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UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK annuals featuring characters and stories from the British comic magazine, "Playhour". Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

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Volume 1, 1st Printing - Story and art by Dave Morice. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 186 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 1, 2nd or later printing - Story and art by Dave Morice. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 186 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Set #1 Includes Volume 1-2 (with Slipcase) - Printings may vary.

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

An attractive slipcased gift box set containing the first two volumes in Fantagraphics' best selling Pogo reprint series for the budget minded customer. offered again from Fantagraphics Books.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format 2 Volumes with Slipcase), 12-in. x 9-in., 688 pages (Total), PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $69.99.

Set #2 Includes Volume 3-4 (with Slipcase) - Printings may vary.

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

In addition to presenting all of 1955 and 1956's daily Pogo strips for the first time anywhere, Pogo: The Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 4 also contains all 104 Sunday strips from these two years in full color for the first time since their original appearance in Sunday newspaper sections 60 years ago! Plus the usual in-depth annotations, samples of Kelly's work scanned from original art, and a whole lot more! And, for the holidays, we're also releasing a handsome slipcased set of this volume and Vol. 3.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format 2 Volumes with Slipcase), 12-in. x 9-in., 688 pages (Total), PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $75.00.

Set #4 Includes Volume 7-8 (with Slipcase) - Printings may vary.

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

This season, we also present a gift boxed set of 2021's Vol. 7 and the new Vol. 8, just in time for the holidays!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format 2 Volumes with Slipcase), 12-in. x 9-in., 688 pages (Total), PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $79.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Through the Wild Blue Wonder (1949-1950)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly. Foreword by Jimmy Breslin.

Our first volume (of 12) collects approximately the first two years of Pogo dailies and, for the first time, full-color Sundays. First created in the 1940's, Pogo blended nonsense language, poetry, and socio-political satire, presaging later strips such as Doonesbury and The Boondocks. Special features in this premiere volume include a biographical introduction, an extensive glossary by comics historian R.C. Harvey and a foreword by legendary columnist Jimmy Breslin.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 360 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $39.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Bona Fide Balderdash (1951-1952)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly. Foreword by Stan Freberg.

Following the best selling Pogo Volume 1, this new volume finds Walt Kelly at the peak of his powers and features page after page of gorgeously drawn vaudevillian dialogue and action whilst introducing a host of new characters to the swamp. Created during the 1952 political season, Bona Fide Balderdash also features Kelly's acidic political satire and reprints, for the first time ever in full color, two full years of Sunday pages plus extensive historical annotation by comic strip historian R.C. Harvey and an introduction by Stan Freberg!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 352 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $39.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Evidence to the Contrary (1953-1954)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

WALT KELLY TURNS UP THE POLITICAL HEAT IN VOLUME THREE OF THE COMPLETE POGO - It's in this volume (featuring another two years' worth of Pogo strips) that we meet one of Walt Kelly's boldest political caricatures. Folks across America had little trouble equating the insidious wildcat Simple J. Malarkey with the ascendant anti-Communist senator, Joseph McCarthy. The subject was sensitive enough that by the following year a Providence, Rhode Island newspaper threatened to drop the strip if Malarkey's face were to appear in it again. Kelly's response? He had Malarkey appear again but put a bag over the character's head for his next appearance. Ergo, his face did not appear. (Typical of Kelly's layers of verbal wit, the character Malarkey was hiding from was a "Rhode Island Red" hen, referencing both the source of his need to conceal Malarkey and the underlying political controversy.) The entirety of these sequences can be found in this book.

But the Malarkey storyline is only a tiny portion of those rich, eventful two years, which include such classic sequences as con-man Seminole Sam's attempts to corner the market on water (which Porkypine's Uncle Baldwin tries to one-up by cornering the market on dirt); a return engagement of Pup Dog and Houn'dog's blank-eyed Little Orphan Annie parody "Li'l Arf and Nonny"; Churchy La Femme going in drag to deliver a love poem he wrote, Cyrano style, on Deacon Mushrat's behalf to Sis Boombah (the aforementioned hen); P.T. Bridgeport's return to the swamp in search of new talent; and of course two rousing choruses of "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie." In addition to presenting all of 1953 and 1954's daily strips complete and in order for the first time anywhere (many of them once again scanned from original syndicate proofs, for their crispest and most detailed appearance ever), Pogo Volume 3: "Evidence to the Contrary" also contains all 104 Sunday strips from these two years, presented in lush full color for the first time since their original appearance in Sunday sections 60 years ago - plus the usual in-depth "Swamp Talk" historical annotations by R.C. Harvey, spectacular samples of Kelly's work scanned from original art, and a whole lot more!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $45.00.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Vote Pogo (1955-1956)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

