Comic books in 'Bird', graded by CBCS

April 1970. Sex. The premiere issue of the influential comedy magazine founded by three alumni of the Harvard Lampoon. This issue features a spoof of Playboy magazine, as well as Sex Through the Ages, illustrated by Arnold Roth. Stories and art by Doug Kenney, Michael O'Donoghue, David McClelland, Rick Meyerowitz, Peter Bramley and Henry Beard. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and more jokes for emotionally arrested adults. Mature readers. Cover price $0.75.

May 1970. Greed. Finance-themed issue includes a spoof of the Wall Street Journal, and an interview with Howard Hughes that was totally not faked. Stories and art by Doug Kenney, Michael O'Donoghue, Alan Abel, Rick Meyerowitz, Mark MacArthur and Henry Beard. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and more jokes your mom wouldnt like. Mature readers. Peter Max-style cover by Peter Money (actually Peter Bramley). Cover price $0.75.

June 1970. Blight. Environmental-themed issue includes a visit to Pollutionland theme park, Fran Kafkas Bizarre Magazine, and a look at Europes vanishing Nazi herds. Stories and art by Doug Kenney, Michael O'Donoghue, Jean Shepherd, Rick Meyerowitz, Christopher Cerf and Henry Beard. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and more tasteless jokes your mom wouldnt like. Mature readers. Cover by Arnold Roth. Cover price $0.75.

March 1972. Escape! A spoof of Connecticut Yankee illustrated by Michael Kaluta; a guide to going on the road; Hitlers life in exile. Stories and art by Michael O'Donoghue, Tony Hendra, Paul Krassner, Gahan Wilson, Vaughan Bode, B. Kliban, Arnold Roth, Joe Orlando, Jeff Jones, Michael Gross, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover price $0.75.

Sweetness and Light. The Lampoon flirts with good taste; a parody of romance magazines featuring art by M. K. Brown; a spoof of the National Enquirer. Stories and art by Michael O'Donoghue, P. J. O'Rourke, Anne Beatts, Sean Kelly, Gahan Wilson, Jeff Jones, Shary Flenniken, Vaughn Bode, Bobby London, Michael Gross, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Warren Sattler. March 1973; Cover price $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

August 1973. Strange Beliefs. Issue 3 of Son-O-God Comics, featuring art by Neal Adams; Strange Beliefs of Children, by Gahan Wilson; a spoof of Psychology Today, plus a real ad for the actual magazine. Stories and art by Michael O'Donoghue, Rick Meyerowitz, Jeff Jones, Shary Flenniken, Vaughn Bode, Bobby London, Michael Gross, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Cover price $0.75.

May 1983. South Pacific. A spoof of Donny & Marie with art by Bob Camp (pre-Ren and Stimpy); etiquette for cannibals; dating in postwar Vietnam. Stories and art by P. Craig Russell, Sean Kelly, Shary Flenniken, Bill Griffith, Mimi Pond, Ron Barrett, M. K. Brown, Rick Geary and B. K. Taylor. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. 92 pages. Cover by Steven Lakeman. Cover price $2.00.

Volume 1: #7 - "New Guinea Pig" (art by Gray Morrow), "Thing Frum 20th Sentury" (art by Frank Springer), Idyl (art by Jeff Jones; ten 1-page strips), Cheech Wizard (art by Vaughn Bode; 10 pages), "Doctor Colon's Monster" (art by Rodriguez; twelve 3/4-page strips), "The Adventures of Deadman" (pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Neal Adams), "The Ventures of Zimmerman" (art by Neal Adams), plus art by Gahan Wilson, Shary Flenniken, Ralph Reese, Arnold Roth, John Romita Sr., Joe Orlando, Ernie Colon, and others. Softcover, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Risque and raunchy jokes, cartoons and art from the pages of National Lampoon magazine. Contributors include Tom Cheney, Sheryl Cooper, Peter Harckham, G. Christopher Hoffman, Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones, Tony Kisch, Adam Kubert, Lucy Morrison, Robert Orzechowski, Tom Stratton, Neil Tolkin, Terdell Wasserman, Jim Zook, Dave Spector, Shary Flenniken and Bruce Cochran. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

A parody of sheet music books, featuring music and lyrics from the Lemmings stage show, the National Lampoon Radio Hour, the NL comedy records, and the magazine itself. Includes material by Sean Kelly, Spinal Taps Christopher Guest, John Belushi, Anne Beatts, Tony Hendra, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Brian Doyle-Murray, and The Late Shows Paul Shaffer, plus a spoof of Bob Dylan illustrated by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Mature readers. Cover price $5.95.

