Science Fiction comic books issue 1

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Cover by Bill Hughes. This digest series collects neglected classics of science fiction from the 19th and early 20th centuries! This issue features "Hartman the Anarchist: Part 1" by Jules Vern; Smith: An Episode in a Lodginghouse" by Algernon Blackwood; and "A Lost Opportunity" by Tudor Jenks. Includes the poems "The Mer-Mother" and "The Pine Lady" by Richard Le Gallienne, book reviews, editorial and letters Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 130 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $0.60.

Issue 1. 1972. Triannually published critical journal of SF writers reviewing SF writers.

1st printing. Written by Jerry Weist. Art and Cover by Frank R. Paul. Introduction by Vincent Di Fate. Frank R. Paul is almost universally recognized as the "Father of Science Fiction Illustration," and rightly so, since his work has influenced and inspired generations of artists and visionaries over the past eighty years. From Flash Gordon to Luke Skywalker, Paul's presence is still being felt in the twenty-first century. Jerry Weist, noted Science Fiction historian, scholar, and founding editor of the prestigious EC comic fanzine Squa Tront, has turned his keen insight towards Paul, who envisioned a world of futuristic cities, space travel and alien life forms. These fantastic visions were realized in the pages of Amazing Stories and hundreds of other science fiction pulps and digest magazines. Weist, who authored Ray Bradbury: An Illustrated Life (in collaboration with Bradbury) has brought together informative text on Paul and a visual record of nearly every one of his incredible covers, as well as some of his very best, and rarely seen, pen and ink interior illustrations. This will be a visual feast for lovers of classic science fiction art. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. by Harry Harrison. Birds do it, Bees do it - but do Martians do it? Do Humanoids? Or humans with Humanoids? Harry Harrison answers these questions in GREAT BALLS OF FIRE, a collection of some of the strangest and most exotic science fiction illustrations of sexual behavior. Includes over 150 illustrations, 60 pages in full color. Hardcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 118 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

1st printing. by Harry Harrison. Birds do it, Bees do it - but do Martians do it? Do Humanoids? Or humans with Humanoids? Harry Harrison answers these questions in GREAT BALLS OF FIRE, a collection of some of the strangest and most exotic science fiction illustrations of sexual behavior. Includes over 150 illustrations, 60 pages in full color. Softcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 118 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $7.95.

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Cover by Robert Gipson Jones. Stories by Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Robert Bloch, Lloyd Biggle Jr, Robert F. Young, Jack Sharkey, Henry Slesar, J. F. Bone. Illustrations by Leo Summers, Mel Varga, Grayam, Virgil Finlay. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in. 130 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.50.

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1st printing. By Luigi Toiati. Science-fiction is the combination of science and fantasy. In addition to a literary form, it also encompasses film, TV, comics, toys and our beloved toy astronauts, or other figures such as aliens, monsters and other playable genres. Space invaded radio, cinema, TV, and consequently for a long time toy figurines were predominantly space-related, later evolving into other themes. This lavishly illustrated book covers both the history of literary science fiction, following in the footsteps of contemporary official criticism, and toy figurines inspired by science fiction. You will also find several other themes, such as the link between science fiction figures and cinema, radio, TV, comics, and more. Hardcover, 560 pages, full color. Cover price $59.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Written by Xavier Dollo. Art and cover by Djibril Morrisette-Phan. Foreword by Ted Chiang.

A graphic novel with illustrated text that traces, in detail, the history of a literary genre, from the 1800s to present day.

For the first time in illustrated form, this comprehensive history of science fiction traces its origins and, in fascinating detail, charts its history from its beginnings as a "schlock" genre to its respected status today. Who was the first author to write a science fiction story? How did American science fiction begin? What SF novel is the world's best-seller? What were the "pulps," and how did they predict with uncanny accuracy the 21st Century world around us?

These are just some of the questions answered in chapters dedicated to the founding mothers and fathers of the genre and the creations to which they gave birth. More than just a simple history lesson, THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION is a thoughtful and analytical reflection on the genre itself.

