Secret comic books issue 1

1st printing. By Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan, finds herself in her uncle's gloomy, secretive manor house. Why are so many rooms locked? why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 180 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations)

1st Edition - saddle-stitched

Story and art by Raeghan Buchanan. The Secret History of Black Punk is an illustrated roll-call for punk, post-punk, hardcore, no wave, and experimental bands from ground zero until now. A starting point for anyone curious, another reference for those who devour all genre-related things, or a cool artifact for them who already know. 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

New Squarebound Edition

New Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Raeghan Buchanan. Rushed back to print in a second edition with spine for easy shelving! Delve into the largely overlooked footprint that Black punks have on the underground music scene in an archival publication brought to you by Raeghan Buchanan and Silver Sprocket. The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero by Buchanan is an illustrated roll-call for punk, post-punk, hardcore, no-wave, and experimental bands from ground zero til now. A starting point for anyone curious, another reference for those who devour all genre-related things, or a cool artifact for anyone in the know. This book is part of an ongoing series that covers musicians like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Poly Styrene, Don Letts, Minority Threat, and many others. From LA to London, from the early 1900s till today, Buchanan examines and presents narratives to show how Black musicians shape (and are shaped by) the world we live in. Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. By Ekaterina Sedia. A supernatural mystery set in a post-Iron Curtain Russia. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 304 pages, Text Only. NOTE: "A Lovely, disconcerting book that does for Moscow what I hope my own Nevewhere may have done to London." - Neil Gaiman Cover price $12.95.

1st printing. Collects Secret History of the Authority: Jack Hawksmoor (2008) #1-6.

Written by Mike Costa. Art by Fiona Staples. Cover by Cully Hamner.

This is the story of The Authority's urban hero Jack Hawksmoor before he joined the team. While preventing a massive robot attack on the Golden Gate Bridge, Hawksmoor gets unexpected assistance from a mysterious woman, then stumbles upon a locked-room murder mystery.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

By Mark Frost.

From Mark Frost (The List of Seven), the co-creator of the landmark television series Twin Peaks, comes a novel that deepens the mysteries of that iconic town in ways that not only enrich the original series but readies fans for the upcoming Showtime episodes.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Good $6.70

Add to cart Very Good $6.70

1st printing. By Jill Lepore. Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. Aside from Superman and Batman, no superhero has lasted as long or commanded so vast and wildly passionate a following. In the more than seven decades since she first appeared, her comic books have never been out of print. In years of interviews and archival research, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator. The Secret History of Wonder Woman reveals that Wonder Woman is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women's rights. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 448 pages, Text. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing (Archaia). Collects Secret History (2007) #1-7. Written by Jean-Pierre Pécau. Four immortal brothers and sisters, consumed in an epic struggle to influence and shape the history of Western civilization. From Moses' challenge to the Pharaoh to the origin of the Grail myth; from the extermination of the Cathars to Nostradamus' travels in Italy; from the Spanish Armada to Napoleon's conquest of Egypt; and finally to the trenches of World War I: a secret occult history of the world told in seven chapters. Hardcover, 336 pages, full color. Cover price $34.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.99

1st printing. Edited by Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow, and Jerry Ma. This groundbreaking anthology brings together top Asian American creators in the comics industry - including Gene Yang (American Born Chinese), Bernard Chang (Wonder Woman), Greg Pak (The Hulk), Sonny Liew (the upcoming Liquid City; Vertigo's My Faith in Frankie), Greg LaRocque (The Flash), Christine Norrie (Black Canary Wedding Special), and Francis Tsai (Heroes for Hire) - as well as new and established creators from film, television, and literature, to craft original graphical short stories set in a compelling "shadow history" of our country: from the building of the railroads to the Japanese American internment, atomic bombings, the Vietnam airlifts, the murder of Vincent Chin, and the groundless incarceration of Dr. Wen Ho Lee. Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

1st printing.

By Alex Segura.

It's 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn't care. She's an assistant at Triumph Comics, which doesn't have the creative zeal of Marvel nor the buttoned-up efficiency of DC, but it doesn't matter. Carmen is tantalizingly close to fulfilling her dream of writing a superhero book.

That dream is nearly a reality when one of the Triumph writers enlists her help to create a new character, which they call "The Lethal Lynx," Triumph's first female hero. But her colleague is acting strangely and asking to keep her involvement a secret. And then he's found dead, with all of their scripts turned into the publisher without her name. Carmen is desperate to piece together what happened to him, to hang on to her piece of the Lynx, which turns out to be a runaway hit.

