Comic books in 'Related to literature'

"The Phantom of the Opera," script by Al Hewetson (adaptation) and Gaston Leroux (original novel), art by Jesus Duran; Soprano Christine Daae is stalked, then abducted by a grotesquely disfigured man who lives under the Paris Opera House; Her other admirer Raoul, with the help of a mysterious man known only as the Persian, eventually rescues her. "The Thing in the Black Dress," script by Al Hewetson, art by Jesus Suso Rego; A woman seeks to be the queen of society in her town, and to dispose of her younger rival she spreads the rumor that the younger woman is a vampire; But rumors and accusations can work both ways. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.95.

1st printing.

Based on the story by Gaston Laroux. Adapted by Varga Tomi.

The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Laroux's Gothic melodrama, gets a fresh retelling as a graphic novel adaptation of this literary classic.

The Phantom who lives beneath the opera house falls in love with Christine Daaé, a gifted young opera singer, and hopes to win her with an evil plot to make her a star. For Christine, this would mean giving up her chance for true love. Does she choose her newfound success or her beloved Count Raoul?

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

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January 10, 1932. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Same Person" by Anna Robeson Burr. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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January 17, 1932. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Duel for Durawald" by Theodore E. Shea. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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February 21, 1932. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "49 - A Novel of Gold" by George W. Cronyn. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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February 5, 1933. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Girl Into Woman" by Sophie Kerr. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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February 12, 1933. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "A Child of the Revolution" by Baroness Orczy. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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July 5, 1936. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Wings of the Morning" by Louis Tracy. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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November 21, 1937. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Talisman Ring" by Georgette Heyer. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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May 15, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Man Who Was Murdered Twice" by Robert H. Leitfred. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

June 5, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Closed Room" by Clarence Budington Kelland. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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June 12, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Dead is the Door-Nail" by Paul Haggard. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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July 17, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Comets Have Long Tails" by Madeleine Johnston. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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July 31, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Powder Smoke" by Jackson Gregory. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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September 4, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Murder on Alternate Tuesdays" by Tech Davis. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

April 24, 1949. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Web of Evil" by Lucille Emerick. 11" x 15.75". 12 pages. Black and white.

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June 5, 1949. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Hour of Truth" by David Davidson. 11" x 15.75". 12 pages. Black and white.

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July 3, 1949. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Elizabeth, Captive Princess" by Margaret Irwin. 11" x 15.75". 12 pages. Black and white.

August 7, 1949. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "The Big Sky" by A. B. Guthrie Jr. 11" x 15.75". 12 pages. Black and white.

IDW Edition - 1st printing. Written by Harlan Ellison. Art by Alan Robinson. Cover by John K. Snyder III. Harlan Ellison, one of the Grand Masters of science fiction and a multiple Hugo-, Nebula-, and Edgar Award-winner, returns to his roots with the graphic novel, Phoenix Without Ashes. The year is 2785, and Devon, a farmer banished for challenging his community's Elders, discovers a secret that changes everything he knew about the world, leading him on an adventure beyond his understanding and on a quest to solve a mystery beyond his comprehension before his entire world is destroyed in cataclysm. Softcover, 104 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

1st printing.

Adapted by Iva Hoth. Art and cover by Andre Le Blanc.

This volume collects over thirty years worth of comic stories from the classic Sunday school "take-home paper," PIX, published from the late 1940s through the '70s. In addition to presenting accurate re-tellings of popular Old and New Testament stories, this collection offers a unique opportunity to own the illustrated work of Andre Le Blanc (1921-1998), one of comics' unsung golden age masters.

Le Blanc was a longtime collaborator on Will Eisner's The Spirit and Sy Berry's The Phantom, as well as an artist on classic strips including Flash Gordon, Apartment 3-G and Rex Morgan, MD. He was the recipient of the prestigious Southern Cross Award - the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a citizenfor his illustrations of classic literature - in his native country of Brazil. He was a longtime teacher at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 800 pages, full color.

1st printing.

Adapted by Iva Hoth. Art and cover by Andre Le Blanc.

This volume collects over thirty years worth of comic stories from the classic Sunday school "take-home paper," PIX, published from the late 1940s through the '70s. In addition to presenting accurate re-tellings of popular Old and New Testament stories, this collection offers a unique opportunity to own the illustrated work of Andre Le Blanc (1921-1998), one of comics' unsung golden age masters.

