Comic books in 'Illustrated Book'

1st Printing - Written by Douglas Ellis. During the 1920's and 1930's the girlie pulps proliferated, but were sold "under the counter" to protect innocent eyes. Published with the belief that "sex sells", each month they sailed forth, their covers adorned with bewitching vixens in various states of undress, showing as much as the law would allow - and often daring to show more. Talented artists such as Enoch Bolles, Peter Driben, Earle Bergey, Norman Saunders, H.J. Ward and Zoe Mozert created a body of gorgeous pinup art that, unlike the later magazine and calendar pin-up art of the 1940's, has generally remained hidden until now. Hardcover, Horizontal Format, 12" x 9", 208 pages, full color. Cover price $40.00.

1st printing.

Written by Barbara Smucker. Art byVincent McIndoe. Cover by Scott McKowen. Introduction by Lawrence Hill.

Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slaver trader's wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. So when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help the two girls escape, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them...

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, Text (with B&W. Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $10.99.

2nd and later printings.

Written by Barbara Smucker. Art byVincent McIndoe. Cover by Scott McKowen. Introduction by Lawrence Hill.

Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slaver trader's wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. So when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help the two girls escape, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them...

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, Text (with B&W. Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $10.99.

1st printing.

Written by Del Stone, Jr. Art and cover by Jon Foster.

Something is waiting for the Mortal City medical examiner in her autopsy room - something that is not quite dead - and not quite alive. In a horrifying night it will lead her on a quest to discover the origins of a plague that is killing off the enigmatic Drones, a plague that threatens to wipe out every man, woman and child in Mortal City. She has only 24 hours to solve the riddle of the Ymir phage.

Because she is infected.

From a furious battle with sky pirates and a zeppelin to a mysterious woman who shuns light and a megalomaniac with a nuclear bomb, "The Uninvited" takes you on an explosive jaunt across an urban apocalypse in a race against time to defeat the most insidious weapon of mass destruction ever devised.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 140 pages, Text (with full color Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Book 7 - 1st printing.

Written by Lee Strong. Art and cover by Doug Klauba.

Northern Russia 1924: The Red Army is eliminating those who resist the fledgling Soviet government. At the Battle of the Plutonian Plain, the White Russian forces, aided by wily American Edgar Rice Burroughs, do not fall, instead retreating into the dangers of Pellucidar. Comrade Trotsky, the Soviet leader, sends his troops to hunt them down and destroy them. Mikhail Kirillivitch Kirov, a young conscript caught up in this mad scheme, is fascinated by this new world. Formerly a student anthropologist, he finds Pellucidar's Stone Age landscape and inhabitants a revelation, until he's grabbed by a mammoth Ska I and flown back to its aerie to feed its giant offspring. Thus begins Kirov's astounding adventure in the Northern environs of Pellucidar. It's a tale in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' epic adventures at the Earth's Core.

Hardcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 328 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $34.95.

Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Book 7 - 1st printing.

Written by Lee Strong. Art and cover by Doug Klauba.

Northern Russia 1924: The Red Army is eliminating those who resist the fledgling Soviet government. At the Battle of the Plutonian Plain, the White Russian forces, aided by wily American Edgar Rice Burroughs, do not fall, instead retreating into the dangers of Pellucidar. Comrade Trotsky, the Soviet leader, sends his troops to hunt them down and destroy them. Mikhail Kirillivitch Kirov, a young conscript caught up in this mad scheme, is fascinated by this new world. Formerly a student anthropologist, he finds Pellucidar's Stone Age landscape and inhabitants a revelation, until he's grabbed by a mammoth Ska I and flown back to its aerie to feed its giant offspring. Thus begins Kirov's astounding adventure in the Northern environs of Pellucidar. It's a tale in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' epic adventures at the Earth's Core.

Softcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 328 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $19.95.

1st printing.

Based on the Story by Otto Binder. Adapted by Robert L. Reiner. Art and cover by Angelo Torres and Stefan Koidl. Introduction and Foreword by Emil Ferris.

