Secret comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Story and art by Sacha Mardou. When Sacha Mardou turned forty-years-old, she was leading a life that looked perfect on the outside: happily married to the love of her life, enjoying motherhood and her six-year-old daughter, and her first book had just been published. But for reasons she couldn't explain, the anxiety that had always plagued her only seemed to be getting worse and then, without warning, she began breaking out in terrible acne. The product of a stoic, working-class British family, Sacha had a deeply seeded distrust of mental health treatment, but now, living the life she'd built in the US and desperate for relief, she finds herself in a therapist's office for the first time. There she begins the real work of growing up: learning to understand her family of origin and the childhood trauma she thought she'd left hidden in the past but is still entangled in her present life. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 336 pages, full color. Cover price $30.00.

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Story and art by Glynnis Fawkes.

A children's song inspires a love of Greek mythology in a young girl. A young woman finds a career in archeology and illustration. A young mother sees her daughter become a woman, as her own mother's memories are lost. Persephone's Garden is a deeply personal story and an inventive study of girlhood, womanhood and motherhood, through memory, history and mythology.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 288 pages, PC.

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1st Printing. Contains two Phantom story reprints, "Zombie Maker" and "Witchdoctor's Secret". Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, full color.

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1st printing. By Brian Michael Bendis and Neil Kleid. An original novel based on the bestselling comic book series and tied in to the new Playstation Network original drama series. This the first ever prose story set in the world of the comic, written by Bendis and novelist Neil Kleid. The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim, starring the fan favorite character from the comic series, the story of a cold case reopened after a present-day murder points back to a series of unsolved killings and Deena's own family tree. Pilgrim, forced to investigate her family's sordid past - one she's longed to escape - must turn to her partner Walker for help in solving the case, a former Power with a secret history of his own. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 320 pages, Text Only. Cover price $26.99.

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Written by PrestonPlayz. Art and cover by Dave Bardin.

Join YouTube superstar PrestonPlayz and his friends on this thrillingly spooky, absolutely terrifying, middle-grade graphic novel adventure that'll leave friends and fans alike guessing what comes next!

When Wadsworth's Family Wonderland comes to town, Preston, Bri, Grumpus, and Shivers are thrilled to check out all the rides! But when the four friends show up for the fun, they realize that the carnival has seen better days. The rides are rickety and the whole place seems to be falling apart. Just before the crew heads back home, Kat Lavender dares Preston to spend the night in the incredibly terrifying, absolutely haunting, Spooky House.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $23.99.

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Private Beach: Book 2 - 1st printing. Collects Private Beach (2001 Slave Labor) #1-6. Story and art by David Hahn. Trudy is a smart, sexy woman - with a penchant for being around ominous occurrences and strange people. Here are the first six issues of the Eisner and Ignatz Award nominated series, along with a new story, David's sketchbook, and other extras. Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Lente Fred. Art and cover by Michael Broussard. In the late 1930s, a covert government agency was established to protect Earth from potential extraterrestrial threats. These brave men and women were called Project Black Sky, and what they discovered would change the course of human history. Collects Free Comic Book Day 2014: Project Black Sky and sixty pages of the ProjectBlackSky.net webcomic. Written by New York Times best-selling author Fred Van Lente (Archer and Armstrong)! Featuring art from Michael Broussard (Incredible Hulk, Artifacts, The Darkness)! A perfect jumping-on point for the whole Project Black Sky line! Softcover, 104 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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Written by Kiyarn Taghan. Art by Christian Dibari. Cover by Christian DiBari. Black Caravan Imprint. Provenance of Secrets brings early 50's crime noir into the realms of cosmic horror. Set in LA, a brutal murder throws up some increasingly strange leads, and pushes a detective down a path to something that is far from his usual work. Taking the world that Robert Chambers' 'The King In Yellow' existed within, will only make this noir even darker and haunting. Provenance of Secrets is a recipe for a horror noir, one that you'll keep reading knowing it will only get more terrifying. 24 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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(W) Kiyarn Taghan (A) Christian Dibari (CA) David Ferracci BLACK CARAVAN IMPRINT: Provenance of Secrets brings early 50's crime noir into the realms of cosmic horror. Set in LA, a brutal murder throws up some increasingly strange leads, and pushes a detective down a path to something that is far from his usual work. Taking the world that Robert Chambers' 'The King In Yellow' existed within, will only make this noir even darker and haunting. With a story written by Kiyarn Taghan, brought to life with artwork by Christian DiBari and made strikingly vivid with colors from Simon Gough, 'Provenance Of Secrets' is a recipe for a horror noir, that you'll want to keep reading knowing it will only get more terrifying. 24 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Webstore Exclusive Variant cover by Bruno Büll. Story by Kiyarn Taghan. Art by Christian Dibari. BLACK CARAVAN IMPRINT: Provenance of Secrets brings early 50's crime noir into the realms of cosmic horror. Set in LA, a brutal murder throws up some increasingly strange leads, and pushes a detective down a path to something that is far from his usual work. Taking the world that Robert Chambers' 'The King In Yellow' existed within, will only make this noir even darker and haunting. With a story written by Kiyarn Taghan, brought to life with artwork by Christian DiBari and made strikingly vivid with colors from Simon Gough, 'Provenance Of Secrets' is a recipe for a horror noir, that you'll want to keep reading knowing it will only get more terrifying. 24 pages, full color. Rated T

