Black comic books issue 1

IDW Edition - 1st printing. Written by Rick Remender. Art by Kieron Dwyer and Harper Jaten. Cover by Kieron Dwyer. Meet Billy Black, an '80s hardcore scene refugee who's having a bit of trouble acclimating to modern life. While bludgeoning a band of Burning Man refugees with the skull of Jerry Garcia, Billy inadvertently becomes immersed in an evil Nazi conspiracy to turn the world into mindless hippie zombies in order to usher in the 4th Reich. Softcover, 120 pages, full color. NOTE: "Hitler in Jerry Garcia's corpse-how can you say no?" - Warren Ellis Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.80

Add to cart Fine $2.80

by Neil Hendrick & Ulises Carpintero Shocking as a muzzle flash in a dark alley, the Black Heart Irregulars is a noirish and paranoid war/spy comic set in modern Baghdad. The Black Hearts are not soldiers or mercenaries, but freelance terrorists who give traditional terrorists something to fear. Their story takes place in a gritty modern landscape, where cultures clash on a battlefield that spans the globe. Artist Ulises Carpintero's style brings to mind the action and mystery of 100 Bullets. Writer Neil Hendrick delivers a frightening story, both current and cool. Includes special features about the comic and about terrorism. MATURE THEMES 34pgs, B&WSRP: $3.00 Cover price $3.00.

1st printing.

Story and art by James Otis Smith. Introduction by Kadir Nelson.

True stories from the Wild West, but not like you've seen in the movies.

This graphic novel by JAMES OTIS SMITH celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black heroes who took control of their destinies and stood up for their communities in the Old West.

Born into slavery in Tennessee, Mary Fields became famous as "Stagecoach Mary," a cigar-chomping, cardplaying coach driver who never missed a delivery. Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi, was one of the wiliest lawmen in the territories, bringing thousands of outlaws to justice with his smarts. Bob Lemmons lived to be 99 years old and was so good with horses that the wild mustangs on the plains of Texas took him for one of their own.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 56 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.95

1st printing. Story and art by Ronald Wimberly. A look at Black History framed by those who made it. BLACK HISTORY IN ITS OWN WORDS presents quotes of dozens of black luminaries with portraits & illustrations by Ronald Wimberly. Featuring the memorable words and depictions of Angela Davis, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kanye West, Zadie Smith, Ice Cube, Dave Chappelle, James Baldwin, Spike Lee, and more. Hardcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 88 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Very Fine $7.20

1st printing. Collects Female Force: Condoleezza Rice (2009 Bluewater) and Oprah Winfrey (2009) and Political Power: Barack Obama (2009 Bluewater) and Colin Powell (2009). In honor of Black History Month, this anthology features biographies of leading African-American personalities, including Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Oprah Winfrey, and Condoleezza Rice. These biographies were previously published as individual issues of Bluewater's biographical comic titles Female Force and Political Power. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

UK Reprint. Based on Disney Film

Written by SATO and James "S3.14der" Dourgan. Art by Jonathon Couture and James "s3.14der" Dourgan. Preview for Black Hole Comics upcoming books. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W. NOTE: No other books ever came out from this publisher.

Black Hole Offcial Poster Magazine (1979 Paradise Press) #001, Poster magazine for the Walt Disney feature film. Cover price $1.50.

Twenty two full color posters from the Walt Disney movie, plus a blueprint of the Palomino. Softcover, 9 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, FC. Cover price $6.95.

1st printing.

Based on the screenplay by Jeb Rosebrook and Gerry Day. Adapted by Shep Steneman.

Based on the film from Walt Disney, this storybook features full color phoytos of scenes from the movie.

When a mad man decides he wants to explore the void of a black hole, no matter who he may destroy in the process, the brave crew of the Starship Palomino will need their courage, wits and the help of their spunky, squat robot companions to escape. This Science Fiction Adventure at its best!

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color.

NOTE: "When I was a kid I would draw the robot V.I.N.CENT over and over again. This movie is really an underrated piece of sci-fi history." - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist

2nd and later printings.

Based on the screenplay by Jeb Rosebrook and Gerry Day. Adapted by Shep Steneman.

Based on the film from Walt Disney, this storybook features full color phoytos of scenes from the movie.

