America comic books issue 1

Hardcover, 4.5" x 5.5", 70 pages, PC/PB&W

A collection of humor strips and anecdotes. Strips drawn by Harry "A." Chesler Jr. which are mainly military themed jokes and gags. Anecdotes by various writers. Published by Wm. H Wise and Company. Printed date is a guess. Cover price .10. 5" x 7-3/4". Colored. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Collects America's Best Comics Special (2001), America's Best Comics Sketchbook (2002), and The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong (2003). Written by Alan Moore, Steve Moore and Peter Hogan. Art by Arthur Adams, Sergio Aragones, Kyle Baker, Jim Baikie, Hilary Barta, J. Scott Campbell, Zander Cannon, John Cassaday, Claudio Castellini, Frank Cho, Dame Darcy, José Luís Garcia-Lopéz, Melinda Gebbie, Michael Golden, Alan Gordon, Gene Ha, Adam Hughes, Phil Noto, Kevin Nowlan, Kevin O'Neill, Jason Pearson, Humberto Ramos, Alex Ross, Eric Shanower, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Bruce Timm, John Totleben, Rick Veitch and J.H. Williams III. Cover by Adams, Barta, Ha, Nowlan, Sprouse, Story, Veitch and Williams. A Who's Who of fantastic comics creators comes together for this full-length novella, a sampling of wondrous short stories, and a selection of beautiful design sketches by some of our best artists. What's not to love? Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

Add to cart Fine $12.00

1st printing. By Richard Marschall. By focusing on the life and work of 16 of the most gifted artists of the comic strip, Richard Marschall not only celebrates their individual achievements but tells the beginnings a century ago to the present. Hardcover, 12-in. x 13-in., 296 pages, PC/PB&W.

Pocket-sized humor book with jokes, stories, and cartoon illustrations. Publisher's stiff paper boards with a full-color wrap-around dust jacket. 4.5" x 6.25". Cover price $0.25.

1st printing.

By Jeff Sullivan.

Featuring Essays by Dan Jenkins, Pat Summerall, Verne Lundquist, Steve Sabol, and Brad Sham.

Five Super Bowl titles. Thirty-three playoff victories. Seventeen division titles. From Tom Landry and Don Meredith in 1960 to Jerry Jones and Tony Romo today, America's Team has provided literally millions of fans worldwide with unforgettable memories for the past half-century that have been shared from generation to generation.

Bringing their rich history to life, this luxurious volume celebrates five decades of exciting Dallas Cowboys football. America's Team: The Authorized History of the Dallas Cowboys is the official book commemorating the 50th anniversary of perhaps the most famous franchise in all of sports. Special features include:Unveiling the Dallas Cowboys Golden Anniversary Team, representing the best of the best at each position. Never-before-told stories from Cowboys greats such as Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, and Troy Aikman.

A bonus chapter devoted to America's Sweethearts, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Original essays by celebrated sports and literary icons such as Dan Jenkins, Pat Summerall, Vern Lundquist, Steve Sabol, and Brad Sham. With more than 300 photos and artifacts from the Dallas Cowboys official archives, America's Team is essential reading for football fans everywhere.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 260 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $50.00.

1st printing. By Nova. Action-Movie Paced Narrative of a Young Man Struggling to Restore Order as America Falls Deeper into Chaos and Anarchy. With the federal government in disarray and hunger sweeping the East Coast, a young man struggles to survive in a failing safe zone outside Washington D.C. With law and order reduced to violent military force, soldiers hunt down their fellow Americans and imprison once-peaceful citizens. Fierce bands and ruthless gangs make survival in a turbulent third-world America increasingly difficult as the protagonist is forced to decide between eking out an existence on the banks of the Potomac or fleeing Westward into stark, menacing country. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 440 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.95.

