Darling comic books issue 1

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Written by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan. Art by Bob Quinn, John J. Hill. Cover by Robert Quinn. SERIES PREMIERE Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our ownâ€from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)! 32 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan. Art by Bob Quinn, John J. Hill. Cover by Ryan Stegman. SERIES PREMIERE Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own, from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)! 32 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan. Art by Robert Quinn, John J. Hill. Cover by Bob Quinn. SERIES PREMIERE Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own, from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)! 32 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 50 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan. Art by Bob Quinn, John J. Hill. Cover by Ryan Stegman. SERIES PREMIERE Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own, from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)! 32 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

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2nd Printing. Written by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan. Art by Bob Quinn, John J. Hill. Cover by Robert Quinn. SERIES PREMIERE Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our ownâ€from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)! 32 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Pat McElroy photo cover. "I Was Jilted!"; Office worker Laura is dumped by her boyfriend Alan because shes a poor orphan; Laura gets a job in rural Long Island as companion to elderly Miss Barnes; Miss Barnes urges Laura not to shut herself away, giving herself as an example of a lonely spinster. "Two Loves Have I"; Aspiring actress Ellen meets art student Dean and they fall in love; Deans older brother Steve runs the family ranch in Colorado; Steve demands Dean drop his studies and help run the ranch, and calls Ellen a gold-digger. "Rascal Heart" text story. "Your Handwriting" article by Handwriting Analyst Ellyn Lee. "I Was Branded Bad"; Dorothy dates bad boy Nicky to escape her familys poverty; Tricked into participating in a robbery, Dorothy is sent to prison while Nicky is killed. "I Married for Revenge" text story. "I Lied for Love," art by Pen Shumaker; High school student Lorna pretends she has a college boyfriend; Attending a fraternity party with her brother Hank, Lorna meets David. "The Darling Bandbox" text story by Miss Darling. "Star-Lights" article. "Too Wise for Love!!"; Edith, editor for a chain of magazines, falls in love with free-lance writer Mark; They wed, but he makes little money from his writing. "Reminiscence" text story by May Richstone. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Shinichi Fukuda. Translated by Taylor Engel. Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojou passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmante into her secret hobby: cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?! Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 210 paegs, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story, art, and cover by Shinichi Fukuda. Translated by Taylor Engel. Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojou passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmante into her secret hobby: cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?! Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 210 paegs, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.99.

Bettie Page photo cover from early in her career.

Photo cover (Bettie Page). "Gossip!", script by Joan August; Art accepts a teaching job in a small town; He falls in love with Liz and they decide to get married, but she asks him to take a job at a college elsewhere and he agrees; In their new town, gossip spreads about a romance between Liz and student Dan. "Two Loves" text story. "Personality... and You"; Ellyn Lee analyses handwriting. "I Stole My Sister's Man," script by Mary Woods, art by Bill Fix; Nancy was raised by her older sister Sue after their parents are killed; Home from college on vacation, Nancy meets Sues boyfriend Jim and sets her cap for him: "I want that man, hes just my type!"; When her efforts to romance him fail, Nancy lies and tells Sue that Jim made a pass at her. "No Time For Love," script by Kate Tempest; Abbys mother raises her daughter to become a star as a way to escape poverty; Abby goes along with the program, but she doesnt dislike the residents of their slum neighborhood as her mother does; Abby falls in love with bus driver Jed. Two Loves Have I publisher ad. "She Played With Love," script by Rhoda Temple; Jean loves steel worker Lon and they plan to marry; Buck, an old Army buddy of Lon, arrives in town and takes Jean out while Lon is on the night shift; Buck frames Lon for infidelity so he can have Jean for himself; Lon and Buck fight in the steel plant and Buck falls into a huge vat of molten metal. "I Was a Heart-Breaker," script by Neila Garland; Hilda steals Mac from his girlfriend Marianne, although she doesnt really love him; Marianne commits suicide as a result; Hilda falls in love with Roger and they decide to get married, but Mac shows up and reveals Hildas past. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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(W) Steve Niles (A) Christopher Mitten (CA) Michelle Madsen, Fiona Staples Monster hunters Cal and Mo'loch are hired by a giant stranger and his fetal sibling to make a final stand in the war between good and evil. Cover price $3.50.

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Written by Michael Fleizach, Todd Hunt. Art and Cover by Dave Mims. With all of New York City enveloped in the zeitgeist of a missing 8-year old girl, loveable anti-hero Francis Darling accidentally stumbles onto the machinations behind her kidnapping and the drug war that ensues. But has he really? A bit like chasing the Mad Hatter through a toxic chemical cloud, Francis' strange and inconceivable journey brings us uncomfortably close to NYC's most crooked… most deviant… most irredeemable characters; the kind that can only be extricated from the drug-addled guilty conscience of a failing brain. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Michael Fleizach, Todd Hunt. Art by Dave Mims. Cover by Alex Riegel. With all of New York City enveloped in the zeitgeist of a missing 8-year old girl, loveable anti-hero Francis Darling accidentally stumbles onto the machinations behind her kidnapping and the drug war that ensues. …but has he really? A bit like chasing the Mad Hatter through a toxic chemical cloud, Francis' strange and inconceivable journey brings us uncomfortably close to NYC's most crooked… most deviant… most irredeemable characters; the kind that can only be extricated from the drug-addled guilty conscience of a failing brain. Warning: This story is lousy with drugs, violence, and heartbreak (there's no way around it, I'm afraid). 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Bird City Comics exclusive cover by Alessandro Micelli. Written by Michael Fleizach, Todd Hunt. Art by Dave Mims. With all of New York City enveloped in the zeitgeist of a missing 8-year old girl, loveable anti-hero Francis Darling accidentally stumbles onto the machinations behind her kidnapping and the drug war that ensues. But has he really? A bit like chasing the Mad Hatter through a toxic chemical cloud, Francis' strange and inconceivable journey brings us uncomfortably close to NYC's most crooked… most deviant… most irredeemable characters; the kind that can only be extricated from the drug-addled guilty conscience of a failing brain. 28 pages, full color.

