Black comic books issue 6

Written by Peter B. Gillis. Art by Tom Sutton and Don Lomax. Cover by Daniel Brereton. The poet Michael Robartes follows Black Flame and Hellequin through the Realm of Nightmares and into the Great Beyond where they at last find :The Strange High House in the Mist.' Bonus-sized 30 pages of story! Gorgeous cover by Dan Brereton! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Richard Hughes, Tex Mumford, and Al Camy. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as the Crime Crushers and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Apr 1953-Dec 1953!" Collects Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 3 #5-6 and Vol. 4 #1-36 [#23-27]. Cover art by Jack Kirby. The sixth volume in this captivating series of extraordinary tales, featuring some of the strangest stories ever told. Created by genre legends Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, with skilled contributions from Mort Meskin, this collection brings their storytelling brilliance to life. Presented in our popular Softee format, each volume contains four classic comics. Softcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by Tony Isabella. Art by Clayton Henry and Yvel Guichet. Cover by Clayton Henry. Cleveland and the nation! Alien weapons! Flying killers! Police under fire! And the surprises keep coming right through the very last page of this story! Black Lightning's back... but will he survive this ultimate showdown? 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Written by Matt Pizzolo. Art by Anna Wieszczyk. Cover by Ben Templesmith. In the ancient tunnels beneath Guernica, Tommy, Halfpipe, and Mulciber are separated from the bounty hunter Soledad and must face an overpowering evil on their own. One of the three will die, the other two won't get out that easy. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by ROBERT PLACE NAPTON & JAMIE NASH Story by GREGG HALE & EDUARDO SANCHEZ Art by MARIO GUEVERA Cover by LUCIO PARRILLO Lt. Maynard has been sanctioned by the Governor of Virginia to bring him the head of the Pyrate King. Armed with his floating fortress of a ship, The Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard faces off against his mostly deadly foe in a fierce battle for survival! This is the climatic issue of Blackbeard's origin! 32 pages FC Cover price $3.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Youhei Yasumura. Translated by Wesley Bridges. Kinji, who lacks any kind of work ethic, is a layabout in his modern life. One day, he finds himself transported to another world - but not in a grand fantasy of a hero welcomed with open arms. He's immediately shoved into a terrible job! Now enslaved by the corporate evil of a fantasy mining company, Kinji's about to really learn the meaning of hard work! Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in., 180 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $12.99.

Written by KURT BUSIEK and ROGER STERN. Art and Cover by JAY ANACLETO. The grand finale! As the X-Men face a splashy televised death in Dallas, Phil Sheldon and his family have a quiet and unexpected late-night reunion. Will it be their last time together as a family? What will it mean for Phil's legacy, and his book? This issue brings the second great story of Phil Sheldon and the Marvel Universe to an unforgettable conclusion. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $7.00

Add to cart FN 6.0 $6.00

by Larry Young & Jon Proctor This is where it all ends! The United States Army faces off against the assembled might of the Black Diamond populace, with Kate and her kidnappers on one side of an angry general and Dr. McLaughlin and Cammie on the other with some vicious bikers! Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $7.00