The Unwanted is Otto Binder's response to the 1950s McCarthy era of paranoia and intolerance, couched in metaphorical science fiction terms. A civilization of "Mastermen" rules the galactic empire and must evaluate citizens of the various planets for inclusion into an imperial congress. Membership means access to technology, prosperity and protection. We learn the priorities and values of these visitors and why, in evaluating this planet, the Mastermen find a world shockingly different from their own.

Written in the 1950s and never before published, this edition pays homage to Binder's comics career by enlisting the collaborative talents of Angelo Torres - who, with Al, Williamson and Roy Krenkel, illustrated Binder's EC story "Lost in Space" in 1955 - and Austrian sculptor, speed painter, and digital artist Stefan Koidl, to illustrate it. The result is a stunning tribute to Binder's lifelong commitment to comics and prose.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 72 pages, full color.

Cover price $25.00.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Bill Mauldin.

The real war," said Walt Whitman, "will never get in the books." During World War II, the truest glimpse most Americans got of the "real war" came through the flashing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry sergeant Bill Mauldin.

Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors, German artillery, and Patton's pledge to "throw his ass in jail" to deliver his wildly popular cartoon, "Up Front," to the pages of Stars and Stripes. "Up Front" featured the wise-cracking Willie and Joe, whose stooped shoulders, mud-soaked uniforms, and pidgin of army slang and slum dialect bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the men who lived—and died—in it.

This taut, lushly illustrated biography—the first of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin—is illustrated with more than ninety classic Mauldin cartoons and rare photographs. It traces the improbable career and tumultuous private life of a charismatic genius who rose to fame on his motto: "If it's big, hit it.

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 230 pages, text (with B&W illustrations).

No Dust Jacket

1st printing.

Story and art by Bill Mauldin.

The real war," said Walt Whitman, "will never get in the books." During World War II, the truest glimpse most Americans got of the "real war" came through the flashing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry sergeant Bill Mauldin.

Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors, German artillery, and Patton's pledge to "throw his ass in jail" to deliver his wildly popular cartoon, "Up Front," to the pages of Stars and Stripes. "Up Front" featured the wise-cracking Willie and Joe, whose stooped shoulders, mud-soaked uniforms, and pidgin of army slang and slum dialect bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the men who lived—and died—in it.

This taut, lushly illustrated biography—the first of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin—is illustrated with more than ninety classic Mauldin cartoons and rare photographs. It traces the improbable career and tumultuous private life of a charismatic genius who rose to fame on his motto: "If it's big, hit it.

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 230 pages, text (with B&W illustrations).

1st printing. When the "Visitors" arrived, mankind thought they were allies. But, when the veil is pulled back and their true nature and purpose is revealed, mankind finds itself suddenly thrust into a fight for survival! Inspired by the cult classic TV mini series, this storybook was published exclusively for BHS London by World International Publishing. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 46 pages, Text (with full color Illustrations).

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Hunter D SC (2005-2020 Dark Horse/DMP Novel Series) Vol. 1-3.

Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Art and cover by Yoshitaka Amano. Translated by Kevin Leahy.

In this bizarre and deadly far future, the most dangerous thing of all is not a vampire, but the one who hunts them-the one who is half them-a dhampir, the unearthly beautiful wanderer known as D.

The Vampire Hunter D omnibus collects the first three novels in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror series: Vampire Hunter D, Raiser of Gales, and Demon Deathchase. Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, this book is only the beginning of a legend!

o Wraparound painted cover by Yoshitaka Amano.
o Twenty-three b/w interior illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano.
o Over 17 million copies of Vampire Hunter D in print worldwide!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 640 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Hunter D SC (2005-2020 Dark Horse/DMP Novel Series) Vol. 4-6.

Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Art and cover by Yoshitaka Amano. Translated by Kevin Leahy.

The Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Two collects volumes four, five, and six in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror series: "Tales of the Dead Town," "The Stuff of Dreams," and "Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane."

Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, the legend of D endures!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 536 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Hunter D SC (2005-2020 Dark Horse/DMP Novel Series) Vol. 7-9.

Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Art and cover by Yoshitaka Amano. Translated by Kevin Leahy.

The Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Three collects volumes seven, eight, and nine in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror series: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea Part One, Mysterious Journey to the North Sea Part Two, and The Rose Princess.

o Wraparound cover illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano!
o Over 17 million copies of Vampire Hunter D in print worldwide!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 624 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $14.25

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Hunter D SC (2005-2020 Dark Horse/DMP Novel Series) Vol. 10-12. Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Art and cover by Yoshitaka Amano. Translated by Kevin Leahy. A new omnibus collecting volumes ten, eleven, and twelve of the Vampire Hunter D horror novel series! The hunt continues in the bizarre far future of 12,090 A.D, where the immortal vampire lords who were the only winners of mankind's nuclear war still oppress the human survivors who have pushed the blood-drinking fiends back to the lawless Frontier. Yet humanity too remains as quick as ever to prey upon itself, and where the law can't bring safety or justice, the crescent blade of D will-assuming you meet the half-vampire wanderer's price! The Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Four collects volumes 10, 11, and 12 in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror series: Dark Nocturne, Pale Fallen Angel Parts One and Two, and Pale Fallen Angel Parts Three and Four. Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, the legend of D endures! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 824 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $24.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Hunter D SC (2005-2020 Dark Horse/DMP Novel Series) Vol. 13-15. Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Art and cover by Yoshitaka Amano. Translated by Kevin Leahy. The hunt continues in the bizarre far future of 12,090 A.D, where the immortal vampire lords who were the only winners of mankind's nuclear war still oppress the human survivors who have pushed the blood-drinking fiends back to the lawless Frontier. Yet humanity too remains as quick as ever to prey upon itself, and where the law can't bring safety or justice, the crescent blade of D will-assuming you meet the half-vampire wanderer's price! Twin-Shadowed Knight is a story in two parts-most apt, as the D's investigation into a vampire's dying words leads to a sorcery that splits the Hunter himself into two beings...the second D, full of passion, hunger, and carnal desire! Then, the three-part Dark Road brings triple the thrill, as D crosses over the southern border into the realm of General Gaskell. No ordinary vampire noble, this immortal warlord survived his supposed death under the sun to command the loyalty of a veritable army of the undead, who have been given their silent marching orders-eliminate D! The Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Five collects volumes 13, 14, and 15 in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror series. Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, the legend of D endures! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 736 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $24.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $17.95

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Hunter D SC (2005-2020 Dark Horse/DMP Novel Series) Vol. 16-18. Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Art and cover by Yoshitaka Amano. Translated by Kevin Leahy. The hunt continues in the bizarre far future of 12,090 A.D, where the immortal vampire lords who were the only winners of mankind's nuclear war still oppress the human survivors who have pushed the blood-drinking fiends back to the lawless Frontier. Yet humanity too remains as quick as ever to prey upon itself, and where the law can't bring safety or justice, the crescent blade of D will-assuming you meet the half-vampire wanderer's price! Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Six collects in full two different novels. Tyrant's Stars brings a legacy of evil hurtling down when a meteorite that destroys half a sector in the northern Frontier is revealed as none other than the return of Valcua, the undead Ultimate Noble, exiled from our planet millenia ago...and now back to wreak vengeance on the living descendants of those who banished him. Then, in Fortress of the Elder God, there is terror enough on Earth already, as D ventures forth against an ancient abomination that an army of 30,000 vampires once failed to destroy! Collects volumes 16, 17, and 18 in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror series. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 736 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Vampire Hunter D!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. 12,090 A.D. It is a dark time for the world. Humanity is just crawling out from under three hundred years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. The war against the vampires has taken its toll; cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires - and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves. Every village wants a Hunter - one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them. From creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, one of Japan's leading horror authors with illustrations by renowned Japanese artist, Yoshitaka Amano, best known for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman: The Dream Hunters" and the Final Fantasy games. • This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, this is the first English language editions ever published. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 272 pages, Text with B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $8.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Vampire Hunter D!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. 12,090 A.D. It is a dark time for the world. Humanity is just crawling out from under three hundred years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. The war against the vampires has taken its toll; cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires - and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves. Every village wants a Hunter - one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them. From creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, one of Japan's leading horror authors with illustrations by renowned Japanese artist, Yoshitaka Amano, best known for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman: The Dream Hunters" and the Final Fantasy games. This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, this is the first English language editions ever published. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 272 pages, Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $8.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Raiser of Gales!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue! Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year 12, 090 A.D. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world. But what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Are the two events connected? The villagers turn to the vampire hunter known only as D, but as he follows the children, now adults, the answers he finds may be more terrifying than anything he could ever imagine. Softcover novel, 256 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

