah tearing evildoers limb from ragged limb, contemporary readers will be stunned by the pop surrealism and unfiltered violent mayhem of Hanks' work. This new paperback edition brings back into print all of Hanks' previously published material and is the most complete collection of his work. Fantagraphics, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: TURNL
Soft Cover, 8x10, 376pg, Full Color
$44.99 $39.99
 

Graphic Novels

 


ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE Volume 1 The Lost Lands
Highly Recommended. Gorgeous Artwork!! By Cullen Bunn and Larry King. Art by Mike Deodato. Foreword by Elton John. The Future of Oz starts here! Behind this subtle cover is a brilliantly drawn new story of all the Oz characters including new, matured characters that the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Woodmen have now become with the Wizard's help! Jump into a vast fantasy universe where beloved characters return, new heroes rise, and the magic of L. Frank Baum’s imagination is more powerful than ever. The Lost Lands picks up right after the classic Wizard of Oz story ends. Developed in close collaboration with leading Oz historians, this bold new adventure invites readers to explore long-forgotten lands, unearth buried secrets, and reconnect with beloved characters through an authentic, fresh and richly illustrated lens. Two double page full color maps of the Lost Lands of Oz along with a interactive map you can scan. Artists, Writers & Artisans, 2025....More.

Item Code: ULTIM01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color
$19.99
 


KARMEN
First published in France in 2020, then collected by Image Comics. Highly Recommended. Spanish writer and artist Guillem March is best known for his ongoing, extensive work with DC Comics on Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn. Here, he takes up his pen for an edgy new volume about a highly unconventional angel named Karmen and the beautiful young woman she takes under her wing — who has cut her wrists. Together they go off to explore life, nude as she was born and able to fly but now invisible to the world and the people who brought her to this place. "Packed with surprises and metaphysics, this gorgeously drawn series deploys tenderness and humor as it dives deep into topics that matter." Quite a bit of nudity. Image Comics, 2025. Mature Readers....More.

Item Code: KARME
Soft Cover, 7x10, 120pg, Full Color
$16.99
I sat down with this last night and could not put it down. Its a wild ride, unlike anything I’ve ever read in comics. I really, really liked it. Not just our cute young protagonists, who’s nude through most of her “ghostly” wanderings (she swims through the air, weightless), well, that is a treat. March is a superb artist. But the story is powerful and I lean to really care for this sad, unhappy young lady. We learn about her life and loves and alongside her the reader explore her world (Paris, or a city in Spain perhaps) and her life choices to get her to commiting suicide. It takes some wild turns but I really loved where it goes and how it all beautifully wraps up. Totally satisfying, a nice long story reminding me a bit (well, the angels do) of the heaven/hell show “The Good Place.” But way, way further out there in fantasy land!
 


WISH WE WEREN'T HERE POSTCARDS FROM THE APOCALYPSE
Originally serialized in the legendary French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Recommended. Foreword by Jake Tapper. New York Times and Rolling Stone cartoonist Peter Kuper addresses climate change and our oligarchical future in an all-new graphic novel / political cartoon hybrid. 45 years after his first political cartoons focused on capitalism's impact, Peter Kuper takes stock of the state of the world. Across 100 pages of vivid and colorful four-panel comics, Kuper traces many aspects of how business and politics have accelerated the climate crisis, and looks at how, if things keep going in the direction they are, our lives will be further transformed. Witty and angry in equal measure, Kuper deploys bold figures, clever metaphors, despairing howls, and some of the best drawings of his career to get his message across. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: WISHWE
Soft Cover, 8x8, 144pg, Full Color
$19.99
 

Comic Book Archives & Omnibus Editions

 


DC FINEST WAR The Big Five Arrive
Collects Our Army at War #54-57, Star Spangled War Stories and more, 1957. Our Highest Recommendation. Entirely from 1957, a slice of DC's best war adventures across their Big Five war titles plus Blackhawk! Step into the trenches, soar through aerial dogfights, and navigate perilous seas in this thrilling collection of DC’s war stories. From infantry battles to covert missions, these tales bring to life the bravery, strategy, and sacrifice of soldiers on the front lines. With gripping narratives and iconic art from legendary creators like Joe Kubert and Russ Heath, this DC Finest volume is a testament to the resilience and courage of wartime heroes, offering readers an unforgettable journey through DC’s most celebrated military adventures. DC Comics, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: DCFW
Soft Cover, 7x10, 616pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
I predict this will become one of the bestsellers in the series. Any fan of DC, of war comics, or EC and Kurtzman’s epic work, of Kubert and Heath, will want to read this flashback to the best of DC war stories. Here’s more of this fine series.
 


