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Written by Dave Roman. Art by John Green. Back Cover by Kazu Kibuishi. Our dimension is crumbling because of the ancient monster known as the Quicken. Everyone is trying to escape into the Realmsend, a hallway that connects worlds, before the Earth is nothing but debris. Having already escaped, teenaged sorceress Jax Epoch finds herself among thieves planning to stop things from getting worse. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Collects Quicken Forbidden (1996-2005) #1-5. Written by Dave Roman. Art by John Green. Foreword by C.S. Morse. Afterword by Klaus Janson and Brian Clopper. What if, when Alice came back from Wonderland,...Wonderland came back with her? Disappointed with the life around her, teenager Jacqueline "Jax" Epoch, accidentally winds up falling through the Realmsend, a passageway into a different dimension. Expecting a lush, fantasy world, she instead finds a barren plain, devoid of the magic she's dreamed of. When she returns home she finds that everything that was magic in the other realm has leaked into her own, causing her reality to fall apart. Dragons fly over the streets of Manhattan, marshmallows talk back, snow falls in July, her boyfriend dumps her... and worst of all, Jax is put on trial for bringing about the end of the world... and only a robot lawyer can defend her. Softcover, 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. By Buddy Hickerson. The Quigmans are a family of warp-faced blockheads whose members include Bob (a man so encumbered with low self-image that he once took a job as a speed bump), Francine (a bizarre vision of '90s womanhood), and Jowles (a malformed, enigmatic dog). Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8 1/2-in. x 5-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

"Careers in Engineering". Educational comic published by General Electric. 32 pages. Standard format and size.

Story, art and cover by Brian Michael Bendis. The very first published comics work from future Marvel architect Brian Michael Bendis. A woman whos having boyfriend trouble meets the descendants of the legendary Amazon women of old. 44 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Story, art and cover by Brian Michael Bendis. The continuation of the very first published comics work from future Marvel architect Brian Michael Bendis. Saras not sure that the Amazon way is the best approach to all modern problems. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Includes a full color print Signed and Numbered by R. Cumb - 1st printing. From Shack to Chateau, this volume takes a look art crumb's whole career! Includes classic full length comic stories, virtually all in color for the first time, rare photos, previously unpublished art, and a new cover by Crumb. Hardcover (Slipcase), 11-in. x 13-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $40.00.

Does NOT include Slipclase and original piece of art Signed and Numbered by R. Cumb - 1st printing. From Shack to Chateau, this volume takes a look art crumb's whole career! Includes classic full length comic stories, virtually all in color for the first time, rare photos, previously unpublished art, and a new cover by Crumb. Hardcover (Slipcase), 11-in. x 13-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers NOTE: Limited to 1,000 copies. Cover price $40.00.

1st Edition - 1st printing. From Shack to Chateau, this volume takes a look art crumb's whole career! Softcover, 11-in. x 13-in., 250 pages, PC/PB&W. No Cover Price. Mature Readers NOTE: This book was published by Kitchen Sink Press in conjunction with Little, Brown and Company.

Back Bay Books Edition - 1st printing. From Shack to Chateau, this volume takes a look art crumb's whole career! Softcover, 11-in. x 13-in., 250 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers NOTE: This book was published by Kitchen Sink Press in conjunction with Back Bay Books and Little, Brown and Company. Cover price $25.00.

Back Bay Books Edition - 2nd and later printings. From Shack to Chateau, this volume takes a look art crumb's whole career! Softcover, 11-in. x 13-in., 250 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers NOTE: This book was published by Kitchen Sink Press in conjunction with Back Bay Books and Little, Brown and Company. Cover price $35.00.

1st printing. A landmark work that pays splendid homage to a forgotten era of seminal American music. Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when Janis Joplin, a fellow Haight Ashbury denizen, asked him to provide a cover for her album Cheap Thrills. Since then Crumb has created covers for such great as The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, and many more. Including such classics as Truckin' My Blues Away, Harmonica Blues, and Please Warm My Weiner, Crumb's opus also features more recent covers done for CDs. The Complete Record Cover Collection is a must-have for any lover of graphics and old-time music. Hardcover (with a cardstock sleeve), 10-in. x 10-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $25.95.