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $7.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Written by Massimo Rosi. Art and Cover by Antonello Consentino and Samuele Coletti. Tony's soul is more like a shadow inside a dead, cold, metal body. He puts everything on the line watching inside the suburban cyber hell, ready to sacrifice everything at this point, but he sadly discovers how much he still has to lose if he doesn't preserve the only light in that terrible dark world: his daughter. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Written by Heli Kennedy. Art by Wayne Nichols. Cover by Cat Staggs. In a world where Sarah managed to save Beth from taking her own life! With this single twist of fate, the Clone Club comes together in a completely different manner and the mystery of Project LEDA unfolds in new, exiting ways! See all your favorite characters return in an all-new light! 28 pages, full color, Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Written by Heli Kennedy. Art by Wayne Nichols. Cover by Fico Ossio. In a world where Sarah managed to save Beth from taking her own life! With this single twist of fate, the Clone Club comes together in a completely different manner and the mystery of Project LEDA unfolds in new, exiting ways! See all your favorite characters return in an all-new light! 28 pages, full color, Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Heli Kennedy. Art by Wayne Nichols. Cover by Kelly Blake In a world where Sarah managed to save Beth from taking her own life! With this single twist of fate, the Clone Club comes together in a completely different manner and the mystery of Project LEDA unfolds in new, exiting ways! See all your favorite characters return in an all-new light! 28 pages, full color, Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Written by Ryan Lindsay. Art and Cover by Sebastian Piriz. Everyone is dying. Niko and Bar resolve who they are, and what they want, and they act with truth in the final moments of this absolute disaster! Will the Black Beacon have been the biggest catastrophe in the universe, or will a silence of calm replace it? All paths converge in a conclusion so galactically shattering it will leave you questioning whether the right thing was done or not. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Rei Hiroe. Translated by Joe Yamazaki.

After their trip to Japan, the crew unwinds back in Roanapur. The R&R doesn't last long--Jane, a counterfeiter on the run from Florida-based gangsters, seeks refuge with Sister P.W. Deegan's Church of Violence.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Rei Hiroe. Translated by Joe Yamazaki.

After their trip to Japan, the crew unwinds back in Roanapur. The R&R doesn't last long--Jane, a counterfeiter on the run from Florida-based gangsters, seeks refuge with Sister P.W. Deegan's Church of Violence.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart Very Good $12.00

Add to cart Very Good $12.00

Fantastic Monsters of the Films (1962 Black Shield) #006 Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.60

Add to cart Very Fine $7.60

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.20

Add to cart Fine $5.70

Story, art and cover by Chester Gould, plus supplemental material by Shel Dorf. Blackthorne Publishing reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints the strips from October 1 – December 10, 1947, featuring the first "Mumbles" story arc. Coffyhead attempts a prison break; Tracy tries to prove that Mumbles and his gang killed a cop. Also featuring Matt Mastersons collage of Dick Tracy characters through the years, and an essay on cartoonings Reuben Award by its first winner, Milton Caniff. Big-Time Traditions; 200 Characters from Dick Tracy 1931-1977; The Reuben. Squarebound, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Todd Fox, Enrique Villagran. Cover by Brian Denham. After thirty years, the long-awaited, never-before-published conclusion to the first arc of Alias. Crime comics fans have been wanting to see how this story ends for decades and, at last, you can read how the first multi-part story ends! The FBI is closing in on the nameless killer who's eluded them so long. Will they succeed, or will the serial-murderer-turned-hitman escape their grasp forever? Be here for the startling conclusion to this cult comic crime epic! Cover price $3.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

The cheer of the holidays has passed, but the Noah's Ark traveling circus has been making the rounds, bringing fun and joy to children of all ages. However, a disturbing trend begins to surface in the wake of the colorful entourage. Children are disappearing whenever the circus packs up for its next destination, and there are neither clues nor corpses to be found. Dismayed by these occurrences, Queen Victoria dispatches Earl Phantomhive and his most able butler Sebastian to locate and reunite the missing children and their loved ones.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $11.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

The cheer of the holidays has passed, but the Noah's Ark traveling circus has been making the rounds, bringing fun and joy to children of all ages. However, a disturbing trend begins to surface in the wake of the colorful entourage. Children are disappearing whenever the circus packs up for its next destination, and there are neither clues nor corpses to be found. Dismayed by these occurrences, Queen Victoria dispatches Earl Phantomhive and his most able butler Sebastian to locate and reunite the missing children and their loved ones.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Hikaru Nakamura. Translated by Richard Tobin. Miharu is whisked away from right under Knecht's invisible nose by Drosselmeyer, an enigmatic tinkerer who is one of the masterminds behind the construction of the Santa Claus House. He finds himself in Silent Night, a surreal space where the December 24th of that year is on a continuous loop, experiencing a world beyond his wildest dreams. Discover Knecht's true intentions for recruiting Miharu to the Santa Claus House! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 178 pages, B&W. Teen (13+) Cover price $13.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Parallax" - NOTE: Figurine NOT included. This magazine provides a detailed history and background on the character, including exclusive images and interviews. Slick card-stock cover, 20 pages, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., full color.