1st printing.

Need to express yourself, Bubby? Well, paint your scrawl on the back of one of these 24 masterpieces of thoughtful insight drawn by the dean of underground comics - R. Crumb himself! Carefully selected from his secret sketchbooks...colored for the first time ever...these cards lend impact to whatever you say!

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 4-in., 24 post cards, full color (on one side).

Cover price $11.95.

1st printing - Whitman #2344. By S. S. Stevens. Based on the comic strips by Fred Harman. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 220 pages, text with B&W illustrations.

1st printing. No dust jacket. By R. R. Winterbotham. Whitman # 2344. Based on the comic strips by Fred Harman. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 220 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

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Written by Amber Stewart. Art and cover by Sonia Albert.

Less than a week before Christmas, Herbert Henry's father has lost his job, and worse, his Christmas cheer. Herbert needs the kind of help only Santa can provide. But as he journeys north to hand-deliver his letter to Santa, Herbert discovers that his power to help others, from busy Elves to a stranded Snow Bear...could be the key to everyone's merry Christmas.

The delight and drama of the journey is nothing compared to the surprise awaiting Herbert Henry upon reaching the House of Claus. Chaos abounds, Christmas is in jeopardy, and it is down to one industrious little boy, an only slightly helpful dog, and the cast of characters Herbert has helped and befriended on the way to save Christmas...but can Herbert also save his father and his home?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $12.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Robert Sergel. The road to Satan's Kingdom is paved with good intentions. Robert Sergel's Best American Comics selection and Ignatz Award nominated series, Eschew, captures those awkward, private, hilarious moments of our past. This new collection proves those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Tour America's haunted history of spite houses and bad babysitters, meet Napoleon in New Jersey, and find yourself somewhere between Desolation Bay and Satan's Kingdom. This is one to remember. Softcover, 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. By Simon Guerrier and Marek Kukula. Juxtaposing the fiction of Doctor Who with corresponding scientific research, The Science of Doctor Who challenges readers to question the unknown and explore the secret mysteries of our world and beyond! The Science of Doctor Who is a collection of 15 thrilling, original Doctor Who stories inspired by - and playing with - the latest scientific knowledge. Including a foreword by Richard Dawkins, the book is organized into three sections ("Space," "Time," and "Humanity"). Each story will be followed by a lively, funny discussion of the real science involved. Imagine watching your favorite episodes of Doctor Who, but in the company of the stars of QI! Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 384 pages, Text Only. Cover price $19.99.

"A Long Time Ago at a BBQ Far, Far Away" story and art by Derek Hunter, "Gone With the Night" story by George Gladir, art by Trevor Nielson, and "The Boy Who Cried (I'm a) Werewolf!" story by Quinn Johnson, art by JJ Harriosn. Cover by Jim Rugg. 24 Pages, B&W.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Joel Frieman. Art and cover by Ryan Cody. New adventures based on the legendary pulp epic by Norvell W. Page! The Council of Evil, with the little fiend, Herr Doktor Krueger, presiding; his prim assistant Mildred; the insidious thief Iron Man; the green ape-man Grun; and, the Viking thawed from a block of ice named Thaw; descends on the Federal Reserve Sub-Treasury in lower Manhattan to plunder its gold deposits! This sinister plot propels The Spider into action as the steel-clad figure with palm-blast power named Smilodon - Justice With A Smile! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.00.

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1st printing. Written by Todd Hunt. Art by Sean Von Gorman. Cover by Michael J. Dimotta. After years of debunking false spiritualists, Harry Houdini is suddenly inducted into a world, which unceasingly challenges his every belief. Escape with Houdini into a world of magic and sorcery as we witness his greatest metamorphosis from stage magician to hero. These are the untold stories of the final years of Harry Houdini's life. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing - August 2003. After Al Williamson and Archie Goodwin left the daily newspaper strip Secret Agent Corrigan, George Evans took over the writing and drawing duties. This covers the beginning of Evans' run reprinting the dailies from February 4, 1980 to October 18, 1980. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, black and white. Cover price $6.95.