Hardcover, 200 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Unlike most other horror and SF surveys - which only venture as far afield as England and Europe - Willis truly reaches around the world - including many little-known or rarely documented movies from China - Japan - Thailand and the Philippines. Hardcover, 474 pages, text and illustrations.

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1st printing.

By Mike Benton.

From the author of The Comic Book in America comes a comprehensive look at the history of sci-fi comics. Complete with a checklist, more than 200 full color photos, and behind-the-scenes stories!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 150 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

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Incredible Science Fiction features articles and pictures from many Sci-Fi/Horror movies and television shows. This, the premier issue, focuses on aliens and monsters. There is an interview with Kathryn King, a look at the SFX of some of Hollywood's best known horror films, Jeff Sillifant analyzes "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," an in-depth look at the classic Universal Picture "Creature from the Black Lagoon," and much more. One of the first printed ads for Star Wars action figures, the X-Wing Fighter, and Tie Fighter appears on the back cover. 66 pages. Cover price $2.00.

Cover by Vaughn Bode. Compiled by Norm Metcalf. Softcover, 8-1/4" x 10-1/2", 250 pages, B&W.

Complied by A. J. L. Durie. Frustrated at the lack of cataloging of British versions of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, A. J. L. Durie took it upon himself to research and catalog the magazine's articles. 8-in. x 10-in., 44 pages, Text only. NOTE: Contains incorrect information regarding the American Edition publication dates.

1st printing. By Vincent Di Fate. Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Let your imagination soar along an astonishing time line of ages past and future, to far worlds and remote dimensions, and to the very limits of the human mind through the genius of science fiction's greatest artists. Hardcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 320 pages, full color.

Limited Signed Edition - 1st printing. By Vincent Di Fate. Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Signed by Wayne Barlowe, Frank Kelly Freas, Vincent Di Fate, Paul Lehr, Bob Eggleton, Rowena Morrill, and John Schoenherr. Let your imagination soar along an astonishing time line of ages past and future, to far worlds and remote dimensions, and to the very limits of the human mind through the genius of science fiction's greatest artists. Hardcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 320 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 250 copies. Cover price $45.00.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - November 1967. 5.25" x 7.25", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Vol. 1, No. 2 - June 1968. 5.25" x 7.25", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Australian publication. This issue contains "The Invaders" by Robert Spencer Carr, "Flaw" by John D. MacDonald and "Dwellers in Silence" by Ray Bradbury. Cover by Stanley Pitt. No interior artwork, text only. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 34 pages, B&W.

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1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art by Andrea Mutti and Gigi Baldassini. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Back Cover by Andrea Mutti and Gigi Baldassini. Introduction by Duane Swierczynski.

It's 2022. We all know the world has lost its collective mind. But not quite like this... with random strangers teaming up to commit bizarre acts of violence and self-destruction, from the Santa Monica Pier to the 101 Freeway to a posh Beverly Hills mall. Our only hope lies with four complete strangers, all of whom have had devastating encounters with this phenomenon, who team up in search of answers.

Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $15.99.

1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by David J. Schow. Art by Andres Esparza. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Back Cover by Andres Esparza. Introduction by David J. Schow.

Is it one of those assemble-the-team deals? You bet! The scientist. The murderer. The mercs. The witch. And the half-human visitor from the Underneath. The mission: Recover the most amazing mineral power source ever discovered. The target: Miles beneath the Earth's crust, teeming with monster denizens we haven't seen in centuries.

It's a one-way trip straight to Hell.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Story and art by Dennis Calero. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Back Cover by Dennis Calero.

In this sci-fi horror, an experiment in faster than light travel goes terribly wrong. Unintended side effects will drop pilot David Peeler into a living nightmare when alternate versions of himself start appearing, each one more deranged than the last.

Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects Tales of Science Fiction: Redhead (2019 Storm King) #1-5.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art and cover by Jason Felix.

