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Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings. "1942-1944!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould hits his stride, as he introduces four of his most grotesque villains: Pruneface, Laffy, Mrs. Pruneface, and Flattop! All while Dick Tracy is subjected to one of the most inventive and bizarre death traps in comics history. Edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, Eisner Award-winner for TERRY AND THE PIRATES, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September, 1942 through March, 1944. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 344 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "1944-1945!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould's fertile imagination continues at a breakneck pace, as he introduces The Brow, Flattop, Shaky, Breathless Mahoney, Measles, Gravel Gertie, B.O. Plenty, and the Summer Sisters! With an introduction by Max Allan Collins, and a special feature by Jeff Kersten of the Dick Tracy Museum about the famous radio program, "Dick Tracy in B-Flat," starring Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 23, 1944 through September 19, 1945. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 9 - 2nd and Later Printings. "1944-1945!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould's fertile imagination continues at a breakneck pace, as he introduces The Brow, Flattop, Shaky, Breathless Mahoney, Measles, Gravel Gertie, B.O. Plenty, and the Summer Sisters! With an introduction by Max Allan Collins, and a special feature by Jeff Kersten of the Dick Tracy Museum about the famous radio program, "Dick Tracy in B-Flat," starring Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 23, 1944 through September 19, 1945. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "1945-1947!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Calling all law-abiding citizens-witness the introduction of the famous Two-Way Wrist Radio, created by the aptly named Brilliant! Enjoy an ever-expanding cast that includes Diet Smith, Themesong, and Christmas Early, as well as the return of Vitamin Flintheart and Snowflake, while the two most unlikely characters get married! Thrill to the capers staged by the villains Influence, Shoulders, Itchy, Nilon Hose, and Gargles! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Kersten. Containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September 20, 1945 through March 16, 1947. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 364 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 10 - 2nd and later printings. "1945-1947!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Calling all law-abiding citizens-witness the introduction of the famous Two-Way Wrist Radio, created by the aptly named Brilliant! Enjoy an ever-expanding cast that includes Diet Smith, Themesong, and Christmas Early, as well as the return of Vitamin Flintheart and Snowflake, while the two most unlikely characters get married! Thrill to the capers staged by the villains Influence, Shoulders, Itchy, Nilon Hose, and Gargles! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Kersten. Containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September 20, 1945 through March 16, 1947. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 364 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "1947-1948!" Story and art by Chester Gould. This volume introduces Mumbles-one of Dick Tracy's greatest villains-and sees Tracy form the Crime Stoppers Club, teaching young boys and girls crime detection techniques. The fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) parade of characters continues, including Coffyhead, Hypo, Bronko, Kiss Andtell, Acres O'Riley, Heels Beals, and Autumn Hews. Plus, everyone dreads seeing what the baby born to B.O. Plenty and Gravel Gertie will look like! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Kersten. Containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 17, 1947 through September 26, 1948. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 364 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. "1948-1950!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chief Brandon steps down, and wait 'til you see who's the new Chief! Then, Sam?Catchem joins the force, Sparkle Plenty charms everyone, and two major characters tie the knot! And the villains? Well, Chester Gould continues to invent one grotesque, evil bad guy after another, as Wormy, Pearshape, Big Frost, Sleet, Talcum Freely, Sketch Paree, and Mousey make life miserable for Tracy and company. Plus, the first-ever color reprinting of "The Black Bag Mystery" which only appeared in a single newspaper in 1949! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 276 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. "1950-1951!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick and Tess's house fire bombed! B.O. Plenty riddled with bullets! Sam Catchum apparently crushed to death! This volume's villains include Blowtop, T.V. Wiggles, Dr. Plain, and Empty Williams. Plus a baby named Bonnie Braids is born, Vitamin Flintheart returns, and who's the mysterious woman named Crewy Lou? Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 252 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. "1951-1953!" Story and art by Chester Gould. What does Crewy Lou do with Bonny Braids? Dick and Tess's baby isn't the only child in danger in Volume 14: wait 'til you meet Sparkle Plenty's new best friend, "Little Wings," and discover the ominous reason she appears to glow in the dark! Chester Gould also ramps up the violence and death traps, introduces more inventions (closed circuit surveillance, the first broadcast police line-up), and more cra-a-zy characters such as Tonsils, Dot View, Mr. Crime, Odds Zonn, Newsuit Nan, and Spinner ReCord, plus the touching story of the girl known as Model! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 14 - 2nd and Later Printings. "1951-1953!" Story and art by Chester Gould. What does Crewy Lou do with Bonny Braids? Dick and Tess's baby isn't the only child in danger in Volume 14: wait 'til you meet Sparkle Plenty's new best friend, "Little Wings," and discover the ominous reason she appears to glow in the dark! Chester Gould also ramps up the violence and death traps, introduces more inventions (closed circuit surveillance, the first broadcast police line-up), and more cra-a-zy characters such as Tonsils, Dot View, Mr. Crime, Odds Zonn, Newsuit Nan, and Spinner ReCord, plus the touching story of the girl known as Model! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. "3-D Magee Open-Mind: 1953-1954!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In this volume we learn the fate of "Little Wings" and her radioactive dad and on a lighter side, we meet Canhead (B.O.'s brother, Kincaid Plenty); his not so light and not so nice ex-wife Pony; and her crony, the downright creepy 3-D Magee. Meanwhile, Tracy has to deal with TNT vests and killer ants while showing Open-Mind Monty that he's no "dummy." Plus, the unlikely duo of Dewdrop and Sticks, the oversized Rainbow Reiley, and Chester Gould's latest and greatest grotesque: Rughead! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 15 - 2nd and Later Printings. "3-D Magee Open-Mind: 1953-1954!