Red Book comic books issue 1

1st printing. By John Eric Holmes and Geary Gravel. Cover by Richard Hescox. Foreword and Frontpieces by Christopher West Holmes. The groundbreaking Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe series continues with the thrilling sequel to Mahars of Pellucidar by John Eric Holmes in its first authorized edition! Chris West's deadly prowess with his weapon of choice had earned him the name Red Axe in the Stone Age world of Pellucidar at the Earth's core. Sentenced to die along with the woman he loved by the merciless Mahars, West had fought his way free of the lethal laboratories and ghastly arenas of their underground city. Now he must carve a path for his small band of fugitives through a primordial landscape teeming with monstrous beasts and brutish men bent on their destruction. Includes the bonus novella "Jason Gridley of Earth: Across the Moons of Mars-A Tale of the Swords of Eternity Super-Arc" by Geary Gravel! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 298 pages, Text Only. Cover price $21.95.

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1st Printing - Written by Stephen Crane. Art by E.R. Cruz. Softcover, 5" x 8", 64 pages, B&W.

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Red Ball Comic Book was a promotional comic book distributed by Red Ball-Band Shoes. "Stories of Sports and Adventure" Reprints comics from various Parents' Magazine Press titles. 7.5-in x 10.25-in, 36 Pages, Full Color.

1948. Written by Louis Shomer. Cover and art by Seaman. Jokes, cartoons and puns. 3.5-in. x 5-in. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

1st printing.

By Max Cannon. Foreword by Gregory McNamee.

A collection of comic strip spotlighting the twisted humor of Max Cannon.

Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8 1/2-in. x 5 1/2-in., 112 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Fine $8.99

1st printing. "Two Stories!" "I live in Cape Town. It's a beautiful, dirty, dangerous, laid back port town on the tip of Southern Africa where the people drive fast and talk slow," narrates Dave, aka the Red Monkey, in The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book, Joe Daly's sensational follow up to his debut short story collection Scrublands (a 2006 Ignatz Award Nominee). The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book features two of Dave's adventures: "The Leaking Cello Case" and "John Wesley Harding." In the introductory story, Dave, who is equipped with monkey feet that enable him to climb most anything, has a Very Bad Day until - accompanied by his didgeridoo-wielding, freeloading friend Paul and assisted by his babysitting charge Chu Woo - he solves a mystery, getting the girl in the process. "John Wesley Harding" is a tale stuffed to the gills with with action, adventure, conspiracy theories and weed, as Dave and Paul, in their quest to find a missing capybara named after the Bob Dylan album, stumble across an environmental menace with criminal implications. In this full-color graphic novel, Daly expertly cartoons the Cape Town milieu, the wetlands that surround it, and the ethnically diverse oddballs who occupy it. Dave and Paul, a well-meaning pair of stoners in the tradition of Cheech and Chong or Harold and Kumar, not only get into hilarious trouble in their rambles, but also ask the larger questions, such as "what the hell am I doing with my life?" and "what steps can I personally take to help protect the earth and the other species that inhabit it?" (though most people's answers to these questions don't include sword fights and hovercrafts). The South African cartoonist brings a refreshingly original -and utterly hilarious- voice to the comics medium, a dry, deadpan wit anchored in everyday reality combined with an outrageously deranged plot, rendered in a style that somehow successfully merges detailed representational drawing with bigfoot cartooning. The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book, which is sometimes noirish, often funny and always politically incorrect, is well-suited to older teens and adults. Hardcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $22.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Otis Frampton. While taking a tour of Area 54 with her grandmother, the President of the United States, little Ruby Topper discovers a mysterious little alien carrying a red hood. When Ruby dons the crimson cape and cowl, it grants her amazing superpowers! But will her newfound abilities be enough to save the White House - and her grandmother - from the rampaging Big Bad Wolf-Bot? Softcover, 40 pages, full color. Cover price $5.95.

Written by Gail Simone. Art by Walter Geovanni. Cover by Jenny Frison. ONLY ONE DOLLAR!!! Red Sonja gets a fresh new attitude by the dream team of writer Gail Simone and artist Walter Geovani, on the book they were born to create. Sonja pays back a blood debt owed to the one man who has gained her respect, even if it means leading a doomed army to their certain deaths! You do not want to miss this re-introduction the She-devil with a Sword! Cover price $1.00.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "An Earthquake Story!"

Written by Silvia Vecchini. Art by Sualzo.

Matteo, Guilia, and Federico have ordinary lives: they spend time with friends, help out their families, go to school, and deal with the many mood swings that come with growing up. Then, in a single night, everything changes. The ground shakes. An earthquake devastates their town and their security. But after everything is gone, life must go on. Anger and fear affect everyone in the community, but each of them must find a way to begin again. In the aftermath, the roots for stronger friendships can be laid amid the rubble.

