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  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Easy as ABC HC (2019 Toon Books) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    By Françoise Mouly.

    Filled with activities, Comics: Easy as ABC is a fun way for young readers to effortlessly and playfully start thinking like writers and artists.

    This simple guide is also aimed at parents, teachers, and librarians: all will enjoy learning the ABCs of this popular and rapidly growing medium. Children kindergarten-age and up are shown how to use basic shapes to make faces, eyes, noses, and design their own characters. Ivan Brunetti's funny and incisive advice on the language of comics (panels, lettering, balloons, and so much more) naturally leads budding artists and writers into thinking about their characters, settings, and prompts.

    A section with essential tips on how to read comics with young children rounds out the package.

    Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color. All Ages.

    Cover price $16.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Easy as ABC SC (2019 Toon Books) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    By Françoise Mouly.

    Filled with activities, Comics: Easy as ABC is a fun way for young readers to effortlessly and playfully start thinking like writers and artists.

    This simple guide is also aimed at parents, teachers, and librarians: all will enjoy learning the ABCs of this popular and rapidly growing medium. Children kindergarten-age and up are shown how to use basic shapes to make faces, eyes, noses, and design their own characters. Ivan Brunetti's funny and incisive advice on the language of comics (panels, lettering, balloons, and so much more) naturally leads budding artists and writers into thinking about their characters, settings, and prompts.

    A section with essential tips on how to read comics with young children rounds out the package.

    Softcover, 56 pages, full color. All Ages.

    Cover price $9.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics File Magazine Spotlight on Fantastic Four Files SC (1986 Heroes Publishing) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. By James Van Hise. Art by Jack Kirby and John Byrne. A comprehensive looke at the first 25 years of Marvel's First Family. Featuring interviews with Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, John Byrne, Roger Stern and Mike Carlin and includes dossiers on the heroes, villains, and supporting cast of the world of the Fantastic Four. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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    Comics File Magazine Spotlight on Superman Man of Steel SC (1986 Heroes Publishing) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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    Comics File Magazine Spotlight on the Avengers Files SC (1986 Psi Fi Movie Press) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. The Avengers have been the premiere superhero team in the Marvel Universe for over two decades (1963-1986) now, ever since they started with a line-up including virtually every major superhero that Marvel Comics published in the early 1960s. They have not always been the most popular, the best-selling, but they have always had the distinction of being one recognized by the government, the one where writers could promote heroes that they wanted to give more attention. Featuring a complete history; All Line-Ups; "A Typical Day"; and much, much more! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.99.

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    Comics File Magazine Spotlight on the Spider-Man File SC (1986 Heroes Publishing) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. While the second comic book revolution can accurately be stated to have begun with the Fantastic Four in 1961, the focal point of that period would have to narrow down to one character who epitomized the new trend towards "humanized" superheroes. Spider-Man was the alienated adolescent - the geek, the nerd, the outsider who didn't fit in with everyone else and who didn't have a clue as to what he could do to change his lot in life. Then along came a spider.... Take a look at the early years, history, the influence of the Romitas (Sr. & Jr.), and much more as Comics File Magazine puts the spotlight on Spider-Man! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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    Comics File Magazine Spotlight on the X-Men SC (1986 Psi Fi Press) Sons of X-Men 1-1ST

    1st printing. This volume chronicles the continuing expanding mutant universe and its impact on comics as a whole. Includes an introduction to the original X-Men, a look at the "Claremont Revolution", the debut of the New Mutants, the Marvel Mutant Universe, and the X-Men's Canadian cousins, Alpha Flight. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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    Comics File Magazine Spotlight on X-Men Files SC (1986) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Edited by James Van Hise. It's hard to believe it, but once upon a time the popularity of the uncanny X-Men had fallen so low that the series was on the verge of cancellation. Enter: Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne and Len Wein. Together with a new cast of mutant heroes, including Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and Wolverine, these Uncanny and amazingly talented creators brought the series back back from the edge of exstinction and now the X-Men is the highest selling comic in the world! Includes a look at the Lee & Kirby years. interviews with Roy Thomas and Chris Claremont, and over a dozen profiles featuring all your favorite X-Men heroes and villains! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Files Magazine Spotlight on Batman Files SC (1986 Heroes Publishing) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. The Batman. The very words conjure up vivid images of dark alleyways, filth-infested streets and the vermin taht plague the grimmer parts of out cities. He is the creature of the night, the dark night that haunts our worst nightmares - to protect us from evil. His visage can easily scare the good as well as the bad but it was designed to strike fear in the hearts of evildoers, a modern day Shadow. The good need not fear for he is their protector. In this volume you will find the vision come to life in profiles, histories, and interviews. Featuring a look at the works of Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Files Magazine Spotlight on GI Joe/The 'Nam/Merc/Frontline Combat File SC (1986) 1-1ST

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    1st printing.