Marnie Young, an executive assistant in San Diego, is a sweet girl who wouldn't hurt a fly. She's also super lonely. But one night, without warning, Marnie has a violent seizure; co-workers recoil in horror as she writhes on the floor. Two days later, Marnie wakes up in a hospital room. As her vision comes into focus, she sees 17 doctors and nurses dead on the floor, blood splattered everywhere. Soon she discovers the shocking truth: Marnie has become lethal, and everyone who comes within three feet of her dies instantly! Which is really going to mess up her dating life (if she had one). Is there a cure?

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Tales of Science Fiction: Surviving Nuclear Attack (2019 Storm King) #1-5.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by Joe Harris. Art and cover by Cat Staggs.

As the Cold War widened in the 1950s, military hero, George Kutter and his family trained to be legacy survivors in the event of an atomic exchange with the Soviet Union. Prepared to wait out the aftermath of nuclear war, they were subjected to myriad simulations, scenarios and stresses in hopes of helping salvage something of their family, their country and humanity from the ashes of a conflict with the Russians that never happened. But when a group of hunting buddies stumble upon a seemingly abandoned fallout shelter in the present-day Pennsylvania wilderness, a crash course in Cold War paranoia, propaganda and control awaits.

What was the nature of the secret Archonite initiative? What lengths did the United States go to in order to prepare for all-out war and its aftermath? What did the Kutter Family endure in perpetration for their duty? And if World War III never broke out... why are they still down there?

Written by Joe Harris (Rockstars, The X-Files) with art and covers by Cat Staggs (Crosswinds, Death of Superman), this collection includes all five issues, plus covers, in one beautiful volume!

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Written by David J. Schow. Art by Andres Esparza. Cover by Cat Staggs. Back Cover by Andres Esparza. Introduction by David J. Schow. Two cutting-edge scientists race to be the first to make alien contact. One finds a golden entity that offers to cure the worst Earthbound diseases. Simultaneously the other has discovered a creature that seems more monstrous, or even a ghost. Is it Earth's first contact... or last chance? Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $15.99.

1st printing.

Written by David Schow. Art by Andres Esparza, Sergio Martinez, and Janice Chiang. Cover by Tim Bradstreet.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King.

At Tattersall Prison, a max-lock for the baddest of the bad, sleepless nights are the norm... until a fireball from the sky turns the night shift into a nightmare - trapping guards and cons on the inside, cops on the outside, and escapees in-between... all of them threatened by a hideous alien invader which needs nice, warm human bodies in which to incubate. From the outside, it looks like a replay of Waco, but from the inside, it's more like Dante's first draft of the Inferno. Psychotic Fraiser Bonner leads an army of convicts with a grudge against lead guard Wayne Jessup, whose crew is marooned inside with no means of exit. Black ops spook Elaine Farris tries to call the shots as captive guards get executed by Bonner. Farris dreads the moment she will have to call in her "expert," Conrad Gant, whose life she destroyed six years earlier. Why? Because Gant knows about the alien interlopers, who use the human form as a chrysalis and shed the envelope of flesh to produce Earth-compatible conquerors... and Gant was hounded into silence by Elaine and her fixers. Now the clock is ticking and there's an invasion to be stopped, as minute by minute, guards perish and alien numbers grow stronger, with the aim of spilling out of the prison cordon and into the rest of the world. It's a hostage situation. It's a battle between species. It's Earth's most serious Standoff.

The Standoff is the third entry in John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction, created especially for Storm King's John Carpenter and Sandy King by David J. Schow with the cinematic art team behind VAULT, Andres Esparza and Sergio Martinez. All five issues are collected here to offer a chapter play that's half suspense thriller, and half science fiction fever dream. Whose side would you take? It's time to lock and load for The Standoff... and watch out for those nasty, flying alien bugs every step of the way.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art by Richard P. Clark and Janice Chiang. Cover by Tim Bradstreet.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King.