When a mad man decides he wants to explore the void of a black hole, no matter who he may destroy in the process, the brave crew of the Starship Palomino will need their courage, wits and the help of their spunky, squat robot companions to escape. This Science Fiction Adventure at its best!

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color.

1st printing. Collects Black Hole (1995-2004 Kitchen Sink/Fantagraphics) #1-12. Story and art by Charles Burns. Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. A strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact, that manifests in any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle and concealable. What unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. Instead, Black Hole paints a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself - the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole deftly explores a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it. Softcover, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $17.95.

2nd and later printings. Collects Black Hole (1995-2004 Kitchen Sink/Fantagraphics) #1-12. Story and art by Charles Burns. Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. A strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact, that manifests in any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle and concealable. What unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. Instead, Black Hole paints a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself - the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole deftly explores a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it. Softcover, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $17.95.

Written by Mark Pellegrini. Art by Timonthy Lim and Brian Denham. Cover by Dave Dorman. North Korea has a nuclear warhead aimed at Hawaii, and every last American commando unit sent in to disarm it has gone missing. With the clock ticking, the fate of the Aloha State rests in the paws of U.S.A.-G.I. This dauntless, highly trained special missions leporid must now cross the 38th parallel and take on the Nork forces, both man and animal, to save the world from a nuclear war! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. By Robert E. Howard. Edited by Paul Herman. Meticulously-restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the ninth in a ten book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, Text Only. Cover price $35.00.

1st printing. Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Art and Cover by Moebius. The first volume of The Incal, the best-selling international comic masterpiece by Moebius and Jodorowsky. Meet Class "R" Detective John Difool and embark with him on his journey to discovering the secrets of the mystical Incal artifact. Published in its original colors and in the same deluxe, limited, and numbered (999 copies only), super-sized format as the now sold-out The Eyes of the Cat. Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 48 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 999 copies. Cover price $79.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.95

Add to cart Near Mint $3.95

1st printing. Written by Laurie Stolarz and Barbara Kesel. Art by Janina Gorrissen. Prophetic nightmares. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be. All she really wants to do is work things out with Jacob and figure out what to do with the rest of her life. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face the demons of their pasts. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Julia Gfrörer. AN ORIGINAL, HAUNTINGLY ROMANTIC GRAPHIC NOVELLA. Black is the Color begins with a 17th century sailor abandoned at sea by his shipmates, and as it progresses he endures, and eventually succumbs to, both his lingering death sentence and the advances of a cruel and amorous mermaid. The narrative also explores the experiences of the loved ones he leaves behind, on his ship and at home on land, as well as of the mermaids who jadedly witness his destruction. At the heart of the story lie the dubious value of maintaining dignity to the detriment of intimacy, and the erotic potential of the worst case scenario. Julie Gfrörer's delicate drawing style perfectly complements the period era of Black is the Color, bringing the lyricism and romanticism of Gfrörer's prose to the fore. Black is the Color is a book as seductive as the sirens it depicts. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

2nd or later printings. Story and art by Julia Gfrörer. AN ORIGINAL, HAUNTINGLY ROMANTIC GRAPHIC NOVELLA. Black is the Color begins with a 17th century sailor abandoned at sea by his shipmates, and as it progresses he endures, and eventually succumbs to, both his lingering death sentence and the advances of a cruel and amorous mermaid. The narrative also explores the experiences of the loved ones he leaves behind, on his ship and at home on land, as well as of the mermaids who jadedly witness his destruction. At the heart of the story lie the dubious value of maintaining dignity to the detriment of intimacy, and the erotic potential of the worst case scenario. Julie Gfrörer's delicate drawing style perfectly complements the period era of Black is the Color, bringing the lyricism and romanticism of Gfrörer's prose to the fore. Black is the Color is a book as seductive as the sirens it depicts. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