In addition to presenting all of 1955 and 1956's daily Pogo strips for the first time anywhere, Pogo: The Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 4 also contains all 104 Sunday strips from these two years in full color for the first time since their original appearance in Sunday newspaper sections 60 years ago! Plus the usual in-depth annotations, samples of Kelly's work scanned from original art, and a whole lot more!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $45.00.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Out of this World At Home (1957-1958)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

In addition to presenting all of 1957 and 1958's daily Pogo strips complete in order for the first time, Pogo: The Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 5 also contains all 104 Sunday strips from these two years, in lush full color for the first time in 60 years! Pogo Vol. 5 also includes a foreword by lifelong Pogo fan and CNN anchor Jake Tapper plus the usual in-depth "Swamp Talk" annotations by R.C. Harvey, spectacular samples of Kelly's work scanned from original art, and a whole lot more!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 344 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $45.00.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Clean as a Weasel (1959-1960)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

Volume 6 presents all 104 Sunday Pogo strips from 1959-1960 in full-color for the first time since their original appearance.

Albert Alligator and Beauregard Bugleboy fend off a man-from-Mars, and Howland Owl investigates Communist espionage in the postal system. Then, its election time and Okefenokee Swamp gets a new presidential candidate, Fremount the Bugboy, sparking a political debate about just who can be president - maybe even a woman! With an introduction by Jim "Garfield" Davis and supplementary features by comics historians R.C. Harvey, Maggie Thompson, and Mark Evanier.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 344 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $45.00.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Pockets Full of Pie (1961-1962)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly. Foreword by Sergio Aragones.

This series represents the first time Pogo has been collected complete and in chronological order anywhere, presented in lush full color for the first time since their original appearance in Sunday newspaper section, as well as gorgeous black-and-white reproductions of Kelly's elegant dailies.

This volume includes a pig with an ominous resemblance to Nikita Khrushchev and a scruffy goat who looks exactly like Fidel Castro. Both assure Okefenokeeans that a one-party system is the way to go; all will be well economically, they explain, because "the shortage will be divided amongst the peasants." Other storylines spotlight Kelly's remarkable cast: Pogo Possum, Albert Alligator, Howland Owl, "Churchy" LaFemme, Beauregard Bugleboy, Porky Pine, Miz Ma'm'selle Hepzibah, Deacon Mushrat, and so many others.

All 104 Sunday strips from those two years are included, with supplementary features (including comprehensive annotations and index) by comics historians R.C. Harvey, Maggie Thompson, and Mark Evanier.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 360 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $45.00.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty (1963-1964)!"

Story and art by Walt Kelly. Foreword by Lucy Caswell.

Collects the years 1963 and 1964 of the classic newspaper strip whose political satire feels more timely than ever.

Using the platform of Pogo, Walt Kelly tackled many of the sociopolitical issues of his day: the Red Scare, civil rights, the environment, consumerism. But the strip is also a joyous, poignant, beautifully drawn, and occasionally profound work of 20th-century popular culture. Each volume contains two full years of restored black-and-white daily strips plus all 104 Sundays from the same period.

For the first time since their original appearance more than 50 years ago, the Sundays are in full, glorious color.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 344 pages, PC/PB&W. All Ages

Cover price $49.99.

