The Ray comic books issue 1

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Written by Peter Johnson Art and cover by Kelley Jones Will the Challengers of the Beyond become legends on a world ruled by vampires? Or will one of them become a threat to the rest of the team? Cover price $2.99.

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The Search for Ray Palmer truly kicks into high gear, as Kyle Rayner, Donna Troy and Jason Todd scour the Multiverse for the former Atom, who just might hold the key to saving reality from a crisis of unparalleled proportions. The trio's first stop: the Wildstorm Universe, where they come face-to-face with an entirely different -- and entirely more lethal -- brand of heroes. Wildstorm's finest are all here, including The Authority and Gen13, and they don't prepare a warm welcome for their visitors! The tour of the new DC Multiverse begins here! Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. By Mark Voger. Blast off to the Space Age, when the future was always bright! Futuristic is a full-color hardcover about a time of limitless possibilities... and anxieties. It covers all aspects of 1950s and 60s pop culture from the duck and cover era of the Cold War, the Space Race, the UFO Craze, and the 1969 moon landing. Read about the movies (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invasion of the Body Snatchers), TV shows (Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, The Jetsons), and collectibles (robots, rockets, comic books, TV tie-ins) that had us looking to the stars. Also featured are interviews with such comic book creators as William Gaines, Joe Orlando, Julius Schwartz, Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, and Larry Lieber about their sci-fi work, plus recollections from sci-fi movie stars (Kevin McCarthy, Peter Graves, Linda Harrison), TV cast members (from shows including Lost in Space, Star Trek, and The Invaders), and others. A graphically immersive experience written and designed by Mark Voger (Monster Mash, Zowie!), Futuristic is a time trip to a future that never exactly came to pass, but lives on vividly in our imaginations! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in.,x 11-in., 192 pages, PC/PBW. All Ages Cover price $49.95.

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1st printing. Written by Fletcher Hanks and Paul Karasik. Art and cover by Fletcher Hanks. Fletcher Hanks was arguably the first great comic book auteur: He wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories — an unprecedented solo act in the 1940s comic book industry. Between 1939 and 1941 he created nearly 50 comics stories, all unified by a uniquely artistic vision — primitive, bizarre, and singularly idiosyncratic. Whether its the superhero Stardust doling out ice cold slabs of poetic justice, or the jungle protectress Fantomah tearing evildoers from limb to ragged limb, contemporary readers will be stunned by the pop surrealism and unfiltered violent mayhem of Hanks work. This new paperback edition brings back into print all of Hanks previously published material and is the most complete collection of his work. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 376 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $44.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Green Lantern (1990-2004 2nd Series) #48-57, Rebels (1994-1996) #1 and New Teen Titans (1984-1996 2nd Series) New Titans #116.

Written by Ron Marz, Beau Smith, Tom Peyer, Marv Wolfman and Frank Pittarse. Art by Bill Willingham, Robert Campanella, Romeo Tanghal, Fred Haynes, Dennis Cramer, Darryl Banks, Steve Carr, Jamal Igle, Derec Aucoin, Craig Hamilton, Arnie Jorgensen, James Pascoe, J.B. Jones, Rich Rankin, and Keith Champagne. Cover by Darryl Banks and Romeo Tanghal.

A new Green Lantern is born when artist Kyle Rayner is awarded the last power ring-but how can he fill Hal Jordan's shoes? A classic chapter in Green Lantern history is collected beginning here!

Softcover, 368 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

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1st printing. Collects Ray (1992 1st Series) #1-6. Written by Jack C. Harris. Art by Joe Quesada and Art Nichols. Cover by Quesada and Brian Stelfreeze. Ray Terrill grew up in the dark. He was told from his childhood that he had a rare disorder that caused him to suffer pain from exposure to light. But now he's learned the truth: the light is his ally, not his foe, and he is heir to his father's amazing power - the power of the Ray! Includes a cover gallery. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

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B&W. Art and story by Gary McCluskey. Cover price $2.50.