FRIDAY The Complete Series Deluxe Edition
Collects Volumes 1-3. 2021-24, plus extra features. Eisner Award Winner. Highly Recommended. By Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin. From award-winning creators Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Reckless, Kill or be Killed) and Marcos Martin (The Private Eye, Daredevil), with brilliant colors by Muntsa Vicente, Friday is a chilling, coming-of-age story about growing up, letting go, and uncovering the darkness hidden in familiar places. Collects all three volumes plus extra features. First published as a nine issue limited series.. Image Comics, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: FRIDH
Hard Cover, 7x10, 368pg, Full Color
$49.95 $44.95
Here’s more fine storytelling by Ed Brubaker.
 


PETRA CHERIE
Embossed Hardcover, 296 pages. Highly Recommended. Set during World War I and originally published in serial format from 1977-1982, Petra Chérie follows the adventures of Petra De Karlowitz, “Chérie” to creator Attilio Micheluzzi, who addresses her throughout the book. Born to a Polish businessman and the most beautiful woman in Paris, raised in Canton, China, and now based in neutral Holland, she is a spy who answers only to herself. Evoking but cleverly eschewing stereotypes of the femme fatale, Petra is equally at home in the cockpit of an airplane and behind the wheel of a motorcar. More than that, she is an endlessly fascinating enigma and one of the most iconic characters in Italian comics. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: PETCH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 312pg, b&w
$34.99 $31.99
Also by Micheluzzi: The Farewell Song of Marcel Labrume [FARESH. $24.99] which is almost gone, and European Cartoonist [RB8810].
 


MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS Box Set
Enormous two volume slipcased set. Winner of 9 prestigious awards for Best Graphic Novel of 2024! Recommended. Taking the form of the fictional graphic diary of ten-year-old self-identifying "monster" Karen Reyes, and set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago. This series has become a worldwide sensation since Book One announced Emil Ferris as one of fiction's world-class storytellers in 2017 — and 2024's Book Two triumphantly concluded the epic graphic novel. Influenced by B-movie horror, classical painting, and pulp monster magazine iconography, Monsters tells the story of Karen as she tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: MYFAVTH
Hard Cover, 8x11, 828pg, Full Color
$79.99 $74.99
 


JIM STARLIN'S DREADSTAR Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Metamorphosis Odyssey, The Price, & Dreadstar graphic novel, stories from Epic #1-5, Dreadstar #1-8 and more, 1980-84. Recommended. From the mind of comics icon Jim Starlin (Infinity Gauntlet, Captain Marvel, Warlock), creator of Thanos, Drax, Gamora, and many more, comes an eon-spanning space fantasy, remastered and collected from the very beginning in this, the first of three definitive tomes! The spiraled arms of the Milky Way embrace hundreds of billions of stars, planets, and Earth. But humans aren’t the only inhabitants — there are beautiful and terrible alien species, one of which is so dangerous, so destructive, and so inevitable that the only way to save the universe is to Destroy The Milky Way. Vanth Dreadstar, last survivor of the Milky Way, is now safeguarding the future from the same fate. His crew, a cyborg sorcerer Syzygy Darklock, cybernetic telepath Willow, cat-like humanoid Oedi, and the freebooter Skeevo, are the universe’s unlikely protectors. Dark Horse, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: JIMD01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 512pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
Here’s more by Starlin.
 