The National Lampoon cashes in on the self-help book craze of the late 1970s with its own version, edited by longtime NL writer and editor Gerald Sussman. Peter and Peggy Pope, PhDs offer advice on being a better you until you die. Mature readers. 144 pages. Cover price $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. By Chris Miller. Based on the comedy hit movie Animal House, this novelization includes pictures from the movie and original art. From Rush Week to the Homecoming Parade follow the misadventures of Bluto, Otter, and the rest of the characters from Delta House! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

Starring Bitchy Bitch, Naughty bits is a controversial and at times shocking series that takes on religion, sex, and other hot button topics. Cover art by Roberta Gregory. Bitchy Takes A Trip. Things I Ate On My Trip To Asia. Scripts and art by Roberta Gregory. 28 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Starring Bitchy Bitch, Naughty bits is a controversial and at times shocking series that takes on religion, sex, and other hot button topics. Cover art by Roberta Gregory. Bitchy Bitch Goes Through the Same Stuff as the Rest of Us! Remedios Varo. 2001: A Midwest Odd-yssey. Scripts and art by Roberta Gregory. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover art by Michael Wm. Kaluta. Kilroy Is Here, script by Joe Pruett, art by Ken Meyer, Jr. Vixen, script and art by David Lloyd. Yuletide Warning, script by Elaine Lee, art by Craig Hamilton. Conditioned, script and art by Philip Hester. Classics Desecrated, script by Doug Wheeler, art by Steve Smith. Mr. Mamoulian Dark Horse, script and art by Brian Bolland. Andrew Robinson Sketchbook. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Heather Elder (mistakenly credited as Jessica Hillis). Edited by Joe Pruett. Stories by Paul McCusker, Dove McHargue, Mike Raicht, Mike Nicoll, Mario Cau, Dalibor Talajic, Jordan Raskin, Graeme Reid, Troy Boyle, Jason Dennis, Juan Romera, Gary Francis, Matt Kaman, Jason Neufeld, Elton Pruitt, Michael Gaydos, R.G. Taylor, and Josh Neufeld. Desperado continues the long-running eclectic comics anthology. True tales of collecting the early Spider-Man comics; a classic Jack London tale revisited; a Jordan Raskin sketchbook. 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $5.99.

News, articles and reprints celebrating the classic era of comic strips. An interview with pioneering cartoonist Edwina; comics history in the words of those who saw it happen; classic advertising by cartoonists Milton Caniff and Noel Sickles. Edited by Rick Marschall. Black and white; magazine format. 64 pages. Cover by Edwina. Cover price $3.50. Cover price $3.95.

Stories and art by Bill Widener, Daryl Hutchinson, and Joe Hutchinson. Cover by Joe Hutchinson. An anthology from small-press publisher Nerve Bomb. Special issue featuring the cartoon art of the Hutchinson Brothers, including wacky characters like Arkoon, Gordo the Dog and Petulant Peter Pedestrian. How to train a dog; A Night on the Clown. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.50.

Even for a dazzling, leggy Las Vegas showgirl, Nevada is exceptional. Her dancing partner and closest friend is an ostrich named Bolero. Her past is a mystery. And her life is about to take a turn for the weird, as a series of bizarre murders sets her on a collision course with a stalker ex-boyfriend, a drunken mystic, a would-be Godfather, and cosmic destiny. Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Phil Winslade and Steve Leialoha. Painted cover by Phil Winslade. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.

