The Strangers comic books issue 1

1st printing. Collects Strangers (1993-1995 Malibu) #1-3 and 5.

Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Tim, Burgard, Larry Welch, and Dave Simons. Cover by Julie Bell.

59 normal , everyday people. 59 total strangers.

It is an average Thursday morning in San Franciscoas these 59 people begin their mass commute on the Powell Street Cable Car, a car that is jammed to overflowing. On board: Bob Hardin and Hugh Fox, students at the San Francisco Art Institute; Elena La Brava, fashion-designer; Dave Castiglione, baker; Leon Balford, sixth grader; Candy, technological sex toy.

Then, The Jumpstart.

A freak bolt of lightning that strikes the cable car, and six strangers are transformed. Now the are: Atom Bob, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Zip-Zap and Electrocute. They are joined by Yrial, a mysterious alien who just may be responsible for The Jumpstart.

This is their story...the story of The Strangers.

Softcover, 100 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.95.

Limited Edition Signed by Steve Englehart and Rick Hoberg

1st printing. Collects Strangers (1993-1995 Malibu) #1-3 and 5.

Written by Steve Englehart. Art by Rick Hoberg, Tim, Burgard, Larry Welch, and Dave Simons. Cover by Julie Bell.

59 normal , everyday people. 59 total strangers.

It is an average Thursday morning in San Franciscoas these 59 people begin their mass commute on the Powell Street Cable Car, a car that is jammed to overflowing. On board: Bob Hardin and Hugh Fox, students at the San Francisco Art Institute; Elena La Brava, fashion-designer; Dave Castiglione, baker; Leon Balford, sixth grader; Candy, technological sex toy.

Then, The Jumpstart.

A freak bolt of lightning that strikes the cable car, and six strangers are transformed. Now the are: Atom Bob, Grenade, Lady Killer, Spectral, Zip-Zap and Electrocute. They are joined by Yrial, a mysterious alien who just may be responsible for The Jumpstart.

This is their story...the story of The Strangers.

Softcover, 100 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 500 copies.

Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $23.00 View scan Signed by Steve Englehart and Rick Hoberg on front cover, no certification is included.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $23.00 View scan Signed by Steve Englehart and Rick Hoberg on front cover, no certification is included.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $20.00 View scan Signed by Steve Englehart and Rick Hoberg on front cover, no certification is included.

Written by Steve Englehart with art by Rick Hoberg & Tim Burgard. B&W, 16 pages, standard paper stock, 5.5-in. x 8.5-in.

Add to cart Fine $22.00

1st printing.

By Terry Moore.

Sure to delight aficionados and new readers, this essential edition of Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise features selected material and scenes from the first 60+ issues of the critically acclaimed series in chronological order, complete with highlights, arcing storylines, and never-before-seen illustrations, plus running commentary by Moore on the evolution of the characters and storylines.

Softcover, 9 3/4-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $23.95.

1st printing. Collects Strangers in Paradise XXV (2018-2019 Abstract) #1-10.

Story and art by Terry Moore.

To celebrate its 25th-anniversary, Terry Moore's Eisner Award-winning series is back with an all new story! Katchoo and Francine's family is in danger when a former Parker Girl threatens to reveal her criminal past in a tell-all book about Darcy Parker's empire. Now Katchoo is on a mission to stop the rogue Parker Girl, but first she'll have to find her. Here is the entire new story in a single affordable collection, plus sketches and behind the scenes notes of the return of America's favorite couple!

Hardcover, 200 pages, B&W.

Cover price $39.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Chase!" Collects Strangers in Paradise XXV (2018-2019 Abstract) #1-5.

Story and art by Terry Moore.

Katchoo and Francine's happy family is in danger when a Parker Girl threatens to expose Katchoo's shady past before congress, then goes into hiding. The chase is on as Katchoo begins an international hunt for her elusive pred-ator in a race against time!

Softcover, 120 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

1st printing. Written by Justin Morales. Art by Justin Morales, Gunner Leatherwood, William Melo, and Benjamin Wright. Cover by Goran Gligovic. WAR: What humans survived the nuclear holocaust can no longer be called human…Dog and insect remain, evolved, fighting for scraps. Out of the muck and more, a hero rises…Set in a post apocalyptic world, a bulldog barbarian wanders a desolate wasteland saving his own and fighting everything that gets in his way. Written and partially drawn by Justin Morales with additional pages by Benjamin Wright, Gunner Leatherwood and William Melo- THE BOULEDOGUE BARBARIAN is an action packed violence fest of the nth degree! Softcover, 46 pages, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., full color. Teen Cover price $8.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Fine $5.99

Add to cart Fine $5.99

1st printing.

Written by Frederic Brremaud. Art and cover by Paola Antista. Translated by Annie Gullion.

A collection of light-hearted short comic stories following the lives of three young women and their cats. Best friends Manon, Erika, and Camille see adventure every day, but when all three become cat owners, everything changes-for better or for worse! Grow up with these quirky cats and share in all the excitement and fun that comes with raising a cat.

From author Frédéric Brrémaud (Love, Little Tails) and artist Paola Antista (Disney Frozen, Sorceline).