EC ARTISTS LIBRARY Volume 7 Slipcased Set
Four hardcovers in slipcase, a whopping 1000 pages. Highly Recommended. By Al Feldstein and Harvey Kurtzman. Art by Wallace Wood, Johnny Craig, Feldstein and Kurtzman. Collecting four outstanding volumes in The New York Times best-selling series. The acclaimed EC Comics Artists Library collects the best EC stories in crisp black and white, with plenty of commentary by EC authorities. The Woman Who Loved Life And Other Stories, illustrated by Johnny Craig; Atom Bomb And Other Stories, illustrated by Wallace Wood; Man and Superman and Other Stories, illustrated by Harvey Kurtzman; and Terror Train And Other Stories, illustrated by Al Feldstein. Note: These slipcase sets often quickly sell out. 120 stories! Fantagraphics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More.

Item Code: ECAL07H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 1036pg, b&w
$120.00 $110.00
Still available: Bomb Run, 50 Girls 50, Three for the Money, Kamen’s Kalamity. Home to Stay: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories is also still available [HOMEH. $75, $65].
 


THE INCREDIBLE HULK Omnibus Volume 3
Collects The Incredible Hulk #135-170, and more 1963-68. By Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart et al. Art by Herb Trimpe, Marie Severin et al. The first appearance of Hulk ladylove Jarella and her subatomic world — when the Hulk goes micro! Drawn by Marvel art icon Herb Trimpe and scribed by a trio of top writers, these classic stories also introduce Doc Samson, Jim Wilson and Xeron the Starslayer; the 2nd Valkyrie appearance; pit Hulk against Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror, pair him with Ant-Man, and put the Hulk on trial with the heroes of the Marvel Universe as his jury. Appearances by The Sandman, The Avengers, etc. Marvel, 2025....More.

Item Code: INCH03H
Hard Cover, 7x11, 912pg, Full Color
$125.00 $110.00
Volume 1 is $100, Volume 2 is $100, $90. Also see the collections by Peter David.
 


DOCTOR DOOM EPIC COLLECTION Volume 1 Enter...Doctor Doom
Collects 13 early issues of Fantastic Four from #5 to #73, Annual 2 & 3, Amazing Spider-Man #5; Avengers #25; Daredevil #37-38 and more, 1962-69. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee & Roy Thomas. Art by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Gene Colan et al. The greatest comic-book villain of all gets his own Epic Collection at last — beginning with his very first appearance in 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 the Sub-Mariner, steals the Power Cosmic from the Silver Surfer and sets his sights on world domination! He’ll also have early encounters with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Ant-Man and the Avengers! Marvel, 2025....More.

Item Code: DOCDE01
Soft Cover, 7x10, 488pg, Full Color
$54.99 $49.99
A flashback to the early days of the Marvel Age, when Stan, Jack and the gang were reinventing the superhero comics. Doom is surely one of their very best and most interesting villains (way, way better than Magneto)…these are all gems.
 


WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack (Book 29)
Collects WDC&S #253-265, 303-304, 306, Donald Duck #105-106. 1961-66 and 4 stories from Netherlands editions, 1992 & 2001-02. Highly Recommended. In the title story, Donald and the boys are trying to help light the light to warn off all the ships at sea at lonely Cape Quack, but a sneaky crook who wants to claim the land for himself has wrecked the controls. Then, Magica De Spell is back, this time with a Valentine’s Day threat to steal Uncle Scrooge’s No. 1 Dime. His only hope to save it lies with Donald and the boys — but can they fend off Magica’s secret plan? And, Donald sets out on a new career as a "Master Wrecker," demolishing old and outdated buildings. The Junior Woodchucks are back in four new crafty adventures, written and penciled by Carl Barks and finished and inked by Daan Jippes. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: WD29H
Hard Cover, 7x10, 220pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
Here are all the other WD’s Donald Duck series.
 


DISNEY MASTERS Volume 27 Walt Disney's Goofy Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr Syclocks
Collects Super Goof #1-16 & more, 1965-78. Handsome thick hardcover of 232 pages. The complete run of adventures by Silver Age fan-favorite artist Mickey Mouse artist Paul Murry. The run of Super Goof plus select later issues, some never reprinted. Follow Mickey Mouse on his pal’s heroic trail — and never, ever, underestimate the power of a Goof! The year: 1965! When Goofy gulps a peanut from his “super goober” garden, there’s a super puff of smoke and our hapless hero gets the powers of super X-ray vision, super speed, and super strength. Super Goof battles bad guys across the globe, including sinister Dr. Syclocks, the Tower of Pisa-stealing Super Thief, a freeze-dried Dr. Tempo, and the Beagle Boys, out to kidnap and resell an entire zoo (super-scoop: it’s harder than it looks!). Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: DM27H
Hard Cover, 8x11, 236pg, Full Color
$39.99 $36.99
Click for more Disney Masters books, several on sale.
 