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The Word from the Street. Written by Michael Redmond. Art and cover by Junko Hosizawa. Marvel picks up the offbeat black-and-white comic previously published by Blackthorne. Michael Redmonds Street Poet Ray presents brief verses exploring both the tragic and ordinary aspects of city life, accompanied by simple drawings from Junko Hosizawa. Subjects include the plight of working mothers and the heroism of the Red Cross. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing.

Written by Steve Horton. Art and cover by Michael Allred. Foreword by Neil Gaiman.

Inspired by the one and only superhero, extraterrestrial, and rock and roll deity in history, BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams is the original graphic memoir of the great Ziggy Stardust!

In life, David Bowie was one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, seducing generations of fans with both his music and his counterculture persona. In death, the cult of Bowie has only intensified. As a musician alone, Bowie's legacy is remarkable, but his place in the popular imagination is due to so much more than his music. As a visual performer, he defied classification with his psychedelic aesthetics, his larger-than-life image, and his way of hovering on the border of the surreal.

BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of Bowie's career from obscurity to fame; and paralleled by the rise and fall of his alter ego as well as the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust. As the Spiders from Mars slowly implode, Bowie wrestles with his Ziggy persona. The outcome of this internal conflict will change not only David Bowie, but also, the world.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.99.

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2nd and later printings.

Written by Steve Horton. Art and cover by Michael Allred. Foreword by Neil Gaiman.

Inspired by the one and only superhero, extraterrestrial, and rock and roll deity in history, BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams is the original graphic memoir of the great Ziggy Stardust!

In life, David Bowie was one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, seducing generations of fans with both his music and his counterculture persona. In death, the cult of Bowie has only intensified. As a musician alone, Bowie's legacy is remarkable, but his place in the popular imagination is due to so much more than his music. As a visual performer, he defied classification with his psychedelic aesthetics, his larger-than-life image, and his way of hovering on the border of the surreal.

BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of Bowie's career from obscurity to fame; and paralleled by the rise and fall of his alter ego as well as the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust. As the Spiders from Mars slowly implode, Bowie wrestles with his Ziggy persona. The outcome of this internal conflict will change not only David Bowie, but also, the world.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.99.

Limited Edition Variant

2nd and later printings.

Written by Steve Horton. Art and cover by Michael Allred. Foreword by Neil Gaiman.

Inspired by the one and only superhero, extraterrestrial, and rock and roll deity in history, BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams is the original graphic memoir of the great Ziggy Stardust!

In life, David Bowie was one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, seducing generations of fans with both his music and his counterculture persona. In death, the cult of Bowie has only intensified. As a musician alone, Bowie's legacy is remarkable, but his place in the popular imagination is due to so much more than his music. As a visual performer, he defied classification with his psychedelic aesthetics, his larger-than-life image, and his way of hovering on the border of the surreal.

BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of Bowie's career from obscurity to fame; and paralleled by the rise and fall of his alter ego as well as the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust. As the Spiders from Mars slowly implode, Bowie wrestles with his Ziggy persona. The outcome of this internal conflict will change not only David Bowie, but also, the world.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 1000 copies.

Cover price $39.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1940-March 1941 and September 1940-May 1941!" Collects stories from Crack Comics (1940-1949) #1-11 and Smash Comics (1939-1949 Quality) #14-22. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Lou Fine,Otto Binder, John Cassone, Charles Sultan, John Belfi, and Rudy Palais. Lou Fine was one of the most impressive and influential artists to ever work in comics. His fluid figures were admired and copied by such greats as Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. In the early 40's, the heyday of the Golden Age, he worked for Everett M. "Busy" Arnold at Quality Comics along with such greats as Reed Crandall, Jack Cole and Will Eisner and in addition to his impressive covers, he worked on such comics as the Black Condor; aka Richard Grey Jr. having lost his parents was raised by giant black condors and after studying his condor foster parents, he learned to fly. He befriended a hermit monk named Father Pierre who convinced him that he should use his unique attributes to do good and so was born the Black Condor. Lou Fine also created The Ray, a reporter named Hubert 'Happy' Terrill who was covering the story of a high-flying "strato-balloon" exploring the upper atmosphere. An electrical storm struck and while closing the outer airlock door, "Happy" got the full brunt of the storm's energy and the unfiltered sunlight giving him his super powers to absorb energy from his surroundings and emit it from his body in any form he chose, also using it to propel himself through the air. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $52.99.