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In this volume we learn the fate of "Little Wings" and her radioactive dad and on a lighter side, we meet Canhead (B.O.'s brother, Kincaid Plenty); his not so light and not so nice ex-wife Pony; and her crony, the downright creepy 3-D Magee. Meanwhile, Tracy has to deal with TNT vests and killer ants while showing Open-Mind Monty that he's no "dummy." Plus, the unlikely duo of Dewdrop and Sticks, the oversized Rainbow Reiley, and Chester Gould's latest and greatest grotesque: Rughead! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "Rughead Mumbles: 1954-1956!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In Volume 16, Chester Gould presents an amazing number of memorable characters: grotesques such as the murderous Rughead and a 467-lb. killer named Oodles, health faddist George Ozone and his wild boys named Neki and Hokey, the despicable "Nothing" Yonson, the amoral teenager Joe Period, and the introduction of nightclub photog-turned policewoman Lizz. Plus for the first time Gould brings back an old villain: Mumbles, who was thought drowned in 1947. And finally, he introduces what may be his most mature story of the 1950s-starring none other than Flattop Jr.! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 260 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 16 - 2nd and later printings. "Rughead Mumbles: 1954-1956!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In Volume 16, Chester Gould presents an amazing number of memorable characters: grotesques such as the murderous Rughead and a 467-lb. killer named Oodles, health faddist George Ozone and his wild boys named Neki and Hokey, the despicable "Nothing" Yonson, the amoral teenager Joe Period, and the introduction of nightclub photog-turned policewoman Lizz. Plus for the first time Gould brings back an old villain: Mumbles, who was thought drowned in 1947. And finally, he introduces what may be his most mature story of the 1950s-starring none other than Flattop Jr.! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 260 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Flattop Jr./Kitten Sister: 1956-1957!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould ups the ante in his assault on juvenile delinquency in the startling-and literally haunting-conclusion to the Flattop Jr. saga. Meanwhile, the squad room becomes co-ed when Lizz permanently joins the cast. Money remains the motivating factor for a new host of crazed villains, including the gymnastic murderesses, the Kitten Sisters; killer con men, the Clipso Brothers; two different spouse slayers; a notorious counterfeiter; and a "blind" drug pusher. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Egghead Headache: 1957-1959!" Story and art by Chester Gould. The 1950s just about come to a close as Chester Gould introduces one character after another whose crimes start off as relatively petty but who end up trapped in larger and more deadly conspiracies. New characters include the gamecock queen Miss Egghead, Cuban secret serviceman Wunbrow, the tragic Headache, and bizarre Popsie and her mother. Throw in a wacko named Pantsy, a cross-country chase after a million dollars of hidden heist loot, Tracy left for dead on a deserted island, a couple more million in slot machine coins, and a throwback to the 1940s in the Mole-lookalike named Rhodent, and it's clear that Chester Gould is definitely not resting on his laurels. Includes all strips from December 15, 1957 through July 11, 1959. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 276 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "Flyface Spots: 1959-1961!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy meets Spots (a small-time grifter who suddenly gets big-time ambitions), a hitman named Halfa Million and his brother, the syndicate boss "Willie-the-Fifth," plus a legal eagle named Flyface, one of Chester Gould's most visually memorable villains. Throw in a couple of skeletal remains, a death-dealing tidal wave, a gun moll named Olive Tomate, and the return of B.O. Plenty, Gravel Gertie, and a plump cereal-overeating Sparkle Plenty-then watch the sparks fly, as Dick Tracy nears its thirtieth anniversary in the complete strips from July 12, 1959 through February 19, 1961. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 276 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Brush Spready: 1961-1962!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy embarks on a seven-month-long complicated manhunt when he relentlessly tracks the Brush and a million-dollar sack of cash-but with his foe on the lam without his trademark face wig, Tracy doesn't even know what the murderer looks like! The strip enters its fourth decade as Chester Gould also presents a poignant story that rivals the "Model" narrative, when Tracy has to protect Junior from disturbing news about an important figure from the boy's past. Included are all strips from February 20, 1961 through August 26, 1962. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 20 - 2nd and Later Printings. "Brush Spready: 1961-1962!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy embarks on a seven-month-long complicated manhunt when he relentlessly tracks the Brush and a million-dollar sack of cash-but with his foe on the lam without his trademark face wig, Tracy doesn't even know what the murderer looks like! The strip enters its fourth decade as Chester Gould also presents a poignant story that rivals the "Model" narrative, when Tracy has to protect Junior from disturbing news about an important figure from the boy's past. Included are all strips from February 20, 1961 through August 26, 1962. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. "Moon Maid 52 Gang: 1962-1964!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy leaps into the Space Age when Diet Smith's experimental Space Coupe brings back a visitor from outer space! Meet... Moon Maid, the most outrageous character in the strip's entire history. Prior to venturing where no detective has gone before, Tracy deals with some very earthbound-and gruesomely entertaining-adventures, including the use of napalm (!) to flush out a gang of crooks from their hideout. In these strips from August 27, 1962 through April 12, 1964 Tracy mixes it up with the criminal 52 Gang-each named for a card in the poker deck-who have found a novel way to dispose of the corpses of their enemies, Junior is smitten by a girl who literally wants him dead, Sparkle Plenty falls into the hands of crazed modern artists and their ape accomplice, and (six months before it happened in the "real world") a doctor has perfected heart transplant surgery-but in this case it's on unwilling victims! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.99.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. "Mr. Bribery/Ugly Christine: 1964-1965!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Two worlds are in turmoil when the inter-species romance between Junior and Moon Maid heats up. Can the twinkling of little antennae be too far in the future? Back on Earth, Diet Smith introduces the Two-Way Wrist Television fifty years before the Apple Watch, while Moon Maid turns vigilante and a series of events reveal a mob plot to kill both her and Dick Tracy. The clues eventually lead to Mr. Bribery, who proudly displays his collection of shrunken heads of the people who have crossed him. Volume 22 includes the complete comic strips from April 13, 1964 through December 26, 1965. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.99.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Haf-and-Haf/Mr. Bribery: 1966-1967!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