Edgar Rice Burroughs

 


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE The Monster Men Hardcover
First published in 1929. New front and back cover by Brian leBlanc. Map by Mike Wolfer. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. Cover by Brian LeBlanc. On a secluded jungle island in the East Indies festers a horrifying secret. There Professor Maxon has fled with his daughter Virginia following the success of his immoral experiments to subvert the laws of nature and create life. Twelve misshapen, hideous things have risen from Maxon’s vats on the island — but Number Thirteen is almost human. Just how human, the latter will soon discover when he encounters Virginia, who awakens him to a strange new potential. But a treacherous ally and a cutthroat band of pirates have their sights on both Virginia and her father’s treasure...it's up to #13 to rescue them. Bonus Story: "Elmer" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Rare Original Draft of "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw!" ERB Inc., 2025....More.

Item Code: ERBMMH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 198pg, Text Only
$39.95
 


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Return of the The Monster Men Hardcover
New front and back cover by Brian LeBlanc. By Josh Reynolds, based on ERB’s first novel The Monster Men. Thirteen months after their horrifying experiences in the East Indies,  Townsend J. Harper, Jr. and his wife Virginia return to the isle of terror where their adventures began. In their hearts lies a burning question: What truly happened to Number Thirteen, the soulless monster unleashed from Professor Maxon’s vats? But they are little prepared for the answer, or to confront the shadowy faction of a foreign power that has seized the island hoping to unearth its dread secrets for nefarious purposes. ERB Inc., 2025....More.

Item Code: ERBRMH
Hard Cover, 6x9, 324pg, Text Only
$39.95
 


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS UNIVERSE Monster Men and Return of The Monster Men Hardcover Set
Special set of both of these new books at a discounted price, both with new front and back cover art by Brian LeBlanc. Bonus stories in both volumes. By Edgar Rice Burroughs and Josh Reynolds. Special set of both of these new books at a discounted price. See the individual books or the full descriptions for details on each. Monster Men: On a secluded jungle island in the East Indies festers a horrifying secret. There Professor Maxon has fled with his daughter Virginia following the success of his immoral experiments to subvert the laws of nature and create life. Twelve misshapen, hideous things have risen from Maxon’s vats on the island — but Number Thirteen is almost human. Just how human, the latter will soon discover when he encounters Virginia, who awakens him to a strange new potential. But a treacherous ally and a cutthroat band of pirates have their sights on both Virginia and her father’s treasure...its's up to #13 to rescue them. Return takes us back to the island a year later, searching for #13... Bonus Stories: "Elmer" by ERB. The Rare Original Draft of "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw!" and "Weird Worlds: Dead on Venus" by Mike Wolfer. Includes ERB Inc., 2025....More.

Item Code: ERBMHP
Hard Cover, 6x9, 500+pg, Text/b&w
$79.90 $69.95
We have four copies of Monster Men the individual book in stock as I write this; more of the sequel and the sets are due here any day now; backorders have not all been shipped yet. Here are more recent Edgar Rice Burroughs releases, including the latest Mars books Vols 4 and 5.
 

November Sale

INFECTED BY ART Volume 11 Donato Giancola Cover
$39.99, $24.99

 SPACE ADVENTURES Volume 8 Hardcover
$52.99, $34.99

ATLAS ARTIST EDITION Volume 1 Joe Maneely
$75, $45

Along with the items above, I reduced prices on another 125+ items in preparation for our Cyber Monday Sale later this month. You can get an advance look at all these now and perhaps score some before they sell out. Search NOVSALE on our website.

Many have just two or three copies available at these new prices. I ’ve reduced most items straight from cover price to half price; some are now just $5, as much as 75% off.

