Comic books in 'Monsters/Creatures/Aliens'

Written by James Robinson. Art by Jesus Merino. Cover by Jesus Merino. In the city of Los Monstruos, a place inhabited solely by classic monsters of fiction and film, werewolf P.I. Perry Cutters latest case has just gotten weirder and wilder. What began as a simple missing-person inquiry now includes a heartbreaking betrayal from Perrys ex-partner as well as the hunt for a corrupt vampire ex-cop who may have the answers Perry needs. Does this mark the end of the case or the simply end of Perry Cutter? In a city like Los Monstruos its anyones guess.Los Monstruos is James Robinson at his best! Its a hardboiled monster wonderland filled with potential. Cant wait to see where it goes next!"—Jeff Lemire• Four issue series. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Written by James Robinson. Art by Jesus Merino. Cover by Jesus Merino. In the city of Los Monstruos, werewolf P.I. Perry Cutter had thought hed seen it all. But now hes in a deadly trap facing crooked vampire cops on all sides, with a surprise villain pulling the strings and no way out. Itll take a miracle or a man-monster to help him survive the night. Will Perry solve the case? Will he finally get that date with Rosie the vampire waitress? Find these answers and much, much more in the last exciting issue of the first horrific arc of Los Monstruos.• Series finale! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

1st printing. Collects Los Monstruos (2025 Dark Horse) #1-4. Written by James Robinson. Art and cover by Jesus Merino. From the celebrated creator behind Starman comes this new monster-filled mystery noir. Monsters, mobsters, and mystery…all in one city! Its a city like any other, filled with citizens living and working side-by-side, except…everyone here is a monster! Welcome to LOS MONSTRUOS, a place unlike any other. The city of Los Monstrous, located on the West Coast of America in the 1950s, is populated solely by monsters of all the kinds youd find in classic black and white horror movies. Theyre all just getting on with their lives, working, doing jobs, nothing bad, nothing evil. Well apart from the crooks and gangsters in Los Monstruoss underworld, but every city has those, right? All cities have private detectives too, and werewolf P.I. Perry Cutter has a simple case thats quickly turning into a king-size headache. Initially hired to find an old mans lost love from among the citys vampire community, Perry quickly finds things spiraling out of control as both vampire and Egyptian mummy criminal gangs get involved. So as Perry looks for answers, he runs a gauntlet of danger, while also uncovering dark secrets about his own past as a cop for the Los Monstruos Police Department. Can Perry solve the case, put his own history to rest, stay alive, and still make that date he has with the cute vampire waitress hes been courting? It sure going to take all his skill as a detective and his abilities as a werewolf to do it. The city of Los Monstruos! Come for the sun, stay for the monsters and mystery. Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $19.99.

Issue 2 - "Loot of the Vampire" by Thorp McClusky. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 92 pages, B&W, text only.

1st printing. Written by Michael Mongillo. Art and cover by Rob Ten Pas. United in their forbidden love, Joy and Rurik fight a small army of Neurian flesh-eaters who have come to kill Rurik for abandoning their fading lycanthrope clan. Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

Sci-Fi Invasion Preview Ashcan for the 1998 summer blockbuster, Lost in Space. 5" x 8", 16 pages, full color.

1st printing. By Matthew J. Elliot and Alan Barnes. Doctor Who's 800 televised episodes (so far) are just the tip of the iceberg, as the Doctor has referenced countless encounters never expanded upon onscreen. After five decades of time-traveling adventures, you might imagine you knew all there was to know about the greatest hero in all of time and space, but it turns out he was living another life entirely while we weren't looking. This is the story of that life. RiffTrax.com writer Matthew J. Elliott has accepted the Herculean task of chronicling those "stories between the stories." Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 330 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $34.99

