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On our Cover MIRAGE ART QUEST OF ALEX NINO Vol 2 Signed Signed, numbered & limited, 500! Our Highest Recommendation. A fabu- lous new oversized artbook, mostly in full color, with 5 gatefolds of new artwork. Much never seen before art work in a wide variety of SHAME TRILOGY Back in stock. Highly Recommended. By Lovern Kindzierski. styles and media. Contents Art by John Bolton. The purest woman on earth allows herself in this book are Niño’s art- one selfish thought, and conceives the most evil woman the work from the past 20 years, world has ever seen. A classic adult , with absolutely a companion to his 2008 gorgeous artwork, a rich story, and abundant nudity. Virtue gets volume 1, which is long out the daughter she wished for, Shame, releasing this powerful of print. woman to a world ill-prepared for her campaign of evil. Plus the images of other worlds, monsters, nymphs, creatures first 10 pages of the first book in the Tales of Hope trilogy, John and stunning landscapes. Alex Niño, 2019. Bolton’s original pencil layouts, an interview with Lovern and MIRAGHS. HC, 10x13, 200pg, PC $150.00 John, and background material. Previously published as three MIRAGE ART QUEST OF ALEX NINO Vol 2 separate graphic novels. Renegade, 2016. Mature Readers. with Drawing SHAMH. HC, 7x11, 224pg, FC $29.99 Signed and Limited to 500, with a 7x10 original pen SHAME Vol 4 Hope & drawing, each unique. Our Highest Recommen- A gorgeous, richly drawn modern fairy tale. Highly Recom- Alex Niño, 2019. dation. mended. By Lovern Kindzierski. Art by John Bolton. Shame MIRAGD. HC, 10x13, 200pg, PC $200.00 is dead, her demon father blasted back to . Hope, newly Cover Image by Alex Niño. ©2021 into the body of a young woman, stumbles from the bat- tle-scarred castle still filled with Shame’s malevolent servants. The queen may have been defeated, but her dark forces are determined to stamp out Hope’s return to the world. This one- XENOZOIC By shot story continues the acclaimed Shame series. Nudity. “John New printing. Our Highest Recom- Bolton’s art is .” Renegade, 2018. Mature Readers. mendation. By Mark Schultz. Here is SHAM04. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC $11.99 every single story to date, all wrapped in an all-new cover. Imagine Wood, SHAME Vol 5 Hell’s Flaw Williamson, & Frazetta all working Highly Recommended. By Lovern Kindzierski. Art by John together on an after-the- Bolton. Shame’s to Hell stands poised to pour forth its story in their finest EC Comics styles. demonic legions upon the world. Hope, Merritt and Grace know Imagine them creating a gorgeous they must close it before it is too late. Shame’s followers are de- heroine--feisty, daring, voluptuous--and termined to stop them. “A mystical masterpiece! John Bolton’s a two-fisted hero to create sexual art is as entrancing as the magical tale it depicts.” -John K. Kirk, tension and drama. Imagine good- Pop Mythology. Renegade, 2021. Mature Readers. art in the tradition of , SHAM05. SC, 7x10, 60pg, FC $11.99 with a modern take on how a stun- ningly beautiful woman can look. Mark Look for the star symbol. These are Schultz has channeled all this like no items that are deeply discounted from other artist, from the dramatic cities of the original publisher’s price. Most of to the drama of Prince these items have been closed out by the . That is Xenozoic Tales! publisher and we have limited copies. Buy Flesk, 2021. now before they’re gone! XENO. SC, 9x11, 352pg, b&w $34.95

News & Notes TABLE OF CONTENTS I fell in love with Alex Niño’s new art book, above and on the cover. It’s really, really Artists & ...... 4 special. Alex and his son produced this themselves and it’s available almost nowhere Art Books on Sale ������������������������ 4 else. Comics & Graphic Novels...... 5 Archives...... 9 Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters will be found on the back cover, his entirely new epic novel. The Deluxe Edition, even with a large 1200-copy limitation, sold out Collections...... 12 upon publication. We filled all advance orders but then quickly they were gone. Comic Reference ������������������������� 13 Pulps & Pulp Fiction...... 13 With the pandemic, several ’s Supplies became unavailable, but fortunate- Pop Culture, Statues & Tarot...... 14 ly we had laid in long-term stock. We are only currently waiting for more Silver Age/ Regular Plastic Bags. We were out of our most popular size, Plastic Bags, Pin-Up & Erotic Art...... 16 for a short time but they are available now. We added Tall Plastic Comic Dividers to Nude & Erotic Photography...... 17 our selection, page 29. Fold-on Jacket covers are never out of stock! Adult DVDs...... 17 Coming Soon ������������������������������� 18 Free Comic Book Day will be in August this year, watch our weekly email for Rare Books ���������������������������������� 21 details. Comic-Con will not be in July, but a smaller fill-in show is slated for November. Book and comic shows seem to be coming back to us beginning in Don’t Miss These!...... 22 Pre-Code Classics on Sale ������� 27 September, such as the Sacramento show we do twice yearly, OAF in Oklahoma in October, and the big ABAA Antiquarian Book Fair in February, in Oakland. Watch Collectors Supplies...... 29 for details in the weekly email and newsletter. Just Arrived...... 30 Misc News: Two new Heavy Metal issues rolled in too late to make this catalog: for price line codes #304 and 306, in addition to the ones on page 7. Also check out my new favor- HC Hardcover ite comics writer, , same page. Page 16 offers new Olivia Enamel HCW Hardcover w/o dustjacket Pins—the first set of these a year or two ago quickly sold out.Trots and Bonnie has SC Softcover proven very popular—I’ not the only that that fondly remembers it it from The Na- PC Partial color tional Lampoon—see the backcover. The next four ERB books, with more FC Full color new covers, are finally here, page 13. TheEC Archives are now being B&W Black & white done in SOFTCOVER; see page 11 for the first one,Tales from the Crypt. What a F52 Summer 2021 bargain!! The upcoming new Overstreet Price Guides are on page 20. ~Bud