The Vegas showgirl named Nevada fights for her life, her sanity and her ostrich Bolero in this genre-bending miniseries! When those about you are losing their heads, plus assorted limbs, keep dancing! Nevada tries, but it's not easy. Another dismembered corpse has surfaced--in the Nile Hotel's swimming pool. Rip is obsessed with a hieroglyphic virus in the casino's computer system. And Nevada herself is coming untethered in time. At least a decent-looking guy is trying to get her attention...but he'll have to wait in line behind the Las Vegas cops and Ogden Locke, who's turning out to be smarter than the average wino. Featuring cameos by Moses, Neanderthal man and ancient Greece. Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Phil Winslade and Steve Leialoha. Painted cover by Phil Winslade. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.

Something big is about to hit Las Vegas--and it ain't Wayne Newton. Nevada has just stabbed something inhuman to death in her dressing room at the Nile Hotel and Casino. Three thousand tourists are checking out of the place in a panic. And Raphael DeVesuvio's mob has just kidnapped Ogden Locke, the one man who knows what's really about to happen--and the only wino in town who owns a flaming sword. Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Phil Winslade and Steve Leialoha. Painted cover by Phil Winslade. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.

The first Nevada miniseries concludes with a bang--a Big Bang. Ogden Locke is dead, and he's passed the torch of Rift Warrior to Nevada. Will she survive an intra-dimensional battle that pits her against a universe filled with fear and slime vampires? And will it even hold a candle to what's happening on Earth, where her nearest and dearest are being carted off to death row? Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Phil Winslade and Steve Leialoha. Painted cover by Phil Winslade. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. Collects Nevada (1998 Vertigo) #1-6. Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Phil Winslade, Steve Leialoha and Dick Giordano. Painted Cover by Winslade. As a Las Vegas showgirl who performs onstage with her pet ostrich, Nevada's greatest daily concerns are her stalking ex-boyfriend and the future of her job. But when a bizarre series of murders occur at the hotel that she works at, the street tough dancer suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a cosmic crisis. Now with her beloved ostrich by her side and a drunken mystic as her sage, Nevada must simultaneously deal with alternate dimensions and accidental time-travel as she tries to stop a celestial takeover of her hotel and world. Softcover, 156 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Based on the poems by Edgar Allan Poe. This haunting graphic anthology features author Edgar Allan Poe's most famous stories of terror and suspense, adapted by nine teams of celebrated writers and illustrators! Each story is translated in a different visual style, but each succeeds in capturing Poe's macabre blend of doomed romanticism, gothic melodrama, and ghoulish destiny. Inside you'll find an illustrated biography of Poe and his most memorable stories, including: "The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," 'The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," 'The Oval Portrait," 'The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 14/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Based on the poems by Edgar Allan Poe. This haunting graphic anthology features author Edgar Allan Poe's most famous stories of terror and suspense, adapted by nine teams of celebrated writers and illustrators! Each story is translated in a different visual style, but each succeeds in capturing Poe's macabre blend of doomed romanticism, gothic melodrama, and ghoulish destiny. Inside you'll find an illustrated biography of Poe and his most memorable stories, including: "The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," 'The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," 'The Oval Portrait," 'The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Written by Keith Giffen, Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire and Dan Jurgens. Art by Tom Raney. Cover by Ryan Sook. Remember how everything was converging? It's all-out war for Cadmus Island - against Brother Eye! Storylines collide in this can't-miss issue! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $2.99.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

12-562-212 on cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Adapted by Rod Espinosa. Get ready for Rod Espinosa's incredible adaptation of the timeless classic as he applies his visionary hand to this time-honored tale of an adventurous young girl who is swept into a strange magical fantasyland. Is it real or a dream? Journey down the rabbit hole in this amazing, lavishly illustrated, full-color rendition that is destined to become a new classic! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 96 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $14.95.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Andy Panda, Raggedy Ann, Homer Pigeon, the Brownies, Oswald, Billy and Bonny Bee, Felix the Cat, and Li'l Eight Ball. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Andy Panda, Li'l Eight Ball, Oswald, Homer Pigeon, Woody Woodpecker, Raggedy Ann, and Billy and Bonny Bee. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Andy Panda, L'il Eight Ball, Woody Woodpecker, Oswald, Homer Pigeon, Raggedy Ann, and Billy and Bonny Bee. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Andy Panda, Li'l Eight Ball, Oswald, Homer Pigeon, Woody Woodpecker, Raggedy Ann, and Billy and Bonny Bee. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.