Comic books in 'Cover: hardback'

1964. 6.25" x 9.25", 330 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

1st Printing - Written by Julius Lester, Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. The Wily Brer Rabbit is back, along with all of his friends and enemies. Watch tiny Miz Cricket outfox Brer Fox and get the best of Brer Elephant, Brer Lion, and Brer Tiger. Listen as Mr. Benjamin Ram picks up his fiddle and charms his way past the ravenous Brer Wolf. And, find out just what sort of creature the Doodang is, and just what happens when he decides he wants to swim like a fish and fly like a bird. Hardcover, 6" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

2nd or later printing - Written by Julius Lester, Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. The Wily Brer Rabbit is back, along with all of his friends and enemies. Watch tiny Miz Cricket outfox Brer Fox and get the best of Brer Elephant, Brer Lion, and Brer Tiger. Listen as Mr. Benjamin Ram picks up his fiddle and charms his way past the ravenous Brer Wolf. And, find out just what sort of creature the Doodang is, and just what happens when he decides he wants to swim like a fish and fly like a bird. Hardcover, 6" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

1st Printing. Authorized TV Edition based on the "Fury" television program. Written by Troy Nesbit, Illustrated by Paul Frame. Hardcover, 5" x 7", 282 pages, B&W text, partial color illustrations.

Set Includes Volume 1-4 - Printings may vary. Written by Jim Davis. Art and cover by Cedric Michiels. Four graphic novels in one! This gift set features "Catzilla," a Halloween treat in which Garfield, dressed up as the fearsome Catzilla, faces off against the real Catzilla escaped from the zoo! Will Garfield get caught in his place? Over 100 pages of candy-coated hijinks! Hardcover (4 Volumes with Slipcase), 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages (Total), full color. All Ages

Set Includes Volume 5-8 - Printings may vary. Written by Jim Davis. Art and cover by Cedric Michiels. Collecting four volumes of Garfield and Co., with over 100 pages of full-color comics, fans of the series will experience a Mouse Parade, watch Garfield parent baby birds, and uncover a spy who's been revealing all of Garfield's secrets! Hardcover (4 Volumes with Slipcase), 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages (Total), full color. All Ages

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Fish to Fry!" By Jim Davis. A new series based on the top rated new series on Cartoon Network! Jon, Odie, Nermal, Liz and the rest of the gang join Garfield in the first of a new series of Papercutz graphic novels. In "Fish to Fry," the tables turn on Garfield when he is put on trial for his crimes against fishkind - specifically eating them out of fish bowls! Also featuring the stories "Family Picture" and "Nice to Nermal." Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Curse of the Cat People!" Beauty contests and parallel universes - it's all here in Garfield's second graphic novel! In "The Curse of the Cat People" Garfield and Odie are transported by a magic mirror to an alternate universe of Ancient Egypt where cats rule the world. Hilarity ensues when the cat people tell Garfield his arrival fulfills an ancient prophecy that will transform their world forever, and that he is their new Pharoah! Also featuring "The Pet Show" and "Bone Diggers." Hardcover, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Catzilla!" It's Halloween, and Garfield dresses up as "Catzilla," a fierce wild cat that lives at the zoo, to go out Trick or Treating. What Garfield doesn't know is that the real Catzilla has escaped from the zoo and the police are searching for it, leading to a wild case of mistaken identity! Will Garfield end up in a zoo? And what will Jon and Odie do if they run into Catzilla? Also featuring the stories "Underwater World" and "Perfect Pizza." Hardcover, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Caroling Capers!" Just in time for the Holidays, Garfield's winter shenanigans! 'Tis the season to be jolly and Garfield, always looking for an opportunity to stuff his face, goes caroling in the hopes that his neighbors will reward him with tasty holiday treats. There's only one problem: Garfield can't sing and therefore no one will give him a crumb! But Nermal and Odie are also out caroling, with greater success, and Garfield knows he has to find a way to get in on their goodies! Also featuring "King Nermal" and "The Amazing Flying Dog." Hardcover, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "A Game of Cat and Mouse!" Garfield isn't a mauser. He doesn't even mind mice-as long as they don't get in his way, he couldn't care less. But when his mouse friend Squeek invites his big family to stay at Jon's, they quickly take over the entire house-turning the kitchen into a Mouse Paradise complete with tennis court, spa, and buffet. Jon gives Garfield an ultimatum: get rid of the mice, or Jon will call an exterminator. Also featuring "Pet Matchers" and "Catnap." Hardcover, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Mother Garfield!" Hunting birds is something Garfield's never had any interest in. But when he finds a nest full of abandoned eggs, Garfield puts his feline pride aside and decides to help them hatch. Harry, the stray cat from down the block, would love to put the newborn birds right on his dinner menu. As soon as they hatch, the birds assume Garfield is their mother and start following him around everywhere! Garfield can't take naps any more, and his water bowl has been turned into a bird bath. Is Garfield stuck being the birds' mom forever? Also featuring the stories "Curse of the Were-dog" and "Little Yellow Riding Hood." Hardcover, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Home for the Holidays!" Can this flabby tabby Scrooge find the true meaning of Christmas? To Garfield, there's not much more to the Christmas holidays than food and presents. This becomes the center of an argument between him and his girlfriend Arlene, who decides that Garfield is too self-centered for her if he can't truly understand Christmas. Garfield must do some soul searching and discover the meaning of Christmas in order to win back his girlfriend. But can this flabby tabby ever look past the material pleasures of the holidays and actually find something of greater meaning? Hardcover, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Secret Agent X!" Written by Jim Davis, and Mark Evanier. Art and Cover by Ellipsanime. A spy known only as Agent X has arrived in the neighborhood, and is ruining Garfield's life by telling anyone who will listen the details of all his secrets. Garfield enlists the help of his mouse friend, Squeak, to get to the bottom of this. Who is Agent X, really? How does he know so much about Garfield? The truth may turn out to be more shocking than Garfield can imagine! Hardcover, 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

