Comic books in 'Anthology / Collection'

Add to cart Near Mint $32.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "February 1951 to December 1951!" Collects Web of Mystery (1951-1955) #1-6.

And here comes the first volume of Ace Comics' Web of Mystery. Come put your little clawed and emaciated hand in ours-we'll look after you. Ignore the darkness and the cemetery mist creeping through the Graveyard Gates, and ignore the fact that the flesh seems to have slipped from your face. No matter, for this is comicbooks the way they were and should always be. Featuring Warren Kremer, Mike Sekowsky, Martin Rose, Ken Rice, Ace Baker, Al Bellman, George Appel, Jay Scott Pike and Jim McLaughlin.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $41.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #1-6. Written by Richard Chizmar. PS Artbooks once again with a new sideline (namely Pre-Code Classics) and lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush. Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right, certainly by looking at the line-ups in these six comics! Hardcover(Slipcased), 7-in. x 10-in., 240 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $32.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "November 1953 to September 1954!" Collects Weird Tales of the Future (1952) #8-13. Hey, it's all here, culture-lovers: walking dead folks (loads of 'em)--some of them even still sporting their heads-witches, ghosts, werewolves and enough vampires to go into the second-hand dentures business. Every now and again you come across a bevy of four color frights that seem to have been created just for you.Hardcover, 352 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $36.00

Add to cart Very Fine $29.00

1st printing. Collects Witchcraft (1952 Avon) #1-6 and Dead Who Walk (1952). Take a look at these covers and see what it was like back in the fabulous far out'n'freaky, fun'n'funky fifties as regards four-color comicbooks. For just one thin dime, you'd get, f'rinstance, number 4 featuring Death boiling a glamorous raven-haired vixen while inside this crazy volume you've got words, inks and pencils from the likes of Mort Meskin, Joe Kubert, Everett Kinstler, Sid Check, Ed Goldfarb and Kelly Freas. You know, makes you feel just like a kid again but I haven't quite finished the other one yet! Soon! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $33.00

Add to cart Very Fine $33.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1951 to June 1953!" Collects Worlds of Fear (1952) #1-5.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into your comic shop, here come those PS guys again with another crazy collection of bygone stories and panels set to blow your mind. This time out they're hitting you with the full run of Worlds of Fear from the magical days of 1952 and featuring artists and writers such as Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, George Evans, Mike Sekowsky, Moe Marcus, Bob McCarty, Harry Harrison, and Norman Saunders. Crossing horror and SF has never been more enjoyable.

Lock the door, flip the tab on a can of soda and delve into those potato chips. It's a marriage made in Heaven.

Hardcover, 180 pages, full color.

Cover price $59.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $33.00

Add to cart Very Fine $33.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "September 1952 to June 1953!" Collects Worlds of Fear (1952) #6-10.

Worlds of Fear, from the magical days of 1952, featured artists and writers such as Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, George Evans, Mike Sekowsky, Moe Marcus, Bob McCarty, Harry Harrison and Norman Saunders. Crossing horror and SF has never been more enjoyable. Lock the door, flip the tab on a can of soda and delve into those potato chips. It's a marriage made in Heaven.

Hardcover, 180 pages, full color.

Cover price $59.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing. Lions, Tigers, Bears, and more - Oh My! Stalk and be stalked in this suspenseful collection of tales of a predatory nature. Wild beasts, hunters, cave girls and subtle terrors all feature in 25 self contained strips in the latest instalment of Accent UK's quality themed anthology series. Featuring established and emerging creators from around the globe. Softcover, 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.00