2 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 Featured New Items ASIAN ILLUSTRATION 46 Asian Illustrators with UNDEREXPOSED! The 50 Distinctively Sensitive and Expressive Styles Greatest Movies Never Made 250 by 46 artists. Recommended. Screenwriter and film- Highly Recommended. Each artist maker Joshua Hull guides readers through is introduced in two to six pages in film development hell--the roadblocks that English and Japanese. Most create kept these films from reaching the silver their illustrations digitally but there screen. From the misguided and rejected, are some who create watercolor and like Stanley Kubrick’s Lord of the Rings ink paintings. Although their work starring ; to films that changed shows influences from Japanese hands and pulled a U-turn in development, anime and , their like ’s planned Oldboy drawing skills and pursuit of original- adaptation starring Will Smith, Hull discusses plot lines, rumored ity shows a fresh and intense take casting, and more. 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Rock-bottom printing methods of ten-cent Fantastical and magical scen- comic books meant Wolverton’s intricate ery, desolate landscapes, and line work was routinely obscured and oblit- creatures, this book col- erated. Here every effort has been made to lects 111 dark fantasy artworks restore the art to its original splendor. , 2021. from 30 illustrators, including SCOSC. SC, 8x10, 192pg, FC $29.99 $26.99 renowned illustrators such as DAILIES Vol 2 Posuka Demizu (bestselling Dailies, 1949-51. By Rod Reed, art manga series The Promised Neverland), and YoShimizu by Godwin. ’s (cover artist for Beautiful Scenes from a Fantasy World). masterful comic strip Rusty Riley. This The cover Illustration here was drawn by Monokubu, who, volume continues where Volume 1 with more than 217K followers on , is also getting left off, reprinting dailies of this almost attention in the Japanese illustration industry. Text in both forgotten American comic strip from Japanese and English. PIE International, 2021. November 20, 1949 to August 4, MYSSC. SC, 10x10, 160pg, FC $39.95 $34.95 1951 with an introduction by Zoran THE COMPLETE KIRBY Djukanovic. Classic Comics Press, 2020. WAR & ROMANCE RR02H. HC, 10x8, 280pg, PC $49.95 $44.95 1956-65. Highly Recommended. Vol 1: Dailies, 1948-49. RR01H. $49.95 $19.95 A combat veteran during World DREAMING EAGLES War II, Kirby brings hard-earned Collects #1-6. Recommended. By Garth gritty realism to Atlas’s Battle- Ennis. Art by . Inspired by true ground #14 and Battle Comics events, the story of the first African American #64-70, while and fighter pilots to join the U.S Air Force in co-created Sgt. in WWII. From humble beginnings in Tuskegee, 1963. Here are #1-8, 10-20 and each will live or die in the deadly skies 25. Plus: 25 vintage and ultra-rare above . Not only instrumental Atlas/Marvel romance titles, 1959- against the Nazi , but these 63--many restored directly from heroes had to deal with everyday bigotry Kirby’s original art! Marvel, 2021. amongst fellow soldiers as well as civilians at . HC, 7x11, 592pg, FC $125.00 COMKWH $105.00 home. Aftershock, 2021. DREAG. SC, 7x10, 128pg, FC $16.99 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 3 Artists & Illustration

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HC, 8x10, 108pg, PC $29.95 $14.95 By Rick Sealock AWAKENS Woodblock Prints of and Christina the Meiji Period (1868-1912) Vester. Rick Recommended. By Barry Till. Japan’s artists look Sealock has been west; the culture transforms and so does the art creating wild and of the woodblock print. Wartime illustrations to wacky illustrations architecture, advertising to transportation, here for clients as varied is portrayed the tidal shift in Japanese prints--the as , country’s dominant form of art--during this period Texas Monthly, The of upheaval and modernization. During the brief Washington Post, Natural Health Magazine, Meiji period, Japan underwent an astonishing metamorphosis from feudal and GQ Magazine. His work has been used to state to modern industrial and military power. Pomegranate, 2008. skewer politicians, fitness fanatics, and death. JAPAWH. HC, 9x8, 127pg, FC $29.95 $14.95 This book, while a retrospective of his life in il- lustration, is also a how-to guide. 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BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 5 French Graphic Novels THE BATTLE BOOK Vol 1 THE 1st of 3 volumes. Recommend- Translated from the French. ed. Based on the novel by Patrick Recommended. By Tarek. Art by Rambaud. By Frédéric Richaud. Art Vincent Pompetti. French corsairs and by Ivan . Louis-François Lejeune, a genie? A distant cousin of Aladdin’s a young colonel is a liaison between genie from “1001 Nights” offers them Emperior Napoleon and the generals in three wishes. These talented but naive the ground war. And he is madly in love pirates fall into a series of adventures with the beautiful Anna Krauss, left which will make them cross the south- in . Napoleon is attempting to ern seas in the search of The Treasure crush the Austrian army, and organiz- of Rackham The Cruel. Handsomely ing the crossing of the Danube. Cinebook, 2020. painted. Black Panel Press, 2021. BATT01. SC, 9x11, 64pg, FC $15.95 CORSA. SC, 8x11, 66pg, FC $19.99 THE BATTLE BOOK Vol 2 SIRENS OF THE NORSE SEA Recommended. 2nd of 3 volumes. Vol 1 The Waters of Skagerrak By Patrick Rambaud and Frederic Highly Recommended. By Françoise Richaud. Art by Ivan Gill. May 1809. Ruscak and Gihef Gihef. Art by Phil Napoleon has taken Vienna and is Briones and Marco Dominici. Fierce preparing to cross the Danube, but the Vikings and equally fierce Sirens face Austrians are waiting for him in Essling. each other in a never-ending battle to The battle has been joined. The French claim the sea. For generations, Viking cavalry charges again and again, but clans have faced Siren tribes (mer- the Emperor cannot seem to break the maids) in battles that pit brute strength Austrians. Louis-François is stuck on against sorcery and cunning versus the wrong side of the only available bridge. Cinebook, 2021. charm. Humanoids, 2021. BATT02. SC, 9x11, 68pg, FC $15.95 SIRN01. SC, 8x10, 112pg, FC $19.99 $17.99

