The pro comic books issue 1

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1st printing.

Story and art by Heloise Chochois.

A young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He wakes up in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been amputated. Then a portrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak to him. The subject of the painting introduces himself as Ambroise Paré, the French barber-surgeon who revolutionized the art of amputation. From this wonderfully absurd premise, the two begin an imaginary conversation that takes them through a sweeping history of surgical amputation, from the Stone Age to the Space Age.

Unencumbered by pathos or pedagogy, this graphic novel explores the world of amputation, revealing fascinating details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies.

Softcover, 160 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $18.95.

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Story and Art by Roger Mason. 8 1/4-in x 11 1/2-in, 16 Pages, Full Color.

Bone Ashcan. Promotional material for the Full Color Graphic Novel Editions of Bone published by Scholastic Graphix.

1st printing. Story and art by Becky Cloonan. BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE collects BECKY CLOONAN's award-winning trilogy: WOLVES, THE MIRE, and DEMETER, with lush colors by LEE LOUGHRIDGE and a sketchbook/illustration section. These stories cast a spell of hypnotic melancholy, weaving their way through medieval landscapes of ancient curses and terrible truths that will haunt you long after you've set them down. Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

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2nd and later printings. Story and art by Becky Cloonan. BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE collects BECKY CLOONAN's award-winning trilogy: WOLVES, THE MIRE, and DEMETER, with lush colors by LEE LOUGHRIDGE and a sketchbook/illustration section. These stories cast a spell of hypnotic melancholy, weaving their way through medieval landscapes of ancient curses and terrible truths that will haunt you long after you've set them down. Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

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A promotional comic and activity book given away to young guests of Long John Silver's ®

Issue #1 - June 1992. Written and illustrated by Dwayne Ferguson. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 32 pages, black and white. Cover price $2.50.

1st Printing. In the now-grand tradition of Hero Initiative's previous and wildly successful 100 Project books, Marvel's Sentinel of Liberty now comes to the fore! ALL of Hero's original covers to Marvel Comics' Captain America #1 are on display in this great book, with art by John Cassaday, Alan Davis, Dave Gibbons, Adam Kubert, George Pérez, Walter Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Dan Jurgens, Michael Avon Oeming, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jim Cheung, Terry Dodson, Joe Jusko, Jerry Ordway, Ron Lim, Al Milgrom, Joe Staton, Ron Garney, Whilce Portacio, Barry Kitson, Rick Leonardi, Ed McGuinness, Fabio Moon, Kevin Nowlan, Alex Saviuk, Andy Smith, Todd Nauck, Tom Raney, Jim Valentino, Joe Sinnott, Rafael Albuquerque, Kristin Allen, Kaare Andrews, Chris Bachalo, Ron Randall, Chris Samnee, Stuart Sayger, Ty Templeton, Dan Brereton, Allen Bellman, Jim Brozman, Jeffrey Brown, Tom Brevoort, Chris Burnham, Dave Bullock, Ken Lashley, John McCrea, Mike McKone, Jim Calafiore, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Daniel Campos, Joyce Chin, Max Fiumara, Chris Giarusso, Fred Hembeck, Scott Koblish, Steve Lieber, Rodolfo Migliari, Khoi Pham, Paolo Rivera, Matt Smith, Mike Vasquez, Ian Churchill, Tony Fleecs, Benjamin Glendenning, Christopher Ivy, Chris Moreno, Sean Phillips, Tone Rodriguez, Hainanu Saulque, Rich Woodall, Dennis Culver, Cat Farris, Christian Gossett, Phil Hester, Lukas Ketner, Marat Mychaels, Tony Parker, Craig Rousseau, Ron Chan, Matthew Clark, Kieron Dwyer, Agnes Garbowska, Gabriel Hardman, Chris Herndon, Drew Johnson, Greg Land, Marcos Martin, Ted McKeever, Jolyon Yates, Rich Ellis, Sebastian Fiumara, James Harren, Casey Jones, Richard Pace, J.J. Shaw, Fiona Staples and Adam Warren! Through special arrangement with Marvel Comics, there will be ONLY ONE PRINTING OF THIS BOOK EVER! Get it now so you don't blow your chance! Softcover, 112 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $12.99.

