Lucky comic books issue 1

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Written by Melissa Flores. Art and Cover by French Carlomagno. SERIES PREMIERE San Francisco is changing. Tech consortium Morrow is building the city of the future with 'peacekeeper' robots looming on every corner-and wherever Morrow isn't, the Salvation gang is. Bibiana Lopez-Yang is changing too. She came back from Afghanistan with PTSD and the ability to control electrical currents. If she can hold it together, she might be the hero San Francisco needs. But against an enemy this big, it isn't enough to be good. She'll have to be lucky. From debut writer MELISSA FLORES and superstar art team FRENCH CARLOMAGNO and MATTIA IACONO (RADIANT BLACK) comes the newest book in the MASSIVE-VERSE! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Melissa Flores. Art by French Carlomagno. Cover by Federico Sabbatini, Mafuriah. SERIES PREMIERE San Francisco is changing. Tech consortium Morrow is building the city of the future with 'peacekeeper' robots looming on every corner-and wherever Morrow isn't, the Salvation gang is. Bibiana Lopez-Yang is changing too. She came back from Afghanistan with PTSD and the ability to control electrical currents. If she can hold it together, she might be the hero San Francisco needs. But against an enemy this big, it isn't enough to be good. She'll have to be lucky. From debut writer MELISSA FLORES and superstar art team FRENCH CARLOMAGNO and MATTIA IACONO (RADIANT BLACK) comes the newest book in the MASSIVE-VERSE! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Melissa Flores. Art by French Carlomagno. Cover by Eleonora Carlini. SERIES PREMIERE San Francisco is changing. Tech consortium Morrow is building the city of the future with 'peacekeeper' robots looming on every corner-and wherever Morrow isn't, the Salvation gang is. Bibiana Lopez-Yang is changing too. She came back from Afghanistan with PTSD and the ability to control electrical currents. If she can hold it together, she might be the hero San Francisco needs. But against an enemy this big, it isn't enough to be good. She'll have to be lucky. From debut writer MELISSA FLORES and superstar art team FRENCH CARLOMAGNO and MATTIA IACONO (RADIANT BLACK) comes the newest book in the MASSIVE-VERSE! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Melissa Flores. Art by French Carlomagno. Cover by Tom Whalen. SERIES PREMIERE San Francisco is changing. Tech consortium Morrow is building the city of the future with 'peacekeeper' robots looming on every corner-and wherever Morrow isn't, the Salvation gang is. Bibiana Lopez-Yang is changing too. She came back from Afghanistan with PTSD and the ability to control electrical currents. If she can hold it together, she might be the hero San Francisco needs. But against an enemy this big, it isn't enough to be good. She'll have to be lucky. From debut writer MELISSA FLORES and superstar art team FRENCH CARLOMAGNO and MATTIA IACONO (RADIANT BLACK) comes the newest book in the MASSIVE-VERSE! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 50 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Melissa Flores. Art by French Carlomagno. Cover by David Lafuente, Miquel Muerto. SERIES PREMIERE San Francisco is changing. Tech consortium Morrow is building the city of the future with 'peacekeeper' robots looming on every corner-and wherever Morrow isn't, the Salvation gang is. Bibiana Lopez-Yang is changing too. She came back from Afghanistan with PTSD and the ability to control electrical currents. If she can hold it together, she might be the hero San Francisco needs. But against an enemy this big, it isn't enough to be good. She'll have to be lucky. From debut writer MELISSA FLORES and superstar art team FRENCH CARLOMAGNO and MATTIA IACONO (RADIANT BLACK) comes the newest book in the MASSIVE-VERSE! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Tim Seeley. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

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Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Troy Dongarra. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

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Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Jevin Loop. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Piers Hazell. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

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Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Michael Adams. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Tim Seeley. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.99

Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Blank Sketch Cover. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

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Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Erik Klaus. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color.

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Limited 1 for 20 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Tim Seeley, Troy Dongarra. Art by Troy Dongarra, Billy Parker. Cover by Rob Potchak. Tim Seeley (West of Sundown, Hack/Slash) puts the spotlight on his quirky superheroine Lucky in this fortuitous all-new series! It's been a few years since the SuperBeasts were a team, and their youngest member Lucky feels responsible for their demise. After all, the power to steal luck from everyone nearby is not ideally suited to a team! Down on her luck because she's stubbornly refusing to use her gift, Lucky inadvertently discovers a plot by an old nemesis to assassinate a former teammate. Now she must come to terms with her powers and learn how to go solo. It's time to get Lucky! 24 pages, full color.

