Thrilling comic books issue 1

1st printing.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling.

Funny, hip, and refreshingly off-center, this volume features a collection of cartoonist Ruben Bolling's quirky weekly comic strip, Tom the Dancing Bug.

Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 212 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.95.

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First edition limited to 1500 copies. A self-published volume of the art and philosophy of Bob Burden. Includes convention sketches, short fiction, musings and a fragment from his play The Disfigured Bride. Softcover, 144 pages. B&W. Cover price $25.00.

British Edition. Reprints Cover from Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 34 #3. Art by Virgil Finlay. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt, Murray Lainster, and John D. MacDonald. Trimmed pulp, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., black and white (text with illustrations).

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

1st printing.

Written by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack. Art and cover by Randy Duburke.

The thrilling graphic biography of an unforgettable man, from acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr., is now in paperback!

Born into slavery in 1854, Nat Love, also known as Deadwood Dick, grew up to become the most famous African American cowboy in the Old West. A contemporary and acquaintance of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, Nat was widely known as an expert roper and driver, a crack shot, and a real Wild West character.

Featuring lively full-color artwork by Randy DuBurke, Best Shot in the West is an exhilarating mix of high-interest historical fiction and nonstop adventure.

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.99.

Vol. 1 of the complete reprinting of the Black Bat. By Norman Daniels and Tom Johnson. Blinded by a criminal's acid, DQ Tony Quinn is given a second chance thanks to an operation which not only restores his vision but also gives him the ability to see at night. Aided by Carol Baldwin, Butch O'Leary and Silk Kirby, crime doesn't stand a chance against the Black Bat! 6-in. x 9-in., black and white. Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00

1st printing. By Ron Goulart. Cheap Thrills is considered the definitive history of pulps, and famed pop culture historian Ron Goulart delves into the background of the well-known and not-so-famous writers who began their professional life as pulp magazine contributors, including Harold Lamb, Major George Fielding Eliotm Dashell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Ray Bradbury, and Tennessee Williams, to name a few. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "October 1946-October 1949!" Collects Stories from Thrilling Comics (1940-1951 Better/Nedor/Standard) #56-75. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Princess Pantha was a circus-performing wild animal handler who went to Africa in search of the legendary giant gorilla M'Gana for her act! She disappeared shortly after setting out-so Gilt-edge Gates, the owner of The National Circus hired Dane Hunter, a famous explorer to find her. After discovering her safari had been wiped out by an unknown hostile native tribe and she'd saved herself by using her ability to make an extra-loud gorilla call, which the natives mistook for the approach of M'Gana and fled. Princess Pantha had survived in the jungle for two months now, utilizing her animal skills, knowledge of jiu-jitsu and a few primitive weapons. Together Pantha and Dane remained in the jungle and continued their quest to capture the legendary giant gorilla M'Gana! Comic book stories from the 1940s and 1950s depicted some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American culture. While not representing the publisher's view of today's society, these stories are printed as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 208 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Hal Hunter Among the Savages--"The Man-Eating Tiger." Text with illustrations. 2-in. x 2.5-in.; part color, part black and white; 8 newsprint pages.

1st printing. By Lee Falk and Phil Davis. Collects comic strips from 04/1941-06-1941. Join the amazing magician as he fights evil with his trusty companion Lothar. Includes - "The Mystery of the Striped Orchid"; "The Great Grando": and Lothar the Champ!" Softcover (Horizontal Format), 13-in x 9 1/2-in., 144 pages, B&W.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker. Art by MJ Erickson. Cover by Jonathan Case. Writing team Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Deadpool, Death Be Damned) return to The Thrilling Adventure Hour in this new series based on the wildly popular Hollywood stage show and podcast. Frank and Sadie Doyle are the toast of the upper crust. Headliners on the society pages. And they see ghosts. Follow the Doyles on a night when having a drink (or ten) with friends goes horribly, and perhaps predictably, wrong at a haunted house. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker. Art by MJ Erickson. Cover by Little Friends of Printmaking. Writing team Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Deadpool, Death Be Damned) return to The Thrilling Adventure Hour in this new series based on the wildly popular Hollywood stage show and podcast. Frank and Sadie Doyle are the toast of the upper crust. Headliners on the society pages. And they see ghosts. Follow the Doyles on a night when having a drink (or ten) with friends goes horribly, and perhaps predictably, wrong at a haunted house. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker. Art by MJ Erickson. Cover by Natacha Bustos. Writing team Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Deadpool, Death Be Damned) return to The Thrilling Adventure Hour in this new series based on the wildly popular Hollywood stage show and podcast. Frank and Sadie Doyle are the toast of the upper crust. Headliners on the society pages. And they see ghosts. Follow the Doyles on a night when having a drink (or ten) with friends goes horribly, and perhaps predictably, wrong at a haunted house. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