UK Reprint

Previews (PX) Exclusive - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack, a gifted and charismatic surgeon, treats patients on the edge of society, disregarding the rules and regulations of the medical profession. Created by Osamu Tezuka, the original stories of Black Jack and his run-ins with the law were published in Japan between 1973 and 1979. Now, those early tales of Black Jack are collected in this first volume of Vertical's Black Jack series, bringing these takes of the genius doctor to new audiences! Hardcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Brian Schirmer. Art by Claudia Balbon. Cover by Jeremy Saliba. In a dreamlike version of the Old West, Tom Ketchum struggles to clear his name-and stay alive-when he's mistaken for wanton outlaw 'Black Jack' Ketchum. With the aid of his talking sidearm, a secretive gambler, and a mute girl with a Winchester, Tom evades the mysterious Union and its supernatural enforcers, the faceless Dusters, as he's forced to question his identity, his sanity, and his very existence. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $11.00

Viz Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack, a gifted and charismatic surgeon, treats patients on the edge of society, disregarding the rules and regulations of the medical profession. Created by Osamu Tezuka, the original stories of Black Jack and his run-ins with the law were published in Japan between 1973 and 1979. Now, those early tales of Black Jack are collected in this first volume of Vertical's Black Jack series, bringing these takes of the genius doctor to new audiences! Softcover, 6-in. x 7 1/2-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

1st printing.

Written by Steven Grant. Art and cover by Jesus Antonio Hernandez Portaveritas.

A hardened team of imprisoned ex-cops, each guilty of a different felony, is offered a last chance at redemption in exchange for joining a clandestine strike force tasked with taking down an untouchable, corrupt sheriff. Following foot soldiers whose hands may be dirtier than the criminals they track down, Black Jackets is an edge-of-your seat ride through a duplicity-filled underworld in an elusive search for justice, with a healthy dose of bullets, blood and sex along the way.

Softcover, 90 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Jimmy Blondell. Art by David Krintzman. What happens when someone is born different? Are they accepted? And if they are accepted, what are they accepted as? Chris is born with special gifts and every individual has their own beliefs. Is Chris a Mutant or Messiah? Based on the upcoming film starring Cory Hardrict and Jimmy Blondell. Softcover, 108 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Collects Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade (2021 Marvel) #1-5.

Written by Si Spurrier. Art by Sergio Davila, Sean Parsons, and Marc Deering. Cover by Iban Coello.

Dane Whitman rides again as the Black Knight, wielder of the magical Ebony Blade! But Dane bears the burden of the blade's curse: an insatiable lust for blood and mayhem that forever threatens to swallow its owner in darkness.

Following the battle against the King in Black, a reinvigorated Dane has a renewed sense of purpose. But the Ebony Blade is the key to a new enemy's evil plan, and only Dane can prevent the coming death and destruction.

The conflict - spanning from mythical Camelot to modern-day NYC - will test Dane like never before and challenge everything he believes about himself, the Ebony Blade and the entire history of his lineage! What is the dread power of...the Ebony Chalice?

Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Rated T+

Cover price $15.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $10.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon!"

Written by Mike Thaler. Art by Jared Lee.

Oh, no!

It's the class trip from the Black Lagoon. The kids have no idea where they're going but they imagine a day full of ferocious animals, maniacal monsters, and scary aerial acrobatics. And their teacher, mean Mrs. Green, is going to quiz them on everything! When the kids stop letting their imaginations run wild they soon realize that they're going to a very cool zoo. But that won't change the fact that there's never a dull moment in the Black Lagoon!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 64 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations).

Cover price $3.99.

Contains the first appearance of Mr. Habeas Corpus. Story, cover, and art by James Dixon. Not listed in Overstreet. Cover price $0.35.

1st printing. L.B. Cole created some of the most bizarre, proto-psychedelic, eye-popping comic book covers of all time during the Golden Age of comics. Remarkably, this is the first retrospective of his career. Cole was famous for his bold covers, usually featuring "poster colors" - brilliant primaries often over black backgrounds - and an over-the-top sense of the bizarre mixed with whimsy. There's never been a comic book cover designer like L.B. Cole and there's never been a book like this one. Softcover, 9 1/12-in. x 13-in., 272 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

1st printing. Collects Black Lightning (1995 2nd Series) #1-13 and a tale from DC Universe Holiday Bash (199-1999) #2.

Written by Tony Isabella and David DeVries. Art by Eddy Newell, Octavio Cariello, Mike Huddleston, Ron McCain, Chris Batista, Chip Wallace and Sergio Cariello, David Zimmerman, Keith Champagne, N. Steven Harris, Steve Mitchell, and Fred Fredericks. Cover by Eddy Newell.

