Classic Comics comic books issue 1

1st printing.

Cover by Tony Mortellaro.

Movie mummies will soon be terrorizing theater goers! Now, from the boils and ghoul who bring you Haunted Horror, scream with delight over these stories unleashed from Pre-Code horror comics. SEE! The brutal attack of "The Living Mummies!" SENSE! The strangest "Case of the Beckoning Mummy!" FEEL! As "The Unburied Mummy" intensifies its powerful grip upon your puny throat! And there's a tomb-full more! PLUS! A crumbling gallery of classic mummy comic book covers, and spine-tingling guest appearances by Frankenstein's Monster and Charlie Chan! You'll be screaming for your mommy as MUMMIES! shamble into your trembling hands!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Story and art by Nina Paley. When Nina Paley's "Kute Kitty Kartoon" graced the pages of Dark Horse Presents #53, no one could have predicted the tide of mail that flooded the DH offices, all demanding more Nina Paley! So who says we don't listen to our readers?! Dark Horse is proud to present an entire compilation of stories by this ultratalented Bay Area artist, collected for the first time ever! You'll get to spend Saturday night with Nina in "A Popular Gal," follow Nina's adventures in "Underground Comix" and her tangles with the "Big Editor Boss-Man," travel with her "Deep in the Heart of Texas," and more! In the nouveau tradition of autobiographical comics -- but much funnier! All stories and art by Nina Paley. B&W. Cover price $2.25.

1st printing.

Back in the 1950s, during the Cold War, every day beckoned with the possibility of the end of the world. Kids grew up in the shadow of bomb shelters and were treated to daily lessons at school on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. Americans were besieged by constant reminders to police our borders, to carefully watch out for "foreigners" who might be spies, and to be ever vigilant in preparing to combat the "red" menace of communism. Comic books of this era played on these fears with stories of atomic war and World War III.

This volume collects the complete runs of Atomic War! (#1-4, November, 1952-April, 1953) and World War III (#1-2, March, 1952 and May, 1953) and can be read merely as great action/adventure stories, classic "war" comics or as an eerie, unanticipated commentary on today's tribulations.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart FN 6.0 $3.60

NOTE: Frank Thomas Cover price $2.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Santa Harukaze.

What trouble will your favorite classic Pokémon get into in this volume of four-panel comics? This volume of the best-selling series stars your favorite classic Pokémon: Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander and Psyduck...to name just a few!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W.

Cover price $10.99.

1st printing. Art and cover by Bob Powell. Get ready to hit the fast lane with Speed Comics from Harvey Comics! Join the dynamic duo of Biff Bannon and Shock Gibson, two larger-than-life characters who live for the thrill of adventure and the rush of speed. With their unwavering courage and lightning-fast reflexes, they zoom through action-packed stories that will leave you breathless. But that's not all - Blinky, the pint-sized genius, joins the mix, adding a dash of ingenuity to the team's high-octane escapades! Softcover, 198 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January-March 1940!" Collects Fight Comics (1940) #1-3.

Cover by Will Eisner, Lou Fine, and Lou Fine.

Join us, as we delve into the pages of this classic comic from Fiction House featuring the talents of Will Eisner, Lou Fine, George Tuska, Alex Blum, Fred Schwab, Steve Broder, Fletcher Hanks, Maurice Gutwirth, Klaus Nordling, Leonard Frank, William Wills, Dan Zolnerowich, John Celardo, Edd Ashe, August Froehlich, Leo Mprey, and Charles Sultan.

And remember, the 1st Rule of Fight Comics: You must talk about Fight Comics. The 2nd Rule of Fight Comics: You must talk some more about Fight Comics. The 3rd Rule of Fight Comics: Go buy Fight Comics before your shop sells out! And the 4th Rule of Fight Comics: Everybody needs to buy Fight Comics!

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $65.00

Vol. 1 - 1971. An overview of the history of Tijuana Bibles. 8.25" x 10.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "April 1957-February 1958!" Collects Midnight (1957) #1-5. Just when you thought it was safe to venture out - we bring you the strangest tales ever told at MIDNIGHT! I mean, c'mon! The original copies of these comics will have been swapped a hundred-fold or sold for pennies when the recess bell sounded in the magical long-ago frightful freakin' fab 'n' fantastic fifties schoolyards. And now you can pick 'em up for peanuts! Go get, 'em folks! I'm getting all wistful so you'll have to excuse me... it starts good and just keeps right on gettin' gooder. But then it's PS Artbooks, you warriors, so get with the program! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980!"