    The magazine features a ten page article about the G.I.Joe comic, including interviews with Larry Hama and Herb Trimpe. The interview is identical to the one found in Comics Feature 52 dated February 1987. Both magazines were published by different (but apparently related) companies but had the same editor, Hal Schuster.

    Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Gone Ape SC (2008 TwoMorrows) 1-1ST

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    1st printing.

    Cover by Arthur Adams (based on Jack Kirby).

    They may be only one notch below humans on the evolutionary ladder, but gorillas and monkeys have for decades climbed to the top of the comic-book world as heroes and villains, monsters and masterminds, and soldiers and sidekicks. Comics Gone Ape! is the missing link to primates in comics, spotlighting a barrel of simian superstars like Beppo, BrainiApe, the Gibbon, Gleek, Gorilla Man, Grease Monkey, King Kong, Konga, Mojo Jojo, Sky Ape, and Titano. Comics Gone Ape! is loaded with rare and classic artwork, chest-thumping cover galleries, and 11 exclusive interviews with apes artists and writers.

    Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics HC (1947 Macmillan) By Coulton Waugh 1-1ST

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    1st printing.

    By Coulton Waugh.

    The first comprehensive history and analysis of comic strips. Shows the evolution and subgenres of the comics from The Yellow Kid in 1895 through the first decade of the modern comic book in the 1940s and considered to be one of the best books ever written on the subject. Profusely illustrated.

    Hardcover, 6-in. x 9 1/2-in., 360 pages, PC/PB&W.

    Cover price $5.00.

  • Issue #1N-1ST
    Comics HC (1947 Macmillan) By Coulton Waugh 1N-1ST

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    No Dust Jacket

    1st printing.

    By Coulton Waugh.

    The first comprehensive history and analysis of comic strips. Shows the evolution and subgenres of the comics from The Yellow Kid in 1895 through the first decade of the modern comic book in the 1940s and considered to be one of the best books ever written on the subject. Profusely illustrated.

    Hardcover, 6-in. x 9 1/2-in., 360 pages, PC/PB&W.

    Cover price $5.00.

  • Issue #0
    Comics Interview Super Special Lobo Lives (1992 Fictioneer Books) 0

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    Cover by Simon Bisley. Featuring articles about Lobo and the Omega Men, with interviews with Alan Grant, Keith Giffen, Val Semeiks, Simon Bisley, Roger Slifer, and more! Softcover, 124 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Interview The Complete Collection TPB (2010-2014 CO2 Comics) 1-1ST

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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Comics Interview (1983) #1-14. By David Anthony Kraft, Bill Cucinotta, and Gerry Giovinco. Featuring the greatest collection of interviews in the history of comic books! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 688 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Comics Interview The Complete Collection TPB (2010-2014 CO2 Comics) 2-1ST

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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Comics Interview (1983) #15-28. By David Anthony Kraft, Bill Cucinotta, and Gerry Giovinco. Featuring the greatest collection of interviews in the history of comic books! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 688 pages, B&W.

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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Comics Interview (1983) #29-42. By David Anthony Kraft, Bill Cucinotta, and Gerry Giovinco. Featuring the greatest collection of interviews in the history of comic books! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 656 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In SC (2020 UPoM) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Written by Janine Utell. Art and cover by Alison Bechdel.

    Alison Bechdel is both a driver and beneficiary of the welcoming of comics into the mainstream.

    Indeed, the seemingly simple binary of outside/inside seems perpetually troubled throughout the career of this important comics artist, known for Fun Home, Are You My Mother?, and Dykes to Watch Out For. This volume extends the body of scholarship on her work from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.

    In a definitive collection of original essays, scholars cover the span of Bechdel's career, providing insights on major themes in Bechdel's work, such as gender performativity, masculinity, lesbian politics and representation, trauma, life writing, and queer theory.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $30.00.

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    Comics of Charles Schulz HC (2017 UPM) The Good Grief of Modern Life 1-1ST

    1st printing. Written by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon. Art and cover by Charles M. Schulz. An unparalleled gathering of research devoted to one of the world's most influential comic strips. The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the understudied medium of newspaper comics. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $65.00.

