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Christmas Ordering Deadlines; Prince Valiant Vol 30 and a new slipcase set; Atlas Comics Library Girl Comics, DC Finest features the very first Wonder Woman stories; Solomon Kane, Batman the Demon Trilogy, Spectacular Spider-Man Treasury, R. Crumb’s Fritz the Cat. More New on Sale Omnibus editions and graphic novels. Stocking Stuffer ideas. Overstreet Price Guide delayed, again. Our two big ongoing Clearance Sales and their deadlines. Happy Holidays! |
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| ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 7 Girl Comics Collects Girl Comics #1-12, 1949-52. Highly Recommended. A monster of a book, 397 pages of — surprise — adventure, crime and mystery! Girl Comics quickly evolved from love stories into hair-raising thrill rides like "The Death Plunge!," "The House of Shadows!," "I was a Murderer’s Daughter!," "They Called me a Spy!," "The Dead Hands at the Controls," and "The Dark Hallway." In 1950, Timely/Atlas/Marvel made Girl Comics a sister companion to their successful men’s-adventure comics: an empowering girls’ adventure comic! And by a stellar artistic line-up: John Buscema, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath, and Bernard Krigstein. Fantagraphics, 2025. ...More. Item Code: ATL07H Hard Cover, 9x12, 336pg, Full Color |
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DC FINEST WONDER WOMAN Introducing Wonder Woman Collects All-Star Comics #8; Sensation Comics #1-18; Comic Cavalcade #1-2, and Wonder Woman #1-4, 1942-43. Highly Recommended. By William Moulton Marston. Art by H.G. Peter and Frank Godwin. This is a bang-up great collection, another favorite! Every single story and cover featuring Wonder Woman, from her first appearance in All Star #8, through her first covers and adventures in Sensation Comics and Comics Cavalcade, and right into winning her own title in the summer of 1942, smack in the middle of World War II. First appearances of Etta Candy, Mars, WW's secretary job, magic lasso, a Hitler/Tojo/Muussolini cover. Includes some fabulous iconic covers, the legendary bondage sequences, wild early adventures. DC Comics, 2025....More. Item Code: DCFWWI Soft Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Full Color |
| Here are all the previous DC Finest collections. Look for my recommendations on personal favorites! |
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BATMAN THE DEMON TRILOGY 2025 EDITION New Edition, Handsome Hardcover in Jacket. Highly Recommended. By Mike W. Barr & Dennis O'Neil. Art by Jerry Bingham, Tom Grindberg, and Norm Breyfogle. How did Ra's al Ghul become the villain that he is? How would a union between his daughter Talia and the Dark Knight benefit him? Follow along as Batman lives through and tries to unravel this mystery! Collects three original Batman graphic novels: Birth of the Demon (1987), Bride of the Demon (1990), and Son of the Demon (1987). Together for the first time. Very well drawn. New essays by writer Mike Barr and by Star Wars actor Mark Hamill. DC Comics, 2025. ...More. Item Code: BATDEMH Hard Cover, 8x11, 304pg, Full Color |
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SOLOMON KANE The Original Comics Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Sword of Solomon Kane #1-6, material from dozens of Savage Sword of Conan #13-220 & more, 1973-94. Recommended. Now Solomon Kane’s complete Marvel comic adventures are collected in one big Omnibus volume! Featuring adaptations of Robert E. Howard’s formative tales and new chapters by Roy Thomas, Ralph Macchio, Don Glut and Doug Moench. With artwork by David T. Wenzel, Howard Chaykin, Al Williamson and Colin MacNeil and featuring legendary artists Neal Adams, Mike Mignola, Mike Zeck and John Ridgway. This collection spans 15 years of comics, over 600 pages. From the sinister forests of 16th Century England battling witch-covens, across central Europe fighting vampires, and to the plains of Africa, Solomon Kane rains vengeance upon cannibals and demons alike. Titan, 2025. ...More. Item Code: SOLA01H Hard Cover, 8x11, 624pg, Partial Color |
| Click here for more by Robert E. Howard. Just in is Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring [SOLOSE. $17.99]. |