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Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Raiser of Gales!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue! Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year 12, 090 A.D. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world. But what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Are the two events connected? The villagers turn to the vampire hunter known only as D, but as he follows the children, now adults, the answers he finds may be more terrifying than anything he could ever imagine. Softcover novel, 256 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Demon Deathchase!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. The third volume of the popular Japanese series Vampire Hunter D comes to America in Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase. The vampire hunter known only as D has been hired by a wealthy, dying man to find his daughter, who was kidnapped by the powerful vampire Lord Meierlink. Though humans speak well of Meierlink, the price on his head is too high for D to ignore and he sets out to save her before she can be turned into an undead creature of the night. In the nightmare world of 12090 A.D., finding Meierlink before he reaches the spaceport in the Clayborn States and gets off the planet will be hard enough, but D has more than just Meierlink to worry about. The dying man is taking no chances, and has also enlisted the Marcus family, a renegade clan of four brothers and a sister who don't care who they kill as long as they get paid. Beautiful illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano complement the post-apocalyptic plot, filled with chilling twists. Co-Published with Digital Manga Publishing. Softcover novel, 256 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. "Demon Deathchase!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. The third volume of the popular Japanese series Vampire Hunter D comes to America in Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase. The vampire hunter known only as D has been hired by a wealthy, dying man to find his daughter, who was kidnapped by the powerful vampire Lord Meierlink. Though humans speak well of Meierlink, the price on his head is too high for D to ignore and he sets out to save her before she can be turned into an undead creature of the night. In the nightmare world of 12090 A.D., finding Meierlink before he reaches the spaceport in the Clayborn States and gets off the planet will be hard enough, but D has more than just Meierlink to worry about. The dying man is taking no chances, and has also enlisted the Marcus family, a renegade clan of four brothers and a sister who don't care who they kill as long as they get paid. Beautiful illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano complement the post-apocalyptic plot, filled with chilling twists. Co-Published with Digital Manga Publishing. Softcover novel, 216 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Tale of the Dead Town!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. When a floating city becomes the target of a rash of vampire attacks, only one man can restore the oasis. 'The City,' a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seemed like a paradise. A paradise shattered when an invasion of apparent vampires threatens the small haven. While the Vampire Hunter known only as 'D' struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Raleigh Knight, and the brash John M. Brassalli Pluto VIII seize control of the city lurching it onto a new and deadly course. D's travails are just beginning. Softcover novel, 206 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "Tale of the Dead Town!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. When a floating city becomes the target of a rash of vampire attacks, only one man can restore the oasis. 'The City,' a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seemed like a paradise. A paradise shattered when an invasion of apparent vampires threatens the small haven. While the Vampire Hunter known only as 'D' struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Raleigh Knight, and the brash John M. Brassalli Pluto VIII seize control of the city lurching it onto a new and deadly course. D's travails are just beginning. Softcover novel, 206 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The Stuff of Dreams!