CONAN THE BARBARIAN By ETHER--LIBRARY EDITION Zub Vol 1 Into The Crucible Collects the complete series: all 15 issues Collects of Ether I, II and III. From New York Times #13-18, 2020. Recommended. bestselling Mind MGMT creator By Jim Zub. Art by Roge Antonio, and Black Hammer’s David Rubín comes an Robert Gill and Luca Pizzari. A interdimensional, genre-bending, sci-fi, fantasy, new era for Conan! The barbarian mystery adventure! Inter-dimensional explorer has faced many foes since leaving Boone Dias, a brilliant scientist from Earth, Cimmeria, but now Conan finds enters the magical world of Ether and a new himself in a city in the mystical existence that takes him through the center of Uttara Kuru, farther on the eastern volcanoes, deserts full of living mummies and border than he has ever traveled. sphinxes, and a bizarre fairy forest--all leading Unfamiliar with the language, toward a final climactic battle for the fate of both worlds. Conan inadvertently agrees to Dark Horse, 2021. be the latest entrant in the Great ETHEH. HC, 8x12, 440pg, FC $59.99 $49.99 Crucible! And with only a local boy named Delian to F. PAUL WILSON’S REPAIRMAN translate for him, can anyone--or anything--be trusted? JACK SCAR-LIP REDUX Signed Marvel, 2021. Art by Antonio Fuso. An original CONJZ01. SC, 7x10, 144pg, FC $17.99 starring the wildly popular urban mercenary, DARK NIGHTS DEATH METAL subject of dozens of prose novels by F. Paul Collects Dark Nights: Death Wilson. Illustrated by Antonio Fuso (James Metal #1-7, 2020. Recommend- Bond). Got a problem? He can fix it. He ed. Art by , Greg thought he’d seen the last of the Rakoshi, a Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and nightmare out of a Lovecraft story...but one FCO Plascencia. A grim, dark cunning and deadly creature has survived. story in another time and place, Jack faces the fights of his life as he seeks with great detail and wonderful to end the creature once and for all, before evil variations on our heroes, like it ends him! Wilson is a NY Times bestselling sci-fi and mystery an evil squad. When the writer. Dynamite, 2020. Earth is enveloped by the Dark FPREPHS. HC, 7x10, 120pg, FC $39.99 Multiverse, the is FIREFLY BLUE SUN RISING Vol 1 at the mercy of the Who Collects Firefly Blue Sun Rising #0, and Laughs. Humanity struggles to Firefly #21-22, 2020. By Greg Pak. Art by Dan survive in a hellish landscape McDaid. Continuing ’s acclaimed twisted beyond recognition. Batman, , series. Mal must reunite the crew of the Seren- and are separated and fight to survive, ity for one last impossible job to save the Verse making their way across their demonic new home. Wild from the Blue Sun Corporation. Sheriff Mal has stuff!! DC Comics, 2021. a new partner--a law enforcing robot from the DARKDM. HC, 7x11, 232pg, FC $29.99 $26.99 Blue Sun corporation, who doesn’t care about LADY THREESOME motives, mercy, nothing other than enforcing Collects #1-5. By Holder the law--no matter the cost. Boom!, 2021. and Bobby Nash. Art by Marco FIRBS01H. HC, 7x10, 128pg, FC $19.99 and Wendell Cavalcanti FIREFLY BLUE SUN RISING Vol 2 et al. It’s full out , adventure, Collects Firefly #23-24 & Firefly: Blue Sun romance and intrigue, as pulp- Rising #1. By Greg Pak. Art by Dan McDaid, dom’s blonde bombshell avenger Lalit Kumar Sharma et al. The stage is set for returns! Guest starring the Golden the final battle as the first ever Firefly event Amazon, The Veil, Bulletgirl, concludes, with Sheriff Mal Reynolds--yeah, Woman in Red, Dara the Viking he’s still getting used to it too--making a choice Girl, and Spitfire Sanders. When that may cost him those he loves most, wheth- just one hero isn’t enough, Domino er he knows it or not... Shocking losses lead Lady and her companions come to stunning decisions as Mal and the crew of together to: thwart a killer, stop a must face the consequences of their nefarious Nazi plot, uncover mysterious happenings choices in war against the Blue Sun Corpora- on a Hollywood set, investigate the death of a woman tion. Boom!, 2021. dressed like Domino Lady... Moonstone, 2021. FIRBS02H. HC, 7x10, 128pg, FC $19.99 DOMLT. SC, 7x10, 124pg, FC $12.99

6 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE #303 Blanche Cover HOKUSAI A Graphic Biography Edited by Tim Seeley. , Highly Recommended. By Francesco fantasy and horror collide in this issue Matteuzzi. Art by Giuseppe Latanza. A as Heavy Metal’s serializations and revealing and wonderfully visual graphic stand-alone stories continue! Lucy by novel biography of Japan’s most famous Liberatore concludes; here is Maiden by artist. His intriguing life and pioneering Michelle & Bart Sears, Savage works, details the Edo-era Japan, and by Brendan Columbus & Al Barrionue- how Hokusai forged an image of his vo, The Rise by George C. Romero & country that still resonates worldwide. Diego Yapur, A new Vasator & Crunch Laurence King Publishing, 2021. story by David Erwin, fan favorite HOKUH. HC, 7x10, 128pg, FC zombies of Cold Dead War return...and $19.99 $17.99 more. Heavy Metal, 2020. Mature readers. JIM SILKE’S QUEEN OF THE NILE HM303. 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IDW, 2021. hunts for her among the wreckage of the GODZU. SC, 7x10, 360pg, FC $29.99 $26.99 ‘70s wild days. , 2021. FRIEH. HC, 7x10, 144pg, FC $24.99 $21.99 New on Sale RECKLESS First of three original graphic novels. OF DUST & BLOOD Highly Recommended. By Ed Brubaker. The Battle at Little Big Horn Art by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips. Highly Recommended. By Jim Berry, Here we discover some of our damaged, art by . This gripping graphic vulnerable hero’s unusual history...failed novel details the day of the battle FBI agent, radical, blown up by a through the eyes of a 7th Cavalry scout failed revolutionary bomb with resulting on one side of the battlefield, and a memory loss. A girl who was very special young Lakota warrior on the other side. to him from those days turns up with a Featuring appearances by Sitting Bull, problem, and that’s Ethan Reckless’s cue Custer, and Crazy Horse. Meticulously to get involved and go deep. IDW, 2021. researched history on every page. A RECKH. HC, 7x10, 144pg, FC $24.99 $21.99 highly praised book! NBM, 2018. OFDUSH. HC, 9x12, 48pg, FC $17.99 $9.99 Deluxe Edition Vol 1 Recommended. By Ed Brubaker. Art PHILIP K. DICK A Comics Biography by Sean Phillips. Oversized deluxe Recommended. By Laurent Queyssi hardback features Criminal books 1 thru and Mauro Marchesi. One of the greatest 3--Coward, Lawless, and The Dead writers in sci-fi history,Philip K. Dick is and The Dying--the Eisner and Harvey remembered for The Man In the High Award-winning crime series from the Castle, Bladerunner, Minority Report and creators of Sleeper and . Many Total Recall. This graphic novel examines extras, including a Criminal short story his dark, fascinating work of alternate and the never-before-printed five page universes and shifting realities in worlds “movie trailer in comics form” and much often governed by monopolistic corpo- more! Image Comics, 2021. rations and authoritarian governments. CRIM01H. 