Stanley comic books issue 1

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by John Stanley. The iconic comic strip character as you've never seen her before, interpreted by John Stanley. Created by Ernie Bushmiller, the beloved Brillo-headed Nancy starred in her own comic book series in the 1950's, written by arguably the greatest children's comics writer of all time, John Stanley. Drawn & Quarterly is now presenting the complete Stanley issues of Nancy in gorgeous hardcover volumes designed by Seth. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., full color. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Melvin Monster (1965-1969 Dell) #1-3. Story and art by John Stanley. John Stanley is celebrated as one of the great children's comics writers for his work on the Little Lulu series. In fact, the Lulu work is a small part of his output; he drew and continued to write many other comics-notably his work on the 1960s teen comics from Dell and his monster comedy strip, Melvin Monster. Drawn & Quarterly is launching an extensive reprinting of Stanley's work in handsome volumes designed by Seth. The first in this series is the two-volume Melvin Monster collection featuring all ten issues about the oddball monster boy who just wants to be good, go to school, and do as he's told. Stanley's reputation as a great storyteller and visual comedian is richly deserved; few Golden or Silver Age comics stand the test of time the way these comics do. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., full color. All Ages Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - November, 1957. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "Millions in Gold, Yours For the Taking!" and "My Wife is a Stripper!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, Text (with B&w illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - January 1958. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "The Virgin Groom!" and "I Escaped From Siberia!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, Text (with B&w illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - March 1958. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "Huey and the Madams!" and "Satan Throws a Boomerang!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, Text (with B&w illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - May 1958. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "Rhino: Sex Aid for the Reds of China!" and "The Untold Truth of the Mafia!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text (with B&W illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - July 1958. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "The Black Death!" and "The Tribe That Conquered the Klan!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos throughout). Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - September 1958. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "The Gallant Guerillas!" and "The Shark Vomited a Murder!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, Text (with B&w illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by J. Philip Tarleton, Thomas Arnes, William Cornish, Dave Kingston, William Dunlappe, and Howard Cherna. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring posed photographs as illustrations (some of which must be seen to be truly appreciated). Professor Macready and his team of archaeologists find a woman's coffin and unwisely ignore the ancient curse burned into it. Peg discovers that those old legends about werewolves were all too real. Hapless models are lured into a maniac's torture dungeon. Love Is the Color of Blood; The Spell of the Witch; Howl, Wolf, Howl!; The Gory Terror of the Night!; The Unholy Six; Naked Slaves of the Master of Hell!; The Devil of Denham Swamp! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - May 1959. Vintage Men's magazine featuring pin-ups, adventure stories, and true crime articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - July 1959. Vintage Men's magazine featuring pin-ups, adventure stories, and true crime articles. "The Night the "Virgin Queen" Was Wrecked", "Vengeance of the Bush Devil", and "Dream Cars of Tomorrow!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - November 1959. Vintage Men's magazine featuring pin-ups, adventure stories, and true crime articles. "The Hothouse Hussies who Teased a King", "Fry Me in Acid", and "The Dolls Who Make the Dice Behave!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 7 - December 1959. Cover by Hugh Hirtle. Vintage Men's magazine featuring pin-ups, adventure stories, and true crime articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 8 - January 1960. Vintage men's magazine featuring pin-ups, adventure stories, and true crime articles. In this issue: The Day the Bawds Went Crazy for Blood - The Vice-Queens had given their last warning: "Get out of town, or die!" Plus: The Man Who Invented Pain - The true story of the most depraved monster in history; Savage Demon and the Killer Cat; and Skin, Sin and Swindle - The inside facts about nudism! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 9 - February 1960. Vintage men's magazine featuring pin-ups, adventure stories, and true crime articles. "I Married a Stripper!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, B&W. Cover art reprinted on the June 1967 issue of Battle Cry. MATURE. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 11 - June 1960. Vintage Men's magazine featuring pin-ups, adventure stories, and true crime articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - February, 1957. This issue includes a pictorial on Julie Gibson, "The Most Wanted Girl in America", as well as short fiction stories by Roger Nixon, John Carter, Theodore S. Hecht, August Williams, and Stewart N. James. 8.5" x 10", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - April 1957. Bettie Page cover. Four-page Bunny Yeager article with many photographs ("she is a model as well as photographer"). Three page article on "Bold, Bad, Brussels". Bill Wenzel full page cartoon. Softcover, 8.5" x 10", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - August, 1957. Men's magazine with fiction, articles, cartoons, humor, and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 10", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - April 1956. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, Text (with B&w illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - June 1956. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "Sexual Psychopaths..Oversexed Women!" and "Why Won't Jesse James Stay Dead?" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, Text (with B&w illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - August 1956. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime stories, along with a monthly pin-up girl pictorial. Cover stories include "Sex Isn't Sin in Sweden!", "They Plucked at my Flesh!" and "We Blew Up Wonsan?" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, Text (with B&w illustrations and photos throughout) Cover price $0.25.

