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1st printing. Edited and Introduction by Joshua Glenn. Superhumans-humans who've evolved into creatures stronger, smarter, and more gifted than we have any reason to be-first showed up in science-fictional narratives during the genre's emergent Radium Age. Originally published between 1902 and 1928, the stories and excerpts anthologized in this volume by Joshua Glenn feature the likes of Marie Corelli's Young Diana, who, having been rendered super-alluring via a rejuvenation experiment, seeks revenge on a sexist society; Thomas Dunbar, one of the first lab-created superhumans; Zoo and Yva, superwomen who contemplate the extermination of us mere mortals, thanks to George Bernard Shaw and H. Rider Haggard; and Alfred Jarry's André Marcueil, a scientist who develops a super-sexual capacity. Hugo Gernsback gives us Ralph 124C 41+, a benevolent super-genius inventor who dwells atop a New York skyscraper. Thea von Harbou's genius scientist, Rotwang, is even less conscientious in his scheming; as is Arthur Conan Doyle's ever-irascible Professor Challenger, here in one of his final outings. Finally, Jean de La Hire's Nyctalope, a popular French super-powered crimefighter character, makes an appearance; and so does Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes... though reduced to miniature size. Softcover, 5 1/4-in.x 8-in., 264 pages, Text. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Written by Brad Bird. Art and cover by Jonathan Case. Based on the spellbinding world of the Walt Disney Studios film, Tomorrowland, this original prequel novel features a 20-page comic book and unlocks a place of unfathomable science and technology and the famous people behind it. The year is 1939. A secret society of extraordinary geniuses is about to share an incredible discovery with the world. A misguided enemy - half man, half machine - will stop at nothing to prevent the group from giving this forbidden knowledge to humanity. And a mother and son on vacation in New York City are handed a comic book infused with a secret code that will lead them straight into the crossfires of the conspiracy. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 336 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $16.99.

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1st printing. Written by Steven Cummings and Gonzalo Ordonez. Art by Steven Cummings. With the recent influx of Far East games, anime, and comics into the western world, manga is becoming an increasingly popular art form. Beginner's Guide to Creating Manga Art explores the core aspects of this emerging artistic style and takes you through the process of designing manga-style characters from the initial concept to full-color images. These talented artists open a window into their world and present tutorials covering everything from drawing features, anatomy, and expressions to designing clothing, perfecting poses, and coloring characters with a mixture of traditional and digital artistic tools. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 240 pages, full color.

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Includes Slipcase - 1st printing. By Nykolai Aleksander and Richard Tilbury. This is a new series dedicated to providing a comprehensive guide to the basics of digital painting in this versatile program. Whether you're new to Photoshop or simply looking to improve existing skills, this book offers up a wealth of suggestions and advice to get you started, improve workflows, perfect techniques, and produce stunning images. The step-by-step tutorials within this book don't just describe techniques, but actively demonstrate how these techniques can be applied to an artwork. Industry veterans including Nykolai Aleksander and Richard Tilbury share the benefits of their years of experience in a clear and methodical fashion. Instructive and inspirational, this is an ideal resource for anyone taking their first steps into the digital painting world. Softcover (with Slipcase), 8-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

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NO Slipcase - 1st printing. By Nykolai Aleksander and Richard Tilbury. This is a new series dedicated to providing a comprehensive guide to the basics of digital painting in this versatile program. Whether you're new to Photoshop or simply looking to improve existing skills, this book offers up a wealth of suggestions and advice to get you started, improve workflows, perfect techniques, and produce stunning images. The step-by-step tutorials within this book don't just describe techniques, but actively demonstrate how these techniques can be applied to an artwork. Industry veterans including Nykolai Aleksander and Richard Tilbury share the benefits of their years of experience in a clear and methodical fashion. Instructive and inspirational, this is an ideal resource for anyone taking their first steps into the digital painting world. Softcover (with Slipcase), 8-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

1st printing. Written by Bob Italia. Matt Groening explains how he created a pop cultural phenomenon. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 32 Pages, Text (with full color illustrations).

1st printing. By Mark Cotta Vaz. Foreword by Stan Lee. A complete Behind the Scenes look at the Amazing Spider-Man's big Hollywood debut. Featuring photos, concept art, interviews, screenplay, and more! Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, full color. Cover price $34.95.

1st printing.

By Mark Cotta Vaz. Foreword by Stan Lee.

Featuring hundreds of never-before-seen photos, design illustrations, costume sketches, interviews with all the major filmmakers and stars, and most of the actual shooting script, this book reveals what it felt like to create Spider-Man, to film Spider-Man, and to be Spider-Man!