• Collects three of the original six French albums.

Softcover, 152 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Collects Strangers in Paradise (1994-1996 Abstract) #1-14. Story and art by Terry Moore. Hardcover, 296 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $49.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Bhanu Pratap. After making best of 2021 lists on The Comics Journal, Salt & Honey Podcast, Four Color Apocalypse and Comic Books Are Burning In Hell- the small press hit anthology by Bhanu Pratap is back in print! Dear Mother is a collection of 5 different short stories, many of which are absolutely unsettling body horror. Bhanu Pratap is a master at creating deformed shapes and beautiful design to create a completely unnerving experience! This is a 62 page perfect bound magazine sized collection! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 62 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $12.00.

(W) Will Tempest (A) Will Tempest (CA) Will Tempest The festival has arrived, discard your inhibitions and exalt in the feral display of excess. Eclipse of Moths (shortlisted for best artwork in the Selkie Awards 2025) is a body horror created by Will Tempest, presented by Strangers Publishing in feverous full colour alongside a new additional short horror tale, Little Worm. Let go and be swept up in this carnival of horrors! Cover price $7.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by Rob Reger and Mariah Huehner. Art by Emily Ivie. Cover by Emily Ivie and Buzz Parker. With the help of her trio of troublemaking cats, Emily is determined to make the most rockin' song the world has ever known and win a legendary haunted guitar . . . but can she do it solo? Only one thing is for sure-what Emily wants, Emily gets . . . sometimes. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing. Written by Ursula Bacon. Ursula Bacon's impassioned memoir Shanghai Diary has touched the lives of people around the world, recounting the story of her youth in China. Eternal Strangers finds the author recounting events before Shanghai Diary begins, with the meeting of the author's parents and their escape from war-torn Europe to the safer harbors of Asia. Inspiring, thought provoking, and starkly honest, Eternal Strangers will be a book discussed for years to come. Softcover, 6 in. x 9 in., 288 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Very Fine $7.30

1st printing. Story and art by Aaron Losty. The nukes are falling. In the near future an unseen alien plot has launched every nuclear missile on earth. The nukes are falling. But they have all stopped one mile short of their target and are left hanging in the air. The nukes are falling. Set in the global, social and economic collapse many years after the hanging event, we follow one familys quest to secure meal tokens. The nukes are falling. But brothers, Adam, Mac and Tim must confront the condition of their community and the world over as nukes begin to fall and Tims visions of invisible aliens begin to rise. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 140 pages, full color. Teen+ Cover price $18.00.

1st printing. Collects Mysterious Strangers (2013 Oni) #1-6. Written by Chris Roberson. Art and cover by Scott Kowalchuk and Dan Jackson. The Swinging Sixties are back, and they're Stranger than ever! No one knows the Strange better than the Strangers. Michael, Verity, and Sandoval have seen it all - but there is always something even stranger waiting just around the corner. Mysterious temples, peculiar pop bands, and unidentified flying oddities are just a few of the things mystifying Absalom Quince and his team, sworn to protect the world from the Strange. This collection is perfect for longtime fans or for those not yet touched by the Strange! And a great addition to anyone's secret-passageway-concealing bookcase! Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. By Margaret Wander Bonanno. The epic story of first contact between man and Vulcan! In the twenty-first centruy humanity has united after countless years of warfare, and turns toward the stars. But when an alien spacecraft crashlands in the South Pacific bearing visitors from another world, the Vulcans, Earth must decide whether to extend the hand of friendship, or the fist of war. In the distant future, horrible dreams torment Admiral James T. Kirk, dreams prompted by his reading of Strangers From the Sky, a book about that historic first contact. He dreams of an alternate reality where he somehow changed the course of history, and destroyed the Federation before it began. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 310 pages, Text Only. No Cover Price. Timeframe: Part 1 framing story set before The Wrath of Khan; Part 2 framing story set before "Where No Man Has Gone Before", 2045, 2264 & 2284

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

(W) Chris Roberson (A/CA) Scott Kowalchuck. "The last thing you want to see is my hands." They're called the Strangers. They're deadly. Dangerous. And you'll never see them unless they want you to. But now they've come up against something big - United States government big. A cover-up of international proportions, and at the center of it all is the Strangers' deadliest foe, a man known only as Capricorn. A man who knows the Strangers. A man who sees them.

1st printing. By Dean R. Koontz. A surgeon, a writer, a motel-keeper, a priest and a thief. THEY WERE STRANGERS. A handful of people. From different backgrounds, living in different towns and cities across America, they had nothing in common - except fear. THEY WERE VICTIMS. Cold and stark. An unknown terror gripped their dreams and turned their days into living nightmares. THEY WERE CHOSEN. And they could not escape. Deep in the heart of a sprawling desert, a dark memory called out to them, drawing them to the Tranquility Motel - where the terrifying truth was waiting... Hardcover, 526 pages, Text Only. Cover price $7.99.