1st printing. This chilling visual guide takes readers behind the scenes and into the dark and dThis chilling visual guide takes readers behind the scenes and into the dark and desperate world of the fearsome crusader of justice, Ghost Rider! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

No Dust Jacket - 1st printing. This chilling visual guide takes readers behind the scenes and into the dark and dThis chilling visual guide takes readers behind the scenes and into the dark and desperate world of the fearsome crusader of justice, Ghost Rider! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Best Buy Exclusive Edition - 1st printing. This chilling visual guide takes readers behind the scenes and into the dark and desperate world of the fearsome crusader of justice, Ghost Rider! Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, full color. NOTE: This edition was a Best Buy exclusive that came out to promote the Ghost Rider movie starring Nicholas Cage that came out in 2007.

1st printing. Inspired by the complex expressions and raw emotions revealed by faces, Glenn Barr evokes the human condition, creating a multitude of personalities ranging from extraordinarily common to extreme and fantastic. Barr uses pencil and brush to render elegant and elongated necklines, exaggerated eyes, and the gentle or jagged slopes shaping the noses or foreheads of the men, women, and monsters he creates, whether they are beautiful, ordinary, or even grotesque. Hardcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 80 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $15.95.

1st Printing. Written by Paul S. Kemp. The shadow legacy of Erevis Cale lives on even as his old foe Mephistopheles seeks to stamp it out at any cost. Cale's son Vasen - unmoored in time by the god mask - has thus far been shielded from the archdevil's dark schemes, sheltered among the servants of the lord of light who have raised him since birth. Now, the veil has been lifted. Hardcover, 6.5" x 9", 328 pages, text. Cover price $27.95.

1st Canaveral Press printing. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dust jacket and illustrations by Larry Ivie. John Carter's return to Mars, where he finds his son and exposes the false religion of Issus. Hardcover, 5.5" x 7", 348 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

1st printing. Story and art by Tom Gould. Goliath of Gath isn't much of a fighter. Given half a choice, he would pick admin work over patrolling in a heartbeat, to say nothing of his distaste for engaging in combat. Nonetheless, at the behest of the king he finds himself issuing a twice-daily challenge to the Israelites. Day after day he reluctantly repeats his speech, and the isolation of this duty gives him the chance to banter with his shield-bearer and reflect on the beauty of his surroundings. This is the story of David and Goliath as seen from Goliath's side of the Valley of Elah. Goliath's battle is simultaneously tragic and bleakly funny, as bureaucracy pervades even this most mythic of figures. Hardcover, 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

