"Che " comic books issue 1

Volume 1 - 1st printing. It's Pirate Queens of the Caribbean as illustrated by some of today's hottest artists! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

First Printing. Story, Art, and Cover by Vaughn Bode. A post-humous collection of prose and cartoons created by and dedicated to the legendary underground cartoonist, Vaughn Bode. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 12 1/4". 88 pages. B&W and Color.

US Edition

1st printing.

Story and art by Vaughn Bode.

Includes prose, sequential art, and character designs for Vaughn Bode's Deadbone Erotica.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Canadian Edition

1st printing.

Story and art by Vaughn Bode.

Includes prose, sequential art, and character designs for Vaughn Bode's Deadbone Erotica.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Canadian Edition

2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Vaughn Bode.

Includes prose, sequential art, and character designs for Vaughn Bode's Deadbone Erotica.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: Northern Comfort Communications uses the word Edition instead of printing. 2nd Edition means reprint in this case.

First Edition - 1942. Walt Disney Moveable Book. Hardcover with wire comb-binding, 8" x 10", 10 pages, full-color.

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Released in conjunction with Against the Grain, the Wallace Wood Checklist is the most thorough listing of Wood's work ever published! This fully updated, definitive edition took more than 20 Wood experts over two decades to compile, and lists in exacting detail Woody's published comic work, including dates, story titles, page counts, and even documents the assistants who worked with him! It also includes his newspaper, advertising, and fanzine work, plus a myriad of more obscure Wood pieces such as gum cards, stickers, greeting cards, and more! Also included are listings of his unpublished work, direct from Bill Pearson, executor of Wood's estate, who has access to Wood's own files. Plus, it's profusely illustrated throughout with glorious Wood artwork! It's a must-have item for the serious collector of Wood work! (TwoMorrows Publishing) (CAUT: 4) Magazine, 7x10, 68pg, b&w $5.95 Cover price $5.95.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Summer, 1933, 6.75" x 10", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - September, 1933, 6.75" x 10", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - October 1933, 6.75" x 10", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - November-December, 1933. 6.75" x 10", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $3.60

Add to cart Fine $3.60

(W) Steven L. Frank (A) David Namisato, Danielle Gransaull (CA) David Namisato Straight from the pages of Zombies vs Cheerleaders! Becky is the plucky and caring cheerleader. Bob is the zombie who doesn't want to eat brains, he just wants to fit in and have friends. What sort of craziness do they get into? Check it out in this spectacular first issue! One's hot and the other's a zombie! Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $18.00

1st printing. Collects Zombies vs. Cheerleaders (2010 Moonstone) #1-5 and Zombies vs Cheerleaders: Geektacular (2010 Moonstone). Written by Steven L. Frank. Cover by Bill Maus. This volume collects the first five issues of the hilarity-packed and thrill-inducing series, Zombies vs. Cheerleaders, including every hot cover and a brand new story exclusive to this trade! Includes the first three issues of ZvC, the "Geektacular" special with the 3 Geeks, and the "Flips Out" story! Check out what all the crazy fun is about! Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $16.95.

Mature pinups by Alazar. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing. Written by Molly Booth and Stephanie Kate Strohm. Art and cover by Jamie Green. Heartstopper meets Bring It On in this contemporary graphic novel that reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a queer dramedy! When cheer captain Leah steps down months before graduation, the team is shocked. Waitlisted by her dream college, questioning her identity, and suffering from senioritis, Leah needs to hand the captain's poms off and focus on her future. But when the competition for captaincy goes awry, power-hungry twins take command of the squad and immediately pit the cheerleaders against the basketball team in a fight for glory. Balls fly, pom-poms shake, hearts are broken-and only one person can heal the rift between the teams. But first she'll have to heal herself. As full of heart as it is backflips and three-pointers, King Cheer is a warm and witty story of self-discovery, friendship, and finding the courage to face your future. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Written by Molly Booth and Stephanie Kate Strohm. Art and cover by Jamie Green. Heartstopper meets Bring It On in this contemporary graphic novel that reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a queer dramedy! When cheer captain Leah steps down months before graduation, the team is shocked. Waitlisted by her dream college, questioning her identity, and suffering from senioritis, Leah needs to hand the captain's poms off and focus on her future. But when the competition for captaincy goes awry, power-hungry twins take command of the squad and immediately pit the cheerleaders against the basketball team in a fight for glory. Balls fly, pom-poms shake, hearts are broken-and only one person can heal the rift between the teams. But first she'll have to heal herself. As full of heart as it is backflips and three-pointers, King Cheer is a warm and witty story of self-discovery, friendship, and finding the courage to face your future. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Story, art and cover by Fred Perry. Collects Asrial vs Cheetah (1996) #s 1 & 2. A crossover between Asrial from Ninja High School and Cheetah from Gold Digger. Answering an ancient distress call, Asrial ventures to Earth and encounters Cheetah, a lycanthropic cat-woman, and mistakes her for an enemy. When the actual villain shows up, the warrior women join forces against him. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

