America comic books issue 1

10th Anniversary Edition - 1st printing. By Neil Gaiman. The author's preferred text is presented in this 10th Anniversary Edition of the New York Times-bestselling tour-de-force that USA Today called "a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not." Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever be the same. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 560 pages, Text Only. Cover price $17.99.

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1st printing. Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Yvonne Gilbert, Jon Proctor, and Craig Phillips. Enter the world of Neil Gaimans epic masterpiece with this unique coloring book featuring forty-six illustrations created exclusively for this volume. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 paegs, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

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2nd and later printings. Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Yvonne Gilbert, Jon Proctor, and Craig Phillips. Enter the world of Neil Gaimans epic masterpiece with this unique coloring book featuring forty-six illustrations created exclusively for this volume. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 paegs, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

Political Cartoons by Jack Patton and Commentary by Herbert Gambrell Regarding American History. Hardcover 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in. 88 pages B&W

1st printing. In the mid-1950s, American International Pictures was the self-proclaimed "Infant of the Industry" and, as such, was not perceived as a serious threat to the major studios of the time. AIP soon proved themselves worthy opponents as their youth-oriented double features began raking in big bucks that rivaled and sometimes surpassed the profits of their competitors. This is the story of those years told mainly using material gathering by AIP's New York publicist. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 542 pages, B&W. Cover price $34.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W. Cover price $10.00.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Story by Captain Ted. W. Lawson. Art by Don Komisarow. Cover by Clayton Knight. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents illustrated versions of bestselling books, an early version of Classics Illustrated and the like. This issue is based on the best-seller about Jimmy Doolittle's then-recent bombing run over Tokyo, a reprisal for the Pearl Harbor attack that also inspired the film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. An illustrated text version of the story, rather than straight comics. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Advertising Broadside issued in 1940 to promote The American Magazine. Printed on heavy cardstock. 11" x 16", single-sided.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Dwight L. MacPherson. Art and cover by Grant Bond. In American McGee's Grimm (the popular video game series available at GameTap.com), the player controls Grimm, a dwarf who creates a trail of destruction wherever he goes. Sick of how happy fairy tales have become, Grimm makes it his mission to revert the lighthearted yarns to their darker original versions with his patented butt-stomping chaos. Now he's set his wicked sights on comic books, and the funny pages will never be the same again. Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

(W) Greg & Fake, MARC KOPRINAROV (A) Greg & Fake, Josh Pettinger (CA) Greg & Fake A newsprint explosion of comics and entertainment! Sink your teeth into a brand-new Santos Sisters adventure, struggle to contain your laughter at Josh Pettinger's Tedward, and explore a treasure trove of articles. This ain't your average mag-it's a raw, unapologetic celebration of comics culture. Walk on the wild side! Cover price $6.00.

Includes CD - 1st printing.

By Allan Holtz.

From its earliest appearance in the 1890s, the newspaper comic strip has told the story of America, from the Irish ghetto of the Yellow Kid to flappers, war heroes, hippies, and today's office drones and soccer moms. American Newspaper Comics is the first comprehensive, authoritative reference work to document this fascinating history, listing over 7,000 different comic strip and cartoon features from American newspapers. This encyclopedic book offers a wealth of information, including the start and end dates of features, their format, frequency, creators, and distribution companies.

The book also includes handy cross-indexes and a guide to book-length compilations of newspaper cartoons and comics, plus a CD with samples of more than 2,000 cartoon features.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 624 pages, full color.

Cover price $150.00.

Does NOT Include CD - 1st printing.

By Allan Holtz.

From its earliest appearance in the 1890s, the newspaper comic strip has told the story of America, from the Irish ghetto of the Yellow Kid to flappers, war heroes, hippies, and today's office drones and soccer moms. American Newspaper Comics is the first comprehensive, authoritative reference work to document this fascinating history, listing over 7,000 different comic strip and cartoon features from American newspapers. This encyclopedic book offers a wealth of information, including the start and end dates of features, their format, frequency, creators, and distribution companies.

The book also includes handy cross-indexes and a guide to book-length compilations of newspaper cartoons and comics.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 624 pages, full color.

