Icons of the Fantastic, Art of Doug Chiang, Mike Grell’s Warlord, Bruce Timm horror art, Alley Oop, Captain Marvel, Daniel Warren Johnson and signed Heavy Metal.

Never before announced from Flesk, we have The Horror Art of Bruce Timm and The Art of Daniel Warren Johnson. Icons of the Fantastic is here and gets my Highest Recommendation. The Art of Doug Chiang set is also very impressive. Mike Grell’s Warlord Omnibus. Plus V.T. Hamlin’s Alley Oop, Captain Marvel Adventures facsimiles and more from PS, and exclusive, Dan Brereton’s signed Heavy Metal #3 “Risque” cover! Our brand new catalog with a Bruce Timm cover can be downloaded now. Print copies will be in your hands in early January. We also emailed out a December Sale this week, you can review it here.

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ICONS OF THE FANTASTIC: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from The Korshak Collection Highly Recommended. Foreword by Guillermo del Toro. Features the extraordinary original artworks and paintings gathered in the Korshak Collection; artwork by pioneering and contemporary artists from over 160 years of science fiction and fantasy alongside essays by such figures as del Toro, Kevin J. Anderson, and Michael Dirda, who highlight the profound and ongoing impact of those works on imaginative literature. Alongside essays about famous illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, contributors engage in a critical reassessment of understudied artists such as José Segrelles, Wladyslaw Benda, Margaret Brundage,Fortunino Matania, Willy Pogany, Margaret Brundage and Hannes Bok, all represented here with multiple images by each artist. The artworks appeared on the covers of the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, classic pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories and Weird Tales, and legendary books and rare magazine art from the Golden Age of Illustration. University of Delaware Press, 2025....More. Item Code: ICOFH Hard Cover, 9x11, 172pg, Full Color $44.95

There will be a deluxe signed edition also but the price is not yet set. Signed by Michael Whelan and the editors/compilers. Limited to 300 copies, it could be in the $150-$200 range. Leave your name with LaDonna or Mikala if you want to reserve a copy.

Art Books

DOUG CHIANG The Cinematic Legacy & The Star Wars Legacy Box Set Recommended. By Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso. A two-volume, deluxe slipcased celebration of Academy Award-winning artist and designer Doug Chiang, LucasFilm’s executive design director. One of the most influential figures in crafting the visual language of Star Wars, Chiang first joined forces with Lucasfilm for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and has supervised or contributed to the visuals for Attack of the Clones, The Force Awakens, Galaxy’s Edge, Rogue One, The Last Jedi, Solo, Rise of Skywalker, and the Disney TV series The Mandalorian. Chiang’s impact on Star Wars, documented in full in the Star Wars Legacy volume of this monumental monograph, cannot be overstated. From the Naboo N-1 Starfighter to the iconic podracers and innumerable ships, droids, and creatures in between, no one person has had a greater hand in guiding the look and feel of Star Wars since Ralph McQuarrie. Abrams, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: DOUGCH Hard Cover, 14x12, 800pg, Full Color $275.00

See more by Chiang in his Robota from 2003 [RB7360. $50] and in Spectrum Vol 11 from 2004 [SPE11H. $39, $10].

FIENDISH MONSTERS The Horror Art of Bruce Timm Hardcover Our Highest Recommendation. Never before announced limited distribution release, exclusive to Flesk and ourselves. Nearly forty years of the legendary artist’s favorite horror-themed artworks. Featuring more than 130 pieces, this opens the vault on Timm’s personal drawings and private experiments created purely for his own amusement. It also showcases rarely seen illustrations and contributions to fanzines, Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine, books, and more. Guided by Timm’s candid commentary, you will take on a tour through his creative process. From rough sketches and preliminaries to fully finished ink and painted works, he reveals alternate designs never before shown, dives into his love of classic horror films and actors from his youth, and discusses how he refined certain pieces to their final, haunting arrangement. Flesk, 2025. ...More. Item Code: FIENBTH Hard Cover, 9x12, 80pg, Full Color $34.95

Also available as a softcover [FIENBT. $24.95].

THE ART OF DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON Includes 8.5 x 11 inch bonus print of the paperback black-and-white cover art. Limited release publisher exclusive. This volume showcases the majority of Daniel Warren Johnson’s kinetic career since his start in 2012. Multiple sections cover his favorite comic-book covers and pages, along with rarely seen commissions and personal works, preliminaries and cover thumbnails. Full access was given to his personal sketchbooks, allowing for a deep look at over 200 sketches. Extended commentary reveals thoughts for almost every piece. The collection has been methodically assembled from the original art and through numerous interview sessions over the span of four years, a highly collaborative effort between Flesk and the artist. The team worked to present the works that DWJ was most excited to draw, that were the most challenging and that were the most rewarding. Flesk, 2025. ...More. Item Code: ARTDWJ Soft Cover, 9x12, 288pg, Partial Color $49.95 $44.95

PS Artbooks

Item Code: PCSPA10H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $52.99

SPACE ADVENTURES Volume 10 Hardcover Collects #47-51, 1962-63. Art by Rocco Mastroserio, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas et al. "The Beast of Bardo" — alone on a strange planet, they had to survive this demon or perish! From the amazing duplicator emerges "The Ambassador from Earth." Olsen left Earth, never to return... until he had to make "The Trip Back!" And finally, could you be one of the robots? No one believed it, until it was too late and they invaded the Earth! So join the pilgrims and don't miss your place on rockets to other worlds... PS Artbooks, 2025. ...More.

Item Code: PCSPA10 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99

Click here for previous volumes.

Item Code: SECM01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $52.99

SECRET MYSTERIES / TENSE SUSPENSE Volume 1 Collects Secret Mysteries #17-19, (aka #1-3) 1954-55 and Tense Suspense #1-2, 1958-59. Pre-code horror from tiny publisher Ribage. Notorious titles Crime Mysteries and Crime Smashers morphed into three issues of horror, and here are all three. Featuring the talents of Rudy Palais, Myron Fass, Marty Elkin, Edvard Moritz, Bill Allison, and Tony Tallarico. Tense Suspense is a post-code 1958 title almost entirely by Dick Ayers, just before he moved on to start inking Jack Kirby at Marvel, first on the monster books, then on the Fantastic Four, The Hulk etc. PS Artbooks, 2025....More.

Item Code: SECM01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #8 Facsimile Edition From 1942, a 68-page issue. Highly Recommended. By Otto Binder, art by C.C. Beck et al. Long CM stories, 14, 15 and 18 pages, with Mr. Banjo and a lovely Femme Fatale, the introduction of Prince Lucifer and ghosts of Ivan the Terrible, Cesare Borgia, Attila the Hun and Caligula. Plus an 8 pager about working with P.A.L., the Police Athletic League. Behind a fine wartime cover are superlative stories by the all-star team of Otto Binder as writer and C.C. Beck as primary artist. Filled with vibrant Golden Age artwork and exciting storytelling, this issue highlights the hero’s dedication to justice and protecting the innocent. A must-have classic for fans of vintage superhero adventures and timeless heroism! PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: CAPM08 Comic, 7x10, 68pg, Full Color $15.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #9 Facsimile Edition From 1942, a 68-page issue. Highly Recommended. By Otto Binder, art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza et al. Four nice long stories, 12, 13, 14 and 15 pages. Another fine wartime issue. The cute Miss Dalshow shows up again (she was in #8) for "In the Realm of the Sub-Conscious," a wild Binder tale. Plus "The Return of Ibac," "Nippo from Nagasaki," in his first appearance as an ongoing CM villain, and finally, CM saves "King Bhoris and Princess Buti of Domania." Plus back up stories, text story, and all original ads. PS Artbooks, 2025....More. Item Code: CAPM09 Comic, 7x10, 68pg, Full Color $15.99

More prime early issues of Captain Marvel Adventures and Whiz Comics are available as facsimile editions. Click here for all the Fawcett facsimiles.