1st printing. Written by Derek McCulloch. Art and cover by Colleen Doran. This sweeping, century-spanning graphic novel explores the vivid history of Irish émigrés to New York City via three intertwined tales, from a penniless woman raising a daughter alone in the Five Points slum of 1870, to a struggling young artist drawn to the nascent counterculture of 1960, the year America elected its first Irish-Catholic president. Written by Eisner Award-nominated writer Derek McCulloch (Stagger Lee, Pug), and beautifully illustrated with period detail by Colleen Doran (THE SANDMAN, ORBITER) and color by Jose Villarrubia. Hardcover, 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

1st Printing. Hardcover, 10.5" x 10", 32 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Add to cart Fine $18.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "In the Line of Duty!" Collects Gotham Central (2003-2006) #1-10.

Written by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka. Art and cover by Michael Lark.

The first ten issues of the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series is collected in hardcover for the first time!

Written by Ed Brubaker (Captain America) and Greg Rucka (DETECTIVE COMICS, 52), this series pitted the detectives of Gotham City's Special Crimes Unit against the city's greatest villains - in the shadow of Batman himself.

Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $23.00

Add to cart Fine $20.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Jokers and Madmen!" Collects Gotham Central (2003-2006) #11-22.

Written by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker. Introduction by Duane Swierczynski. Art by Michael Lark, Greg Scott, Brian Hurt and Stefano Gaudiano. Cover by Michael Lark.

Witness the gritty side of the Gotham City Police Department from their perspective, as they take on criminals like The Joker and grudgingly look to the Dark Knight for help.

This volume collects two cases of the Gotham Special Crimes Unit, from the pages of GOTHAM CENTRAL #11-22.

First, The Joker terrorizes the city at Christmastime when he begins randomly executing people with a rifle, and no one from the Mayor on down is safe. Then, disgraced detective Harvey Bullock must settle some unfinished business...

Hardcover, 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $32.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "On the Freak Beat!" Collects Gotham Central (2003-2006) #23-31.

Written by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker. Art by MICHAEL LARK and JASON ALEXANDER. Cover by CLIFF CHIANG.

Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about a fellow officer's strange mutation in this collection featuring issues of the award-winning series.

Plus, the dead body of Robin, the Boy Wonder, is found on the streets, forcing the detectives to solve the case while dealing with Batman and The Teen Titans.

Hardcover, 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $23.00

Add to cart Very Fine $32.00

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Corrigan!" Collects Gotham Central (2003-2006) #32-40.

Written by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker. Art by STEVE LIEBER, KANO and STEFANO GAUDIANO. Cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON.

Witness the gritty side of the Gotham City Police Department from their perspective, as teens dressed as Robin the Boy Wonder start turning up dead.

In this final hardcover collection of GOTHAM CENTRAL, the dead body of Robin the Boy Wonder is found on the streets. Now the detectives of Gotham Central must try to solve the mystery of his death while dealing with Batman and the Teen Titans.

Hardcover, 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

1st printing. Graff Wars contains amazing Star Wars inspired graffiti from all over the world. Graff Wars documents the huge influence the Star Wars legacy has had on graffiti and many of its performers. The book demonstrates how one single phenomenon within a worldwide pop culture is picked up, interpreted, and given its own artistic expression. This book is a tribute to the generations who have been inspired and delighted by, and dedicated to, George Lucas' fantastic universe. hardcover, 11-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.99

Add to cart Near Mint $7.99

1st printing. Written by Simon Max Hill. Art by Shannon Wheeler. This is not the children's book your mother read to you! Best known for Too Much Coffee Man and I Thought You Would Be Funnier, Eisner Award-winning talent Shannon Wheeler brings you this Li'l Golden parody that takes a look at the lighter side of discovering a cadaver in your living room. See what ridiculous lengths will be reached in trying to wake up Grandpa - and were those fishnets really necessary? A hilarious send-up from new writing talent simon max hill and Shannon Wheeler! Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 80 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $7.99.

