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Diamond Summer 2016 (Edelweiss catalog) Nick Travers Volume 1: Last Fair Deal Gone Down Atkins, Ace 9780983693710 Paperback / Artist: Marco Finnegan, Chris Brunner. Size: 6 x 9. Black & White illustrations. Series: 1 volume. Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up). 96 pages $9.99 catalog page: 1 April 2016 46% DBD/12 Gauge Comics From New York Times Bestselling author, Ace Atkins, comes the graphic novel adaptation of his Edgar Award-nominated short story featuring New Orleans blues historian/detective Nick Travers. It’s Christmas in New Orleans. For many, it’s the best season of the year. But instead of spending time with the people he cares about, Nick Travers is searching for the killer of his friend, Fats, one of the best saxophone players you could find in the Crescent City. At first it appears that Fats took his own life, but Nick quickly discovers that the saxophone is missing from Fats’ apartment and he hits the streets to track it down. Last Fair Deal Gone Down will be the first in a series of Nick Travers graphic novel adaptations from 12-Gauge Comics— introducing the character and his stories to a brand new audience. The Gingerdead Man: Baking Bad McKinney, Brockton 9781632291578 Paperback / Full Color illustrations. Artist: Sergio Rios, Marcelo Costa. Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) 96 pages $10.99 catalog page: 14 7/1/2016 46% DBD/Action Lab Entertainment From the cult classic Full Moon film comes the all new epic tale of the serial-killing dough boy! There's new designer drug called Confection and the abandoned Betty's Bakery has been taken over by a gang of drug dealers! But by using a leftover box of seasoning containing the remaining ashes of Millard Findlemeyer, the gang has unwittingly baked up one killer cookie! Night of The Living Dead Complete TPS (Slipcase Edition) Russo, John / Wolfer, Mike/ Hine, David 9781592912674 Hardcover / Artist: Mike Wolfer, german Erramouspe, Dheeraj Verma. Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up). Full Color illustrations 800 pages $79.99 catalog page: 26 September 2015 46% DBD/Avatar Press Zombie fans demanded it — the most unprecedented and horrifying night in American history continues as The Night of the Living Dead world expands with these official cannon trade paperbacks! With stories set on that fateful evening in 1968 and expanding to the next generation in the 1970s, these tales expand the original frightening legend to new heights of undead horror. • Shocking reports from rural areas continue to flood the airwaves with accounts of the recently deceased rising up to kill the living. Now, government officials begin counter-measures to calm an increasingly panic-stricken public. Questioning whether or not the unbelievable stories are truth or simply an elaborate hoax perpetrated by militants opposed to the Vietnam War, the attention of the nation's Capitol is focused on a threat more believable, as thousands of protesters converge on Capitol Hill to voice their opposition to the War. • This five volume collection includes the original Night of the Living Dead Volumes 1, 2, and 3 graphic novels along with the innovative 1970s follow up series Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath Volumes 1 and 2 presented in a one-of-a-kind, value-priced collector's slipcase. Last Born Volume 1 Meaney, Patrick 9781628751123 Paperback / Recommended Age: Young Adult. Full Color. Artist: Eric Zawadzki 128 pages $12.99 catalog page: 29 July 2015 46% DBD/Black Mask Comics What if the Big Bang was not the first of its kind? And, more importantly, not the last? Her whole life, Julia has yearned for adventure... when she falls through a rupture in spacetime, she finally gets her wish. • This cosmological thrill-ride marks the comic writing debut of Patrick Meaney, director of Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods. Pirouette Volume 1 Miller, Mark L. 9781628751130 Paperback / Size: 6.75 x 10.25. Full Color. Recommended Age: Young Adult. Artist: Carlos Granda, Ale Garza 112 pages $9.99 catalog page: 30 May 2015 46% DBD/Black Mask Comics Raised from infancy by duplicitous clowns who entertain by day and menace by night, Pirouette dreams of washing the paint from her face and escaping to a better life far away from her cruel adoptive circus family... because when the spotlights dim and the crowd disperses, the clown princess' big-top dreams give way to a nightmarish world of monsters with painted smiles. Babes In Arms: Women In The Comics During World War Two Robbins, Trina 9781613450956 Hardcover / Artist: Barbara Hall, Jill Elgin, Lilly Renee, Fran Hopper. Size: 7.75 x 10.25. Recommended Age: Young Adult. Full Color illustrations 304 pages $60.00 catalog page: 53 September 2015 46% DBD/Hermes Press During the Golden Age of comics, publishers offered titles supporting the war effort — presenting fighting men and their feminine counterparts — babes in arms! Comic books during this period featured