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. In a world where even the smallest and most remote village is being terrorized by the monsters that stalk the night, there is a hamlet, prosperous and peaceful, where mortals and vampires have lived in harmony for years. It is there that seventeen-year-old Sheavil Schmidt has slept, neither waking nor aging, for thirty years since first receiving the vampire's immortal kiss. The mysterious Vampire Hunter D is lured to the tranquil oasis by recurrent dreams of the beautiful, undying girl bathed in an eerie blue light and dancing in a ghostly chateau. ? Over 100,000 copies of the Vampire Hunter D novels have been sold. ? The Stuff of Dreams is volume 5 in a seventeen volume series. Softcover novel, 256 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. "The Stuff of Dreams!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. In a world where even the smallest and most remote village is being terrorized by the monsters that stalk the night, there is a hamlet, prosperous and peaceful, where mortals and vampires have lived in harmony for years. It is there that seventeen-year-old Sheavil Schmidt has slept, neither waking nor aging, for thirty years since first receiving the vampire's immortal kiss. The mysterious Vampire Hunter D is lured to the tranquil oasis by recurrent dreams of the beautiful, undying girl bathed in an eerie blue light and dancing in a ghostly chateau. ? Over 100,000 copies of the Vampire Hunter D novels have been sold. ? The Stuff of Dreams is volume 5 in a seventeen volume series. Softcover novel, 256 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Pilgramage of the Sacred and the Profane!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. Granny Viper is a 'people finder,' a searcher for lost souls along the roads of a forbidding wasteland. Her latest mission: the safe return of a young woman named Tae, kidnapped eight years ago by vampire Nobility and held in Castle Gradinia on the Frontier's far border. But rescuing Tae is only half the battle - Viper knows she and the girl can't cross the formidable expanse to the town of Barnabas alone. After making the fatal mistake of hiring the mercenary Bullow Brothers to help her, Granny turns to the legendary Vampire Hunter D for salvation. As they traverse the bleak desert between the Inner and Outer Frontier, the two women and D find themselves in a race for their lives. And they soon discover how cruel the desert is - and how very ruthless the Bullow Brothers are. Softcover novel, 208 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings. "Pilgramage of the Sacred and the Profane!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. Granny Viper is a 'people finder,' a searcher for lost souls along the roads of a forbidding wasteland. Her latest mission: the safe return of a young woman named Tae, kidnapped eight years ago by vampire Nobility and held in Castle Gradinia on the Frontier's far border. But rescuing Tae is only half the battle - Viper knows she and the girl can't cross the formidable expanse to the town of Barnabas alone. After making the fatal mistake of hiring the mercenary Bullow Brothers to help her, Granny turns to the legendary Vampire Hunter D for salvation. As they traverse the bleak desert between the Inner and Outer Frontier, the two women and D find themselves in a race for their lives. And they soon discover how cruel the desert is - and how very ruthless the Bullow Brothers are. Softcover novel, 208 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Mysterious Journey to the North Sea: Part 1!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. A girl's dying wish sends D on an impossible quest in this riveting prose novel. Even a reluctant hero can't refuse the last request of a beautiful woman. On her deathbed, the mortally wounded woman gives him a strange gem and asks him to deliver the priceless stone to her sister, far off in a North Sea fishing village. D's journey is made ever more perilous by a series of scoundrels and rogues hired by the girl's murderer. They'll stop at nothing to claim the jewel. Will they catch him? Hideyuki Kikuchi's crackling narrative and Yoshitaka Amano's imaginative artwork make this a must-read entry in the series. Co-published with Digital Manga Publishing. Softcover novel, 208 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