Cover price $150.00.

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First progress report for the 1974 American Nostalgia Convention held in Dallas in 1974. Guests included Buster Crabbe, Duncan Renaldo, Gil Kane and others. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 16 total pages on newsprint, black and white.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st printing. By David Levine. "More than any other caricaturist, Levine has a fine eye for fraud. Let a statesman parade false affability, false humility, or false sorrow, and Levine will make it into a mask... Levine is a man of protest-passionate protest. And these drawings, more than anything else, are a social history of protest-especially as the artist felt it." - John Kenneth Galbraith For more than a half century, David Levine has taken on the most powerful men of the free world with only his pen and a bottle of India ink. That pen has proved to be mightier than the sword as Levine skewered, illuminated, satirized and condemned every president of the 20th century, as well as the most significant presidents from colonial times and the Civil War era. His drawing of Lyndon Johnson revealing a scar in the shape of Vietnam is considered one of the most recognized (and most copied) of the Vietnam era. His devastating wit and delicately cross hatched drawing have exposed the venality of the Nixon administration, the phoniness of the Reagan years, the duplicity of the Clinton era, and the evil of the Bush cabal. Nine administrations have come and gone during Levine's tenure, and with a new one on the horizon, the artist remains, unbowed, unfazed, and unrelenting. Now for the first time, the best of Levine's five decades of portraits of American Presidents and their administrations are gathered in a comprehensive and visually dynamic book. From John Adams to George Bush; from John Quincy Adams to George W. Bush; from the Great Emancipator to the Great Society, Levine has captured them all including present day candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. David Levine is internationally renowned for his incisive caricatures of world figures in literature, politics, and the arts. For 45 years his work appeared in every issue of the New York Review of Books, and his drawings have been reproduced in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, Playboy, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Nation, and many other publications. Levine is perhaps the most influential caricaturists of the late twentieth century. Softcover, 8-in. x 9 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

b&w. Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. As Americans grappled with the real problems of the atomic age in the 1950s, the science fiction television series provided escapist fare. At first essentially fantasy and adventure, the shows reflected the progress of the decade, using in the late 1950s extrapolations from the theories and findings of true science. From Adventures of Superman to World of Giants, this reference work covers all science fiction television series of the 1950s. A lengthy essay details character development, technical innovations, critical commentary and other matters. The episode guides that follow first provide primary cast and production credits for the entire season and then coverage of each individual episode, with title, airdate, writer, director, and a plot synopsis. Much of the information was derived from actual viewing, and many errors from other works are corrected here. Hardcover, 252 pages, text.

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1st printing. Collects American Splendor (2006 DC) #1-4.

Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Haspiel, Eddie Campbell and Ty Templeton. Cover by Dean Haspiel.

Harvey Pekar returns to celebrate 30 years of autobiographical comics with his newest volume collecting the 4-issue acclaimed miniseries.

Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS

Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Collects American Splendor (2008 Volume 2) #1-4. Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Darwyn Cooke, David Lapham, Chris Weston, Dean Haspiel, Ty Templeton, and Darick Robertson. Cover by Dean Haspiel. More moving moments from the life of the essential everyman! Harvey Pekar returns with the second Vertigo volume of his AMERICAN SPLENDOR series. Harvey moves into his senior years and finds that he may be able to cope after all. Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. ? MATURE READERS Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. "The Michael Malice Story!" Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Gary Dumm. Harvey Pekar achieved fame by writing about his own everyman existance. Now he's found the everyman for a new generation of graphic novel readers. Enter Michael Malice - a slight, unintimidating young man who never really stood out in a crowd. Michael grew up in Brooklyn, went to college, then got a string of nowhere temp jobs. Then future wasn't looking too bright for Michael - until the day he met Harvey Pekar in a restaurant and Pekar decided to do a story on him. Hardcover, 6 1/4-in. x 9 1/2-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by R. Crumb. The comic collision of underground luminaries Harvey Pekar (American Splendor) and R. Crumb (Fritz the Cat) is funny, obsessive, ever-so-slightly neurotic, but always biting and honest. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.00.