Story, art and cover by Warren Tuft. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Reprints strips from 5/14/1951 to 10/9/1951. Western hero Casey Ruggles has adventures during the days of the California Gold Rush. This issue includes Juan Soto, The Prophet Julius, and King of the Horsemen. 9 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Chirality: To the Promised Land (1997) #1-4.

Story and art by Satoshi Urushihara.

Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $2.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Chirality: To the Promised Land (1997) #1-4.

Story and art by Satoshi Urushihara.

Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. By Fredrik Stromberg. As one of the most effective and powerful forms of communication, it comes as no surprise that comic art has been misappropriated by governments, self-interest groups, do-gooders, and sinister organizations to spread their message. World War II comic book propaganda-with Superman, Batman, and Captain America raising war bonds, and bashing cartoon Japanese and Germans-was so ubiquitous that there was barely a US comic untainted by the war effort. The sub-textual sequential art continued well into the Cold War, with both sides producing comics extolling themselves and defaming the enemy. Softcover, 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $19.99.

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Free Comic Book Day Promotional Edition. 1st Printing. B&W.

1st printing. By Dennis O'Neil, Max Allan Collins, Peter David, Bill Mumy, Kurt Busiek, Jeff Millar, Marv Wolfman, Mike Baron, Steve Englehart, Nat Gertler, Neil Kleid, and Paul Dini. Comics writers are good writers, as this collection of prose stories shows. Comics Prose includes Max Allan Collins' Edgar Award-nominated tale featuring his creation, female detective Ms. Tree; a horror tale collaboration between Peter David and Bill Mumy; stories from Dennis O'Neil and Kurt Busiek; and seven more! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, Text Only. Cover price $9.95.

1st (2014) Edition - 1st printing. By Andrew Hoberek. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen has been widely hailed as a landmark in the development of the graphic novel. Considering Watchmen gives readers a new appreciation of just how radical Moore and Gibbons's blend of gritty realism and formal experimentation was back in 1986. The book also considers Watchmen's place in the history of the comics industry, as well as how it has had profound effects on literature as a whole. Andrew Hoberek examines how Moore and Gibbons engaged with the emerging discourses of neoconservatism and neoliberal capitalism, ideologies that have only become more prominent in subsequent years. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 228 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations).

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1st printing. Collects Cyberpunk: The Seraphim Files (1990) #1-2. Written by Chris Todd. Art by Doug Talalla. When the AAEH (the Autonomous Agency for the Enforcement of Humanity) says to do something, you'd better get it done. You don't want to disappoint them. Elle (the muscle) and Shinano (the brain) are agents of the AAEH, whose mission is simple: Stop the man known as Deacon. Specifically, stop him from killing the Godly Scion of the Genetic Eden Party, Fylon Dregger. The year is 2095 A.D., and Fylon Dregger is likely to become the next president of the Galactic Congress. All Elle and Shinano have to do is survive a sadistic hotel that thinks it's Hell, track down and kill a man who is no longer human, defeat an alien group entity, and wrap the whole thing up with a minimum of destruction. Oh well...three out of four isn't bad, is it? Softcover, 70 pages, full color. Cover price $6.95.

First Progress Report for the 1973 D-Con. 8.5" x 11", 8 pages, B&W.

Colelction featuring the art of Hank Jankus, John Severin, Barry Windsor-Smith, Richard Corben, Vaughn Bode, Stephen Fabian, Wally Wood, James Odbert, Phillipe Druillet, Roy Krenkel, Jeff Easly, Berni Wrightson, Nestor Redondo, Jeff Jones, Howard Chaykin, Marcus Boas, Jim Fitzpatrick, George Barr, Clyde Caldwell, Alex Nino, Michael Kaluta and Reed Crandall. 8.5-in x 11-in. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Written by Martin Powell, art by Seppo Makinen. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. By Kevin Tinsley. This book is the ultimate reference guide used by professionals throughout the industry. With over 300 illustrations, and detailed instructions, this manual will provide the answers and solutions you will need to successfully print a magazine, Whether you are planning to publish your own comic, or want to provide the best reproducible art possible, this item is a must-have for your professional library. You will learn the computer procedures used by virtually every major comic book company and production department including: scanning, separations, lettering, trapping, and covers! Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $36.95.

