Lucifer's Garden of Verses GN (2004-2006 NBM) comic books

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Devil on Fever Street!" Story and art by Lance Tooks. Satan awakens, after a hundred-year sleep, depressed and disillusioned. It is a mere seven days before he's expected to bring Armageddon to Earth, and he is wracked with spiritual doubt and severe performance anxiety. He decides that an "old-fashioned temptation" will be just the thing to return him to form. His chosen temptee: Black Lily, the purest, most virtuous woman on Earth. Alas, he may have met his match or more... By the artist of Narcissa. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Darlin' Niki!" Story and art by Lance Tooks. Niki has been turned out into the street by her wealthy philanthropist father. She seeks forgiveness and tries to crash his party, a massive family banquet in his honor. Niki, a willful first-born teenager is unable to abide by her father's strict and often contradictory rules. Her father spends a lot time and money helping others, yet refuses to forgive his daughter for some long forgotten indiscretion. He loves her still, but considers her to be too much trouble, perhaps forgetting that she is as he made her. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 2 - Second or later printing. "Darlin' Niki!" Story and art by Lance Tooks. Niki has been turned out into the street by her wealthy philanthropist father. She seeks forgiveness and tries to crash his party, a massive family banquet in his honor. Niki, a willful first-born teenager is unable to abide by her father's strict and often contradictory rules. Her father spends a lot time and money helping others, yet refuses to forgive his daughter for some long forgotten indiscretion. He loves her still, but considers her to be too much trouble, perhaps forgetting that she is as he made her. 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Student!" Story and art by Lance Tooks. Inspired by the German silent film classic The Student of Prague, this is the story of Andre Baldwin, a down-on-his-luck would-be Basquiat who enters into a Faustian bargain with a powerful art critic in exchange for status, riches and the love of a woman. Acquanetta Scapinelli is the critic in question, and she recounts this bitter tale with sardonic delight. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.10

Add to cart Very Fine $3.10

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Devil and Miles Davis!" Story and art by Lance Tooks. Inspired by the German silent film classic The Student of Prague, this is the story of Andre Baldwin, a down-on-his-luck would-be Basquiat who enters into a Faustian bargain with a powerful art critic in exchange for status, riches and the love of a woman. Acquanetta Scapinelli is the critic in question, and she recounts this bitter tale with sardonic delight. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.