Volume 1, 1st printing. May's first pokemon battle wipes out her Torchic. While it gets better, she and ash meet a stranger who just might have the keys to a lost pokemon world! Hardcover, 6" x 8.5", 46 pages, full color.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Bud Sagendorf. There are three genius incarnations of Popeye, the comic strip by E.C. Segar, the animations by Max Fleischer, and-unknown to many-the brilliant 1940s and '50s comic book stories by Bud Sagendorf! Comics historian Craig Yoe collects and beautifully packages the best of the best of Sagendorf's thrilling and roll-on-the-floor laughing tales. See the Sea Hag, Bluto, and, of course, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, and Sweepea join Popeye in exciting adventures-and brilliant comic book stories. Sagendorf penned these tales with love and skill-even adding some of his own unique characters. Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "First Course!" Written by J. Torres. Art and cover by Dean Trippe. Joey is a sickly looking kid who's been raised to believe that he's allergic to pretty much everything with a hue. His mother has him on a strict diet that avoids a huge list of food--anything that isn't white is off the table - literally. Why the restrictive diet? Well, it turns out every food gives Joey a different super power! Lunch time just got a whole lot crazier! Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 40 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Seconds!" Written by J. Torres. Art and cover by Dean Trippe. When Joey joins the school soccer team, he finally begins to feel like a normal kid, especially since he doesn't need to use his food-fueled superpowers to score goals. All that changes with the star players of a rival team - two terrible twins who excel at cheating! If Joey used his superpowers, he could teach the twins a lesson. But that would be cheating... wouldn't it? Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 40 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $12.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Powers (2000-2004 1st Series Image) #1-11. Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art & Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING. You asked for it, and now here it is: THE FIRST-EVER POWERS HARDCOVER! But not only is it a hardcover...it's a hardcover collection of the entire first year of POWERS in chronological order! The first three epic POWERS stories, issues #1-11, are presented in order of publication for the very first time?remastered, redesigned and reformatted! Plus all the POWERS bonus features you've come to know and love: sketchwork, scripts, interviews, galleries, original designs and a POWERS collection first ? a Best of the Letter Column, Year One! This is where the story begins! A must-have for your comic library! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 456 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $29.99.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Powers (2000-2004 1st Series Image) #12-24. Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art and Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING. Following hot on the heels of the FIRST-EVER POWERS HARDCOVER comes - wait for it - THE SECOND POWERS HARDCOVER...EVER. It's a hardcover collection of the entire second year of POWERS in chronological order! The first three epic POWERS stories are presented in order of publication - remastered, redesigned and reformatted! Also featuring all the POWERS bonus features you've come to know and love: sketchwork, scripts, interviews, galleries, original designs and another POWERS Best of the Letter Column, Year Two! This is the most celebrated year of this award-winning title! A must-have for your comic library! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 488 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $29.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Powers (2004-2008 2nd Series Icon) #19-30 and Powers (2008 2nd Series Icon) Annual #1. Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art and Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING. The deluxe hardcover collections continue! This volume combines POWERS VOL. 11: SECRET IDENTITY and POWERS VOL. 12: THE 25 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES OF ALL TIME, plus all the extras you expect to see in a beautiful oversized collection! Walker and Pilgrim have been homicide detectives and partners for years, but secrets they've kept from each other are now too big and too dangerous to remain secrets for long. One shall rise, and one shall fall! It's a story that will blow the roof off everything you know about crime comics and superhero comics! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 464 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $34.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art and Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING. When the power who murdered Hitler is found dead, it's up to detectives Walker and Sunrise to dig into the secret history of powers past to find the killer. A past that includes the untold tale of Walker's life before he became one of the world's greatest superheroes. Then, Walker and Sunrise must investigate the murder of a group of powers who claim to be gods - and the result is disastrous! Find out what's going on in this cops-and-capes drama that has NO RULES! Plus: the return of Deena Pilgrim! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 424 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $34.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Bureau Saga!" Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art and Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING. The complete collection of Powers: Bureau is here - and it's a bold game changer! Now that all powers cases are federal cases, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim are now federal agents, and must learn to live by the new rules. But when they find themselves dealing with the biggest powers cases in the entire country, will this new life close the closet full of skeletons Deena carries with her? (Absolutely not!) Who are THE SEVEN? An explosive new super-team with a secret that could rock the world! Get on board the creator-owned series that shows cops and capes like you've never seen them before! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 352 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $29.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Forever!" Collects Powers (2000-2004 1st Series Image) #31-37. Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art and cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING. The origin of Powers! The story that literally spans the history of man as all the mysteries of powers and the Powers universe unfold, following a lone warrior's trek through the greatest stories ever told! This completely redesigned andreformatted hardcover includes the entire script to the controversial POWERS #31, and a look into Michael Avon Oeming's research and sketch work for every era! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

