Video comic books issue 1

1st printing.

By Kurt Kalata.

Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. For any number of reasons, not all of them were ever released outside of the country, especially in the '80s and '90s. While many of these titles have since been documented by the English-speaking video game community, and in some cases, even unofficially translated, a huge proportion of the Japanese game output is unknown outside of their native territory.

Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese Video Game Obscurities seeks to catalogue many of these titles, games that are weird, compelling, strange, cool or historically important.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $32.95.

1st printing. By Yoshiyuki Oba. Who are the hottest Japanese video game and animation heroes and heroines? This up-to-date collection features 100 prominent character designers of video games and animation created in 2010 and 2011. For game and animation fans, this book allows a comprehensive look at a variety of characters from a range of video game titles. Designers featured in this book include Shigenori Soejima, Suzuhito Yasuda, Mel Kishida, redjuice, Masayoshi Tanaka, Makoto Tsuchibayashi, aokiume, Takahiro Kishida, Eiji Kaneda, and more. Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 208 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. By Christopher Carton. Adventure video games have provided players with epic and hilarious storytelling for over fifty years. What started from the humble beginnings of text adventures led to a blast of point-and-click and graphic adventure games throughout the '80s and '90s. In these pages you'll find histories on influential companies such as Sierra On-Line, LucasArts and Telltale Games, as well as some of the most revered games in the genre. With a bright future emerging as veterans and newcomers forge ahead with new ideas and visual flourishes for adventure games, there's never been a better time to become acquainted (or reacquainted!) with a colorful and exciting part of gaming history. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 152 pages, full color. Cover price $42.95.

1st printing. Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment was the most remarkable B-movie studio of the 1990s, responsible for a barrage of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror classics during the last true "golden age" of the home video era. From Puppetmaster to Trancers and beyond, Full Moon transformed the VHS experience for fans worldwide, bringing the inner workings of the movie-making process into the living room, and in turn creating a ravenous fan base that remains to this day. This book tracks the history of the company, featuring rare artwork, behind-the-scenes photos, and over 50 exclusive interviews with the cast and crew who helped to create the legendary B-movie studio. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 480 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $39.99

1st printing. As video games are played, memories are left in the grooves of their controllers. Atari joysticks still remember being pushed to the limit from afternoons spent playing Frogger, GameCube controllers echo with the clatter of intense Super Smash Bros bouts, each gesture with a Wii Remote is a story to be shared, and every haptic rumble inside of the DualSense is a reminder of the bond between player, hardware, and game. From Joysticks to Haptics revisits all the key points in history that shaped video game controllers. Head back to the very early era of console gaming, when dials and keypads were king, then read stories of standardisation, as innovations like D-Pads and analogue sticks became the model that every hardware maker followed, and revel in the weird and wonderful. This comprehensive collection features insightful retrospectives and personal essays, facts and stats, plus stunning photography of rare and retro favourites in a journey through the most iconic and inventive corners of video game history. Hardcover, 7 3/4-in. x 10-in., 240 pages, full color. Teen+ Cover price $40.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

1st printing.

Written by Steve Foxe. Art and cover by Otis Frampton.

Animals in Barnyard Meadows are glued to their phones. But Little Red Hen doesn't just want to watch internet videos. She wants to make them too! Unfortunately, her friends aren't eager to put in the hard work of creating an online baking show. When each step of the process reveals the wild side of their quiet town, will Red's friends realize all the fun they're missing, and can the hen become a video star?

"The Little Red Hen" is retold with a modern twist to create an exciting graphic novel for kids!

Softcover, 40 pages, full color.

Cover price $5.95.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Add to cart Good $2.65

Written by Desmond Devlin. A full-color, all-new special! The Usual Gang of Idiots turn it up to eleven and bring the music industry to its knees. With an unexpected combination of high technology and lowbrow humor, this one's got everything you'd expect from a video/music channel and more (presented without commercial interruption). It's 48 pages slamming your favorite music videos, including those of Puff Daddy, Aerosmith, Spice Girls, Dr. Dre, Madonna, Soundgarden, Alanis Morissette, Michael Jackson, Hanson, Will Smith and more! Shocking stuff they'll never pop up on VH1! FC, Miraweb Format. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Dustin Hansen.