Painted cover art by Alec Stevens. Introduction by Gary Groth. The Outsider, script by H.P. Lovecraft, art by Alec Stevens; An adaptation of the famous short story about a solitary man weary of darkness who is inexorably drawn to a castle tower. Troubles with Cute Old Refrigerators, script and art by Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as Aline Crumb] and Robert Crumb; The problems with having an old refrigerator as a style item. Blues starring Eddie Campbell, Georgette Maison, and Dave Harwoodcript, script and art by Eddie Campbell. Overheard At America's Lunch Counters, script and art by Susan Catherine; Eleven quotations heard by the author while waitressing. Mr. Hamadryad text story by R.A. Lafferty. Ad for Love & Rockets, art by Gilbert Hernandez. The Confidante, script and art by Dori Seda; Frank is vilified by all the women in town. The Thirteen Fingers, script and art by Richard Sala; A journalist discovers a secret society. Tor Johnson in the Country, script by Johnny Legend, art by Drew Friedman; Tor Johnson takes a trip to the country. Ad for Fantagraphics Books, including The Complete Popeye, Dickie Dare, Prince Valiant and Nemo: The Classics Comics Library, art by7 E.C Segar, Hal Foster, and Milton Caniff. 68 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Cover art by Gilbert Hernandez and Robert Crumb. A never-before published illustration Crumb made for one of his journals when he was seventeen. The Sphinx Without a Secret, script by Oscar Wilde, art by Alec Stevens; Lord Murchison is taken with the mysterious Lady Alroy, but doesn't believe her when she denies hiding anything. Hell Fridge, script and art by Mark Marek; A refrigerator that can bring death to any who dare open it. Retirement Village, script and art by Dori Seda; Two senior citizens have an intimate dinner. How I Almost Got Stomped to the "Still of the Night" by the "Five Satins, script and art by Spain Rodriguez; Spain and friends sneak into a rhythm & blues show and try to get closer seats. Clouds, script and art by Mark Martin. UFO, script and art by Alex Toth; Alex Toth questions the wisdom of experts who dismiss what to him are the reality of UFO sightings. The Hidden Face, script and art by Richard Sala; After a falling brick hits him in the face, the story's protagonist suffers a series of misfortunes. Skiff, script by Glenn Dakin, art by Phil Elliott; The narrator talks about Skiff, a guest that was staying over in his family's house. Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter 2, script and art by Mitch Manzer; A stranger arrives at Rory Randall's place looking for work. 68 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Cover art by Rick Geary. The Abominable Mrs. Pearcey, script and art by Rick Geary; The story details the 1890 Hampstead murder of a housewife and her baby. The Final Curtain, script and art by Kim Deitch; The story of a deceased spirit that takes revenge on a philandering husband. Announcement of the 1987 Jim series from Fantagraphics, script and art by Jim Woodring. Untitled Jim story, script and art by Jim Woodring; Story is about a girl who is driven to a farm to visit her grandparents. Mysteries of the Flesh, script and art by Charles Burns; The first chapter revealing the findings of a theory called "Mysteries of the Flesh" by the narrator. A Night in the Woods text story, script and art by Djuna Barnes. Ad for Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy. Arcade #4, 5, & 6 cover reprints, art by Robert Crumb. R. Crumb's Animal Town Comics, script and art by Robert Crumb; Fritz and his married friends were planning to have a picnic; Unfortunately, the couple's arguing puts a damper on it. Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter 3, script and art by Mitch Manzer; While Rory takes a swig of the poisoned drink, Buddy may have had a change of heart. But his doubts may have come too late. Ad for Love & Rockets #21 and #22. 68 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Roach Wars. Story, art and cover by Rowen and Tony Basilicato. Now Comics takes over the funny animal comic by the Basilicatos, creators of Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils. The swamp critters fight back when the roach invasion threatens to engulf them all. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart FN 6.0 $6.00

Home Cookin'. Story, art and cover by Rowen and Tony Basilicato. A funny animal comic by the Basilicatos, creators of Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils. A jar of moonshine becomes a much sought-after object. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

1st printing.

Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton, Lovern Kindzierski, and Paul Chadwick. Cover by P. Craig Russell.

From New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner-award winning artist P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton, and Paul Chadwick comes a fantasy graphic novel anthology of essential Gaiman stories.

