Comic books in 'Unknown'

Issue #246 - August 25, 1977. Tabloid newspaper. Articles and features on Star Wars, Dolly Parton, Ted Nugent, Kent State, and more. 11 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 124 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

Issue #335 - January 22, 1981. Tabloid newspaper. Articles and features on John Lennon, including his final interview before his passing. 11 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Summer Double issue #400 and 401 in one! In this double issue; George Lucas interview and "Midnight on the Palm Beach Express" by Hunter S. Thompson. 10.5" x 12.5", 128 pages, color/B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Issue #514 - December 3, 1987. Tabloid newspaper. Articles and features on R.E.M, Chuck Berry, Prince's Purple Rain, Fleetwood Mac, and more. 11 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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Issue #543 - January 12, 1989. Tabloid newspaper. Articles and features on Mel Gibson, Metallica, R.E.M and more. 11 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Issue #607 - June 27, 1991. Tabloid newspaper. Articles and features on R.E.M., Madonna, James Brown and more. 11 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Double issue # 634/635. July 9, 1992. Batman cover. Inside: Rolling Stone interview with Tim Burton, director of two Batman feature films; P.J. O'Rourke in Vietnam; Soundgarden; Ben & Jerry ice cream; Pauly Shore; and more. 10-in. x 12-in.; Cover price $3.50.

May 16, 1996. X-Files cover. Features a 5-page X-Files article. 10-in. x 12-in. Cover price $3.00.

Nov. 12, 1998. Features a full-page color illustration of President Clinton on the phone when Monica Lewinsky comes in to his office by Robert Crumb. 10-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, B&W and full color. Cover price $3.00.

Issue 1000 - June 2006. Lenticular 3D cover. 10.5" x 12.5", 128 pages, color/B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Issue 1092. November 26, 2009. 8" x 10.75". 142 pages. Color with some black and white. Cover price $4.99.

Issue 1207. April 24, 2014. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Photo Cover. Features articles over Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Fleetwood Mac, Phil Lesh, Ed Sheeran, Blake Griffin, and more. 8" x 10.75". Color with some black and white. Cover price $4.99.

The Romance of Money (1937, 1st printing with white cover), illustrated by H.T. Elmo (a pseudonym for Jack Kirby), is promotional advertising comic booklet that was distributed by the National Savings Bank, Albany, New York. Elmo (Jack Kirby) is listed in the Who's Who of Comic and Cartoon Illustrators. Kirby's artwork here is similar in style to the famed Ripley's Believe It or Not series. The Romance of Money tells the story of money from the earliest barter systems to the sophisticated monetary systems we know today. The cover illustrates the famous story of George Washington throwing a silver dollar across the Rappanannock River. The word doller is derived from the Bohemian "thaler." "From thaler the word evolved to "daler" and then to our familiar dollar. 24 pages, black-and-white, 4-7/8-in. x 6-1/4-in.

No. 408. 4.5" x 6.75", 68 pages, B&W.

Cover by Bill Yates. Stories and art by Bill Yates and others. Misadventures of the McDonald's mascot from Charlton. Ronald tries to teach an anxious Tommy how to walk the tightrope. Johnny dresses Albert in a dog suit to prove that his "dog" is smarter than Ronald's dog, but he has a surprise coming. Ronald and his young pals dig a tunnel, without planning where it's going. Plus activity pages and a vintage ad for Ronald McDonald-themed toys, including a "flying hamburger." Ronald's Fun Page!; One Taste; Trip to the Zoo; Professor Phumble and His Phantastic Inventions; Teaching Tommy Tight-Rope; Ice Fishing; Ronald McDonald Crossword Puzzle; Ronald McDonald Riddles; Dig We Must; Teacher's Pets; Ronald's Pun-Toons; Dog-Gone; The Goofy Guru; Number Please!; Prize Fighter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Bill Yates. Stories and art by Bill Yates and others. Misadventures of the McDonald's mascot from Charlton. Ronald takes his pals to the football game, but their seats are so high in the stands they can't see the game. Jimmy can't figure out why his dog is so scared of a kitten - but this is no ordinary kitten. The kids ask Ronald to be the test pilot for the plane they built. Plus activity pages, and a back cover pinup of the "real" Ronald McDonald. Big Dip; The Posse; Apple Knocker; Shutter Bugs; Marys Little Lamb; The Quarterback; Tilt; Nice Kitty; Loop the Loop; Professor Phumble and His Phantastic Inventions. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Bill Yates. Stories and art by Bill Yates and others. Misadventures of the McDonald's mascot from Charlton. Ronald tests out his new magic act, but even he doesn't know where things go when he makes them vanish. Ronald's talkative friend Blabber seeks the best position on the baseball field for his unique talents. The kids ask Ronald to help with their movie, but he didn't realize he'd be the stuntman. Plus activity pages, and a back cover pinup of the "real" Ronald McDonald. The Spooks; Cats Meow; Big Mouth in the Little League; Show Biz; For the Birds; Ronald's Race; Kazam!; Professor Phumble; Ship Ahoy; Peek-A-Boo; Flying High.; Ronald McDonald Crossword Puzzle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Bill Yates. Stories and art by Bill Yates and others. Misadventures of the McDonald's mascot from Charlton. Ronald uses snowmen and a snowball to invent snow-bowling, a game Calvin would love. The kids ask Ronald to watch baby Rodney, who turns out to be a double handful of trouble. Ronald builds a robot to help with the housework, in a story that features him uttering the ominous line, "I'm beginning to feel like Dr. Frankenstein!" Plus activity pages, and a back cover pinup of the "real" Ronald McDonald. Ronald's Search; Snow Bowl; The Tycoon; Fat Cat; Stepping Out; Ronald's Land Scramble; Professor Phumble: Phantastic Inventions; Fail Safe; Bear Facts; Ronald McDonald Riddles; Man Maid; Loose Goose; Ronald's Spell-Out. Final issue of the series; the comics were reprinted with new covers as promotional giveaways for the restaurant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