2nd and later printings. Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by R. Crumb. The comic collision of underground luminaries Harvey Pekar (American Splendor) and R. Crumb (Fritz the Cat) is funny, obsessive, ever-so-slightly neurotic, but always biting and honest. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.00.

1st printing. Screenplay by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman. The complete screenplay and shooting script for acclaimed filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's award-winning Hollywood treatment of Harvey Pekar's homegrown autobiographical comic book series, American Splendor, is collected. Softcover, 116 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. By Todd Schorr. This is the latest collection of paintings by one of contemporary surrealism's most influential artists. American Surreal picks up where Dreamland, Schorr's previous bestselling collection of mind-bending paintings left off. Look forward to countless hours of eye bulging investigative thought while examining the impeccably rendered subject matter that has become the hallmark of Schorr's outrageous vision. Hardcover, 10-in. x 15-in., full color. Cover price $39.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Confessions of a Human Smart Bomb: Part 1!" Written by Jeff McComsey and James Cooper. Art by Jeff McComsey. November 11th, 2041. Nobody celebrates Veteran's Day anymore. Victor Sheppard is an old man in a new world. He remembers a time prior to the War of the Third World, when cops still carried guns and there was a ghetto in every city. All that's history now. Now the Third World no longer exists. A new age of peace and equality has begun, but it didn't come cheap. Millions died and the world is a better place, but no one remembers why. Haunted by his dead comrades, Victor decides to do the one thing he thought he'd never do - spill his guts. Softcover, 6 1/2-in.x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $9.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing.

Written by Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner. Art and cover by Andy MacDonald.

A war has been waged against the American people. It's a covert war, one that those in power hope will go unnoticed, but day by day, jobs, homes, pensions, healthcare coverage, quality of life, and civil liberties are taken away, while the gap between the haves and the have-nots grows wider and wider. With no way out, four activists become fugitives from the law and go on the offensive against corruption and injustice.

Sharing their story with the nation using social media, they inspire their followers to rise up and reclaim their country.

Softcover, 214 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

2nd Edition - 1st printing.

Written by Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner. Art and cover by Andy MacDonald. Foreword by George Gene Gustines.

Investigative journalist Owen Graham, his best friend and civil rights lawyer Michael Clark, public school teacher Hannah Bloom, and environmental researcher Shannon Lim are fighting to make positive contribution to the world when they are labeled as terrorists by the government. While our four protagonists go on the run across the country, they experiment with radical solutions to our biggest national injustices - healthcare, the environment, civil rights violations, refugees, education, the economy - inspiring a movement through social media that the media vilifies.

American Terrorist asks how ordinary citizens can battle for a democracy that feels further and further out of reach.

Softcover, 214 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

The American Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson, by Toby (pseudonym). "Being the History of What They Saw & Did in the United States, Canada and Cuba." A humorous sequential story with one, two, and sometimes three drawings per page (one-sided), accompanied by text at the foot of each drawing. D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1872. B&W, 9-1/4" x 12-3/4".

1st printing.

By Peter Bosch.

American TV Comic Books (1940s-1980s) takes you from the small screen to the printed page, offering a fascinating and detailed year-by-year history of over 300 television shows and over 2000 comic book adaptations across five decades. Peter Bosch has documented this amazing area of comics history, tracking down the well-known series (Star Trek, The Munsters) and the lesser-known shows (Captain Gallant, Pinky Lee) to present the finest look ever taken at this unique genre of comic books.