The Great Journey: Halo - The Art of Building Worlds - 1st printing. By Martin Robinson. Charting the glorious decade that spans Halo: Combat Evolved to Halo: Reach, Halo: The Great Journey is a lavish and spectacular review of 10 years of groundbreaking game art brought together in one place as never before. This is the ultimate gallery of the Halo universe, with sketches and concept art by acclaimed artists such as Ashley Wood, the detailed interiors and sweeping landscapes of Alex Chu, and Frank Capezzuto's breathtaking spacescapes. In addition there is art from Halo: Legends, book covers, comic pages, marketing images, and more! Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. "G.N.B. Double C!" By Seth. In Dominion, on Milverton Street there stands a handsome old building, with a pink stone façade and the familiar Canadian cartoon characters over the doorway. It was the Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, erected in 1935 and the last standing building of the once prestigious members-only organization. For years, this building, filled with art deco lamps, simple handcrafted wood furniture, and halls and halls of black-and-white portraits of Canada's best cartoonists, was where the professionals of the Great White North's active comics community met, gathered in their dark green blazers to drink cocktails, eat, dance, and discuss all things cartooning. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 136 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st Printing. The Great Woman Super Heroes is the first book of its kind - a unique lovely look at the larger than life comic book women who have fascinated generations of American readers. Trina Robbins, the foremost authority on women and comics and author of the widely hailed "A Century of Women Cartoonists", traces the full story of the strong and heroic women who've battled evildoers and righted wrongs in the pages of America's Sunday funnies and comic books from the 1940's to today. From the famous to the forgotten, all of the powerful in comics are here, from Wonder Woman to Elektra, from the cat-suited Miss Fury and pioneer aviatrix Flyin' Jenny of the 1940's to the leather-corseted action heroines like Ghost of the 1990's, Robbins covers all the good girls and all of the bad girls in one fascinating volume. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 210 pages, B&W. Cover price $31.95.

1st Printing - Written and illustrated by Peter Connolly. These classic stories, packed with dramatic adventures and larger-than-life characters, are an essential part of our heritage. Here you will find Perseus and the Gorgon's Head, The Twelve Labors of Hercules, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and Theseus and the Minotaur. In his retelling, Peter Connolly brings these stories to life, with full-color illustrations on every page. At the same time, he links the stories to the surviving archaeological evidence, showing in fascinating detail what the citadels and palaces, weapons and clothing may actually have looked like, and seeking to draw out the truth behind the legends. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 94 pages, full color. Cover price $9.98.

2nd and later printings - Written and illustrated by Peter Connolly. These classic stories, packed with dramatic adventures and larger-than-life characters, are an essential part of our heritage. Here you will find Perseus and the Gorgon's Head, The Twelve Labors of Hercules, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and Theseus and the Minotaur. In his retelling, Peter Connolly brings these stories to life, with full-color illustrations on every page. At the same time, he links the stories to the surviving archaeological evidence, showing in fascinating detail what the citadels and palaces, weapons and clothing may actually have looked like, and seeking to draw out the truth behind the legends. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 94 pages, full color. Cover price $9.98.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

Add to cart Fine $7.10

1st printing. Written by PETER STRAUB and MICHAEL EASTON. Art and cover by JOHN BOLTON. New York Times best-selling author Peter Straub resurrects his most sinister creation, Fielding "Fee" Bandolier, the unstoppable serial killer last seen in Straub's bestseller, The Throat. Aging and tired of a life devoted to death, Fee is preparing to end his long career of bloodshed. Bob Steele is a disillusioned New York detective out for redemption and to him redemption means a one-man crusade to stop Fielding Bandolier. Steele's father cruelly named him after a Hollywood cowboy hero. The name has been a curse because Bob has very little hero in him. But he's going to give it one last try. Cop and killer finally face off in a mysterious midwestern pub, "The Green Woman Tavern." And in that abandoned place, an unspeakable evil stronger than either of them lies waiting to seal the fates of both men. Hardcover, 160 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