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BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 7 KILL WHITEY DONOVAN ROBYN Collects #1-5, 2019-20. By Sydney Collects #1-6. By Ben Meares. Art by Babisu Duncan. Art by Natalie Barahona. Kourtis. After recent events Robyn has found Foreword by . It’s herself on the other side of the law. the slave-owning America of 1864, and unwelcome both on the streets of the city smack in the middle of the Civil War. she calls home, and by the family of outlaws After her sister commits suicide, she made in the Underground, Robyn is Anna sets off for a dangerous dealing with her new status quo the only way journey to Atlanta to kill the man re- she knows how, with a fistful of questions and sponsible--her fiancé, Whitey” Don- bow full of arrows. Zenescope, 2021. ovan. But Anna, a spirited though ROBHV. SC, 7x10, 148pg, FC $19.99 pampered daughter of a prominent SLEEPING BEAUTIES Vol 1 doctor, can’t do it alone. She makes Collects #1-5. By Stephen and Owen King. a deal with one of the Donovan slaves, Hattie Virgil, who Adapted by Rio Youers. Art by Alison Samp- has an agenda all her own. In exchange for a chance at son. This official graphic novel adaptation of freedom, Hattie, a survivor, will lead this unlikely pair on a the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen quest that will change them both forever. King is a haunting interpretation of the chilling, Dark Horse, 2021. timely bestseller. A bizarre sleeping sickness, . SC, 7x10, 120pg, FC $19.99 KILWHI $17.99 called , has fallen over the world. Its THE KNIGHTS OF HELIOPOLIS victims can’t wake up. And all of them are By . Art women. As nations fall into chaos, those wom- by Jérémy. Jodorowsky puts a en still awake take desperate measures to stay spin on The Man in that way, and men everywhere begin to give in the Iron Mask--and we have here to their darkest impulses. IDW, 2021. all four volumes published together SLE01H. HC, 7x10, 128pg, FC $19.99 $17.99 in English for the very first time--the SPY ISLAND A Bermuda Triangle Mystery complete novel! In an 18th century By Chelsea Cain. Art by Elise McCall, monastery in the North of Spain Rachelle Rosenberg, and Lia Miternique et hides the sacred temple of the al. “Laugh-out-loud funny, terrifying, sexy, Knights of Heliopolis: an assembly of and philosophical, Spy Island is the perfect immortal alchemists cut off from the comic book for anyone who enjoys travel, world. And here is the hidden son of chardonnay, krakens, Atlantis, volcanos, scu- King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, now a new ... ba diving, mermaids, ghost pirates, tropical Titan, 2021. Mature readers. espionage, secret agents, and/or island-ca- . HC, 8x11, 232pg, FC $39.99 KNIGHH $34.99 sual .*” The world’s best spies THE LEGACY OF MANDRAKE keep watch over the Bermuda Triangle from The Magician Vol 1 a mysterious island outpost teeming with su- By . Art by Diego pernatural intrigue, monsters, and evil villains Giribaldi. Collecting the reboot of set on global domination. The best of these the classic character! By spies is named Nora Freud (no relation). Dark Horse, 2021. all appearances, Mandy Paz is an SPYIS. SC, 7x10, 144pg, FC $19.99 $17.99 ordinary teenager just trying to make THE TANKIES By her way through high school (can Recommended. By Garth Ennis. Art by you say BUFFY?). She’s going out . From the bloody battle of her way to avoid attention be- for Normandy to the Nazi , from cause she’s hiding a big secret: she war’s end to the killing fields of Korea, has powerful magical talents. Is she the men of the British Army’s Royal Tank related to the original master of Magic? When strange Regiment fight battle after battle against and sinister things start happening in her small town, terrible odds. Whether outnumbered or Mandy takes action. Four variant covers. All Ages. outgunned, the Tankies soldier on--as Red 5 Comics/Stonebot Comics, 2021. their motto would have it, “From Mud, LEGMA01. SC, 7x10, 104pg, FC $12.95 Through Blood, to the Green Fields Be- OF SUPER-HEROES Vol 2 yond.” Three complete stories by Ennis, The Trial of the Legion whose work is always powerful and histor- Collects #7-12. Recommended. ically accurate. Dead Reckoning, 2021. By . Art by TANKI. SC, 7x10, 256pg, FC $24.95 et al. Award winner Bri- VENGEANCE OF Vol 1 Rebirth an Bendis and master artist Ryan Collects Vengeance of Vampirella Sook! Outstanding and unique. Vol 2 #1-6. Recommended. By Tom The United Planets has found the Sniegoski. Art by Michael Sta. Maria. Legion of Super-Heroes guilty of Originally running from 1994-96, from crimes against the galaxy, and it’s Harris Comics, Vengeance of Vampirella up to our young heroes to prove portrayed a more savage and look at their innocence! Featuring an all- the Daughter of Drakulon. Now, 25 years star cast of artists, this collection later, the original writer Tom Sniegoski features a surprise 1,000 years in is joined by artist Michael Sta. Maria the making--the unstoppable be- and Robert Castro (Vol 6) for a powerful hemoth Rogol Zaar has survived the to haunt sequel. Set 25 years after the initial series, and his teammates! DC Comics, 2021. Vampirella is...dead!? Humanity holds on, LEG02. SC, 7x10, 160pg, FC $16.99 $15.50 but barely, the playthings and slaves of THE NIGHT MARCHERS AND OTHER a multitude of supernatural monstrosities OCEANIAN TALES that have made the earth their own. With 28 pages of variant A Cautionary & Fairy covers. Dynamite, 2020. Tales Book. Recommended. VENV01. SC, 6x10, 152pg, FC $19.99 $17.99 Ghostly warriors, angry , and THE VIGILANT monstrous tyrants? That’s just By Simon Furman. Art by Simon Coleby, the start. Seventeen stories by as DaNi et al. 