1st printing. By Robert T. Jeschonek. Cover by Jay Piscopo. A ghostly apparition haunts Kolchak, somehow connected to a murderous creature terrorizing Chicago. As he hunts for the truth behind both phenomena, a window opens on a terrible tomorrow in which Earth has been conquered by alien invaders... a conquest blamed on Kolchak! And, the ultimate traitor betrays the Secret Squadron from within, igniting a blazing dogfight in the sky and a threat that could unleash untold devastation unless the aviator hero Captain Midnight manages to turn the tables. And, in a black coach speeding through the desert, Rayka the assassin must fend off an army of fierce mercenaries and protect a mother-to-be whose unborn child is the target of a relentless royal family. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 74 pages, Text. Cover price $7.99.

1st printing. Written & illustrated by David Boswell. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Cover price $2.95.

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Reprinting Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) #337, with the first appearance of Beta Ray Bill. Doom! - Story, Art and Cover by Walt Simonson. Nick Fury asks for Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for Earth. Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill. Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor. Brief appearances by Nick Fury, Loki, Sif, Balder, Heimdall, Volstagg, and Odin. First appearance of Lorelei (sister of the Enchantress). Begins Walt Simonson's run on Thor (through #382). 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $1.00.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects Beta Ray Bill (2021 Marvel) #1-5.

Story and art by Daniel Warren Johnson.

The second-most famous wielder of Mjolnir!

Beta Ray Bill is tired of life in Thor's shadow - and with Bill's own mighty hammer, Stormbreaker, recently destroyed at the thunder god's hands, Bill finds himself at a crossroads. The Korbinite must strike out in search of his destiny - assuming he can first defeat a Knullified Fin Fang Foom!

Bill begins a hunt for Odin in hopes of resurrecting his golden weapon - but Stormbreaker is never coming back. Nonetheless, there is one place where Beta Ray Bill could restore his full powers. The All-Father of Nothing offers the Korbinite a path to immortality - but at a price not even a god can afford! Who will join Bill on a dangerous and deadly cosmic quest?

Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Rated T+

Cover price $15.99.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printing. Collects Beta Ray Bill (2021 Marvel) #1-5.

Story and art by Daniel Warren Johnson.

The second-most famous wielder of Mjolnir!

Beta Ray Bill is tired of life in Thor's shadow - and with Bill's own mighty hammer, Stormbreaker, recently destroyed at the thunder god's hands, Bill finds himself at a crossroads. The Korbinite must strike out in search of his destiny - assuming he can first defeat a Knullified Fin Fang Foom!

Bill begins a hunt for Odin in hopes of resurrecting his golden weapon - but Stormbreaker is never coming back. Nonetheless, there is one place where Beta Ray Bill could restore his full powers. The All-Father of Nothing offers the Korbinite a path to immortality - but at a price not even a god can afford! Who will join Bill on a dangerous and deadly cosmic quest?

Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Rated T+

Cover price $15.99.

The achey-breakey country singer stars in two complete adventures in this 48-page Bookshelf edition! See Billy Ray face Native American ghosts and explore ancient Camelot. Paul S. Newman, one of the most prolific writers in comics, has written the adventures of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and the Lone Ranger. Now he teams up with artist Dan (Flash Gordon) Barry to create western tales for a new generation! Painted cover by Dan Barry. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. By Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Everette Raymond Kinstler's portraits of Ronald Reagan, John Wayne, Jimmy Cagney, and Katharine Hepburn are familiar to art lovers, but few realize that Kinstler illustrated pulps and comics. Included herein is an extended biography and more than 300 illustrations - many reproduced from originals, including double-page pulp spreads, paperback novel covers, and panels from Classic Illustrated. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $44.95.

