Comic books in 'Books'

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1st Printing - A collection of all the best articles from the best classic fanzines, compiled and annotated by Bill Schelly. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing. Written by Rob Salkowitz. For those with a keen eye, the annual Comic-Con International serves as a showcase for trends in technology, demographics, and globalization that shape economic development. Award-winning business author and futurist Rob Salkowitz refers to it as a "massive focus group and marketing megaphone" for Hollywood, and in Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, he examines the business of popular culture through the lens of Comic-Con. He offers an entertaining but substantive look at the show, providing a close look at the comic-book and videogame industries' expanding influence on marketing, merchandising, and the entertainment industry. Hardcover, 304 pages, Text (with color and B&W photographs) Cover price $27.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

1st printing. By Morgan Spurlock. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, TV producer Joss Whedon, comic book legend Stan Lee, online film guru Harry Knowles, and producer Thomas Tull are the brains behind Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, the feature-length documentary on the ever-growing influence Comic-Con has over comics, film, television, and pop culture. This companion book offers an in-depth look at the experience of Comic-Con: what it is, what goes on, and how it became the quintessential center of American pop culture. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing.

Cover by Lorenzo Mattotti and Jerry Kramsky.

Edited by Benoit Mitaine, David Roche, and Isabelle Schmitt-Pitiot. Translated by Aarnoud Rommens and David Roche.

Both comics studies and adaptation studies have grown separately over the past twenty years. Yet there are few in-depth studies of comic books and adaptations together. Available for the first time in English, this collection pores over the phenomenon of comic books and adaptation, sifting through comics as both sources and results of adaptation. Essays shed light on the many ways adaptation studies inform research on comic books and content adapted from them. Contributors concentrate on fidelity to the source materials, comparative analysis, forms of media, adaptation and myth, adaptation and intertextuality, as well as adaptation and ideology.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, Text (with B&W Photos).

Cover price $30.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $18.00

1st printing. A wide-ranging survey of how comics have portrayed Southern ways of life, these essays seek to discover what Captain America can reveal about Southern regionalism, and how slave narratives can help us reread Swamp Thing; others examine how creators such as Walt Kelly (Pogo), Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby), Kyle Baker (Nat Turner), and Josh Neufeld (A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge) draw upon the unique formal properties of the comics to question and revise familiar narratives of race, class, and sexuality. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 304 pages, B&W. Cover price $55.00.

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Add to cart Very Good $19.99

1st printing.

By Steve Duin and Mike Richardson.

This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form. Featuring 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls -- Comics Between the Panels will entertain and enlighten the hardcore comic collector as well as the casual reader with an eye for pop-culture curiosity.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 500 pages, full color (with Photos).

Cover price $49.95.

Add to cart Fine $27.00

2nd and later printings.

By Steve Duin and Mike Richardson.

This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form. Featuring 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls -- Comics Between the Panels will entertain and enlighten the hardcore comic collector as well as the casual reader with an eye for pop-culture curiosity.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 500 pages, full color (with Photos).

Cover price $49.95.

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5th Edition - 1st printing.

Checklist and price guide. Includes individual listings for more than 86,000 comics. Extensively annotated.

Softcover, 624 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

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Add to cart Very Good $3.99

1st printing.

Covering over 105,000 comics with over 315,000 prices in three grades of condition, this comprehensive price guide features completely updated prices and revised coverage on older comics titles.!

Softcover, 6 1/2 x 10-in, 840 pagesB&W.

Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing.

You'll find listings and prices for more than 125,000 comics. You'll find photos for easy identification and grading of the comics books you've got and those you need. Whether you've been collecting since Peter Parker was first bitten by a radioactive spider and became spider-man - or you've just begun to find out there's more to comic books than a buch of steroid cases pounding each other - or you're filling in holes in your collection: THE 2005 COMIC BOOK CHECKLIST AND PRICE GUIDE 1961-PRESENT is designed to meet your needs!

Softcover, 6 1/2 x 10-in, 792 pagesB&W.

Cover price $19.99.

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First Printing. From the publishers of Comics Buyer's Guide - the leading monthly price guide about comics - the 2006 Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide is the best #1 tool for helping you track and price your collection! Softcover, 6 1/2 x 10-in, Black and white interior. Cover price $19.99.

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Add to cart Fine $13.00

1st printing.

Edited by Tom DeFalco.

Comic industry luminaries discuss the impact and importance of Spider-Man, and give insight into the creative processes involved in bringing the web-slinger to life on the page over the last 40 years.

Featuring interviews with some of Spider-Man's most famous writers and artists, this book overseen by DeFalco gets to grips with the lively creative genii behind the wall-crawling wonder. Featuring Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Buckingham, Todd McFarlane, Mark Bagley, Ron Frenz, John Romita, Sal Buscema, Gerry Conway, Roger Stern, Howard Mackie, David Michelinie, J.M. DeMatteis, Marv Wolfman, Paul Jenkins and Len Wein.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 248 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

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Add to cart Very Fine $5.49

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1st printing.

By Françoise Mouly.

Filled with activities, Comics: Easy as ABC is a fun way for young readers to effortlessly and playfully start thinking like writers and artists.