January, 1932. Edited by Harold Hersey. First and only issue. All stories are anonymous, but likely written by Harold Hersey himself. Pulp, 7 1/2" x 10 1/2", 256 pages. Cover price $0.35.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Tom Scioli. A red-white-and-blue-haired hero must defend a post-post-apocalyptic world from the immortal Two-Tank Omen. Created by Tom Scioli, the co-creator of the Eisner-nominated series Godland and the Xeric-winning UnMortals: The Myth of 8-Opus. Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

11" x 15", 20 pages, full color.

1st printing. Story and art by Benjamin Marra. American Blood is a collection of cartoonist Benjamin Marra's (Terror Assaulter) provocative short stories from the past several years. 1980s trash culture and exploito entertainment are filtered through the prism of Marra's brain, producing a nasty brew of revenge, power and passion- all of the things that America celebrates and for which it is scorned. This is the definitive assembling of Marra's most underground work. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W, Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

2nd Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by Gene Yang.

Jin Wang is the only Chinese-American student at his new school. Jocks and bullies pick on him constantly; then he falls in love with an all-American girl. Adored by his subjects, master of the arts of kung-fu, the Monkey King is the most powerful monkey on earth. But the Monkey King doesn't want to be a monkey; he wants to be hailed as a god. Danny is a basketball player, a popular kid at school, but every year his cousin Chin-Kee comes to visit, and every year Danny has to transfer to a new school to escape the shame.

These three apparently unrelated tales come together with an unexpected twist, in a modern fable that is hilarious, poignant, and action-packed.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. By Gene Yang. Life's not easy for Jin Wang - the only Chinese-American student in his high school. Can Jin balance his life and his heritage without losing sight of who he really is? This action-packed modern fable is the latest book from Xeric-award winning creator Gene Yang; a major work about the Chinese-American experience from an important new talent. "As an Asian- American, this is the book I've been waiting for all my life." - Derek Kirk Kim. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

2nd and later printings. By Gene Yang. Life's not easy for Jin Wang - the only Chinese-American student in his high school. Can Jin balance his life and his heritage without losing sight of who he really is? This action-packed modern fable is the latest book from Xeric-award winning creator Gene Yang; a major work about the Chinese-American experience from an important new talent. "As an Asian- American, this is the book I've been waiting for all my life." - Derek Kirk Kim. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

Catalog of original comic book and comic strip art published by Tony Dispoto. 12 folded newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Back cover by Sergio Aragones. Art by every famous cartoonist. Comic Strip Movie photos.8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 64 pages B&W.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.95

Add to cart Fine $7.70

Add to cart Very Good $5.10

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Scars & Stripes!" Collects American Century (2001-2003) #1-4.

Written by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman. Art by Marc Laming and John Stokes.

Harry Block, a fighter jock, is recalled to active duty in Korea. But instead of enlisting, he hijacks a plane, reinvents himself as Harry 'Kraft,' and sets out to live a new life.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $8.95.

1st printing. Written by Gary Gallagher, Robert Krick, and Stephen Engle. Foreword by James M. McPherson. Undoubtedly the most cataclysmic military struggle of the late nineteenth century, the American Civil War spanned four bloody years of fighting in which over 620,000 American soldiers and sailors lost their lives. From its outbreak at Fort Sumter, South Carolina in April 1861 until its conclusion at the Appomattox Court House, more than 10,000 battles, engagements and skirmishes were recorded across the length and breadth of America. This book explores the political, historical and cultural significance of the American Civil War, examining its impact on the civilians and military personnel caught up in it. Softcover, 328 pages, Text (with B&W photos). Cover price $24.95.

Monthly almanac calendars for 1835 filled with illustrations and stories covering a variety of subjects including comic stories, whims, scraps and oddities. 4-1/2" X 7-1/2". B&W. Standard paper stock. 52 pages.

nn (no.1) 68 pages, Full color.

1st printing. "The 1940s: 1940-1944!"

