Science Fiction comic books issue 1

1st printing. By Joe Ollman. When high school science teacher and pragmatic realist Mark is inexplicably drawn to renting a cheesy sci-fi flick, it sets in motion a chain of events that makes him rethink everything he has ever believed. After a hysterical breakdown while watching the movie, he reveals to Sue, his longtime girlfriend, that he suddenly remembers being abducted as a child - by aliens. He becomes obsessed with alien-abduction chat rooms and as he becomes more heavily immersed in his inner world, their relationship slowly disintegrates. All he wants is for her to believe him. But how can she believe him, when it's just science fiction after all? Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $18.00.

Written by Mike Sizemore. Art by David Kennedy. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. With all communication lost from a mining asteroid, space station Benson dispatches a rescue ship to investigate. What the team discovers threatens not only to overwhelm and destroy them, but could ultimately threaten all life on Earth. Vortex is the second story of John Carpenter's monthly anthology series Tales of Science Fiction. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Adapted by Klaus Jansen. Cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz.

Imagine being born on a planet that offered only an eight-day span! Frost and Fire is the story of a native unwilling to accept such a disastrous fate. Trapped on a hostile world of alternating hot and cold, aging at the rate of ten years a day, he struggles to find a miraculous escape before his time runs out!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color.

Cover price $5.95.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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1st printing.

Edited By Michael Uslan. Cover by Murphy Anderson.

From the very center of the earth to the farthest edges of space, from the thrills of the near future to the last terror of recorded time, here in one fabulous collection are the best comic-book tales of science fiction ever published.

Produced by DC Comics from 1959 to the early 1960's, they are the works of the best and the brightest in the field, writers like Gardner Fox, John Broome and Otto Binder, and fantasy-art greats like Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson and Frank Frazetta.

From the earliest heart-wrenchers like "Do Not Open till Doomsday" to the most famous thrillers starring Adam Strange, here is a taste of a golden age of science fictions that has not since been equaled in comicdom, a time when there were giants and geniuses in the field.

Softcover, 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $7.95.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Winter 1952. First Scottish Science Fiction Magazine. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 120 pages, Text

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March 1953. Science fiction stories: "Invasion From the Microcosm" by August Derleth, "Luena of the Gardens" by Paul Brandts, "The Captain's Getaway" by Robert Abernathy, "D. P. From Tomorrow" by Mack Reynolds, "Fritzchen" by Charles Beaumont, "Gateway to Yamara" by E. Everett Evans, "Asteroid 745: Mauritia" by Martin Pearson, "Monster No More" by Basil Wells, "Ganymede House" by David Grinnell and "The Heart of the Game" by Richard English. 5-1/2 in. x 7-3/8 in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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May-June 1953. Science fiction digest. 5-1/2 in. x 7-3/8 in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 3 - July/August 1954. 5.25" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

September-October 1954. Science fiction stories: "Adjustment Team" by Philip K. Dick (inspiration for the movie "Adjustment Bureau"), "Last Night of Summer" by Alfred Coppel, "Beast in the House" by Michael Shaara, "Danger Past" by James E. Gunn, "Me Feel Good" by Max Dancey, "No More the Stars" by Irving E. Cox Jr., "The Thunker and the Thought" by August Derleth, "The Image of the Gods" by Alan E. Nourse, and "Intruder on the Rim" by Milton Lesser. Illustrations by Faragasso, Berwin, and others. 5-1/2 in. x 7-3/8 in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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November-December 1954. Science fiction stories: "So Lovely, So Lost" by James Causey, "The Queer Critter" by Gordon R. Dickson, "Aunt Else's Stairway" by Anthony Riker, "The Last of the Masters" by Philip K. Dick, "Controlled Experiment" by Chad Oliver, "Noah" by Charles Beckman, Jr., "The Penfield Misadventure" by August Derleth, "Many Dreams of Earth" by Charles E. Fritch and "The Enchanted Princess" by Jack Vance. 5-1/2 in. x 7-3/8 in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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1st printing. Collects Planet of the Apes (1974-1977) #1-5.

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle and the screenplay by Rod Serling and Michael Wilson. Adapted by Doug Moench. Art by George Tuska and Mike Esposito.

The official adaptation of the classic Science Fiction film that starred Charlton Heston and set the standard for others to follow. Featuring one of the most shocking surprise-ending from the mastermind behind the Twlight Zone.