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THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN Lo, This Monster Treasury Edition Collects the rare magazine run #1-2, 1968, cover from the unpublished #3 and more bonus artwork. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee and Larry Leiber. Art by John Romita Sr. Bill Everett et al. Oversized, deluxe softcover format. In 1968, Spider-Man swung into a brand-new magazine-sized format — and the results were spectacular! With John Romita Sr. channeling film noir in his visuals and Stan Lee offering longer stories for a more mature readership, these were Spidey tales like nothing that had come before! In the first issue, told in glorious halftone black-and-white, things get political as Richard Raleigh bids to be the next mayor of New York — but will his campaign be derailed by a monster running amok in the Big Apple? Then, Lee and Romita go fittingly full-color for the high-flying return of the Green Goblin and deliver a feature-length showdown between Spidey and his archnemesis! Plus, revisit the origin of Spider-Man as retold by Stan and his brother, Larry Lieber! Marvel, 2025....More. Item Code: SPECLOT Soft Cover, 9x13, 136pg, Full Color |
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MARVEL TEAM-UP Omnibus Volume 1 Collects Marvel Team-Up #1-30, Daredevil #103 and more, 1972-74. By Gerry Conway, Len Wein et al. Art by Ross Andru, Gil Kane, Jim Mooney et al. Get ready for all of Marvel’s most famous characters all piled into one amazing title. In the world of interconnected heroes that Marvel pioneered, Team-Up made that formula into a franchise and gave fans a much-desired twice-a-month Spider-Man fix. When that wasn’t enough, Marvel launched Giant-Size Spider-Man featuring double-sized extravaganzas, and it’s all collected here in the inaugural Marvel Team-Up Omnibus. Featuring stories by the same top-flight talents from ASM bringing Spidey together with the Human Torch, X-Men, Vision, Thing, Thor, Cat, Iron Man and that’s just for starters. Marvel, 2025. ...More. Item Code: MARTU01H Hard Cover, 7x11, 840pg, Full Color |
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DOOM PATROL By Keith Giffen and Matthew Clark Omnibus Collects Doom Patrol #1-22; Teen Titans #32, 34-37, Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #1-6 and more, 2006-2011. In 2009, comics legend Keith Giffen teamed with artist Matthew Clark to breathe new life into DC’s infamous band of misfit superheroes with one of the most impressive creative legacies in comics. The original Doom Patrol is said to have been DC's answer to Marvel's own Fantastic Four! Shunned by society because of their superpowers and freakish appearances, the members of the Doom Patrol live a spiteful existence on the fringe of society. It takes the brilliant Dr. Niles Caulder, a mysterious genius, to mold them into true superheroes. Behind-the-scenes art gallery of never before seen artwork and new introductions and essay by the creators. DC Comics, 2025. ...More. Item Code: DOOMPKH Hard Cover, 7x10, 944pg, Full Color |
| The Doom Patrol Silver Age Omnibus is still available, plus a DC Finest and another Omnibus. |
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HITMAN By Garth Ennis and John McCrea Omnibus Volume 2 Collects Hitman #34-60 and much more, 1999-2020. By Garth Ennis. Art by John McCrea. While writer Garth Ennis was changing the creator-owned comics game in the mid-1990s with the DC Vertigo series Preacher, he also put his sardonic stamp on superheroes with Hitman. He teamed with acclaimed artist John McCrea to introduce super-powered ex-military operative Tommy Monaghan, who used his X-ray vision and telepathy as a hired gun on the streets of Gotham. This run stands as one of the most unique and beloved comics of its era, and this omnibus features the second half of the ongoing series, along with a comprehensive collection of spin-offs and related stories, including Hitman’s encounters with the Justice League and Lobo, and sequels All-Star Section Eight and Sixpack and Dogwelder: Hard-Travelin' Heroz. DC Comics, 2025. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: HIT02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1144pg, Full Color |