Limited Signed Edition - 1st printing. By Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Everette Raymond Kinstler's portraits of Ronald Reagan, John Wayne, Jimmy Cagney, and Katharine Hepburn are familiar to art lovers, but few realize that Kinstler illustrated pulps and comics. Included herein is an extended biography and more than 300 illustrations - many reproduced from originals, including double-page pulp spreads, paperback novel covers, and panels from Classic Illustrated. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. NOTE: Limited to 700 copies.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Mongo, the Planet of Doom!" Story and art by Alex Raymond. This hardcover collects the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden, and Doctor Zharkov on Planet Mongo from the strips (1-82) that first ran January 7, 1934 to August 11, 1935. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, full color.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Alex Raymond. The first of Checker's re-issues of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond. This hardcover collects the first two full years of the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden, and Doctor Zharkov on Planet Mongo. Hardcover, 12-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Alex Raymond. The first of Checker's re-issues of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond. This hardcover collects the first two full years of the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden, and Doctor Zharkov on Planet Mongo. Hardcover, 12-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

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Written by Steve Orlando. Art by Stephen Byrne. Cover by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado. SPINNING OUT OF THE PAGES OF JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD! Locked indoors, raised in the dark and told his medical condition could be fatal to himself and anyone he meets, Ray Terrill is dangerous. A freak. Broken. Or is he…? Witness the amazing power of realizing your true self and stepping into the light in this moving rebirth of a long-lost hero for a new generation. One shot RATED T Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Steve Orlando. Art and Cover by Stephen Byrne. SPINNING OUT OF THE PAGES OF JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD! Locked indoors, raised in the dark and told his medical condition could be fatal to himself and anyone he meets, Ray Terrill is dangerous. A freak. Broken. Or is he…? Witness the amazing power of realizing your true self and stepping into the light in this moving rebirth of a long-lost hero for a new generation. One shot 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. By Charles Rodrigues. The first-ever anthology of National Lampoon cartoonist Charles Rodrigues is a cavalcade of hilarious selfcontained comic strips and serials that boggle the mind and challenge all sense of decency and propriety. Featured are a cast of grotesqueries and naïfs along with "biographies" of Marilyn Monroe, Abbie Hoffman, Eugene O'Neill, and others. Whilst Charles Rodrigues may be gone and almost forgotten, this collection will rectify at least one of those tragedies. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Cover by Dave Gibbons. Edited by Howard Zimmerman. Stories and art by Ray Bradbury, P. Craig Russell, Kent Williams, Al Williamson, John Van Fleet, Ralph Reese, Ray Zone, Vicente Segrelles, Al Feldstein, Chuck Roblin, Roy G. Krenkel, and Frank Frazetta, plus an introduction by Ray Bradbury. Top comics artists adapt stories by science-fiction master Bradbury: Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed, by John Van Fleet and Kent Williams; The Golden Apples of the Sun, by P. Craig Russell; Marionettes, Inc. by Ralph Reese; The Toynbee Convector, by Ray Zone and Chuck Roblin; The Dragon, by Vincente Segrelles; I, Rocket (reprinted from ECs Weird Fantasy (1950) #20) by Al Feldstein, Al Williamson, Roy G. Krenkel, and Frank Frazetta. Hardcover, 80 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95. Cover price $19.95.

Signed and Numbered Special Edition, limited to 1200 copies (signatures may vary). Volume 1 - 1st printing. Cover by Dave Gibbons. Edited by Howard Zimmerman. Stories and art by Ray Bradbury, P. Craig Russell, Kent Williams, Al Williamson, John Van Fleet, Ralph Reese, Ray Zone, Vicente Segrelles, Al Feldstein, Chuck Roblin, Roy G. Krenkel, and Frank Frazetta, plus an introduction by Ray Bradbury. Top comics artists adapt stories by science-fiction master Bradbury: Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed, by John Van Fleet and Kent Williams; The Golden Apples of the Sun, by P. Craig Russell; Marionettes, Inc. by Ralph Reese; The Toynbee Convector, by Ray Zone and Chuck Roblin; The Dragon, by Vincente Segrelles; I, Rocket (reprinted from ECs Weird Fantasy (1950) #20) by Al Feldstein, Al Williamson, Roy G. Krenkel, and Frank Frazetta. Hardcover, 80 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95. Cover price $22.95.