US service-women fighting all of the axis bad guys and gave several of the most noteworthy women artists of the era opportunities to create action-packed, adventure-filled, four-color stories. • Now for the first time renowned pop-culture historian Trina Robbins assembles comic book stories by artists Barbara Hall, Jill Elgin, Lilly Renee, and Fran Hopper together with insightful commentary and loads of documentary extras to create the definitive book chronicling the work of these important Golden Age artists. This magnificent art book offers page-after- page of good girl action! Mandrake The Magician, The Complete King Years: Volume Two Poole, Gary 9781613451021 Hardcover / Full color illustrations. Artist: Fred Fredericks, Ray Bailey. Size: 7.75 x 10.25. Full color illustrations. Series: 2 volumes Frequency: Semi-Annual. Recommended Age: Young Adult 176 pages $49.99 catalog page: 55 June 2016 46% DBD/Hermes Press Hermes Press’ complete reprint, the second volume and final volume of the series, of the comic book version of the 20th Century’s most famous fictional magician in this deluxe version of King Features comics’ — and Dell’s Four Color Comics’ — Mandrake the Magician! Lee Falk’s newspaper strip, Mandrake the Magician, offered readers, magic, occult and the fantastic and King Feature’s comic book version, which saw print during the height of the Silver Age, was a worthy entry into the world of comic books. The Phantom - The Complete Series: The Charlton Years: Volume Five Gill, Joe / Cuti, Nicola / Pearson, Bill / Clark, John / Newton, Don 9781613450994 Hardcover / Artist: Don Newton, Frank Bolle, Don Sherwood. Size: 7.5 x 10.25. Full color illustrations. Series: 5 volumes. Frequency: Semi-Annual. Recommended Age: Young Adult. 240 pages $60.00 catalog page: 56 April 2016 46% DBD/Hermes Press The high-point of the Phantom Chartlon series has arrived with the final volume of the series which reprints the complete run of Don Newton’s definitive work on the Ghost Who Walks! The mid-1970s comic book adventures of The Phantom return in full, glorious color! Hermes Press has collected, concluding with this volume, all 74 issues of The Phantom comic books that ran from 1962-1977. This book collects the last 10 issues from the series which features stories and artwork by the inimitable Don Newton. The Charlton comic book version of the grand-daddy of costumed heroes, The Ghost Who Walks, is available again, digitally remastered to look better than the original books. Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 20 Gould, Chester 9781631406058 Hardcover / Artist: Chester Gould. Size: 11 x 8.5. Black & White illustrations. Recommended Age: Young Adult 280 pages $39.99 catalog page: 67 May 2016 46% DBD/IDW Publishing/Library of American Comics Dick Tracy embarks on a seven-month-long complicated manhunt when he relentlessly tracks the Brush and a million-dollar sack of cash—but with his foe on the lam without his trademark face wig, Tracy doesn't even know what the murderer looks like! The dauntless detective also encounters killer chimps and slashing panthers, protects Little Boy Beard from a deadly revenge plot, investigates a shady surgeon named Keip Choppin, and finds himself immersed in a forty-year-old cold case suddenly turned very hot. The strip enters its fourth decade as Chester Gould also presents a poignant story that rivals the ‘Model’ narrative, when Tracy has to protect Junior from disturbing news about an important figure from the boy's past. Included are all strips from February 20, 1961 through August 26, 1962. James Sallis’ Drive Benedetto, Michael 9781631405327 Paperback / Full Color illustrations. Size: 6.5 x 10.25. Recommended Age: Young Adult. 104 pages $17.99 catalog page: 74 February 2016 46% DBD/IDW Publishing A hard-boiled pop-culture sensation re-created for comics. In L.A., there’s one man you want behind the wheel. Just tell him where and when. He doesn’t take part, doesn’t know anyone, doesn’t carry a weapon. He drives, and he’s the best. Ride along as James Sallis’ lean nü-noir masterpiece unfolds onto the sun-bleached streets of Los Angeles in this exciting comic book adaptation. Haunted Horror: Candles For The Undead And More! Various authors 9781631406713 Hardcover / Full Color illustrations. Size: 8.5 x 11. Artist: Bob Powell, Joe Orlando, Warren Kremer, Howard Nostrand, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Rudy Palais, Lee Eias, Lou Cameron, Jack Katz. Recommended Age: Young Adult. 144 pages $33.50 catalog page: 82 7/1/2016 46% DBD/IDW Publishing/Yoe Books In this bizarre, lawless, ghoulish, gruesome, terrifying frightfest of a book you’ll read: ‘Candles for the Undead’, ‘The Monster’s Ghost’, ‘Pray for the Vampire Horde’, ‘The Witches Come at Midnight’, ‘Your Head for Mine’, ‘Day of Panic’, ‘Murderer’s Row’, ‘Demons of the Sun’, ‘Bride of Death’, and many more mind-rotting comics! Inks, Drinks, And Catfinks!: The Custom Cartoon Art Of Shawn Dickinson Yoe, Craig (editor) 9781631403408 Hardcover / Size: 11 x 11.