Comics Library comic books issue 11

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The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color. Volumes in this series are squareboud, 8-1/2 x 11, 60-pgs full color on quality paper stock. Each a fitting tribute to the Carl Barks duck legacy of great comics story telling. Cover art by Carl Barks, all story scripts and art by Barks. Storyboards from the Disney short animated film "Fire Chief." "Magical Misery"; Donald becomes a magician. "Vacation Time"; A salesman interferes with Donald's peace and quiet. "The Waltz King"; Donald practices for a dance contest. "Atonal Terror The Masters of Melody"; Donald forces the nephews to take music lessons. "Fireman Donald"; Donald serves as a volunteer fireman. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Spy Cases!" By Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Bill Everett. Shortly after launching his mens adventure line of comic books in 1949 (and just before he published his first war title), Atlas publisher Martin Goodman found, in the middle ground between crime and mens adventure, the sneakier, conspiratorial sub-genre of spy comics. The first title was Spy Cases (soon followed by Spy Fighters and Kent Blake of the Secret Service) and the contents were Cold War noir stories, as Doug Grant, Secret Agent, protected Americas interests, fighting commies from behind the Iron Curtain. Led by superlative action/adventure artwork by Al Hartley (later Bill Savage) and supported by Atlas titans including Gene Colan, Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Jerry Robinson and Joe Maneely, America ferrets out sinister threats in thrillers like: The Traitor!, Discs of Death, Frame-Up in Red, and The Case of the Missing B-29! All spy comics had healthy runs and by 1952, the Korean War made its presence felt in every adventure title. Patriotic, but also subtler, darker and more sinister than the familiar costumed hero titles, the spy genre is a little-seen aspect of Marvels deep history. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $44.99.

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News, articles and reprints celebrating the classic era of comic strips. A look at the classic illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson; reprints of Sams Strip by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas; a profile of pioneering political and newspaper cartoonist James Montgomery Flagg, who created Uncle Sam; reprints of Flaggs work; a look at George Frinks early comic strips Circus Solly and Slim Jim; reprints of the 1930s strip Bills Diary by Clare Victor Dwiggins, a precursor of Family Circus. Edited by Rick Marschall. Black and white; magazine format. Cover by Gibson. Cover price $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "1945: Cap Stubs and Tippie!"

Story and Art by Edwina Dumm.

Collecting the works of one of the most important female cartoonists of all time, Tippie will appeal to comics readers, students of women's studies, and dog lovers. Edwina Dumm was the country's first female full-time editorial cartoonist, and one of its first female syndicated comic strip creators. Tippie is truly a Library of American Comics Essential, providing a crucial reading experience and offering perspective on the early work of women in the field. LOAC Essentials reprints, one year at a time, the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, in a format that preserves, as closely as possible, the original reader experience.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 384 pages, B&W.

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Reprints from Warfront #5 in black and white. Includes the stories "Secret Mission," "I Killed That Boy," "Headline Happy" and "The Letter." Australian Edition. 7-in. x 10 3/4-in., 24 pages, black and white.