Meet Dewey Jenkins, a 13-year old schoolkid who's about to fail science class. Follow him on an amazing adventure that leads Dewey and his friends to a virtual world where they will have to overcome all sorts of digital creatures and solve a number of puzzles in order to get home.

My Video Game Ate My Homework is a funny, fast-paced adventure that shows the importance of cooperation and teamwork, as well as the importance of using your own unique abilities to solve problems. It's illustrated in Dustin Hansen's colorful, cartoony style, and filled with lots of sight gags and nods to video-gaming tropes.

Dustin Hansen spent years directing and creating video games before becoming a writer and illustrator, and makes his DC debut with My Video Game Ate My Homework!

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.99.

1st printing. By Carrie Wood. The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Video Games shines a spotlight on this booming hobby. Packed with insight, it showcases the many different ways of collecting, including collecting by developer, by console, and by character. It unlocks the history of video games and even suggests how to incorporate games into other collections. It's the latest entry in the "How-To" line from the publishers of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $26.00

Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $44.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "February 1951 to December 1951!" By Roy Thomas and James Heath Lantz. Art by George Evans.Maybe they did have only Army surplus uniforms with lightning bolts sewn on but, by golly, these guys were boldly going on television sets across America long before Captain Kirk and his merry band of star-trekkers. Legendary comic house Fawcett put out six wonderful issues of Captain Video, here's the full run of the comics, lovingly restored to a vibrant four-color life by your chums at PSA! Only 125 Slipcased copies are available, and each features a specially commissioned painting Les Edwards. Hardcover(Slipcased), 7-in. x 10-in., 288 pages, full color. Cover price $119.99.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $90.00 View scans

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $50.00 View scan Staple rust.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $219.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $139.00 or Best Offer View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Special Limited Edition. Promotional comic given out at Gamestop stores with the purchase of the 2007 TMNT video game. Reprints issue #1 - first appearance of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. B&W, 44 pages.

Written by Michael Dooney. Art by Michael Dooney and Barry Grossman. 32 Pages, Full color.

1st printing.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

2nd and later printings.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

1st printing.

By Thomas Hodge.

Video cover art is a unique and largely lost artform representing a period of unabashed creativity during the video rental boom of the 1980s to early 1990s.

The art explodes with a succulent, indulgent blend of design, illustration, typography, and hilarious copywriting. Written and curated by Tom "The Dude Designs" Hodge with a foreword by Mondo's Juston Ishmael, this collection contains over 240 full-scale, complete video sleeves in the genres of action, comedy, horror, kids, sci-fi, and thriller films. From the sublime to the ridiculous, some are incredible works of art, some are insane, and some capture the tone of the films better than the films themselves.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 264 pages, full color.

Cover price $34.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Story and Art by Stephen R. Buell. The Second Coming arrives with big ratings and utter chaos. A group of friends are affected when they are abandoned as "non-believers," left behind in a world without a god or a fully staffed drive-thru fast food joint. Plenty of dark comedy and drama packed into a story about abandonment, faith and gas masks. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $81.00 View scans Paper: White Label #4699309010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Black and White Cover price $3.50.

The first-ever price guide magazine for video games. This full-color magazine includes prices and checklists for games and accessories for every major system from Atari 2600 to Xbox. Complete your collections, find out which games are the rarest, and read reviews of some of your favorite classic games. Plus, this issue features one of the biggest video game giveaways of all time - a chance to win an original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and 100 games, including the original Final Fantasy and Mega Man! Regular features include "Market Report," "Collectible Game Top 10 List," "Collector's Spotlight," and "The Last Quarter," which reviews classic arcade games. Look for rare "screenshot" variant covers. Published quarterly with price updates every issue. (CAUT: 4) Magazine, 48pg, FC $5.99 Cover price $5.99.

