America comic books issue 1

1st printing. By Michael Ricci. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Written by Kerry D. Soper. Art and cover by Walt Kelly. A critical appreciation of the life's work of a great comic strip artist - We Go Pogo is the first comprehensive study of Kelly's cartoon art and his larger career in the comics business. Author Kerry D. Soper examines all aspects of Kelly's career--from his high school drawings; his work on such animated Disney movies as Dumbo, Pinocchio, and Fantasia; and his 1930s editorial cartoons for Life and the New York Herald Tribune. Soper taps Kelly's extensive personal and professional correspondence and interviews with family members, friends, and cartoonists to create a complex portrait of one of the art form's true geniuses. From Pogo's inception in 1948 until Kelly's death, the artist combined remarkable draftsmanship, slapstick humor, fierce social satire, and inventive dialogue and dialects. He used the adventures of his animals--all denizens of the Okefenokee Swamp--as a means to comment on American and international politics and cultural mores. The strip lampooned Senator Joseph McCarthy during the height of McCarthyism, the John Birch Society during the 1960s, Fidel Castro during the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and many others. Kerry D. Soper, Orem, Utah, is associate professor of humanities, classics, and comparative literature at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire, also published by University Press of Mississippi. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $65.00.

1st printing.

Written by Kerry D. Soper. Art and cover by Walt Kelly.

A critical appreciation of the life's work of a great comic strip artist - We Go Pogo is the first comprehensive study of Kelly's cartoon art and his larger career in the comics business.

Author Kerry D. Soper examines all aspects of Kelly's career--from his high school drawings; his work on such animated Disney movies as Dumbo, Pinocchio, and Fantasia; and his 1930s editorial cartoons for Life and the New York Herald Tribune. Soper taps Kelly's extensive personal and professional correspondence and interviews with family members, friends, and cartoonists to create a complex portrait of one of the art form's true geniuses.

From Pogo's inception in 1948 until Kelly's death, the artist combined remarkable draftsmanship, slapstick humor, fierce social satire, and inventive dialogue and dialects. He used the adventures of his animals--all denizens of the Okefenokee Swamp--as a means to comment on American and international politics and cultural mores. The strip lampooned Senator Joseph McCarthy during the height of McCarthyism, the John Birch Society during the 1960s, Fidel Castro during the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and many others.

Kerry D. Soper, Orem, Utah, is associate professor of humanities, classics, and comparative literature at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire, also published by University Press of Mississippi.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, B&W.

Cover price $25.00.

Summer, 1994. Volume 1, Issue 1. Pulp horror magazine. This issue features horror stories by Hugh B. Cave, Victor Koman, Justin Case, Brad Strickland, Stephen J. Dornburg, Richard Gilliam, Brad Linaweaver, Gregory Nicoll, Sherman Scott, Martin Nicholas, William Alan Ritch, Jerry and Sharon Ahern and Fred Olen Ray. 174 pages, text (with B&W illustrations).

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

1st Printing - Written by Warren Dotz and Jim Morton, photography by John William Land. From Mr. Clean to Mr. Bubble, from the wholesome Quaker Oats Man to the mischievous Trix Rabbit, advertising characters are as much a part of 20th century America as the familiar products they symbolize. Illustrated with vivid full color photographs, and accompanied by fascinating text, this fanciful volume offers an entertaining look at history and design of these pop-culture icons, with their timeless appeal for consumers of all ages. Softcover, 132 pages, full color. Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. Written by Rafael Medoff. Arta nd cover by Dean R. Motter. A compelling nonfiction graphic novel, set on the stage of World War II, Whistleblowers is the true story of 4 courageous individuals who risked their careers-or their lives-to confront the unfolding Holocaust. Who were the whistleblowers? A young journalist-and future U.S. senator-who exposed the truth of Hitler's plans. A member of Franklin Roosevelt's cabinet who pressured the President to grant haven to refugees. An eyewitness to Nazi atrocities who met with American and British officials to disclose the death camps. An American civil servant who blew the whistle on colleagues who were blocking the rescue of refugees. Acclaimed author Rafael Medoff, co-founder of the David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and award-winning comics creator Dean Motter bring to life these tales of moral courage in the shadow of genocide. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Canadian series. Reprints material from U.S. publications as well as WECA "Canadian Whites" with reworked art and scripts. Includes reworked art and scripts from Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) #29 7 1/4" x 10 1/4", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian series. Reprints Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) #32. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. By Andy Singer. Today, we're married to our cars. But life behind the wheel of an automobile didn't come naturally to Americans. Crooked politicians, unscrupulous businessmen, burning streetcars, and convoluted tax shenanigans are a few of the players in this gripping tale of corruption, greed, and endless miles of asphalt. Comics, text, and historic photographs tell the story of the rise of the U.S. highway system and the corresponding demise of rail and public transportation. Also shown is the story of how we can ditch the car and rebuild a functional transportation system that will bring wealth, happiness, and freedom. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $13.95.