Two stories and two poems. All wondrous and imaginative about the tales we tell and experience. Where the incarnations of the months of the year sit around a campfire sharing stories, where an older college professor recounts a Narnian childhood, where the apocalypse unfolds, and where the importance of generational storytelling is seen through the Goldilocks fairytale. These four comic adaptations have something for everyone and are a must for Gaiman fans!

Hardcover, 72 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.95

Add to cart Near Mint $12.95

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Project: Cryptid (2023 Ahoy) #1-6. Written by Mark Russell, Paul Cornell, Alisa Kwitney, Alex Segura, Bryce Ingman, Paul Constant, Henry Barajas, Liana Kangas, Jazzlyn Stone, Melissa F. Olson, Hanna Bahedry, Zander Cannon, Matt Bors, and Mattie Lubchansky. Art by Jordi Perez, P. J. Holden, Mauricet, Steve Bryant, Peter Krause, Saldmee Luce-Antoinette, Ted & Ro, Lane Lloyd, Gene Ha, Daniel Irizarri, and Maki Naro. Cover by Desi Alicea-Aponte. Back Cover by Taki Soma. Introduction by C.C. Johnson Wood. Bigfoot, Yetis, Nessies, Mongolian Death Worms, and more! AHOY presents a deep dive into all things cryptid—legendary, tall tale, and fanciful beasts. An all-star selection of writers including Mark Russell, Matt Bors, Melissa F. Olson, and Alex Segura take us from the depths of Loch Ness to the wilds of the Yetis Himalayan Mountains to the Ohio backroads where the Loveland Frogman lurks. Featuring art by Peter Krause, Taki Soma, Gene Ha, Ted & Ro, and many more. Softcover, 152 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

Add to cart Fine $3.49

Add to cart Fine $3.49

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by John Figueroa. Art by Kirk Albert. From the crack addicts huddled in darkened alleyways, to the old couple trying to protect its family from fatal temptations, to the cops who try to keep order from turning into chaos, this two-volume Paradox Fiction miniseries explores the lives--and deaths--within the cold grey walls of a huge inner-city housing project. Six interrelated stories of suffering, joy, defeat and triumph introduce readers to an unforgettable cast of characters who come to see that their individual fates often rest squarely on the shoulders of their neighbors. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by John Figueroa. Art by Kirk Albert. In seven poignant, interwoven stories, Book Two of The Project continues to trace the decline and fall of the Lincoln Houses, an inner city Housing Project wracked by poverty and neglect, but whose inhabitants have no choice but to carry on. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

Add to cart Fine $3.60

Add to cart Fine $3.60

1st printing. Written by Larry Young. Art by Paul Tucker, Damian Couciero, Steven Sanders, Jeff Johns, Kieron Dwyer and John Flynn. A young clone of Abraham Lincoln discovers the secrets of his past in "Emancipating Lincoln!" Kids find a wormhole and throw in "The Camera!" A reluctant vampire flees mobilized Van Helsing units in the future, out for his blood in "Hemogoblin!" A rag-tag group of time-travellers chase their insane captain through every moment of eternity in "For The Time Being!" Soldiers versus undead monsters in "Zombie Dinosaur!" A Hollywood starlet gets even more famous once she turns invisible, in "The Bod!" Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $33.00

Add to cart Near Mint $33.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects A Feature Presentation: Black Tarantula (1950) #5, A Feature Presentations: Magazine, Moby Dick (1950) #6, King Solomon's Mines (1951), Jack the Giant Killer (1953), and The Invisible Man #1 (1955).

Just take a look - there's horror and sussense with The Black Tarantula, classic sea-faring action with Moby Dick, jungle quests with the great Allan Quatermain, The New Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer, and an invisible man terrorizes the English countryside! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic, featuring some of the best comic book talent!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $29.00

Add to cart Near Mint $29.00

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Combat (1961-1973 Dell) #1-5.

Cover by Sam Glanzman.