Included are hundreds of full-color covers and images, plus profiles of the artists who drew TV comics: Gene Colan, Alex Toth, Dan Spiegle, Russ Manning, John Buscema, Russ Heath, and many more giants of the comic book world.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects American Vampire (2010 Vertigo) #1-11. Written by Scott Snyder and Stephen King. Art and cover by Rafael Albuquerque. Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DCs bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! Chronicling the history of a new breed of vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE by the legendary Scott Snyder and Stephen King is a fresh look at an old monster--a generational epic showcasing the bloodlust that lay hidden beneath America's most distinctive eras. Cunning, ruthless, and rattlesnake mean, Skinner Sweet is a thoroughly corrupt gunslinger. When European vampires come to the American Old West, they turn Skinner into a true monster: the very first American vampire. Skinner becomes something entirely new--a stronger breed of vampire immune to sunlight, who hates every last one of his aristocratic European ancestors. Follow this dark symbol of the New World's bloody path as he moves through American history's most distinctive eras--from the Wild West in the 1880s to the glamorous classic Hollywood of the 1920s to mobster-run Las Vegas in the 1930s, and beyond. But as Skinner's war with his predecessors inspires a mysterious society to rise and fight them both, his most upsetting decision might involve the first person he chooses to join his vampiric ranks: a struggling young movie star named Pearl Jones. Softcover, 5-in. x 8 1/2-in., 320 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $9.99.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.00 View scans Signed by writer RD Hall (title page) and artist Mark Kidwell (first page). Does not include certificate of authenticity.

1st printing. Collects American Wasteland (2007) #1-3. Written by R.D. Hall. Art by Mark Kidwell and Andrew Mangum. Truck driver Cletus McCoy only wants one thing: to get back home and save his Mama from a fate worse than death. But, in a world crumbling into a vampire apocalypse, that is easier said than done. Cletus will have to truck his way through an emerging nation of bloodthirsty monsters hell-bent on making him supper. Guns, guts, and a boy named Sumbitch are our hero's only hope! Softcover, 104 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $26.00

Add to cart Near Mint $26.00

1st printing.

By Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler.

Family lore had it that Bonnie Siegler's grandfather crossed paths in Midtown Manhattan late one night in 1954 with Marilyn Monroe, her white dress flying up around her as she filmed a scene for The Seven Year Itch. Jules Schulback had his home movie camera with him, capturing what would become the only surviving footage of that legendary night.

Bonnie wasn't sure she quite believed her grandfather's story... until, cleaning out his apartment, she found the film reel. The discovery would prompt her to investigate all of her grandfather's seemingly tall tales-and lead her in pursuit of a remarkable piece of forgotten history bridging old Hollywood, the birth of the comic book, and the Holocaust.

The American Way is a vivacious story of two very different men both striving to make their way in New York, their lives intersecting with a glittering array of luminaries, from Billy Wilder and Joe DiMaggio to Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 384 pages, Text (with B&W photos and illustrations).

Cover price $28.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

Add to cart Very Fine $5.30

1st printing. Written by Alissa R. Torres. Art by Sungyoon Choi. Alissa and Eddie Torres met in New York City, fell in love, and married in a whirlwind romance. Eddie had come to the United States as an illegal alien from Columbia and gradually worked his way up from a series of jobs in the garment district to become a high-paid currency broker, eventually landing his dream job at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center. His first day of work was September 10, 2001. The next day he died in the World Trade Center attacks. Pregnant with their first child, Alissa found herself cast into the role of "terrorist widow." Forced to deal with unimaginable challenges, she found herself tossed into a storm of bureaucracy, politics, patriotism, mourning, consolation, and motherhood. Ultimately, she succeeded in taking hold of the forces about her to set off toward a brighter future. Told with the intimacy only a graphic novel can convey, American Widow offers a universal message of hope and redemption. Hardcover, 214 pages, PC. Cover price $22.00.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $33.00 View scans Spine split 25%. Staple rust: Moderate.

8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $26.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $99.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $99.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $8.99

All Text is in Italian

1st printing. Story and art by James Sturm. Comprised of the American "historical fiction" trilogy. "The Revival" follows a couple taking their dead child to find a healer. In "Hundreds of Feet Underground," gold fever has ravaged a town. In Golem's Mighty Swing, a Jewish baseball team of fans the flames of anti-Semitism. Italian language. 7-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Luke Healy.

The Pacific Crest Trail runs 2660 miles, from California's border with Mexico to Washington's border with Canada. To walk it is to undertake a grueling test of body and spirit. In Americana, Luke Healy accepts the challenge. This intimate, engaging autobiographical work from an Irish visitor to the United States recounts the author's own attempt to walk the length of the USA's west coast. Healy's life-changing journey weaves in and out of reflections on his experiences in America and his development as an artist, navigating both the trail itself and the unique culture of the people who attempt to complete it.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 336 pages, full color.