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Black Cat Comics exclusive cover by Jim Mahfood. Written by Michael Fleizach, Todd Hunt. Art by Dave Mims. With all of New York City enveloped in the zeitgeist of a missing 8-year old girl, loveable anti-hero Francis Darling accidentally stumbles onto the machinations behind her kidnapping and the drug war that ensues. But has he really? A bit like chasing the Mad Hatter through a toxic chemical cloud, Francis' strange and inconceivable journey brings us uncomfortably close to NYC's most crooked… most deviant… most irredeemable characters; the kind that can only be extricated from the drug-addled guilty conscience of a failing brain. 28 pages, full color.

Reprint Edition - 1950. Written by Jack Woodford, originally titled "Iris". 5.5" x 7.5", 132 pages, text. Cover price $0.35.

1st printing. Story and art by Fumi Yoshinaga. Yukiko, a salarywoman in her thirties, still lives with her mother Mari. But their relationship suffers a sudden change when Mari announces that she's getting married -- to an ex-host and aspiring actor who's younger than Yukiko. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.

1st printing. By Walter Minus. Darling Chéri is the sensually illustrated story of a young career woman who awakens one morning to not only the light of an early dawn but also to the realization that love has left her current relationship. Immediately she begins penning a brisk farewell note to her soundly sleeping boyfriend before pursuing the love that has since left. Celebrated throughout Europe for his captivating illustrations of fashionable and scantily clad females, Walter Minus' colorful work is featured in the third BLAB! Storybook, a series of graphic novels showcasing artists from Monte Beauchamp's annual BLAB! Anthology, presented in a faux-children's book format, though this volume is aimed at older readers. Hardcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

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1st printing. Collects Darling (2021 Source Point Press) #1-4.

Written by Michael Fleizach and Todd Hunt. Art and Cover by Dave Mims.

Find the girl. Save your life. It's going to be a long night...

With all of New York City searching for an 8-year old girl, down-and-out drug addict Francis Darling accidentally stumbles onto the machinations behind her kidnapping and the drug war ensues. Can he stay straight long enough to find her?

Follow Francis into every bad neighborhood your mother warned you about. Veins full of dope. Will like bulletproof glass. And a haunted revolver named Delilah.

Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Mature Readers

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1st printing. Written by Daniel Ladinsky. Art and cover by Patrick McDonnell. A heartwarming collection of illustrated poems celebrating the special love between people and animals, from lauded poet Daniel Ladinsky and celebrated cartoonist Patrick McDonnell, the creator of the Mutts comic series. In Darling, I Love You!, these two artists have collaborated for the first time to create a sweet, poignant, and universal collection of poems about the essential places animals hold in our lives and in our hearts, accompanied by line drawings of the wonderful Mutts characters that readers have come to know and love. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, Text (with PC Illustrations). Cover price $17.00.

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Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Story and Art by Kashiko Amane. Translated by Christine Dashiell. Hizashi Hiruno, a freshman at a super-elite high school, has just finished his first academic proficiency test of the year. He anxiously awaits the results, which will set the tone for his next three years at school. But due to a mistake on his answer sheet, he receives an abysmal score and gets sent to remedial lessons! If there's one silver lining, he's not the only one—and his comrade could be the girl of his dreams?! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $13.00.

1st printing. Collects Kill Your Darlings (2023 Image) #1-8. Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan. Art by Bob Quinn. Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own-from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. Debut writers Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan and master artists Bob Quinn (Knights of X, Black Cat Social Club) and John J. Hill (Vanish, Crossover) are proud to present a fantastic nightmare years in the making. Softcover, 240 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Sankakuhead. Translated by Michelle Tymon. Adapted by Benjamin Wilgus. The adorable misadventures of a human man trying to raise his adorable, half-demon daughter. A family drama that will warm your heart! From the creator behind Himouto! Umaruchan--also available from Seven Seas. Sami is a sweet little girl…who just so happens to have demonic powers. Her mom? A literal demon. Her dad? A totally normal human trying to balance the chaos of life and work, all while raising his adorable half-demon daughter. Raising a half-devil daughter is far from easy, especially when she accidentally summons demons! But the real challenge? Keeping her smiling at all costs and not letting her horns grow. Because if she ever feels lonely, Mama has made a promise to make Papa pay—with his life. As if being a single dad wasn't hard enough! A devilishly cute family comedy packed with mischief, magic, and heartwarming chaos. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $13.99.

First softcover edition - 1908. Written by Isabel C. Byrum and illustrated by F. Giacomelli. Muslin wrapper binding, 7" x 9", 64 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Story and art by Will Morris. Of all the superstitions held by the crew of Dunure fishing boat The Silver Darling, the most perilous of all is that under no circumstances should a white-handled knife ever be carried on board. Ignoring this generation-long tradition, Danny, the latest to help out the family business, steps onto the boat with a mop top, oil-skinned jacket, and an ivory-handled knife. Determined to bring an "enlightened attitude" aboard, Danny is biding his time until he moves on to college in Glasgow. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. As far back as anyone can remember, the Starlings have granted wishes for Wishlings (aka Earthlings). But when an evil force suddenly threatens Starland, twelve star-charmed teen girls are chosen and sent on the most magical adventures of their lives as the Star Darlings! Disney fans will love this graphic novel-style retelling of the 2016 TV special, Disney Becoming Star Darlings. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.