 
 

About Comics

 


MORT WALKER'S BEETLE BAILY 75 Years of Smiles
Recommended. By Brian Walker.This coffee table retrospective commemorates Mort Walker’s long and dedicated commitment to cartooning, spotlighting the anniversary of his most popular and beloved creation. In addition to the 75 Sunday pages reproduced from color syndicate proofs, 135 daily and Sunday strips scanned from original artwork, and close to 200 additional images, this beautifully designed volume, impeccably researched and written by his son Brian, also includes rare photographs, historic debut character appearances, syndicate promotional materials, posters, merchandise, personal drawings and memorabilia from the family archives, as well as biographical sketches and anecdotes. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: MORTBBH
Hard Cover, 12x9, 276pg, Partial Color
$65.00
Here’s more from the prolific Mort Walker. He’s written several fine books about the history of comic strips and done introductions for others.
 


MESSIAHS, MESHUGGANAHS, MISANTHROPES AND MYSTERIES True Tales of Comics Conflict and Creativity
Highly Recommended. If you want to learn what really happened to Ghastly Ingels, or The Someday Funnies, or the "Keep On Truckin'" copyright — if you dare to confront art that provoked criminal conviction and Senatorial investigation, and which led to a trashed art gallery, a vandalized museum, even a ban by the “Berkeley Barb” — this book is for you. Bob Levin enters into and investigates the artistic sensibilities of cartoonists as disparate as Vaughn Bodé, R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Trina Robbins, Johnny Craig, Guy Colwell, Edward Gorey, Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Frazetta, Art Spiegelman, Alex Toth, and Dave Sim. Fantagraphics, 2025....More.

Item Code: MESSME
Soft Cover, 6x9, 360pg, b&w
$30.00 $27.00
 

Carl & Garé Barks

 


GARE BARKS PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1961-1981 Slipcased
Oversized hardcover in slipcase, gilt titles. Recommended. By John Garvin and Peter Barks Kylling. Wife of famed cartoonist Carl Barks, Garé brought a cartoonist’s vision to her landscape and wildlife paintings. Includes 400+ reproductions, her mid-century modern prints, her drawings and sketches, all 40 greeting cards, and 58-page biography. Garé’s work is wholly unique. Yes, she fits in well with other mid-century modern artists like Robert Woods, but Garé’s paintings come from a cartoonist’s perspective, emphasizing color, clarity, caricature, and simplicity, combined with dramatic light and shadow and an almost abstract use of shape and form. This book collects almost all of them and is  the book that Garé would have wanted to showcase her life’s work. Enchanted Images, 2025....More.

Item Code: GAREBH
Hard Cover, 11x11, 456pg, Partial Color
$80.00
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
CARL BARKS PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1966-1971 Slipcased
Limited, 500. By John Garvin. Handsome oversize hardcover in a slipcase with gold cover embossing. An amazing inside look at Barks' other world, paintings of farm houses and landscapes, cowgirls, horses, even nudes and humorous caricatures. Meticulously researched using Barks’ painting ledger, color slides, and other documents from the Barks estate, the book includes more than thirty essays examining important themes, individual paintings, and his evolution as a painter, while the introduction explores his transition from comic-book writer and artist to full-time painter. Over 160 full-color reproductions and an index of paintings completed 1966-1971, before the Duck paintings began. Enchanted Images, 2020....More.

Item Code: CARPDH
Hard Cover, 11x11, 336pg, Full Color
$64.95
 


ALSO AVAILABLE
AFTER CARL BARKS Painting Fine-Art Cartoons in Oils Original Art Edition
Closeout Price! Limited, 250 copies with an original 9x12 red pencil drawing and color print of "The Hunger" both signed by John Garvin. 260 pages of history, analysis and insight into Carl Barks' paintings, craft, and technique, chronicling artist John Garvin's decades long obsession with the paintings of Carl Barks, the 20th Century's Grand Master of cartoon fine art. 50-page biography of Barks the artist, including documents from the Barks estate; 100 visual diagrams of Barks' fine-art cartoon paintings; 18-page bibliography of Barks' personal reference library; practical painting tips covering Barks' approach to composition, narrative, dynamic symmetry, color theory, painting media and more. Enchanted Images, 2010....More.

Item Code: AFTCBD
Soft Cover, 9x11, 270pg, Partial Color
$124.95 $75.00
We also have just one copy left of the regular edition of this [AFTCB. $44.95].
 