Directed by Sam Raimi (Army of Darkness, The Quick and the Dead, The Gift) and boasting an explosive story, incredible visual effects, and a stellar cast including Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco, this is the one and only book that will take you for the thrill ride of the year: The making of Spider-Man's big Hollywood debut!

Softcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, full color.

Cover price $20.00.

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1st printing. Story and art by Steve Korte. How does Batman stay in shape? What does he store in his Utility Belt? Who does the Dark Knight turn to when he gets in a jam? Dive into a treasure trove of info about Gotham City's Caped Crusader. Featuring captivating text, fun lists, quick quizzes, and more, this behind-the-scenes bio is bursting with fantastic facts and super secrets! It has everything young readers never knew they needed to know about Batman! Softcover, 7-in. xc 9-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $6.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Steve Korte. Where did Harley Quinn meet the Joker? What are the names of her pet hyenas? Who does the Clown Princess of Crime turn to when she needs a helping hand? Uncover a treasure trove of info about Gotham City's jolly jester. Featuring captivating text, quick lists, fun quizzes, and more, this behind-the-scenes bio is bursting with fantastic facts and super secrets! It has everything young readers never knew they needed to know about Harley Quinn! Softcover, 7-in. xc 9-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $6.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Steve Korte. Why is Superman so powerful on Earth? What is his suit made of? How does red Kryptonite affect the Man of Steel? Dig into a treasure trove of info about the Last Son of Krypton. Featuring captivating text, quick lists, fun quizzes, and more, this behind-the-scenes bio is bursting with fantastic facts and super secrets! It has everything young readers never knew they needed to know about Superman! Softcover, 7-in. xc 9-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $6.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Steve Korte. How did Wonder Woman get her powers? What is her tiara made of? Where did the Amazon Princess once work as a waitress? Discover a treasure trove of info about the world's most amazing Amazon warrior. Featuring captivating text, quick lists, fun quizzes, and more, this behind-the-scenes bio is bursting with fantastic facts and super secrets! It has everything young readers never knew they needed to know about Wonder Woman! Softcover, 7-in. xc 9-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $6.99.

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1st printing. Art by Ben Morse. A man is the sum of his memories. A Time Lord even more so. Behind The Sofa is a collection of over 100 celebrity memories of Doctor Who, compiled in aid of Alzheimer's Research UK. Steve Berry decided to undertake this project in memory of his mother Janet, who suffered from Alzheimer's in her final years and passed away in 2009. All of the book royalties, proceeds and net profit will be donated to Alzheimer's Research UK. Contributors include Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Ross, Jenny Colgan, and Charlie Brooker. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W (and Purple). Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. By Dustin Harbin. Can you name 101 dinosaurs off the top of your head? Do you know which of them came first? Which was the first to go? Who was the tallest? How about the longest? The smallest? Fastest? Prettiest? Sleepiest? Harbin revists the most awe-inspiring Dinos to roam the Earth in a beautifully illustrated book that unravels to 6.5 feet long! Hardcover, 8-in. x 13-in., 20 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. By Robert Cremer. Béla Lugosis commanding presence, hypnotic voice, and mesmerizing gaze made him the embodiment of Count Dracula, a role that has established him as a cultural icon and a legend of the silver screen forever. But there's so much more to this captivating individual than meets the eye.This definitive biography of the man behind that menacing cape takes you deep into the personal life of Béla Lugosi as no other biography can. Exclusive interviews by the author, Robert Cremer, with Lillian Lugosi Donlevy, his wife of 20 years, as well as with Bélas closest Hungarian relatives and friends, reveal new insights into Bélas humble beginnings in Transylvania, his political activism in Hungary ? which cost him his wife, family and almost his life, his harrowing transatlantic crossing to the U.S. and his struggles here to realize his dream of becoming a success on stage and in film. The story doesn't stop there, and this book includes exclusive interviews with Edward D. Wood, Jr. unlock heretofore unknown background on Bélas involvement in the filming of the cult classics Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster and Plan 9 from Outer Space as only Ed Wood could provide.The ultimate book for cinephiles, horror enthusiasts, and fans of Bela Lugosi is not to be missed. Featuring over 700 photos, family artifacts, and historical documents, many of which have never been seen outside of Lugosis own family, collected here for the first time! Hardcover, 14-in. x 11-in., 768 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $175.00.

First printing. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

1st printing.

Edited by Ian Gordon.

Career-spanning interviews with the creator of the contemporary American comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and other works.

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

Cover price $25.00.

