Comic books 1979 w/ month not specified

Summer Special 1979

Summer Special 1981

Add to cart Fine $12.00

Cover by Joe Kubert. Souvenir program from the 1979 Chicago Comicon.

Four stunning full-color plates by Michael Kaluta. The images feature human/animal creatures in elegant designs as only Kaluta can portray! 11-in. x 14-in. prints on white card stock in an illustrated envelope

Limited Edition Signed and Numbered by Micahel Kaluta - Limited to 1000 copies. This limited edition includes an additional black and white art print along with four stunning full-color plates by Michael Kaluta. The images feature human/animal creatures in elegant designs as only Kaluta can portray! 11-in. x 14-in. prints on white card stock in an illustrated envelope

UK Reprint - 52 Pages

UK Reprint - 52 Pages

UK Reprint - 52 Pages

UK Reprint - 52 Pages

Double Issue: Vol 8, Num 2 AND Vol 8, Num 3. This special double issue includes the following: making Forbidden Planet; a feature on Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Michael Lonsdale on Moonraker; Martin Rosen on Watership Down; a piece on Quatermass; reviews of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Love at First Bite, and Halloween; and more. Cover painting of Robby the Robot by Vincent DiFate. 1979 $4.99 Cover price $4.99.

Vol 8, No. 4, #29. Richard Donner Superman cover by Roger Stine. Timewarp back cover. Donner on Superman. Features on George Pal, Timegate, Planet of Dinosaurs, The Alien Factor, Cray of Cthulu, Vortex, Snails, The Legacy, and Moonraker. Reviews: Superman, Alien, The Bees, The Dark, Dawn of the Dead, Phantasm, and more. 48 pgs. Summer, 1979. Cover price: $2.50. Cover price $4.99.

Vol 9, No. 1, #30. Alien cover art by H.R. Giger. Flesh Gordon II back cover. Making Alien: Behind the Scenes. Features on Saturn 3, Star Trek—The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, Flesh Gordon II, and The Martian Chronicles. Reviews: The Brood, Dracula, Moonraker, Prophecy, Nightwing, and more. 48 pgs. 1979. Cover price: $2.50. Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

This issue includes the following: a preview of The Black Hole; behind the scenes of Salem's Lot (includes interviews with Stephen King, Tobe Hooper, and others); Ray Harryhausen and others on Clash of the Titans; interviews with actors and filmmakers involved with Star Trek: The Motion Picture; reviews of The Muppet Movie, Time After Time, and The Amityville Horror; and more. Salem's Lot cover painting by Roger Stine. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $9.00

Add to cart FN 6.0 $9.00

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $7.49

Written and illustrated by Cliff Harper. Deals with the ups and downs (mostly downs, it seems) of communal life. Originally intended as a six issue series. Cover price $1.00.

"Book of Uriel" - Written by Arthur Horner - 150 Pages

1979 blue background variant. Promotional educational brochure published by Harvey Comics for the Comics Magazine Association of America and distributed to comic book publishers, covering the innovative new color coding technique about to be implemented in the industry. The inside of the brochure explains the advantages of using the system, the one-inch color coded stripe being added to the top of every page of a comic magazine, and how the process works to simplify rotating comic stock magazine. The backside provides a handy sample calendar for publishers. The front cover features the top stars of the major comic book publishers, Superman, Archie, Casper, Dennis the Menace, Spider-Man, and Bugs Bunny. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4", primarily b&w/text interior, 4 pages.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $62.00 View scans

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $59.00 View scans

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $630.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $415.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

1981 yellow background variant. Promotional educational brochure published by Harvey Comics for the Comics Magazine Association of America and distributed to comic book publishers, covering the innovative new color coding technique about to be implemented in the industry. The inside of the brochure explains the advantages of using the system, the one-inch color coded stripe being added to the top of every page of a comic magazine, and how the process works to simplify rotating comic stock magazine. The backside provides a handy sample calendar for publishers. The front cover features the top stars of the major comic book publishers, Superman, Archie, Casper, Dennis the Menace, Spider-Man, and Bugs Bunny. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4", primarily b&w/text interior, 4 pages.

1st printing. German language edition of Comanche: Red Dust by Hermann & Greg. Softcover, 8.5 x 11.25, FC, 48 pages. NOTE: This is No. 2 in the Edel-Western series (a western themed series with 4 rotating characters: Leutnant Blueberry, Comanche, Mac Coy, & Jonathan Cartland).

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $54.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration.

Convention program booklet. "Guest of Honor - Marshall Rogers" by Steve Englehart, "Once and Future Pogo" by Bill Crouch Jr., "Guest of Honor - John Buscema" by Roy Thomas, "Guest of Honor - Curt Swan" by Paul Levitz, plus "Aardvarks, Elves, and Fun" by Phil Seuling. 48 pages. Cover price $3.00.