Black Edition - Volume - Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Death Note TPB (2005-2008) Vol. 11-12.

Written by Tsugumi Ohba. Art by Takeshi Obata.

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in x 8 1/2-in., 384 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Black Edition - Volume - Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Death Note TPB (2005-2008) Vol. 11-12.

Written by Tsugumi Ohba. Art by Takeshi Obata.

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in x 8 1/2-in., 384 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Featuring Dashiell Hammett's original story "After the Thin Man" continued. Edited by Matthew Bruccoli and Richard Laymon. Softcover, 226 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse!" and "The Black Bat's Dragon Trail!"

The Nemesis of Crime returns in classic 1940 pulp novels by Norman A. Daniels and The Spider's Norvell Page.

First, murderous foreign agents make a deadly attack on America's prewar defenses in "The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse," an action-packed thriller edited by future Batman editor Mort Weisinger! Then, the Scourge of the Underworld foils the Dragon Master's nefarious plans in "The Black Bat's Dragon Trail," as Tony Quinn attempts to prevent the exploitation of China by a war profiteer!

Plus, the Mask returns in a Golden Age classic from Nedor's Exciting Comics #6.

Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 6 - 1st Printing.

Story and Art by Yuki Tabata.

Astas vacation is anything but rest and relaxation when children start disappearing all around him. But in order to take down the kidnappers, Asta will have to team up with Gauche, a mage who hates his guts!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in. 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Dec 1954/Jan 1955. Cover by Ken Battefield. Stories by unknown. Art by Robert Webb and unknown. F.B.I. Agent Steve Drake is assigned to prowl around a Guatemalan Air Base which seems to be a target for a red spy ring in the Black Cobra story "The Big Blast"! Plus: Black Cobra finds himself up against an incredible and fantastic plot to steal one the U.S.A.'s super-tanks in "Trap for Traitors/Grenades for Glory"! Also: Black Cobra gets a hurry up call for help from a great atomic plant in "Deadline for Danger/The Mystery of the Falling Corpse"! And: "A Message to Gomez," a reprint story on press photographers in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Plus: 2-page text story "No Cowards Allowed"! 36 pages, full color. (NOTE: Chronologically, this should have been the #2 issue of Black Cobra. However, the publisher accidentally continued the numbering from Billy Bunny (1954) #1-5 instead. With the next published issue, the numbering was corrected, reverting back to issue #3.) Cover price $0.10.

"Fall 2003!" A clueless couple buy a packaged vacation through the depths of Hell... a fake exorcist discovers his latest client conceals a very real demonic spirit ... a conquering king receives the gift a beautiful and dangerous slave girl ... and a young mercenary finds herself trapped on the Elemental Plane of Earth! All this and more in the latest issue of Black Gate, your home for the finest in modern fantasy. This issue includes an exclusive excerpt of the upcoming Kalamar novel Point of the Knife, by Don Bassingthwaite. And don't miss the hilarious exploits of The Knights of the Dinner Table in an exclusive comic strip! Softcover, 208 pages, Text (with B&W photos and illustrations). Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $4.80

Add to cart Very Fine $4.80

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $3.49

Add to cart Fine $3.00

Stories, art and cover by Robert L. Crabb. Another funny-animal spoof from the creator and publisher of Hamster Vice. Junior, a mythical jackalope (a jackrabbit with antelope horns) has wacky adventures that also provide sly commentary on American society as it existed in the 1980s. Junior Jackalope and Suicide Squirrel go fishing in the pond and catch something that isn't a fish; Professor Von Crabman puts out a newspaper with a focus on the jackalope community. Throwing Continuity to the Wind; The One That Got Away; Professor Von Crabman's Natural Enquirer; The Cactus Cat; Hoop Snakes; The Dingbat; Milking Trout. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Ayuko Hatta. Translated by Diana Taylor. Summer break is finally here! Erika is in full romance mode, making plans to spend time with Kyoya, when Kyoya's big sister appears! Suddenly, Erika finds herself in Kobe with the Sata siblings to meet their mom. Will Erika survive being with the Sata clan under one roof? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $11.99.