Add to cart Near Mint $34.99

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Tower of Shadows!" Collects Tower of Shadows (1969) #1-9. Written by Jim Steranko, Johnny Craig, Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Neal Adams, Len Wein, Allyn Brodsky, Marv Wolfman, Tom Sutton, Roy Thomas, Wally Wood, Gerry Conway, and Steve Skeates. Art by Jim Steranko, Johnny Craig, John Romita, Sr., Don Heck, Neal Adams, Dan Adkins, John Buscema, John Verpoorten, Gene Colan, Mike Esposito, George Tuska, Marie Severin, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith, Syd Shores, Vince Colletta, and Wally Wood. Cover by Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, and Barry Windsor-Smith. Back Cover by Jim Steranko. In 1969, with its revolutionary superhero line well established, Marvel took a chance on the kind of supernatural, EC-style anthology series that had been banned since the formation of the Comics Code in the 1950s. Tower of Shadows featured a staggering array of artists and writers, including Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Wally Wood, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, John Romita, Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Gerry Conway, and Bernie Wrightson, to name a few. Freed from the conventions of the superhero adventure, these creators brought their storytelling skills to a more quietly sinister genre, producing atmospheric gems of twisted suspense and sardonic horror. Not only do these nine issues feature Marvels best creators working at their peak, but Tower of Shadows is one of the lost, never-collected Marvels. In the first of a new series of Lost Marvels, Fantagraphics and Marvel join forces to introduce these pages to a new generation of readers and restore this series to its rightful place in comics history. This gorgeous volume brings every Tower of Shadows story and cover to life in vivid color and features background and analysis by comics journalist Michael Dean. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 178 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Howard Chaykin: Vol. 1!" Written by Howard Chaykin, Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson, Len Wein, David Michelinie, and Garth Ennis. Art by Howard Chaykin, Al Milgrom, Kerry Gammill, Bob Layton, John Burns, and Terry Austin. Cover by Howard Chaykin. Introduction by Brannon Costello. When Howard Chaykin broke into comics in the 1970s, there was nothing quite like him. His original characters Dominic Fortune and Monark Starstalker took classic pulp heroes and ran them through a postmodern blender. This new volume contains retro-science-fiction bounty hunter Monark Starstalkers debut appearance and all Chaykin's color-comic-book Dominic Fortune stories, including the characters unexpurgated Max series, published a generation later. Completing the package is the collision between pulp heroism and the devastating, bloody realities of World War I in Chaykin's 111-page collaboration with The Boys writer Garth Ennis on War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle. The collection is introduced by author and comics scholar Brannon Costello. This second title in Fantagraphics Lost Marvels series collects some of the most exciting, sought-after work by Howard Chaykin from 1975 to 2008. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Savage Tales of the 1980s!" Written by Chuck Dixon, Bill Wray, Don Kraar, Robert Kanigher, Denny ONeil, Doug Murray, and Archie Goodwin. Art by John Severin, John Buscema, Sam Glanzman, Val Mayerik, Ron Wagner, Gray Morrow, Wayne Vansant, Herb Trimpe, Michael Golden, Joe Jusko, Mary Wilshire, Arthur Suydam, Will Jungkuntz, Vincent Waller, and Ken Steacy. Cover by John Severin. For 13 months in the mid-1980s, Marvel assembled some of its strongest artists and writers to tell gritty, harrowing, and blackly humorous adventure stories ranging from gangster noir to historical battlefields to the deadly old West to post-apocalyptic futures. Unseen for nearly 40 years, here is some of the most shocking work of artists John Severin, John Buscema, Sam Glanzman, Val Mayerik, Ron Wagner, Gray Morrow, Wayne Vansant, Herb Trimpe, Michael Golden, Joe Jusko, Mary Wilshire, Arthur Suydam, Will Jungkuntz, Vincent Waller, and Ken Steacy, and writers Chuck Dixon, Bill Wray, Don Kraar, Robert Kanigher, Denny ONeil, Doug Murray, and Archie Goodwin. Stories include Severin and Dixons By Rail to Vladivostock, Murray and Goldens The Nam, 1967, Glanzmans Of War and Peace: The Trinity, Jungkuntzs Blood & Gutz series, and Trimpes Skywarriors series.Savage Tales of the 1980s reprints all 8 issues of the magazines run, the first time they have seen print since 1986 — nearly 40 years ago! They are reproduced in facsimile format, including color covers. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 528 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $65.00.

1st printing. Written by Izu. Art and cover by Dall'Oglio. Dive into a terrifying adventure of Ice and Akrid, as a mission of interstellar salvage turns into a furious battle for survival! The planet of E.D.N. III seemed ripre for colonization - its icy climes ready to be warmed and terraformed. That was, until the first settlers discovered the indigenous Akrid - ravenous creatures, powered by their own thermal energy, who proved resistant to every weapon the colonists could muster. That first terraforming effort ended in tragedy, with the colony - and its rich haul of terraforming equipment - hastily abandoned. Hardcover, 52 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

A Droid Adventure: Book 3 - 1st printing.

Written by Bonnie Bogart. Art by Amador.

Join R2-D2 and C-3PO in another exciting adventure!

Hardcover, 32 pages, full color.

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1st printing. Collects Lost Vegas (2013 Image) #1-5. Written by Jim McCann. Art and Cover by Janet Lee. The Eisner Award-winning team behind Return of the Dapper Men reunite to create a completely different, and far more dangerous cosmos filled with intrigue as one gambler-turned-slave has 24 hours to go all in and pull off the greatest heist the universe has seen. Aboard a luxury star-cruiser whose glamour hides deep secrets that endanger the entire galaxy, will Roland choose his own freedom or expose the greatest lie hiding in plain sight? High risk stakes where either choice means someone will lose everything! Softcover, 128 pages, full color. NOTE: "Part Star Wars, part Ocean's Eleven and all intergalactically awesome. Just go ahead and beam me up now." - USA Today Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Brady Smith.