The adventures of this iconic square-jawed detective fighting a menagerie of grotesque villains remains one of the highlights in the history, of not just comics, but crime fiction in general. This series is ripe to introduce the strip to crime prose readers who haven't previously ventured into comics. Tracy is on the trail of the aptly named Mr. Bribery and his equally grotesque sister, Ugly Christine, in a story that also features a substance-abusing witch doctor and a shelf of shrunken heads. Meanwhile, newlyweds Junior and Moon Maid enter the story, and Dick Tracy's troubles are compounded when he comes face to face with master criminal Haf-and-Haf, one side of whose face is hideously disfigured. Included are all strips from December 27, 1965 to July 2, 1967.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.99.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. "Chin Chillar Posie: 1967-1969!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

Chester Gould's morality play enters the late '60s, as the cartoonist tackles concepts of retribution, constitutional rights, economic warfare, and Space Age intrigue-all amidst the usual array of murder and violence. The stakes, however, seem higher, and the body count soars: death in space, on the high seas, behind closed doors-by gun, by laser, by asphyxiation, by explosion, and by freezing. Plus, a special feature about the aborted 1967 Dick Tracy TV show from the same producer who made Batman a pop culture icon. Included are all strips from July 3, 1967 to April 2, 1969.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, B&W.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 25 - 1st printing. "Scorpio Diamonds: 1969-1970!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