1st printing. Written by Mark McKenna. Art by Kevin West and Mark McKenna. Banana Tail is talking to his two best friends Reena and Tic Tac about how the first met his Plaid Zebra Friend, Tic Tac. The chance meeting while avoiding being bullied by nemesis Snap the Alligator and his sidekick Snare the Snake. Hardcover, 36 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $12.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1950-1952!" Story and art by Mort Walker. From the very first Beetle Bailey strips on a college campus through Beetle's enlistment in the U.S. Army, this volume contains the first two years of Mort Walker's famous strips encompassing September 1950 through June 1952. Enjoy two separate casts of quirky characters, the first based on Walker's fraternity brothers at the University of Missouri and the second on his Korean era stint in the Army. These are the strips that won him the Reuben Award in 1953. Beetle Bailey went on to become the third most widely distributed comic strip of all time. Introduction quotes Mort Walker himself! Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Illustrated cardboard sleeve, looks like a matchbook but originally contained four sticks of chewing gum. Big Chief Wahoo was created by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon (Katy Keene creator Bill Woggon's older brother), and appeared in newspaper funnies from 1936 to 1947. The back of the sleeve features some cool premium gifts for the kiddies: A Chief Wahoo War Bonnet, magnetic fighting soldiers, and an adjustable compass ring. #1 of 9 in a series. Manufactured by the Chicle Ad. Corp., Toledo, Ohio. 1-5/8 in. x 4-1/2 in.; color. Cover price $0.01.

Educational Giveaway from the Cherokee Bilingual Education Program. Features the same story in both Cherokee and English along with activities to help learn Cherokee or English. 36 Pages, B&W.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

1st printing. Written by J. T. Petty. Art and cover by Hilary Florido. This isn't John Wayne's heroic Old West. This is the real deal: a filthy, disease-ridden frontier populated by losers, lunatics, and murderers. And when you're a skinny teenager with no family and a name like Chester Kates, your options are limited. It's stand up and fight or roll over and die, so Chester, aka "Lady Kate," is set to fight until it kills him. Chester is hired to ride his horse to a ghost town and burn it to the ground - except the ghost town doesn't just boast a tidy collection of mangled corpses: it also has three living inhabitants who won't be budged. But Chester's been hired for a job, and he'll be damned if he doesn't burn the town to the last cinder! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $18.99.

Story and art by Bryan Talbot. Illustrated Adult Fiction! A cosmic crusade from across the pond. Saddle-Stitched/Staple), 68 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Very Fine $5.00

1st printing. Collects Brave Chef Brianna (2017 Boom #1-4. Written by Sam Sykes. Art by Selina Espiritu. Cover by Bridget Underwood. Fantasy author Sam Sykes (Aeons' Gate) and artist Selina Espiritu present the story of one young chef facing monstrous odds-and literal monsters! Brianna has big dreams of starting her own restaurant. When her ailing father, a celebrity restaurant magnate, poses a challenge to his only daughter and 15 sons, she sets out to create the best restaurant around! Thing is, the only city she can afford to set up shop in is Monster City. Great for fans of Adventure Time and Steven Universe. Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

1st Printing of the Checkerbooks edition - previously published by Greenburg, Publisher, Inc. Written by Tip Bliss and No. 2 in the Thriller-Chiller library of Boris Karloff. Softcover Digest, 4" x 7", 96 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.15.

Buck Jones in "A Timely Arrival" is story #1 of what was supposed to be a series of 30 Buck Jones Adventures sold only with Big Thrill Chewing Gum as an insert. However, we believe only 6 stories were actually printed. 8 pages with 3 pages in color and 5 in black and white, 2-7/8-in. x 2-3/8-in. Copyrighted in 1934 by Chester Gould and The Goudy Gum Co., Boston. (See also Buck Rogers, Dick Tracy and Tailspin Tommy.)

Buck Rogers in "Thwarting Ancient Demons" is story #1 of what was supposed to be a series of 30 Buck Jones Adventures sold only with Big Thrill Chewing Gum as an insert. However, we believe only 6 stories were actually printed. 8 pages with 3 pages in color and 5 in black and white, 2-7/8-in. x 2-3/8-in. Copyrighted in 1934 by Chester Gould and The Goudy Gum Co., Boston. (See also Buck Jones, Dick Tracy and Tailspin Tommy.)