1st Printing - Written by Sidney Smith. When it first launched in 1928, readers would be tested as never before. It's heartbreaking conclusion would change comics forever. Here in it's entirety for the first time since the story made headlines across America are reprints of what Hogan's Alley Magazine called "One of the Ten Biggest Events in Comics History". This collection is a complete year of comics reproduced one per page, allowing for an experience similar to what newspaper buyers had decades ago. Hardcover, 11" x 4" Horizontal Format, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Fine $24.00

1st printing. Story and art by Craig Thompson. Habibi is a deeply romantic story that explores and celebrates the beauty and cruelty, the complexity and depths of the Islamic world. Craig's stunning artwork is matched by the haunting strories of his characters' lives. Set in a mythical Middle East, at once contemporary and timeless, Habibi is a parable about our relationship to the natural world, about the cultural divide between the First World and the Third World, and about the common heritage of Christianity and Islam. The magic of storytelling allows us to see the fragility embedded in cruelty, to understand how beauty can preserve us from destruction and how love can save us from loss of hope. Hardcover, 672 pages, B&W. Cover price $35.00.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Craig Thompson. Habibi is a deeply romantic story that explores and celebrates the beauty and cruelty, the complexity and depths of the Islamic world. Craig's stunning artwork is matched by the haunting strories of his characters' lives. Set in a mythical Middle East, at once contemporary and timeless, Habibi is a parable about our relationship to the natural world, about the cultural divide between the First World and the Third World, and about the common heritage of Christianity and Islam. The magic of storytelling allows us to see the fragility embedded in cruelty, to understand how beauty can preserve us from destruction and how love can save us from loss of hope. Hardcover, 672 pages, B&W. Cover price $35.00.

Includes a Limited Edition signed bookplate - 1st printing. Story and art by Craig Thompson. Habibi is a deeply romantic story that explores and celebrates the beauty and cruelty, the complexity and depths of the Islamic world. Craig's stunning artwork is matched by the haunting strories of his characters' lives. Set in a mythical Middle East, at once contemporary and timeless, Habibi is a parable about our relationship to the natural world, about the cultural divide between the First World and the Third World, and about the common heritage of Christianity and Islam. The magic of storytelling allows us to see the fragility embedded in cruelty, to understand how beauty can preserve us from destruction and how love can save us from loss of hope. Hardcover, 672 pages, B&W. NOTE: Limited to 500. Cover price $35.00.

Revised Edition - 1st printing.

Foreword by Frank O'Connor.

Expanded to include Halo: Reach!

Halo is one of the most popular and hugely successful video game franchises in history! With this newly updated and comprehensive Halo Encyclopedia, now with sixteen pages of brand-new content including Halo's newest game, Halo: Reach, both new and pro gamers can learn everything they ever wanted to know about Master Chief and the Halo universe. Everything that is Halo is now at your fingertips!

Hardcover, 10-in. x 12-in., 368 pages, full color.

Cover price $40.00.

1st Edition. This collection covers the entire career of Hannes Bok. Edited by Joseph Wrzos. Features over 600 illustrations. This includes many from pulps and pulp covers, and all of Boks known dust jackets and the largest collection of Bok paintings ever published (many that have never before been printed). Hardcover with dust jacket and printed cloth slipcase. 461 pages. 8" x12". Interior both color and B/W. Some issues may include a 6.5" x 4" photo card replicating the photo printed on front cover.

Volume 1, 2nd or later printing. Written by Neil Gaiman. Art and cover by Lorenzo Mattotti. This all happened a long time ago, in your grandmother's time, or in her grandfather's. A long time ago. Back then, we all lived on the edge of the great forest. Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti both remember the horror and fascination with which they read the Grimm Brothers' "Hansel and Gretel." The writer and the artist now join forces for a brilliant reimagining of one of humanity's most enduring tales. Be brave, be bold, and keep your wits about you - Gaiman and Mattotti are welcoming you into the woods. Hardcover 7-in. x 10-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

1st Printing - Situational comedy comic strips written by Television funny man, Johnny Carson with illustrations by Whitney Darrow, Jr. Hardcover, 4.5" x 6", 64 pages, color. Cover price $1.95.