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Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings. "Mysterious Journey to the North Sea: Part 1!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. A girl's dying wish sends D on an impossible quest in this riveting prose novel. Even a reluctant hero can't refuse the last request of a beautiful woman. On her deathbed, the mortally wounded woman gives him a strange gem and asks him to deliver the priceless stone to her sister, far off in a North Sea fishing village. D's journey is made ever more perilous by a series of scoundrels and rogues hired by the girl's murderer. They'll stop at nothing to claim the jewel. Will they catch him? Hideyuki Kikuchi's crackling narrative and Yoshitaka Amano's imaginative artwork make this a must-read entry in the series. Co-published with Digital Manga Publishing. Softcover novel, 208 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Mysterious Journey to the North Sea: Part 2!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. The picturesque coastal town of Florence was known for millennia as a pleasure resort for the Nobility. As retribution for their decadence, the cruel and beautiful vampire inhabitants were 'punished,' driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one-Baron Meinster-refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin. Summoned to contemporary Florence by Su-in, sister of a murdered village girl, the enigmatic Vampire Hunter D discovers a vampire curse ravaging the town's human inhabitants. The plague apparently originating, impossibly, from the unforgiving sea-could it be Meinster's Revenge? ? More than seventeen million Vampire Hunter D books in print worldwide. ? Cover and six interior illustrations by renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano! Softcover novel, 288 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "The Rose Princess!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. In Sakuri, a young woman is about to be sacrificed to the vampiric Noblewoman who reigns over the village. But before the princess can drain the life from the woman, a young man tries to slay the vampire. He fails and manages to escape, but in doing so incurs the wrath of the entire town. The citizens of Sakuri have entered into a pact with the Undead princess and her monstrous bodyguards. With the ritual offering disrupted, the vampire's armored bodyguards vow to murder the villagers one by one until the would-be hero is captured. When Vampire Hunter D learns of the villagers' bargain he knows he faces several almost impossible challenges-can he rid the town of the parasitic demons that plague it? What if Sakuri's inhabitants don't want to be rescued? And can he uncover the secret that even the vampire Noble is afraid to speak? Softcover novel, 224 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "Dark Nocturne!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. In the title story, "Dark Nocturne", D is hired to unlock the secret of a siren's song that is drawing men in their twenties to their deaths in the hills outside Anise Village. In "Notes on Imagined Autumn" D finds himself caught between two lovers during a ritualistic sacrifice in the village of Shirley's Door, but if D can't stop the sacrifice will all in the village be doomed? And in "Legend of the War Demons" two living weapons, genetically engineered creatures who are the last remnants of a war waged hundreds of years in the past, find that battle is not so easily forgotten. It's up to D to stop their unending conflict before it consumes the present as it did the past. Softcover novel, 234 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Pale Fallen Angel: Part 1 and 2!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. Pale Fallen Angels Parts One and Two, the first two novels of Hideyuki Kikuchi's groundbreaking epic four-part Vampire Hunter D tale, are presented here in one affordable omnibus collection! Krauhasen: A mysterious land under the control of Lord Vlad Balarge, a member of the vampire Nobility. When Lord Vlad's son, Baron Byron Balarge, needs to make a long and treacherous journey to faraway Krauhasen, he commissions the help of the infamous Vampire Hunter D, promising a princely sum and a solemn vow-no feasting on any humans for the duration of their journey! Still, D finds his work cut out for him as the duo encounters an ongoing parade of thugs, rogues, and runaways, all with riot and revenge in mind. The pair are joined by the teenage tumbling act, May and Hugh, and the haughty Noblewoman Miska, recently spared death by the stake. But when D discovers the Baron's plans to murder Lord Vlad, he quickly finds his own life in danger. Softcover novel, 330 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. "Pale Fallen Angel: Part 3 and 4!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. Baron Byron Balazs nears the end of his arduous journey; his bodyguard-the enigmatic and deadly Vampire Hunter D-has delivered him to his faraway home in Krauhausen. Having survived the near-epic journey, and many attempts on his life-ordered by his father, the dread Vampire Noble Lord Vlad-the baron thinks he is ready for his final battle, whatever the cost. But Lord Vlad is not so easily vanquished, as he unleashes yet another host of nefarious killers on his son, not least of whom is a mad doctor who was enlisted to perform sinister experiments on the young baron's mother years before! The epic conclusion of the longest Vampire Hunter D story ever. This book was originally published in four individual novels in Japan. To make this more affordable for fans, we're releasing this mega-novel as two omnibus volumes! Features thirteen black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano. Awareness of Amano's work will be heightened this year with the release of Shinjuku, Amano's first original book for Dark Horse with film director Mink. Softcover novel, 480 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 12 - 2nd and later printings. "Pale Fallen Angel: Part 3 and 4!