Does NOT include Cardstock Sleeve - 1st printing. A landmark work that pays splendid homage to a forgotten era of seminal American music. Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when Janis Joplin, a fellow Haight Ashbury denizen, asked him to provide a cover for her album Cheap Thrills. Since then Crumb has created covers for such great as The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, and many more. Including such classics as Truckin' My Blues Away, Harmonica Blues, and Please Warm My Weiner, Crumb's opus also features more recent covers done for CDs. The Complete Record Cover Collection is a must-have for any lover of graphics and old-time music. Hardcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $25.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects R.I.P.D. (1999 Dark Horse) #1-4. Written by PETER M. LENKOV. Art by LUCAS MARANGON and RANDY EMBERLIN. Welcome to the Rest In Peace Department - the devoted, yet dead, officers of divine law enforcement 'patrolling the deadbeat...reporting to one boss.' Yep - THAT boss. Nick Cruz was murdered by an unknown assailent, at the height of his personal and professional life. Now he's traded a hundred years of service to the R.I.P.D. in exchange for a shot at finding who killed him. Unfortunately his search will take him to Hell and back - literally! Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

1st printing. The Read or Die anime features the story of Yomiko Readman and the British Library Special Operations Division, a secret group dedicated to the location and protection of rare books! R.O.D Official Archive is your ultimate guide to the world of both the original 3-episode OVA and the 26-episode TV series. The book features character designs, promotional art, rough sketches, episode summaries, creator interviews, and tons of information about this landmark anime franchise! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Story by Fred Schiller. Art by George Booker. Cover by George Booker. A spin-off from Speed Racer by media licensing masters Now Comics. The adventures of Racer X, a racecar driver and special agent who is also secretly the brother of Speed Racer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.75.

(W/A/CA) Terry Moore No one is safe as Rachel, Jet, and Aunt Johnny do their best to save the descendents of Manson from the revenge of Lilith, the world's oldest witch. Can the town be saved? It's now or never! Don't miss this exciting issue with a chilling twist! Cover price $3.99.

Cover art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Two Fisted Fix, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Ten for Five, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Sal Trapani. Reverse Twist, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Penny-Ante Saledman, art by Sal Trapani. The Catsup Racket text story. Letter Perfect, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Sharp Salesman, pencils by John Belfi, inks by Sal Trapani. The Fake Bond Swindle, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Watch Out for... the Hold-Out, art by Jack Alderman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, John Belfi and Maurice Whitman. Racket Squad's focus on swindlers and con games allowed it to survive the Comics Code longer than most Pre-Code crime comics. Harry's setup to process the charitable donations of wealthy families seems legit for years - but he's playing the "long con." Phony contractors sell shoddy patios to homeowners who didn't bother to read the fine print, leaving the Racket Squad looking for a legal loophole. Charles Ponzi is a con artist who specializes in the infamous swindle still known today as a Ponzi scheme. The Smoothest Spiel of Them All; Sure Well Build Your Patio; Its Costing You; Cut the Ace; Ponzi the Half Pint Swindler; Cleaning Up the Races. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Gilbert Shelton cover. Gilbert Shelton, Skip Williamson, Rick Griffin, Tony Bell, Jack Jackson, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Frank Stack, Victor Moscoso, and Jay Lynch art. Freak Brothers and Wonder Warthog stories. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2", 44 pages. Cover price $0.50.

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Numbered 216 on cover and dated August, 1972 (although comic was actually published in 1994). Cover pencils by Matt Groening and Steve Vance, inks by Bill Morrison. See No Evil, Hear No Evil!, script by Cindy Vance (Plot), Bill Morrison (Plot), and Steve Vance (Script), pencils by Steve Vance, inks by Bill Morrison and Shaun Cashman; Nixon is now President; Purple Heart (from Superior Squad) becomes Bleeding Heart; Fallout Boy, Radioactive Man's sidekick becomes a hippie; Cover and story spoofs comics from the early 1970's, extremely reminiscent of DC Comics Green Lantern/Green Arrow comics by Neal Adams. 36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

by Lash, Laxamana, Smith, & Morrison It's 1973, and Radioactive Man goes underground to battle student activists and civil unrest as Rod Runtledge (a.k.a. Fallout Boy) is taken hostage at a nearby university! But has Fallout Boy dropped out, tuned in, grown a social conscience, and joined the cause? Find out in this trippy tribute to the alternative comics of yesteryear! FC, 32pg Cover price $2.50.

Rafferty Ashcan (1994) is a 16 page promotional comic. Color cover, black and white interior, 5.25-in. x 8.25-in., 99c cover price. Cover price $0.99.

B/W comic by Rob Walton. Called a zany cross "between Dr. Seuss and Dr. Strangelove." Loaded with pop culture references and insider comic book jokes. Cover price $3.10.