1st printing. Writen by Justin Richards. Art and Cover by Mike Collins. At the height of the Great War, Hellcombe Hall is a house full of mystery: locked doors, forbidden rooms, dustsheets covering guilty secrets, and ghostly noises frightening the servants. Most mysterious of all, the drawing room seems to open directly onto a muddy corpse-filled trench on the Western Front. Arriving at this stately home, the Doctor meets Lord Hellcombe, an armaments manufacturer who has a new secret weapon he believes will win the war: the "Dalek." Soon, the Doctor and his new friends are in a race against time to prevent the entire Western Front from becoming part of the Dalek Project! Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $23.99.

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Program book for the 1996 Dynamic Forces Convention. Features Exclusive Creator Profiles, News, Articles and Art. 6.5" x 10.25", 48 Pages, Full Color.

Program book for the 1996 Dynamic Forces Convention Signed by Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Joe Quesada, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Mark Waid. Features Exclusive Creator Profiles, News Articles and Art. 48 Pages, Full Color.

Assumed first year Programme Booklet for Earl Carroll's supper club at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Photos of the girls and stage sets of Carroll's productions. Assumed 1939, 8.5" x 11", 32 pages, B&W.

Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Written by Sou Akaike, Art and Cover by Maro Aoiro. Character design by Kururi. Van, the fourth son of a powerful noble, is only two years old when he remembers his past life as a salaryman in Japan. With his adult brain in a young body, hes considered a child prodigy…until he displays the Production Magic skill when he turns eight. In a family that favors offensive magic, this crafting skill is considered useless in battle, and Van is banished to oversee a tiny country town in disgrace. With only his personal maid, his fathers butler, a knight, a rescued slave, the memories of his past life, and his worthless magic, can Van improve the fortunes of this little village—and himself? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 204 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

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1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four: Prodigal Sun (2019), Silver Surfer: Prodigal Sun (2019 Marvel) and Guardians of the Galaxy: Prodigal Sun (2019).

Written by Peter David. Art by Francesco Manna. Cover by Mico Suayan.

The saga of the Prodigal unites the Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and Guardians of the Galaxy!

Who is this strange alien being that has crash-landed in the Savage Land? When a race of swamp-dwelling barbarians begin worshiping Prodigal, Ka-Zar and Shanna recruit the Fantastic Four to help them stop the barbarians' plans to conquer the entirety of their savage world! If Prodigy is ever to find his way home, the one individual who can help him get there is the Silver Surfer. But the pair have history, dating back to when the Surfer was herald to Galactus! And worse is yet to come: When Prodigal returns home to find a tragedy, he is branded an outlaw - and the Guardians of the Galaxy side with his greatest enemy!

Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Rated T+

Cover price $15.99.

High Rise Comics Exclusive Variant cover by Matthew Waite - limited to 50 copies. Cover homage to Batman (1940) #251. Story by C.W. Cooke. Art by Dan Glasl. Comic book biography covering famous musician, Lady Gaga.

Izzy's Comics Exclusive Variant Cover by Martin Gimenez. Cover homage to Catwoman (2002 3rd Series) #51. Story by C.W. Cooke. Art by Dan Glasl. Comic book biography covering famous musician, Lady Gaga.

Special Edition for Dick Tracy Fan Club members. Limited to 100 copies (Though there are copies numbered above 100). Features 66 pages of comics with 30+ pages of Flattop facts, history, memories, art, and special treats. Art and stories by Chester Gould. Softcover, 11" x 17", 100 pages, PC/PB&W.

1st printing.

Based on the story by Mary Shelley. Adapted by E Jackson. Art by Charles Yates and Eric Jackson. Cover by Joshua Werner.