Comics & Archives

WARLORD By Mike Grell Omnibus Volume 1 Recommended. 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. Mike would soon be a fan-favorite for his character-redefining Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters and ultimately for his First Comics series Jon Sable Freelance and Starslayer. in Warlord, 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 where he returns to the primitive a la John Carter or Tarzan. DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: WARL01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 736pg, Full Color $100.00 $90.00

Here’s more by Grell: Green Arrow Longbow Hunters, Jon Sable, and its sequel Sable.

ALLEY OOP IS GLADIATOR XVII 1951 V.T. Hamlin Highly Recommended. Reprinting all dailies from 1951. Alley Oop smashes into Ancient Rome — and Alley's friend Foozy has his ambition set on nothing less than the Emperor's crown! Also featuring a trip to the Old West to make off with loot from the Great Train Robbery, as well as a holiday visit with Santa Claus himself! Classic Hamlin art and story. Acoustic Learning, 2025....More. Item Code: ALLE51 Soft Cover, 11x7, 160pg, b&w $27.50

ALLEY OOP THE ATOMIC AGE The Complete Sundays 1944-1950 Highly Recommended. Alley Oop's time-traveling adventures continue — in color! Dozens of adventures spread over FIVE YEARS, including a a ghostly encounter in old England with Oola sharing the battles, adventures in modern wartime America, a viking Nordic adventure, back to Spartan/Roman times, and far more. 245 Sunday strips are presented in this oversize hardcover. Acoustic Learning, 2025....More. Item Code: ALLEATH Hard Cover, 13x9, 246pg, Full Color $99.99

See more Alley Oop here.

More Alley Oop!
ALLEY OOP IS OOPERMAN The Complete Sundays 2003-2005	ALLEY OOP AND THE DINOSAUR FROM OUTER SPACE The Complete Sundays 1994-1996	ALLEY OOP AND THE CAVE MONSTER Complete Sundays 1988-1990
More Alley Oop by V.T. Hamlin & Dave Graue.

HEAVY METAL #3 Risque Dan Brereton Cover Signed w/remarque & signed print A Heavy Metal website exclusive Risque Cover, issued unsigned. But ours are signed along with an elaborate remarque drawing plus a separate 8x11 print, also signed. Highly Recommended. A new wave of visionary storytelling in Issue 3. Enki Bilal returns with another chapter of his acclaimed “Bug” saga. “Primeval” by Tim Vigil and David Quinn dives headlong into the darkest corners of fantasy, where primal forces reign. Leah Moore, John Reppion, and Anna Morozova continue their epic run on “Taarna,” chronicling the legendary cosmic warrior in battles that shape worlds. Michael Conrad and Ilias Kyriazis pick up the thread of “Millstone,” a series where myth and fate intertwine in unpredictable ways. Note: the cover image you see is only a sample, as each remarque is unique and original. Heavy Metal, 2025. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: HM03BD Magazine, 8x11, na, Partial Color $95.00

HEAVY METAL #3 Risque Dan Brereton Cover Signed w/bonus print Heavy Metal's website exclusive Risque cover issued unsigned at $20. Ours are signed on the cover by Dan and he's added a bonus full color print. Highly Recommended. A new wave of visionary storytelling in Issue 3. Enki Bilal returns with another chapter of his acclaimed “Bug” saga. “Primeval” by Tim Vigil and David Quinn dives headlong into the darkest corners of fantasy, where primal forces reign. Leah Moore, John Reppion, and Anna Morozova continue their epic run on “Taarna,” chronicling the legendary cosmic warrior in battles that shape worlds. Michael Conrad and Ilias Kyriazis pick up the thread of “Millstone,” a series where myth and fate intertwine in unpredictable ways. Heavy Metal, 2025. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: HM03BS Magazine, 8x11, 232pg, Partial Color $35.00

Here are other variants plus variants of the first two issues.

Coming in January

WALT DISNEY'S CARL BARKS LIBRARY DONALD DUCK Volume 1 1942-1950 XXL 600 pages with extended essay by Disney historian Jim Fanning. Highly Recommended. Suave yet short-tempered, Donald Duck was Walt Disney’s cartoon bad boy, a more complex foil to the ever-optimistic Mickey Mouse and a box-office draw from his earliest silver screen appearances. It was in comics that Donald continued to soar creatively, thanks to Carl Barks, the self-taught cartoonist whose masterful and imaginative work turned the quarrelsome quacker into a cultural icon. Spanning 1942 to 1950, this deluxe volume collects all of Barks’s earliest and most iconic tales from the Four Color anthology series, including Lost in the Andes, Luck of the North, Donald Duck and the Mummy’s Ring, and Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold plus much, much more. Taschen, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Due: Jan....More. Item Code: WDCD01H Hard Cover, 11x16, 636pg, Full Color $200.00

Taschen has also announced a deluxe edition limited to 1000. It will be in the $650 range, postpaid. Watch for details.

Goner30 and December Deals!

STARTLING COMICS Volume 1 $32.99, $21.99	SWAMP THING By Mark Millar and Phil Hester Omnibus $125, $75	WONDER WOMAN By John Byrne Omnibus $100, $59
On Tuesday we sent out our latest clearance sale with 90 newly reduced titles. Click here to see the email. We also extended our 2025 Goner Sale, with a bonus 30% off every item! There are items previously on sale as well as over 100 items never before discounted. But every one will be discounted a further 30%. Promotion ends MIDNITE December 23rd. Use the coupon code: GONER30. You can also see our December Giveaway email here. At the bottom are a group of new freebies that are available with any order.

Rare Books This Week!
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New Arrivals This Week: We have eight sets of Cartoonist Profiles magazine, going back to issue #10 in 1971, generally at $9 an issue. Also sets of Dragon Lady Press comic strip reprints collecting Alex Toth’s Bravo for Adventure as well as his Johnny Hazard, plus Brenda Starr, On Stage, King of the Royal Mounted, Mandrake the Magician, Buz Sawyer and more, as low as $6 an issue. Click here for more of the latest Rare Books listings including Steranko’s Prevue Magazine, a 20 issue set of Twilight Zone for $80, Comics Journal sets for just $6 an issue and far more.

News & Notes

I’m including the full text of my editorial from the latest catalog (see below) for anyone who might not catch it there. It has big news about my retirement and who’s coming onboard to carry on my work! Bud’s Catalog Editorial: Our cover feature, Fiendish Monsters by Bruce Timm, is only available from the publisher and from us. It won’t reach any retail outlets until well in 2026; Fleskes did not offer it on Kickstarter. It’s a lot of fun! We’ve had a very busy Holiday season so far. The previous catalog with the bonus 16 pages has done very well, and our special Sale offerings beginning in November have appealed to many of you also. Thanks so much… it’s nice to be leaving on a high note! On that thought, I’ve got a big announcement for you. The folks who are carrying on Bud Plant Comic Art aka Bud’s Art Books, will be officially taking the reins January 31, 2026. I will still be here helping them for the next 3-6 months, so very little will be changing. Except for one employee, we will have the same staff—including Mikala, LaDonna and Todd taking orders and helping you on the phones. The warehouse stays as it is, catalogs, newsletters, weekly emails and specials...all of that is unchanged. My “replacement” is Marty Grosser. Many of you may recognize him. As of last June, Marty had been the editor of Diamond Comics Previews for 37 years, 441 issues! Previews of course was the massive monthly publication announcing coming comics, toys, games and comics-related material. He wrote an editorial in every Previews, so even if you don’t know him, you’ve likely read something he’s written. He’s a long-time fan of all-things comics, just like I am, but he’s a good decade younger, so still a youngster to me! Marty actually started his comics career at Comics & Comix, the chain of stores that my partners and I started in 1972 and ran until 1988. Marty became an assistant manager by 1986, then moved from C&C to working directly for me in my warehouse as a writer. When Diamond Comics bought my distribution arm in 1988, Marty was one of the two people they took to Baltimore. I couldn’t be happier that he’s stepping into my shoes. He’s got the experience and he loves the world of comics. He’s as big a fanboy as I am, and he’ll have some new interests of his own he can bring to the table. He knows a lot more about contempo- rary comics and creators than I do. It will be excellent to have a new, fresh perspective on today’s comics. I think Marty is the perfect choice to become the new face of Bud’s Art Books. In the meantime, I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! The staff is taking both four-day holidays, so we won’t be open the Friday after Christmas or after New Year’s. Thanks to you and all of our wonderful customers out there. I’m very grateful for your part in keeping us going for 55 great years! ~ Bud Plant