But that's complicated by a surprise visitor from her home in Miami, a tenacious cop who is piecing everything together too quickly for Carmen, and the tangled web of secrets and resentments among the passionate eccentrics who write comics for a living.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $18.99.

1st printing. Collects Secret Invasion (2008) #1-8.

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art by LEINIL FRANCIS YU. Cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO.

Who do you trust?

The shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal: full-scale invasion! Now, the invasion is here! The Marvel Universe is in shambles. The Skrull Empire's plan has birthed itself into perfection. It is hero vs. hero! Resurrections and reunions! Is Tony Stark a Skrull?

Page after page unveils reveal after reveal and shocking moment after shocking moment! Brian Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu leap off the pages of mega-hit New Avengers and deliver a story that will forever alter the Marvel Universe! EXPECT CHANGE!

This oversized hardcover comes packed with extras, including the original story pitch, script pages, art concepts/designs and more!

Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $34.99.

1st printing. Based on the Graphc Novel by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu. Adapted by Paul Cornell. A shapeshifting alien race invades the Marvel Universe in this exciting re-imagining of the bestselling comic book event from the author of one of its original tie-ins. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 320 pages, Text Only. Cover price $25.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

1st printing. Collects Meet the Skrulls (2019 Marvel) #1-5, Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War (2020 Marvel), Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #2 and 18, The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #93, The New Avengers: Illuminati (2006) #1 and material from Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #257.

Written by Robbie Thompson, Roy Thomas, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed, John Byrne, and Stan Lee. Art by Niko Henrichon, Mattia De Iulis, Javier Rodriguez, Neal Adams, Jim Cheung, John Byrne, George Klein, Dick Ayers, Tom Palmer, Mark Morales, and Jack Kirby. Cover by Leinil Francis Yu. Back Cover by Niko Henrichon.

The Warners are your typical American family. Dad works at Stark Enterprises. Mom works in a senator's office. The girls are students at Stamford High. The only thing that makes them different is...they're shape-shifting alien Skrulls who have infiltrated our society to pave the way for invasion!

But what could leave them as a house divided? And will the mysterious Man in the Hat be their exterminator - or their salvation?

Plus: Meet the Skrulls all over again in the aliens classic first encounter with the Fantastic Four, as well as more momentous events in Skrull history - including the Super Skrull's debut, the Kree/Skrull War and the final fate of their Throneworld!

Softcover, 448 pages, full color. Rated T+

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects Secret Invasion (2008) #1-8, SECRET INVASION PROLOGUE, New Avengers (2005-2010 1st Series) #31-32 and 39-49, Mighty Avengers (2007-2010) #7 and #12-20, and New Avengers: Illuminati (2006) #1 and 5.

Written by Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed. Art by Leinil Francis Yu, David Mack, Jim Cheung, Billy Tan, Mark Bagley, Alex Maleev, Khoi Pham, Danny Miki, John Romita, Jr., Klaus Janson, Tom Palmer, Stefano Caselli, Allen Martinez, Lee Weeks, Carlo Pagulayan, and Jeffrey Huet. Cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto.

Brian Michael Bendis' complete saga between two covers!

It begins with a brutal battle between the New Avengers and the Hand - one that claims Elektra's life and reveals that she was...a Skrull! What does this mean for Tony Stark and his Mighty Avengers? Or his shadowy Illuminati? Soon, the whole Marvel Universe will be asking: Whom do you trust? As the Secret Invasion stands revealed and the Skrulls attack Earth, which heroes will be exposed as alien impostors? Can the Secret Warriors turn the tide? And can anyone stop the Skrull queen Veranke - whoever she is?!

Plus: Bendis and a murderers' row of artistic talents reveal how your favorite Avengers were secretly replaced!

Hardcover, 952 pages, full color.

Cover price $100.00.

1st printing. Collects Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers (2008) #1-3.

Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST. Art by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA. Cover by MICHAEL RYAN.

The Skrulls are invading and The Runaways and the Young Avengers both have a Skrull on their team. Coincidence? We think not. Your two favorite teen teams come together again as the Marvel U is pushed to the brink. Includes comprehensive handbook profiles.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.99.

2nd printing variant cover by Nei Ruffino and J. Scott Campbell. Self-published comic created by Nei Ruffino. (A) Nei Ruffino (W) Raven Gregory (L) Jim Campbell. Includes behind the scenes concept art and pin up pages. FC, 28 pages.

Jesse James Comics Exclusive Virgin Edition Limited to 200 copies. Self-published comic created by Nei Ruffino. (A) Nei Ruffino (W) Raven Gregory (L) Jim Campbell. Includes behind the scenes concept art and pin up pages. FC, 28 pages.