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    Comics of Charles Schulz SC (2018 UPoM) The Good Grief of Modern Life 1-1ST

    1st printing.

    Written by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon. Art and cover by Charles M. Schulz.

    An unparalleled gathering of research devoted to one of the world's most influential comic strips, The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the understudied medium of newspaper comics.

    Softcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 234 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

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    Comics of Herge: When the Lines Are Not So Clear HC (2016 PYR) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Art and cover by Herge. As the creator of Tintin, Hergé (1907-1983) remains one of the most important and influential figures in the history of comics. This volume shows how his life and art turned out much more complicated than his method. The book opens with Hergé's aesthetic techniques, including analyses of his efforts to comprehend and represent absence and the rhythm of mundaneness between panels of action. The next section considers the fraught lines between high and low art. A final section considers how the clear line style has been reinterpreted around the world. With contributors from five continents drawing on a variety of critical methods, this volume's range will shape the study of Hergé for many years to come. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $60.00.

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    Comics of Herge: When the Lines are Not So Clear SC (2018 UPoM) 1-1ST

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    1st printing.

    Art and cover by Herge. As the creator of Tintin, Hergé (1907-1983) remains one of the most important and influential figures in the history of comics. When Hergé, born Georges Prosper Remi in Belgium, emerged from the controversy surrounding his actions after World War II, his most famous work leapt to international fame and set the standard for European comics. While his style popularized what became known as the "clear line" in cartooning, this edited volume shows how his life and art turned out much more complicated than his method.

    Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $30.00.

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    Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets SC (2019 UPoM) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Written by Kevin Haworth. Art and cover by Rutu Modan.

    The first in-depth study of acclaimed work by a pioneer of Israeli comics. The Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets conducts a close reading of her work and examines her role in creating a comics arts scene in Israel. Drawing upon archival research, Kevin Haworth traces the history of Israeli comics from its beginning as 1930s cheap children's stories, through the counterculture movement of the 1970s, to the burst of creativity that began in the 1990s and continues full force today.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 194 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $30.00.

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  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics on Trial TPB (2011) 1-1ST

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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Discover the dark chapter in comics' history when Congress held a series of hearings that explored whether or not comic books contributed to juvenile delinquency. Testimony from Walt Kelly, Milton Caniff, William Gaines, and Frederic Wertham given in April and June of 1954 is included. These are the hearings that almost killed the comics industry and lead to the creation of the Comics Code Authority. A must-have for historians and fans alike. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Comics on Trial TPB (2011) 2-1ST

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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Crime and Horror Comic Books: Delinquency!" A fascinating look at the comics and the courts. The DC vs. Victor Fox suit testimony (including Will Eisner's) is featured, as well at the final report of the 1954 Congressional Hearings into the Comics. Also featured are the depositions in the Kirby Estate vs. Disney/Marvel trial, including Roy Thomas, John Romita, Larry Leiber, and Stan Lee. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Comics on Trial TPB (2011) 3-1ST

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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Kirby Estate vs. Disney/Marvel!" By Greg Theakston. Cover by Jack Kirby. The most important case in comic book history unfolds with depositions by Larry Leiber, Joe Sinnott, John Romita, Sr., Stan Lee, and others. Also included is the 44-page verdict from the judge. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W. NOTE: Even though this book says "V.2" on title page, this is Volume 3. Cover price $25.00.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Studies A Guidebook SC (2021 Rutgers University Press) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Edited by Charles Hatfield and Bart Beaty.

    In the twenty-first century, the field of comics studies has exploded.

    Scholarship on graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, webcomics, manga, and all forms of comic art has grown at a dizzying pace, with new publications, institutions, and courses springing up everywhere. Comics Studies: A Guidebook offers a rich but concise introduction to this multifaceted field, authored by leading experts in multiple disciplines.

    An invaluable one-stop resource for veteran and new comics scholars alike, this guidebook represents the state of the art in contemporary comics scholarship.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 198 pages, Text.