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1st printing. By Aldo J. Regalado. Bending Steel examines the historical origins and cultural significance of Superman and his fellow American crusaders. The cultural conversation articulated through the nation's early heroic fiction eventually led to a new heroic type - the brightly clad, super-powered, pro-social action heroes that first appeared in American comic books starting in the late 1930s. Tracing superhero fiction all the way back to the nineteenth century, Regalado explores the roles played by creators, producers, and consumers in crafting superhero fiction, ultimately concluding that these narratives are essential for understanding vital trajectories in American culture. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations and photos). Cover price $60.00.

1st printing. By Aldo J. Regalado. Bending Steel examines the historical origins and cultural significance of Superman and his fellow American crusaders. The cultural conversation articulated through the nation's early heroic fiction eventually led to a new heroic type - the brightly clad, super-powered, pro-social action heroes that first appeared in American comic books starting in the late 1930s. Tracing superhero fiction all the way back to the nineteenth century, Regalado explores the roles played by creators, producers, and consumers in crafting superhero fiction, ultimately concluding that these narratives are essential for understanding vital trajectories in American culture. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations and photos). NOTE: Even though it uses the same indicia as the hardcover, the softcover was published 04/2017. Cover price $30.00.

First printing. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $0.69.

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2nd and later printings. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $0.69.

2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Beginner Books Presents: Bennett Cerf's Riddles! Art by Roy McKie. Question: What do you get if you put three ducks in a box? Answer: A box of quackers. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, full color. All Ages

1st printing. Bent collects Cooper's finest, most revealing paintings, ink drawings, pencil sketches, and photographs from the past five years, many of which enjoy homes in the collections of influential collectors and some of Hollywood's elite. In this monograph, Dave Cooper continues to obsess and fixate over his bizarre procession of milky figures as they crawl and wriggle into hidden meadows, jungles and cities. Everything in this world seems to be undulating and overripe-the multi-colored Jell-O vegetation, the billowing clouds, and the twitching, agitated women, whether thin like sinewy rubber, or fat and bursting with doughy flesh. The characters in Cooper's work have been likened to a dog chasing its tail. Or maybe it's as though they're like someone on drugs who can stare at their own hand for 20 minutes; either way, these girls are hypnotized by wriggling around on the ground, twisting in on themselves, walking on their hands, squeezing and chewing one another. This fine art may sound hellish, but to the demons, hell must seem like heaven. So maybe Cooper's landscapes are more like a weird kind of utopia where all those insane facial expressions and physical contortions are more an expression of elation or giddiness. Hardcover, 80 pages, full color. Cover price $22.99.

1st printing. Translated by Seasmus Jeaney. Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century, Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Drawn to what he has called the "four-squareness of the utterance" in Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 256 pages, Text Only. Cover price $25.00.

2nd and later printings. Translated by Seasmus Jeaney. Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century, Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Drawn to what he has called the "four-squareness of the utterance" in Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 256 pages, Text Only. Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. By Berkeley Breather. Berkeley Breathed is the award-winning cartoonist best known for his Immensely popular Bloom County newspaper comic strip, as well as two follow-ups, Outland and Opus. But if you think Berkeley Breathed is only about a fanciful penguin and his whimsical cohorts, then you have another think coming! Breathed is a multi-talented artist and writer who has produced lovely illustrations for children's books he has authored, as well as creating many concept illustrations for films. This career-spanning retrospective will showcase Breathed's work from his earliest efforts to him most recent endeavors. Hardcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

