Archie The Best of Dan Decarlo HC (2010 IDW) comic books 2009-2011

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Dan DeCarlo. Beginning his career at Archie in the mid 1950s, Dan DeCarlo soon became the main artist on Betty and Veronica, and drew every Archie character at one time or another in his nearly 50-year career with Archie. Reproduced from the original art and recolored to ensure the highest possible quality reproduction, the stories in this collection are from what is generally regarded as DeCarlo's best period-the mid 1950s to the early 1970s. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 152 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Dan DeCarlo. The second collection of Dan DeCarlo classics starts once again in the 1950s and travels through the 1960s and into the '70s. You'll find gorgeous and hysterically funny stories, each scanned from DeCarlo original art, and meticulously re-colored using the actual comics they were first published in as guides. To the long-time reader, it will feel like these books were straight off the rack at your local soda shop. To new readers, you will find the mastery of Dan DeCarlo and his collaborators as fresh and new today as when it was first published. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 152 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Art by Dan DeCarlo. The third Best of Dan DeCarlo volume continues in the tradition of Volumes one and two, collecting beautiful, vintage stories by DeCarlo Showcasing his numerous artistic skills. If Jack Kirby was the King of comics then Dan DeCarlo was the Emperor of Archie-and when you read this volume you'll understand why! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 152 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.