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!

Set of 12!

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

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