The American Comic Book Chronicles continues! Kurt Mitchell and editor Roy Thomas composed this volume about the "Golden Age" of the comic book industry, a five-year period that presented the earliest adventures of such iconic super-heroes as Batman, Captain Marvel, Superman, and Wonder Woman. It was a time when America's entry into World War II was presaged by the arrival of such patriotic do-gooders as Will Eisner's Uncle Sam, Harry Shorten and Irv Novick's The Shield, and Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Captain America. It was when teenage culture found expression in a fumbling red-haired high school student named Archie Andrews. But most of all, the first five years of the 1940s was the age of the "packagers" when studios headed by men like Harry A Chesler, Will Eisner, and Jerry Iger churned out material for a plethora of new comic book companies that published the entire gamut of genres, from funny animal stories to crime tales to jungle sagas to science-fiction adventures. These are just a few of the events chronicled in this exhaustive, full-color hardcover.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $44.95.

2nd and later printings. "The 1940s: 1940-1944!" Written by Kurt Mitchell and Roy Thomas. Art by Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, and Irv Novick. NEW PRINTING! The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of FULL-COLOR HARDCOVERS, where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! Kurt Mitchell and editor Roy Thomas composed this volume about the Golden Age of the comic book industry, a period that presented the earliest adventures of such iconic super-heroes as Batman, Captain Marvel, Superman, and Wonder Woman. It was a time when Americas entry into World War II was presaged by the arrival of such patriotic do-gooders as Will Eisners Uncle Sam, Harry Shorten and Irv Novicks The Shield, and Joe Simon and Jack Kirbys Captain America. It was when teenage culture found expression in a fumbling red-haired high school student named Archie Andrews. But most of all, the first five years of the 1940s was the age of the packagers when studios headed by men like Harry A Chesler, Will Eisner, and Jerry Iger churned out material for a plethora of new comic book companies that published the entire gamut of genres, from funny animal stories to crime tales to jungle sagas to science-fiction adventures. These are just a few of the events chronicled in this exhaustive, full-color hardcover. Taken together, American Comic Book Chronicles forms a cohesive, linear overview of the entire landscape of comics history, sure to be an invaluable resource for ANY comic book enthusiast! Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 288 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

1st printing. "The 1950s: 1950-1959!"

By Bill Schelly.

Bill Schelly authors this volume on the 1950s era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, with a year-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends. Schelly examines the rise of the EC "New Trend" titles (Tales of the Crypt, Weird Science), Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, and Carl Bark's work on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. Plus, the retooling of the Flash in Showcase #4 that kicked off the Silver Age, the introduction of the Martian Manhunter, Adam Strange, and the new Green Lantern! Also, the return of the Timely heroes Captain America, the Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner, and the birth of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Fighting American and The Fly!

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $40.95.

2nd and later printings (Includes Updated Material). "The 1950s: 1950-1959!"

By Bill Schelly.

New printing with text corrections, even better binding, and enhanced cover durability-so if you already own the first printing, you'll love this one even more!

Bill Schelly authors the volume on the 1950s era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, with a year-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends, including: the rise of the great EC "New Trend" titles (Tales of the Crypt, Weird Science), Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, and Carl Barks' classic work on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge! The re-tooling of the Flash in Showcase #4 that kicked off the Silver Age of Comics, and the introduction of DC's Martian Manhunter, Adam Strange and the new Green Lantern! Plus the return of the Timely heroes Captain America, the Human Torch and Sub-Mariner, and the birth of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Fighting American and The Fly!

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.95.

1st printing. "The 1970s: 1970-1979!"

Jason Sacks and Keith Dallas coordinate this volume on the 1970s, covering all the pivotal moments and behind-the-scenes details of the emerging Bronze Age! You'll get a year-by-year account of the most significat publications, notable creators, and trends, including: the dawn of relevance with Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams' Green Lantern, Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga, revisions to the Comics Code, Jeantte Kahn's arrival at DC, the coming of Jim Shooter, and the arrival of the Direct Market.

Hardcover, 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $41.95.

1st printing.

By Jeremy Dauber.