Issue #1. Reprints of Alex Raymond's newspaper strip Secret Agent X-9. 8-in. x 10 3/4-in., 64 pages, black and white. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1934-1936!" Written by Dashiell Hammett. Art and cover by Alex Raymond. The strip was a dailies-only serial. This volume collects the complete Hammett/Raymond strips, plus the subsequent stories by Raymond and Leslie Charteris, famous himself for "The Saint" novels, as well as the Charteris stories drawn by Charles Flanders. Included are strips from January 22, 1934 through October 31, 1936. Hardcover, 11-in. x 10-in., 304 pages, B&W. Cover price $49.99.

Stories by Dashiell Hammett and Leslie Charteris. Art and Cover by Alex Raymond. Collects the espionage comic strip X-9 from 1934-1935, when it was written by Hammett (The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man) and Charteris (The Saint) and drawn by a pre-Flash Gordon Alex Raymond. Introduction by comics historian Bill Blackbeard. Softcover, 11" wide x 8.5" tall. 212 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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Story by Leslie Charteris. Art and cover by Alex Raymond. Secret Agent X-9 was a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and artist Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon). At the time of these strips, the writer was Leslie Charteris, who created The Saint. Collects the Secret Agent X-9 daily strip from September 23 to November 16, 1935. In one of his earliest cases, Agent X-9 and his rotund sidekick Sidney Carp encounter the mystery man known as The Fixer. 13-1/2-in., x 9-1/2-in. 24 pages, B&W.

First edition, 2008. Cover by Norman Saunders. Contrary to what it looks like, this is a new adventure written by Stephen Payne in the pulp style. It resembles a pulp reprint right down to the ads included and the double-column layout of the text. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 128 pages, black and white. Cover price $14.95.

First edition, 2012. Not a pulp reprint but a new novel of Secret Agent X by Stephen Payne. Presented in the double-column pulp format and even some vintage ads, it certainly has the flavor of a pulp. What is more important? Life—or lucre? Most of us would cast our vote in favor of life. But for one group of men, wealth possesses a far greater hold. Such a position becomes apparent when a New York publishing magnate dies in a horrible fit of madness. In response his surviving friends band together, vowing they would rather die than capitulate to his murderer. His name? The Fool. And Secret Agent X, man of a thousand faces, found that even he was not immune from the wiles of a madman. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 204 pages, black and white. Cover price $14.95.

First edition, 2014. Not a pulp reprint but a new adventure by Stephen Payne. Introduction by Tom Johnson. Lengthy afterword by Payne explaining how he wanted to write the origin story of the Secret Agent. What was the shocking connection between the Secret Agent and the white-robed crime king, the Resurrectionist? And why was this weird villain murdering men, only to raise them from the dead? True, he was out to enrich himself, since he plundered on a grand scale. But he was really out for power and control. Such dominion would he gain only after he had acquired that most closely guarded of secrets - the real identity of Secret Agent X. And the Man of a Thousand Faces realized that even he might finally have run out of time - and surprises. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 316 pages (almost an inch thick!), black and white. Cover price $14.95.

Story and Art by Sean Bieri. Satirical look at the experimental planes of the Germany Luftwaffe in World War 2. 7-in. x 8 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W Cover price $1.00.

Giveaway booklet advertising Hires Root Beer. Features two stories about Hires Root Beer with text, illustrations and several pages of advertising and testimonials for Hires. The back cover features the Hires Ugly Boy advertising mascot. 20 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Story and art Tak Toyoshima. After ten years of writing and illustrating the critically acclaimed comic strip series Secret Asian Man, Tak Toyoshima has put together his first book of strips. Secret Asian Man: The Daily Days collects every single daily comic strip he produced for over two years of syndication with United Features. Secret Asian Man is a comic strip that focuses on what makes us the same as well as different, through the lens of Asian American protagonist Osamu "SAM" Takahashi. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 232 pages, B&W. Cover price $20.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Let's Have a Problem!" Collects Secret Avengers (2014) 3rd Series #1-5 and Original Sin: Secret Avengers Infinite Comic #1-2. Written by Ales Kot. Art by Michael Walsh and Ryan Kelly. Cover by Tomm Coker. The new SECRET AVENGERS kick things off with a blast - three missions at the same time! Falling S.H.I.E.L.D. satellites endanger Earth! A post-nuclear warhead goes missing in the Middle East! And the Fury - yes, the unstoppable super-hero-killing machine that menaced Captain Britain - reappears deep inside Chinese territory! Can Hawkeye, Black Widow and Spider-Woman save Nick Fury and Phil Coulson from dying horribly in space? Will a wounded Maria Hill figure out what her uneasy ally M.O.D.O.K. is up to? Do the Secret Avengers have a prayer against the Fury? As death hits the Helicarrier, Black Widow faces Lady Bullseye - and Coulson goes rogue! Plus: Before he joined the Secret Avengers, agent Nick Fury disobeyed a direct order. Now, his Original Sin has come back to haunt him! Hail Hydra! Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Secret Avengers (2010-2013 1st Series) #1-12.