1st printing. Story by Raymond Chandler. Art by Michael Lark. When private detective Philip Marlowe's latest client, Orfamay Quest, hires him to find her missing brother for the paltry sum of twenty dollars, Marlowe discovers that it's far from a simple missing persons case. Not when it involves mobsters, blackmail, beautiful women . . . and murders. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. X 10-in., 136 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.

1st printing. Based on the Story by Raymond Chandler. Adapted by Arvind Ethan David. Art and cover by Ilias Kyriazis. Foreword by Ben H. Winters. The hard-boiled world of Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's iconic private eye, comes to vivid life in this brilliant graphic novel adaptation of the classic noir tale. In 1940s Los Angeles, a sour-faced millionaire hires Philip Marlowe, a hard-boiled, harder-drinking detective, to scare off a suspected gold digger who has got her claws into his even wealthier stepson. Marlowe takes the case but quickly discovers that Harriett Huntress isn't just after gold: she's playing a long, cold game of revenge... Marlowe forms an alliance with George, the client's chauffeur-cum-bodyguard-cum-fixer. George is a black, Dartmouth educated veteran with a sniper's skills and his own agenda, and the two uneasy allies find themselves on the wrong end of a brace of hired killers and an enigmatic casino boss... It rapidly becomes clear that Marlowe, sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, is just asking for trouble. But that's the thing. Trouble is his business. Hardcover, 7-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $29.00.

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Special Edition Series: Book 2 - 1st printing. This perfect bound volume is part of the Special Edition Series and features The Ray and The Black Condor stories with artwork by Louis K. Fine and others. The introduction was written by James Steranko. The book features a number of stories with one in color. The back cover features a splash page reproduced in color. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.00.

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1st printing. Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) #337-340.

Story and art by Walt Simonson.

From the stars he came. Genetically altered to be his people's greatest warrior and greatest protector. This is the origin story of Beta Ray Bill, he who would become like a brother to Thor, the god of thunder.

Learn how he came to possess the mystic hammer, Mjolnir, and the birth of his own weapon of power, Stormbreaker.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $8.95.

2nd and later printings. Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) #337-340.

Story and art by Walt Simonson.

From the stars he came. Genetically altered to be his people's greatest warrior and greatest protector. This is the origin story of Beta Ray Bill, he who would become like a brother to Thor, the god of thunder.

Learn how he came to possess the mystic hammer, Mjolnir, and the birth of his own weapon of power, Stormbreaker.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $8.95.

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By Jim Frost. Cover by Mark Paniccia. Cover price $1.80.

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Cover and Art by Alex Raymond. Reprints panels from "Flash Gordon in the Water World of Mongo (1937 BLB)". 9" X 11 1/2". 32 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

1st printing. Written by Ron Goulart. Art and cover by Alex Raymond. Alex Raymond was one of the most influential comic strip artists of the 20th Century, creating action-packed art for Secret Agent X-9, the spectacular, classic imagery for Flash Gordon, and the nuanced, brilliant artwork for the detective/film-noiresque Rip Kirby. Hermes Press presents a comprehensive, definitive, art monograph covering Raymond's complete artistic output with an authoritative text by noted comics historian Ron Goulart. This new exhaustive full color art book features over 400 images, many scanned directly from Raymond's original artwork. Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $75.00.

Issue #1 of 3. "The Cyberian Connection" written by Mike Frankovich, illustrated by Eric Cole and Mark Heike. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 32 pages, black and white. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Mollie Ray. One morning, a teenage boy wakes to find that he has grown to the size of a giant! Inspired by the journey of the author's younger brother, this wordless wonder of a book follows the experience of a family as one of their own faces a life-threatening illness. As his health declines, can the family remain resilient on his long journey through treatment? Deeply moving and tender, with gorgeous illustrations, Mollie Ray's debut graphic novel is a resonant story of empathy, healing and hope. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 220 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.95.

Jim Ray's Aviation Sketch Book, Picture Stories of Planes and Pilots (1946). Includes the story of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II. Although the bomb was dropped as any other bomb is dropped, it is depicted as being dropped by parachute. Cover price $0.15.