Dick Tracy closes out the 1960s by moonlighting-literally! The master sleuth takes a part-time second job as Head of Security and Law Enforcement for Diet Smith's operations based on the moon. Soon, Tracy learns that an international crime syndicate, the Apparatus, has infiltrated Smith's organization on the lunar surface.

All this and more in these classic Chester Gould comic strips, from April 3, 1969, to December 23, 1970.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 296 pages, B&W.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 26 - 1st printing. "Pouch Chameleon: 1971-1972!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

Having returned to policing duty on Planet Earth, former Space Sheriff Tracy finds a world markedly changed from the one he left. Feeling handcuffed by expanded legal protections afforded suspects and stricter guidelines of evidence, Tracy all but begs bad guys to shoot first, and he may get his wish, thanks to nemeses such as explosion-crazed Jonny Scorn, the hand grenade-toting revolutionary called El Tigress, and the aptly-named Dope King. These early '70s adventures also see the dauntless detective facing off against one of the strip's best late-era grotesque villains: Pouch, who uses a repulsive hidden flap in his neck to hide anything from stolen diamonds to automatic pistols.

Volume 26 collects all dailies and Sundays from December 24, 1970 to September 27, 1972.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 296 pages, B&W.

NOTE: "Chester Gould introduced a new hard-hitting type of realism [that] marked a radical and historical departure: the comics were no longer just funny." - Jerry Robinson, The Comics

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 27 - 1st printing. "Button Big Brass: 1972-1974!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

With one end of a rope around Tracy's neck and the other end attached to an innocent young boy hanging out of a high-rise window, Chester Gould proves that he can still invent unique death traps for the sharp-jawed detective. The tension and excitement continue throughout the stories collected in this book as Tracy and his team are led on one relentless chase after another. And just when they think they've captured the criminal mastermind known as "Button," he escapes... and escapes again! Things never slow down in Dick Tracy Volume 27, which reprints all dailies and Sundays from September 28, 1972 to July 6, 1974.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 296 pages, B&W.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 28 - 1st printing. "Brain Lispy: 1974 to 1976!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

The square-jawed detective fights a menagerie of grotesque villains in this staple of comics and crime fiction!

The square-jawed detective fights it out with one thug after another, including Lispy and the visually grotesque villain appropriately named The Brain. These stories are replete with murder, suicide, gangland execution, dope smuggling, a deadly natural disaster, and not one but two main characters on the verge of death.. All this and the return of retired Chief Brandon in the penultimate volume of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, collecting strips from July 7, 1974 to March 14, 1976.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 29 - 1st printing. "Pucker Puss Zero Nought: 1976 to 1977!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

This volume completes the iconic comics written and drawn by Chester Gould.

After 46 years, 2 months, and 21 days writing and drawing Dick Tracy Chester Gould retired at the age of 77. In these historic final strips, Gould pits his dynamic detective against the latest in a long line of grotesque villains. Tracy, meanwhile, takes his law and order campaign to television, while his past catches up to him when a criminal he helped convict twenty years ago puts the detective on his "to kill" list. To round out this volume, the squad room is kept busy with two members of B.O. Plenty's extended family who are anything but law-abiding-Perfume Plenty and her larcenous cousin Dade. All this and more in the ultimate volume of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, collecting strips from March 15, 1976 to December 25, 1977.

The series is ripe to introduce to crime prose readers who haven't previously ventured into comics.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $44.99.