Hastings Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. When a brash youth is exiled to the shores of Britain, his daring and cunning soon mark him as a leader of men. Follow the early beginnings as young Val earns the right of Knighthood and becomes Prince Valiant, Knight of the Round Table! Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W. NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart Fine $61.00

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $21.00 View scan

Hastings Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Prince Valiant Fights Attila the Hun!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Worlds collide as brave Prince Valiant matches wits and steel with the legendary conqueror, Attila the Hun. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart Fine $99.00

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $32.00 View scans

Hastings Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Prince Valiant on the Inland Sea!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Across a decaying Roman Empire, on the isles of Greece, and upon the waves of the Mediterranean Sea, Prince Valiant repels the attacks of pirates and Arab raiders as he searches for the ever elusive, and bewitching, Aleta, Queen of the Misty Isles. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W. NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00

Hastings Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing.
"Prince Valiant's Perilous Voyage!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Prince Valiant will brave anything and face and any danger to reach home. Thrill as the brave hero comes face-to-face with jungle mammoths, turblent seas, and Saxon armies to reach his final destination. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W.
NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Dust jacket and exterior cover of the HC have matching artwork. Cover price $3.95.

Hastings Edition - Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Prince Valiant and the Golden Princess!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Prince Valiant defends his homeland against the encroachment of invaders and attempts to come to terms with his fealings for the bewitching beauty, Queen Aleta. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W. NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Cover price $3.95.

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Hastings Edition - Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Prince Valiant in the New World!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. When Queen Aleta is abducted by the nefarious Viking warlord, Ulfrun, Prince Valiant sets out across the sea and ventures to a strange and wonderful New World centuries before Columbus set sail. Hardcover, 96 pages, B&W. NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $12.00 View scan Writing on interior cover. Book grades in VG range while dust jacket grades closer to GD.

Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $71.73 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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Hastings Edition - Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Prince Valiant and the Three Challenges!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Brave Prince Valiant must face three harrowing challenges: the trouble-making and ruthless King Tourien in Cornwall; dark sorcery wreaking havoc upon the good people of Wales; and savage men who paint themselves blue and green for stealth in the forest and seek to invade the Kingdom of Camelot! Hardcover, 96 pages, B&W. NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Cover price $3.95.

Volume 1, 1st Printing - "1937-1938". Written and Illustrated by Harold R. Foster. hardcover, 10.5" x 14.5", 100 pages, full color.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Act I!" Collects Providence (2015 Avatar) #1-4. Written by Alan Moore. Art and cover by Jacen Burrows. Alan Moore's quintessential horror series has set the standard for a terrifying examination of the works of H.P. Lovecraft. It is being universally hailed as one of Moore's most realized works in which the master scribe has controlled every iota of the story, art, and presentation. The result has been a masterpiece like no other, unparalleled in tone and content, and a true must have addition to his essential works in the field. Don't miss your chance to enjoy the first piece of a true horror masterpiece and enter the creeping world of Providence. Hardcover, 162 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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1st Printing.

Explore the rollicking, rip-roaring era of pulp fiction. From its origins in the late nineteenth century, when adventure stories reigned, through almost six decades of slinking sleuths, galloping ghouls, nitty-gritty gals, and invincible warriors, the pulp magazines transported readers into new territories of the mind. Not only did these publications help popularize authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Ray Bradbury, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, they now provide a panorama of some sixty years of illustration - and social commentary. Join us in this nostalgic visual journey through the world of pulps.

Hardcover, horizontal format, 11" x 10.5", 204 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.95.

Add to cart Fine $22.00

2nd or Later Printings.

Explore the rollicking, rip-roaring era of pulp fiction. From its origins in the late nineteenth century, when adventure stories reigned, through almost six decades of slinking sleuths, galloping ghouls, nitty-gritty gals, and invincible warriors, the pulp magazines transported readers into new territories of the mind. Not only did these publications help popularize authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Ray Bradbury, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, they now provide a panorama of some sixty years of illustration - and social commentary. Join us in this nostalgic visual journey through the world of pulps.

Hardcover, horizontal format, 11" x 10.5", 204 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.95.