1st Printing. Lou Fine (1914-1971) is acknowledged as one of the masters of illustration during the Golden Age of comics in the 1940s and early 1950's. His lines and eye for composition have been largely hidden from the modern reader and collector, because many of the original comics in which his work appeared are extremely expensive today, and out of reach of most. His short-live series, THE RAY, appearing in Smash Comics, is considered a masterpiece ---- and now is available in one volume, in full-color, as part of Calumet History and Hobby's reprint line! These stories originally appeared in Smash Comics #14-23, 26, & 30-34. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 142 pages, full color.

1st printing. Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Art by Dennis Calero. The Earthmen came by the handful, then the hundreds, then the millions. They swept aside the majestic, dying Martian civilization to build their homes, shopping malls, and cities. Mars began as a place of boundless hopes and dreams, a planet to replace an Earth sinking into waste and war. It became a canvas for mankind's follies and darkest desires. Translated into gorgeous, full-color art by Dennis Calero, Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation graphically translates fifteen of Bradbury's famous interconnected science-fiction stories, turning an unforgettable vision of man and Mars into an unforgettable work of art. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $30.00.

1st printing.

Written by Gregory Schoen. Art and cover by Alonso Molina.

When trouble ten year old, Matthew Baker, finds Nikola Tesla's fabled Raygun, he sets out on a voyage of self-discovery that will change the world forever.

Softcover, 138 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Based on the stories by Raymond Chandler. Adapted by Tom DeHaven, Jerome Charyn, and James Rose. Art by Rian Hughes, David Lloyd, Lee Moyer, and Alfredo Alcala. Cover by Jim Steranko. Never before published! Three classic Philip Marlowe mysteries, adapted by a group of comics masters fully authorized by the Chandler estate. Features "The Pencil," "Goldfish," and "Trouble in My Business." Softcover, 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $17.95.

Written & illustrated by Doug Baron. B&W, 32 pages, standard paper stock. Cover price $2.95.

Story and art by Jason Yungbluth. After the apocalyptic Last War, a certain round-headed kid and his trusty mutt have to grow up fast. Now this former failure face strides the wasteland of the American comics page as the pitiless cyborg mercenary Weapon Brown, and the last thing you want to do is not let him kick the damn football. Chuck, the hard bitten, hard hittin cyborg blockhead of tomorrow returns for a battle royale with one mutant maniac after another torn from the funny pages, with the fate of the future hanging in the balance! The story begins with Chuck being hired by the lecherous General Halftraque to retrieve a runaway blonde who holds a chestful of secrets. Little does he know that his old nemesis, the Syndicate, has plans for the girl as well, which sends Weapon Brown on a flight for his life and into the clutches of the slobbering cannibals of B.C.! This outrageous action-parody of your favorite comic strip heroes of yesterday and today will eventually feature weaponized versions of every beloved star of the funny pages, from Annie to Ziggy, working towards the ultimate showdown with Calvin and Hobbes! 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $5.00.

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1st printing. Collects X-Ray Robot (2020 Dark Horse) #1-4.

Story and art by Mike Allred.

Max is a family man seeking a more interesting life. While conducting a new experiment at work the fabric of his reality is torn before his eyes, and a robotic figure appears claiming to be his 277-year-old self. The robot is able to "X-Ray" multiple dimensions and battles a nihilistic entity from another dimension who wants to take all life to its "Pre-Big Bang" status. Max and the robot embark on an interdimensional roadtrip through past and future to take down the "Nihilist" and save the universe!

Features a sketchbook section and pinups by Chris Samnee, Greg Smallwood, Tradd Moore, and David Rubín.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st Printing - Written by Tom Roberts, foreword by George Lucas and and introduction by James Bama. Alex Raymond: His Life and Art looks closely at the history and work of this internationally famous artist most know as the artist behind "Flash Gordon". Hardcover, 12" x 9", 312 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

1st printing. Collects All New Atom (2006-2008) #12-16. Written by Gail Simone and Roger Stern. Art by Mike Norton, Dan Green and Trevor Scott. Cover by Ladrönn. The new Atom searches the multiverse for Ray Palmer, missing since the events of IDENTITY CRISIS! Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.