This simple guide is also aimed at parents, teachers, and librarians: all will enjoy learning the ABCs of this popular and rapidly growing medium. Children kindergarten-age and up are shown how to use basic shapes to make faces, eyes, noses, and design their own characters. Ivan Brunetti's funny and incisive advice on the language of comics (panels, lettering, balloons, and so much more) naturally leads budding artists and writers into thinking about their characters, settings, and prompts.

A section with essential tips on how to read comics with young children rounds out the package.

Softcover, 56 pages, full color. All Ages.

Cover price $9.99.

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1st printing. By James Van Hise. Art by Jack Kirby and John Byrne. A comprehensive looke at the first 25 years of Marvel's First Family. Featuring interviews with Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, John Byrne, Roger Stern and Mike Carlin and includes dossiers on the heroes, villains, and supporting cast of the world of the Fantastic Four. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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1st printing. This volume chronicles the continuing expanding mutant universe and its impact on comics as a whole. Includes an introduction to the original X-Men, a look at the "Claremont Revolution", the debut of the New Mutants, the Marvel Mutant Universe, and the X-Men's Canadian cousins, Alpha Flight. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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1st printing. Edited by James Van Hise. It's hard to believe it, but once upon a time the popularity of the uncanny X-Men had fallen so low that the series was on the verge of cancellation. Enter: Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne and Len Wein. Together with a new cast of mutant heroes, including Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and Wolverine, these Uncanny and amazingly talented creators brought the series back back from the edge of exstinction and now the X-Men is the highest selling comic in the world! Includes a look at the Lee & Kirby years. interviews with Roy Thomas and Chris Claremont, and over a dozen profiles featuring all your favorite X-Men heroes and villains! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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1st printing - 1947. Written by Coulton Waugh. The first comprehensive history and analysis of comic strips. Shows the evolution and subgenres of comics from The Yellow Kid in 1895 through the first decade of the modern comic book in the 1940s and considered to be one of the best books ever written on the subject. Profusely illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6-in. x 9 1/2-in., 360 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $5.00.

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1st printing. By Coulton Waugh. This trailblazing survey of an art form preferred by the masses was the pioneer study of the subject. It shows the evolution and subgenres of the comics from The Yellow Kid in 1895 through the first decade of the modern comic book in the 1940s. First published in 1947 and long out of print, this is considered by diehard aficionados of the comics as the best book ever written on the subject, and not just because it was the first. In this far-reaching study Coulton Waugh set down information that is now common lore, that the comics are revealing reflectors of society. For general readers and scholars alike, this new edition has a comprehensive index and an introduction by M. Thomas Inge, the notable scholar of popular culture and author of Comics as Culture. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 364 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations) Cover price $9.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

1st printing.

In the world of comics, Joss Whedon created his own dystopian heroine, Fray, assembled the goofy fannish heroes of Sugarshock, and wrote arcs for Marvel's Astonishing X-Men and Runaways. Today, Whedon continues the Buffy and Firefly stories with innovative comics that shatter the rules of storytelling and force his characters to grow through life-altering conflicts.

This collection of essays focuses on Whedon's comics work and its tie-ins with his film and television productions, emphasizing his auteurism in crossing over from panel to screen to panel.

Softcover, 256 pages, B&W.

Cover price $35.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

1st printing. By Alex G. Malloy. Comics Values Annual 2005 offers collectors, investors, and dealers everything they've come to expect from this all-encompassing reference. This colossal edition is packed with nearly 100,000 classic and contemporary comics listings, complete with up-to-date collector values, grading guide, and tips for buying, selling, and preserving comic books. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 840 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $21.00

1st printing. By Harriet E.H. Earle. Conflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both different from and complementary to literature and film. In Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War, Harriet E. H. Earle brings together two distinct areas of research-trauma studies and comics studies-to provide a new interpretation of a long-standing theme. Focusing on representations of conflict in post-Vietnam War American comics, Earle claims that the comics form is uniquely able to show traumatic experience by representing events as viscerally as possible. Hardcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $65.00.

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1st printing. By Dave Rogers. The full story of Britain's smash crime-fighting team! Softcover, 7 1/2 x 11-in, 286 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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1st printing. By Brian Clopper. Contains 37 lovable and not so lovable monstrosities, complete with detailed info about their personalities, habits, dietary considerations and much more! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.50.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00

1st printing.

By John Russo. Preface by George A. Romero.

A must-have for true fans of Night of the Living Dead, this is the definitive account of the film from co-writer John Russo! Packed with rare photos from the set and shoot, the full tale of the creation of this film is revealed, warts and all!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in.x 11-in., B&W.

Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Very Good $15.99

1st printing. By Maria Reidelbach. A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Hardcover, 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.95.

