Strip comic books issue 2

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Dark City and Other Stories!" By Mickey Spillane and Ed Robbins. Introduction by Max Allan Collins. Mike Hammer is back! Here is the long awaited second Mike Hammer volume! Together thew two volumes bring a rare treat to the Spilliane fan: the complete run - dailies and Sundays - of the 1950s newspaper strip. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Tove Jannson: Book 2 of 6!" Story and art by Tove Jannson. In the second volume of Tove Jansson's humorous yet melancholic Moomin comic strip, we get four new stories about jealousy, competition, child rearing, and self-reinvention. The Moomins try to hibernate in the fashion of their ancestors but insomnia places them smack-dab into a winter carnival with the winter-sports-loving Mr. Brisk. The fickle and eternally lovestruck Mymble and Snorkmaiden find themselves in competition over a thrilling new man. Moominmamma meets her new neighbor, the Fillyjonk, causing her to hire the depressed and secretive Misabel as her new maid. Mymble's mother arrives on the Moomin family's doorstep with her seventeen new children. Finally, a prophet arrives on the scene declaring that the happy Moomins are in fact not happy at all and need to get back to nature and be free. Moomin, of course, becomes more and more miserable the freer he gets. An excellent companion to the new Moomin volume three, offered here. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Tove Jannson: Book 2 of 6!" Story and art by Tove Jannson. In the second volume of Tove Jansson's humorous yet melancholic Moomin comic strip, we get four new stories about jealousy, competition, child rearing, and self-reinvention. The Moomins try to hibernate in the fashion of their ancestors but insomnia places them smack-dab into a winter carnival with the winter-sports-loving Mr. Brisk. The fickle and eternally lovestruck Mymble and Snorkmaiden find themselves in competition over a thrilling new man. Moominmamma meets her new neighbor, the Fillyjonk, causing her to hire the depressed and secretive Misabel as her new maid. Mymble's mother arrives on the Moomin family's doorstep with her seventeen new children. Finally, a prophet arrives on the scene declaring that the happy Moomins are in fact not happy at all and need to get back to nature and be free. Moomin, of course, becomes more and more miserable the freer he gets. An excellent companion to the new Moomin volume three, offered here. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 2, 1st printing - "Life is Tough and Then You Graduate" By Jorge Cham. A collection of the first five years of "Piled Higher and Deeper," a comic strip about life (or lack thereof) in graduate school, as it originally appeared in Stanford University's "The Stanford Daily Newspaper" and online at phd.stanford.edu. "Piled Higher and Deeper" the comic strip is currently read by grad students from over 300 universities and from around the world. Softcover, 9-in. x 7 1/2-in, 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.00.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1928-1930!" Story and art by Cliff Sterrett. This volume reprints all of Sterrett's Sunday pages from the height of his Surrealistic Period in a large 12" x 16" Champagne Edition format so they can be fully appreciated. The majority of the Sundays have never before been reprinted. Polly Perkins is young, blonde, and the apple of many a young man's eye. Yet while Polly is out on the town or frolicking at the beach, it's her family that creates all the hubbub! Edited by Dean Mullaney and designed by two-time Emmy winner Lorraine Turner, the book contains the detailed background and biographic material that has made Library of American Comics the "gold standard" in strip reprints. Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $75.00.

Spanish translation of the Spider-Man daily comic strips by Stan Lee and John Romita. "Tia May y...El Dr. Octopus", "El Mundo De Los Reptiles", "Kingpin, Alcade". 9-in. x 6 1/4-in., 54 pages, black and white.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $675.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Tear seals, spine split seal. Staples removed. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover art by Paul Gustavson. Untitled story; Amazing Man must stop The Great Question and Boro from breaking into a bank vault. Untitled story, art by John Kolb; Minimidget and Ritty help a prospector get his claim back from two claim jumpers. Untitled story, script and art by Lew Glanzman; The Shark and Father Neptune must stop Von Lougg and his group of submarine-planes from destroying New York. Untitled story, script and art by Martin Filchock; Mighty-Man stops The Witch and her gang from robbing an armored car. Untitled story; Butch has his gang try to steal Dash Dartwell's speed pills so they can try to break him out of jail. "Phantom Tracks" Another Amazing-Man Adventure text story. Untitled story, script and art by Michael Mirando; The Voice stops a gang from tunneling into a bank vault. Untitled story, script and art by Bob Lubbers; Reef Kinkaid solves the mystery of Don Carlos Alvarez and his haunted mansion. Untitled story, script and art by Al Bryant; The Iron Skull stops a bank robbery and then discovers the identity of the inside man on the job. "An Amazing Man," script and art by Joseph A Kaliff; Facts on the life of Benjamin Franklin. Article on stamp collecting. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

#2, 1992 - reprints the following newspaper strips: Rip Kirby by John Prentice, Tarzan by Gray Morrow, Secret Agent Corrigan by George Evans, Flash Gordon by Ralph Reese, and lots more. 8.5" x 11.75", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Stories, art and cover by George Evans. JAL Publications reprints the classic adventure comic strips of the 20th century. Each issue focuses on a single strip as it appeared in  1989-1990. This issue reprints the Secret Agent Corrigan daily strip.  Originally known as Secret Agent X-9, this was a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and artist Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon). At the time of these strips, the strip was maintained by EC legend George Evans. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

The Stripper is a fanzine/adzine by Biljo White made especially for collectors of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips. 26 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Issue 2, Summer 1970 - Softcover, 8" x 10.5", 70 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $45.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1969-1971!"

By Russ Manning.

This second volume of a 4-book series collecting the entire run of the Tarzan newspaper strip by Russ Manning presents five complete daily storylines and five complete Sundays adventures. In the dailies from October 29, 1969 through March 31, 1971, Tarzan meets the Stone Pharaoh while his son, Korak, encounters the Gryf Worshippers.

In the Sundays from May 18, 1969 through January 17, 1971, Tarzan embarks on a safari to Opar and we learn the back story on how he met his wife and life partner Jane.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 8 1/2-in., 296pages, B&W.

Cover price $49.99.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "1969-1971!"

By Russ Manning.

This second volume of a 4-book series collecting the entire run of the Tarzan newspaper strip by Russ Manning presents five complete daily storylines and five complete Sundays adventures. In the dailies from October 29, 1969 through March 31, 1971, Tarzan meets the Stone Pharaoh while his son, Korak, encounters the Gryf Worshippers.

In the Sundays from May 18, 1969 through January 17, 1971, Tarzan embarks on a safari to Opar and we learn the back story on how he met his wife and life partner Jane.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 8 1/2-in., 296pages, B&W.

Cover price $49.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Steve White. Art by Mychailo Kazybrid and John Burns. Cover by Mychailo Kazybrid. This collection chronicles the adventures of that quintessentially British inventor, Wallace and his ever-helpful canine companion, Gromit. The strip, which appears daily in The Sun, the UK's most popular daily newspaper, is read by an audience of 2.3 million readers. The full-color strip features a self-contained, weekly-continuity that sees our plucky, bald inventor race from one hair-brained invention to the next with gusto, extreme silliness and more puns than you can shake a stick at! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 136 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.