Cover price $18.95.

b&w. Promo Edition. Bounty Killer # 1, Bushido #1, Katharsis # 1, Cold Dream # 0, & Honor of the Damned # 2. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Written by Bradford Winters and Larry Cohen. Art by Daniel Irizarri. Cover by Mike Choi. After an economic collapse, Americans are illegally emigrating to other countries to find work, creating 'Americatowns' wherever they go. Owen has a difficult time trying to sneak back into Buenos Aires in Argentina to rejoin his family; his struggle is just a small part of the hardships and conflicting agendas in an immigrant community trying to build itself in the shadow of a once great nation. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Bradford Winters and Larry Cohen. Art by Daniel Irizarri. Cover by Sonny Liew. After an economic collapse, Americans are illegally emigrating to other countries to find work, creating 'Americatowns' wherever they go. Owen has a difficult time trying to sneak back into Buenos Aires in Argentina to rejoin his family; his struggle is just a small part of the hardships and conflicting agendas in an immigrant community trying to build itself in the shadow of a once great nation. 28 pages, full color.

Limited 1 for 20 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Bradford Winters and Larry Cohen. Art and Cover by Daniel Irizarri. After an economic collapse, Americans are illegally emigrating to other countries to find work, creating 'Americatowns' wherever they go. Owen has a difficult time trying to sneak back into Buenos Aires in Argentina to rejoin his family; his struggle is just a small part of the hardships and conflicting agendas in an immigrant community trying to build itself in the shadow of a once great nation. 28 pages, full color.

1st printing. Collects Americatown (2015 Boom) #1-7. Written by Bradford Winters and Larry Cohen. Art by Daniel Irizarri. Cover by Scott Newman. What's to Love: Part social commentary, part family drama, Americatown asks: What if the American Dream gave way to the American Nightmare? In their inaugural comic series, screenwriters Bradford Winters (Oz, Boss, The Americans) and Larry Cohen (Netflix's Borgia), give us a story great for fans of Transmetropolitan, Children of Men, and the TV show Black Mirror. What It Is: After an economic collapse and other disasters in the near future, Americans are now the legal and illegal immigrants living abroad. They find work in cities like Buenos Aires, where their very own enclave known as "Americatown" has taken root. Owen, a recent arrival, begins a journey to support and save his splintered family divided between the enclave and home back in the U.S. His struggle is just a small part of the hardships and conflicting agendas in an immigrant community trying to build itself in the shadow of a once great nation. Hardcover, 176 pages, full color. NOTE: "A brilliant example of social commentary in an entertaining package." - Graphic Policy Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $170.00 View scan Paper: White Dust Jacket: 9.6. Japanese Edition. Label #3801183009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Ironside Comics

Angela # 1-3 in Japanese.

Written by Mike Wolfer. Art and Cover by Jeff Scherer. Everyone's favorite odd couple of cartoons step into the limelight for the first time! Join us for the crazy escapades of Ant and the relentless Aardvark in 'The Mad Lab' - the Aardvark thinks that he has the Ant trapped in the basement of a spooky, old house, but the tables will be turned on him when he finds that he's actually stumbled upon the laboratory of a mad scientist! And in 'Over and Under,' the Ant has found the perfect refuge from the hungry Aardvark- a military base surrounded by an electric fence. But modern technology won't stop a hungry Aardvark, who devises one scheme after another to get over and under that fence! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Mike Wolfer. Art and Cover by Jeff Scherer. Everyone's favorite odd couple of cartoons step into the limelight for the first time! Join us for the crazy escapades of Ant and the relentless Aardvark in 'The Mad Lab' - the Aardvark thinks that he has the Ant trapped in the basement of a spooky, old house, but the tables will be turned on him when he finds that he's actually stumbled upon the laboratory of a mad scientist! And in 'Over and Under,' the Ant has found the perfect refuge from the hungry Aardvark- a military base surrounded by an electric fence. But modern technology won't stop a hungry Aardvark, who devises one scheme after another to get over and under that fence! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.