1st printing. Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker. Art by Randy Bishop. Cover by Tess Fowler. Re-creating the popular stage show and Nerdist Industries podcast in print, The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a timeless collection of original genre tales that harkens back to the heyday of old-time radio entertainment. Written by TAH co-creators Ben Acker and Ben Acker, this hardcover anthology features new stories from the most fan-favored worlds of the TAH universe. Brought to life by top artists from the comics community, each stand-alone tale celebrates and reinvigorates a new genre from the radio comedies of yesteryear, including science fiction, fantasy, westerns, superheroes, horror, war dramas, and many more. A unique, timey-wimey blend of silver age pulp and post-modern pop, this one-of-a-kind anthology promises something for everyone as this cult phenomenon jumps off the proscenium stage and onto the page for the first time in over eight years and 100+ consecutive shows around the globe! Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 136 pages, full color Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

2nd and later printings. Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker. Art by Randy Bishop. Cover by Tess Fowler. Re-creating the popular stage show and Nerdist Industries podcast in print, The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a timeless collection of original genre tales that harkens back to the heyday of old-time radio entertainment. Written by TAH co-creators Ben Acker and Ben Acker, this hardcover anthology features new stories from the most fan-favored worlds of the TAH universe. Brought to life by top artists from the comics community, each stand-alone tale celebrates and reinvigorates a new genre from the radio comedies of yesteryear, including science fiction, fantasy, westerns, superheroes, horror, war dramas, and many more. A unique, timey-wimey blend of silver age pulp and post-modern pop, this one-of-a-kind anthology promises something for everyone as this cult phenomenon jumps off the proscenium stage and onto the page for the first time in over eight years and 100+ consecutive shows around the globe! Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 136 pages, full color Cover price $19.95.

1st printing.

Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker. Art by J. Bone. Cover by Scott Newman.

Shine your astro spurs and don your robot fists! Justice rides a rocket steed across the crimson plains of the fourth planet, where one man brings hope to humans who make this frontier world their home. He is...Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars. Alongside his trusty Martian sidekick Croach, Sparks protects Mars from robot outlaws, alien invaders, and any galactic threat foolish enough to target the red planet.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Collects Thrilling Adventure Hour (2018 Boom) #1-4.

Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker. Art by MJ Erickson. Cover by Scott Newman.

Trading quips and tossing back cocktails, the Doyles take what they want and hoodwink their clientele for the rest. When one night of having a drink (or ten) with friends goes horribly wrong at a haunted house, the Doyles find themselves face-to-face with ancient beings of the blood-sucking variety. Luckily, their blood alcohol content is up for the task.

Written by the creators of the wildly popular Hollywood stage show and podcast, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker ( Deadpool, Star Wars Adventures ), and illustrated by M.J. Erickson, The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Residence Evil is a rip-roaring adventure that harkens back to the heyday of old-time radio entertainment.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

Add to cart Fine $9.50

Add to cart Fine $13.50

1st printing. Story and art by Sydney Padua. A unique take on the unrealized invention of the computer in the 1830s by the eccentric polymath Charles Babbage and his accomplice, the daughter of Lord Byron, Ada, Countess of Lovelace. When Ada translated Babbage's plans for the "Difference Engine," her footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory, 100 years before an actual computer was built. Sydney Padua gives us an alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage build the Difference Engine, and then use it to do battle with the American banking system, the publishing industry, their own fears that their project will lose funding, and a villainous street musician who will force the two friends to reevaluate their priorities-"for the sake of both London and science." Hardcover, 320 pages, B&W. Cover price $28.95.

