Charlie Chan comic books issue 1

Number on cover is 12-110-512 Oct.-Dec. Stories include "The Touch of Midas," "Escape to Danger," and "Kayu Strikes Again." Art and cover by Frank Springer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Kirby (credited as Simon and Kirby). Art by Bill Draut and Carmine Infantino. Comic-book adventures of the legendary Asian-American detective, notable for their Jack Kirby covers. This series was designed to tie in with the Charlie Chan radio series then airing on the Mutual network. Chan is called in when a wealthy widow is murdered in a hit-and-run. A petty crook decides to shoot for the stars and become a Monte Carlo gambler. Modern-day train robbers use gas masks that make them look like the 1940s Sandman. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Charlie Chan radio series and its sponsors, medicinal gums Feenamint and Chooz. The Hit and Run Murder Case; Charlie Chan; The Land of the Leopard Men; The Weasel of Wall Street; He Talked Too Much; The Train Robber's Last Trip. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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November 1973 Volume 1 No 1. Cover by Bill Edwards. Charlie Chan short novel "Walk Softly, Strangler" by Robert Hart Davis. Novelette "Death on Deck" by Jim Duke. Short stories by Robert W. Alexander, Andrew Bogen, Bill Pronzini, Pauline C. Smith, George Antovich, & Lawrence Treat. A few interior illustrations. Digest format, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in., 160 p, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

1st printing. By Sonny Liew. A PREVIEWS Exclusive! Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye, the greatest comic book artist you've probably never heard of. When he started making comics in Singapore as a boy of 16 in 1954, Chan expected fame and fortune to quickly follow. But just as Singapore's road to independence would be full of twists and turns, so too would Chan's own journey as an artist. Splicing together a dizzying array of art styles, genres and forms, Sonny Liew's multilayered graphic novel is a celebration of life, comics and storytelling. The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is an innovative work that challenges the possibilities of the comics medium, creating a double-edged history. Hardcover, 320 pages, full color. Cover price $30.00.

Limited Signed Bookplate Edition - 1st printing. By Sonny Liew. A PREVIEWS Exclusive! Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye, the greatest comic book artist you've probably never heard of. When he started making comics in Singapore as a boy of 16 in 1954, Chan expected fame and fortune to quickly follow. But just as Singapore's road to independence would be full of twists and turns, so too would Chan's own journey as an artist. Splicing together a dizzying array of art styles, genres and forms, Sonny Liew's multilayered graphic novel is a celebration of life, comics and storytelling. The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is an innovative work that challenges the possibilities of the comics medium, creating a double-edged history. Hardcover, 320 pages, full color. NOTE: Bookplate is located on the 4th page opposite the Title Page. Cover price $30.00.

UK Reprint Series. Reprints material from Charlie Chan (1948 Crestwood/Prize/Charlton) #4. 28 Pages, Full Color

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Alfred Andriola. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. This issue collects the Sunday Charlie Chan strip from March 2, 1940 to May 31, 1942 (the end of the strip).  A mystery man called The Hawk targets a baseball pitcher to ruin the fortunes of the Centropolis Dolphins; Charlie teaches his son Lee (and the reader) techniques of police work and crime detection; and an odd strip (but representative of its times) in which Charlie proves Hitler is the Antichrist using numerology. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 8-in., 124 pages, B&W.

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1st printing. Collects Dailies & Sundays from 10/30/38 to 11/19/39. By Earl Derr Bigger and Alfred Andriola. Here are reprinted Dailies and Sundays that first appeared in the newspapers, running from October 30, 1938 to November, 11, 1939. Contains the adventures serialized as "The Charlie Chan Notebook," "The Donna Grant Kidnapping," "Doctor's Croft Rubies," and "The Wan China Case." Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8-in., 56 pages, B&W.

UK Reprints - 28 Pages

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story, art and cover by Alfred Andriola. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Former Milton Caniff protege Alfred Andriola's first strip was based on Earl Derr Biggers' popular Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. In "Drama at the Crown Circus," Chan matches wits with a murderous marijuana-dealing clown. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W.

1st printing. By Alfred Andriola. Beginning on October 30, 1938, a Sunday comic strip featuring famous detective Charlie Chan first appeared in newspapers across the United States. Drawn by noted artist Alfred Andriola, the series lasted for nearly four years, ending on May 31, 1942.This collection features Dailies and Sunday strips dated 11/20/39 - 1/14/40. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.