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Written by Paul D. Storrie. Art by David Alvarez. Cover by David Alvarez and Jeff Balke. Oh no! Who's been stealing fruit from all the gardens in Arbordale? Was it the prankster Chester Chipmunk? Or maybe Baby Fang? Accusations fly until someone suggests that maybe it was the Ghost of Bunnyburrow Manor! Neighbors have claimed to have seen it flying around, but are ghosts even real? And if they are, why would they be stealing fruit? Stanley Squirrel offers to lead an expedition into the house to see if it really is haunted and find out just what's been going on. But as the gang creeps around the house looking for answers, what they find isn't what any of them were expecting! Jeff Balke (FANTASTIC FOUR, JOHN CARPENTER'S ASYLUM, DEADPOOH), Paul Storrie (ROBYN OF SHERWOOD, HARLEY QUINN & THE GOTHAM GIRLS) and Dave Alvarez (LOONEY TOONES, TMNT, GARFIELD) bring you STANLEY'S GHOST, a Halloween adventure from John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and others. Soldiers face life on the battlefield in one of the many 1950s war comics by publisher Stanley Morse. US forces face a baptism by fire on the beaches of Normandy during World War II. An American sniper tries to target an enemy sniper. A soldier goes to dangerous lengths to top his father's wartime accomplishments. Gyrenes; The Sniper; You Can't Top Death; Baptism of Fire; Indian Fighter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #1 - April 1959. Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure stories, crime articles, sports features and showgirl pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, text (with B&W photos and illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

1st printing.

DC spotlights top cover artists with the new POSTER PORTFOLIO series, starting with superstar illustrator Stanley "Artgerm" Lau! This collection includes 20 of Artgerm's most memorable DC covers starring Supergirl, Catwoman, Batman, Wonder Woman and more! Printed on heavy cardstock paper at a big 12 by 16 inches, the pages of the POSTER PORTFOLIOS are easily pulled out and are suitable for framing.

Softcover, 12-in. x 16-in., full color.

NOTE: Watch for upcoming POSTER PORTFOLIOS featuring the art of Jim Lee, Frank Cho and more!

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Written by Bill Schelly. Art and cover by John Stanley. John Stanley's work in Marge's Little Lulu from 1945 to 1959 ensured Lulu immortality as an iconic, protofeminist figure in American popular culture. John Stanley: Giving Life to Little Lulu is both a deluxe, full-color coffee table book filled with beautifully reproduced artwork from Little Lulu and his own comic book creations, such as Melvin Monster and Thirteen (Going on Eighteen) and rare drawings and cartoons, as well as never-before-seen photographs and a biographical portrait of the artist. Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Vol. 1, No. 3. February 1958. Cover by Vic Presio. Men's adventure magazine with articles, fiction, humor, and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11". 74 pages. Black and white. MATURE. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 1, No. 4. April 1958. Cover painting by Clarence Doore. Men's adventure magazine with articles, fiction, humor, and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11". 74 pages. Black and white. MATURE. Cover price $0.35.

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By David Schwartz & Lance Martin. Cover price $1.50.

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Written by Austin Janowsky. Art and Cover by Juan Pablo Montenegro. Marcial Scoot! Imprint: Cool down from the summer heat with an uplifting 'Christmas in July' special! Jenny Rose is a bit of a loner. She's not into dolls, the latest cell phones or coolest games. She loves spending time with her family and learning about their traditions from her grandfather. He passes onto her a secret ritual that only one family member in a generation can do, bringing Stanley the Snowman to life! Stanley is a magical snowman, the embodiment of the holiday spirit and their family history. After months of preparation, the night finally arrives… but things don't go exactly as planned! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Written by Austin Janowsky. Art and Cover by Juan Pablo Montenegro. Marcial Scoot! Imprint: Cool down from the summer heat with an uplifting 'Christmas in July' special! Jenny Rose is a bit of a loner. She's not into dolls, the latest cell phones or coolest games. She loves spending time with her family and learning about their traditions from her grandfather. He passes onto her a secret ritual that only one family member in a generation can do, bringing Stanley the Snowman to life! Stanley is a magical snowman, the embodiment of the holiday spirit and their family history. After months of preparation, the night finally arrives… but things don't go exactly as planned! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

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2nd Printing. Written by Austin Janowsky. Art and Cover by Juan Pablo Montenegro. Marcial Scoot! Imprint: Cool down from the summer heat with an uplifting 'Christmas in July' special! Jenny Rose is a bit of a loner. She's not into dolls, the latest cell phones or coolest games. She loves spending time with her family and learning about their traditions from her grandfather. He passes onto her a secret ritual that only one family member in a generation can do, bringing Stanley the Snowman to life! Stanley is a magical snowman, the embodiment of the holiday spirit and their family history. After months of preparation, the night finally arrives… but things don't go exactly as planned! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

Weekly 4 page handout detailing attractions at The Stanley Theatre in Philadelphia. The theatre, named after Stanley V. Mastbaum, opened in 1914 and was the flagship of the Stanley Company theatre chain owned by the Mastbaum brothers.

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Weekly 4 page handout detailing attractions at The Stanley Theatre in Philadelphia. The theatre, named after Stanley V. Mastbaum, opened in 1914 and was the flagship of the Stanley Company theatre chain owned by the Mastbaum brothers.

April, 1965. Celebrity gossip magazine. Elvis Presley cover. 8" x 10-1/2", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and others. Tales of combat from Korea and before. After their captain is killed in battle, a company waits for its new commanding officer to arrive. A fighter pilot who thinks he's better than bomber crews gets a look at life from the other side. A stone Buddha impassively watches the Korean War unfold. Line Officer; The Gambler!; The Big Birds; Buddha Smiled; Patrol!; Coward. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

1st printing. Written by Hannah Tunniclife. Art and cover by Erica Harrison. Its a botanical burglary! Who is swiping precious and priceless plants from the Narlybone Gardens? Barnaby Moss, Head of Horticulture is flummoxed. Somebody is thieving very rare specimens from the wintergarden and they are worth a lot of money! The latest Detective Stanley mystery is curlier than a vine and full of twisty secrets. Join Detective Stanley and his pal, Parker Pine, to catch the botanical bandit! A perfect comic for young readers moving on from picture books, children who love comics, or anyone who likes a good mystery! Softcover, 6-in. x 8 3/4-in., 64 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $12.99.