Comics have conquered America.

In American Comics, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes readers through their incredible but little-known history, starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting and iconic images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; the golden age of newspaper comic strips and the first great superhero boom; the moral panic of the Eisenhower era, the Marvel Comics revolution, and the underground comix movement of the 1960s and '70s; and finally into the twenty-first century, taking in the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen alongside the brilliant rise of the graphic novel by acclaimed practitioners like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel.

Dauber's story shows not only how comics have changed over the decades but how American politics and culture have changed them.

Hardcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 592 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $35.00.

1st printing.

By Jeremy Dauber.

Comics have conquered America.

In American Comics, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes readers through their incredible but little-known history, starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting and iconic images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; the golden age of newspaper comic strips and the first great superhero boom; the moral panic of the Eisenhower era, the Marvel Comics revolution, and the underground comix movement of the 1960s and '70s; and finally into the twenty-first century, taking in the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen alongside the brilliant rise of the graphic novel by acclaimed practitioners like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel.

Dauber's story shows not only how comics have changed over the decades but how American politics and culture have changed them.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 592 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $22.50.

A Graphic History of Religious Cults in America from the Colonial Era to Today

1st printing. Cover by Ben Passmore. For centuries, Americans in search of divine truths have turned to unconventional prophets for the answers. In American Cult, over twenty cartoonists explore the history of religious cults in this country, from the Colonial era to today-looking beyond the scandalous headlines to find the human stories within. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

By Brett Dakin.

American Daredevil is the story of Lev Gleason, a titan among comic book publishers in 1940s New York who fell victim to two of Cold War America's defining crusades: a nationwide campaign to censor comics, and the paranoia of the Red Scare.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 220 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects American Dream (2008 Marvel) #1-5. Written by TOM DEFALCO. Art by TODD NAUCK. Cover by RON FRENZ. As the star-spangled splendor struggles to find a balance between her personal and super-hero lives, a hunt for a missing fiancée unexpectedly leads American Dream into a battle with an unstoppable new super-foe and terrifyingly new kind of terrorist. Softcover, 120 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $14.99.

Written by Dan Kalban. Art by Dody Eka. Cover by Netho Diaz. NYC in 1900 a Jewish immigrant, Jake Gold, works in a sweatshop by day and fights in a gang at night. One night Thomas Edison performs a strange experiment in Central Park, unleashing strange energy across NYC and Jake is suddenly gifted with amazing powers. His path soon crosses with that of luminaries such as Harry Houdini, anarchist Emma Goldman, and crusading journalist Nellie Bly. Standing against the neophyte hero are Edison, JP Morgan, and, worst of all, the occultist leader Aleister Crowley. Can Jake rise to the occasion and protect everyone's American Dreams? 24 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Written by Dan Kalban. Art by Dody Eka. Cover by Dody Eka. NYC in 1900 a Jewish immigrant, Jake Gold, works in a sweatshop by day and fights in a gang at night. One night Thomas Edison performs a strange experiment in Central Park, unleashing strange energy across NYC and Jake is suddenly gifted with amazing powers. His path soon crosses with that of luminaries such as Harry Houdini, anarchist Emma Goldman, and crusading journalist Nellie Bly. Standing against the neophyte hero are Edison, JP Morgan, and, worst of all, the occultist leader Aleister Crowley. Can Jake rise to the occasion and protect everyone's American Dreams? 24 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "October 26, 1998 to December 31, 2003" By James Kochalka. Kochalka invented the daily diary comic strip, spawning a grassroots comix movement that swept the globe, and his attempt to document the minutia of his life results in work that explores the full spectrum of human emotions. Drawn with verve and confidence by a cartoonist at the height of his powers, it is ambitious, hilarious, moving, and quite addictive! Book 1 follows the ups and downs of Kochalka's life through five full years of the strip (October 26, 1998 to December 31, 2003), and also includes 32 full-color pages of supplementary comics and other artwork. Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

Not numbered - dated September 25, 1974. Cover by John Van Hamersveld. Underground tabloid/newspaper containing some comic strips and illustrations, and a variety of articles ranging from music to politics; 40 pages; b&w. Cover price $0.50.