Classic Adventures Volume 5 is back to WWII with a series of remarkable accounts of some of the fiercest battles including "Get the Bismark!" Throughout the vast North Atlantic steamed units of the British Fleet, alone against a powerful German Navy. Their mission was to to fulfill the command. The story of the Japanese attack on the American fleet at "Pearl Habor." The Japanese lost 28 planes, the U.S. half of its Pacific Fleet, all in 120 minutes ! "The Death March of Bataan," a retelling of the brutal death march of Bataan. "Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, USNR." The story of President Kennedy on PT boat #109. The great "Desert Fox" falls before the surging onslaught of British might! And all featuring the stunning artwork of the great Sam Glanzman!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $40.00

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "May 1953-January 1954!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #1-5. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld-he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experience and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $28.00

Add to cart Near Mint $28.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects A Feature Presentation: Black Tarantula (1950) #5, A Feature Presentations: Magazine, Moby Dick (1950) #6, King Solomon's Mines (1951), Jack the Giant Killer (1953), and The Invisible Man #1 (1955).

Just take a look - theres's horror and supsense with The Black Tarantula, classic sea-faring action with Moby Dick, jungle quests with the great Allan Quatermain, The New Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer, and an invisible man terrorizes the English countryside! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic, featuring some of the best comic book talent!

Featuring the work of Henry Kiefer, David Gantz, Lee Ames, Rafael Astarita, Wally Wood, and Pete Morisi.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $28.00

Add to cart Near Mint $28.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects The Hooded Menace (1951 One-Shot), The Unknown Man (1951), Marco Polo (1962 Charlton), Robin Hood (1963 Dell), and Robinson Crusoe (1964 Dell).

Cover by Sam Glanzman.

ust take a look here at Volume 3! It's 1903, ex-soldiers from the Spanish-American war prey on new settlers in the US Northwest! Fast forward to the 1950's and "The Unknown Man" the Underworld Gang Lord who controls the Crime Syndicate. Now all the way back to the middle ages for the adventures of the Venetian merchant and explorer Marco Polo in the court of Kubla Khan! And the legends of Robin Hood and his meeting with Little John and the archery contest that was held to trap him! And finally to the 1600's and the epic adventures of Robinson Crusoe!

Featuring Stories by Leslie Charteris, Louis Ravielli, A.C. Hollingsworth, Sam Glanzman, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio!

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $30.00

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Oct/Dec 1952-Oct/Dec 1953" Collects Combat (1961-1973 Dell) #6-10. Classic Adventures returns to WWII with a series of remarkable accounts of some of the fiercest battles including, "Raid on Regensburg." "Action in the Sunda Strait" where as part of an incredible series of victories in 1941 and 1942, the Japanese smash a combined American-British-Dutch-Australian fleet at the Battle of the Java Sea. The only allied surviving ships, U.S.S. Houston and H.M.A.S. Perth, attempt to fight their way southward toward Australia. A remarkable summary of the ferocious jungle combat between soldiers sworn to victory in "Fighting Back in New Guinea"! The raging battle for Monte Cassino against unseen enemy troops retells the history of the bombing of the oldest monastery in Europe, the Abbey of Monte Cassino. And finally the thunder of a thousand bullets and bombs in the blazing "Battle of Midway." All featuring the stunning artwork of the great Sam Glanzman. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $33.00

Add to cart Near Mint $33.00

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "May 1953-January 1954!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #1-5. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld-he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experience and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958 St. John) #1-2, Eerie (1951 Avon Series) #17, and Eerie (1964 I.W. Reprint) #8-9. We've unearthed some more little horrors for our latest volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Do You Believe in Nightmares, originally these stories were produced for Charlton editor Al Fago, who when he left reportedly sold them to St. John. And with the likes of the "Nightmare" served up for us by the great Steve Ditko, where a man attempts to avoid the fate that his wife has dreamed for him, it's a good job he did! And in the 1958 series of Eerie we have everything from "Up Pops The Devil!" with Mister Lucifer, no less, to "The Mirror of Cagliostro" featuring the Italian adventurer and self-styled magician with a passion for various occult arts! Featuring Sreve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Joe Kubert, Bill Benulis, Jerry Grandenetti, Wally Wood, and Luois Ravelli. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $36.95