    Cover price $34.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics the Golden Age: The History of DC Comics - Fifty Years of Fantastic Imagination SC (1987) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Edited by Ron Goulart. This issue examines the early history of DC Comics. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

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    Comics the Golden Age: The History of DC Comics - Year of the Bat SC (1989) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Year of the Bat: The History of DC Comics: Fifty Years of Fantastic Imagination" (an issue of Comics: The Golden Age). Edited by Ron Goulart. This issue examines the early history of DC Comics. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Comics Versus Art SC (2012 UTP) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. By Bart Beaty. On the surface, the relationship between comics and the high arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces. Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and the most important institutions of the art world, including museums, auction houses, and the art press. Bart Beaty's analysis centres around two questions: why were comics excluded from the history of art for most of the twentieth century, and what does it mean that comics production is now more closely aligned with the art world? Approaching this relationship for the first time through the lens of the sociology of culture, Beaty advances a completely novel approach to the comics form. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 274 pages, text (with B&W Illustrations and photos).

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    Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War HC (2017 UPM) 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Harriet E.H. Earle. Conflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both different from and complementary to literature and film. In Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War, Harriet E. H. Earle brings together two distinct areas of research-trauma studies and comics studies-to provide a new interpretation of a long-standing theme. Focusing on representations of conflict in post-Vietnam War American comics, Earle claims that the comics form is uniquely able to show traumatic experience by representing events as viscerally as possible. Hardcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $65.00.

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    1st printing. By John Adkins Richardson. Now, whether you've had any form training or not, this book offers ou step-by-step directions on how to do all types of cartoons and caricatures. In this practical guide, the author reveals the secrets of composition, characterization, and rendering used by professional cartoonists in such areas as single-panel gags, editorial cartoons, strips, comic books, greeting cards, and even animation. You'll learn what tools and techniques to use in drawing your cartoons, as well as how to prepare them for such printing processes as letterpress, halftone, and color. Including a section on how to get your work published, The Complete Book of Cartooning could be the first step to an interesting and rewarding career. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 266 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Complete Book of Cartooning SC (1977 A Spectrum Book) 1-REP

    2nd and later printings. By John Adkins Richardson. Now, whether you've had any form training or not, this book offers ou step-by-step directions on how to do all types of cartoons and caricatures. In this practical guide, the author reveals the secrets of composition, characterization, and rendering used by professional cartoonists in such areas as single-panel gags, editorial cartoons, strips, comic books, greeting cards, and even animation. You'll learn what tools and techniques to use in drawing your cartoons, as well as how to prepare them for such printing processes as letterpress, halftone, and color. Including a section on how to get your work published, The Complete Book of Cartooning could be the first step to an interesting and rewarding career. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 266 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #1A-1ST
    Complete Carl Barks Index SC (2018 CreateSpace) 1A-1ST

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    1st printing.

    By Kim Weston

    This book is a comprehensive index and concordance of all Carl Barks' comic book work. It is keyed to the original comic books and reprints in Another Rainbow's The Carl Barks Library, Craig Yoe's The Carl Barks Big Book of Barney Bear, and Kim Weston's The Unavailable Carl Barks (in color). In addition to comic book work, it includes information on paintings, storyboard and animation drawings, model sheets, and drawings for fans, among other things as published in The Carl Barks Library. Each of the over 29,000 data entries in the Index includes reference to the original USA comic book publications, with comic book title, issue, and story page numbers. It also includes reference to The Carl Barks Library publication including set, volume, and page reference, as well as submission dates, based on Carl Barks' personal work records and similar title and page references for the other two books. The regular and Large Print are identical in content except for the print size and formatting of the Index portion of the book. Both include over a dozen chapters of introductory, background and historical material, and topics of special interest.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 304 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $34.95.

  • Issue #1B-1ST
    Complete Carl Barks Index SC (2018 CreateSpace) 1B-1ST

    Large Print Index Edition - 1st printing.

    By Kim Weston

    This book is a comprehensive index and concordance of all Carl Barks' comic book work. It is keyed to the original comic books, and reprints in Another Rainbow's The Carl Barks Library, Craig Yoe's The Carl Barks Big Book of Barney Bear, and Kim Weston's The Unavailable Carl Barks (in color). In addition to comic book work, it includes information on paintings, storyboard and animation drawings, model sheets, and drawings for fans, among other things as published in The Carl Barks Library. Each of the over 29,000 data entries in the Index includes reference to the original USA comic book publications, with comic book title, issue, and story page numbers. It also includes reference to The Carl Barks Library publication including set, volume, and page reference, as well as submission dates, based on Carl Barks' personal work records and similar title and page references for the other two books. Information has also been included to make the Index useful even with other reprints in addition to the original comic books and these three book reprintings.

    The Complete Carl Barks Index LARGE PRINT INDEX EDITION is 548 pages.