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. Baron Byron Balazs nears the end of his arduous journey; his bodyguard-the enigmatic and deadly Vampire Hunter D-has delivered him to his faraway home in Krauhausen. Having survived the near-epic journey, and many attempts on his life-ordered by his father, the dread Vampire Noble Lord Vlad-the baron thinks he is ready for his final battle, whatever the cost. But Lord Vlad is not so easily vanquished, as he unleashes yet another host of nefarious killers on his son, not least of whom is a mad doctor who was enlisted to perform sinister experiments on the young baron's mother years before! The epic conclusion of the longest Vampire Hunter D story ever. This book was originally published in four individual novels in Japan. To make this more affordable for fans, we're releasing this mega-novel as two omnibus volumes! Features thirteen black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano. Awareness of Amano's work will be heightened this year with the release of Shinjuku, Amano's first original book for Dark Horse with film director Mink. Softcover novel, 480 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. "Twin Shadowed Knights!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. When Vampire Hunter D entered the town of Sedoc it was in search of answers to the meaning of a dying vampire's last words: "Find Muma." But when he meets Mia, the daughter of the local fortuneteller, he learns the mists emanating from a smoking crater on the outskirts of Sedoc have reanimated thousands of corpses, compelling them to crawl from their graves and hurl themselves into the smoking chasm. When D goes to investigate, he finds himself split in two: a second Vampire Hunter D, full of passion and lust and hunger for the company of women, is born! Features eleven black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano. Softcover novel, 480 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. NOTE: "Richly descriptive, filled with bone crushing action and horror aplenty, this is one wild ride down the highway to Hell." - Active Anime Cover price $14.95.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. "Dark Road: Part 1-2!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. D has crossed over the southern border, into the domain of the cruelest and most evil of the royalty, General Gaskell. On the way, he picks up a "victim"-one of few survivors in the villages-and makes way with her and the Deliverers. Along the way, he is attacked by the Drowned, and fights many more unspeakably horrible enemies. All of this suggests that Gaskell-who was supposed to have been put to death under the light of the sun-is still very much alive. But why? Softcover novel, 480 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. "Dark Road: Part 3!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. Vampire Hunter D takes on his greatest challenge yet! The ruthless vampire Noble General Gaskell commands the loyalty of some of the most infamous and deadly vampires in history, and Gaskell has no patience for D's interference, heroic or not! With the odds stacked against him, D must prevail-or perish. Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to continue presenting the classic novels and stories in the Vampire Hunter D series for the first time to English- speaking fans everywhere! Features seven gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano as well as a color tip-in illustration. Softcover novel, 256 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "Tyrants Stars: Part 1-2!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. In this chilling adventure, Vampire Hunter D has been dispatched to vanquish the ancient vampiric Noble, Count Braujou, guardian of an ancient buried treasure. But when a mysterious object crashes into the earth, destroying half of the northern Frontier, D faces an even more terrifying opponent-the renegade vampire Valcua, the Ultimate Noble! Having been exiled to outer space, Valcua took his entire kingdom of strange and deadly creatures with him, and swore that when the time was right they would return to have their revenge. Unfortunately for D, that time is now . . . Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to present the classic novels and stories in the Vampire Hunter D series. Features gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano, as well as a color tip-in illustration. Softcover novel, 168 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Tyrants Stars: Part 3-4!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. Vampire Hunter D continues his quest to overcome the interstellar evil brought to Earth by the ultimate Noble, the terrifying renegade vampire Valcua! Wielding a sword that can cut through the fabric of space and time, Valcua has a score to settle with the bloodline of humans responsible for his exile. The family has enlisted D to protect them from Valcua's wrath, and the Vampire Hunter might be their only chance at survival. Softcover novel, 300 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 17 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Fortress of the Elder God!