Welcome to the Land of Anything Goes!

It's a world filled with wild creatures, absurd chicken-boy hybrids, and oh, did we mention the giant, winged, kid-eating monster called a Cacapoop? When Louie and his pet hamster get sucked through a portal into a bizarre new land where truly anything can happen, they have no idea the adventure that's waiting for them. Really, they're less focused on adventure and more concerned about the fact that Louie has turned into a wrestler, Scooty the hamster has become Bear the giant bear, and they're now being chased across a purple planet by a terrifying monster!

When they find other kids stuck on the planet too, they learn that things are even worse than they feared - dozens of kids are trapped by the dastardly Harry Larry, and it's up to Louie to save them all!

Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Unfins. The girl of your dreams barely knows you exist. Your friends can't help. Your family is clueless. So where do you turn for love advice? Who can provide you with that essential assistance for the lovelorn? If you're an average everyday teenager like Paul, you summon a powerful demon from the deep recesses of Hell, and frankly, hope for the best. The demon in question is the Great Duke Astaroth, ruler of thirty legions of bloodthirsty hell creatures, powerful enough to raze cities to the ground. And now he finds himself on the mortal plane, compelled... to give a hapless kid dating advice? Plus, Paul's dad is hiding something. And so is Elena, the object of all of Paul's affection and the reason for all his complicated scheming. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 320 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Reiji Suzumaru. Love in Hell is a hilarious and irreverant new manga series that takes place in a setting that is endlessly fascinating - Hell. Rintaro Senkawa is a regular guy in his mid-20's who got a little drunk one night and fell to his death. But that is just the beginning of Rintaro's story, as he finds himself unexpectedly in Hell where he meets his guide, the painfully sexy devil Koyori. Can Rintaro take his situation seriously enough to repent for the sins of his former life or is he fated to be eternally tempted, teased, and tortured by scantily-clad devils with iron spiked clubs? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Reiji Suzumaru. You've been naughty... welcome to Hell! Rintaro Senkawa is a regular guy in his mid-20's who got a little drunk one night and fell to his death. But that is just the beginning of Rintaro's story, as he finds himself unexpectedly in Hell where he meets his guide, the painfully sexy devil Koyori. Can Rintaro take his situation seriously enough to repent for the sins of his former life or is he fated to be eternally tempted, teased, and tortured by scantily-clad devils with iron spiked clubs? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Reiji Suzumaru. Rintaro Senkawa is a regular guy in his mid-20's who got a little drunk one night and fell to his death. But that is just the beginning of Rintaro's story, as he finds himself unexpectedly in Hell where he meets his guide, the painfully sexy devil Koyori. Can Rintaro take his situation seriously enough to repent for the sins of his former life, or is he fated to be eternally tempted, teased, and tortured by scantily-clad devils with iron spiked clubs? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.99.

1st printing. Written by Dirk Manning. Art by Owen Gieni, Austin McKinley, Rich Bonk, and Christopher Marchman. Cover by Nei Ruffino. Seven stories that will tug at your heartstrings… and then tear them right out of your chest! Three star-crossed lovers are trapped on an alien-infested spaceship with one final two-person escape pod left. A guardian angel begins overzealously protecting a teenage girl who may be powerless to stop him. A man discovers the love of his life is an immortal cryptid. Vikings versus vampires. A professional wrestler is charged with killing his aging mentor in the ring to save his son. A dejected pirate sees a ravenous mermaid as his last hope for a better life. A rural zombie apocolypse forces a ragtag group of survivors to make desperate and destrictive choices. This graphic novel, which was also featured on the hit TV series CHICAGO FIRE, will make ever horror-lover shout, cheer... and then cry. These are LOVE STORIES ABOUT DEATH. Love Stories About Death is written by Dirk Manning, illustrated by Owen Gieni, Howie Noel, Austin McKinley, Rich Bonk, Seth Damoose, Christopher Marchman, and Anthony Peruzzo, with addional colors by Sean Burres, Anthony D. Lee, and Colin Johnson, additional letters by James Reggington, book design by Dave Lentz, and cover by Nei Ruffino. Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by David Hine. Art by D'israeli. Cover by Glyn Dillon. A graphic anthology of tales featuring collaborations between established writers and artists and debut contributors, The Lovecraft Anthology showcases H.P. Lovecraft's talent for the macabre. From the insidious mutations of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" to the mindbending threat of "The Call of Cthulhu," this collection explores themes of insanity, inherited guilt, and arcane ritual to startling effect. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Written by David Hine. Art by D'israeli. Cover by Glyn Dillon. A graphic anthology of tales featuring collaborations between established writers and artists and debut contributors, The Lovecraft Anthology showcases H.P. Lovecraft's talent for the macabre. From the insidious mutations of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" to the mindbending threat of "The Call of Cthulhu," this collection explores themes of insanity, inherited guilt, and arcane ritual to startling effect. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Edited by Dan Lockwood. Cover by Francisco Francavilla. A graphic anthology of tales featuring collaborations between established writers and artists and debut contributors, The Lovecraft Anthology showcases H.P. Lovecraft's talent for the macabre. From the insidious mutations of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" to the mindbending threat of "The Call of Cthulhu," this collection explores themes of insanity, inherited guilt, and arcane ritual to startling effect. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Edited by Dan Lockwood. Cover by Francisco Francavilla. A graphic anthology of tales featuring collaborations between established writers and artists and debut contributors, The Lovecraft Anthology showcases H.P. Lovecraft's talent for the macabre. From the insidious mutations of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" to the mindbending threat of "The Call of Cthulhu," this collection explores themes of insanity, inherited guilt, and arcane ritual to startling effect. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing.