"Enemy of the People" by Vinson Watson with art by Daniel Presedo. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

The Hair-Raising Adventures of Peterkin Pottle (by John Stanley), the Brownies, Raggedy Ann, and Billy and Bonny Bee. Part Walt Kelly art? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Hair-Raising Adventures of Peterkin Pottle (by John Stanley), the Brownies, Raggedy Ann, Hibernating Herbert, Stuffins, and Billy and Bonny Bee. Part Walt Kelly art? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Hair-Raising Adventures of Peterkin Pottle (by John Stanley), Raggedy Ann, the Brownies, Subway Sam Master Builder, Stuffins, and Billy and Bonny Bee. Part Walt Kelly art? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Cover art by Rob Walton. Part Two--A Brief History Of Crime, script and art by Rob Walton; Alice Hawkings is hired by the covert government to locate the O-Ring, the angel sends a message home, and Cardinal Assassini carries out the papal work. Wycliffe, script and art by Rob Walton; Bedtime for Wycliffe. Cartoons From 'The Best of Tuchis', script and art by Rob Walton; Offensive cartoons from fake mens' magazine. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

2nd printing or higher. Cover art by Rob Walton. Part Two--A Brief History Of Crime, script and art by Rob Walton; Alice Hawkings is hired by the covert government to locate the O-Ring, the angel sends a message home, and Cardinal Assassini carries out the papal work. Wycliffe, script and art by Rob Walton; Bedtime for Wycliffe. Cartoons From 'The Best of Tuchis', script and art by Rob Walton; Offensive cartoons from fake mens' magazine. 28 pgs. $2.95.

Cover art by Rob Walton. Part Three--A Brief History Of Crime, script and art by Rob Walton; The Man in the Chair wants to ensure possession of the O-Ring, the Pope consults God, the angel summons Kakabel and Cardinal Assassini gets the drop on Alice Hawkings. Adam Smith Against Capitalism, script and art by Brad Walton; 18th century economist Adam Smith refutes the maxims ascribed to him. Petty Indulgences of the Ragmop Stars, script and art by Rob Walton; Habits of the Ragmop cast. About the Author bio by Rob Walton. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover art by Rob Walton. Part Five, script and art by Rob Walton; Both the Pope and the Man in the Chair initiate plans to deal with Prescott Black, and Alice is transported to the dinosaurs' ship only to find herself still heading for a collision. Part 2--Adam Smith Against Capitalism, script and art by Brad Walton; Adam Smith formulates his theories and publishes his first book. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

By Rob Walton. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. By Rob Walton. The multi-Eisner nominated comic is now the multi-Shuster nominated graphic novel! Years ahead of its time, Ragmop is a brilliant and insane political satire filtered through the cosmological visions of Jack Kirby and the free-wheeling anarchy of Bob Clampett. A Wizard Top 40 Indy publication for 2007, Ragmop features over 150 pages of new story and art. See why Ragmop is quickly becoming a hot property in animation circles and may soon explode onto the small screen in 2008-2009! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 452 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Written by Ollie Masters. Art by Budi Setiawan. Cover by Ben Oliver. Taking place during the events of the second movie - the Raid movie's main character Rama is trapped in prison and he has to protect an undercover cop... as well as himself... Meanwhile, Jakarta crime boss Bejo is causing havoc in the outside world as he strives to gain more and more power - and he is ably assisted by two familiar faces: Hammer Girl and Baseball Bat Man... 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Written by Ollie Masters. Art by Budi Setiawan. Cover by Claudia SG Iannicello. As the events of the second movie rage, Rama, main character of The Raid, is trapped in prison. Can he protect an undercover cop? Can he even protect himself? Meanwhile, Jakarta crime boss Bejo begins causing havoc in the outside world as he strives to gain more and more power - ably assisted by two familiar faces: Hammer Girl and Baseball Bat Man… 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Photo Cover. Written by Ollie Masters. Art by Budi Setiawan. A brutal finish to this action-packed expansion on the martial arts hit! Rama fought off his enemies in jail, but those outside took notice… the invasion by Bejo's assassins begins! Baseball Bat Man and Hammer Girl, back in action! 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Story, art and cover by Andrew James Kent. A tough cyborg cop battles lawlessness in a cross-galactic boomtown. Raider gets caught in a skyfight with punks on floating hoverboards. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Marvel Comics' official comic adaptation of the 1981 movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark." In this issue, Indiana Jones' attempt to obtain a rare idol is foiled by his rival Belloq. And then Indy is contacted by the government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do in part one of this adaptation. Script by Walt Simonson and art by John Buscema & Klaus Janson. Cover price $0.50.