Presenting a faithful adaptation of the classic novel from Mary Shelley. Based on the original story itself rather than the various cinematic films, this is a rendition of Frankenstein, the haunting and sophisticated tale that you may not have seen before. Shunned by his creator, the monster is forced to find acceptance in a world that is both confusing and frightening to him. The monster becomes enraged at the treatment that he receives and seeks revenge against mankind which has rejected him merely because he is different.

Softcover, 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.99.

Regular Edition - 1st printing. Collects Frankenstein: Prodigal Son (2008) #1-5. Based on the story by Dean Koontz. Adapted by Chuck Dixon. Art by Brett Booth. In the 19th century, Dr. Victor Frankenstein brought his first creation to life, but a horrible turn of events forced him to abandon his creation and fall away from the public eye. Now, two centuries later, a serial killer is on the loose in New Orleans, and he's salvaging body parts from each of his victims, as if he's trying to create the perfect person. But the two detectives assigned to the case are about to discover that something far more sinister is going on! Collecting the five issue miniseries, New York Times Bestselling author Dean Koontz, legendary comic book writer Chuck Dixon, and acclaimed artist Brett Booth present a story that is filled with adventure, action, horror, and more! Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Previews Exclusive Edition - 1st printing. Collects Frankenstein: Prodigal Son (2008) #1-5. Based on the story by Dean Koontz. Adapted by Chuck Dixon. Art by Brett Booth. In the 19th century, Dr. Victor Frankenstein brought his first creation to life, but a horrible turn of events forced him to abandon his creation and fall away from the public eye. Now, two centuries later, a serial killer is on the loose in New Orleans, and he's salvaging body parts from each of his victims, as if he's trying to create the perfect person. But the two detectives assigned to the case are about to discover that something far more sinister is going on! Collecting the five issue miniseries, New York Times Bestselling author Dean Koontz, legendary comic book writer Chuck Dixon, and acclaimed artist Brett Booth present a story that is filled with adventure, action, horror, and more! Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Advertising promotional booklet written and illustrated by major cartoonists of the day. Photo cover of Fred Allen, a popular comedian from the golden age of radio. Contents feature Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller, Reg'lar Fellers by Gene Byrnes, Mutt and Jeff by Bud Fisher, and several other comic strips/cartoons. Softcover, 32 Pages, B&W.

Program Book for a charming puppet production of the Tarzan story. Illustrated with photos. 5.5" x 8.5", 36 pages, B&W.

Issue #1 - 1998. Vampires Tattoo comic by Art Weatherell. Pinups, reviews and more. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. Collects Ghost in the Shell: 1.5 Human Error Processor (2006) #1-8. Story and art by Shirow Masamune. Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging technoscape, the covert-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers the digital future has to offer. Whether dealing with remote-controlled corpses, lethally malfunctioning micromachines, or cop-killer cyborgs, Section 9 is determined to serve and protect . . . and reboot some cybercrook ass! Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $17.95.

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Written by Joe Harris. Art by Steve Rolston. U.S. Weapons Inspector Will Haley has seen his share of scary stuff. When your job routinely involves donning a hazmat suit, grabbing your Geiger counter and jetting into sometimes-hostile territory, 'scary' feels almost normal. But when the alarm sounds at an abandoned Soviet facility, Haley, along with Russian 'operativnik' Anya Romanova, must track a stolen weapon unlike any they've encountered before. What is the 'Dosvidanya' project... and are they too late to stop it? Cover price $3.99.

Stories, Art, and Cover by Richard "Grass" Green. Green is an underground legend with a humorous, irreverent take on any subject, a strong pen line, and a prolific library. 36 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

1st printing. A collections of original arts that includes; concept and character designs, pin-up and an original comic in the making. From rough pencil sketches to full illustrations, depicting monsters, warriors and amazons in epic battle. Signed by Hoang Nguyen. Hardcover, 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

1st printing, limited to 1000 copies. Written and illustrated by Keu Cha. "The Lost Issue". This prologue book contains all black and white sketch art comics and tells the origin stories of several characters from "Hex: The Lost Tribe", as well as creator bios and more. 7.5-in. x 11.5-in. 32 pages, B&W.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Mannie Murphy.