Our Catalog and Contact Info We publish a color catalog every two months—if you’ve placed an order in the last 12 months, you will receive it hot off the press. If this is your first order, or if you’d like an extra copy, you can add one to your order: click here. Or call or send us your address and we’ll mail one to you. You can also download it here. Place your order before noon PST, Monday through Friday for SAME DAY shipping (for in-stock items). Note: FREE SHIPPING OVER $300. If your order total is $300 or more and you are in the U.S., we pay the standard shipping cost. Contact us: csr@budsartbooks.com or 530-273-2166 Mon-Fri 9-4

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Bud's December Deals! 90 new sale titles, and 30%off selected goners!

Here's all-new, all discounted SALE ITEMS-- 90 new titles, and below we've highlighted 65 from the 90.  3...2...1 GONERS SALE: We have also extended the 30% off promotion for another week. Click here FOR 250 items ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SALE ITEMS--with these we only have ONE or TWO copies. Order promptly for the best selection. Use the coupon code GONER30 and we will deduct ANOTHER 30% off the already-discounted prices. If you click on a title and it doesn't take you to the website, that means it is sold out. Our Winter 2026 catalog is now available for download right here, right now. It features a fun cover by Bruce Timm from his brand new book.

Winter 2026 Bud's Incredible Catalog .

Artist's Editions

JOHN ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN DAILY COMIC STRIPS Artist's Edition Closeout Price! Recommended. This collects high-resolution scans of the very earliest Amazing Spider-Man daily strips by the two creators most associated with the Web-Slinger, Stan Lee and John Romita. Approximately 300 (!) original daily strips have been scanned, all from 1977 and 1978. The strip debuted on January 3, 1977, and the first two months of the strip are included. Spider-Man’s origin is recapped and it’s a Who’s Who of all your favorite Spidey characters. IDW, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: JRASH Hard Cover, 19x16, 176pg, b&w $150.00 $99.00

JIM LEE DC LEGENDS Artist's Edition Closeout Price! Recommended. 25 years of Jim Lee’s storied career, showcasing his rendition of Batman, Punisher and Superman, placing his own unique stamp on each character. Additionally, there are examples of his 1990s run on X-Men, Wonder Woman, WildC.A.T.s and other pre-DC work. All from the original art — Jim's detail is simply amazing and this shows every single line. IDW, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: JIMLLH Hard Cover, 12x17, 140pg, b&w $150.00 $89.00

Click here for more Jim Lee.

PAUL SMITH'S UNCANNY X-MEN Artist's Edition Closeout Price! Recommended. A veritable cornucopia of classic Paul Smith's original black and white X-Men art has been scanned at high resolution in color to capture every nuance. Printed at 100% size as drawn on the original boards, a massive 12 x 17 inches. The only better way to see Smith’s original art would be to hold it in your own hands. Handsome, dynamic work. IDW, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: PAUSUH Hard Cover, 12x17, 204pg, b&w $150.00 $99.00

Click here for more Artist's Editions.

Artists & Illustration

J.A.W. COOPER GENESIS COLLECTION Almost Gone! New printing. Highly Recommended. This compiles the drawings and paintings from the sold-out 2017 releases of Familiars, Flora and Fauna, and Viscera with a few extras thrown in. This art book contains nudity and is intended for mature audiences. A journey into the violent, steaming innards of making art — raw, spontaneous and unfettered. Drawing on themes of the occult, the artist explores animals as allegories for the human condition. Cooper explores instinct and intuition as the spark of artistic creation, to delight the feral child at our core. Flesk, 2024. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: JAWG Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Partial Color $39.95 $20.00

J.A.W. Cooper's Pastoral is also on sale [JAWCP. $29.95, $14.95].

THAT'S SOME BUSINESS YOU'RE IN By Bob Fingerman Signed Closeout Price! Signed! Recommended. Foreword by Bill Sienkiewicz. Essential for any fan of Bob Fingerman’s work, this career memoir details his 40 years of toiling in comics, and boasts a huge amount of art, much of which is presented for the first time and scanned from the originals. Best known for his cult comic series Minimum Wage, in 2018 he became one of MAD’s “usual gang of idiots.” Especially signed for us, at $20 less than the signed edition being offered on Zoop (the Kickstarter-like site). Zoop, 2024....More. Item Code: THATHS Hard Cover, 9x11, 200pg, Partial Color $70.00 $35.00

GOLDEN HOUR The Art of Raide Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. The debut art book from popular German digital illustrator Raide, now a widely viewed online creator. "As a child, I vividly remember watching animated movies and being pulled into their colorful stories. Spirited Away, Fantasia, Aladdin, and Corpse Bride were some of my favorites..." Professional work includes covers for the popular Percy Jackson books and the School for Good and Evil series. Go behind-the-scenes into the artist’s creative process, including stunning portraits and whimsical scenes. Driven by her passion for character art, Raide has collaborated with big industry names such as Clip Studio Paint, XP-Pen, Huion, and Harper Collins. Fans will also know that Raide creates popular online art courses on Domestika. Here are brand-new tutorials and studies that focus on some of her many artistic strengths, such as lighting and expression, lovely fantasy women and surreal scenes. Very well done. 3dtotal Publishing, 2024. ...More. Item Code: GOLHOH Hard Cover, 9x11, 152pg, Partial Color $50.00 $29.95

GRIEVOUS ANGELS, TROUT MASKS AND AMERICAN BEAUTIES Closeout Price! 1970s Rock & Roll Photography of Ginny Winn. Recommended. In the early 1970s, Ginny Winn was staff photographer for Warner/Reprise Records when its roster included John Cale, Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Maria Muldaur, Jimmy Webb, Incredible String Band, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Arlo Guthrie, Jackie DeShannon, et al. Here are her amazing improv, behind the scenes pictures of the greats off stage, rehearsing, posing, goofing around...it's very impressive, we like it. All photos are previously unpublished. Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: GRIEVA Soft Cover, 7x9, 122pg, Full Color $39.99 $19.99

KABUMPO IN OZ Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Ruth Plumly Thompson. This is the 16th book of Oz, and the 2nd written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. This new hardcover edition of the 1922 book features a new cover and interior illustrations by Eisner nominated artist Sara Richard. On Prince Pompadore's 18th birthday, his cake explodes, revealing a magic scroll, a magic mirror, and a doorknob. The scroll warns the prince that if he doesn't wed a "proper princess" within seven days, his entire kingdom will disappear. He and the kingdom's wise elephant Kabumpo embark on a new adventure to the Emerald City to marry Princess Ozma. But when they finally arrive, they find the princess and her palace...are gone! Clover Press, 2024....More. Item Code: KABUH Hard Cover, 7x9, 260pg, Partial Color $29.99 $19.99

The 1986 warehouse find of The Enchanted Apples of Oz is also on closeout [ENAPOZ. $25, $15].

