Comics Library comic books issue 4

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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. Letters From the Duck Man, Part One: First Contact article by Geoffrey Blum; Fans early contact with Barks. "Farragut the Falcon"; Donald takes up falconry. "The Purloined Putty"; Donald and Jones battle over a borrowed can of putty. "Highwire Daredevils"; The nephews practice a high wire act. "Ten Cents Worth of Trouble"; Donald and the nephews pursue a mis-placed, rare coin. "Donald's Bay Lot"; Donald is swindled on a seaside lot. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $8.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $25.00

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "War Comics!" Collects War Comics (1950-1957 Atlas) #1-8. Cover by Carl Burgos and Sal Bradsky. Back cover by Al Hartley. Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. Continuing Fantagraphics' project to reprint Marvel Comics' 1950s genre titles, this volume compiles the first of what became the industry's largest line of war books. Produced by veterans of WWII, the eight issues here feature future mainstream comics stalwarts such as Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, and more. Forged in the crucible of the Korean War, and produced by veterans of the Second World War, this volume's eight issues present the brutality and grimness of armed combat by some of Atlas' most notable war artists and future comics stars including Gene Colan, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Dave Berg, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky, Vern Henkel, Allen Bellman, Pete Morisi and Norman Steinberg. Propaganda abounds from the very first story, published in War Comics #1 in September 1950: "Peril in Korea," a primer explaining why the U.S. joined the conflict. Other highlights include Colan's "The Chips are Down" and "Victory," Heath's "Alone" and "No Survivors," Maneely's "Stormy Weather," Henkel's "Total Destruction," and Berg's "The Infantry's War." Originally a trial spun off from the publisher's "Men's Adventure" publications, in the nine years to follow Atlas went on to produce 533 comic book issues with war content, across 34 different titles. War Comics is where it all began, unseen in decades, scanned from the original books, restored, and packaged as one large, beautiful hardcover volume. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 180 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

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News, articles and reprints celebrating the classic era of comic strips. Flash Gordon: the Dan Barry years, when Harvey Kurtzman and Frank Frazetta were assistants on the strip; pioneering adventure strip cartoonist George Storm; a look at the adventure strip Lance by Warren Tufts, with commentary by Tufts assistant, Alex Toth. Edited by Rick Marschall. Black and white; magazine format. Cover by Barry, Tufts and Storm. Cover price $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Drawing the Line!" The fourth volume in TCJ Library's ongoing series of lavish coffee-table-book collections of interviews drawn from the Utne Award-winning magazine's archives, this volume gathers together the epic, exhaustive interviews with four of the sharpest social commentators of our times: Ralph Steadman, Jules Feiffer, Edward Sorel, and David Levine. Each definitive conversation will boast the generous amounts of illustration that TCJ Library readers have come to expect from each volume, as well as a full-color gallery of rarely seen work. Softcover, 12-in. x 12-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $22.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1939: Alley Oop: The First Time Travel Adventure!"

Story and Art by VT Hamlin.

In 1939, Vincent Trout Hamlin had been writing and drawing the successful Alley Oop for more than five years. In Alley Oop, Hamlin created a unique concept, marrying his fascination with dinosaurs and prehistoric times to a rollicking style of storytelling and drawing that was simultaneously serious, fantastic, and loaded with slapstick. The series was set in the kingdom of Moo and starred Alley Oop, the club-wielding caveman, his girlfriend Ooola, friends Dinny the dinosaur and Foozy, and more! This volume features Oop's final Moo adventure, followed by his trips to the 20th Century and ancient Greece. Hamlin would send his characters everywhere and everywhen - but the classic Alley Oop begins with the stories contained in this volume.

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

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Weird of the White Wolf!"

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

Compiling the short stories "The Dream of Earl Aubec," "The Dreaming City," "While the Gods Laugh," and "The Singing Citadel," The Weird of the White Wolf brings the albino prince Elric and his enchanted sword Stormbringer back to his city of Melniboné for a series of epic adventures, where his might and magic will face the ultimate test!

Hardcover, 152 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

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

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Bull and the Spear!"

Based on the story by Michael Moorcock. Adapted by Mark Shainblum. Art by Jill Thompson. Cover by Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell. Foreword by Mark Shainblum.

The Conclusion of Michael Moorcock's Epic fantasy!

When Corum's dreams are disturbed by strange voices he embarks on a quest to to seek out the only weapon capable of destroying his foes!

Hardcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.