VIP comic books issue 1

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December 1960. Featuring Elizabeth Taylor. 76 pages, B&W, 8.5" x 10.75" Cover price $0.35.

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By Adam Cogan & Ryan Cody. Nick Corrigan is unemployed, behind on the rent, and his girlfriend cheats on him. Things start To look up when he discovers that his neighbor used to be "Hardliner," the notorious supervillain. With nothing left to lose, Nick blackmails his neighbor into training him to become a career super-criminal ? because being bad feels good when you try it. 7x10, 32pgs, FC (1 of 4)SRP: $3.25 Cover price $3.25.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Thick as Thieves!" By Adam Cogan, Ryan Cody, and Russ Lowery. Nick Corrigan just hit bottom. He lost his job, he's behind on the rent, and his girlfriend may be having an affair with her boss. But when Nick discovers that his aging upstairs neighbor is secretly the retired supervillian known as "Hardliner," he sees an opportunity to turn his luck around. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.95.

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1st printing. By Virgil Partch. ULTRA-STYLISH CARTOONING MASTER FINALLY GETS HIS COFFEE-TABLE BOOK - Only a few months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor and the same year that Albert Camus offered the world his bleak vision of man's existence by introducing his philosophical dictum of The Absurd, Virgil Partch burst onto the scene with his own twist on the phrase. Partch was a cartoonist who offered comic counterpoint to the grim headlines and a unique perspective on human nature in the pages of the nation's most popular magazines. Known to millions by his jazzy signature, VIP, this comic genius ushered in a new era of the gag cartoon-zany, sometimes surreal, always hilarious-that inspired a generation of fellow cartoonists starting in the 1940s and '50s. His madcap style of humor was reflected in the cutting-edge comedic sensibilities of Burns & Allen, Jack Benny, Ernie Kovacs, Bob & Ray, Stan Freberg, and Jean Shepherd, and would position Partch as one of the most prolific "gag-men" of his day. VIP contributed to an astonishing array of magazines, wrote gags for other cartoonists, illustrated books, album covers, and advertisements, and adorned merchandise including, appropriately, cocktail glasses. VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch is the first time Partch's life and career has been treated in full, collecting amazing artwork from the entire range of his inspired career and featuring his own writings. Reprinted from original art, primary-source publications, and collectors' and family archives, VIP's place in the world of cartooning and humor can finally be fully appreciated in this beautiful coffee-table volume. Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

1st printing. By Mike Madrid. Between the covers of Vixens, Vamps & Vipers, fans will rediscover the original bad girls of comics, as fierce and full of surprises as they were when the comic book industry was born. From murderous Madame Doom to He-She, Mike Madrid resurrects twenty-two glorious evildoers in fully reproduced comics and explores the ways they both transcend and become ensnared in a web of cultural stereotypes. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of history, but their influence, on popular culture and the archenemies that thrill us today, is unmistakable. Softcover, 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.