LORENZO SPERLONGA'S PIN-UP PLAYING CARDS Dolls & Roses Closeout Price! Dolls & Roses are two completely new playing card decks featuring the pin-up art by Lorenzo Sperlonga. Each deck features 54 cards, each one with a new painting. The decks are completely different from each other and sinfully uncensored! Each tuck box features its own wild card: "nice" in the front, "naughty" in the back of the box. Sperlonga, 2022. Mature Viewers. ...More. Item Code: LORPC 3x4, Full Color $35.00 $21.99

Here's more of Sperlonga's latest erotic art.

Walt Disney

WALT DISNEY TREASURES Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum Disney Closeout Price! By Walter E.D. Miller & the WD Museum Staff. Foreword by Kirsten Komoroske. This chronicles the legacy of the legendary American artist, storyteller, filmmaker, and visionary through iconic objects that represent his life and career — Walt Disney's own personal objects. Through historical research, firsthand accounts, and Walt’s own words, readers will uncover the most treasured artifacts that tell the story of Walt Disney and his family, as well as the significance of each item to Walt’s personal and professional life. With more than 250 images from the collection and galleries of The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and the Disney family archives — some never seen by the public — readers will experience Walt’s story like never before. Weldon Owen, 2024....More. Item Code: WDTREH Hard Cover, 10x12, 232pg, Partial Color $50.00 $29.95

WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES MINI COLLECTION BOX SET Closeout Price! Three digest-sized paperbacks in a handsome full color box. Highly Recommended. By Carl Barks. Classic Duck adventures from the 1950s Four Color comics: In “Ghost in the Grotto,” Donald Duck and his nephews try to harvest kelp at Skull-Eye Reef but are soon menaced by a ducknapping ghost in armor, a centuries-old curse, and a giant octopus. In “Sheriff of Bullet Valley,” Donald, who learned everything he knows about fighting bad guys from the movies, boldly dons a badge and swaggers into the fray. Then Donald and his nephews hoist sail on their most momentous quest ever in “The Golden Helmet!” Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: WDADVP Soft Cover, 7x5, 350pg, Full Color $19.99 $11.99

DISNEY COMICS AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS Deluxe Edition Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. A massive, impressive oversize hardcover in a handsome slipcase. A worldwide Disney comics retrospective featuring classic adventure stories from Carl Barks, Don Rosa, Floyd Gottfredson, and more. See Mickey outwitting counterfeiters in Floyd Gottfredson’s 1934 “The Crazy Crime Wave'' and Uncle Scrooge founding his own nation in Don Rosa’s 1989 “His Majesty, McDuck!” Plus more... hundreds of pages more, including stories of Donald’s duckling-hood, Basil the Great Mouse Detective, and the Big Bad Wolf. Fantagraphics, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: DISAH Hard Cover, 10x14, 328pg, Full Color $100.00 $59.95

Flash Sale!

GIANT-SIZE X-MEN Tribute to Wein & Cockrum Collects Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum #1, Giant-Size X-Men #1, 1975-2020. Recommended. One comic book transformed the face of Marvel Comics forever in 1975. Writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum revamped the X-Men with an international cast including Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Wolverine! This legendary story took fans by storm and set the stage for The X-Men to become the most popular heroes in the Marvel Universe! Now, 36 of Marvel's top artists come together to re-create this epic story — 45 years later — each drawing one very special page in tribute to a true original story! This all-new, all-different tribute is presented alongside Wein and Cockrum's inimitable original — still as vibrant as the day it was published! Marvel, 2025....More. Item Code: GIANX Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, Full Color $29.99 $15.00

EDUARDO RISSO BLACK. WHITE. Signed Signed bookplate! Limited, 2000. Recommended. By Dominic Milano. Art and Cover by Eduardo Risso. Introduction by Brian Azzarello. This publication features new and unpublished art by Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets; Batman), including some newly translated work from his native Argentina. In 1998 he worked with Brian Azzarello on the DC mini-series Jonny Double. Also with Azzarello he began the award-winning series 100 Bullets for DC's Vertigo imprint in 1999, as well as the Batman mini-series Broken City in 2003-04. His other DC stints include Flinch, Heart Throbs, Weird Western Tales, Batman: Gotham Knights, Transmetropolitan and Winter's Edge. Red Sector, 2004....More. Item Code: EDRIS Soft Cover, 8x11, 32pg, b&w $15.00 $7.50

THE BEST OF STAR STUDDED COMICS Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Bill Schelly. An attractive collection commemorating the classic fanzine that was published from 1963 to 1972. This was fandom's premiere showcase for superhero stories by amateur and upcoming pro artists, including Jim Starlin, Mike Vosburg, Grass Green, Alan Weiss, Biljo White, and many more. Included here is Warrior of Llarn created by DC Comics' Gardner Fox, adapted into strip form by Roy Thomas and Sam Grainger. Also, underground artist George Metzger's gorgeous Dr. Weird, and a tale by the superb Landon Chesney. Plus 60 pages of new material, and other surprises and bonus features. "A labor of love that captures the wild, creative days of early comics fandom." -Bud. Hampster Press, 2005. Out of Print....More. Item Code: BESST Soft Cover, 8x11, 256pg, b&w $25.00 $7.50

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Marvel Comics

MARVEL COMICS LIBRARY The Incredible Hulk 1962-1966 Deluxe Edition Closeout Price! Limited to 1000 numbered copies; limitation page, deluxe beveled leatherette binding, aluminum print cover, foil embossing, massive slipcase. Collects #1-6 & dozens of stories from Tales to Astonish. 10 lbs, 670 pages! Highly Recommended. By Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, & John Romita Sr. He’s one of the most enduring characters across all popular culture — and this collection of The Incredible Hulk #1-6 along with his appearances in Tales to Astonish is where it all began. The lavish reproduction of the original comics brings Hulk to rampaging yet sorrowful life alongside original artwork, rare photographs, and ephemera. Stan and Jack took their monster comics theme and mixed it up with a Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde to create a character that was unique to all of comics. These early stories are masterpieces of angst, heroism and sacrifice.... Taschen, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: MARIHD Hard Cover, 11x16, 670pg, Full Color $650.00 $499.00

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS DOCTOR STRANGE Volume 11 Closeout Price! Collects Doctor Strange #74-81, hamballa Graphic Novel and more, 1983-87. By Peter B. Gillis and J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Chris Warner, Dan Green et al. As the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange protects our dimension from threats we can hardly comprehend. What happens when the things that keep these terrors at bay — his many mystic tools and protections, his Sanctum Sanctorum itself — are gone? A gauntlet of Mephisto, the demon Khat and alien sorcerer Urthona send Doctor Strange on the run. He must find a way to repair his mystic cloak and survive death itself to save our realm... Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: MMD11H Hard Cover, 7x10, 344pg, Full Color $75.00 $45.00

MARVEL MASTERWORKS MAN-THING Volume 1 Closeout Price! Collects Man-Thing #1, Fear #10, 11-19 and more, 1972-74. Recommended. Art by Val Mayerik. The brilliant Dr. Ted Sallis’ progress on a new Super-Solider Serum gained the envious attention of A.I.M. One untested injection and a hot-pursuit car crash into the swamp later, Sallis is forever changed. He is now the Man-Thing, a lumbering creature with the searing power to burn those who know fear! Writer Steve Gerber made this a 1970s comic book classic. Mixing horror, occult and the Marvel Universe, Gerber’s unique narrative concoctions could produce taut morality tales, biting social commentary, a budding sorceress, the Nexus of All Realities...and Howard the Duck! Marvel, 2024. ...More. Item Code: MMMT01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color $75.00 $45.00

MIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE MIGHTY THOR Volume 4 When Meet the Immortals Closeout Price! Collects Journey Into Mystery #120-125, Annual #1, & Mighty Thor #126-127, 1965-66. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Batten down the hatches for the first battle between Thor and Hercules! Also the ever-mischievous Loki, everyone’s favorite lunkhead with the always-adaptable power — the Absorbing Man — and the classic “Tales of Asgard” backup feature that recount the myth and legend of Thor and the Asgardians’ early days. Superb artwork, among Kirby's very finest for Marvel, plus fun, different stories with a Norse Gods slant by Lee and Kirby. Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: MMMT04 Soft Cover, 6x9, 200pg, Full Color $15.99 $10.99

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Omnibus Editions

MARVEL THE END Omnibus Closeout Price! Collects Hulk: The End #1, Marvel Universe: The End #1-6, Wolverine: The End #1-6, Iron Man: The End #1-6, Fantastic Four: The End #1-6, X-Men: The End pts 1-3, each #1-6 and much, much more, 2002-2020. By Peter David, Jim Starlin, Chris Claremont et al. Art by Dale Keown, Starling, Alan Davis, Erik Larsen, Claudio Castellini, Sean Chen et al. Part of every story is the end! And in these shocking sagas, witness the last days of Marvel's finest — Captain America, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Hulk, Wolverine, Deadpool, Miles Morales and Venom! The X-Men get a suitably epic, star-spanning climax — but things get really cosmic as the entire Marvel Universe meets its end! Marvel, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: MARENDH Hard Cover, 7x11, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN The Original Comics Omnibus Volume 9 Closeout Price! Collects The Savage Sword of Conan #117-132, Marvel Graphic Novel #19: The Witch Queen of Acheron & more. Recommended. Crom does not deny the faithful! Collecting the greatest sword-and-sorcery comics of all time! Sixteen issues by the greatest Conan comics creators of the era, AND also the never before reprinted full-color graphic novel, Conan: The Witch Queen of Acheron. Highlights include: The art of Gary Kwapisz, a sword-and-sorcery master whose richly detailed style ranks him among the greatest Conan illustrators; stories by writer Larry Yakata, an Olympic martial artist who brought a new voice and action-oriented authenticity to the series; contributions from celebrated Savage Sword art icons including Ernie Chan, Rudy Nebres and Pablo Marcos; and a rare Robert E. Howard tribute story by Roy Thomas and Sandy Plunkett. Titan, 2024.Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: SAVOC09H Hard Cover, 8x11, 1072pg, b&w $150.00 $89.00

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WONDER WOMAN By John Byrne Omnibus Closeout Price! 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 $100.00 $59.00

SUPERGIRL The New 52 Omnibus Volume 1 Closeout Price! Collects Supergirl #0-40, Supergirl Features End #1 and more, 2005-20. By Mike Johnson. Art by Mahmud Asrar. A new retelling of Supergirl's origin and first adventures in the New 52 series, a fresh new take on the girl of steel. Crashing to earth on an escape pod through turbulence and chaos is the last daughter of Krypton. Unlike her cousin who landed on warm Kansas fields among kindly farmers, this Supergirl first lands on a frozen tundra and is met by immediate threats to her life. She can’t understand how her powers are activated by the yellow sun and to the common person she might pose a threat to the world. Can her cousin, the only other living Kryptonian, Superman, help her become his crime-fighting partner? DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: SUPGN01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 824pg, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

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BATMAN By James Tynion IV Omnibus Vol 1 Closeout Price! Collects Batman #86-100, Batman Secret Files #3, Batman: The Joker War Zone #1 and much more, 2020. Art by Jorge Jimenez, Guillem March et al. The Joker has spilled his war out onto the streets of Gotham and the city has been reduced to chaos and lawlessness. With his entire fortune turned against him can Batman rally and mobilize his allies before the city he’s sworn to defend is reduced to rubble? Writer James Tynion and Jorge Jimenez craft a brutal and epic tale in one massive omnibus edition. Will this be the Bat-Family’s last battle? Presented in reading order with a brand new cover and introduction by series artist Jorge Jimenez. Plus an extensive variant cover gallery and more. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: BATJT01H Hard Cover, 8x11, 1040pg, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

BATMAN The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 1 Closeout Price! Collects Detective #27-56, Batman #1-7, and the Batman stories from New York World's Fair #2, World's Best #1 and World's Finest #2-3, 1939-41. Highly Recommended. By Bill Finger et al. Art by Bob Kane, Shelly Moldoff et al. Wow! Here is the origin and the first three years of Batman stories. Starting with the lone-wolf Batman, complete with long ears and his .45 automatic, we also get the first appearances of Robin and Commissioner Gordon, Professor Hugo Strange, The Joker, Penguin, Scarecrow and Catwoman! Four-page, detailed introduction by Denny O'Neil. DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: BATG01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 824pg, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

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SWAMP THING By Mark Millar and Phil Hester Omnibus Closeout Price! Collects #140-171, 1994-96. New introduction by Hester. New afterword by Millar. Before Mark Millar was the superstar writer behind films like Kick-Ass, Wanted, and Kingsman, some of his first high-profile work in comics was more than 30 issues of DC/Vertigo’s Swamp Thing, following the seminal work of writers like Alan Moore and Nancy A. Collins. Millar was joined by Phil Hester, one of the most celebrated artists in comics, also at an early point in his career. Hester subsequently gained renown for his work on Green Arrow, Firebreather, The Irredeemable Ant-Man, and more. DC Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: SWAMTH Hard Cover, 7x11, 896pg, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

THE MICRONAUTS The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 2 Closeout Price! Collects #30-54, 1981-83. By Bill Mantlo. Art by Pat Broderik, Gil Kane, Butch Guide et al. Collected for the first time! Marvel’s second Micronauts omnibus begins with an explosive six-part origin of the Microverse. Commander Rann and his band of freedom fighters must find three keys to stave off a time of darkness while remaining one step ahead of the mad King Argon. To do that, they’ll need help. Enter: Doctor Strange. Marvel, 2024. ...More. Item Code: MICMY02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 888pg, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

X-FACTOR The Original X-Men Omnibus Volume 1 Closeout Price! Collects X-Factor #1-26; Annual #1-2 & much more, c. 1985-86! By Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern et al. Art by Butch Guice, Sal and John Buscema, John Bryne et al. When Jean Grey returns from a watery grave, the original X-Men reunite — as X-Factor! But for Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Beast, Angel and Iceman, things get complicated fast. Ageless villain Apocalypse is here; the chaos of the Mutant Massacre; Angel suffers a grievous injury and will be changed forever! As X-Factor rescues young mutants including Leech, Boom-Boom and Rictor, the Beast undergoes a radical metamorphosis, Iceman battles alongside Thor, tragedy pushes Cyclops to the brink of insanity, and a traitor stalks the team from within! Marvel, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: XFAC01H Hard Cover, 8x11, 1224pg, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

X-MEN X-TINCTION AGENDA Omnibus Closeout Price! Collects Uncanny X-Men #270-272, X-Men Annual #14-15, 1990-92, and much, much more. By Chris Claremont et al. Art by Jim Lee et al. The X-Men, New Mutants and X-Factor are targeted for X-Tinction! When the island nation of Genosha strikes at the X-Men, the mutants mount a rescue mission that leads to disaster! With old foe Cameron Hodge pulling the strings, the X-teams are captured, brainwashed, stripped of their powers and forced into combat — and at least one among them will die! Plus: In the sequel to "Days of Future Past," the X-teams and Fantastic Four are shaken when an adult Franklin Richards travels back in time from a horrific future — with the mutant-killing Ahab hot on his heels! Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: XMXAH Hard Cover, 8x11, 984pg, Full Color $125.00 $75.00