Based on the stories by H. P. Lovecraft. Adapted by I. N. J. Culbard.

In Providence, Rhode Island, a dangerous inmate disappears from a hospital for the insane. At Miskatonic University, a professor slumps into a five-year reverie. In a mysterious and vivid dreamworld, a melancholy man seeks the home of the gods. And in the frozen wasteland of Antarctica, polar explorers unearth secrets that reveal a past almost beyond comprehension - and a future too terrible to imagine. Graphic novelist I.N.J. Culbard gives terrifying form to four classic tales by H.P. Lovecraft: "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," "At The Mountains of Madness," and "The Shadow Out of Time."

Hardcover, 512 pages, full color.

Cover price $35.00.

1st printing. Written by Hans Rodionoff and Keith Giffen. Art and cover by Enrique Breccia. A softcover edition of the acclaimed original hardcover graphic novel. When young Howard Phillips Lovecraft becomes the reluctant guardian of the Necronomicon, his life veers into strange territory. Lovecraft maintains a tenuous balance between reality and the bizarre nightmares of his "fictional" horror. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $17.95.

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1st printing.

Written by Hans Rodionoff and Keith Giffen. Art and cover by Enrique Breccia.

An original hardcover graphic novel pairing the writing talents of screenwriter Hans Rodionoff and comics writer Keith Giffen with the exquisite painted art of Enrique Breccia.

When young Howard Phillips Lovecraft becomes the reluctant guardian of the Necronomicon, an accursed book that is the doorway to the beyond, his life veers into strange territory. From an odd upbringing through his later success as a weaver of "weird" tales, Lovecraft maintains a tenuous balance between reality and the bizarre nightmares of his "fictional" horror.

Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.95.

2nd and later printings. Written by H.P. Lovecraft. Art and cover by Sam Shearon. "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die," declared H.P. Lovecraft describing the truth hidden beneath the surface of his most nightmarish stories. In this collection of six short stories and novellas, Lovecraft explores the boundaries of modern horror, ranging from the cosmic dread of demonic creatures from the stars in "The Call of Cthulhu," to "The Haunter of the Dark," and the hidden horrors lurking within "The Shunned House" and "The Diary of Alonzo Typer." Also includes "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and "The Festival." Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 232 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Esteban Maroto. Illustrated in haunting black and white over 30 years ago, these comics are re-presented in a new edition, adapting three of H.P. Lovecraft's most famous stories involving the Cthulhu Mythos. "The Nameless City" is considered the first story of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, detailing the discovery of an ancient city in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula built by an unnamed race of reptilian beings. In "The Festival," a man arrives at the sea town of Kingsport, Massachusetts during Christmas but finds a place eerily empty and centuries out of date. "The Call of Cthulhu" is perhaps Lovecraft's most famous story, describing a man who, after finding the notes of his granduncle, is lead on a journey around the world in search of a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon. Hardcover, 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Lovecraft Unknown: Kadath (2022 Ablaze) #1-8. Written by Florentino Florez. Art by Guillermo Sanna, Jacques Salomon. Cover by Jacques Salomon. "Aa-shanta 'nygh! You are off! Send back earth's gods to their haunts on unknown Kadath, and pray to all space that you may never meet me in my thousand other forms... for I am Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos!" Randolph Carter, a traveler to dreamland, tries not to wake up before reaching his goal, the elusive Kadath: the home of the gods, a place of fantasy and overflowing imagination. Carter walks through a world full of threats and abominable monsters, but also of palaces, exuberant cities, and geographies that remind man of his insignificant role on the gigantic cosmic chessboard. What are the reasons to keep going when everything around us is terrifying and lethal? Kadath may offer some answers to this question! An adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath unlike anything you've read before. Collects the complete 8 issue series, plus cover gallery, bonus material, and the original prose story! Softcover, 200 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.