Add to cart Fine $5.10

Written by Stephane Lapuss. Art and Cover by Goum. Ever wonder what your pets get up to when you're not home? Find out in this hilarious new kids comic series based on The Secret Life of Pets, the award-winning Universal Studios animated comedy! The Secret Life of Pets 2 hits theatres on June 7, 2019! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Written by Stephane Lapuss. Art and Cover by Goum. Ever wonder what your pets get up to when you're not home? Find out in this hilarious new kids comic series based on The Secret Life of Pets, the award-winning Universal Studios animated comedy! The Secret Life of Pets 2 hits theatres on June 7, 2019! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

1st printing.

Written by Stephane Lapuss. Art and cover by Goum.

Did you ever wonder what your pets get up to when you're not home? Find out in this collection of hilarious new animal comics based on The Secret Life of Pets, the award-winning Universal Studios animated comedy!

A giftbook-size hardcover volume, packed with funny animal strips perfect for pet-lovers.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $14.99.

(W) Marc Shapiro and Julie Newmar (A) Emiliano Urdinola 32 pages, FC. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing.

By Joynell Schultz.

Nobody said being married was easy, but try being married to a superhero. Not only is there laundry, cooking, and a career to balance, but throw in a few supervillains and your day is booked.

These are the stories about what happens after the hero gets the girl.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 314 pages, Text.

December 1955. Cover, story, and art by Iger Shop. Stories include "Reaching for a Star" and "The Boss of My Heart". 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

1st printing.

Edited by Hope Nicholson. Cover by Becky Cloonan. Foreword by Chris Roberson.

The follow-up to the smash-hit The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, this brand new anthology features comic and prose stories from cartoonists and professional geeks about their most intimate, heartbreaking, and inspiring tales of love, sex, and dating. This volume includes creators of diverse genders, orientations, and cultural backgrounds.

Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale), Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy), Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind), Dana Simpson (Phoebe and Her Unicorn), Gabby Rivera (America), Hope Larson, (Batgirl), Cecil Castellucci (Soupy Leaves Home), Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet), Marley Zarcone (Shade), Sfé R. Monster (Beyond: A queer comics anthology), Amy Chu (Wonder Woman), Megan Kearney, Michael Walsh, Jordie Bellaire, Letty Wilson, Gwen Benaway, Cara Ellison, Maddison Chaffer, Shee Phon, Ivan Salazar, Maddi Gonzalez, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Diana McCallum, Dylan Edwards, Saadia Muzaffar, Maia Kobabe, H-P Lehkonen, Shauna J. Grant, Hope Nicholson, MariNaomi, Tini Howard, Christina "Peaches" Cortes, Harris O'Malley, Levi Hastings, Katie West, Jamie McKelvie, Terry Blas, Kristian Bruun, Priya Huq, Ryan Dunlavey, Jen Vaughn, Robert Wilson IV, Ryan Ferrier, JP Larocque, Speranza, Amanda Deibert, Cat Staggs, Vita Ayala and Jessi Jordan!

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

"Origin of Species" by John Hunt. Cover price $3.00.

2nd Printing Variant. "Origin of Species" by John Hunt. Cover price $2.95.

Japanese Doujinshi/ Fan Art Book. Cover and Art by Takayuki Tanaka. Japanese Language.

1st printing. Follow the adventures of Mrs. Brisby and her family in this complete picture story with all the excitment from the animated film. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 34 pages, full color.

1st printing. By Jack Jackson. In the desert southwest, a god made from silver descends from the skies. The Apaches worship its power. The Spanish worship the shiny metal it produces. Its refuge is protected by bultos, the spirits of the dead. Thus is set in motion a tale of lust, greed, the supernatural, and cultural conflict. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

1st Printing - Written by Robert Arthur, Illustrations by Harry Kane. A deserted old building by day - by night a castle of terror! For more than 20 years no one has slept the whole night through within the walls of Terror Castle. Ghostly moans and groans, fearful screams and screeches frighten off the bravest soul. What, or who, haunts the castle? The Three Investigators are determined to find out - by visiting in the dead of night. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 180 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.95

Add to cart Near Mint $7.95

1st printing.

Story and art by David Nytra.

When Leah and Alan awaken in an enchanted forest, they have only each other and their wits to guide them. When Leah and Alan awaken in an enchanted forest, they have only each other and their wits to guide them. In a world full of pet bees and giant rabbits, they befriend foppish lions and stone frogs. Learning to overcome danger, they find their way home and their independence.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. All Ages

Cover price $9.99.