UNCANNY X-MEN Omnibus Volume 2 Closeout Price! New Printing. X-Men #132-153, Marvel Fanfare, Bizarre Adventures, Phoenix and more, 1979-84. Highly Recommended. By Chris Claremont, Bob Layton et al. Art by John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, John Romita and Brent Anderson. Claremont, Cockrum and Byrne took the cancelled X-Men and turned it into the all-new, all-different titan that became the most popular and best-selling Marvel title of the 1970s and 1980s. Here is "The Dark Phoenix Saga," "Days of Future Past," and much more in this enormous Omnibus — the best of the best of all the run of X-Men! Including the first appearances of Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde, the debut of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Wolverine's first solo story, the original ending of "Dark Phoenix" where Jean Grey lived, a rare adventure into the Savage Land and a host of bonus stories. Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: UX02H Hard Cover, 8x11, 912pg, Partial Color $125.00 $75.00

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SONS OF EL TOPO The Omnibus Closeout Price! Iconic filmmaker and writer Alejandro Jodorowsky completes his fantastical saga, the sequel to his cult classic film El Topo (1970), alongside illustrator José Ladrönn (The Incal). A bandit without morals or limits... a transformative journey through the west... and his two sons, Cain and Abel. Prepare to be immersed in a surreal, violent, sexist western with no holds barred, where fate brings the two sons of El Topo to the end of their journey. Premium, hardcover omnibus. Boom!, 2024. Adult Material....More. Item Code: SONEH Hard Cover, 8x11, 240pg, Full Color $49.99 $24.99

SPY VS SPY Omnibus Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Antonio Prohias. Since the 1960s, “Spy vs. Spy” has been one of the most popular features in MAD Magazine. The diabolical duo of double-crosses and deceit (one dressed in black, the other in white) have continued to one-up each other — til death do they part. Includes essays, interviews, rare sketches and lots more bonus material. And strips all full sized. DC Comics, 2023....More. Item Code: SPYVH Hard Cover, 9x12, 400pg, b&w $75.00 $45.00

GODZILLA The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Closeout Price! Collects #1-24, 1977-79. By Doug Moench. Art by Herb Trimpe and Tom Sutton. Cover by Junggeun Yoon. Godzilla leaps into the Marvel Universe! For two glorious years in the 1970s, Japan’s greatest export was one of Marvel’s biggest stars, marching across America and battling the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the Champions, Nick Fury and the mechanized monster fighter, Red Ronin!Godzilla goes west, travels through time to battle Devil Dinosaur, and hosts one of Spider-Man’s most gratuitous guest-shots ever. Marvel, 2024....More. Item Code: GODMYH Hard Cover, 8x11, 440pg, Full Color $100.00 $59.95

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Comic Archives

KAMEN'S KALAMITY AND OTHER STORIES Closeout Price! 1950-55. Highly Recommended. Jack Kamen’s stories for The Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt, and The Haunt of Fear favored unnerving creepiness over gruesome shock. With his penchant for deft delineations of scheming women, jealous husbands, murderous love triangles, and not-so-innocent children, Kamen’s pen laid down a precise, sure line that brought each story’s shock ending into sharp relief. 27 Kamen favorites, drawn at the peak of his powers, including: “Kamen’s Kalamity,” the title story, featuring the “true” origin story of the artist himself! Fantagraphics, 2024....More. Item Code: KAMKH Hard Cover, 7x10, 248pg, b&w $34.99 $19.99

Here's more in the EC Artist editions. Just out is Spawn of Venus by Wallace Wood.

WANTED & BIG GAME Library Edition Closeout Price! Collects Wanted, 2003-04 and Big Game, 2023. By Mark Millar. Art by JG Jones. The graphic novel from Millarworld, and its sequel set twenty years later, collected together for the first time. Action thriller Wanted was the first book and the starting point for an entire universe of comic books and movies. Big Game is the sequel, set twenty years after the original and bringing together over twenty franchises for the first time, from Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl to The Ambassadors and The Magic Order. Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: WANBGH Hard Cover, 8x12, 360pg, Full Color $59.99 $39.99

EC ARCHIVES Crime Suspenstories Volume 1 Closeout Price! Collects #1-6, 1951. Highly Recommended. In the years before the Comics Code, no comic mined the noir vein with more shocking impact and creative skill than EC's one-and-only Crime title. Vivid tales of larceny, adultery, and homicide by comics legends Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, and Jack Kamen. Beginning with #3, each issue has a Haunt of Fear story narrated by the Old Witch and drawn by Graham Ingels. Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: ECC01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color $19.99 $11.99

Also on sale is Volume 3, and The Haunt of Fear Volume 4. Both $11.99. Click for all EC Archives.

PS Artbooks

THUN'DA KING OF THE CONGO Volume 1 Hardcover Closeout Price! Collects #2-6, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. By Bob Powell. First appearing in comics in 1952 and on film in Columbia Pictures serial "King of the Congo" starring Buster Crabbe, Thun'da was a fictional Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and originally created by artist Frank Frazetta! Thun'da was Roger Drum, a World War II United States Air Force officer who was shot down while flying over a lost civilization, deep in the heart of Africa. Bob Powell took over and did a superb job on #2 through #6, collected here — but Powell's fine work has always been in the shadow of Frazetta's work in issue #1. Powell's at his best here, with Thun'da and his voluptuous girl friend...it's as exciting as the work he did on Cave Girl, which is another under-appreciated title from the same publisher, Magazine Enterprises (ME). PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: THUN01H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $52.99 $34.99

Both volumes are also available as blemished editions. #1 is available as a facsimile.

BULLETMAN Volume 2 Closeout Price! Collects #4-6, 1942. Recommended. By Mac Raboy, Bill Ward, Ed Dobrotka et al. Three fine 64-page issues. This popular Fawcett hero, the cover feature on Master Comics until Captain Marvel Jr. took it over, gains his own bi-monthly title. Join Jim Barr and Susan Kent as they harness the might of science to become Bulletman and Bulletgirl, defending a world teetering on the edge of chaos in the midst of World War II. Raboy provides the cover art (no stories) for #4 and #5, and the excellent artist Charles Sultan draws the cover of #6. Much of the art inside is not attributed (Ward does do a story in each issue). PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: BULL02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 204pg, Full Color $32.99 $21.99

We currently have one copy of volume 1.

CLASSIC ADVENTURE COMICS Volume 8 Johnny Dynamite Hardcover Closeout Price! Collects #6-10, 1954-55. Recommended. Art by Don Heck and Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld, he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But he always gave as good as he got; he was an experienced and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Created by artist/writer Pete Morisi, who in reality was a moonlighting police officer for much of his early career in comics. PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: PCAD08H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $52.99 $34.99

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BAFFLING MYSTERIES Volume 2 Closeout Price! Collects #10-14, 1952-53. Recommended. Is there no shame? We have a Crypt-Keeper swipe from EC on the cover, no less, of #10. Mainstay Ace contributor Lou Cameron is here, with Atlas and Marvel Comics stalwart Gene Colan, as well as Chic Stone, covers by Jim McLaughlin, Avon Comics’ notorious Howard Larsen, a rare “Ace” Baker cover, Lou Zansky, the bizarre Paul Gatusso, Blue Beetle artist Charles Nicholas, and DC’s own Mike Sekowsky. Read ‘em and shake your head in pure astonishment. PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: BAFF02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99 $21.99

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MILITARY COMICS Volume 6 Collects #21-23, 1943. Highly Recommended. By Reed Crandall, et al. Three more 64-page classics from the midst of World War II. Superlative Blackhawk lead-off stories by Crandall, plus lots of backup features like Death Patrol, Destroyer 171, The Sniper (carrying the fight to Hitler himself, in Europe), Private Dogtag, PT Boat and Secret War News (true stories of Naval Flying Aces) — everyone was on the warfront battling Nazis and Japan. PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: MILC06 Soft Cover, 7x10, 204pg, Full Color $32.99 $21.99