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRITZ THE CAT New Paperback Edition. Highly Recommended. Robert Crumb's first (and still possibly his most) iconic character was Fritz the Cat: the horny, high, hipster feline whose wild adventures and sexual escapades captivated counter cultural audiences from the mid-’60s until 1972, when Ralph Bakshi turned the strips into an X-rated animated film that Crumb hated so much, he famously killed off the character and never returned to him. All the Fritz stories from the earliest sketchbook-drawn tales ("Hey, Ol' Cat!" and "Fritz Comes On Strong") to the wild adventure stories ("Special Agent for the C.I.A.") to the classic "peak" Fritz stories ("Fritz the No-Good") all the way to "Fritz the Cat, Superstar" with its infamous ice pick ending! Introduction by Crumb, sketchbook pages, and more. Fantagraphics, 2026. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: LIFEDF Soft Cover, 8x11, 96pg, b&w $19.99 |
| Here’s more R. Crumb, including his all-new comic book, Tales of Paranoia [TALPA. $5.99] and the anniversary edition of The Monkey Wrench Gang (regular $40 and slipcase Deluxe $325). |
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PRINCE VALIANT Volume 30 1995-1996. Recommended. Premonitions of the future inform and confound Prince Valiant and his son Nathan. An earthquake rocks the Misty Isles. Val encounters danger among the Mayans in far off Guatemala, a very rare adventure in South America with all the cool costumes and cities we now marvel at. A druid civil war breaks out. And Val arrives in Utopia and discovers a dark secret. Murphy's daughter, who colored and lettered the pages — talks about Hal Foster, her father and presents rare photos. Plus a revealing look at the new Sketchbook series in case you have yet to pick up the first volume. Fantagraphics, 2025....More. Item Code: PV30H Hard Cover, 10x14, 112pg, Full Color |
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PRINCE VALIANT Volumes 19-21 Slipcased Set 3 Volumes, Slipcase, 1973-78. Highly Recommended. By Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy. In Vol 19, Prince Valiant is sent to defend the borders against invading barbarians, but it is young Arn who takes center stage as he travels to his homeland and loses his heart to Lydia, daughter of Haakon. In Vol 20, Aleta defeats a wizard, then Aleta’s younger sister Helene is gambled away by her husband to a Corsair mercenary, drawing Val and his Singing Sword into a deadly duel. In Vol 21, Arn and Court Jester Sir Dinadan travel to France to set things right, while Val accompanies the headstrong Gunther of Germany on his quest to recover stolen holy relics and claim a wife in Jerusalem. The mercenary army of a Persian warlord sweeps across the Middle East, forcing Queen Aleta to seek refuge in a hidden utopian city ruled by women. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. ...More. Item Code: PVS07P Hard Cover, 11x15, 336pg, Full Color |
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ALSO AVAILABLE HAL FOSTER'S PRINCE VALIANT SKETCHBOOKS An Illustrated Memoir Volume 1 Signed Signed bookplate! Our Highest Recommendation! This is the first of six volumes, all completed to be released six months apart, the same size as the Prince Valiant reprint volumes. Long time series editor Brian M. Kane has created a magnum opus for Valiant fans...a look behind the scenes at Foster's creation process. The entire series contains 366 penciled layout pages by Hal Foster (all at original size) — 8 of which are on two pages; 577 panel-by-panel description and caption pages, 40 character sketches, over 10 dozen pieces of additional art by Foster, over 100 photographs, and 123 letters and notes (mostly from Foster to John Cullen Murphy). There are also quotes by Foster and many by his fans (like Frazetta, Dave Stevens, Burne Hogarth, et al.). Fantagraphics, 2025....More. Item Code: PVIM01HS Hard Cover, 11x14, 144pg, Partial Color $49.99 |