Add to cart Near Mint $36.95

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "August 1952-Jan/Feb 1953 and September 1950!" Collects Strange World of Your Dreams (1952) #1-4 and Challenge of the Unknown (1950) #6. Cover art by Jack Kirby. Featuring Stories by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, Bob McCarthy, Warren Kremer, Frank Giusto, Kenneth Rice, and Lin Streeter. As a spin off to the successful Black Magic comics that started a couple of years earlier came this offering-Strange World of Your Dreams, certainly one of the oddest comic anthology series ever created-its focus on the dream theme gave it a special flavor. The idea of a dream comic came from Mort Meskin. Order your copy and don't miss out on this little gem, otherwise your dreams may just turn into nightmares! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $43.95

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958 St. John) #1-2, Eerie (1951 Avon Series) #17, and Eerie (1964 I.W. Reprint) #8-9. We've unearthed some more little horrors for our latest volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Do You Believe in Nightmares, originally these stories were produced for Charlton editor Al Fago, who when he left reportedly sold them to St. John. And with the likes of the "Nightmare" served up for us by the great Steve Ditko, where a man attempts to avoid the fate that his wife has dreamed for him, it's a good job he did! And in the 1958 series of Eerie we have everything from "Up Pops The Devil!" with Mister Lucifer, no less, to "The Mirror of Cagliostro" featuring the Italian adventurer and self-styled magician with a passion for various occult arts! Featuring Sreve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Joe Kubert, Bill Benulis, Jerry Grandenetti, Wally Wood, and Luois Ravelli. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $36.00

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Fears (1953-1954) #2-3 and Haunted Thrills (1952-1954) #10-11. We've unearthed some more little horrors! Beginning with Fantastic Fears #2 and "Fiends From The Crypt"-chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. Quickly followed by Haunted Thrills #10 and "Death At The Mardi Gras"-Marcus Kemp creates a robot duplicate so realistic he gets blamed for the murders it committed. And finally, even more horror and suspense from Beware #15, all brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Robert Webb, Iger Shop, Myron Fass, Alvin Hollingsworth, Marty Elkin, and Tony Tallarico. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $33.00

Add to cart Near Mint $33.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing.

I ask you, where in the solar system would you find a collection of absolute vintage comic gems like these, including Destination Moon (1951), Vic Torry and his Flying Saucer (1950), When Worlds Collide (1952), The Man from Planet X (1952), and The Green Planet (1962), all reproduced completely from cover to cover - just like the original comics and absolutely crammed with the cream of 1950's comic book talent including Dick Rockwell, Bob Powell, George Evans, Kurt Schaffenberger, Dick Giordano and Rocco Mastroserio.

Don't hang around for too long thee beauties they won't be in orbit forever!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $13.00

Add to cart Near Mint $13.00

Volume 20 - 1st printing. "February 1960 and August 1960 !" Collects Adventures into the Unknown (1948-1967 ACG) #114-118. Cover by Ogden Whitney. With the artistic talents of legends such as Ogden Whitney, Harry Lazarus and the great Kurt Schaffenberger they gave us heroes, spacemen, aliens, monsters, ghosts, wizards and witches enough to satisfy all growing ghouls and boys! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $18.00

Add to cart Near Mint $18.00

Volume 21 - 1st printing. "September 1960-March 1961!" Collects Adventures into the Unknown (1948-1967 ACG) #119-123. Cover by Ogden Whitney. With the artistic talents of legends such as Ogden Whitney, John Buscema, Lloyd Cynwald, John Forte, and Dick Beck they gave us heroes, spacemen, aliens, monsters, ghosts, wizards and witches enough to satisfy all growing ghouls and boys! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

Volume 22 - 1st printing. "April/May 1961-October/November 1961!" Collects Adventures into the Unknown (1948-1967 ACG) #124-128. Cover by Ogden Whitney. With the artistic talents of legends such as Ogden Whitney, John Buscema, Lloyd Cynwald, John Forte, and Dick Beck they gave us heroes, spacemen, aliens, monsters, ghosts, wizards and witches enough to satisfy all growing ghouls and boys! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Cover #2

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1950 to 1952!" Collects Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) #1-6.