Le Blanc was a longtime collaborator on Will Eisner's The Spirit and Sy Berry's The Phantom, as well as an artist on classic strips including Flash Gordon, Apartment 3-G and Rex Morgan, MD. He was the recipient of the prestigious Southern Cross Award - the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a citizenfor his illustrations of classic literature - in his native country of Brazil. He was a longtime teacher at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 800 pages, full color.

1st Printing. A Motion Picture Book or "film-book" text adaptation of the screenplay by C.P. Chadsey. Dozens of still photographs are included from the 1945 Albert Lewin film starring George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, and Angela Lansbury. Includes epigrams from the novel and a short biography of Wilde. The back cover has an Ad for "Meet Me In St. Louis" starring Judy Garland. 8 1/2" x 11", B&W, 52 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY OSCAR WILDE) Penciled by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA Cover by GERALD PAREL A new Marvel Illustrated epic begins here! Painter Basil Hallward has done a portrait of a strange subject-youthful Dorian Gray, a man with a mysterious and tangled history. The young man broods on how unfair it is that he will age and his portrait will remain ever young. He wishes with all his might that it were otherwise-and in some bizarre, magical way-it is! This is a novel of dark wonders brilliantly brought to life in the heralded Marvel Illustrated style. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY OSCAR WILDE) Penciled by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA Cover by GERALD PAREL Young Dorian wished that his portrait would bear the marks of age rather than his face. Much to his shock, the painting is, in fact, aging - and Gray is not! While Dorian's face is unchanging, his personality is in ugly ways. He's becoming cruel and secretive, showing a sadistic side of himself that is making those around him fear for their very lives! This is a tale of mounting menace that will send chills down your spine. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY OSCAR WILDE) Art by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA Cover by GERALD PAREL Artist Basil Hallward has heard the vile rumors being spread about Dorian Gray, the man whose portrait he painted years ago. He confronts Gray on a fog-shrouded street and demands to know why so many of those close to him have had careers and reputations ruined-one young man a suicide! Dorian takes the artist to the attic where he keeps his portrait shrouded in canvas and uncovers it to Basil's horror! And the horror is just beginning. Don't read it in the dead of night. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY OSCAR WILDE) Penciled by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA Cover by GERALD PAREL Artist Basil Hallward is horrified at what has become of his beautiful portrait of Dorian Gray. He feels hatred for the painting's subject and confronts Gray in a rage. When Basil then disappears, a perplexed Dorian goes upstairs to cover his portrait-and finds one of the hands is dripping red! Dorian's downward spiral of self-destruction accelerates, drawing in all those who encounter him! 32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY OSCAR WILDE) Art by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA Cover by GERALD PAREL Dorian is now leading a bizarre double life with his daytime demeanor at dire odds with his nightly existence of decadence and debauchery. But events may be catching up to Dorian as he is stalked through the foggy London streets...by a man out for vengeance. It's the penultimate chapter of Wilde's strange and compelling masterpiece. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

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Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY OSCAR WILDE) Penciled by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA Cover by GERALD PAREL Having plumbed the darkest depths of depravity, Dorian now wants to reform and become virtuous. More than anything, his tortured soul wishes to love again-but finds it impossible. And so, in his final throes of agony, the eternally young Dorian Gray confronts the portrait which has so altered his existence. What happens then is the greatest shock of all! 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

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PIGEONS FROM HELL #1 (of 4) Joe R. Lansdale (W), Nathan Fox (A), and Dave Stewart (C) On sale Apr 16 FC, 32 pages $2.99 Miniseries Joe R. Lansdale puts a new spin on an old classic with this four-part adaptation of master-storyteller Robert E. Howard's classic tale of terror Pigeons from Hell. Set in the deep south, Pigeons tells the story of a damned house with a wicked past whose vile form casts a shadow of death on all who dare to enter. At dusk, as the sun slumps below the horizon, scores of pigeons can be seen flocking from the house in waning sunlight. The pigeons, they say, are the souls of the damned escaping from the very bowels of Hell itself. Joe R. Lansdale (author of such works as Bubba Ho-Tep, The Nightrunners, and The Drive-In) is no stranger to comics, having worked on Batman, The Lone Ranger, Jonah Hex, and Robert E. Howard's Conan. He is joined by comics newcomer Nathan Fox. Together Lansdale and Fox are a powerhouse of visual storytelling, perfectly suited for the dark and dismal world of Robert E. Howard's horror classic Pigeons from Hell. Legendary horror aficionado Joe R. Lansdale puts a new spin on an old classic! Cover price $2.99.