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SPIDER-VERSE SPIDERGEDDON Closeout Price! Collects Edge of Spider-Verse #1-5, Spider-Verse #1-2, and much much more, 2014-19. By Dan Slott Alex Segura, Dustin Weaver et al. Art by Martin Coccolo, Caio Majado, Pere Perez, Ig Guara, Ruari Coleman, Mark Bagley, Ty Templeton, Weaver et al. 1440 pages by a multitude of creators. Two epic tales for the first time connect up two separate Spider-Universes. We begin with the Inheritors — a family of killers working their way through the realities, leaving a trail of dead Spider-People in their wake! Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Jessica Drew are joined by Spider-Men, Women and Girls from across the worlds in an interdimensional battle for survival. If any of them get out of this alive, will they be ready for the Spider-Geddon to follow? Iconic heroes and amazing new champions unite as things go from bad...to Spider-Verse! Marvel, 2023. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: SPIDSH Hard Cover, 7x11, 1440pg, Full Color |
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WOLVERINE Omnibus Volume 5 Churchill Cover Closeout Price! Wolverine #76-101, Wolverine: Evilution, Knight Of Terra, and much more, 1993-96. By Larry Hama, Howard Chaykin, John Ostrander, Jeph Loeb et al. Art by Adam Kubert, Tomm Coke, Tim Sale et al. Adamantium No More! Wolverine succumbs to the beast within! With his adamantium skeleton gone and his healing factor diminished, Logan slashes his way into a dangerous new era — with claws made of bone! But deadly threats are lining up to put him in his grave — including Lady Deathstrike, Bloodscream, Cyber, Deadpool, Ogun and the Phalanx! And when Wolverine faces a savage rematch with Sabretooth, he'll cross a startling line — and only one will walk away! Logan's dark path is gradually costing him his humanity. Will his animal side take over completely when he faces the heirs of Apocalypse, Genesis and the Dark Riders? Marvel, 2024. Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge....More. Item Code: WOLV05HV Hard Cover, 7x11, 1296pg, Full Color |
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FANTASTIC FOUR By Dan Slott Volume 4 Closeout Price! Handsome Hardcover in jacket. Collects Fantastic Four #31-39, FF: Road Trip and Grimm Noir, 2020-22. By Dan Slott, Jason Loo, Mark Waid et al. Art by R.B. Silva Javier Rodriguez, John Romita Jr, Ron Garvey, Scott Hanna et al. It's off to Latveria for the royal wedding of...Doctor Doom?! But who is the Bride of Doom? Why is Mister Fantastic acting as best man? And how will the nuptials profoundly change the Human Torch's life? Meanwhile, Kang's entire bloodline is out to destroy every era of the Fantastic Four! One of the FF's greatest enemies unleashes Halloween horror! And when the Wizard and Frightful Four menace the FF both in and out of the courtroom, it's time to call in everyone's favorite lawyer: the sensational She-Hulk! Marvel, 2023. ...More. Item Code: FFDAN04H Hard Cover, 8x11, 352pg, Full Color |
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CAPTAIN AMERICA Cold War Aftermath Closeout Price! Collects Captain America: Symbol of Truth #14, Captain America #750, 2023; and Captain America: Finale. In honor of 750 issues of Captain America, here fan-favorite writers and superstar artists spin nine tales of the Sentinel of Liberty! The two Captains America return home to mourn their fallen. Back in Harlem with battle scars and a renewed sense of focus, Sam Wilson sets out to forge a new path, with Misty Knight by his side and a new shield in his hand! Steve Rogers makes a final stand against the Outer Circle. Cap sets his sights on releasing the world from the Outer Circle's influence and ending the Century Game for good! A bold new direction for Sharon Carter and more. Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: CAPCO Soft Cover, 7x10, 128pg, Full Color |
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WARLOCK REBIRTH Closeout Price! Collects#1-5. By Ron Marz. Art by Ron Lim and Don Ho. An untold tale of Adam Warlock and the Infinity Watch. Marz and Lim go retro and return to the world of Adam Warlock to tell a tale set in the wake of the classic cosmic epic Infinity Gauntlet! Adam was created to be the perfect human specimen. Since then, he has gone on to be a cosmic savior, defending the galaxy from the likes of Thanos and the Magus. But what will happen when the next evolution of Warlock emerges? Someone stronger, faster and smarter than Adam? Adam has been stripped of his Infinity Gem, and its new bearer calls herself Eve! Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: WARRE Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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TIGER DIVISION Closeout Price! Collects #1-5, 2022-23. By Emily Kim. Art by Creees Lee and Craig Yeung. Cover by Carlos Gomez. South Korea's preeminent super-team takes center stage! "One of Marvel's strongest ensembles." - ComicBook.com. Taegukgi is a powerhouse with a heart of gold. Lady Bright, a card-wielding sorceress. Mr. Enigma, a street-brawling demigod. Gun-R II, an android with an attitude. They're joined by fan-favorites White Fox and Luna Snow to form an unstoppable team! And when a powerful artifact goes missing from Tiger Division HQ, the squad must retrieve it before it falls into the wrong hands. But their fearless leader, Taegukgi, is being haunted by ghosts from his past — and his secrets might just tear Tiger Division apart. Marvel, 2023....More. Item Code: TIGDI Soft Cover, 7x10, 112pg, Full Color |
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STAR WARS Hidden Empire Closeout Price! Collects Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1-5, 2022. By Charles Soule. Art by Steven Cummings et al. Cover by Paulo Siqueira. Qi'ra's final plot to take down the Empire! The mysterious criminal syndicate Crimson Dawn and its leader, Lady Qi'ra, have become the galaxy's most wanted now that Emperor Palpatine has realized the scope of their plans against him. But Qi'ra still has tricks up her sleeve — and with the help of the Knights of Ren and her many other allies, she will not go down without a fight! But as her bid to use an ancient Dark Side weapon known as the Fermata Cage to destroy the Sith falls apart and Darth Vader draws ever nearer, can Qi'ra still salvage victory from certain defeat? The epic trilogy begun in Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters and Star Wars: Crimson Reign concludes here! Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: SWHIDE Soft Cover, 7x10, 136pg, Full Color |
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We have five new Rare Books sets. Our Rare Books guy Dwayne was on vacation, so there are no other regular Rare Books this week. Playboy Bunnies set of 13, Girlfriends set of 12, and three sets of Book of Lingerie! Click here for all things Playboy including more sets. But a warning, they’ve been popular and often sell quickly! Click here to see the most recent listings in our Mature Readers section. |
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If you do a search by lowest price in any of our sale categories, you’ll find items as low as $2.50 and $5. But I wanted to point out that nearly every single title from the already-bargain-priced Mighty Marvels series is also now on sale. That includes Spidey, Thor, Fantastic Four, Capt. Marvel, Black Panther, Sub-Mariner, Cap, The Avengers and Doc Strange. There’s never been a less expensive way to get the first 10, 20, 30 issues of all these great titles. Most are
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Even though these feature the bestselling Blackhawks, sales have slowed for us. So I’m putting the first six volumes on sale while supply lasts (and we don’t have many). Military Comics [MIL01, MIL02 etc. |
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Anne’s Christmas list email is out this week, broken into Children’s, Illustrated, and SF, Horror, Fantasy, Comic-Related—get a copy now here. Highlights: Frazetta’s Icon and Illustrations Arcanum, Capt. Marvel and the Monster Society of Evil, Robert E. Howard’s Hour of the Dragon, James Jean Rift, The Annotated Lovecraft, Art of John Romita signed, William Stout, Todd Schorr, Howard Pyle: A Chronicle, Russell Flint’s Odyssey of Homer, several Alice in Wonderland editions, Robert Gould’s Twelve of Hearts, Green Willow illustrated by Warwick Goble, Sulamith Wulfing, Kay Nielsen, Art of Leo & Diane Dillion, Lynd Ward, Clive Barker, John Bolton, Ray Bradbury, Wrightson’s A Look Back and more! |
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Calendars are beginning to sell out, and we’ll be letting go of titles as December comes to a close. We don’t plan to have many titles left in January; our upcoming catalog will give you one last chance on some remaining titles (upload available around December 12). Act now. |
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