In this graphic memoir, what begins as an affectionate reminiscence of the author's 1990s teenage infatuation with the late actor River Phoenix morphs into a remarkable, sprawling account of the city of Portland and state of Oregon's dark history of white nationalism. Murphy is a Portland native who has a genuine affection for River Phoenix, and her heart-racing descriptions of scenes like the infamous campfire kiss My Own Private Idaho serves as a moral anchor to a deeply amoral history. Murphy details the relationship between white supremacist Tom Metzger, former KKK GrandWizard and founder of the White Aryan Resistance, and the "Rose City" street kids like Ken Death that infiltrated Van Sant's films - a relationship that culminates in an infamous episode of Geraldo.

Told in the style of an illustrated diary, with wet, blue ink washes, this story brilliantly weaves 1990s alternative culture with two centuries of the Pacific Northwest's shameful history as a hotbed for white nationalism: from the Whitman massacre in 1847; to the Ku Klux Klan's role in Portland's city planning in the early 1900s; to the shameful treatment of African Americans displaced in the 1948 Vanport flood; and through the 2014 armed standoff with Cliven Bundy's cattle ranch.

The other protagonist in this story is Murphy herself, a gender queer kid trying to process all of this. Mannie Murphy is an artist living in Portland, OR.

Hardcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Written by Robert Kirkman. Art and cover by Tony Moore.

The all-new IMAGE GIANT-SIZED ARTIST'S PROOF EDITION series presents special artist achievements in their raw form in an oversized format. TONY MOORE's gritty line work from THE WALKING DEAD #1 is presented here in glorious black and white inks, free of grey tones, at 11x17.

Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 11-in. x 17-in., 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

Australian McDonald's giveaway. Art and story by Kevin Somers. 24 pgs, full color.

1st printing. By Carrie Harris. Cover by Xteve Abanto. Dormammu, Lord of the Dark Dimension's conquest of the Earth is almost complete, with a stranglehold on the minds of its citizens. Only a few have managed to resist him... To free the world, Doctor Strange must reassemble his Shadow Avengers, while Tony Stark and a team of amoral tech geniuses cook up a tech defense to the mind control. As the Shadow Avengers defend Earth and against those heroes under Dormammu's influence, it's up to Ms. Marvel to enter the Dark Dimension and enlist an unthinkable enemy, for only Venom can help her destroy the evil sorcerer within. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 352 pages, Text Only. Cover price $16.95.

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(W) Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl (A) Karl Kerschl, Msassyk (CA) Karl Kerschl Who were Olwyn and Rook before the ISOLA adventure began? Check out the first appearance of the characters from the bestselling, Miyazaki-inspired fantasy by BRENDEN FLETCHER and KARL KESCHL in this very special ISOLA: PROLOGUE one-shot, which was originally serialized as bonus material in MOTOR CRUSH issues #1-5 from December 2016-April 2017

1st printing. Story and art by Kyle Starks. Don "TheDragonWilson" Jones is the finest fighter Benjamin Harrison High School has ever produced. But when he enters the ring against Lincoln High's Sam Steadman, it's love at first knockout. Unfortunately, Sam has a jerky ex-boyfriend...and Don has a seriously terrifying ex-girlfriend. Like, "global crime cartel" terrifying. From prom to the after-party to graduation, Don and Sam-and an increasingly eclectic cast of supporting oddballs-will have to fight their way through a gauntlet of opponents, all in the name of love (and punching). Did we mention the punching? Fast-paced, madcap, and completely free of any kind of redeeming or morally thoughtful content, KARATE PROM is a loving homage to teen comedies of the '80s as well as badly dubbed kung-fu films. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

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Written by Scott Stewart and Tom Waltz. Art by Alberto Muriel and J.F. Bruckner. Legion is the Sony/Screen Gems feature coming in January 2010 and featuring an all-out war between Heaven and Earth. Legion: Prophets, a weekly, 4-part series, introduces us to the 'Prophets'-ordinary people who have yet to understand the powers they possess and their very special role in the apocalyptic events that are about to sweep across the globe two days before Christmas. The series is plotted by the film's director, Scott Stewart, and scripted by Tom Waltz (Silent Hill: Sinner's Reward). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.