Auctions: comic books February 2006

Art of Usagi Yojimbo TPB (2006 Dark Horse) 1-1ST FN 6.0

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1st printing. In the tradition of the celebrated collections The Art of Sin City and The Art of Hellboy, Dark Horse is proud to showcase the work of multi award-winning creator Stan Sakai in The Art of Usagi Yojimbo, offered in a softcover format for the first time. The sold-out hardcover edition, timed to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the creation of Sakai's signature character, Usagi Yojimbo, was met with an overwhelming response from thousands of fans around the world. This softcover edition will be printed on the same high-quality paper stock and will feature scores of never-before-seen pieces, a long out-of-print twelve-page primer illustrating how Stan creates each of his Usagi stories, forty-eight full-color pages of Stan's beautiful painted artwork, and more. Additionally, some of the biggest names in comics pay tribute to their favorite rabbit ronin in a fantastic gallery section, with pinups by Frank Miller, Geof Darrow, Jeff Smith, Sergio Aragonés, and Matt Wagner, among others! ? The Art of Usagi Yojimbo HC was nominated for Eisner Awards in the categories of Best Publication Design and Best Comics-Related Book while selling out in less than six months! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 200 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.95.

Marvel Zombies (2005) 1B VF+ 8.5 2nd Printing

2nd Printing Variant Cover - Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN Penciled by SEAN PHILLIPS Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM. Torn from the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe's, an alien virus has mutated all of the world's greatest super heroes into flesh-eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it-but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?!? Follow their search for more food-and witness the arrival of the Silver Surfer! Cover price $2.99.

Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom (2006) 2C CGC 9.4

Paper: White

"Virgin" Edition.

Label #4150192007

Will Conrad "Virgin" Cover - by Peter David, Luke Lieberman, Will Conrad & Gabriele Dell'otto. In this issue, Sonja is wary of this dark handsome stranger, their uneasy allaince is tested when Thulsa interrupts Sonja bathing. A leader emerges from among Doom's men and leads his forces towards the capital.