Written by Ed Brubaker. Art by Mike Deodato, Will Conrad, and Roberto De La Torre. Cover by Marko Djurdjevic.

Steve Rogers has a big secret! The former Captain America has assembled a special-ops squad to counter the world's deadliest threats. But who are the Secret Avengers? Spy intrigue meets super hero action as the Super-Soldier, Black Widow, War Machine, Ant-Man, Valkyrie, Moon Knight and more take on a case that crosses dimensions and lands on Martian soil - and somehow involves Nick Fury! Then, the Celestial Order of the Hai-Dai launches a brazen attack on Shang-Chi. Its mission? To return him to his father, a man of consummate evil who has perpetuated his brand of wickedness and corruption for more than 3,000 years! Can Steve's stealth team - and an old friend from his World War II days - save the Master of Kung Fu? Ed Brubaker's blockbuster run is collected in full!

Softcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

1st printing. Collects Secret Avengers (2010-2013 1st Series) #21.1 and #22-37.

Written by Rick Remender. Art by Gabriel Hardman, Alex Maleev, Patrick Zircher, Renato Guedes, Andy Kuhn, and Matteo Scalera. Cover by Arthur Adams.

Hawkeye takes over Steve Rogers' covert Avengers team! And with a new leader comes a fresh lineup as Giant-Man, Captain Britain and the original Human Torch join Black Widow, Beast, Valkyrie and Ant-Man as Earth's stealthiest heroes. But will Hawkeye draw the line at Cap's final recruit: the deadly Venom?! As the Avengers battle the X-Men, Thor takes a secret squad to stop the Phoenix by any means necessary! But on the Kree homeworld, can Ms. Marvel and the Protector break free of Minister Marvel's influence to aid their former companions? As Hawkeye and Black Widow seek to unmask the spy in their ranks, a new Masters of Evil forms - and the Shadow Council's true goal is revealed! But the robotic Descendants' rise may end the Secret Avengers once and for all!

Softcover, 384 pages, full color. Rated T+

Cover price $34.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Tamayo Akiyama. Translated by Ray Yoshimoto. Adapted by Patrick Neighly.

Priest/private eye Tatsurou Shinozaki meets a woman in his church who is looking for the mysterious red penguin. She uses a post-hypnotic suggestion on him so that when the phrase "red penguin" is mentioned, he will begin to hallucinate. As the journey to uncover the red penguin begins, secrets are uncovered about Tatsurou's past, including a shadowy society that may be linked to his suddenly unreliable memory.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Teen

Cover price $9.99.

Australian Price Variant. Cover pencils by Andre Coates, inks by Don Hudson. Roadkill, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Andre Coates, inks by Don Hudson; Punisher, Sleepwalker, Namorita, and Doctor Strange are united to try and defeat Roadkill. 36 pgs.

January, 1942. True crime magazine. 10-1/2" x 13-1/2", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Emu. Desperate to lose his virginity, Sou makes a bargain by summoning a devil named Kogure from the underworld to help with the deed. However, when Sou discovers that Kogure is a boy rather than a girl, he flees the underworld. Thinking that the ordeal is over, Sou returns home only to find that Kogure is there - and determined to stay - until the bargain that they made is satisfied! Unwilling to give up his virginity, Sou tries to figure out a way to nullify the agreement, but finds himself blocked by Kogure. Kogure insinuates himself into Sou's life and is willing to do whatever it takes to win Sou over. How will Sou handle have a devil in his life? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Emu. Desperate to lose his virginity, Sou makes a bargain by summoning a devil named Kogure from the underworld to help with the deed. However, when Sou discovers that Kogure is a boy rather than a girl, he flees the underworld. Thinking that the ordeal is over, Sou returns home only to find that Kogure is there - and determined to stay - until the bargain that they made is satisfied! Unwilling to give up his virginity, Sou tries to figure out a way to nullify the agreement, but finds himself blocked by Kogure. Kogure insinuates himself into Sou's life and is willing to do whatever it takes to win Sou over. How will Sou handle have a devil in his life? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

