Comic books in 'Treasury of Victorian Murder'

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1st printing. Story and art by Rick Geary. Now in paperback! Geary turns his attention to the most famous assassination of the Victorian era, that of President Lincoln. The details he reveals are fascinating. Booth worked with a group of disgruntled Southern sympathizers out to decapitate much of the US Executive branch, not just the President! Geary also details the flight of the culprits and the hot pursuit of federal agents. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Rick Geary. Based on the infamous 19th-century Lizzie Borden double murder, this comic-book version of the event is supposedly excerpted and adapted from the unpublished writings of an unknown woman from the Borden's hometown of Fall River. The narrator, a friend of Lizzie Borden, is intent on uncovering all of the facts behind the grizzly butchering. We are taken through meticulously researched evidence, all stunningly illustrated by Geary, but Geary leaves us without taking a strong stand one way or the other. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Rick Geary. This volume depicts the assassination of President James A. Garfield. Geary explores the first assassination of one of our presidents at the hands of an obsessive/compulsive stalker; a deluded loser who thought his action would bring him national glory. Once again, beyond a mere presentation of facts, the author surreptitiously peels off for us a bit of our national psyche. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.