1st printing. Written by Clifford Makins. Art and cover by Frank Bellamy. Each issue of the Eagle was chocablock with adventures and exciting new pastimes for boys - from Dan Dare to Extra Special Agent Harris Tweed. In the 1950s, the comic embarked on an ambitious series chronicling the life of some of Britain's most famous men - Nelson, Baden Powell, Alfred the Great, Montgomery and Churchill, to name a few. Here we have the complete set of Eagle comic strips which tell the story of Winston Churchill's life - his birth at Blenheim, his education at Harrow and Oxford, his time in the army as well as his appointment to government and eventually to his stint as War Leader. Includes an extended essay by Richard M. Langworth, a pre-eminent Churchill historian. Original comic strip format, lifted directly out of the Eagle comics from the 1950s 'Heroes' series. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 62 pages full color.

1st printing. Story and art by Kate Beaton. Hark! A Vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorker cartoonist and comics-sensation Kate Beaton. No era nor tome is left unscathed as Beaton rightly skewers the Western World's revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the best-loved fiction. In just four years, Beaton has taken the comics world by storm with her non sequiturs, cheeky comebacks, and irreverent punch lines. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 7-in., 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Kate Beaton. Hark! A Vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorker cartoonist and comics-sensation Kate Beaton. No era nor tome is left unscathed as Beaton rightly skewers the Western World's revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the best-loved fiction. In just four years, Beaton has taken the comics world by storm with her non sequiturs, cheeky comebacks, and irreverent punch lines. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 7-in., 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January, 1956!" Collects Blondie Comics (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #86, Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952 2nd Series Harvey) #40, Dagwood Comics (1950) #61, Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961) #95, Little Dot (1953 1st Series) #15, Little Lotta (1955 1st Series) #2, Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) #84, Sad Sack (1949) #54, and Spooky (1955 1st Series) #2. These volumes are some of the earliest examples of Collected Comics. Companies, like Harvey, would archive their material by taking all the issues they released that month and having them bound into hardcover book format. The issues come complete with front and back covers and interiors. They were trimmed down perfectly to fit the hardcover format. Each year has twelve volumes, one for each month of the year. These are extremely rare items. Hardcover (No Dust Jacket), 180 pages, full color.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "February, 1956!" Collects Blondie Comics (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #87, Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952 2nd Series Harvey) #41, Dagwood Comics (1950) #62, Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961) #96, Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) #93, Little Audrey (1952 Harvey) #46, Little Lotta (1955 1st Series) #3, Little Max (1949) #39, and Sad Sack (1949) #55. These volumes are some of the earliest examples of Collected Comics. Companies, like Harvey, would archive their material by taking all the issues they released that month and having them bound into hardcover book format. The issues come complete with front and back covers and interiors. They were trimmed down perfectly to fit the hardcover format. Each year has twelve volumes, one for each month of the year. These are extremely rare items. Hardcover (No Dust Jacket), 180 pages, full color.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "March, 1956!" Collects Blondie Comics (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #88, Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952 2nd Series Harvey) #42, Dagwood Comics (1950) #63, Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961) #97, Little Dot (1953 1st Series) #16, Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) #85, Paramount Animated Comics (1953) #20, Sad Sack (1949) #56 and Spooky (1955 1st Series) #3. These volumes are some of the earliest examples of Collected Comics. Companies, like Harvey, would archive their material by taking all the issues they released that month and having them bound into hardcover book format. The issues come complete with front and back covers and interiors. They were trimmed down perfectly to fit the hardcover format. Each year has twelve volumes, one for each month of the year. These are extremely rare items. Hardcover (No Dust Jacket), 180 pages, full color.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "April, 1956!" Collects Blondie Comics (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #89, Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952 2nd Series Harvey) #43, Dagwood Comics (1950) #64, Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961) #98, Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) #94, Little Audrey (1952 Harvey) #47, Little Max (1949) #40, Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) #86, and Sad Sack (1949) #57. These volumes are some of the earliest examples of Collected Comics. Companies, like Harvey, would archive their material by taking all the issues they released that month and having them bound into hardcover book format. The issues come complete with front and back covers and interiors. They were trimmed down perfectly to fit the hardcover format. Each year has twelve volumes, one for each month of the year. These are extremely rare items. Hardcover (No Dust Jacket), 180 pages, full color.