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1st printing. By Maria Reidelbach. A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Softcover, 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Very Good $7.99

2nd and later printings. By Maria Reidelbach. A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Softcover, 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $14.00

Add to cart Very Fine $10.00

1st printing. By Mike Diver. From the earliest consoles of the 1970s to the cutting-edge machines of the here and now, a line is drawn from one man's eureka moment to the multi-billion-dollar global industry of today. All the well-known names and massive-selling consoles are here: the Nintendo Entertainment System, the SEGA Mega Drive, the Atari 2600, the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 2. But there's plenty of room for hardware that many a gamer won't have heard of before, from Japan-only releases and home computer conversions to ill-advised experiments with VHS and all manner of micro-console magic. Learn about the creators and their inspirations, the games that made the biggest consoles' eternal reputations, and the failures and flops along the way. Hardcover, 8-in. x 12-in., 192 pages, PC. Cover price $39.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $49.99

2nd and later printings. By John Walsh. Official retrospective hardback book telling the story of the making of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, including interviews with cast and crew and featuring behind-the-scenes photography from the shoot. Hardcover, 10-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $50.00.

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1st printing. Written by Robert E. Howard. Art and cover by Valentin Secher. This gloriously illustrated work is an adaptation of one of the most celebrated Conan stories by creator Robert E. Howard. In the Maul district of Zamora, where bandits go to celebrate their crimes, a young barbarian, black hair, broad shoulders and powerful torso, hears a Kothian talking about the Tower of the Elephant. Without preparation, Conan the Cimmerian undertakes the ascent of this tower reputed to be impregnable, a journey that will test the body and mind of the barbarian... ILLUSTRATED BY FANTASY COMICS ARTIST VALETIN SÉCHER (MICHAEL MOORCOCK'S ELRIC). Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12 1/2-in., 56 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations). Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $21.00

Add to cart Near Mint $21.00

1st printing.

By Dave Gibbson and Tim Pilcher.

A comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the world's most famous comics creators!

Presented as alphabetically chaptered memoirs, these extensive anecdotes cover a legendary life in comics, from working on Doctor Who and meeting Tom Baker to being inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame. Gibbons also discusses, for the first time anywhere, the reasons why he and fellow Watchmen cocreator Alan Moore no longer speak. Packed with over 300 iconic, rarely seen, and unpublished art pieces and photographs, Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography not only entertains, but peels back the layers of a fascinating career in comics.

o Rarely seen and unpublished art and photographs from Dave Gibbons!

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 320 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $49.99.

Add to cart Very Good $5.99

1st printing.

By Burton Goodman.

15 masterpieces of struggle and conflict with exercises to make you think.

Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 160 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

1st printing. By Conn Iggulden. The novels of Conn Iggulden bring the past to thrilling life, from ancient Rome to thirteenth-century Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Now he delivers the spectacular story of the rise of Genghis Khans grandson, a man destined to become one of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived—the legendary Kublai Khan. A succession of ruthless leaders has seized power in the wake of the great Khans death—all descendants of Genghis, but none with the indomitable character that led a people to triumph. One grandson, Guyuk, decadent and vicious, seeks to consolidate his position through bribery and murder, pitting powerful factions against one another and straining the loyalties of the tribes to the breaking point. Next comes his cousin, Mongke, who eliminates all possible opposition with breathtaking brutality and dispatches his younger brothers Kublai and Hulegu to far-flung territories, to test their mettle and their allegiance. Hulegu displays his barbarity with the savage destruction of Baghdad and his clash with the Khans age-old enemies, the cult of assassins, who will strike deep into the heart of the nation. But it is Kublai—refined and scholarly, always considered too thoughtful to take power—who will devise new ways of warfare and conquest as he builds the dream city of Xanadu and pursues the ultimate prize: the ancient empire of Sung China. His gifts will serve him well when an epic civil war breaks out among brothers, the outcome of which will literally change the world. Brilliantly researched and imagined, unforgettably told, Conqueror is a magnificent achievement from an enthralling writer at the peak of his powers, a must read for all lovers of history and storytelling on the grand scale. Hardcover, 480 pages, Text Only. Cover price $27.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

1st printing. In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. Tom Kalinske, a man who knew nothing about video games, transformed Sega and eventually led to a ruthless David-and-Goliath showdown with rival Nintendo. The battle was vicious, relentless, and highly profitable, eventually sparking a global corporate war that would be fought on several fronts: from living rooms and schoolyards to boardrooms and Congress. Console Wars is the underdog tale of how Kalinske miraculously turned an industry punchline into a market leader. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 320 pages, Text. Cover price $28.99.

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2nd and later printings. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

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Pillsbury Flour Mills 1944 Giveaway. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 22 Pages Brown and Blue Text with Illustrations

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The Story of The Boston Tea Party. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Keith Neely. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Oregon Trail. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by David J. Catrow III. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Spirit of St. Louis. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Len W. Meents. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Burning of Washington. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Richard Wahl. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of Child Labor Laws. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Keith Neely. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Johnstown Flood. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by David J. Catrow III. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Powers of the Presidency. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Keith Neely. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Erie Canal. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Keith Neely. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Trail of Tears. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by David J. Catrow III. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of Valley Forge. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Ralph Canaday. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Keith Neely. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of Apollo 11. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by David J. Catrow III. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of Ellis Island. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Tom Dunnington. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.

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The Story of The Powers of Congress. Written by R. Conrad Stein and illustrated by Tom Dunnington. 8" x 9.75", 32 pages, B&W.