1st printing. Written by Fabian Rangel. Art and cover by Ryan Cody. After crash-landing his fighter plane during World War II, Warren Williams is taken in and trained by the warrior monks of the secret temple of Min-Yao. After a Nazi ambush, Warren returns to Gate City as Doc Unknown, a mystery man on the side of light in a world being consumed by darkness. Read as Doc Unknown must protect Gate City from ruthless gangsters, monstrous mobsters, possessed museum attractions, evil secret societies, vampire ninjas, vengeful ghosts, hypnotizing fish-women, and much more! Pinups by Mike Mignola, Eric Powell, and more. Hardcover, 360 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Written by Mike Butterworth and Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Don Lawrence. Western TV shows, films and comic strips were hugely popular in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s and the two most popular British weekly comic strips were Buffalo Bill in The Comet and Billy the Kid in The Sun. Don Lawrence drew these action-packed stories full of brilliant Western art before he went on to draw Olac the Gladiator, Karl the Viking, The Trigan Empire, and Storm to international acclaim. Collected in book form for the first time ever, Book Palace Books is proud to present all 17 Billy the Kid stories from The Sun comic, four tales from The Lion and one adventure from Thriller Picture Library, all drawn in the late 1950s by the world-renowned Lawrence. Hardcover, 136 pages, PC, PB&W. Cover price $44.99.

1st printing. Collects Complete Dracula (2009 Dynamite Entertainment) #1-5. Dynamite presents an unprecedented comic book series that tells the complete story of the Lord of the Undead--Dracula! For the first time in 112 years the tale that Bram Stoker intended to tell is told (including "Dracula's Guest"!). If you thought you knew how it began or how it ends, you were wrong! Writers John Reppion and Leah Moore are joined by painter Colton Worley for a 5 issue odyssey of life, death, and the blood that flows within us all! This fully painted series features fully-painted art, done in a rich, moody style by Worley, all under covers by modern master John Cassaday! Moore and Reppion also provide bonus material such as script pages, annotations and samplings of the original text by Bram Stoker! Hardcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By E.C. Segar. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "1931-1932" By E.C. Segar. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1930-1932". By E.C. Segar. Softcover, 11-in. x 15-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1932-1934". By E.C. Segar. Softcover, 11-in. x 15-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1934-1936". By E.C. Segar. Softcover, 11-in. x 15-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1936-1938". By E.C. Segar. Softcover, 11-in. x 15-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Signed by Richard and Wendy Pini - 1st printing. Collects Elfquest HC (1981-1984 Limited Edition Slipcase) Vol. 1-4. Written by Richard and Wendy Pini. Art by Wendy Pini. This edition features the complete first adventure of Cutter and the Wolfriders originally published in Elfquest Magazine #1-20. Hardcover (Leather bound with Slipcase), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 700 pages, full color. NOTE: Though some of the volumes within may be from the reprint version, this Special Edition is a 1st printing.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects Emily the Strange TPB (2006-2011 Dark Horse) Vol. 1-3.

Written by Rob Reger and Jessica Gruner. Art and cover by Buzz Parker.

Emily the Strange is not your ordinary thirteen-year-old girl-she's got a razor-sharp wit as dark as her jet-black hair, a posse of moody black cats, and famous friends in very odd places!

The Complete Emily the Strange: All Things Strange collects the first three volumes of Emily the Strange in one beautiful hardcover. It's a perfect time to be strange.

Hardcover, 416 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. By J.G. Heck. Foreword by Paul Bacon. A massive art reference book, this is a treasure trove of over 11,725 illustrations, copyright-free, and beautifully reproducible. Includes architecture, fine arts, geography and planography, history and ethnology, mathematics and atronomy, mythology and religious rites, military sciences, natural sciences, naval sciences, and technology. Cover price $60.00.

1st printing. By Gary Larson. Foreword by comedian Steve Martin. The Complete Far Side contains every Far Side cartoon ever syndicated-over 4,000-presented in chronological order by year of publication, with more than 1,100 that have never appeared in any previous publication. Also included are additional Far Side cartoons Larson created after his retirement: 13 that originally appeared in the last Far Side book, Last Chapter and Worse, plus six cartoons that periodically ran as a special feature in The New York Times' Science Times section. Complete with complaint letters, fan letters, and queries from puzzled readers alongside some of the more provocative or elusive panels, creator Gary Larson offers a rare glimpse into the mind of The Far Side in quirky and thoughtful introductions to each of the 14 chapters of this impressive two volume slipcase edition. Hardcover (2 Volumes with Slipcase), Cover price $130.00.