Amazing Adventures available for the very first time in the handy SOFTEE format!

Brim full with work from the likes of Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburg, Frank Giacoia, Bernie Krigstein, Norman Saunders, Ross Andru and a host of other talented writers and artists. I could say more, like how #2 contains "The Steel Monster," a kickass riff on Ted Sturgeon's "Kildozer" yarn from 1944 (also homaged by Marvel some 20 years later)!

Featuring the work of Robert JOnes, Harry Sahle, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Norman Saunders, Allen Anderson, Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, and Bernie Krigstein.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Cover #3

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1950 to 1952!" Collects Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) #1-6.

Amazing Adventures available for the very first time in the handy SOFTEE format!

Brim full with work from the likes of Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburg, Frank Giacoia, Bernie Krigstein, Norman Saunders, Ross Andru and a host of other talented writers and artists. I could say more, like how #2 contains "The Steel Monster," a kickass riff on Ted Sturgeon's "Kildozer" yarn from 1944 (also homaged by Marvel some 20 years later)!

Featuring the work of Robert JOnes, Harry Sahle, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Norman Saunders, Allen Anderson, Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, and Bernie Krigstein.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Allen Anderson Cover #5

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1950 to 1952!" Collects Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) #1-6.

Amazing Adventures available for the very first time in the handy SOFTEE format!

Brim full with work from the likes of Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburg, Frank Giacoia, Bernie Krigstein, Norman Saunders, Ross Andru and a host of other talented writers and artists. I could say more, like how #2 contains "The Steel Monster," a kickass riff on Ted Sturgeon's "Kildozer" yarn from 1944 (also homaged by Marvel some 20 years later)!

Featuring the work of Robert JOnes, Harry Sahle, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Norman Saunders, Allen Anderson, Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, and Bernie Krigstein.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Jun 1952-Oct 1952!" Collects Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 2 #7-11. Cover art by Jack Kirby. The fourth in an ongoing series of amazing accounts of the strangest stories ever told. By masters of the genre Jack Kirby & Joe Simon. Ably assisted by Bill Walton, George Roussos, Al Eadeh, Bob McCarty, and Mort Meskin. All in our popular Softee format, four comics in each volume. Softcover, 220 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Four Color (1942-1962 Dell Series 2) #1330, Brain Boy (1962-1963 Dell) #2 -3, and Space Busters (1952) #1-2.

Cover by Norman Saunders.

Brain Boy by the amazing Frank Springer (best known for Marvel Comics' Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.) is a heady mix of superhero, fantasy, supernatural, horror, suspense, science fiction and spy adventures!

Brain Boy aka Matt Price Jr. works for the "Organisation of Active Anthropologists," in reality a special counter-intelligence branch of the U.S Secret Service that fights Communists and aliens. Brain Boy read minds, use telekinesis to lift objects or make himself fly, control minds, alter emotional states, and was also super intelligent. However, using his powers took a lot of mental energy, especially when facing another telepath and he could become exhausted quickly.

Featuring Stories by Herb Kastle, Frank Springer, Gil Kane, Bob Fujitani, Vic Prezio, Norman Saunders, Bernie Krigstein, Allen Anderson, Murphy Anderson, Marvin Stein, and John Prentice.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $26.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Brain Boy (1962-1963 Dell) #4-6 and Space Patrol (1952 Ziff Davis) #1-2.

Cover by Norman Saunders.

Brain Boy by the amazing Frank Springer is a heady mix of superhero, fantasy, supernatural, horror, suspense, science fiction and spy adventures!

Brain Boy, aka Matt Price Jr., works for the "Organization of Active Anthropologists," in reality a special counter-intelligence branch of the U.S Secret Service.