The world's a very different place from the one schoolteacher Jefferson Pierce once knew, and Black Lightning isn't the same hero he was. Older and wiser, Black Lightning resurfaces with a ferocious new look and a dangerous edge in a city desperately needing a hero.

Softcover, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $13.50

Add to cart Fine $13.00

1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects Black Lightning: Year One (2008) #1-6. Written by Jen Van Meter. Art and cover by Cully Hamner. The electrifying origin of Black Lightning is collected in this hot new title featuring the complete 6-issue miniseries. See how Jefferson Pierce went from teacher to the hero of Metropolis's Suicide Slum, taking on Tobias Whale and the crime syndicate The 100 along the way. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing. Written by Mark Klemen and Salvatore Pane. Art and Cover by Lamair Nash. Harry Waters was just a lovable jerk until the fateful day he stumbled upon a futuristic stealth suit and a centuries-old war between the Illuminati and a fledgling resistance. Aided by the mighty Richard Nixon, Harry will discover that the Illuminati have their hands in the assassination of JFK, a cataclysmic earthquake that turns Los Angeles into a raging island nation, and even the mysterious disappearance of Harry's father. How deep does the conspiracy go? Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing.

Written by Daniel Barnes. Art and cover by D.J. Kirkland.

When St. Ivory Academy, a historically white wizarding school, opens its doors to its first-ever black student, everyone believes that the wizarding community is finally taking its first crucial steps toward inclusivity. Or is it? When Tom Token, the beneficiary of the school's "Magical Minority Initiative," begins uncovering weird clues and receiving creepy texts on his phone, he and his friend, Lindsay, stumble into a conspiracy that dates all the way back to the American Civil War, and could cost Tom his very soul.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

UK Reprint

1st Printing. UK Reprint Series. Reprints material from Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) as Astonishing (1951-1957 Marvel/Atlas) and Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas). 7-in x 9.25-in, 164 Pages, B&W.

1st printing. Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Reprint. Cover price $10.00.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Shirow Masamune. Today, the planet Venus is a literal hell of furnace-like temperatures and dense, poisonous atmosphere. But millions of years in its past, Venus teemed with life and with a civilization far advanced to our own. The Nemisis supercomputer controls government functions, with bioroid "executors" created to carry out the system's utopian edicts. But trouble brews even in paradise, as different executors vie for control of Nemesis, forcing the governing system to secretly create Duna Typhon, a super-bioroid "sleeper," raised among the human populace, ready to use her awesome powers should Nemesis be co-opted to turn paradise into paradise last. From the imagination of Ghost in the Shell creator Shirow Masamune comes his first published series, Black Magic, a sweeping science-fiction epic that introduces many of the themes and ideas that inform all of Shirow's work: the merging of man and machine, the limitless possibilities and potential misuses of technology, the blurring line between human and computer consiousness. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 198 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Collects Black Magick (2015 Image) #1-11.

Written by Greg Rucka. Art and cover by Nicola Scott.

The complete first chapter of the critically acclaimed series from New York Times bestselling creators GREG RUCKA and NICOLA SCOTT, assembled together for the first time!

Rowan Black is awakening to the almost unimaginable power that is her inheritance-a power she neither wants nor is able to refuse. But all power comes at a price, and those who seek to destroy her may not be as dangerous as those who wish to control her. Yet when one's will can alter reality, the ultimate enemy may be the human heart.

Includes additional content, artifacts, and back-matter designed by ERIC TRAUTMANN.

Hardcover, 328 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $34.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Fine $5.99

1st printing. By Michael V. LaRiccia. Being a man can be difficult at times when you don't fit the social mold. In Black Mane, Michael LaRiccia's manhood and identity is challenged on a daily basis by hyper-testosterone jocks, openly abusive men in relationships, and even himself. In public he deals with these challenges through contemplation and reason, but in his most private dreams he revels in the imnediacy and thrill of solving these situations through violence. This violence is articulated through LaRiccia's own fantasy hit man, Black Mane, a man/lion hybrid cloaked in midnight black fur. Humor and horror combine to tell this Xeric award-winning tale. Softcover, 88 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $10.00.