Hans comic books issue 1

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "From 1900 to Post-WWII!"

The first commercial camera was introduced in 1839. By 1865 technology enabled ordinary men to create photographic negatives, and they immediately began taking and distributing photos of naked women.

The French led the way, and it was the French who produced the first nude magazines in 1880. Newsstand magazines followed, and the elegant La Vie Parisienne (Paris Life), full of sexy fiction and illustrations, debuted in 1914. It might all have stayed in Paris if not for WWI, when German and American troops carried the magazines home.

American Wilford Fawcett launched Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang (named after a WWI bomb) in 1919, helping launch the first sexual revolution of the 1920s, leading to SEX magazine from birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger. The 1930s economic depression boosted demand for cheap escape, and men's magazines delivered. There were film magazines of sexy starlets; "model study" art magazines; hardcore comics called Tijuana Bibles; "spicy" fiction digests with sexy painted covers; and detective titles of bad dames. When another world war erupted it required pinup magazines for fighting men, and after the war new men's magazines rose from the ashes.

Volume 1 of this series features over 700 covers and photos from France, Germany, the U.S., England, Turkey, Austria, Spain, Argentina and more, plus informative text.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 460 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $70.00.

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Whitman Reprint Edition. Written by Mary Mapes Dodge and illustrated by Alice Carsey. Hardcover with full-color dust jacket. 6" x 8.25", 239 pages, text with occasional illustrations.

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1st printing.

Written by Sarah Hines Stephens. Art and cover by Agnes Garbowska.

In Batman's latest training test, Batgirl and Robin are dropped off in a remote location and must find their way home to the Batcave, without relying on any gadgets. But as the young heroes stumble into a cornfield, they discover something the Dark Knight didn't plan for: the Scarecrow's secret house of corn! The villain soon captures the duo, locking up Robin and forcing Batgirl to assist in perfecting his new terror toxin.

Can the two use their wits to escape the frightful foe, or will they be stuck in sweet nightmares forever?

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 72 pages, Text (with full color illustrations). All Ages

Cover price $6.95.

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Belgian Dutch Edition. Reprints the French comic "Hans - La dernière île". 8 1/2" X 11 1/4". 52 pages. Full Color. Dutch Language.

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Whitman Reprint Edition. Written by Mary Mapes Dodge and illustrated by Arthur Jameson. Hardcover with full-color dust jacket. 6" x 8.25", 237 pages, text with occasional illustrations.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Sierra Barnes. There are some acts that can never truly be forgiven. It's the height of WWII, and the Nazi forces are driving through Europe. Decorated German fighter pilot Hans Vogel follows orders and doesn't ask questions. It's worked out well for him... so far. But when his plane is shot down in the middle of an air raid over London, he is dead before he hits the ground. And that's only the beginning of his problems. Sierra Barnes weaves a rich anti-fascist fairytale about the importance of recognizing past wrongs, even - especially - when it's easier not to. Softcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.