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DARK MYSTERIES Volume 2 Closeout Price! Collects #6-10, 1952-53. Recommended. A second collection of Dark Mysteries boasting, heck, downright totally tub-thumping yarns from Harry Harrison, A.C. Hollingsworth, Lou Cameron, Edward Goldfarb, Bill Fraccio, Bill Molno, Doug Wildey and Hy Fleishman and a whole host of other wacked-out-of-their-heads luminaries. Wild pre-code work by an impressive line-up of talent, pushing the boundaries! Crazy stuff, witch burning, bondage, cannibalism, skeletons animated, hangings, dismemberment, hypo blood drainage.... PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: DAR02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 216pg, Full Color $32.99 $21.99

STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES Volume 8 Closeout Price! Collects #53-57, 1961-62. "Charlton Comics Gives You More!" and Strange Suspense certainly gave you more of the huge roster of creative talents at their disposal, including Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Rocco Mastroserio. And, of course, Steve Ditko's last work is in #53. A strange mix of horror, suspense, science fiction, fantasy and supernatural stories! PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: PCSS08 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $32.99 $19.99

STARTLING COMICS Volume 2 Closeout Price! Collects #5-7, 1941. Recommended. Art by Max Plaisted, August Froehlich, Leo Morey, Kin Platt et al. Jack Lehti et al. The earliest title from Better, also known as Nedor, which morphed eventually into ACG-The American Comics Group. Primo World War II 64-page issues, packed with a variety of super heroes, adventurers and even science fiction. Captain Future; Don Davis; Mystico; G-Man Dalton; Ace Buckley (time machine adventures by Max Plaisted); Biff Powers; Masked Rider; Detective Sgt. Burke and more.PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: STARC02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 204pg, Full Color $32.99 $21.99

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Comics Reference

SUPERMAN THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY Closeout Price! Enormous XL-sized volume; clothbound hardcover in a deluxe die-cut slipcase. Recommended. By Edward Gross and Robert Greenberger. The most comprehensive book about Superman ever! From Krypton and Smallville to Metropolis and beyond, explore 85 years of Superman’s history in radio, TV, film, animation, computer games, advertising, merchandise and, of course, comics. Unpublished artwork, exclusive interviews, unique bonus inserts, and little-known facts. All-star contributors: Essential interviews and insights from those who have shaped the Man of Steel’s journey — filmmakers, actors, writers, illustrators, and many more. Cast of thousands: Fully explores the entire Superman family including Superboy, Power Girl/Supergirl, the Legion of Super-Pets (Krypto, Streaky, Beppo, Comet, and Fuzzy the Krypto Mouse), Bizarro, and all the Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen comics. Plus, all the key villains: Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Darkseid, Doomsday, General Zod, etc. Exclusive bonus inserts: Filled with pull-out cards, posters, mini-books, and other interactive ephemera. Never before seen images: Exclusive, unseen treasures from the 85-year history of Superman taken directly from DC and Warner Bros. archives. Insight Editions, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: SUPDEFH Hard Cover, 11x15, 400pg, Partial Color $175.00 $105.00

THE TEAM-UP COMPANION Closeout Price! 1960s-80s. Recommended. Edited by Michael Eury. Now in full color! Team-up comic books of the Silver and Bronze Ages of Comics — DC’s The Brave and the Bold and DC Comics Presents, Marvel’s Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-in-One, plus other titles, treasuries, and treats — in a lushly illustrated selection of informative essays, special features, and trivia-loaded issue-by-issue indexes. Go behind the scenes with specially curated and all-new creator recollections from Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Mike W. Barr, Eliot R. Brown, Nick Cardy, Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, Steven Grant, Bob Haney, Tony Isabella, Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Ralph Macchio, Dennis O’Neil, Martin Pasko, Joe Rubinstein, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, & Marv Wolfman. TwoMorrows, 2022....More. Item Code: TEAMC Soft Cover, 9x11, 272pg, Text/Partial Color $39.95 $19.95

Comics & Graphic Novels

THE GOLEM OF VENICE BEACH Volume 2 The legend of The Golem of Venice Beach that began 400 years ago in Europe comes to a fateful conclusion in present day sunny California. Writer Chanan Beizer and artist Vanessa Cardinali (Slumber) deliver a packed 184-page segue. Wrap-around cover by Frank Quitely; Eisner winner Jae Lee returns to complete the story of the Golem’s resurrection during World War Two; David Mack creates a unique six-page vision quest sequence of existential exploration. Clover Press, 2025....More. Item Code: GOLVB02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 184pg, Full Color $45.00 $24.99

THORN The Complete Proto-Bone Strips 1982-1986 and Other Early Drawings Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. Collecting the entire run of his earliest rendering of the world-famous Bone characters for the first time. The comic strips reveal an early version of Bone called "Thorn" that was written for a college audience in the 1980s, appearing in the Ohio State University's student newspaper The Lantern. This beautiful edition includes plenty of bonus material such as recently discovered early drawings of the Bone characters, essays and interviews. Cartoon Books, 2024....More. Item Code: THORC Soft Cover, 11x9, 304pg, Partial Color $30.00 $17.50

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WOMAN & MAN+ Signed Closeout Price! Signed bookplate while supply last! Recommended. Woman & Man is a wildly surreal autobiographical telling of its artist, publisher, editor Craig Yoe, losing his love, his country, and, some say, his sanity — and his struggle to reinvent himself. His passion for drawing comics was sidetracked for over a half a century by a career as a creative director for Jim Henson and the Muppets, Disney, Nickelodeon, and MTV. Coming back to his roots, he now dives deep into sex, horror, and drama, with a hint of humor and a whiff of hope. Clover Press, 2024. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: WOMMAH Hard Cover, 7x10, 168pg, b&w $49.99 $29.99

MASTERPIECE Closeout Price! Collects #1-#6, 2023, with Gallery & Sketchbook. Recommended. By Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Alex Maleev. From the Eisner award-winning creators behind Daredevil and Scarlet, an all new crime epic. Emma discovers she is the only daughter of two of the greatest, most charismatic master criminals of all time. The suavest, most liked criminals ever. The criminal's criminal. The ones that wrote the rulebook. There are movies about them starring the biggest movie stars. Her parents were the authors of the greatest casino robbery of all time, the greatest museum heist of all time, AND they took the world's most famous billionaire for a cool billion...before they disappeared never to be seen or heard from again. Ghosts. Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: MASTP Soft Cover, 7x10, 176pg, Full Color $24.99 $14.99

LACKADAISY Volume 2 Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Tracy Butler. Amazing, gorgeous animation-style art. The second collected edition of the cult classic Eisner Award-nominated webcomic continues the story of the titular Saint Louis, Missouri speakeasy. Gunplay, intrigue, and chaos are the name of the game, as the anthropomorphic cats of Lackadaisy struggle to keep it going under fire. Iron Circus Comics, 2024....More. Item Code: LACKA02 Hard Cover, 10x11, 178pg, Full Color $35.00 $19.99

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JIMI HENDRIX PURPLE HAZE Closeout Price! By Mellow Brown and DJ Ben Ha Meen. Art by Tom Mandrake. This 23rd Century psychedelic space odyssey sees Jimi Hendrix wrap up a tour of seven star systems...and embark on a quest to the center of the universe, looking for a talisman to unlock the energy of his music and stop an interstellar war. Artist Tom Mandrake (The Spectre, Batman, Superman) does a fine job of creating an interstellar world while staying true to a powerful portrayal of Hendrix and his fellow traveller/musicians. Bonus: 18 pages of character designs, space ships and vehicles, creature design, early cover version, pencils, and script to art pages. Handsome, impressive hardcover.. Titan, 2024....More. Item Code: JIMPH Hard Cover, 8x12, 128pg, Full Color $29.99 $14.99