American Fantasy (1982 1st Series Robert & Nancy Garcia) #001, Conversation with Peter Straub Cover price $2.50.

Signed and numbered by Howard Chaykin - First Comics Graphic Novel Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects American Flagg (1983-1988 1st Series) #1-6. Story and art by Howard Chaykin. The story takes place in America, circa 2031, a time when the phone company owns the U.S. government and people live in shopping malls and fornicate with reckless abandon. Ex-actor Reuben Flagg, now a "Plexus Ranger," undertakes a mission to thwart weekly gang rampages. American Flagg is equal parts action and social satire. Written and drawn by Howard Chaykin. Includes a special nine-page prelude and an introduction by Michael Moorcock. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1,800 copies. Cover price $35.95.

NOTE: NO Dust Jacket - Signed by Howard Chaykin - First Comics Graphic Novel #12 - 1st printing. By Howard Chaykin. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., full color. NOTE: Limited to 2,000 copies. Cover price $39.95.

First Comics Graphic Novel Volume 20 - 1st printing. Collects American Flagg (1983-1988 1st Series) #7-9. Story and art by Howard Chaykin. Hardcover, 96 pages, full color.

Signed by Howard Chaykin - Limited to 1,800 copies

Signed by Howard Chaykin - First Comics Graphic Novel Volume 20 - 1st printing. Collects American Flagg (1983-1988 1st Series) # 7-9. Story and art by Howard Chaykin. Hardcover, 96 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1,800 copies. Cover price $35.95.

Kellogg's promotional giveaway in connection with American Flyer trains. 3 1/2-in, x 7 -in. 16 pages Newsprint full color.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Add to cart Very Fine $9.60

1st printing. "The Terrible Tale of Sloth Boy!" Written by Steve Niles. Art and cover by Chee. American Freakshow tells the story of the bizarre and cruel life of a carnival freak as he seeks redemption (maybe) and murder (definitely) in a Florida trailer park. Never appearing in comic book form, this is the first original graphic novel written by 30 Days of Night co-creator, Steve Niles. Softcover, 104 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $17.99.

1st printing. Beginning with Let Them Eat Cheesecake, through Second Slice, The Cheesecake Chronicles, American Geisha, and Bettie Page by Olivia, the acclaimed The Art of Olivia series of "night table" art books have set a consistently high standard. For imaginatively conceived and masterly rendered settings and situations, for the lusciousness she brings out in her models, for the pure spirit of revelry infused in all her art, Olivia de Berardinis transcends the "pin-up" genre and joins the great master artist celebrants of the female - Titian, Boucher, Vargas, Olivia! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 120 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

2nd and later printings. Beginning with Let Them Eat Cheesecake, through Second Slice, The Cheesecake Chronicles, American Geisha, and Bettie Page by Olivia, the acclaimed The Art of Olivia series of "night table" art books have set a consistently high standard. For imaginatively conceived and masterly rendered settings and situations, for the lusciousness she brings out in her models, for the pure spirit of revelry infused in all her art, Olivia de Berardinis transcends the "pin-up" genre and joins the great master artist celebrants of the female - Titian, Boucher, Vargas, Olivia! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 120 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

10th Anniversary Edition - 1st printing. By Neil Gaiman. The author's preferred text is presented in this 10th Anniversary Edition of the New York Times-bestselling tour-de-force that USA Today called "a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not." Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever be the same. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 560 pages, Text Only. Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.60

1st printing. Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Yvonne Gilbert, Jon Proctor, and Craig Phillips. Enter the world of Neil Gaimans epic masterpiece with this unique coloring book featuring forty-six illustrations created exclusively for this volume. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 paegs, B&W. Cover price $16.99.