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8 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 Comic Book Archives AUTOBIOGRAPHIX Recommended. By , , Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon, Sergio Aragones et al. A neat little hardcover demonstrating the effectiveness of the comics medium for telling the most personal of sto- ries--showcasing some of the first published autobiographical stories from living-legend artists, mainstream greats, and young “indie” up-and-comers! Additional writers include , Lutes, Paul Chad- wick, , , , et al. Dark Horse, 2021. AUTOBH. HC, 7x10, 96pg, b&w $24.99 $21.99 DC Comics Archives THE AMAZING WORLD OF SUPERMAN / Tabloid Edition Till Death Do They Part A deluxe new hardcover Collects Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding edition of the 1973 classic w/ Special #1, and Green Arrow and Black separate fold out poster. Two Canary #1-14, 2007-09. Recommended. Green all-new stories created in 1973 Arrow and Black Canary are one of the most for this special edition com- iconic couples in comics, and in 2007 memorating the newly named they finally decided to make it official and walk city of . “Superman in down the aisle with shocking results! In fact, Superland” by Black Canary didn’t marry Green Arrow at all, and a new origin by Murphy but rather a villainous double whom she’s forced Anderson. Plus “How a Comic to kill. So where’s Oliver Queen? That is Created,” features on the kickstarts the Green Arrow and Black Canary TV show and stage play, secrets revealed and more series, written by and illustrated by special features. Cool! DC Comics, 2021. and Mike Norton. DC Comics, 2021. AMAZWH. HC, 10x14, 64pg, b&w $19.99 $17.99 GREBLA. SC, 7x10, 392pg, FC $34.99 $29.99 BATMAN A Death in the Family JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Collects Batman #426-429, 440- The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol 2 442, New Titans #60-61, and Bat- Collects #114-146, 1974-77. By Con- man Annual #25, 2005-06. By Jim way, Pasko, Bates, Englehart et al. Art by Starlin. The death that changed Dick Dillin, Frank McLaughlin and Dick is captured in Giordano. One of the greatest eras in the this chilling hardcover edition that history of the Justice League of America is hasn’t been released in a decade. collected here. The beginning of the 1970s In 1988 Batman readers were saw our heroes trading in their secret New allowed to vote on the outcome England cave hideout for the Earth-orbiting of the story... and they decided Satellite HQ, expanding the lineup, team- that Robin should die. New Robin ups with the JSA and the returned Seven had a completely Soldiers of Victory. Easy to see why these different personality than the original Robin--rash and stories are fan-favorites. DC Comics, 2018. quick to act without regard for consequences. In this JLAB02H. HC, 7x11, 784pg, FC $125.00 $105.00 fatal instance, Robin ignores his mentor’s warnings when he attempts to take on The by himself, BOOK ONE Collects #1-14. By . Art by Paris and pays the ultimate price. DC Comics, 2021. Cullins. Created by Jack Kirby in 1971, The New BATDFH. HC, 7x11, 280pg, FC $49.99 $39.99 Gods combined Kirby’s love for science fiction FABLES COMPENDIUM TWO with myth and legend. More than a decade Collects Fables #42-82, 2006- later, writer Mark Evanier and artist Paris 09. Recommended. By Bill Will- Cullins revisited the worlds of New Genesis and ingham, art by Mark Buckingham, Apokolips, bringing back fan-favorite characters , Andrew Pepoy, such as , , Metron, Kalibak, and the et al. Eisner-award nefarious . DC Comics, 2021. winning series. Another enor- NEWG01. SC, 7x10, 368pg, FC $34.99 $29.99 mous collection which begins with “Arabian Nights (and Days),” ! THE WORLD’S MIGHTIEST when foreigners show up in MORTAL Vol 3 Fabletown--much to the residents Collects World’s Finest #253-270, 272-282, dismay--plunging Fabletown into & Adventure #491-492, 1978-82. Recom- a culture clash of dire propor- mended. By E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Kurt tions! Prince Charming is in over Schaffenberger and . In 1973 his head and must call on the help of a Fable charac- DC brought back one of the most beloved ter not seen in these pages for far too long...and this is superheroes of all time: Captain Marvel. But one wish he can’t take back. DC Comics, 2021. since Marvel had snagged the CM name, he had to be renamed Shazam. It was the return FABC02. SC, 7x10, 1064pg, FC $59.99 $49.99 of the most popular superhero of the 1940s--at Volume 1: FABC01. $59.99 $49.99 one time, he was even outselling Superman. THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY Alongside Superman and Batman, the World’s Omnibus Mightiest Mortal is back in his own unique Recommended. By Geoff stories, with unique villains...... including Satan! DC Comics, 2021. Johns, et al. Barry Allen wakes SHAZ03H. HC, 7x10, 336pg, FC $49.99 $39.99 up to a world that is not his See our website or inquire for more Shazam. own. A place where the SUPERMAN’S GREATEST TEAM-UPS never existed... The people Collects DC Presents, 1979-86. By , he cares about most are now , Murphy Andersn, et strangers or vanished. This al- al. The greatest Superman team-up tales from tered universe is on the brink of the 1980s are collected in hardcover for the first a cataclysmic war. There is no time. He joins Wonder Woman, , Mister , no Superman. Miracle, , Black Canary, , and Batman has as much blood even , in the pre- DC Universe. on his hands as his enemies And others! Includes an early appearance by do. America’s last hope is... the galaxy-conquering villain known as . . Barry desperately tries to hold on to his mem- Collects DC Comics Presents #5, 9-12, 14, 19, ories and if there is any hope of setting things right, he 28, 30, 35, 38, 39, 45, 50, 58, 63, 67, 71, and must convince this world’s strange, dangerous heroes 97. DC Comics, 2021. to help him fix what was broken. DC Comics,2021. SUPGTH. HC, 7x10, 400pg, FC $49.99 $39.99 FLASPH. HC, 7x11, 1512pg, FC $150.00 $125.00

BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 9 THE COMPLETE Vol 2 DISNEY MASTERS Vol 16 Collects Witchblade #20-36 plus nine more Jumpin’ Jupiter! issues over 4 titles. Massive!! By Recommended. By Luciano et al. Art by et al. The Bottaro. If you were Donald Duck, continues, celebrating the 25th anniversary of and the raging King Rebo of Saturn Witchblade! In this second absolute collection attacked your town, would you hire of the bestselling original series, New York cop Rebo’s enemies from Jupiter to Sara Pezzini falls further down the supernatural defend you? , as payment, rabbit hole of ancient artifacts, indus- the Jovians wanted to eat your trialists, and all manner of occult outlaws. But rich ’s money? while the mysterious power of the Witchblade Italian spun wild, has chosen Sara as its bearer, she’s less con- thrilling, and near-psychedelic vinced of her qualifications. makes its first Duckburg tales for decades! This appearance. Image Comics, 2021. volume also features “Quest for the Virtual Duck,” as CWIT02. SC, 7x10, 624pg, FC $29.99 $26.99 well as another story in which Dr. Zantaf, Scrooge’s Vol 1: Witchblade #1-19, The Darkness #9 & 10, Tales of The and Donald’s mad scientist foe from Earth, returns! Witchblade #1/2 & 3, 1995-97. CWIT01. SC, 7x10, 624pg, FC Fantagraphics, 2021. $29.99 $26.99 DM16H. HC, 8x10, 180pg, FC $29.99 $26.99 See our website or inquire for more Disney Masters. Marvel Comics Archives THE Omnibus Vol 1 MARVEL MASTERWORKS Collects Defenders #1-19 plus THE BLACK PANTHER Vol 3 11 more issues from several Collects Black Panther #1-4 & back-up titles, 1968-74. By Len Wein, series from #13- et al. Art by Sal 37, 1988 and more. Art by , Tom Buscema, et al. Palmer et al. 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A large bump to spine top. Tips are slightly bent which affects some pages. Corners are bumped and curled. RB1586. HC, 9x12, 341pg, PC $120.00 Some scuffing to covers. Inside pages in good shape. . SC, 11x16, 56pg, b&w BRUSH PEN AND PENCIL RB942 $150.00 The Book of Lawson Wood. By A. E. MARVEL COMICS RE-PRESENT: THE FIRST EVER Johnson. Art by Lawson Wood. 56 plates MARVEL COMICS VOL. 1 and figures, 8 in color. Part of the Brush, By and . Re-pre- Pen, and Pencil series, which also senting the first appearances of The featured volumes about John Hassall, , The Angel, Submariner, Frank Reynolds, and others. Contains Masked Raider and Ka-Zar the Great. extensive information about the artist Marvel Entertainment Group, 1991. Out and his work, wonderful illustrations. of Print. Condition: As New. Still in 2nd edition with decorated cloth. A.C.& shrink wrap. Black, 1930. Out of Print. Condition: RB1453. HC, 7x10, 80pg, b&w $90.00 Very Fine. Spine and edge pages have THE COMPLETE ! slight age discoloration. By Michael T. Gilbert. The Wraith, Gil- . HC, 6x8, 43pg, PC $150.00 RB438 $120.00 bert’s homage to Will Eisner’s The Spirit, MOVING ON THE ART OF STEVE HANKS was published in a handful of stories First printing. By Steve Hanks with in the 1970s, and here find their first Keith Olson. Steve Hanks’s watercolor collection. Michael T.Gilbert, 1998. Out of compositions are infused with emotion. Print. Condition: Very Good. Bump in His astonishing realism comes from the top right corner, slightly affects the his skillful control of washes, edges, inside pages. and layers and knowledge of water and RB120. HC, 7x10, 95pg, b&w pigment. Greenwich Workshop Press, $125.00 $75.00 2007. Out of Print. Condition: Fine. GLAMORGIRL PHOTOGRAPHY Top corner has a bump that creased inside pages about 1/2”. Jacket has MAGAZINE SET Warehouse find. 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HC, 10x12, 306pg, b&w $350.00 $275.00 Signed Signed & Limited 1324 of 1500. By R. CRUMB SKETCHBOOK 1964-1965 Signed Reed Waller. From Reed Waller and Signed and limited. #50/400. By Kate Worley’s bestselling comic book . Illustrated boards, no DJ series, Omaha the Cat Dancer. Reed as published. This is # 50 of only 400 has has chosen the cream of the crop-- special copies SIGNED by R. Crumb on most of them never before seen--for this illustrated autograph plate on the front book. Inside readers will find anatom- free endpaper. Hundreds of Crumb’s ically and sexually explicit material for unique B&W drawings, and 16 pages adults only, along with spicy text by of color sketches. Fantagraphics, 1992. the artist. Tipped in plate signed and Out of Print. Condition: As New. numbered by Reed Waller. , 1990. Out of RB1135. HC, 9x11, 160pg, b&w Print. Condition: Fine plus. Small stain on the front cover. $250.00 Light wear to the edges and covers. Mature Readers. THE RED ROSE GIRLS RB1494. 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Text is in French. 9eArt Editions, 1999. MARVASH. HC, 8x11, 224pg, FC $50.00 $39.95 MANITH. HC, 10x13, 160pg, PC $80.00 MR. LOYAL LIVRE CALVO MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY ART 2020 Bestseller! Our Highest Highly Recommended. Limited, 1500. By Dian Hanson. In 1946, at the height of his talent, Recommendation. Art by Frazetta, Boris, Whelan, Jones, Calvo wrote and drew this magnificent Hildebrandt, Giger, Whelan, Matthews primer for children, with bright colors et al. Original paintings with prepara- and incredible animation-style artwork. tory sketches, sculptures, calendars, Joyful circus animals overflowing with magazines, and paperback books for an vitality perform their numbers illustrating immersive dive into this dynamic, fanci- each letter of the alphabet (in French). ful genre. Insightful bios, fold-outs and Nearly all the illustrations are from the tipped-in chapter openers--this collec- original drawings. 9eArt Editions. tion will reign as the most exquisite and MRLOYH. HC, 9x12, 32pg, PC $50.00 informative guide to this popular subject CALVO UN MAITRE DE LA FABLES (Wolf Cover): Limited, for years to come. Note: Due to the weight, Rush shipping 1500. CALUNHW. HC, 10x14, 208pg, PC $90.00 would require an additional charge. Taschen, 2020. YOSHIHARU TSUGE ETRE SANS EXISTEA MASFH. HC, 12x16, 528pg, FC $200.00 $180.00 Limited, 1200. This is the catalogue to MATT BAKER The Art of Glamour the museum exhibition mounted for the Back in stock. The life and career Angoulême Comics Festival in January of the finest Good Girl artist of the 2020. Tsuge is a Japanese cartoonist Golden Age. Our Highest Recom- and essayist, active in comics between mendation. Edited by Jim Amash and 1955 and 1987. His works range from Eric Nolen-Weathington. Featuring an tales of ordinary life to dream-like impressive career cut tragically short: , and often show his interest essays; interviews with Baker’s friends, in traveling about Japan. Considered family, and co-workers; his finest artwork, the father of autobiographic comics or including several complete stories. “watakushi manga.” 