Fighting Communist enemies such as Ricotta and alien adversaries like the microscopic Eerown! Brain Boy read minds, use telekinesis to lift objects or make himself fly, control minds, alter emotional states, and was also super intelligent.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $26.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $21.95

Add to cart Near Mint $21.95

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Cave Girl (1953-1954 ME) #11-14 (1953-1954) and stories from the pages of Thunda (1952) #2-6. Cover by Bob Powell. After losing her parents when they were attacked by the savage Balu natives, Carol London escaped death when an eagle carried her away to the Dawn Lands, a valley hidden in time by the mountains known as the Barriers of the Moon! She was raised by wolves, becoming the pack leader after Kattu dies! With her ability to talk to the animals and her skill in using a bow, spear and knife learned form watching the Hairy Men, a group of Neanderthals who lived in the Dawn Lands she became Cavr Girl, only then having to fight off the attentions of the Neanderthal king Pood and the Hairy Men! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects A Feature Presentation: Black Tarantula (1950) #5, A Feature Presentations: Magazine, Moby Dick (1950) #6, King Solomon's Mines (1951), Jack the Giant Killer (1953), and The Invisible Man #1 (1955).

Just take a look - there's horror and suspense with The Black Tarantula, classic sea-faring action with Moby Dick, jungle quests with the great Allan Quatermain, The New Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer, and an invisible man terrorizes the English countryside! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic, featuring some of the best comic book talent!

Featuring the work of Henry Kiefer, David Gantz, Lee Ames, Rafael Astarita, Wally Wood, and Pete Morisi.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $17.95

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "May 1953-January 1954!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #1-5. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld-he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experience and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

The Tormented #1 Cover by Mike Roy

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Terrifying Tales (1953) #11, The Tormented (1954) #1-2, Climax! (1955) #1-2.

Cover by Mike Roy.

Introducing our first volume of Classic Horror Comics, where we've unearthed some right little horrors! Starting with Terrifying Tales #11 (January 1953) Black Magic! Voodoo! Jungle Mystery! And cover artwork by L.B. Cole. And there's more with shocking and eerie tales including cannibalism in the pages of The Tormented #1 and #2 (July & September 1954). Climax! #1 (July 1955) from publisher Stanley Morse features the aptly titled "Fate!" where no matter which road Rocky Webster chooses he meets justice! And it would be an injustice, if you miss the chance to buy this beauty! Climax! #2 (September 1955) gives us "The Witness" where Tony Paris commits murder but picks the wrong girl to be his alibi!

Featuring Work by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, L. B. Cole, Mike Sekowsky, Mike Roy, Bill Ely, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Fred Bell.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

NOTE: Wide Spine Version - This edition has been printed with a thicker, matte finish paper stock, resulting in a wider publication spine.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

Haunted Thrills #7 Cover

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Haunted Thrills (1952) #3 and 7, Terrifying Tales (1953) #12, Weird Chills (1954) #1 and 3.

We've unearthed some more little horrors for our second volume of Classic Horror Comics!

Starting with Haunted Thrills #3 (October 1952) and Haunted Thrills #7 (March 1953) where scientist George Norton saves the brain of an executed wife killer, making contact with it to develop it's evil ways? Then Terrifying Tales #12 (April 1953) complete with a classic L.B.Cole cover, where not even Jo-Jo realized what horrors lurked beneath the surface of a crystal clear lake! Finishing our grim journey with Weird Chills #1 (July 1954) where the doctor oversees a blood transfusion between a woman and a zombie! And in Weird Chills #3 (November 1954) we discover the "Terror on TV"-vampiric monsters take over the studio, attacking the cast and crew, while the audience just think it's all part of the show? Momma always said TV was bad for you, so you better stick to reading the comics!