Vol. 6 of the complete reprinting of the Black Bat. By Norman Daniels and V.E. Pyle. Blinded by a criminal's acid, DQ Tony Quinn is given a second chance thanks to an operation which not only restores his vision but also gives him the ability to see at night. Aided by Carol Baldwin, Butch O'Leary and Silk Kirby, crime doesn't stand a chance against the Black Bat! 6-in. x 9-in., 328 pages, black and white. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 6 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Kanoko Sakurakouji. Misao and Kyo have traveled to the tengu village to end Sho's claim on the leadership of the clan once and for all. Misao knows there will be bloodshed, and things will only get worse if the battle is drawn out. But her attempt to help is thwarted by a cunning trap. Locked in with Sho with little hope of rescue, Misao has a terrible choice to make--betray Kyo or die a horrible, painful death! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 200 pages, Mature Readers Cover price $9.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kentaro Yabuki. After hearing that Black Cat is the "ultimate gunman," metal-mouthed menace Durham Glaster vows to claim that title for himself. Desperate to learn of his rival's whereabouts, Durham beats the information out of Train's friends. When the two finally duel, how far will Train go to exact revenge? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Written by Dall-Young Lim. Art by Sung-Woo Park. A fantasy-action series about the tenuous partnership between a young game designer and a superhuman girl! Kuro tells of the painful events that led up to her brother Reishin's tragic betrayal and slaughter of their family. Meanwhile, Excel and Steiner storm the Kaionji building and face off against Reishin with disastrous results. When Reishin give Keita a vague explanation for their companions not making it to Okinawa, Keita and Kuro do some digging of their own at a party full of alter egos. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

Vertical Edition - Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion. A mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon, Black Jack travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. The globe-trotting maverick surgeon flies to Italy to save the life of a young boy who seems to be turning to stone. Black Jack must discover the source of an elderly father's breathing difficulties before his son conducts a medically assisted suicide to end his misery. These and other dramatic tales fill this volume of Black Jack's medical exploits. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $16.95.

Vertical Edition - Volume 6 - 2nd or later printings. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion. A mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon, Black Jack travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. The globe-trotting maverick surgeon flies to Italy to save the life of a young boy who seems to be turning to stone. Black Jack must discover the source of an elderly father's breathing difficulties before his son conducts a medically assisted suicide to end his misery. These and other dramatic tales fill this volume of Black Jack's medical exploits. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $16.95.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "One Man's Poison." Syonide and friends capture Black Lightning, who learns that Peter Gambi may have killed his father. Script by Tony Isabella, pencils by Trevor Von Eeden, inks by Vince Colletta. Cover by Rich Buckler and Colletta. Cover price $0.35.

Philippine reprint

UK reprint series. Reprints material from Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 2 #7. 7.25-in x 9.25-in, 68 Pages, B&W.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Sachimo. Translated by Adrienne Beck. For these two typecast actors, love can't always be black or white. Shin is an actor whose awkward personality has gotten him typecast as the villain, whereas his secret lover Shige garners all the prime princely roles. As their careers advance, can these two endure all eyes being on them not just in public but in private too? Shige has decided to costar in a drama with Tatara, a veteran actor his boyfriend Shin adores. Tatara has made it known he thinks Shige is only going to drag Shin down as an actor. Wanting to prove him wrong, Shige puts on a performance to rival that of his far more experienced costar. Meanwhile, Shin's best friend, idol Hanasaki, reveals to the public that the two are friends as a way to pursue his own agenda! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 162 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.99.

Black Oracle (1969) #006 Cover price $0.35.