9eArt Editions, 2020. TwoMorrows, 2012. YOSTH. HC, 10x13, 160pg, PC $80.00 MBARTH. HC, 9x11, 192 pg, PC $39.95 $34.95 ALIX L’ART DE JACQUES MARTIN MIKE HOFFMAN ODYSSEY Recommended. Jacques Martin Signed & limited, 300. Recom- (1921-2010) was a French comics artist mended. By Mike Hoffman. A first- and comic book creator. He was one of class presentation of Hoffman’s fantasy the classic artists of Tintin magazine, art, the first major collection of his work. where he was a longtime collaborator Nearly all color and including literally with Hergé. He is best known for his 100s of paintings and drawings. This series Alix, a kind of a French-language chronicles his prodigious output in a Prince Valiant. It stars an adolescent boy polished style that reminds us of Frank who grows up fast fighting and surviving Frazetta’s. Voluptuous warrior women, one adventure after another in ancient jungle goddesses, and space girls battle Europe and EgyptText in French. monsters, aliens, dinosaurs and robots. Nudity. 9eArt Editions, 2018. Argus Peacock, 2006. Condition: Copies have slight scuffs ALIXH. HC, 10x13, 160pg, PC $80.00 $50.00 and bumped corners. Mature Readers. Out of print. ODYD. SC, 9x12, 128pg, PC $24.95 $17.95 24 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 A Life in Ink SIDESHOW FINE ART PRINTS Vol 1 By Ralph Steadman. A massive retro- Highly Recommened. By Matthew K. spective of this provocative British illus- Manning. Afterword by Tom Gilliland. trator. Renowned for his work with iconic Working with top artists such as Alex American writer Hunter S. Thompson, Ross, Olivia, , Adi he formed an unlikely duo that created Granov, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, and “Gonzo” journalism. Features a diverse four others, Sideshow has developed a body of work that includes satirical series of beautifully crafted prints based political illustrations; art from dozens of on films, comics, TV, and animation. award-winning children’s books, such as These officially licensed illustrations are Alice in Wonderland, from his 50-year inspired by countless fan-favorite prop- career. Chronicle Chroma, 2020. erties, including everything from Marvel RALSTH. HC, 9x12, 320pg, PC $60.00 $52.50 and DC heroes and heroines and , to iconic classics. Insight Editions, 2020. RICK BAKER METAMORPHOSIS SIDF01H. HC, 9x12, 224pg, FC $50.00 $42.50 Slipcased Set 1950-2019 Highly Recommended. By Rick Baker. WALT DISNEY’S The Ultimate Foreword by John Landis. Preface by History 40th Anniversary Edition Peter Jackson. This deluxe two-volume Bargain Priced. Highly Recommend- set, a massive 17 pounds, explores ed. By , J. B. Kaufman seven-time Academy Award-winner Rick et al. 90 years of Mickey Mouse with Baker’s 40-plus-year journey as a spe- behind-the-scenes shots, rare animation cial makeup effects artist. 1,600 color art, comic book adventures, merchandise images and original sketches, from his and memorabilia, with lots of cool 1930s early days as a young “monster maker,” and 40s rarities, as well as the legendary creating body parts in his parents’ kitchen, to his more than Mickey Mouse Club. Plus never before 70 film and TV credits.Note: Due to the weight, Rush ship- seen material. Taschen, 2020. ping requires an additional charge. Cameron Books, 2019. WALMMUH. HC, 6x9, 512pg, PC $25.00 RICKBH. HC, 11x14, 736pg, PC $250.00 Comic Book Archives ROBERT WILLIAMS The Father of ABSOLUTE By Vol 1 Exponential Imagination New Printing. Collects #20-34, 1984-85. Our Highest Recommendation. Oversized, Slipcase. Highly Recom- Art by Robert Williams. A huge mended. Art by Stephen R. Bissette, career-spanning collection of the , Rick Veitch, et al. Alan iconic painter’s fine art, including over Moore made his debut in the U.S. comic 300 oil paintings as well as drawings, book market with the revitalization of sculptures, and more. Robert himself Swamp Thing. Completely new coloring provides a fascinating six-page pref- for every page, crafted exclusively for this ace and annotations all through the edition by color artist (Akira, book. This begins with his first work ). Includes The Saga Of The and runs though his entire career, including sculptures, rare Swamp Thing #20-34 and Swamp Thing photos, and artifacts. Fantagraphics, 2019. Annual #2, afterword from Bissette, . HC, 12x17, 484pg, FC $150.00 ROBWH $125.00 historic behind-the-scenes material. DC Comics, 2020. ABS01H. HC, 9x13, 448pg, FC $99.99 $85.00 Comics & Graphic Novels ABSOLUTE SWAMP THING By Alan Moore Vol 2 Collects #35-50, 1985-86. Oversized, BETTIE PAGE UNBOUND Vol 1 Slipcase. Recommended. Art by Ste- Collects #1-5, complete. By David phen R. Bissette, John Totleben, Rick Ve- Avallone. Art by Julius Ohta.The gate has itch, , et al. Horrors include been opened for an invasion from the underwater vampires, a werewolf with an Great Old Ones” and only model & spy unusual curse--and the debut of John Bettie Page can save the world. But first Constantine! Swamp Thing’s quest for she’s reincarnated in the Hyborian Age, self-discovery comes to its shattering con- as a Red Sonja-style warrior. In #2 she’s clusion, and a of doom awakens a vampire, in fact, a Vampi-look-alike; an evil bringing together Constantine, in #3 she’s on Mars with John Carter; in , the Phantom Stranger, the #4 she’s a 6” tall fairy...Fun stuff, nicely Spectre and others. DC, 2020. drawn. Complete series. Dynamite, 2020. ABS02H. HC, 9x13, 424pg, FC $99.99 $85.00 BPU01. SC, 7x10, 128pg, FC $19.99 BATMAN The Golden Age Omnibus Vol 7 RED SONJA AND VAMPIRELLA MEET BETTY AND Batman stories from Detective #154- VERONICA Vol 1 173, Batman #56-66 and World’s Finest Collects #1-6. By Amy Chu. Art by #43-53, 1949-51. Highly Recommend- Maria Sanapo. A string of paranormal, ed. By , et unsolved murders leads the vampire al. Art by , et al. hunter Vampirella and her sword-wielding In these tales from the start of the 1950s, barbarian partner Red Sonja to the small, the Dynamic Duo encounter villains sleepy town where things always seem to including The Joker, the Penguin and happen... There they discover Betty and . There are debut appearances Veronica, investigative reporters for the of Killer Moth, Deadshot, the introductions high school newspaper, also hot on the of a new and a new . trail of the same killer. 