Add to cart Fine $13.50

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Sydney Padua. A unique take on the unrealized invention of the computer in the 1830s by the eccentric polymath Charles Babbage and his accomplice, the daughter of Lord Byron, Ada, Countess of Lovelace. When Ada translated Babbage's plans for the "Difference Engine," her footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory, 100 years before an actual computer was built. Sydney Padua gives us an alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage build the Difference Engine, and then use it to do battle with the American banking system, the publishing industry, their own fears that their project will lose funding, and a villainous street musician who will force the two friends to reevaluate their priorities-"for the sake of both London and science." Hardcover, 320 pages, B&W. Cover price $28.95.

1st printing. Alex Schomburg produced the most dazzling array of high quality comic book covers in the Golden Age of American comics (1933-1955). This book collects, for the first time, a host of tantalizing Schomburg treasures in one volume. Super-heroes, jungle girls, robots, wild animals, and space travelers abound in these romantic and nostalgic pop art icons of the bygone WWII era. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

Vol. 1 #2 - Dec. 1931. "House of Hooded Death" by G. Wayman Jones (Grim death lurked in the shadow of the mysterious mansion of the murderous seven!), "Ollie Picks a Murderer" by Harold de Polo (Introducing the quaintest character in detective fiction!), "The Border Mystery" by Earle Scott, "Knives for Two" by Charles Cox, "The Poker Chip Murder" by Allan Martin, "Death Dealers" part two of two by Anthony Skene, "Girl in the Belfry" by J.S. Endicott. Cover by William Soare. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, black and white. NOTE: this is an Adventure House pulp replica, complete with the original ads. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $10.00 View scans Sharp bump at head of spine, affecting all. Front cover detached 10%.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - November 1969. 8" x 10.75", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $4,995.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Canadian Edition. Label #4387117011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Canadian Edition. Volume 1, Issue 1 - October, 1935. Stories by; Ray Cummings, G.T. Fleming-Roberts, Paul Ernst, J. Allan Dunn, Arthur J. Burks, C.K.M. Scanlon, Robert Wallace, Allan K. Echols, and Laurence Donovan. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Replica of the Vol. 1 #1 - October 1935 issue of Thrilling Mystery, a legendary and scarce horror pulp. Girasol reprints every page except the inside front and inside back covers, which are house ads. Very high quality binding, paper stock and printing. Contents include "The House of Dreadful Night" by G.T. Fleming-Roberts, "Blood of Witches" by Paul Ernst, "The Haunting of Stephen Crim" by J. Allan Dunn, "The Dead Walk Softly" by Arthur J. Burks, "The Skull and the Cross" by C.K.M. Scanlon, "From Beyond the Grave" by Robert Wallace, "Doctor Guillotine" by Allan K. Echols, "Dead Man Swims" by Laurence Donovan and "Horror Ship" by Ray Cummings. Cover by Rudolph Zirm. 7-in. x 10-in., 130 pages, black and white, text. Cover price $25.00.

Hal Hunter Among the Savages in "The Man-Eating Tiger." Text with illustrations. National Chicle Company promotional comic. 2-in. x 2.5-in.; part color, part black and white; 8 newsprint pages.

Stories and art by Charles Dexter and others. Fawcett continues its early-'50s baseball one-shots with a look at the history of great baseball teams. A retrospective of the New York Giants from the vantage point of 1952 places special emphasis on their comeback from a disastrous season to win the playoffs in 1951. The cover includes photos of Willie Mays, Eddie Stanky, and other baseball greats of the era. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1 - 1st Printing, Summer 2007. Reprints Thrilling Wonder Stories Volume 46 - Issue 1 in its entirety. Included stories by Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. Softcover, 5.5" x 9", 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.