1st printing. By Berkeley Breathed. Berkeley Breathed is the award-winning cartoonist best known for his Immensely popular Bloom County newspaper comic strip, as well as two follow-ups, Outland and Opus. But if you think Berkeley Breathed is only about a fanciful penguin and his whimsical cohorts, then you have another think coming! Breathed is a multi-talented artist and writer who has produced lovely illustrations for children's books he has authored, as well as creating many concept illustrations for films. This career-spanning retrospective will showcase Breathed's work from his earliest efforts to him most recent endeavors. Hardcover, 7-in. x 11-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. A strikingly illustrated dark fantasy, in which a frail young man's terrible magic could lead him to ultimate power! Fate Graphite has never tasted real power. Born with the magical skill Gluttony, he has been shunned and looked down upon his entire life, and constantly hungers in a way that can't be satiated. One day, while working as a gatekeeper for a noble family and fighting a trespassing thief, he discovers Gluttony's true power: when he kills someone, he devours their skills and feeds his gnawing hunger at last. In that grisly realization, Fate is awakened to his true potential. How many lives will he feed on to satisfy this hunger, and is the world ready for the terrifying warrior he'll become? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 340 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $13.99.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. A strikingly illustrated dark fantasy, in which a frail young man's terrible magic could lead him to ultimate power! Fate Graphite has never tasted real power. Born with the magical skill Gluttony, he has been shunned and looked down upon his entire life, and constantly hungers in a way that can't be satiated. One day, while working as a gatekeeper for a noble family and fighting a trespassing thief, he discovers Gluttony's true power: when he kills someone, he devours their skills and feeds his gnawing hunger at last. In that grisly realization, Fate is awakened to his true potential. How many lives will he feed on to satisfy this hunger, and is the world ready for the terrifying warrior he'll become? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 340 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $13.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. Fate Graphite has never tasted real power. Born with the magical skill Gluttony, he has been shunned and looked down upon his entire life, and constantly hungers in a way that can't be satiated. One day, while working as a gatekeeper for a noble family and fighting a trespassing thief, he discovers Gluttony's true power: when he kills someone, he devours their skills and feeds his gnawing hunger at last. In that grisly realization, Fate is awakened to his true potential. How many lives will he feed on to satisfy this hunger, and is the world ready for the terrifying warrior he'll become? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 396 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $13.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. Fate Graphite has never tasted real power. Born with the magical skill Gluttony, he has been shunned and looked down upon his entire life, and constantly hungers in a way that can't be satiated. One day, while working as a gatekeeper for a noble family and fighting a trespassing thief, he discovers Gluttony's true power: when he kills someone, he devours their skills and feeds his gnawing hunger at last. In that grisly realization, Fate is awakened to his true potential. How many lives will he feed on to satisfy this hunger, and is the world ready for the terrifying warrior he'll become? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 396 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $13.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame . Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. Fate Graphite has never tasted real power. Born with the magical skill Gluttony, he has been shunned and looked down upon his entire life, and constantly hungers in a way that can't be satiated. One day, while working as a gatekeeper for a noble family and fighting a trespassing thief, he discovers Gluttony's true power: when he kills someone, he devours their skills and feeds his gnawing hunger at last. In that grisly realization, Fate is awakened to his true potential. How many lives will he feed on to satisfy this hunger, and is the world ready for the terrifying warrior he'll become? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 320 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $14.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. Fate Graphite has never tasted real power. Born with the magical skill Gluttony, he has been shunned and looked down upon his entire life, and constantly hungers in a way that can't be satiated. One day, while working as a gatekeeper for a noble family and fighting a trespassing thief, he discovers Gluttony's true power: when he kills someone, he devours their skills and feeds his gnawing hunger at last. In that grisly realization, Fate is awakened to his true potential. How many lives will he feed on to satisfy this hunger, and is the world ready for the terrifying warrior he'll become? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 356 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $14.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. Fate has a new quest: chase down Myne and close the Door to Distant Lands-and maybe get some answers out of his resurrected father. This time, however, he's heading out with a whole party in tow, including Eris, Memil, and Roxy. But Fate's not the only one wrestling with this new camaraderie. Roxy's glad to finally be fighting by Fate's side, but she knows she won't be able to stay there unless she too reaches the Domain of E... if she can survive it. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 300 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 7 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. THE SINS OF WRATH - Fate finally locates Myne in Hausen, the domain of which he is lord and protector. It has always been Fate's aim to save Myne from herself, but now the alternative comes at too high a cost to bear: should Fate fail to rescue his errant companion, the mysterious Libra threatens to rain destruction on everything he holds dear. But Fate will have to overcome more than Myne in the depths of Hausen-he'll have to face the darkness of her past and the truth of their forsaken world. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 332 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. Written by Isshiki Ichika. Art and cover by Fame. Translated by Hengtee. Adapted by Veles Svitlychny. The final volume! The task ahead is clear: it's time for Fate to go to the floating continent of Galia to close the Door to Distant Lands at last. Libra has prepared a ship to take Fate and his friends there, but after boarding, they find Eris has been taken hostage! Even so, they have no choice but to continue on to Galia. It's time for mysteries to be revealed: What is Fate's father's ultimate goal? What of the lost Greed? And what hides within the Skills of Mortal Sin...? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 388 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Teen Cover price $15.99.

1st printing.

By Kentaro Miura.

Berserk has conquered the worlds of manga and anime, and now comes the essential roadmap to the sprawling Berserk universe, exploring the characters, creatures, settings, and stories of Berserk's first 38 volumes.