44 original and The origin of the Joker and Catwoman is variant covers. Dynamite, 2020. retold plus covers by the unsung ! DC, 2019. REDSVM01. SC, 7x10, 152pg, FC $19.99 $17.99 BATG07H. HC, 7x11, 824pg, FC $125.00 $105.00 A SCANNER DARKLY BATMAN ROAD TO NO MAN’S LAND Omnibus Recommended. A haunting By Chuck Dixon. Azrael is back in and very complex graphic Gotham, bringing Bane back with him in novel, one of Philip K. Dick’s most an attempt to get him in custody. Azrael’s popular. Bob Arctor is a dealer of the plan is halted when an earthquake lethally addictive drug Substance provides the perfect escape for Bane. Cat- D, which he also takes in massive woman’s world begins to unravel as the quantities. Fred is the police agent assigned to tail and even- Angle Man is back in Gotham--his mind tually bust him. What Fred doesn’t know is that Substance D set on murder. Batman and his allies are gradually splits the user’s brain into two distinct, combative faced with enemies they’ve faced before... entities, and that he is, in fact, in frantic pursuit of himself. and some they haven’t...while trying to Pantheon, 2006. save Gotham. DC Comics, 2020. SCANDH. HC, 9x6, 200pg, FC $23.95 $9.95 BATRH. HC, 7x11, 1256pg, FC $125.00 $105.00 BudsArtBooks.com ♦ 530-273-2166 25 BLAZING COMBAT MARVEL CLASSICS COMICS Omnibus Our Highest Recommendation. Writ- Collects #13-36, 1976. Recommended. ten and edited by Hall of Famer Archie By Doug Moench, Chris Claremont et al. Goodwin, and drawn by fellow comic Art by John Buscema, Michael Golden, book Hall of Famers Frank Frazetta, Gil Kane, Rudy Nebres, Alfredo Alcala et Wallace Wood, , Alex al. Retold in the style of Classics Illustrat- Toth, Al Williamson, , ed! 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Kurtzman, Wally Wood et al. Many MARMS01H. HC, 8x11, 688pg, FC $100.00 $85.00 great, great EC stories. Here we have SUPERMAN The Golden Age Omnibus Vol 1 Reed Crandall (2 stories), Johnny New edition. Collects #1-31, Superman Craig (6), (9), George #1-7 and New York World’s Fair Comics #1-2, 1938-40. Evans (3), Graham Ingels (9), Harvey Our Highest Recommendation. By Kurtzman (5), Wally Wood (5), Al Jerry Siegel. Art by , with Williamson (4) and lots more by Toth, Jack Burnley and Wayne Boring. Fore- Orlando, Severin, Kamen, Krigstein, word and afterword by Jim Steranko. Feldstein, and Russ Heath... From This collects every single Superman story “Foul Play” to “Mars is Heaven,” from “50 Girls 50” to “Thun- from the fabled origin on for three full derjet,” and more. Dark Horse, 2019. years...1938 to December, 1940! Here CHOKH. 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Fantagraphics, 2020. short story. Titan Comics, 2020. WD22H. HC, 8x10, 200pg, FC $29.99 MST02. SC, 6x9, 288pg, FC $29.99 $26.99 SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK By John Byrne Omnibus Vol 1 One Mean Mother: 1990-93, five Collects Marvel Graphic Novel #18, novellas. MST01. $24.99 $21.99 1985; Sensational She-Hulk #1-8, 31- THE SANDMAN Deluxe Edition Book One 46, 48-50, 1989-93 plus more. Recom- Collects Sandman #1-16, and Sandman Mystery Theater mended. After making her a star in his #1, 1989-90. Our Highest Recommen- acclaimed Fantastic Four run, writer/artist dation. By Neil Gaiman. 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FORGOTTEN ALL-STAR WEB OF MYSTERY Vol 1 Collects #1-6, 1951. Recommended. Artist Lou Cameron A Biography of is an unsung name from this time; his Time Machine for Clas- . By Jennifer Highly Recommended sics Illustrated is his best known work, but early on he was DeRoss. Comics and science fiction doing superior artwork sometimes as good as a Frazetta or author Gardner Fox was known best for Williamson. Mike Sekowsky, between his career beginning creating numerous comic book charac- at Timely and DC Comics. 2018. Out of print. ters for DC Comics, including the Flash, PCW01H. HC, 7x10, 216pg, FC $49.99 $24.99 , , and the original Sandman, and was the writer who WEIRD ADVENTURES THRILLERS Vol 1 first teamed those and other heroes as the Collects Weird Adventures #1, 1951, and Weird Thrillers Justice Society of America, later recreating #1-5, 1951-1952. Highly Recommended. By Frank Giacola, the team as the Justice League of Ameri- Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson, Sy Barry et al. Ziff Davis’s Weird ca! Pulp Hero Press, 2020. Thrillers and the one-shot (numbered 10, go figure) Weird FORALL. SC, 5x9, 240pg, Text/b&w $27.95 Adventures remained overlooked until now. Here also are Gene Colan, , George Tuska, Bill Everett and THE HISTORY OF EC COMICS Signed Joe Kubert! Each cover is a gem. 2016. Out of print. . HC, 7x10, 216pg, FC $59.99 2020 Bestseller #2. New Printing, First printing limited to PCWAT01H $24.99 5000. From the leading authority on EC. Huge oversized WEIRD HORRORS Vol 1 volume. Our Highest Recommendation. By Grant Geiss- Collects #1-5, 1952. Recommended. A cover style that’s a man. With exclusive 8x11 full color riff on Marvel’s Amazing Adult Fantasy. With work from Gus bookplate drawn by , and Ricca, George Tuska, Charles Sultan, Bob Forgione, signed by the author. The full, fascinat- Enrico Bagnoli, Rafael Astarita, Paul Gattuso, ing story of this fabled company, written and Albert Tyler. 2018. Out of print. and designed by EC-expert Grant PCWH01H. HC, 7x10, 184pg, FC $44.99 $24.99 Geissman. Even the most die-hard EC Fans will find something new,--the WORLDS OF FEAR Vol 1 Limited, 1700! Collects #1-5, 1951- Gaines family archives provide over 53. Highly Recommended. Sheldon 100 rarities that have never seen print. Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, Cover images are reproduced from George Evans, Mike Sekowsky, Moe Gaines file copies. 1,000 illustrations Marcus, Bob McCarty, Harry Harrison include the rarest and most notorious (Wally Wood’s studio-mate) and painter covers, interior pages and panels, rare photos, vintage Norman Saunders! Lurid, run horror original artwork, and stories. Note: Due to the weight, Rush and sci-fi. 2017.Out of print. shipping requires an additional charge. Taschen, 2020. PCWOF01H. HC, 7x10, 180pg, FC HISECH. HC, 16x11, 596pg, FC $200.00 $59.99 $24.99

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