Four Color comic books issue 1

Indicia title is "LITTLE JOE, No. 1." Don Jose; Don Jose builds a hacienda on a mesa and tries to use his band of bandits to force Little Joe and his family off their ranch. Black Jack Smith; An "outlaw with a heart of gold" escapes from a posse by hiding at the Oaks' ranch. The Sheep Herders; Utah and Little Joe run off ornery sheep herders who have brought their sheep to the valley. Farmers, Eutopia, and Dust Storms; Conman Blurb sells claims on free range land in the valley to farmers who establish the village of Eutopia. The New Ranch House. Utah Runs for Sheriff. The Power Plant. Scripts by Harold Gray, art by Harold Gray and Robert Leffingwell. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dick Tracy Cover price $0.10.

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For Comic Book Connoisseurs. This issue: The DC Renaissance - Executive Editor Dick Giordano discusses his company's future. Plus: The Dark, Beautiful World of Jon Muth - Marvel fantasy illustrator; A Masked Man in Locustland - Crossfire is Hollywood's bail bondsman; Memoirs of a Letter-Hack; The Never-Ending Super Hero Cycle - Superfluous super heroes? Also: The latest news, extensive reviews, and more. Batman cover. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Various. Art by Pete Alvarado and Tony Dipaolo. Remember when comics only cost a dime? We don't either…but they were! And you can get the original Three Stooges first appearance in Four Color Dell comics (reprinting issue #1043) in all its Stoogetastic glory! Stories include 'Westward Whoa,' 'Yukon Yokels,' 'Alaska,' and a bunch of fun stuff from The Three Stooges heyday! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Various. Art by Pete Alvarado and Tony Dipaolo. Hello - hello - hello! Say hello to a rare 350-copy limited edition B&W photo cover variant of your favorite Three Stooges comics! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Four Color (1939-1942 Series 1) #4 and 13. Written by Bob Karp. Art by Al Taliaferro, Irving Tripp, and Jack Hannah. Cover by Al Taliaferro. KABOOM! cracks the Disney vault to find some of the rarest comics of all! Collecting the complete issues #4 and 13 of Dell's vintage Four-Color series, this indispensible piece of comics history features classic Disney stories over 70-years-old, from such creators as Al Taliaferro (creator of Huey, Dewey and Louie), Jack Hannah, Irving Tripp and many more! Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. By David Anthony Kraft, Ed Hannigan, and Chic Stone. Solve the puzzles, color the illustrations and help Marvel's First Family take down their evil counterparts! Softcover (saddle stitched/Stapled), 8-in. x 11-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.99.

2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. By David Anthony Kraft, Ed Hannigan, and Chic Stone. Solve the puzzles, color the illustrations and help Marvel's First Family take down their evil counterparts! Softcover (saddle stitched/Stapled), 8-in. x 11-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.99.

1st printing. Written by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey. Art and cover by Ryan Dunlavey. The inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, and more! Reprinting the classic series in bold new color! Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Of the myriad genres comic books ventured into during its golden age, none was as controversial as or came at a greater cost than horror; the public outrage it incited almost destroyed the entire industry. Yet before the watchdog groups and Congress could intercede, horror books were flying off the newsstands. During its peak period (1951-54) over fifty titles appeared each month. Apparently there was something perversely irresistible about these graphic excursions into our dark side, and Four Color Fear collects the finest of these into a single robust and affordable volume. EC is the comic book company most fans associate with horror; its complete line has been reprinted numerous times, and deservedly so. But to the average reader there remain unseen quite a batch of genuinely disturbing, compulsive, imaginative, at times even touching, horror stories presented from a variety of visions and perspectives, many of which at their best can stand toe to toe with EC. All of the better horror companies are represented: Ajax-Farrell, Atlas, Avon, Charlton, Comic Media, Fawcett, Fiction House, Gilmor, Harvey, Quality, Standard, St. John, Story, Superior, Trojan, and Youthful. Artist perennials Jack Cole, Steve Ditko, George Evans, Frank Frazetta, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Basil Wolverton, and Wallace Wood contribute both stories and covers, with many of the forty full-sized covers created by specialists Bernard Baily, L.B. Cole, William Eckgren, and Matt Fox. Editors Benson and Sadowski have sifted through hundreds of rare books to cherry-pick the most compelling scripts and art, and they provide extensive background notes on the artists, writers, and companies involved in their creation. Digital restoration has been performed with subtlety and restraint, mainly to correct registration and printing errors, with every effort made to retain the flavor of the original comics, and to provide the reader the experience of finding in the attic a bound volume of the finest non-EC horror covers and stories of the pre-code era. Softcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

2nd and later printings. Of the myriad genres comic books ventured into during its golden age, none was as controversial as or came at a greater cost than horror; the public outrage it incited almost destroyed the entire industry. Yet before the watchdog groups and Congress could intercede, horror books were flying off the newsstands. During its peak period (1951-54) over fifty titles appeared each month. Apparently there was something perversely irresistible about these graphic excursions into our dark side, and Four Color Fear collects the finest of these into a single robust and affordable volume.EC is the comic book company most fans associate with horror; its complete line has been reprinted numerous times, and deservedly so. But to the average reader there remain unseen quite a batch of genuinely disturbing, compulsive, imaginative, at times even touching, horror stories presented from a variety of visions and perspectives, many of which at their best can stand toe to toe with EC.All of the better horror companies are represented: Ajax-Farrell, Atlas, Avon, Charlton, Comic Media, Fawcett, Fiction House, Gilmor, Harvey, Quality, Standard, St. John, Story, Superior, Trojan, and Youthful. Artist perennials Jack Cole, Steve Ditko, George Evans, Frank Frazetta, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Basil Wolverton, and Wallace Wood contribute both stories and covers, with many of the forty full-sized covers created by specialists Bernard Baily, L.B. Cole, William Eckgren, and Matt Fox.Editors Benson and Sadowski have sifted through hundreds of rare books to cherry-pick the most compelling scripts and art, and they provide extensive background notes on the artists, writers, and companies involved in their creation. Digital restoration has been performed with subtlety and restraint, mainly to correct registration and printing errors, with every effort made to retain the flavor of the original comics, and to provide the reader the experience of finding in the attic a bound volume of the finest non-EC horror covers and stories of the pre-code era. Softcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.