    The regular and LARGE PRINT editions are identical in content except for the print size and formatting of the Index portion of the book. Both include over a dozen chapters of introductory, background, and historical material, and topics of special interest.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 548 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $39.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Complete Peanuts Family Album HC (2017 WO) The Ultimate Guide to Charles M. Schulz's Classic Characters 1-1ST

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    1st printing. By Andrew Farago. People around the world recognize Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Snoopy. And Peanuts enthusiasts know Peggy Jean, Roy, and Spike. But what about Shermy? Truffles? And who exactly is Floyd? The Complete Peanuts Family Album explores the entire Peanuts universe, from its most iconic personalities to the its most obscure characters. This encyclopedia of each character covers every significant event and key icon from the mind of Charles M. Schulz, and includes comic strips, memorabilia, and new art that bridges the gap between nostalgia and contemporary culture. Hardcover, 9-in.x 11-in., 256 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $40.00.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Completely MAD HC (1991 Little Brown and Company) By Maria Reidelbach 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Maria Reidelbach. A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Hardcover, 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Completely MAD SC (1991 Little Brown and Company) By Maria Reidelbach 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Maria Reidelbach. A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Softcover, 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Completely MAD SC (1991 Little Brown and Company) By Maria Reidelbach 1-REP

    2nd and later printings. By Maria Reidelbach. A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Softcover, 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Conan The Phenomenon SC (2013 Dark Horse) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. Written by Paul Sammon and Michael Moorcock. Cover by Frank Frazetta. This in-depth tour through the history of fantasy's greatest hero covers everything from the earliest prose, to Frazetta's explosive artwork, through the Schwarzenegger film, and into the recent rebirth of the character as a leading comic-book hero. Since his first appearance in a 1932 pulp magazine, Conan the Barbarian has enjoyed every success available to a fictional character. Robert E. Howard created the genre of sword and sorcery with his original stories; Frank Frazetta's definitive Conan book covers set the standard for dynamic fantasy artwork; Roy Thomas, with Barry Smith and later John Buscema, used the character to push the boundaries of comic-book adventure; and Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his amazing film career. Now, with the character's popularity renewed thanks to the award-winning comics series, all of these eras of Conan are examined under one cover in this lavishly illustrated book. Conan historian Paul Sammon looks at all the stages of the character's development, with commentary and archival material from the most integral players in that history. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography HC (2023 Dark Horse) By Dave Gibbons 1-1ST



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    1st printing.

    By Dave Gibbson and Tim Pilcher.

    A comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the world's most famous comics creators!

    Presented as alphabetically chaptered memoirs, these extensive anecdotes cover a legendary life in comics, from working on Doctor Who and meeting Tom Baker to being inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame. Gibbons also discusses, for the first time anywhere, the reasons why he and fellow Watchmen cocreator Alan Moore no longer speak. Packed with over 300 iconic, rarely seen, and unpublished art pieces and photographs, Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography not only entertains, but peels back the layers of a fascinating career in comics.

    o Rarely seen and unpublished art and photographs from Dave Gibbons!

    Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 320 pages, PC/PB&W.

    Cover price $49.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Considering Watchmen Poetics, Property, Politics SC (2017 Rutgers) Comics Culture Revised Edition 1-1ST

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    Revised Edition - 1st printing. By Andrew Hoberek. Now with full color illustrations! Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen has been widely hailed as a landmark in the development of the graphic novel. Demonstrating a keen eye for historical detail, Considering Watchmen gives readers a new appreciation of just how radical Moore and Gibbons's blend of gritty realism and formal experimentation was back in 1986. The book also considers Watchmen's place in the history of the comics industry, reading the graphic novel's playful critique of superhero marketing alongside Alan Moore's public statements about the rights to the franchise. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 224 pages, Text (with full color Illustrations). Cover price $29.95.