"McDonald's Guide to Fun in Scouting for Boys and Girls." Art by Cindy Oster. 8.25-in. x 10.5-in.; full color; 32 pages. No date; circa 1972-73s.

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Add to cart Very Good $2.65

Beauty, Brains, and Bullets. Story by Beau Smith and Ronna Coulter. Art by Richard Pollard and Chris Ready. A swimsuit model leads a double life as a secret agent in a slice of cheesecake spy-fi. Based on (and created in collaboration with) the real-life Ronna Coulter, a former LA Rams cheerleader and one-time distribution head for Image Comics (as well as the model for Sarah in the Parts Unknown alien-invasion miniseries). 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Photo cover features Karen Valentine, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, and Lloyd Haynes. Art by Jack Sparling and others. Cover number is 01-692-001. Teachers help students cope with the challenges of an LA high school in the early 1970s; based on the hit TV series. The Calen kid likes the attention he gets when he climbs buildings and does other dangerous stunts, but kids like Ritchie are starting to imitate him. Willard looks forward to an athletic scholarship to State University, but Mr. Dixon knows Willard's grades aren't college material. The Daredevil; Tarnished Star. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Photo cover features Karen Valentine, Michael Constantine, and Lloyd Haynes. Art by Jack Sparling and others. Cover number is 01-692-005. Teachers help students cope with the challenges of an LA high school in the early 1970s; based on the hit TV series. The teachers try to help a teen runaway get her bearings. Mr. Dixon has choice words for the hippie who misled her. Duke may be the oldest junior at Walt Whitman High, but that doesn't mean he's the dumbest. To Drop or Not to Drop; Night of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Photo cover features Karen Valentine, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, and Lloyd Haynes. Art by Jack Sparling and others. Cover number is 01-692-007. Teachers help students cope with the challenges of an LA high school in the early 1970s; based on the hit TV series. After Mr. Dixon's car is rigged with an improvised bomb, the school fears that a mad bomber is on the loose. The teachers wonder why Andy, the school's pole-vaulting champion, is suddenly lacking on the athletic field. Could it be love? The Mad Bomber; In Spring, a Young Man's Fancy.... 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Photo cover features Karen Valentine, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, and Lloyd Haynes. Art by Jack Sparling and others. Cover number is 01-692-101. Teachers help students cope with the challenges of an LA high school in the early 1970s; based on the hit TV series. The Calen kid likes the attention he gets when he climbs buildings and does other dangerous stunts, but kids like Ritchie are starting to imitate him. Willard looks forward to an athletic scholarship to State University, but Mr. Dixon knows Willard's grades aren't college material. The Daredevil; Tarnished Star. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Rootie Kazootie coloring book. 28 Pages, B&W, 8.5" x 10.75".