Written by Russ Manning. Art by Russ Manning and Alfredo Alcala. Cover by Al Williamson.

The first of three volumes that present, for the first time ever, the classic Star Wars newspaper strip from 1979-1984 in its complete format - including each Sunday title header and "bonus" panels in their meticulously restored original color. Initially the color Sundays and black and white dailies told separate stories, but within six months the incomparable Russ Manning merged the adventures to tell brand new epic seven-days-a-week sagas that rivaled the best science fiction comics of all time. Volume One contains 575 sequential comic strips from the strip's premiere on March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980. The classic strip collected in its entirety in its original format for the first time!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format)m 11-in. x 9-in., 260 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

All Text is in Italian

1st printing. By Roberto Cotroneo. 1-part history boo/1-part comic collection! A look at the history of Superman from the 1930s to the 1990s - including his origins, his family, his allies. his enemies, and the incredible world he lives in! Featuring appearances by Batman, Supergirl, and the Flash! Softcover, 312 pages, PC/PB&W.

1st printing.

Edited by Steve Banes and Craig Yoe. Art by Basil Wolverton, Lin Streeter, Jim McLaughlin, Harry Harrison, Charles Nicholas, King Ward, Jack Katz, Lou Cameron, Art Gates, Myron Fass and Ken Landau. Introduction by Stephen R. Bissette.

Something's out there in the mad, murky depths of the fear-filled, sinister swamp... some... swamp... THING is coming for you! And it's out for mud! The terror team that brought you Zombies, Return of the Zombies, and the petrifyingly popular hit series, Haunted Horror, takes you on an excursion of evil into the dankest, lagooniest corners of your nightmares, and dredge up over 240 pages of icky, drippy, slimy, grimy beasts from the grungy bottom of the Pre-Code comics' bog. Swamp Monsters includes a fascinating introduction by comics legend, acclaimed artist of Swamp Thing, "Swampy" Stephen Bissette!

Hardcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Original Text - 1st printing. Written by Sean Michael Wilson. Art and cover by Declan Shalvey. No one knows for sure if Sweeney Todd actually existed, but this story, taken from a serialization in a penny dreadful from 1846, was the first official record of the terrible crimes committed by the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Gory? No! What's particularly good about this adaptation is that none of the horror is to be seen - making this a truly wonderful version of a brilliant book. Softcover, 176 pages, full color. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1 - 1st later printing. "1988-1990!" Written by Alan Martin. Art and cover by Jamie Hewlett. CLASSIC STORIES FROM ALAN MARTIN AND JAMIE HEWLETT! The definitive anthology of Tank Girl collecting classic stories from original creators Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett! The first volume in a new collection of classic Tank Girl comics from the legends Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. Dive in to the crazy, outlandish world of Tank Girl and follow her first load of crazy, wild antics that captured the hearts of readers everywhere, then shot them to oblivion (by accident of course)! With all new colouring, this is a collection you won't want to miss. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "1988-1990!" Written by Alan Martin. Art and cover by Jamie Hewlett. CLASSIC STORIES FROM ALAN MARTIN AND JAMIE HEWLETT! The definitive anthology of Tank Girl collecting classic stories from original creators Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett! The first volume in a new collection of classic Tank Girl comics from the legends Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. Dive in to the crazy, outlandish world of Tank Girl and follow her first load of crazy, wild antics that captured the hearts of readers everywhere, then shot them to oblivion (by accident of course)! With all new colouring, this is a collection you won't want to miss. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. By James Danky and Denis Kitchen. The impact of American underground comix is profound: They galvanized artists both domestically and abroad, forever changed the economics of comic book publishing, and influenced generations of cartoonists, including their predecessors. While the works of Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman are well-known via the New Yorker, Maus, and retrospective collections, the art of their contemporaries such as Gilbert Shelton, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Kim Deitch, S. Clay Wilson, and many other seminal cartoonists who came of age in the 1960s is considerably less known. Underground Classics provides the first serious survey of underground comix as art, turning the spotlight on these influential and largely underappreciated artists. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.