(W/A) Mike Wolfer One of the premiere erotic/horror 'bad girls' of the 1990's is back, in the original adventures that endeared her to a generation of indy comics readers: The woman-spider known as 'Widow'! In this all-new printing of her classic tales of terror, romance, and extreme violence, sex, and gore, the seemingly innocent Emma weaves her spell over a secluded, Caribbean island and two shipwrecked FBI agents who have stumbled upon the secret, scientific lab of her father, Langford Harrow. In the steaming, island jungle, a hideous, half-human/half-spider mutation with a taste for human flesh is on the loose, but it is Emma's ties to the beast that turn this tale of deception, murder, and monsters into an absolute nightmare of horror. For mature readers only! Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Collects Wolverine/Captain America (2004)#1-4 and Wolverine (1988-2003 1st Series) #124. Written by Tom Derenick. Art by Tom Derenick and Denys Cowan. Cover by Tom Derenick. The criminal Contingency has stolen Shi'ar technology capable of mass devastation, and it's up to two of Marvel's finest to track it down before it's too late. But will Wolverine's irascible nature allow him to work alongside with the star-spangled Avenger without incident? Guest-starring Warbird and Sharon Carter! Plus: from the mighty Marvel vaults, a rare Cap/Wolvie team-up from yesteryear! Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. How the incredible heroine has evolved and shaped television, film, comic books, and literature:Senior scholars and rising academic stars offer compelling analyses of fantastic women from Wonder Woman and She-Hulk to Talia Al Ghul and Martha Washington; from Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville series to Cinda Williams Chima's The Seven Realms series; and from Battlestar Gallactica's female Starbuck to Game of Thrones's Sansa and even Elaine Barrish Hammond of USA's Political Animals. This volume furnishes an important contribution to ongoing discussions of gender and feminism in popular culture. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $65.00.

1st printing.

Edtited by Kate Ashwin, Kel McDonald, and Alina Pete.

In this exciting and historical comics collection, some of storytelling's finest talents reimagine folklore from North American tribes with a modern twist. Loup Garrou, trickster rabbits, and spirits with names that can't be spoken - the plains and forests of North America are alive with characters like these, all waiting to meet you in this collection of folklore retold in comics!

This volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales anthology series features updated takes on ancient stories from tribes spanning the continent, bursting with bedside tales that are thrilling, chilling, and most of all inspiring.

Featuring Stories by Milo Applejohn, Mercedes Acosta, Jordaan Arledge, Elijah Forbes, Rhael McGregor, Maija Ambrose Plamondon, Alice RL, and Izzy Roberts.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.99

1st printing. Written by Wendy Deacon and Anthony J. Lee. Art by Devin Taylor and Tomato Farm. This Level 1 World of Reading storybook about Captain America features all new art and story. Young readers will learn about both super-heroes who have carried the mantle of Captain America: Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers. This storybook tells the origin stories of both Avengers and then teams them up for an incredible adventure. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-ini., 32 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $5.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st printing. Story and art by Edel Rodriguez. Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. Now for the first time, he draws his own life, revisiting his childhood in Cuba and his family's passage on the infamous Mariel boatlift. When Edel was nine, Fidel Castro announced his surprising decision to let 125,000 traitors of the revolution, or "worms," leave the country. Edel's family's vocal discomfort with government surveillance had made their daily lives on a farm outside Havana precarious, and they secretly planned to leave. Before that happened, a dozen soldiers confiscated imprisoned them in a detention center near the port of Mariel, where they were held with dissidents and criminals before being marched to a flotilla that miraculously deposited them, overnight, in Florida. Through vivid, stirring art, Worm tells a story of a boyhood in the midst of the Cold War, a family's displacement in exile, and their tenacious longing for those they left behind. It also recounts the coming-of-age of an artist and activist, who, witnessing American's turn from democracy to extremism, struggles to differentiate his adoptive country from the dictatorship he fled. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Stories and Pictures for Young People. Hardcover, 7 3/8" x 9 3/4", 226 pages, text w/B&W illustrations.

1st printing.

Written by Guido Nolitta. Art by Gallieno Ferri. Cover by Michele Rubini.

Zagor's unexpected voyage leads him to unexplored places. To try and keep his companions and himself alive, his courage, strength, endurance, emotions and self-control will be brought to the brink!

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 236 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

Expanded Edition - 1st printing. Collects Zombie Proof (2007) #1-3, the one-shot, and more. Written by J.C. Vaughn. Art and cover by Vincent Spencer. For 20 years Billy Bob Driwahl has known they were coming. His only mistake was letting people find out he knew. Now the people who ostracized him for two decades have turned to him to save them. Can he do it? And what about the zombie Chihuahuas? At the end of the world, the zombie proofing business is thriving. Collects the original three issue mini-series, the one-shot, and more. Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

(A) Mike Kalvoda & Various (CA) Alex Toth The official 100th anniversary of the original swashbuckling hero, Zorro, is here! To celebrate a century of adventures we are proud to deliver a one-of-a-kind collectible that brings the comic art visionaries that made Zorro a household name together in a must-have package. Zorro A Century of Swashbuckling collects the most incredible historic comic covers from a host of legendary creators including: Alex Toth, Frank Miller, Michael Kaluta, Adam Hughes, Mike Grell, George Perez, Joseph Michael Linsner, Thomas Yeates, and many more! Join us for a century celebration and get a copy of this important piece of The Masked Avenger's history. Zorro A Century of Swashbuckling #1 is available with two covers - Main Cover by Alex Toth and Visions of Zorro Limited Edition 1/350 B&W cover also by Toth! Cover price $3.99.

(A) Mike Kalvoda & Various (CA) Alex Toth Celebrate a century of Zorro with this rare idol, a 350-copy B&W limited edition of Zorro A Century of Swashbuckling #1! Another book like this won't be along for 100 years! Grade your copy today. Cover price $9.99.