Comics Library comic books issue 3

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. A Career With Ducks interview with Carl Barks by Thomas Andrae and Donald Ault. "Kite Weather"; A disguised Donald enters a children's kite flying contest. "Three Dirty Little Ducks"; Donald attempts to give the nephews a bath. "The Mad Chemist"; A blow to the head makes Donald a genius. "Rival Boatmen"; Donald and the nephews compete as fishing guides. "Camera Crazy"; Donald and the nephews compete as news photographers. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $8.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "In the Days of the Rocket: Starring Jet Dixon and Speed Carter!" Written by Joe Maneely, Hank Chapman, Mike Sekowsky, and Mike Dean. Art by George Tuska, Christopher Rule, Joe Maneely, Werner Roth, Carl Burgos, Sol Brodsky, George Klein, Allen Bellman, John Romita Sr., Vern Henkel, Bill Benulis, Jack Abel, Al Eadeh, Mike Sekowsky, Vic Carrabotta, Bill Savage, and Bob Forgione. Cover by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos. Back Cover by Werner Roth. Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. Expanding Fantagraphics' project to reprint Marvel Comics' 1950s genre titles, this volume blasts off to space opera adventure. In the vein of earlier comics-to-multimedia stars Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, Atlas Comics launched their own pulp hero in 1951, looking ahead to the futuristic year 2000. Across five issues of Space Squadron (and one of Space Worlds), headline talents including George Tuska, Werner Roth and Allen Bellman (with back-up features by Joe Maneely, Christopher Rule, George Klein and Vern Henkel) showed Captain Jet Dixon and his Space Squadron blasting into action, facing cosmic threats like "The Armada of Death," "The Space Demons," "Terror from the Deep," "The Temptress of Jupiter," and "The Midnight Horror." Come 1953, Hank Chapman and Joe Maneely gazed further into the future, envisioning the distant year 2075 and the adventures of Speed Carter, Spaceman. Scripted throughout by Chapman, Maneely launched and drew the first three issues before handing off to one issue each by Mike Sekowsky, George Tuska and Bob Forgione, with back-up features by John Romita, Maneely, and Bill Savage. As other aspects of the Atlas line leaned into the peak of pre-Code horror, the Captain of the Space Sentinels and young cadet Johnny Day battled monstrous aliens with stories including "The Space Trap," "A Slaughter in Space," "Die, Spaceman, Die," and "The Thing in Outer Space." Unseen in 70 years, scanned in high resolution, restored to perfection, and packaged as one extra-sized, beautiful hardcover volume, In the Days of the Rockets will open a wormhole to the early cold-war four-color era of futuristic science fantasy. HANK CHAPMAN (1915-1973) wrote steadily for a variety of comics publishers between 1940 and 1967, usually uncredited, but he has been identified as the author of several hundred stories. He is most known for his war stories while on staff at Atlas in the 1950s and at DC in the '50s and '60s. JOE MANEELY (1926-1958) landed at Timely in 1949 following the Street & Smith line's collapse and freelanced for Timely/Atlas for the next eight years, becoming one of the most prolific and important artists of the Atlas period. MIKE SEKOWSKY (1923-1989) was a prolific workman of the Silver Age of comics, notably co-creating the Justice League of America for DC in 1960 and having a run as writer/artist on Wonder Woman. But he began at Timely, drawing everything from Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal to The Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 336 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

News, articles and reprints celebrating the classic era of comic strips. A look at the roots of Thimble Theatre, the strip that launched Popeye the Sailor; early cartoons and lost writings by Thimble Theatres E.C. Segar; newly discovered memoirs by Little Nemos Winsor McCay; a tribute to Tintin creator Herge; a forgotten strip by Billy DeBeck (Barney Google). Edited by Rick Marschall. Black and white; magazine format. Cover price $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "R. Crumb!" Collects four long-out-of-print interviews from the award-winning Comics Journal's archives in an oversized art-book format. These are the most comprehensive interviews ever conducted with the man, spanning his life, career, rejections and wide-ranging views! Also boasts essays by the Journal's sharpest critics, plus a color gallery of the artist's art and ephemera. Softcover, 12-in. x 12-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Polly and her Pals!"

Story and Art by Cliff Sterrett.

By the early 1930s Cliff Sterrett had transformed Polly and Her Pals into the world's premier surrealistic comic strip. Sterrett's Sunday pages (also being published by The Library of American Comics) have long been hailed as individual masterpieces, but his daily strips-due to their rarity-have eluded archivists for the past ninety years. The strips reprinted here-the complete year of 1933 dailies-show Sterrett at his most inventive!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 336 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Dreaming City!"

Based on the Story by Michael Moorcock. Adapted by Roy Thomas. Art by P. Craig Russell.

Following his triumphant return to the city of Imrryr, Elric: The Dreaming City chronicles the Eternal Champion's most desperate and epic adventure to date as he attempts to reclaim the Ruby Throne, rescue his beloved, Cymoril, and reconcile with his damaged psyche.

Hardcover, 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

Australian Edition. Reprints in black and white. Rocket Squadron logo. 7-in. x 10 3/4-in., 24 pages, black and white.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The King of the Swords!"

Based on the story by Michael Moorcock. Adapted by Mike Baron and Mark Shainblum. Art by Ken Hooper, Jill Thompson and Kelley Jones. Cover by Mike Mignola. Foreword by Mark Shainblum.

Michael Moorcock's timeless saga is brought to vivid life by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, Batman artist Kelley Jones, and award-winning writer Mike Baron! In this stunning hardcover collection of genre-defying fantasy, Prince Corum Jhaelen battles Mabelode, the King of Swords, discovers the true nature of the Eternal Champion, and challenges the very gods of Chaos and Law in his quest for vengeance and freedom!

Hardcover, 112 pages, full color.

NOTE: "Superbly adapted... exquisitely illustrated... Michael Moorcock once again weaves stunning blend of magic, heroism, and wonder for a whole new generation of appreciative readers." - Midwest Book Review

Cover price $24.99.