Profusely illustrated and including never-before-seen art (including an eight-page color section) and author notes by Kentaro Miura, the Official Guidebook is a comprehensive tour through the epic adventure, shocking horror, and graveyard humor that can be only Berserk! One of the most popular long-running adult manga series ever published. The inspiration for three anime feature films and three TV series.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

2nd and later printings.

By Kentaro Miura.

Berserk has conquered the worlds of manga and anime, and now comes the essential roadmap to the sprawling Berserk universe, exploring the characters, creatures, settings, and stories of Berserk's first 38 volumes.

Profusely illustrated and including never-before-seen art (including an eight-page color section) and author notes by Kentaro Miura, the Official Guidebook is a comprehensive tour through the epic adventure, shocking horror, and graveyard humor that can be only Berserk! One of the most popular long-running adult manga series ever published. The inspiration for three anime feature films and three TV series.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Written by Chuck Doyle. The Best Desk Toys Ever is the first and most comprehensive guide ever to the phenomenon of the office workplace--a world of wind-ups, fall-downs, squeezies, gravity gadgets, kitsch, nostalgia novelties, and toys that defy any definition. Absolutely the perfect gift for executives with a little slack in their schedules, The Best Desk Toys Ever catalogs the finest time-wasting (read 'productivity-boosting') toys that have turned today's desktops into tomorrow's office playgrounds. Softcover, 8-in. x 9 1/2-in., 128 pages, Full color. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1 -1964. "Very Late in the Evening" by Ray Bradbury, "Trouble in Makeousville" by Herbert Gold, "Chaplin" by Charles Beaumont, "The Right Approach" by P.G. Wodehouse. Jules Feiffer's "The Oddball" a six-page color comic story. Interview with Miles Davis. Complete Jayne Mansfield. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

Volume 2 - 1968. Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. "The Hildebrand Rarity" by Ian Fleming, "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, "Machina Ex Deux" by Arthur C. Clarke, "The Hustler" by Walter Tevis. Henry Miller interview. Classic Cars of the '30s by Ken Purdy, illustrated by Jerome Biederman. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

Volume 3 - 1969. "Beyond Gravity" by Arthur C. Clarke, interview with Martin Luther King, "Elimination Day" by Henry Slesar, "Sardonicus" by Ray Russell, Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

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Volume 4 - 1970. Interview with Fidel Castro. "An Actor's Life for Me" by Philip Roth, Jules Feiffer's "The Advocate" three-page comic strip, "Old Man Pulaski and the Infamous Jawbreaker Blackmail" by Jean Shepherd, "Naked Nude" by Bernard Malamud, Gahan Willson's Mother Goose, Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. "Remembering Marilyn" complete with the first issue centerfold. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

Volume 5 - 1971. Fiction by Henry Slesar, John Cheever and William F. Nolan. Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Vargas article on his art from the 1920s to 1970s, heavily illustrated including a fold-out. Norman Mailer interview. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 196 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

Volume 6 - 1972. "The Lost City of Mars" by Ray Bradbury, "The Crazy One" by Norman Mailer, "Turn Left at Mata Hari" by Ray Russell, "The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be" by Gahan Wilson, "Hostileman" by Jules Feiffer. Interview with Ralph Nader. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 196 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

Volume 7 - 1973. "Nine Lives" by Ursula K. LeGuin, "Love, Dad" by Joseph Heller, "The Case of the Warbling Cuckold" by Jean Shepard, "And I Mean That Sincerely" by Ray Russell, "The Flashlight" by Eldridge Cleaver, "The Good, The Bad and the Garlic" by Harvey Kurtzman, "The Old Neighborhood" by Henry Miller. Gahan Wilson collection of cartoons entitled "Have a Heart" and Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Interview with Mae West. "Epigrams from the Greek Anthology" illustrated by Brad Holland. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 196 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

Volume 8 - 1975. "From Stonehenge to Tranquillity Base" by Ray Bradbury, interview with Sam Peckinpah, Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.75.

Volume 8 - 1975, alternate format and cover, same contents otherwise. "From Stonehenge to Tranquillity Base" by Ray Bradbury, interview with Sam Peckinpah, Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Saddle-stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $2.95.

Volume 9 - 1982. "Astral Projection and the Horse That Could Count" by Carl Sagan, interview with Al Pacino, "The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol" by Philip Jose Farmer, "My Night at Plato's Retreat" by Buck Henry, "The Faint" by John Updike and Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $3.95.

Volume 10 - 1983. "The Apotheosis of Myra" by Walter Tevis, "Carny" by Harry Crews, interview with Steve Martin, "Heart Transplant" by Ray Bradbury, Little Annie Fanny by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder, Moonshine McJuggs by Frank Thorne. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $3.95.