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PIGEONS FROM HELL #2 (of 4) Joe R. Lansdale (W), Nathan Fox (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (c) What started out as a simple road trip has turned into a nightmarish disaster as Clare and Janet, heirs to the mysterious Blassenville estate, and their three friends find themselves stranded for the night in the derelict Blassenville mansion, located deep in the desolate heart of the Louisiana swamplands. With nothing left to do but to wait for daylight before they can go for help, the group settles in for the night, but it doesn't take long for the evil that infects the house to try to claim its first victims. Legendary horror aficionado Joe R. Lansdale puts a new spin on an old classic with this four-part adaptation of master storyteller Robert E. Howard's classic tale of terror Pigeons From Hell. FC, 32 pages Cover price $3.50.

Joe R. Lansdale (W), Nathan Fox (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C) On sale June 18 FC, 32 pages $2.99 Miniseries After last issue's bloody surprises and frightening, new terrors, Claire and Janet follow a mysterious lawman away from the gore-filled plantation house to seek advice from a strange, obsessive-compulsive hermit. While they can't leave their friends (or what's left of them) behind for long, this may be their only chance at escape. Or maybe they'll just find a quick death, if they're lucky. Haunted by dangerous shape-shifting shadows, reanimated bodies of the dead, and the dark heart of the mansion itself, the panic-stricken twins would rather take a chance finding answers in the demented shack of a madman than spend another minute in the hell that still holds their friends captive! ? Written by celebrated horror author Joe R. Lansdale (writer of Bubbu Ho-Tep, Batman, Jonah Hex, Conan) ? Based on the classic horror story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard! Cover price $2.99.

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Joe R. Lansdale (W), Nathan Fox (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C) Shaken by strange old Alcebee's mysterious portents and horrifying stories, Claire and Janet return to the crumbling Blassenville Mansion anyway, to confront the hideous thing that drove them out and possibly killed their friends-and to find a way to put an end to the curse that hangs over the estate. When Griswell left the Blassenville Mansion those many years ago, he couldn't have imagined the horrors that would eclipse the ones he saw then-but there's far more to fear in the darkness of this twisted old house than ominous, shape-shifting shadows and zombies! Based on the classic horror story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard! FC, 32 pages Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by John Bunyan. Adapted by Lee Tung. Art and Cover by Johnny Wong. The Pilgrim's Progress, a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan, is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Now it is retold and shortened in graphic novel form for children and young adults who want to know Bunyan's story but who might well find the language of the original difficult to understand. Christian, an everyman character, journeys from his hometown, the City of Destruction (this world), to the Celestial City (that which is to come: Heaven), while avoiding the Slough of Despond, escaping the temptations of Vanity Fair, and fending off the giant, Despair. Softcover,5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by John Bunyan. Adapted by Lee Tung. Art and Cover by Johnny Wong.Christian meets Faithful, also a former resident of the City of Destruction, who accompanies him to Vanity Fair, where both are arrested and detained because of their disdain for the wares and business of the fair. Faithful is put on trial and executed as a martyr. Hopeful, a resident of Vanity, takes Faithful's place to be Christian's companion for the rest of the journey. Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

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1st printing. Written by Astrid Lindgren. Art by Ingrid Vang. The world's most beloved strong-girl fights fires, saves babies, and causes mischief at a tea party. Pippi Longstocking returns to fix everything in the second volume of comics written by the series creator, Astrid Lindgren, and illustrated by the original Pippi artist, Ingrid Vang Nyman. It is Pippi's birthday, which means there is a lot of fun to be had! Join Pippi, Annika, and Tommy in their adventures on board a ship, hosting farewell parties, and visiting with Pippi's father, the island king. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Moves In!" Written by Astrid Lindgren. Art by Ingrid Vang. Pippi Moves In marks the first time that the legendary Pippi Longstocking comics by famed children's author and creator Astrid Lindgren and Danish illustrator Ingrid Vang Nyman will be published outside of Scandinavia in thirty years, as well as their first ever publication in English. The outspoken strong-girl with the carrot-colored pigtails and the mismatched socks has enthralled generations of children the world over with her fabulous exploits at Villa Villekulla, where she lives with her horse and monkey.The comics are re-imaginings of the classic chapter book stories and were originally published in the Swedish magazine Humpty Dumpty in 1957-1959, a decade after the original books. The comics spotlight both Lindgren's brilliant writing and Vang Nyman's bold bright colors that seem presciently and eerily modern. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.