Auctions: graphic novels published by Dark Horse

Art of the Amazing Spider-Man HC (2024 Dark Horse) 1-1ST VF+ 8.5

1st printing. Written by Stan Lee and Gerry Conway. Art by John Romita, Sr., Jim Mooney,Mike Esposito, Gil Kane, John Buscema, Frank Giacoia, and Tony Mortellaro. Cover by John Romita, Sr. Introduction by Brian Michael Bendis. Chapter Forewords by John Lind and Ian Chagren. This oversized hardcover gallery collects iconic original art from The Amazing Spider-Man #39-#122, and is accompanied by essays from comics editor John Lind. The Amazing Spider-Man has remained the flagship title for the classic Marvel Comics character Spider-Man for over six decades. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko co-created the character in 1962, and it quickly became a sensation. Then, with The Amazing Spider-Man #39, John Romita Sr. replaced Ditko as the main artist and began an epic run. This oversized Bullpen Books edition focuses on Romita's work on ASM from 1966 to 1973, a run that would dramatically reshape the world of Spider-Man and his alter ego, Peter Parker. With his unmatched skill in dynamic layouts and composition, Romita, working alongside Stan Lee on some of Spider-Man's most enduring storylines and with contributions from a supporting cast of legendary Marvel Bullpen contributor-including Gil Kane, John Buscema, Jim Mooney, and Mike Esposito-would help lead Spider-Man to even greater heights in pop culture. This evolution told through essays, covers, and original artwork-including seven full ASM stories, reproduced from the original art in the Marvel Comics archives-allows readers to engage with and appreciate the legacy of some of The Amazing Spider-Man's most important contributors. Bullpen Books is a new series of art books that honors the work of legendary Marvel Comics characters and creators, starting with THE ART OF AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in Fall 2024! This oversized hardcover features essays on work by John Romita Sr. and Gil Kane, covers, and original art scans from the Marvel archives. Hardcover, 11-in. x 10-in., 200 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $59.99.

Creepy Archives HC (2008-2019 Dark Horse) 6-1ST VF/NM 9.0

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Creepy (1964-1985 Magazine) #26-32.

Cover by Frank Frazetta.

Dark Horse Comics continues to showcase its dedication to publishing the greatest comics of all time with the release of the sixth spooky volume of our Creepy magazine archives. This collection of legendary yell yarns includes selections from revered writers Archie Goodwin and Harlan Ellison, among others, and groundbreaking artistic contributions from Frank Frazetta, Neal Adams, Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, underground comics great Vaughn Bodé, and more. Treat yourself to this fright-filled tomb, and you'll see why these gore-geous collections have become freaky fixtures on the New York Times bestseller list!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 296 pages, B&W.

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Written by Buddy Saunders, Bill Warren, Ken Dixon, K. Pagan, Tony Williamsune, Rhea Dunne, Tom Sutton, Al Hewetson, Nicola Cuti, T. Casey Brennan, Reuben Reid, Bill Parente, Tony Tallarico, Forrest J Ackerman, R. Michael Rosen, Archie Goodwin, Don Glut, Harlan Ellison, Barbara Gelman, Arnold Hayes, Carl Wessler and Kim Ball.

Art by Vaughn Bodé, William Barry, Larry Todd, Reed Crandall, Tony Tallarico, Will Brown, Ernie Colon, Roger Brand, Tom Sutton, Bill Black, Viz Prezio, Bill DuBay, Bill Hughes, Billy Graham, Mike Royer, Ken Kelly, Bob Stewart, Frank Frazetta, Tony Williamsune, Jack Davis, Dan Adkins, Steve Ditko, Rocco Mastroserio, Gene Colan, Steve Stiles, Jerry Grandenetti, Jeff Jones, Maurice Whitman, Carlos Prunes, Neal Adams, Joe Orlando and David St. Clair.

Cover price $49.99.

Creepy Archives HC (2008-2019 Dark Horse) 8-1ST VF+ 8.5

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Creepy (1964-1985 Magazine) #37-40.