British Pin-Up Master Arthur Ferrier

 


ARTHUR FERRIER'S SHOWGIRL SIRENS 1940-1949
Highly Recommended. By Rian Hughes. In the golden age of British cartoon pin-up art, no illustrator was as prolific or popular as Scotsman Arthur Ferrier. As the "cheesecake king" of good girl art, his voluptuous, wasp-waisted, leggy women were the benchmark for pin-up illustration. Through cartoons, comic strips, magazine illustrations and advertising art, his work epidomised the British pin-up for four decades. Often found in a state of casual undress... Korero Press, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: AFSSH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 320pg, Partial Color
$51.99
 


ARTHUR FERRIER'S BURLESQUE BOMBSHELLS 1949-1954
Highly Recommended. By Rian Hughes. Featuring a cast of captivating and mischievous starlets, Burlesque Bombshells dives into Ferrier's post-war pin-up illustrations. This volume, filled with beautiful girls, witty one-liners, and mid-century fashions, celebrates a master of comic illustration who merits wider recognition. In addition to showcasing Ferrier's work, it includes his illustration advice in the following articles: "From Sketch to Ink," "Model Etiquette," and "Model Choice and Lighting." Korero, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: AFBBH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 320pg, Partial Color
$51.99
 


ARTHUR FERRIER'S CABARET CUTIES 1954-1968
Highly Recommended. By Rian Hughes. Take a front-row seat for Cabaret Cuties as Ferrier's irresistible cartoon pin-ups steal the spotlight in the swinging sixties. In addition to highlighting Ferrier's illustrations, this volume includes several articles by him for aspiring illustrators: "Adventures in Pen and Ink," "Props, Dress and Style," "Pencils and Ink," and "On Cartooning." Arthur Ferrier had a very long career — he was active from the thirties to the sixties. He first sold cartoons to the Daily Record while working as an analytical chemist in Glasgow. Korero Press, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: AFCCH
Hard Cover, 8x10, 320pg, Partial Color
$51.99
Here are more collections from the unique publisher Korero Press: The View from Screw, Rayguns and Rocketships, The Anatomy of Style by Patrick J. Jones, Terror: The Horror Comic Art of Jayme Cortez (on sale), Nightmare on One Sheet: The Art of Graham Humphreys (on sale), Sex and Horror: The Art of Roberto Molino (on sale), and Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti. Quantities on sale books will be very limited.

Click here for more recent pin-up collections.
 

Rare Books This Week!

Set of Six issues!

Set of Eight issues!

Four Issue Set!  

New Arrivals This Week: 20 new items and sets this week: 9 GN sets: Marvel, DC, First, Dynamite and Indie 3 Forgotten Fantasy #1-5 and Fantastic Stories Digests Bon Saw set Comic Book Artist – 5 sets Comics Scene set of 12 Swords of Cerebus Set Tundra Sketchbook Set

Still available from last week: Legendary Warren magazines: Screen Thrills, Spacemen and Favorite Western sets, Harvey Kurtzman’s Help! Magazine, Fanzine and magazine sets: Squa Tront, Witchcraft & Sorcery, Monsters and Heroes, Paragon Illustrated, Amra Flash Gordon: The Movie by Al Williamson and The Rocketeer Eclipse GN by Stevens, 1991.

Mature Readers Rare Books

New Arrivals include The Betty Pages #6-9 set and Bettie/Jungle Girl Hot Girls Set More Playboy 1-year sets 1992, 1996, 1997, 2006 and specials Click here for last week’s magazine sets still available.  

 

3...2...1...Gone!

FIGHT COMICS Featuring Senorita Rio Volume 1 Hardcover

 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Epic Collection Volume 2 Great Responsibility

TERRY AND THE PIRATES The Master Collection Volume 3

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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Alter Ego, Back Issue, Comic Book Creator Back Issues

Get them now. Alter Ego #186-188. 190, 191 including the Angelo Torres, Edmund Hamilton and Jungle Comics specials, are all going away to make room for new items. Back Issue #148 and 151; Comic Book Creator #27, 29-32, 34, 36.

 

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