August 1977. Astronomers detect the so-called "WOW" signal: a burst of sound from deep space, near the constellation Sagittarius. The signal is believed to be extraterrestrial in origin. Today. In a desert town one hour north of L.A., Lieutenant Ron Pinkerton watches in horror as law-abiding citizens begin to lose their minds. Then astrophysicist Marisa Stringfellow appears, telling Pinkerton the craziest thing he's ever heard: an alien entity is taking over minds one by one and using their hijacked bodies to create as much mayhem as (in)humanly possible. The tell-tale sign: a violent twitch that means: goodbye, nervous system. Now humanity's last chance lies in the hands of hardboiled cop and a heartbroken scientist... that is, until one of them begins to twitch.

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Edited by Sandy King. Written by James Ninness. Art by Andres Esparza, Sergio Martinez, Janice Chiang, and Tim Bradstreet.

When the moon-bound crew of Gaia stumbles across an enormous alien vessel, more technologically advanced than their own, priorities change. The mystery deepens when the crew discovers the name of the vessel along the hull, written in English: VAULT.

Softcover, 104 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.99.

1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King.

Vortex is the second story in John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction! Join us as Dixon and his team come up against Dr. Dole Andersen, a man with a secret so terrible that he threatens to pull us all into Hell with him! Join rescue crews, scientists, investigators, special forces soldiers, families and monsters, sacrifice and chaos. Join us as we face inhuman terror and incredible heroism. Join us in another far-flung adventure set on the edge of a universe under the watchful eye of the Horror Master, John Carpenter, himself! Join us in the Vortex.

Softcover, 256 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Program for the 42nd World Science Fiction Convention in 1984. 192 Pages, B&W.

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1st printing.

By Desirina Boskovich and Jeff Vandermeer.

Science fiction and fantasy reign over popular culture now.

Lost Transmissions is a rich trove of forgotten and unknown, imagined-but-never-finished, and under-appreciated-but-influential works from those imaginative genres, as well as little-known information about well-known properties. Divided into sections on Film & TV, Literature, Art, Music, Fashion, Architecture, and Pop Culture, the book examines Jules Verne's lost novel; AfroFuturism and Space Disco; E.T.'s scary beginnings; William Gibson's never-filmed Aliens sequel; Weezer's never-made space opera; and the 8,000-page metaphysical diary of Philip K. Dick. br>
Hardcover, 9-in. x 7-in., 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Edited by Ben Bova. Featuring stories by Gene Wolfe, Burt K. Filer, Andre Norton, Gordon R. Dickson, Keith Laumer, Anne McCafrey, Robert Silverberg, and Harlan Ellison. Many of the fascinating worlds of science fiction are explored in this collection, which ranges from the high adventure among the stars of Andre Norton's ALL CATS ARE GRAY to a college campus around the turn of the century - the next century, that is - in Harlan Ellison's angry SILENT IN GEHENNA. Includes 8 short stories. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 216 pages, Text Only.

1st printing. Delve into a world of imagination populated with giant robots, strange vehicles, alien creatures and other fantastic inventions. For generations artists have created imagery destined for the entertainment of others, and now you can too. Revered science fiction artist and film designer, Doug Chiang, reveals the thought processes and techniques he used working on blockbusters such as the Star Wars prequels, War of the Worlds, Terminator, and Beowulf. You'll learn from Chiang's visionary experience as he shares his design processes, giving expert advice and showcasing the groundbreaking style that has earned his creations a spot in the Brooklyn Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Art and the Tokyo National Museum. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Australian publication. This issue contains "The Moving Finger" by Berkeley Livingston, "Countercheck" by Charles DeVet and "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke. Cover by Stanley Pitt. No interior artwork, text only. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 34 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Edited By Michael Uslan. Coevr 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. Hardcover, 248 pages, full color.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - March , 1960. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 2 - April , 1960. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 3 - May , 1960. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 4 - June , 1960. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 5 - July , 1960. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.