Softcover, 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

You gotta check out this first volume of Classic Sci-Fi Comics from PS Artbooks.

I mean just take a look there's Out of This World (1950), Rocket to the Moon (1951), An Earthman on Venus (1951), Rocket Ship X (1951), and Man O'Mars (1953)! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic, and absolutely crammed with tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror created by the pinnacle of 1950's comic book talent including Gene Fawcette, Joe Kubert, John Giunta, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Jack Abel, George Tuska, Maurice Whitman, Maurice Gutwirth, Murphy Anderson, and Lee Elias.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

1st printing. Written by Joe Simon. Art and cover by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Introduction by Dave Gibbons. A huge cache of untouched stories by the legendary creative team, collaborating with some of the most famous illustrators in comics! Simon and Kirby's science fiction stories are an unimaginable treasure trove that have remained largely uncollected - until now! Their first collaboration, Blue Bolt, was first published in 1940 and changed the way comics were produced. They returned to science fiction in the 1950s, producing Sputnik-era adventures in collaboration with other legendary creators: Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Reed Crandall, and Wally Wood. This volume features all-new digital restorations of over 300 pages of comic strip. This volume resents for the first time in 70 years the first Blue Bolt story by Joe Simon and includes an all new introduction by writer and artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Hardcover, 7-in. x 11-in., 352 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

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May, 1952. Volume 1, Issue 1. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Isaac Asimov. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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September 1952. Cover by Bergey. Science Fiction Stories: "A Matter of Faith" by Michael Sherman, "Moon-Blind" by Erik Van Lhin, "Official Record" by Fletcher Pratt, "The Fence" by Clifford D. Simak, "The God in the Bowl" by Robert E. Howard, "The Barrier" by Murray Leinster, "With Wings" by John Jakes, "The Revisitor" by Theodore L. Thomas. Illustrations by Orban, Gari, Poulton and Schecterson. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5 1/2-in x 7 1/2-in, 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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November, 1952. Volume 1, Issue 3. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Larry Shaw. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 7 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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February, 1953. Volume 1, Issue 4. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Larry Shaw. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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March, 1953. Volume 1, Issue 5. Featuring work from Isaac Asimov, and James E. Gunn. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

May, 1953. Volume 1, Issue 6. Featuring work from C. M. Kornbluth, and Philip K. Dick. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

A collection of drawings from Mike Hoffman's career. Softcover, 8-1/2" x 11", 304 pages, B&W.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1953. Volume 1 No. 1. Cover by Leo Manso. Science Fiction and Fantasy stories by Alfred Coppel, Irving Cox, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Bryce Walton, John Christopher, E. Everett Evans, Milton Lesser, Charles L. Harness, Glen Malin, John Jakes, Frank Owen, and Theodore R. Cogswell. Illustrations by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Giunta, Vincent Napoli, Gerald McCann, and Mort Lawrence. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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March 1953. Cover by Leo Manso. Edited by Sol Cohen. Stories by Jack Vance, Irving Cox, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Kris Neville, John Christopher, Noah Gordon, Milton Lesser, John Jakes, and R. S. Richardson. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Giunta, Norman Nodel, Gerald McCann, and Mort Lawrence. One of Avons experiments with combining pulp magazines and comics, this is a merger of two previous Avon digest-format magazines, Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. DP!; The Rather Improbable History of Hiliary Kiffer; Survivor; Breaking Point; As Holy and Enchanted; Hunt the Red Roe; Crack of Doom; Book reviews; The Agent; Forever is So Long; A Night on Mars Hill; The Parasite. 5-in. x 7.5-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

No. 1 - 1951. Science fiction stories by Murray Leinster, Edmond Hamilton, Frank Belknap Long, Wallace West, A. Merritt, Donald A. Wollheim, R.F. Starzl, Sewell Pleaslee Wright, Clack Ashton Smith and Jack Williamson. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, text only. Cover price $0.35.

