Comic books in 'Comic Strip Reprints'

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Mutts II: Cats and Dogs!" By Patrick McDonnell. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

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Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Mutts II: Cats and Dogs!" By Patrick McDonnell. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Ernie Bushmiller. The cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller stated that his beloved Nancy was created for the gum chewers and not the caviar eaters, and this new collection of classic Nancy comic strips is perfect for gum chewers of all ages! Featuring over 300 comic strips, Nancy Wears Hats is a hilarious introduction to the timeless classic, beloved by generation after generation of children and adults. Nancy, along with on-and-off again boyfriend Sluggo, deliver absurd laughs panel after panel, all rendered in Bushmillers chiseled cartoon perfection that feels untethered to time or place. An acknowledged masterpiece of humor and cartooning, Nancys brand of lowbrow absurdism and unexpected visual delights have held sway over generations of early readers, artists and celebrities, to say nothing of its impact on American culture as a whole! Bushmiller created Nancy from 1938 to 1982, and in recent years, interest in his work has surged to a fever pitch. This volume collects strips from the years 1949–1950, when Bushmiller was cresting to the peak of his powers and presents the work in a fresh and contemporary format that will entertain for ages. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. By Brad Duller. Brad Diller's debut Funday Morning book! More than 80 cartoons spanning 10 years. Featuring the characters Bud, Pearl, Junior, Peaches and Ninja the Cat! Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

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1st printing. By B. Kliban. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8-in. x 5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Set Includes 2 Volumes (with slipcase) - 1st printings.

The most ingenious collection of New Yorker cartoons published in book form, The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons is a prodigious, slip-cased, two-volume, nearly 1,600-page A-to-Z curation of cartoons from the magazine from 1924 to the present. Mankoff, former cartoon editor of the New Yorker, organizes nearly 3,000 cartoons into more than 250 categories of recurring themes and visual tropes, including cartoons on banana peels, meeting St. Peter, being stranded on a desert island, snowmen, lion tamers, Adam and Eve, the Grim Reaper, and dogs, of course. The collection also includes a foreword by New Yorker editor David Remnick.

Hardcover (2 Volumes with slipcase), 9-in. x 12-in., 1,536 pages, B&W.

Cover price $100.00.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Battle for Thuneworld!" Story and art by Steve Rude. Nexus: The Collected Edition collects a five-part miniseries by Steve Rude. Nexus, a cosmic hero, must rebuild his world after a brush with a planet-eating menace. While facing this monumental task, a mysterious crash landing and a missing friend pull him into a thrilling adventure. Packed with action, shocking reveals, and a final showdown against a monstrous enemy, this collection is a must-read for comic fans. All art and writing are by Steve Rude, who revives Nexus in a classic comic book style. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

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Limited to 500 copies.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Battle for Thuneworld!" Story and art by Steve Rude. Nexus: The Collected Edition collects a five-part miniseries by Steve Rude. Nexus, a cosmic hero, must rebuild his world after a brush with a planet-eating menace. While facing this monumental task, a mysterious crash landing and a missing friend pull him into a thrilling adventure. Packed with action, shocking reveals, and a final showdown against a monstrous enemy, this collection is a must-read for comic fans. All art and writing are by Steve Rude, who revives Nexus in a classic comic book style. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

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1st printing. Selected by Marione R. Nickles. Here are 250 delightfully humorous views of the lives of those to whom 9 to 5 means hours, not odds, whether those hours are spent out on a job or keeping the home front going. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1963-1964!"

Story and art by Doug Wright.

Last year's Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist introduced the world to Nipper, the mischievous little kid who starred in Doug Wright's ingenious and enduring comic strip. This volume covers a peak period in Wright's four-decade career as he comes into his own as an iconic cartoonist capable of documenting middle-class suburban existence in all its minute joys and indignities.

Packed with period details and loaded with charm, this collection features an introduction by journalist Brad Mackay.