2nd and later printings. By Gary Larson. Foreword by comedian Steve Martin. The Complete Far Side contains every Far Side cartoon ever syndicated-over 4,000-presented in chronological order by year of publication, with more than 1,100 that have never appeared in any previous publication. Also included are additional Far Side cartoons Larson created after his retirement: 13 that originally appeared in the last Far Side book, Last Chapter and Worse, plus six cartoons that periodically ran as a special feature in The New York Times' Science Times section. Complete with complaint letters, fan letters, and queries from puzzled readers alongside some of the more provocative or elusive panels, creator Gary Larson offers a rare glimpse into the mind of The Far Side in quirky and thoughtful introductions to each of the 14 chapters of this impressive two volume slipcase edition. Hardcover (2 Volumes with Slipcase), volume 1- 668 pages, volume 2 612 pages, full color. Cover price $130.00.

1st printing. By H. P. Lovecraft. THE COMPLETE FICTION OF H. P. LOVECRAFT collects the great horror authors novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecrafts trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of todays important writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Call of Cthulhu, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Color Out of Space, The Dunwich Horror, and many more hair-raising tales. Hardcover, 1,112 pages, Text Only.

2nd and later printings. By H. P. Lovecraft. THE COMPLETE FICTION OF H. P. LOVECRAFT collects the great horror authors novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories.Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecrafts trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of todays important writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman.Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Call of Cthulhu, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Color Out of Space, The Dunwich Horror, and many more hair-raising tales. Hardcover, 1,112 pages, Text Only.

1st printing. Collects Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) #27-28, Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) Annual #14-15, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985) Annual #4, and Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #100. Cover by Frank Miller. Think Frank Miller just drew Daredevil? Think again, True Believer! Feast your eyes on his take on the wall-crawler (Plus, Punisher, Dr. Octopus, Dr. Doom, and the Fantastic Four). Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

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2nd and later printings.Collects Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) #27-28, Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) Annual #14-15, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985) Annual #4, and Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #100. Cover by Frank Miller. Think Frank Miller just drew Daredevil? Think again, True Believer! Feast your eyes on his take on the wall-crawler (Plus, Punisher, Dr. Octopus, Dr. Doom, and the Fantastic Four). Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1972-1974!" Story and Art by Tom Batiuk. Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This volume, which presents the strip's first three years, introduces the strip's title character, Funky, and his friends Crazy Harry Klinghorn, Bull Bushka, Livinia Swenson, Les Moore, Holly Budd, and Roland Mathews. Volume 1 contains a charming autobiographical introduction by Tom Batiuk that shares his early attempts at cartooning, discusses his teaching career, and explains the genesis of Funky. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 486 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $45.00.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1975-1977!" Story and Art by Tom Batiuk. Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This second volume, which presents strips from 1975 through 1977, sees the comic strip rounding into the form that will carry it into its middle years. With gentle humor and not-so-gentle puns, Les, Funky, Crazy Harry, and the gang comment on life's little absurdities. Volume 2 includes an introduction in which Tom Batiuk shares the creative and evolutionary processes in his development of these characters. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 504 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $45.00.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1978-1980!" Story and Art by Tom Batiuk. The Funkyverse continues to expand. In this third volume, award-winning cartoonist Tom Batiuk continues to chronicle the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. Funky Winkerbean fans are introduced to a host of new characters, including black cheerleader Junebug Jones; Melinda Budd, Holly Budd's ambitious stage mother; Jerome the drum major; Nancy the school librarian; Ron the tennis pro; and many more. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 512 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $45.00.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1981-1983!" Story and Art by Tom Batiuk. In this fourth volume, cartoonist Tom Batiuk continues to chronicle the lives of the students and teachers at the fictitious Westview High School. Crazy Harry thrives as the repository for Batiuk's more outré ideas and situations. Whether it is living in his locker and playing frozen pizzas on his stereo, battling the Eliminator at Space Invaders, announcing that he is an air guitar player, or inviting Carl Sagan and ET to the Star Trek convention that he and the school computer would host, Crazy becomes Funky Winkerbean's naturaloutlier. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 500 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $45.00.