1st printing. By Jordan Minor and Dan Ryckert. Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, there is a defining game, a game that captured the zeitgeist and left a legacy for all games that followed. Through a series of entertaining, informative, and opinionated critical essays, author and tech journalist Jordan Minor investigates, in chronological order, the innovative, genre-bending, and earth-shattering games from 1977 through 2022. Minor explores development stories, critical reception, and legacy, and also looks at how gaming intersects with and eventually influences society at large while reveling in how uniquely and delightfully bizarre even the most famous games tend to be. Softcover, 464 pages, full color. Cover price $27.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

1st printing. By Evan Skolnick. Video Game Storytelling provides developers with comprehensive, but easy-to-follow advice to facilitate the creation of compelling storylines for today's most popular and narratively successful video games. Video game writer and game writing instructor Evan Skolnick offers a clear and concise development reference guide for aspiring and professional developers, showing how each role (from character designer to animator to audio engineer and more) can affect the narrative of a game. This book aims to instill an understanding and appreciation of the basic storytelling principles that are essential for producing truly memorable video games. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Vol. 1, No. 1. August, 1982. Early 80's magazine dedicated to video games. This issue includes: Nolan Bushnell interview, Profile on Pac-Man, an outlook on the future of "TV Gaming" and more!. 84 pages, full color, 8" x 10.75" Cover price $2.95.

Vol. 1, No. 5. February, 1983. Early 80's magazine dedicated to video games. This issue includes: Ralph Baer interview, "Video Games Go to the Movies" part 2 of an article about the growing market of licensing film properties for video games. 8" x 10 3/4". 106 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.

Vol. 1, No. 6. March, 1983. Early 80's magazine dedicated to video games. This issue includes: "Welcome to the Club" an article about women video game designers, and "Rating the Joysticks". 8" x 10 3/4". 82 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.95.

"Blaster Master" Cover by Allen Hunter. Premiere Issue. Includes a 1989 Video Games Buyer's Guide. Interview with Brian Fargo. 8 1/4" X 10 3/4". Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $25.00

Add to cart Very Fine $25.00

1st printing. By Joe Funk, Dan "Shoe" HSU, Dean Takahasi, John Davison, Van Burnham, and Josh Harmon. Video games have been a part of our culture for decades and are now more popular than ever. From the first Pong arcade game to Halo: Combat Evolved, and from the Atari 2600 to todays console wars, this remarkable collection catalogs the most iconic video game objects representing our favorite games, stories, and characters over the last fifty years of gaming. With this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia, you'll explore the legacy of video games throughout the decades, reliving the glory days and nostalgia of the medium though its most recognizable iconography. Learn new facts, delve into video game history, and reexperience those special moments that brought video games to where they are today. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $50.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Magazine with reviews and previews of movies. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Fine $7.70

1st printing. Story and art by Stephen R. Buell. The return of Jesus brings big ratings and even bigger chaos. The Second Coming brings anarchy to the streets, and Keisha Bell and her friends find themselves in the middle of the storm. Attempting to avoid the madness, Bell finds there may be an inescapable link between herself and the events at hand. Collecting the critically-acclaimed indie hit of 2004, this collected edition includes a cover gallery, a new interview with the creator and a host of other extras. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $12.95.

This Special Edition issue includes the following: Two features on Kathleen Burke, "The Beastly Art of Walerian Borowczyk," features on Planeta Bur, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women, and a Video Watchdog review index, and more. Cover depicts Embeth Davidtz in Army of Darkness. Cover price $7.95.

"VideoHound" chronicles the horror genre's prolific history with 1,000 entertaining reviews accompanied by photos, sidebars, and quotes. Fully comprehensive, this book covers the classics, low-budget shlock, and modern slasher flicks. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 525 pages, Text (B/W Pictures) Cover price $17.95.

Science Fiction has proven to be much more than just a by-product of '50s Communist paranoia or the space race of the '60s. Now, devoted Trekkers, Whovians and G-fnas finally get their due with this handy video guide to their own peculiar parallel universes. From monsters and mad scientists to space exploration and time travel, 1,200 films that span the sci-fi genre are featured here. 125 photos. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 464 pages, Text (With B/W Pictures) Cover price $17.95.

1st printing. Dive deep into the world of monster hunters, as prominent characters from The Witcher take you on a guided tour of the fascinating dark-fantasy adventure. This gorgeous, illustrated hardbound volume contains in-depth knowledge about the locales, the deadly beasts that inhabit them, and the lethal weapons used to put them down. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 184 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.