Softcover, (Horizontal Format) 6-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Collects classic newspaper comic strips including Flash Gordon strips from 1940, Tim Tyler's Luck strips from 1935, Secret Agent X-9 from 1937. Plus articles on Austin Briggs, Lyman Young, Charles Flanders and more. Edited and published by Woody Gelman. Associate Editor Len Brown. Contributors include Maurice Horn, Art Spiegelman, Ron Barlow, and David Kaler. Softcover, Horizontal format, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W.

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Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Collects classic newspaper comic strips includingRip Kirby comic strips from the 1940's, Just Kids strips from the 1930's, Popeye strips from the 1930's, Flash Gordon, Minute Movies and many mores. Softcover, Horizontal format, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W.

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Volume 3 - 1st Printing. Collects classic newspaper comic strips including Brick Bradford strips from 1935, Tilly the Toiler from 1931, The Phantom from 1939, Moon Mullins, Popeye, Flash Gordon and many more! Edited and published by Woody Gelman. Associate Editor Len Brown. Contributors include Maurice Horn, Art Spiegelman, Ron Barlow, and David Kaler. Softcover, Horizontal format, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Meredith Gran.

In this first collected volume of the OCTOPUS PIE series, we follow grumpy twenty-something Eve and her stoner roommate Hanna as they navigate post-college life. They'll take on crazed childhood rivals, troubling art scenes, the discomfort of exes, and maybe even... friendship? All this and more in the fictional, totally made-up city of Brooklyn.

Softcover (Horizontal), 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W.

NOTE: "Well paced and grounded, ranging from funny ha-ha to odd observational humor, OCTOPUS PIE's ultimate hooks are its flawed, but genuine characters." - BOOKLIST

Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Meredith Gran.

In this first collected volume of the OCTOPUS PIE series, we follow grumpy twenty-something Eve and her stoner roommate Hanna as they navigate post-college life. They'll take on crazed childhood rivals, troubling art scenes, the discomfort of exes, and maybe even... friendship? All this and more in the fictional, totally made-up city of Brooklyn.

Softcover (Horizontal), 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W.

NOTE: "Well paced and grounded, ranging from funny ha-ha to odd observational humor, OCTOPUS PIE's ultimate hooks are its flawed, but genuine characters." - BOOKLIST

Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Meredith Gran.

The Brooklyn stories of love, madness, nostalgia, and displeasing music continue in this second OCTOPUS PIE collection. Eve and Hanna have each other's backs as they navigate the emotional pitfalls of twenty-something life, but there's chaos and confusion to spare.

Softcover (Horizontal), 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 184 pages, B&W.

NOTE: "It's hard to say where the strength of OCTOPUS PIE really is because Meredith can juggle so many things so well-the humor, the natural touch in the dialogue, the relatability of the characters in the world that she has created. There is a complex, empathetic sort of quality to that world and you feel rather at home in it." - Kate Beaton, Hark!

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Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Meredith Gran.

In this third Ignatz Award-winning volume of the OCTOPUS PIE series, the chaotic magic of Brooklyn continues to complicate Eve and her friends' lives. But while they explore new realms of adulthood-and evaluate their own happiness-the stakes are beginning to rise.

Softcover (Horizontal), 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W.

NOTE: "[A] blend of light-hearted comedy and deeper, hard-to-let-go-of meditations on the struggle for what 'being a grown up' actually means." - The Onion's A.V. Club

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Volume 4 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Meredith Gran.

the fourth installment of OCTOPUS PIE, dreams and harsh reality are beginning to blur. This volume follows our Brooklynite heroes as they descend into the throes of heartbreak.

Softcover, 6 1/2in. x 10-in., 248 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Meredith Gran.

As they watch the days of their youth roll by, Brooklynites Eve, Hanna, and friends must confront the truth about themselves-whether they're ready to or not. The award-winning webcomic series comes to a close in this final laugh-filled, heartrending installment.

Softcover, 6 1/2in. x 10-in., 312 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

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Includes Stickers

1st printing.

Story and art by Sarah Andersen.