  • Issue #1937
    Contemporary Cartoons (1937 Ward Ritchie Press) 1937

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    A 24 page pamphlet given away at an "exhibition of original drawings of American artists at the Huntington Library" in San Marino, California. The exhibition ran from March through April 1937 and showcased editorial cartoons of the day. Five page introduction is a short essay called "Caricature and Cartoon." 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", B&W.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Creativity of Ditko HC (2012 IDW) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. By Steve Ditko. Steve Ditko's most creative comics are lovingly reproduced in a beautiful large format hardback book, "The Creativity of Steve Ditko," a companion to Craig Yoe's previous "The Art of Ditko." Forward by Paul Levitz with revealing essays by Mike Gold, Jack Harris, Mikal Banta, and Amber Stanton. Amber, daughter of fetish artist Eric Stanton, gives ground-breaking background about when her father and Ditko shared a studio for nearly a decade and worked on each others projects during the creation of Spider-Man. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 13-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Creatures of the Night In Search of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves and Demons SC (2012) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. By Gregory L. Reece. Vampires and werewolves; phantoms and phantasms: looming out of the fog leaps the menacing spectre of the lycanthrope, ghoul or blood-crazed zombie. Intrigued by some of the most sinister, yet at the same time most compelling, legends of western civilization, Gregory L Reece dusts down his stake and crucifix, loads his silver bullets and takes off into the wilds in search of answers and fresh adventures. Rummaging around in crumbling tombs and cobwebbed sarcophagi, his latest quest leads him into the haunted realm of the dead and the undead: of those carnivorous, nocturnal hunters that might perhaps better be left undisturbed. Why, he asks, is our culture obsessed by the eerie and the macabre? Why, despite its horrors, does the 'dark side' of the supernatural - its seances and ghost-hunting, demonic possession and the occult - call to us with such dangerous allure? Whether tracking night-stalking werewolves, chanting black magic mantras with Satanists, or interviewing a funereal modern-day Count Dracula, Reece is determined to uncover the truth. A wry exploration of a secret and secretive subculture, "Creatures of the Night" is at the same time a bold and startling journey into a wraithlike world that has so often seemed to lie beyond the limits of rational comprehension - until now. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, text (with B&W Illustrations).

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Crisis on Infinite Earths Behind the Crisis HC (2019 DC) Crisis Box Set Edition 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Cover by George Perez.

    This new title collects The History of the DC Universe (1986) #1-2 (By Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, and Karl Kesel), pre-Crisis appearances of the Monitor, behind-the-scenes material and more.

    Hardcover, 467 pages, full color.

    NOTE: This item was originally only available in the Crisis on Infinite Earths HC Box Set (2019 DC).

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Critical Directions in Comics Studies SC (2020 UPoM) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Edited by Thomas Giddens.

    In this edited collection, scholars from a variety of disciplines examine comics by addressing materiality and form as well as the wider economic and political contexts of comics' creation and reception. Through this lens, influenced by poststructuralist theories, contributors explore and elaborate other possibilities for working with comics as a critical resource, consolidating the emergence of these alternative modes of engagement in a single text.

    This opens comics studies to a wider array of resources, perspectives, and modes of engagement. Featuring contributions by Christopher Pizzino, Lisa DeTora, Yasemin J. Erden, Timothy D. Peters, Lydia Wysocki, Maggie Gray, Paul Fisher Davies, Nicola Streeten, Vladislav Maksimov, Peter Goodrich, Matthew J.A. Green, Adam Gearey and Thomas Giddens.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 332 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations).

    Cover price $30.00.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Heroes and Superheroes HC (2012 Salem Press) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "A-L: 100 Bullets to Lucifer!" Edited by by Bart H. Beaty and Stephen Weiner. Focusing on the graphic novel format, these volumes cover all the major players of the modern era! Get detailed descriptions of Creators and Publishers, Publication History, Plot, Main Characters, Artistic Style, Themes, Impact on pop culture, and related (further) reading. All-Star Batman to The Goon, Animal Man to Kick-Ass, Concrete to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, their all here! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 424 pages, B&W.

    NOTE: Each Volume sold separately.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Heroes and Superheroes HC (2012 Salem Press) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "M-Z Apendixes: Madman to Y the Last Man!" Edited by by Bart H. Beaty and Stephen Weiner. Focusing on the graphic novel format, these volumes cover all the major players of the modern era! Get detailed descriptions of Creators and Publishers, Publication History, Plot, Main Characters, Artistic Style, Themes, Impact on pop culture, and related (further) reading. Marvel Zombies to Uncle Sam, Miracleman to Wolverine, Preacher to X-Men Days of Future Past, their all here! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 394 pages, B&W.

    NOTE: Each Volume sold separately.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Critics Choice Magazine: Superman Man of Steel SC (1987 Psi Fi Press) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. By James Van Hise. Featuring an in-depth analysis of Man of Steel (1986) #1-6. James Van Hise continues his acclaimed critical review of the most popular comic book characters being published today. Van Hise is the author of THE ART OF AL WILLIAMSON and STEVE DITKO: THE UNEXPLORED GENIUS, as well as a contributing editor to COMICS FEATURE. His work has also see print in COMICSCENE and STARLOG. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.