1st Printing. Since the dawn of television more than 100 science fiction programs have been launched on the airwaves - some of them brilliant, some of them ridiculous, and some exhilaratingly awful. The Best of Science Fiction TV captures the best and the worst of the genre in quotes, photos, data and comments from to S-F and TV critics on what makes the most memorable shows good or bad. Softcover, 7" x 9", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

No. 1. A collection of popular stories from the IF Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine. 5.5" x 7.5", 162, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Bid by the New England Science Fiction Association to host the 1971 Worldcon in Boston. 8.5" x 11", 34 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Stories Compiled by Tig Thomas. Stories by Clifford D. Simak, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Jules Verne, Stephen James, John Munro, Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein, Edgar Wallace, H.G. Wells, Jack London, Edward Page Mitchell, J.S. Fletcher, Mark Twain, Frank R. Stockton, Arthur Conan Doyle, W.C. Morrow, Voltaire, Phillip Frances Nowlan, Hans Christian Anderson, and Edgar Allan Poe. Art by Si Clark, Malcolm Davis, Oliver Frey, Temple Rogers, Arthur Haas, Andrew McGeachy, Keith Page, mike Saunders, The Bright Agency, and the Mike Kelly Artwork Bank. This action-packed anthology of science fiction will transport you to far-flung worlds and incredible futures. Expect the unexpected as you encounter alien races, runaway technology and the unpredictable phenomenon of time travel in the form of short stories and extracts. Classic tales by Jules Verne, Jack London and H.G. Wells reveal breathtaking imaginations and brilliant concepts. Each story is accompanied by distinctive illustrations. Softcover, 512 pages, Text (with full color. Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $23.95.

Fanzine published by the Brown University Science Fiction Union, edited by Al Snider and Sally Snider. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages, black and white.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - August, 1952. Spaceman vs. robots cover by comic book artists Lou Morales & Dick Giordano. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Published by Capitol Stories (Charlton Publications) - Bedsheet Format Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 7 - March 1933. Legendary fanzine from the 1930s. Contributing editors include Mort Weisinger, Julius Schwartz and Forrest Ackerman. Maurice Ingher was the editor. Noted fan David Keller contributes "Types of Science Fiction". Julius Schwartz writes about the editor of Weird Tales, "Titans of Science Fiction" by Farnsworth Wright. A Merrit's "The Woman of the Wood" is reprinted from the August 1926 issue of Weird Tales. Julius Schwartz's news and gossip column "The Science Fiction Eye" is two pages, his book reviews are one page, "The Time Tattler" by Forrest Ackerman reviews Metropolis and a Betty Boop cartoon, "Spilling the Atoms" by "Rap", Mort Weisinger contributes a column of trivia and fun facts concerning professionals of the time, and lastly letters and ads. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4", 24 pages including covers, B&W text, no artwork.

Volume 1, Issue 8 - April 1933. Legendary fanzine from the 1930s. Contributing editors include Mort Weisinger, Julius Schwartz and Forrest Ackerman. Conrad Ruppert was the editor. The opening article is about the coming release of "King Kong" and how is was made. The final section is a parody issue. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4", 20 pages including covers, B&W text, no artwork.

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Fanzine devoted to sound recordings of fantasy & science fiction films and radio programs. 8.5" x 11", 16 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Beautiful collection of stunning science fiction art by Frank Kelly Freas. Full-page, full-color art is accompanied by comments from Freas himself. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 120 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $7.95.

British Edition. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 98 pages, black and white.

NOTE: #1-5 titled Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories. #6-14 titled Future Science Fiction. Cover price $0.20.

1st printing.

By John Wade.

A Journey into Space with 1950s Radio, TV, Movies, Comics, and Books

John Wade grew up in the 1950s, a decade that has since been dubbed the "golden age of science fiction." For him, the super-accuracy and amazing technical quality of today's science fiction films pale into insignificance beside the radio, early TV and B-picture films about people who built rockets in their back gardens and flew them to lost planets, or tales of aliens who wanted to take over, if not our entire world, then at least our bodies.

This book is a personal account of John Wade's fascination with the genre across all the entertainment media in which it appeared, the sort of stuff he reveled in as a young boy, and still enjoys today.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $42.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. The biggest reprint volume EVER focusing on classic science-fiction comics of the '40s & '50s, featuring stories originally appearing in Planet Comics, Strange Worlds, Space Detective, Space Adventures, Science Comics, and others! Super artists-Wally Wood, Al Williamson, George Evans, Jack Kirby, Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, and Joe Orlando, working their sweet science (fiction) on such characters as Mysta, Mars, Gale Allen, Captain Science, Hunt Bowman, Auro, Star Pirate, and more! Softcover, 216 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.