The latest collection of Sarah's Scribbles comics explores the evils of procrastination, the trials of the creative process, the cuteness of kittens, and the beauty of not caring about your appearance as much as you did when you were younger. When it comes to humorous illustrations of the awkwardness and hilarity of millennial life, Sarah's Scribbles is without peer.

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, B&W. All Ages

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Reprints 1944 comic strips by Roy Crane. 32 pages; black and white. Cover price $2.00.

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Mandrake In Hollywood. Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Fred Fredericks. Adventures of the comic strip magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips Jan. 1 - April 9, 1938, including the 11th Mandrake story and the first week of the 12th. In Hollywood, Mandrake gets a job at Granite Studios; meanwhile, child star Sonny, the most spoiled brat on Earth, has been kidnapped. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips April 11 - June 29, 1938, including the 12th Mandrake story and the first week of the 13th. Mandrake investigates the kidnapping of child star Sonny, the most spoiled brat on Earth; then, a woman seeking help crashes through Mandrake's window on horseback. Sonny The Child Movie Star; Mandrake and the Haunted House. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips June 29th - July 1938, including the 13th Mandrake story and the first part of the 14th. Mandrake helps a desperate woman investigate hauntings in the mansion she inherited from her grandfather; arrogant athlete Nick Blozz won't stop pestering a young heiress. Mandrake and the Haunted House; Blozz the Champion. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Mandrake in Love. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips July - November 25th, 1938. The lovely Narda seeks Mandrake's help after her brother, Prince Segrid, gambles away the family fortune and tries to marry her off to a loathsome duke. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips November 26, 1938 - April 10, 1939. Mandrake helps Narda regain her fortune and break her engagement, leaving her free to pursue romance with Mandrake. Then, visiting a friend in the Southern swamplands, Mandrake encounters the ancient ghosts of Jean Lafitte and his pirate band. Mandrake in Love; The Deep South. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Bret Blevins. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips April 11, 1939 - February 28, 1940. After mummy sightings in the Orient Museum, the guards refuse to work the night shift. Mandrake, Lothar and female photographer Sonny decide to find the truth by spending the night in the museum. Cover by Marvel and DC artist Bret Blevins. The Deep South; The Museum Mystery. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Bret Blevins. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips February 29 - May 11, 1940. Investigating the mummy they saw in the museum, Mandrake and Sonny discover a secret passage to the museum vault and a plot to rob the museum of priceless artifacts. Cover by Marvel and DC artist Bret Blevins. The Museum Mystery; The Octopus Ring, part 1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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The Octopus Ring, part 2. Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Bret Blevins. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips May 12 - August 30, 1940. Government agents recruit Mandrake to expose a spy network known as The Octopus Ring. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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The Octopus Ring, part 3. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips August 31 to October 11, 1940. Mandrake helps US authorities take down the dreaded Octopus Ring spy network. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints From Mandrake The Magician daily strips December 5th, 1938 to February 4th, 1939 and September 4th-12th, 1939. Wealthy Mr. Rocks is visited by a couple in a spherical vessel who claim to be from Mars, but Mandrake suspects all is not as it appears. Visitors from Space; Mandrake in North Africa, part 1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Mandrake in North Africa, part 2. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips September 13 to November 23, 1939. Lothar must return to the African village of his birth when a witch doctor uses magic to terrorize villagers and American soldiers alike; Mandrake tags along to help. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips November 1939 to January 1940 and October-November 1940. In Africa, Mandrake helps Lothar battle Besa the witch doctor to save his home village. Then, the duo battles mountain bandits to rescue scientist Dr. White and his photographer daughter, Sonny. Mandrake in North Africa, part 3; The Mountain Bandits; The Octopus Ring, part 4. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips November 4, 1940 to January 14, 1941. Enemy agents abduct Dr. Griff, whose electrical-projection machine will revolutionize air warfare, and Mandrake must rescue him before it's too late. The Octopus Ring, part 5; Dr Griff's Invention, part 1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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The Great Grando, part 2. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips August 28 to September 16, 1941. The Great Grando storyline continues from continuing from Official Mandrake King Size (Pioneer 1989) #1. Once Mandrake's assistant, the brilliant Grando now uses his vast knowledge of magic for crime. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story by Lee Falk. Art by Fred Fredericks and Phil Davis. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips September 17 to November 8th, 1941 and November 23 - December 28, 1986. Mandrake's final showdown with his evil ex-assistant, The Great Grando; Mandrake joins the search for the legendary sea monster called the Kraken. The Kraken storyline continues in Prince Valiant Monthly (1989 Pioneer) #1. The Great Grando, part 3; The Kraken, part 1. Final issue of the series; followed by Official Mandrake Monthly (1989) #1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Lothar the Champ, part 2. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician strips November 28, 1941 to March17, 1942. After a crooked sports promoter tricks him into signing a contract, Mandrake's magic-powered sidekick Lothar becomes a professional wrestler. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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Lothar the Champ, part 3. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips March 18 to July 2, 1942. Mandrake's magical sidekick Lothar is a sensation as a professional wrestler, but no one thinks his powers are real. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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Baron Kord, part 2. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips October 21, 1942 to February 9, 1943. Mandrake, Narda and Lothar travel to Baron Kord's strange island and witness his mind-control drug at work. Now they must stop him before he can use the same drug on a global scale to take over the world. The Baron Kord storyline continues in Mandrake Limited (1990) #1. Final issue of the series; followed by Mandrake Limited (1990) #1. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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The Great Grando, part 1. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips June 23rd to August 27th, 1941 Once Mandrake's assistant, the brilliant Grando now uses his vast knowledge of magic for crime. Story continues in Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) #14. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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The Kraken, part 4. Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips April 26 - June 28, 1987. The Kraken storyline continues from Prince Valiant Monthly (1989 Pioneer) #3. Mandrake joins his old friend Captain Jon in the search for the legendary sea monster called the Kraken. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips June 28 - September 6, 1987. The Kraken storyline begun in Prince Valiant Monthly (1989 Pioneer) concludes here. Then, Mandrake and friends encounter a floating man-made island, pulled by killer whales, where a family has survived on the ocean for years. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. The Kraken, part 5; The Floating Island, part 1. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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The Floating Island, part 2. Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips September 6 - November 15, 1987. Aboard the floating island, Mandrake discovers a man-made paradise, where the family has re-created all the conveniences of their long-lost island home. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips 22 November 1987 - February 1988. Mandrake battles a pirate attack; Narda and Mandrake keep having mysterious visions of a strange boy and girl. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. The Floating Island, part 3; The Clairvoyants. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Written by by Lee Falk and Hal Schuster. Art and cover by Phil Davis.

Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician Sundays January 30th, 1944 to November 4th, 1945.

A collection of Mandrake adventures from the Sunday strips, which carried different storylines than the daily strip: Mandrake investigates strange accidents at a circus; In the Florida Keys, luxury yachts are hijacked by the mysterious Santa Claus Pirate; Mandrake encounters the Fountain of Youth and a domed civilization at the bottom of the sea. Also featuring an interview with Phantom and Mandrake creator Lee Falk. The Garden of Wuzzu; The Colossal Circus; The Santa Claus Pirate; The Fountain of Youth; The King of the Wind; The Atalan Deep; Interview with Lee Falk.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2.-in.,124 pages, B&W.

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Mandrake in Cockaigne. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips May 15th, 1939 to September 2nd, 1939. In an effort to prevent Narda's arranged marriage, Mandrake and Lothar travel to her home, the mythical kingdom of Cockaigne. As Narda tries to elude her misguided brother Prince Segrid, Mandrake hatches a daring plan to snatch Narda right from the altar. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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La Machine, part 1. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies May to Sept 1963. Retired super-criminal Modesty and her right-hand man Willie Garvin are bored, and ready for more adventure. Sir Gerald Tarrant offers that, and a chance to make up for past sins, when he recruits them for an international spy network. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.