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Came in bag with Leaf Tart n Tangy candys. 16 pages color. Measures 4 1/4 x 2 3/4. Candy not included.

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Add to cart VF 8.0 $10.00

Came in bag with Leaf Tart 'n' Tangy candys. 16 pages color. Measures 4 1/4 x 2 3/4. Candy not included.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $23.00 View scans

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Came in bag with Leaf Tart n Tangy candys. 16 pages color. Measures 4 1/4 x 2 3/4. Candy not included.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $29.00 View scans

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Came in bag with Leaf Tart n Tangy candys. 16 pages color. Measures 4 1/4 x 2 3/4. Candy not included unless otherwise noted.

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Add to cart Very Good $7.99

1st printing. Collects JLA: Secret Files (1997) #1, Batman: Secret Files (1997) #1, Flash: Secret Files (1997) #1, Aquaman: Secret Files (1998) #1, Green Lantern: Secret Files (1998) #1, Wonder Woman: Secret Files (1998) #1, and Superman: Secret Files (1998) #1. SECRET ORIGINS FEATURING THE JLA presents an in-depth look at the events and circumstances that created some of the world's greatest heroes. Divulging intricate details and facts about how each of these characters gained their abilities or powers, this book reveals much about the personalities and attitudes of these superhuman champions. Included in this volume are the back histories of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Martian Manhunter, and the Flash (Wally West). Softcover, 150 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.00

Add to cart Fine $8.30

Add to cart Fine $8.30

1st printing.

Story and art by Axelle Lenoir.

Ever since my cosmic twin disappeared, nothing makes sense anymore. Friends, work, life-well, you get the picture. For all of five minutes I thought therapy might be the answer. But then I remembered: I'm a cartoonist. Why waste a skilled professional's time when I could just spend 10 years of my life making an autobiographical comic and call it a "voyage of self-discovery"?

So here it is: the opening chapter of my life. It's 1985 in a small Quebec town called Notre-Dame du Lac. We're going to get to know a little girl who enjoys chatting with the forest (that's me!), a younger brother with demonic tendencies, a tyrannical older brother, and two marvelous parents who may or may not be aliens.

And please, PLEASE, take my advice, dear reader. If you ever find yourself in the midst of an existential crisis, don't make a comic about it. See a therapist instead. Much love!

Softcover, 184 pages, 2C.

Cover price $19.99.

This edition was limited to 1,000 copies. The Secret Places of the Human Body known as the ANANGA-ANGA or, THE HINDU ART OF LOVE. Translated from the Arabian by Sir Richard Burton. Privately printed by The Golden Hind Press, 1935. Hardcover with risqué illustrated title page with nine tipped in nude photographs.

February 1928. Cover by Frederick Ralph Glass. "The Forty Yellow Men" by Allan Stephens. Other stories by Jack Harrower, George Barton, Headon Hill, Ray Wynn, Frank W. Howard, A. V., M. F. Goron, John A. Moroso, Raymond S. Spears, and Robert Carlton Brown. Softcover pulp, 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, black and white (text with a few illustrations). Cover price $0.20.

1st printing. Collects Secret Six (2008 3rd Series) #19-24. Written by GAIL SIMONE. Art by J. CALAFIORE, R.B. SILVA and ALEXANDRE PALAMARO. Cover by DANIEL LUVISI. Thomas Blake - a.k.a. Catman - heads to Africa to find the three men who kidnapped his long lost son, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake that threatens to destroy the Secret Six once and for all. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Facimile Limited Edition of the Red Shadow novel by Robert Hogan originally appearing in 1934 "Secret Six" Volume 1 #1. Limited to 500 copies. Recreated by John Gunnison. Frank Hamilton art recreation of cover. Softcover 7-in. x 10-in. 110 Pages B&W.

1st printing. By Brian Froud. The international best-selling artist and author opens his private sketchbooks, showcasing personally selected pages that span his career as the preeminent fairie artist of our time. Includes some of his earliest drawing exploring the fairie realm, art created in recent years, sometimes given a wash of color or collaged together with other drawings. Softcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $20.00.

1st printing. Veteran artist Doug Sneyd presents a collection of unpublished cartoon concepts created throughout his career with Playboy magazine. This novelty book is packed from end to end with one-liners and pretty girls-funny, charming, and risqué jokes, each one full of all the life and expression that only a master artist can impart with a few strokes of the pen and brush! Over 200 original cartoons! Foreword by cartoonist Arnold Roth (The New Yorker, TIME, and Sports Illustrated). Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 280 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.99.