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Doonesbury Classic: Book 24 - 1st printing. By GB Trudeau. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $5.25.

1st printing. By Fletcher Hanks. Edited by Patrick Rosenkranz. Fletcher Hanks was the first great comic book auteur. That is, he wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. He completed an astonishing 48 stories in three years from 1939-1941. As a one-man-cartooning-band, his work packs the wallop of a unique and unified artistic vision. He was a true comics visionary. In the earliest days of the comic book, before censorship, it was "anything goes!"-and in the tales of Fletcher Hanks, anything went! The superhero Stardust gazes down at evil-doers from space and doles out ice cold slabs of poetic justice with his wizardry. A villain out to kidnap all the heads of state gets turned into a giant head, himself...no body, just a head! The jungle protectress, Fantomah, looks like Jean Harlow in a skin-tight black negligee. But when she sees an evil scientist drugging gorillas to become slaves, her head transforms into a flaming skull and she tosses the villain to the gorillas who proceed to graphically tear the guy limb from ragged limb. Although the early comic books were meant for the kiddies, today's mature readers are stunned by their pop surrealism and outright violent mayhem. The first volume of Fletcher Hanks stories, I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets! (now in its fourth printing) was an Eisner Award-winning smash hit and a staple on "Best of the Year" lists. Comics fans were thrilled to come upon a cartoonist of this caliber whom they had never heard of before. Non comics fans who read about the book in The Believer and other journals were stunned to discover an Outsider Artist in comic book form. Edited by cartoonist Paul Karasik, this second volume You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation, collects all of the rest of Hanks comic book work. That's right... ALL! The 31 tales in this book (more than TWICE as many as in the first), when combined with the first volume, will comprise The Complete Fletcher Hanks! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 232 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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Doonesbury Classic: Book 10 - 1st printing. By GB Trudeau. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $1.95.

Doonesbury Classic: Book 10 - 2nd and later printings. By GB Trudeau. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $3.95.

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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. It's babes and badges! Miyuki and Natsumi are two stunningly beautiful policewomen who are, at heart, a couple of girls who just wanna have fun! When they're not getting themselves into wacky situations, they're busy enforcing the law. They're part Cagney and Lacey, part Thelma and Louise, and part Barbie and Skipper! Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kosuke Fujishima. They're babes with badges and a souped-up set of wheels! Miyuki and Natsumi are two stunningly beautiful policewomen who are, at heart, a couple of girls who just wanna have fun! When they're not getting themselves into wacky situations, they're busy enforcing the law. They're part Cagney and Lacey, part Thelma and Louise, and part Barbie and Skipper! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. On the upper floors of Tokyo's highest high-rises, the residents feel a certain amount of safety from the predators that prey on the "peasants." And so, seemingly without concern, they hang their laundry on their lines and throw caution to the wind. What they didn't bargain on was a bandit so obsessed he'd make the top floors his target - a prowler with a penchant for silk, silk, SILK PANTIES! It's up to Miyuki and Natsumi to put an end to the panty plunderer and lock him away for good, before all of Tokyo's upper crust are forced to go bottomless! Cover price $2.95.

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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. Officer Nakajima is the loyal beau of lovely policewoman Miyuki - but is SHE good enough for HIM? That's the question Nakajima's father wants answered, and to do it the old man puts Miyuki and her partner Natsumi under surveillance! But Cupid's arrows are unpredictable things, and the outcome is sure to surprise everyone. Cover price $2.95.

By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. Golf is a national obsession in Japan and, like any obsession, it's breeding its own unique brand of crime - the counterfeiting of country-club memberships! But for every problem there is a solution, in this case a nine-iron-wielding cop who shaves his legs as well as his face! He's Officer Aoi: part-time policeman, part-time golf instructor, full-time transvestite! Cover price $2.95.

By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. In the darkest alleyways of deepest gotham, one image strikes fear into the hearts of criminals - the image of a fastball coming for your face! The big city has a new protector, Strikeman, and he's pitching in to keep the streets safe! But his vigilante gig has run afoul of the law, and policewomen Natsumi and Miyuki have been assigned to take him out! Cover price $2.95.

By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. If your widowed father remarried, it would be hard enough to call that woman "mom." But if she were six years younger than you, it would be almost impossible! Unfortunately for Nakajima, that's just what he must do - or the little tramp refuses to cross the threshold! Unless, of course, he can earn her respect by recovering her stolen automobile! Cover price $2.95.

By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. Someone's cruising the streets of Tokyo in a phony police car, stopping young drivers, and shaking them down for "fines." It's up to Natsumi and Nakajima to put an end to the spree, and they've got the resources of the entire outfit to do it! Cover price $2.95.

Promotional comic for selling Grit Newspaper door to door. 4 7/8" x 6 3/8", 16 pages, full color.

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Promotional comic for selling Grit Newspaper door to door. 4 7/8" x 6 3/8", 16 pages, full color.

1977 Edition. Promotional comic for selling Grit Newspaper door to door. 4 7/8" x 6 3/8", 16 pages, full color.

1st printing. Part of Hurst & Co's 1893-1898 Mother Goose series. Features black and white engravings of nature and wild life. Hardcover, quarter-cloth over illustrated boards. 8" x 10 1/4", 204 pages, text with B&W engravings.

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Cover by Bill Black. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Bill Black and others. Art by Leonard Frank, Russ Manning and John Severin. AC Comics reprints classic Western stories that originally appeared in comics from the Golden Age. Originally seen in Billy the Kid comics from Charlton, these stories have been relettered to call him the Young Gun, but the art by classic Western artists Leonard Frank, Russ Manning and John Severin remains mostly unchanged. Also, an adventure of youthful Native American warrior Young Falcon. The Crisis; Gamblers Greed; El Chivito; Solid Gold Bait; The Kids Last Meal; Young Falcon and the Mystery of Little Star. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Original Indy comic, Sean Patrick Flanery pullout, Meet the stars Cover price $1.95.