Hexicon Comics Library: Book 6 - 1st printing. By Jean-Marc Lofficier, Lina Buffolente and Jean-Jacques Dzialowski. A super-powered alien becomes stranded on Earth in this prequel to Image Comics' 2003 series, Strangers. Includes a foreword by Marv Wolfman and cover artwork by the legendary Steve Rude. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 364, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Terry Moore.

Terry Moore's work as a writer and artist (and letterer) are on display for all to see in the new Terry Moore: Strangers In Paradise Gallery Edition. Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of SIP with this presentation of Moore's art spanning the entire Eisner Award-winning series. The evolution of Terry together with Francine, Katchoo, David and all of the other characters that inhabit the SIP world is captured in this 248-page, large-format, hardcover edition. The artwork contained in this Smythe-sewn deluxe edition is framed by the original 20-page version of the very first SIP story and SIP #90, the series' 2007 finale.

Included between these "bookends" is a representational page from each of the 105 issues published between issues #1 and #90. Also included is an extensive Gallery section containing covers and miscellaneous SIP art from the last 25 years. Sourced from high-resolution scans from the original art and reproduced at the actual size, this 12" x 17" deluxe volume is printed at 200 line-screen on heavy paper stock to approximate the look and feel of the original art itself.

Hardcover, 12-in. x 17-in., 248 pages, full color. Cover price $125.00.

Antarctic Press Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Collected!" Collects Strangers in Paradise (1993 Antarctic) #1-3. Story and art by Terry Moore. It's a sometimes-heartwarming, sometimes-heartbreaking look at life and the relationships that we stumble through. Francine is unable to hold a meaningful and loving relationship with Freddy (who only wants to get into her pants). When Freddy breaks up with Francine, all hell breaks loose as Francine's roommate and longtime friend, Katchoo, decides to exact her revenge. Included in this edition are the entire contents of the three-issue mini-series, the five-page story from Negative Burn, plus additional artwork and pinups detailing the evolution of the story and characters. Mature Readers. Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. NOTE: Volume 1 limited to 3,000 copies. Cover price $6.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Story, Art and Cover by Terry Moore. America's favorite couple is back! To celebrate its 25th-Anniversary, the Eisner Award-winning Strangers in Paradise is back with an all-new story beginning with this first issue! Francine and Katchoo are living the dream... until they learn a former Parker Girl is in hiding and writing a tell-all book about the wicked empire Darcy Parker built with Katchoo at her side. Determined to stop her, Katchoo enlists the aid of her mercenary sister Tambi, and the hunt is on! 28 pages, B&W. Rated T

1st printing. By Dean R. Koontz. A surgeon, a writer, a motel-keeper, a priest and a thief. THEY WERE STRANGERS. A handful of people. From different backgrounds, living in different towns and cities across America, they had nothing in common - except fear. THEY WERE VICTIMS. Cold and stark. An unknown terror gripped their dreams and turned their days into living nightmares. THEY WERE CHOSEN. And they could not escape. Deep in the heart of a sprawling desert, a dark memory called out to them, drawing them to the Tranquility Motel - where the terrifying truth was waiting... Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 592 pages, Text Only. Cover price $16.00.

1st printing. A girl trapped in a box, a boy chained to a rock and a friendship between a child and a flower. These are just a few of the themes that storyteller Fehed Said explores in this collection. Joining Fehed Said, the acclaimed writer behind SLG's Clarence Principle, and Sonia Leong, the award-winning artist behind SMH's Romeo & Juliet is a sterling lineup of the UK's best new talent including Faye Yong, Chloe Citrine, Nana Li, and Wing Yun Man. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Six Shooters and Sorcery! Gunslingers and Goblins! Old Magic meets the New World as teenage twins Wyatt and Madara begin a perilous quest to reclaim their heritage and dispose of a deadly artifact in a weird Wild West - a world full of monsters, mayhem and the mysterious lawmen called Texas Strangers! Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Josh Tuininga. Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring. When Papoo peacefully passes away, Marco expected the funeral to be simple. However, he is caught off guard by something unusual. Among his close family and friends are mourners he doesn't recognize-Japanese- American families-and no one is quite sure who they are or why they are at the service. How did these strangers know his grandfather so well? Set in the multicultural Central District of Seattle during World War II and inspired by author Josh Tuininga's family experiences, WE ARE NOT STRANGERS explores a unique situation of Japanese and Jewish Americans living side by side in a country at war. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Josh Tuininga. Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring. When Papoo peacefully passes away, Marco expected the funeral to be simple. However, he is caught off guard by something unusual. Among his close family and friends are mourners he doesn't recognize-Japanese- American families-and no one is quite sure who they are or why they are at the service. How did these strangers know his grandfather so well? Set in the multicultural Central District of Seattle during World War II and inspired by author Josh Tuininga's family experiences, WE ARE NOT STRANGERS explores a unique situation of Japanese and Jewish Americans living side by side in a country at war. Hardcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Ben Passmore.

Passmore masterfully constructs comics about race, gentrification, the prison system, online dating, gross punks, bad street art, kung fu movie references, beating up God, and lots of other grown-up stuff with refreshing doses of humor and lived relatability, earning an Eisner nomination, Ignatz Award for "Outstanding Comic," and NPR praise.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 120 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $20.00.