1st printing. A kids book on the California Raisins. This is a flashback to the 1960s when this group was on tv and big hit with the kids. The raisins come to life and do fun activities. Softcover,8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

2nd and later printings. A kids book on the California Raisins. This is a flashback to the 1960s when this group was on tv and big hit with the kids. The raisins come to life and do fun activities. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

1st printing. By Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle. In engaging and humorous graphic style, these Cartoon Guides, featuring topics ranging from chemisty to sex, are complete, up-to-date discussions that use cartoon drawings to illustrate the various topics. Softcover, 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

2nd and later printings. By Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle. In engaging and humorous graphic style, these Cartoon Guides, featuring topics ranging from chemisty to sex, are complete, up-to-date discussions that use cartoon drawings to illustrate the various topics. Softcover, 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. By Spain Rodriguez. Since his death in 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara has become a universally known revolutionary icon and political figure whose image is among the most recognizable in the world. This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes new life into his story, portraying his struggle through the medium of the underground political comic. Spain Rodriguez's powerful artwork illuminates Che's life and the experiences that shaped him, from his motorcycle journey through Latin America, his rise to prominence in Fidel Castro's revolutionary movement, his African travels, his involvement in the insurgency that led to his death in Bolivia, and his extraordinary legacy. Softcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 106 pages. B&W. Cover price $15.95.

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Hill and Wang Edition - 1st printing. Written by Sid Jacobson. Art by Ernie Colon. Following Che from his fabled motorcycle journeys with Alberto Granado as a young medical student to his eventual execution at the hands of Bolivian soldiers and CIA operatives, Che: A Graphic Biography provides both a concrete time line of his life and gives a broader understanding of his beliefs, his legacy, and Latin American politics during the mid-twentieth century. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $22.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Ben Katchor. Cheap Novelties is an early testament to Ben Katchor's extraordinary prescience as both a gifted cartoonist and an astute urban character. Rumpled, middle-aged, Julius Knipl photographs a vanishing city, an urban landscape of low-rent apartment buildings, obsolete industries, monuments to forgotten people and events, and countless sources of inexpensive food. Now presented as a deluxe anniversary edition, Cheap Novelties is a portrait of what we have lost to gentrification, globalization, and the malling of America that is as moving today as it was a quarter century ago. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $22.95.

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Art by Kelly Ishikawa. Preview comic featuring two upcoming Enemy Transmission publications, The Equation and Valhalla at the Bar. NOTE: Some copies may be signed.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00

1st printing. By Ron Goulart. Cheap Thrills is considered the definitive history of pulps, and famed pop culture historian Ron Goulart delves into the background of the well-known and not-so-famous writers who began their professional life as pulp magazine contributors, including Harold Lamb, Major George Fielding Eliotm Dashell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Ray Bradbury, and Tennessee Williams, to name a few. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.50

1st printing. Story and art by Christine Norrie. The debut graphic novel from the artist of Hopeless Savages! Continuing the tradition of Dumped, Christine Norrie's Cheat is a modern tale of romance and the failure of love in NYC. Janey and Marc live a hectic lifestyle that constantly keeps them apart. Then Janey ends up in the arms of another man, and the façade of a happy relationship the couple has built begins to crumble around them. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing.

Written by S.A. Foxe. Art and cover by Daz.

An erotic graphic novel that pushes all the right buttons, Cheat(er) Code is a hilarious, sexy, and surprisingly tender story about navigating heartbreak and rediscovering your own confidence.

When Kennedy is transported into his video game console after a relationship-changing fight with his boyfriend, he'll need to confront his biggest fears to get back to reality before the game glitches him out of existence. Thankfully, his favorite video game characters are there to help him rebound, and sometimes, the unexpected (and unexpectedly hot) is just what you need to hit the reset button.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $15.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Hockey!"

Story by NGOZI Ukazu.

The hilarious and heartbreaking confessions of a figure skater turned collegiate hockey player who's terrified of checking - and is desperately in love with the captain of his hockey team! Eric Bittle is a former Georgia junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and amateur pâtissier. But as accomplished as he is, nothing could prepare him for his freshman year of playing hockey at the prestigious Samwell University in Samwell, Massachusetts. It's nothing like co-ed club hockey back in the South! For one? There's checking. Second, there is Jack, his very attractive but moody captain. Collecting the first half of the mega-popular webcomic series.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Hockey!"

Story by NGOZI Ukazu.

The hilarious and heartbreaking confessions of a figure skater turned collegiate hockey player who's terrified of checking - and is desperately in love with the captain of his hockey team! Eric Bittle is a former Georgia junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and amateur pâtissier. But as accomplished as he is, nothing could prepare him for his freshman year of playing hockey at the prestigious Samwell University in Samwell, Massachusetts. It's nothing like co-ed club hockey back in the South! For one? There's checking. Second, there is Jack, his very attractive but moody captain. Collecting the first half of the mega-popular webcomic series.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65

Doonesbury Classic: Book 25 - 1st printing. By GB Trudeau. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $5.95.

1st printing.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

2nd and later printings.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Comic stories by James Sturm. 8.25-in. x 10.75-in.; black and white; 32 pages on white paper. Cover price $2.75.