Published in 1979, this tribute to Dick Briefer, who single-handedly produced the Frankenstein feature during its thirteen year run. Included are Hunchback of Notre Dame from Jumbo Comics #5, Flint Baker in "The One-Eyed Monster Men of Mars" from Planet Comics #1 and profiles and sample art of other features Briefer worked on. "The Magic of Cartoonist Dick Briefer" article by Jim Jones plus art by Jack Davis, Alex Toth and Joe Kubert. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, B&W.

Issue #13 - 1979. Cover by Alan Hanley of Paul Kupperberg and Marv Wolfman. Back cover by Rafael Kayanan. Interview with Kupperberg and Wolfman. Fanzine, movie and book reviews.

nn (No.10 ) Written by Graham Thompson

Stories and art by Audrey V. Buffington and Ted Shearer. Sometimes listed as issue #M-01. King Features presents educational comics, using King Features comic-strip characters to teach subjects in mathematics. This one focuses on weights & measures, timepieces, and geometric shapes. 64 pages, Full Color.

#M-04. King Features presents educational comics, using King Features comic-strip characters like Popeye to teach subjects in mathematics. This one focuses on weights & measures, timepieces, and geometric shapes. 64 pages, Full Color.

Stories and art by Audrey V. Buffington and Ted Shearer. King Features presents educational comics, using King Features comic-strip characters to teach subjects in mathematics. This one focuses on math as a language in science and technology. Tiger and Languages; Popeye Says Follow Directions; Hagar and Symbols; Hi and Lois: No Paper - Pencil Mathematics; Quincy and Machines; Hagar Needs Fractions; Math Puzzle with Hagar; Quincy and Words; Math Puzzle with Quincy; Popeye: The Need to Count; Hi and Lois: Number Lines; Blondie Teaches Counting!; Quincy: Place Value; Math Puzzle with Blondie; Math Puzzle with Quincy. 64 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.65 View scan

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.70

Stories and art by Audrey V. Buffington and Ted Shearer. Sometimes listed as issue #M-03. King Features presents educational comics, using King Features comic-strip characters to teach subjects in mathematics. This one focuses on whole numbers and everything in between. Blondie and Facts; Math Puzzle with Blondie; Popeye Needs to Be Careful; Hi and Lois: No Paper - Pencil Mathematics; Quincy and Machines; Hagar Needs Fractions; Quincy Teaches Fractions; Math Puzzle with Hi and Lois; Popeye Uses Decimals; Math Puzzle with Quincy. 64 pages, Full Color.

An underground comix anthology edited by Tim Boxell and originally published by Kitchen Sink. Features Tussy Comes Back, a Barefootz story by Howard Cruse. More stories and art by Boxell, Richard "Grass" Green, Peter Poplaski, Steve Stiles, Bill Crawford, Steve L. Griffen, and Peter Manesis. Pages are in the correct order. Cover by Boxell. Cover price $0.50. 32 pgs. B&W with color cover. Mature readers - Adult content. Cover price $0.50.

1st (only) printing. After a 6-year hiatus, Last Gasp takes over the publishing of the underground comix anthology edited by Tim Boxell. Features an Alan Rabbit story by Hunt Emerson, and a Gregor the Baboon story by Greg Irons. More stories and art by Boxell, Rich Larson, Steve Stiles, J. Michael Leonard, Steve L. Griffen, and Shawn Kerri. Cover by John Pound. 32 pgs. B&W with color cover. Mature readers - Adult content. Cover price $1.25.

Issue #3 - 1979. Contents include an episode listing of the third season, additions to the Monty Python discography included in earlier issues, bibliography of Python in print, Graham Chapman interview, article on Eric Idle's Beatles parody group The Rutles, and profiles of Graham Chapman and John Cleese. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, black and white. Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. By J.G. Heck. Foreword by Paul Bacon. A massive art reference book, this is a treasure trove of over 11,725 illustrations, copyright-free, and beautifully reproducible. Includes architecture, fine arts, geography and planography, history and ethnology, mathematics and atronomy, mythology and religious rites, military sciences, natural sciences, naval sciences, and technology. Cover price $60.00.

Conan the Barbarian 3-Pack sealed in original Whitman factory bag. This pack contains three comics: numbers 98, 99, & 100. All three are direct-market editions with diamond price boxes; however, #98 also has the blank UPC and is typically identified by collector's as a Whitman Variant because that type of diamond price box was distributed almost exclusively inside the Whitman multi-packs. Cover price $1.09.

Conan the Barbarian 3-Pack sealed in original Whitman factory bag. This pack contains three comics: numbers 101, 102, &103. All three are direct-market editions with diamond price boxes. Cover price $1.09.