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. D, the ageless, supernatural Vampire Hunter, takes charge protecting the survivors of an aircraft that has crash-landed in a deadly zone known as "the Playground." But before D can assist them, he must first battle a legion of undead warriors swarming from the fortress of the Sacred Ancestor, the oldest vampire in existence! Softcover novel, 192 pages, 5-in. x 7-in., Text with B&W (chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS NOTE:" This series is comprised of 18 novels. Written in 1983, these are the first English language editions ever published. Cover price $10.99.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "Mercenary Road!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. When a quartet of robbers leaves a trail of slaughter through a town, the mayor looks to hire a pair of bounty hunters to bring them to justice. But their path is blocked by an army of soldiers! If they want to survive the journey, they must enlist the help of the Vampire Hunter known only as D Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $11.99.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Scenes from an Unholy War!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. In a village on the edge of the Frontier, D is among the warriors and mercenaries hired to defend the village from the Black Death, a notorious bandit gang. But the bandits don't arrive, and the village mayor dismisses the mercenaries. As D leaves the scene, he's struck by "sunlight syndrome"-the deadly ailment unique to dhampirs! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $11.99.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. "Record of the Blood Battle!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. D accompanies a convoy delivering a vampire Noble to face public trial for his crimes against humanity. However, the Noble's enemies have targeted the men and women of the convoy, and they are out for vengeance! Can D bring himself to kill humans in order to protect the Noble under his charge? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $11.99.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. "White Devil Mountain!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. From Dark Horse Comics. Commissioned by a vampire ancient to recover the coffin containing the body of the demonic Gilzen, hated even by his own kind, D travels to a frightening mountain landscape perennially shrouded in snow. Within a castle piercing the mountainside, D discovers a group of knights tasked to protect Gilzen at any cost. It's time for D to use all the forces and powers at his command to prevent Gilzen's resurrection! This volume of the long-running series combines two novels and features 11 original illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $11.99.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Iriya Berserker!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. She might just look like an ordinary-if beautiful-young woman, but Iriya is anything but ordinary! A ruthless warrior clad in red armor, Iriya is a Hunter determined to exterminate the vampires that were once her parents and siblings. Now, half-vampire, half-human D has to decide to offer his assistance, get out of the way, or have a dangerous battle on his hands! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $11.99.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. "Throng of Heretics!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. After a Frontier village's monitoring station fails, deadly vampire Nobles return to life, swearing vengeance on the descendants of the family that defeated them three hundred years ago. The mayor of the village hires five Vampire Hunters, including the legendary D, but as the mayor returns from the Capital, he finds that his daughter has been targeted by vicious human enemies! In this brewing three-way battle of life and death, no one's survival is assured . . . Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $11.99.

Volume 25 - 1st printing. "Undead Island!" Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO. On an isolated island, the vampiric Nobility run a mysterious laboratory, continuously pumping out a white mist which compels the inhabitants of a nearby fishing village to become the vampires' slaves! When the village tries to retaliate, their fighters never return. The Vampire Hunter known only as D has been sighted on the island, but how did he come to be there, whose side is he on, and will any mortals survive the brewing conflict? Features six new illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $11.99.

Volume 26 - 1st printing. "Bedeviled Stagecoach!"

Written by HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI. Painted cover and interior art by YOSHITAKA AMANO.

In the Wild West wilderness of the Frontier, a government official has been given the task of escorting captured servants of the vampire Nobility. Unfortunately their path to the Capital crosses into the territory of the Noble that is their master! As the convoy rushes toward the safety of the civilized city, monsters lie in wait to attack-but also, with dark and ambiguous reasons of his own, does the half-vampire hunter known only as "D."

This will be a road trip that none of them will ever forget-if any of them survive, that is. The latest action-packed future-steampunk adventure from Kikuchi and Amano!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS

Cover price $11.99.