Written by Buddy Saunders, Tom Sutton, Chris Fellner, Nicola Cuti, Bill Warren, Ernie Colon, Doug Moench, Pat Boyette, T. Casey Brennan, Clif Jackson, Steve Skeates, Dave Cockrum, Stu Schwartzberg, Gerry Conway, Wally Wood, Charles Richard Grose, Al Hewetson, Dave Wood, Phil Seuling, Gary Kaufman and Donald F. McGregor. Art by Ken Barr, Tom Sutton, Bill Stillwell, Syd Shores, Mike Royer, Ernie Colon, Don Brown, Pat Boyette, Ken Kelly, Clif Jackson, Rich Buckler, Tony Williamsune, Wally Wood, Nicola Cuti, Basil Gogos, Sal Trapani, Dave Cockrum, Pablo Marcos, Frank Brunner, Richard Bassford, Gary Kaufman, Vaughn Bodé, Larry Todd and George Roussos.

Dark Horse's multiple-award-winning archive editions of Creepy have arrived at one of the most compelling and legendary eras of the horror magazine's epic run. Creepy Archives Volume 8 collects issues #37-#40, which herald the beginning of the more psychedelic and strangely spooky stories that came into vile vogue with the onset of the 1970s. This gore-geously designed volume highlights work from amazing artists such as Basil Gogos, Ernie Colón, Vaughn Bodé, Ken Kelly, and others, and stories written by Nicola Cuti, Phil Seuling, Doug Moench, and other great monsterminds!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 200 pages, B&W.

Cover price $49.99.

Creepy Archives HC (2008-2019 Dark Horse) 9-1ST VF/NM 9.0

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Creepy (1964-1985 Magazine) #42-45.

Written by T. Casey Brennan, Gardner Fox, Don Glut, Steve Skeates, R. Michael Rosen, Gary Kaufman, Dennis P. Junot, Fred Ott, Donald F. McGregor, Jose M. Bea, Gerard Conway, F. Paul Wilson, Tom Sutton, Jan Strnad, Alan Hewetson, Kevin Pagan, Bill DuBay, Jack Katz and E.A. Fedory. Art by Sanjulian, Ken Kelly, Auraleon, Dave Cockrum, Joe Staton, Larry Todd, Jorge B. Galvez, Jerry Grandenetti, Gary Kaufman, Richard Corben, Jaime Brocal, Luis Garcia, Felix Mas, Segrelles, Irv Docktor, Tom Sutton, Nebot, Frank Bolle, Jose M. Bea, Martin Salvador, Bill Barry, Mike Ploog, Enrich, Bill DuBay, Frank Brunner and Jack Katz.

The latest volume in Dark Horse's award-winning Creepy Archives hardcover run will shake, rattle, and obliterate your sanity, as the stories from Warren Publishing's landmark horror series arrive as perfect antidotes to seasonal melancholy. In the early 1970s, comic-book legends like Bruce Jones, Gardner Fox, Richard Corben, Dave Cockrum, and Mike Ploog conspired to bring readers wonderfully mixed anthologies of terror and suspense! This volume also features a cover by celebrated fantasy and horror illustrator Sanjulian and a brand-new foreword by comic-book historian and writer Richard Arndt.

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W.

Cover price $49.99.

Savage Sword of Conan TPB (2008-2016 Dark Horse) 1-REP VG/FN 5.0

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995) #1-10.

In the mid 1970s following the colossal success of Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas helped expand the universe of Conan to showcase further stories and the talents of some of the comics industry's best with the equally popular Savage Sword of Conan magazine. Now, for the first time in over thirty years, these primal tales, featuring Robert E. Howard's most popular character, are available in this, the first in a series of massive trade paperbacks, collecting all Savage Sword Conan stories beginning with issue one.

Included in this volume are tales by Roy Thomas, featuring the breathtaking art of such legends as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter Simonson, and more. But that's not all. Also included in this tome are Conan's few appearances in the title Savage Tales - for the complete Conan collection!

Softcover, 544 pages, B&W.

Cover price $17.95.