Featuring the work of Carl Burgos, L.B.Cole, Iger Shop, Jay Disbrow, Bernard Baily, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Basil Wolverton.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $20.00

Add to cart Near Mint $20.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958 St. John) #1-2, Eerie (1951-1954 Avon Series) #17, and Eerie (1964 I.W. Reprint) #8-9. Art by Ed Goldfarb, Wally Wood. We've unearthed some more little horrors for our latest volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Do You Believe in Nightmares, originally these stories were produced for Charlton editor Al Fago, who when he left reportedly sold them to St. John. And with the likes of the "Nightmare" served up for us by the great Steve Ditko, where a man attempts to avoid the fate that his wife has dreamed for him, it's a good job he did! And in the 1958 series of Eerie we have everything from "Up Pops The Devil!" with Mister Lucifer, no less, to "The Mirror of Cagliostro" featuring the Italian adventurer and self-styled magician with a passion for various occult arts! Featuring Dick Ayers, Bill Benulis, Jerry Grandenetti, Louis Ravielli, Mo Marcus, Rocke Mastroserio, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Joe Kubert, Wally Wood, and Steve Ditko. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $21.95

Add to cart Near Mint $21.95

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Fears (1953-1954) #2-3 and Haunted Thrills (1952-1954) #10-11. We've unearthed some more little horrors! Beginning with Fantastic Fears #2 and "Fiends From The Crypt"-chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. Quickly followed by Haunted Thrills #10 and "Death At The Mardi Gras"-Marcus Kemp creates a robot duplicate so realistic he gets blamed for the murders it committed. And finally, even more horror and suspense from Beware #15, all brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Robert Webb, Iger Shop, Myron Fass, Alvin Hollingsworth, Marty Elkin, and Tony Tallarico. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $21.00

Add to cart Near Mint $21.00

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Strange Planets (1958 I.W. Reprint) #1, Strange Planets (1964 Super Comics) #15-16, and Atom Age Combat (1959 Fago) #2-3. PS Artbooks Presents Classic Sci-Fi Comics Volume 6 with yet another absolute vintage collection of Sci-Fi comic gems! Featuring incredible science fiction in Strange Planets #1 (1964) with artwork by Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein, Joe Orlando and Jack Davis. And continue your journey into unknown and strange worlds in Strange Planets #15 and #16 (both 1964) absolutely crammed with the cream of 1950's comic book talent including Mike Esposito, Hy Rosen, Russ Heath, Gene Colan, Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein, Jack Davis, and Dick Ayers. And from Fago Magazines Atom-Age Combat (#2-3, 1959), starring the artistic talents of Dick Ayers! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

1st printing. Collects Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (1954) #1-5. Written by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff, Ken Landau, Ogden Whitney, Harry Lazarus, and Pete Riss. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Featuring the first five issues of the short lived series by the classic ACG team, in response to the worlds obsession with the predicted atomic war! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $18.00

Add to cart Near Mint $18.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/November 1962 to January/March 1964!" Collects Ghost Stories (1962-1973 Dell) #1-5.

Written by John Stanley and Carl Memling. Art by Gerald McCann.

This horror/supernatural anthology comic from DELL is a real blast from the past; the covers, the artwork and the dialogue seethes with that certain something that typifies the early 1960's.

Featuring "The Door," one of the top twenty scariest horror stories as voted by awakeatmidnight.com, you're gonna discover a real treasure of chills in these long forgotten pages, from Aztec idols come to life, to British soldiers that are saved from the Germans by a tank squad that had been blown to smithereens two days earlier. Sit back, relax and enjoy; just be sure to read these with the lights on!

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Add to cart Near Mint $27.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1942-October 1944!" Collects stories from Fight Comics (1940) #19-34.

The first adventure of Rita Farrar, aka Senorita Rio, the lovely actress-turned-agent, arrived in June 1942 inside the pages of Fight Comics #19.

Created by a true legend in the industry Nick Viscardi, later known better as Nick Cardy, he stayed with the series for eleven adventures before handing duties to Lily Renée who was probably most strongly associated with the character and one of the greatest female comic artists in the history of the business!

When compared to the many other spy comic series that came and went in the Golden Age, Senorita Rio survived eight years in a male-dominated world due to her extraordinary skills, her marksmanship, and her athleticism, making her truly "The Queen of Spies"!

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.