SPACE CIRCUS Signed Closeout Price! Signed bookplate! Collects #1-4. All new! Young Todd Cooper has a new dream: Run away and join the Doodah Brothers’ Astral Traveling Entertainment and Fun Brigade, traveling from planet to planet with its incredible cast of Greebles, Flurps, Bearded Plankton, and Klone-Klowns — and avoiding the deadly Sky-Pirates! The hilarious sci-fi misadventure from multiple Eisner winners Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier, with colors by Tom Luth, and award-winning lettering by Stan Sakai! Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: SPACHS Hard Cover, 8x11, 112pg, Full Color $29.99 $14.99

MEDEA Closeout Price! Highly Recommended. By Blandine Le Callet. Art by Nancy Peña. The legendary sorceress from the Greek myths has been cast as many things — a caring mother, a passionate lover, an independent woman refusing the tyranny of men, a barbarian, a formidable witch, mistress of occult forces. Some would call her a monster. And yet, who was Medea, really? Beyond the hearsay, exaggerations, and distortions inflicted by time, this is Medea’s story in her own voice. First published in France by Casterman. Very well drawn, lots of detail and a good narrative. Dark Horse, 2024....More. Item Code: MEDEA Soft Cover, 7x10, 320pg, Full Color $29.99 $19.99

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CAVE PAINTINGS The Art of Budd Root Hurt Limited, 2000. Recommended. By Budd Root. Introduction by Frank Cho. "I'm a huge Budd Root fan from day one and I always wanted a nice hardcover Budd Root art book for a long time. After years of waiting, I decided to put my publisher hat on and just publish it myself." -Frank Cho. And is this a hot book! Page after page of dazzling art, not only wonderful nudes (and almost nudes) of Cavewoman, but specialty pieces, commissions, Universal monsters, convention book covers and posters, and an interview. Monkey Boy, 2016. Condition note: Bumped corners. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: CAVPHR Hardcover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color $30.00 $19.95

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FLASH GORDON CLASSIC COLLECTION The Complete Sunday Strips Volume 3 1941-1944 Hurt Our Highest Recommendation. By Alex Raymond. Flash Gordon is right up there in the Hall of Fame category with Hal Foster's Prince Valiant. And in fact, they were being created at nearly the same time, making the Sunday Page section of newspapers across the country a must-read for youngsters, oldsters, and all the comic artists of the day, who were deeply influenced by Raymond's magnificent artwork and dramatic storytelling. This new series collects newly restored pages. The battle between Flash and the devious Ming the Merciless reaches its climax. Includes an extensive essay examining Raymond's final years on the series by writer Doug Murray. Mad Cave Studios, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners. ...More. Item Code: FLAG03HR Hard Cover, 11x10, 208pg, Partial Color $49.99 $19.99

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SKY MASTERS OF THE SPACE FORCE The Complete Sunday Strips in Color Hurt New Edition, larger size with 16 bonus pages in color. Our Highest Recommendation. By Dave Wood. Art by Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. The Sky Masters newspaper strip is one of the most fascinating and obscure works by comics legend Jack Kirby. Created and developed by Kirby with writer Dave Wood at the beginning of 1958 while Kirby was working for National (DC), the Sky Masters daily strip debuted on September 8 of that year. Five months later, on February 8, 1959, the color Sunday strips arrived featuring a totally independent story line from the dailies.The strip narrates, with a realistic approach, the adventures of Major Sky Masters during the early days of space exploration in the late 1950s, just as a new front opened in the Cold War between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.: a frenzied space race. Kirby Museum Press, 2024. Condition: Bumped corners. Out of print....More. Item Code: SKYMHR Hard Cover, 10x14, 144pg, Partial Color $55.00 $45.00

THE ADVENTURES OF BLAKE & MORTIMER The Complete Collection Volume 1 Hurt Highly Recommended. By Edgar P. Jacobs. This first volume brings together the three episodes of our heroes' very first adventure, The Secret of the Swordfish, introducing their nemesis Olrik, their habit of saving the world — and Jacobs's love of airplanes! A renowned physicist and the head of MI5 partner up to battle threats to the Empire and solve extraordinary mysteries across the globe. A long-awaited Complete Collection, each volume will gather two or three books each, in the original publishing order, plus another book's worth of extra material on the series and the author, as well as sketches and historical notes. This is a Belgian comics series created by writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first book series to appear in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Belgian comic book publisher Le Lombard. Cinebook, 2025. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: BLAKM01HR Hard Cover, 9x11, 224pg, Full Color $46.99 $23.99

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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 $39.99 $19.99

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 $35.00 $17.50

VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES Volume 2 Hurt Collects #8-14, 1970-71. Highly Recommended. Cover by Sanjulian. Vampi's first adventures from the pages of Warren's Vampirella Magazine! A murderers' row of famed comics creators are on board including the beginning of legendary author and editor Archie Goodwin's work on the character, which brought new levels of depth and sophistication to Vampirella and her world, becoming some of her most treasured stories of all time. Jose Gonzalez, Neal Adams, Wally Wood, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jeffrey Jones, Dennis O'Neil, Steve Englehart, Dave Cockrum, Frank Brunner, Esteban Maroto et al. Dynamite, 2025. Out of print. Condition: Bumped corners....More. Item Code: VAM02R Soft Cover, 7x10, 408pg, b&w $34.99 $17.99

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Film & TV

ALFRED HITCHCOCK Master of Suspense Closeout Price! First published in France in 2019-2020. Recommended. By Noel Simsolo and Dominique Hé. A highly detailed, 300-page graphic novel on the life and films of “Hitch.” We go back to his youth in England, during the first half of the 20th century. “Hitch” is an atypical Englishman who, very early on, has a taste for telling chilling stories. Discover the life of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, the in-depth story film by film, with plenty of juicy anecdotes and amazing insights from interviews with François Truffaut and others, of a colorful and quite simply extraordinary artist. NBM, 2022....More. Item Code: ALFMH Hard Cover, 8x10, 312pg, b&w $44.99 $29.99

ALFRED HITCHCOCK STORYBOARDS Closeout Price! Oversized Hardcover. By Tony Lee Moral. A one-of-a-kind historical document and celebration of the artwork behind the Master of Suspense's greatest films. Storyboards for nine of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movies: Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, Torn Curtain, Marnie, Shadow of a Doubt and Spellbound. Never before-published images and incisive text put the material in context and examine the role the pieces played in some of the most unforgettable scenes in cinema. Titan, 2023....More. Item Code: ALFSH Hard Cover, 10x13, 144pg, Partial Color $50.00 $29.95

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FANTASTIC MONSTERS OF THE FILMS #1 Replica Edition Closeout Price! From 1962. "Horror guaranteed to shock you dead or your life refunded!" A more mature monster magazine (more mature than Famous Monsters?) created by Paul Blaisdell and Bob Burns, with Ron Haydock and Jim Harmon writing and editing. 23 features include "The Devil's Workshop", "Monster of the Month",Terrors from the Twilight Zone, Black Lotus by Robert Bloch, George Pal's Destination Moon, Killer Ape, Flash Gordon, Day the Earth Stood Still, The Mummy, The Magic Sword, and much more. PS Artbooks, 2024....More. Item Code: FANMF01 Comic, 7x10, 68pg, b&w $22.99 $14.99

INCUBUS Inside Leslie Stevens' Lost Horror Classic Closeout Price! By David J. Schow. Cimarron Street Books brings you the latest non-fiction exploration from David J. Schow, author of The Outer Limits Companion, delivering everything you never knew you needed to know about Incubus (1966), the film starring William Shatner and shot by the creative team behind The Outer Limits. Includes dozens of photos and two complete scripts. Interview with Anthony Taylor, examines the music and "the curse." Cimarron Street, 2025....More. Item Code: INCUH Hard Cover, 6x9, 264pg, b&w $39.95 $24.95

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