This graphic novel provides a look at how natural disaster can strike and forever change a community.

Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Eddie Pittman. Red's Planet, an intergalactic graphic novel fantasy series from award-winning cartoonist Eddie Pittman (writer/story artist for Disney's hit TV series Phineas and Ferb), is a nonstop adventure with a unique cast of characters unlike any you've ever seen before. Meet Red, a quirky, headstrong 10-year-old who longs to live in her own perfect paradise far away from her annoying foster family. But when a UFO mistakenly kidnaps her, Red finds herself farther away than she could have possibly imagined-across the galaxy and aboard an enormous spaceship owned by the Aquilari, an ancient creature with a taste for rare and unusual treasures. Before Red can be discovered as a stowaway, the great ship crashes on a small deserted planet, leaving her marooned with a menagerie of misfit aliens. With her newfound friend, a small gray alien named Tawee, Red must find a way to survive the hostile castaways, evade the ravenous wildlife, and contend with Goose, the planet's grumpy, felinoid custodian. Surely this can't be the paradise she's been hoping for. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Golden Anniversary Edition - 1st printing. In 1939 Robert L. May, a copywriter working at Chicago's Montgomery Ward & Co., wrote a holiday story at the request of his employer. Almost two and a half million copies of the little tale about a reindeer with a shiny red nose were given away to all the children who visited Montgomery Ward stores that year. The rest is history. Seventy-five years later, the beloved classic is once again available in a hardcover faithful facsimile of the 1939 Rudolph, with original text and original Denver Gillen illustrations. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, Text (with Illustrations) Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Story by Rick Bunsen. Art by Arkadia. Children ages 3-6 will love to read this Little Golden Book retelling of the classic 1964 holiday TV special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. All of the other reindeer make fun of Rudolph and won't let him play in their reindeer games because he's different. But when Christmas is almost cancelled because of a huge snowstorm, Rudolph comes to the rescue with his wonderful shiny red nose. Hardcover, 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

2nd and later printings. Story by Rick Bunsen. Art by Arkadia. Children ages 3-6 will love to read this Little Golden Book retelling of the classic 1964 holiday TV special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. All of the other reindeer make fun of Rudolph and won't let him play in their reindeer games because he's different. But when Christmas is almost cancelled because of a huge snowstorm, Rudolph comes to the rescue with his wonderful shiny red nose. Hardcover, 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Written by Kathryn Immonen. Art and cover by Stuart Immonen. When your lover may be dead, how long can you hold on to what remains? To whatever is left of you? A plane crash, a package, her dog, her voice. A notebook, his writer's block, and heat-distorted summer memories of a search for Jumbo the Elephant and an absent father. Hardcover, 176 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing.

By Mark Latham.

The brand new adventure from the author of A Betrayal in Blood, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are faced with a fiendish locked room mystery. Dr Watson has been invited to Crain Manor, where his old friend James Crain is to hold a spiritualist gathering. During a séance a ghostly figure is seen, supposedly the spirit of Sybille, the first Lady Crain, who murdered her husband in the tower room, and whose appearance is said to be a sign of disaster. In an attempt to debunk the seance, James's sister Esther declares that she will sleep in the tower room - but at midnight there is a bloodcurdling scream and Esther is found dead, a look of horror on her face, and the room locked from the inside. Watson sends for Sherlock Holmes to investigate the tragic death. But it will be anything but straightforward, as there are those who do not want him to succeed...

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 288 pages, text Only. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $11.99

Add to cart Very Fine $11.99

1st printing. Written by Robb Pearlman. Art and cover by Anna-Maria Jung. It's common knowledge that if a Star Trek character is wearing a red shirt, chances are he's going to die. But there are so many other ways red shirt-wearers can be humiliated. By mining the humorous depths of Star Trek's most popular in-jokes-that anyone wearing a red shirt is doomed-this book chronicles the many ways one Starfleet officer's day can be ruined. Featuring hilarious illustrations and witty gags that both pop culture fans and Star Trek fans will adore, Star Trek: Redshirt's Little Book of Doom is a fresh new take on one of the most beloved sci-fi sagas of all time. Hardcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.95

Add to cart Near Mint $7.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Candy James.

When Reddie comes over to Archie's house excited to go to the big Hat Day party, she is surprised to learn that he can't make it. He has lost his favorite hat! Luckily, when it comes to finding things (and hats), two heads are always better than one!

So Archie and Reddie set about trying to locate it. The only problem is Archie's home is a little messy. And Reddie has no idea what this hat looks like. And, oh, Archie also has dozens and dozens of them to sort through!

Will they ever find Archie's favorite hat, or are they going to have to miss the party?

Hardcover, 10-in. x 7-in., 80 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $10.99.