1st printing. By Jennifer Lynch. Foreword by TWIN PEAKS co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost. Laura Palmer was introduced to television audiences in the opening scenes of "Twin Peaks"--as a beautiful dead girl, wrapped in plastic. Now available in print for the first time in many years, THE SECRET DIARY OF LAURA PALMER chronicles Laura's life from age 12 to her death at 17, and is filled with secrets, character references, and even clues to the identity of her eventual killer. Fans of the show will love seeing their favorite characters again, and Laura's diary makes compelling reading as she turns from a naive freshman having her first kiss to a "bad girl" experimenting with drugs, sex and the occult. "As seen by" Jennifer Lynch, creator David Lynch's daughter, THE SECRET DIARY OF LAURA PALMER is authentic, creepy, and a perfect book for anyone who loves supernatural suspense. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, Text Only. Cover price $12.00.

1st printing. Collects Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017 Marvel) #1-5. Written by Paul Allor, Jeremy Whitley, Nick Kocher, Rodney Barnes, Fabian Nicieza, Ethan Sacks, Mags Visaggio, Karla Pacheco, Amy Chu, Simon Spurrier and Leah Williams. Art by Brian Level, Diego Olortegui, Tana Ford, Juan M. Frigeri, Will Robson, Marco Lorenzana, Alex Arizmendi, Katie Niemczyk, Wilfredo Torres and Victor Ibanez. Cover by Paulo Siqueira. Steve Rogers is the Supreme Leader of Hydra, and he's claimed the United States as his own! Faced with Captain America's new world order, Earth's heroes have a choice to make: stand and fight, or fall in line. These are their stories. What will become of Cap's oldest allies, the Invaders? And who will step up to become the Marvel Universe's new Patriot? Estranged from the planet he's duty-bound to protect, Kevin Conner, A.K.A. Starbrand, wrestles with the weight of his destiny. Meanwhile, a traitor in Atlantis could bring an end to Namor's truce with Hydra! Plus: Gwenpool! Giant-Man! J. Jonah Jameson! And Hydra Bob! Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

1st printing. Collects Secret Empire (2017 Marvel) #0-10 and Secret Empire: Omega (2017), and material from Secret Empire (2017 Marvel) FCBD.

Written by Nick Spencer. Art by Daniel Acuña, Rod Reis, Steve McNiven, Andrea Sorrentino, Leinil Francis Yu, Sean Izaakse, Java Tartaglia, and Andrea Sorrentino. Cover by Mark Brooks.

Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, is living a lie! The Cosmic Cube has remade the world's greatest hero into a secret true believer in the cause of Hydra, wholly dedicated to its mission of progress through authority and unity through adversity! Now, using the trust and respect he's been accorded by the great powers of the Marvel Universe, Steve Rogers makes Hydra's ideals a reality - and changes the landscape of the world dramatically! How will he take some of his biggest threats off the board? Who will remain to stand against him? And which heroes will fight on his side? Find out as the impossible becomes real! Hail Hydra!

Softcover, 480 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.99.

1st printing.

Written by Marilyn Mercer. Art and cover by Jerry Grandenetti.

In 1949, three of Will Eisner's most talented "ghosts" created the remarkable horror comic strip featuring Dr. Desmond Drew, a paranormal investigator and "supernatural Sherlock Holmes." Gorgeously drawn by future Creepy contributor Jerry Grandenetti and written in a gripping pulp style by Marilyn Mercer, thesethirteen chilling stories have been collected and digitally restored while retaining the exquisite design and artwork that characterized the output of the Eisner studio.

Hardcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

1st printing.

Based on the Story by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Adapted by Mariah Marsden. Art and cover by Hanna Luechtefeld.

Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at a secluded estate on the Yorkshire moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder.

First, there's Martha Sowerby: the too-cheery maid with bothersome questions who seems out of place in the dreary manor. Then there's the elusive Uncle Craven, Mary's only remaining family-whom she's not permitted to see. And finally, there are the mysteries that seem to haunt the run-down place: rumors of a lost garden with a tragic past, and a midnight wail that echoes across the moors at night.

As Mary begins to explore this new world alongside her ragtag companions - a cocky robin redbreast, a sour-faced gardener, and a boy who can talk to animals - she learns that even the loneliest of hearts can grow roots in rocky soil.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in./, 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $11.99.