Roscoe Vol. 4 No.2 "Gripes, Groans, and Grievances" "(March 1957) is an in-house promotional comic book produced for the Falstaff Brewing Corp. by Vic Herman Studios. It was used to help company salesmen market Falstaff products. Whatever the complaints, they can all be smoothed out with proper handling. Two pages of tips to deal with customer concerns in partial comic book format, plus a two-page comic strip called "Kill 'Em With Kindness!." 8 pages, full color, white paper stock. 7-in.x10-in..

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Add to cart NM- 9.2 $19.00 View scan

Roscoe Vol. 4 No.3 "Tavern Presciption Selling" "(May 1957) is an in-house promotional comic book produced for the Falstaff Brewing Corp. by Vic Herman Studios. It was used to help company salesmen market Falstaff products. Ther are four main things to study in each tavern. Two pages of tips on how to plan your work day in partial comic book format, plus a two-page comic strip called "What Makes Taverns Tick." 8 pages, full color, white paper stock. 7-in.x10-in..

Roscoe Vol. 4 No. 5 "Sales Personality Pays Off"(October 1957) is an in-house promotional comic book produced for the Falstaff Brewing Corp. by Vic Herman Studios. It was used to help company salesmen market Falstaff products. What is a good sales personality? Two pages of a sales personality quiz done in partial comic book format, plus a two-page comic strip called "Your personality makes or breaks you." 8 pages, full color, white paper stock. 7-in.x10-in.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Rosetta is an anthology of sophisticated works by an international cast of award winning artists. Rosetta not only entertains with new stories by over 20 award-winning cartoonists, but also reveals the creative processes and compromises that occur in the creation of comic art in the form of a sketchbook section. Nick Bertozzi dreams about Hokusai's prints, Ivan Brunetti muses upon the music of Erik Satie, David Choe examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, David Collier discusses the quirks of Islam, Renee French provides an eccentric example of portraiture, Tom Hart explores his literary side, cartoonist Lat retrieves a distant memory of his childhood, Matt Madden produces sequential magic out of mugshots, Miriam Katin delves into the moral questions surrounding her childhood, Megan Kelso provides another chapter in her "Artichoke Tales," James Kochalka provides an atypical example of his realism, Ron Regé Jr. philosophizes about consumerism, Katja Tukiainen provides a diary of her trip of India, and Stefan J. H. van Dinther tests the boundaries of experimental comics. Softcover, 196 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Nominated for both the 2003 Eisner Award and 2003 Harvey Award for "Best Anthology," Rosetta is an anthology of sophisticated works by an international cast of award-winning artists. Rosetta is targeted at a Mature Audience that views comics as a valid art form equal to any other. Rosetta not only entertains with new stories by over 20 cartoonists from North America and around the world, but also reveals the creative processes and compromises that occur in the creation of comic art in the form of a sketchbook section. The contributing artists - Edmond Baudoin, Andrea Bruno, Santiago Cohen, Martin Tom Dieck, Anke Feuchtenberger, Jason, Miriam Katin, Megan Kelso, Peter Kuper, Max, Pedro Nora, R. Sikoryak, Vincent Stall, Ted Stearn, Craig Thompson, and a number of other stellar cartoonists - have been set the task to go beyond the boundaries set by their previous works and to push themselves into areas that they consider dangerous to their reputations. Softcover, 196 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Art book by En Morikura. 20 pages, Japanese language.

Volume 1 – 1st printing. Stories by Dick Moores, plus introductions by Shel Dorf and Milton Caniff. Art by Dick Moores and Jim Scancarelli. Cover by Dick Moores and Jim Scancarelli. Reprints the Gasoline Alley daily comics from April 6 - December 28, 1981. The long-running strip, created in 1918 by Frank King, famously had its characters age in real time. Slim, a third-generation member of the cast, marries Clovia Skinner, and the couple takes in and adopts a neglected child named Rover. Also, a profile of Gasoline Alley artist Dick Moores by Shel Dorf; coverage of the National Cartoonist Society's 1975 Reuben Awards; and a list of Reuben winners from 1946 to 1983. An Enduring Art; Dick Moores, Cartoonist; Rover from Gasoline Alley; A Special Night; The Reuben. 76 pages, 7-in x 10-in., B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Second printing. By Richard V. Corben. The story of Rowlf was first published in Voice of Comicdom over the course of two issues (#16 and #17) in 1970-71 but gained a much wider audience with this Rip Off Press publication. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, B/W. Cover price $0.50.

First issue of Roy of the Rovers as a stand alone weekly.

November 27, 1976 issue - Newsprint, 8" x 11", 24 pages, full color.

September 14, 1985 issue - Newsprint, 8" x 11", 24 pages, full color.