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Written by Cullen Bunn. Art and Cover by Fran Galan. A down-on-his-luck schlub is possessed by a malevolent demon. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, the exorcism goes wrong . . . and he finds that somehow he's retained all of the entity's supernatural gifts. After a path of revenge on all the people that have wronged him, he begins to gather worshippers and form a cult. But the legions of Hell don't take kindly to this, and they send demonic agents to murder the schlub-turned-god before he gains too much power. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Lucky Star #1 (unnumbered) Stories and art by Jack Davis and others. Cover by Jack Davis. Lucky Star roams the Old West, battling outlaws and owlhoots with his sidearm and his rope. Horse thieves target the steed belonging to Pancho and his son, but it's all they have. Black John's outlaw gang plots a stagecoach robbery, and abducts Lucky's sidekicks when they overhear. Bandits want a mysterious trunk belonging to redheaded Penny Drew, and Lucky Star wants to know why. Plus an intro page. Featuring art and cover by future EC legend Jack Davis. Meet ... Lucky Star; Horse Trader; Thunders Warning; Rope Bullet; Poncho Blows His Bugle; Secret of the Antique Trunk; Vamosito: Bottoms Up; Your Friend Lucky Star. 5-in. x 7-in., 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.05.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Lucky Luke Adventure GN (2006-Present Cinebook) Vol. 48 and 54-55.

Story and art by Morris.

The Creation by Morris and Goscinny in chronological order!

At last Lucky Luke is getting a hardback collected edition,with the first adventures of the Lonesome Cowboy. After 70 years of life and almost 70 translated volumes, it was high time English-speaking readers were offered a hardback collected edition. This first volume contains the first seven adventures of Lucky Luke, previously published as volumes Arizona, Rodeo, and Dick Digger's Gold Mine, and offers an unrivalled insight into the evolution of the character in terms of design as well as personality.

The extras available make up a whooping 48 pages of illustrations, photographs, biographies, essays and anecdotes on Morris and the origins of Luke. A must read for any true fan of this legend of the West!

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $32.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Billy the Kid!"

Written by Rene Goscinny. Art by Morris.

Lucky Luke is a one-hundred-percent real hero of the Old West. He is squarely on the side of the law and dedicates his life to seeing that justice is done. He travels around delivering it wherever he goes, accompanied by his faithful companion, Jolly Jumper. Arriving at Fort Weakling, he changes into a formidable bandit. Why? Does his meeting with Billy the Kid, a living legend of the Old West, influence him?

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.99.

1st printing. Collects Lucky Devil (2021 Dark Horse) #1-4.

Written by Cullen Bunn. Art and Cover by Fran Galan.

A down-on-his-luck schlub is possessed by a malevolent demon. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, the exorcism goes wrong . . . and he finds that somehow he's retained all of the entity's supernatural gifts. After a path of revenge on all the people that have wronged him, he begins to gather worshippers and form a cult.

But the legions of Hell don't take kindly to this, and they send demonic agents to murder the schlub-turned-god before he gains too much power.

Softcover, 104 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Mattieu Bonhomme. Translated by Jerome Saincantin.

The Lonesome Cowboy is not having a good day.

Out of tobacco, arriving at night and under pouring rain in the small mining settlement of Froggy Town, he soon finds himself in conflict with two of the Bone brothers, somewhat infamous local figures. Unfortunately, Luke's reputation precedes him, and when the townspeople ask him to investigate a hold-up in place of the sheriff - none other than James Bone - the tension ratchets up another notch!

A special volume by one of the rising stars of Franco-Belgian comics!

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Mattieu Bonhomme. Translated by Jerome Saincantin.

A cowboy who shoots faster than his own shadow, his sarcastic horse - this is the Old West at its funniest.

Riding peacefully along a western trail, Lucky Luke is suddenly ambushed by an unknown assailant. After a quick gunfight, the cowboy loses his mysterious attacker, but happens upon a lone wagon beset by Apache raiders. Another quick fight later, Luke is surprised to find that the occupants of the wagon are three lovely young women! Three sisters on their way to start a new life, and who all find the lonesome cowboy ... quite interesting.

A special volume by one of the rising stars of Franco-Belgian comics!

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.95.

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Regular cover. Stan Lee's Lucky Man follows the story of detective Harry Clayton after he is unwillingly granted the power to control luck, for good and bad! This comics is an extension of the hit television series and explores the origins of the bracelet that gives him his power. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Variant cover. Stan Lee's Lucky Man follows the story of detective Harry Clayton after he is unwillingly granted the power to control luck, for good and bad! This comics is an extension of the hit television series and explores the origins of the bracelet that gives him his power. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. By Abby Denson. Travelling to Japan has never been so much fun - visit the land of anime, manga, cosplay, hot springs and sushi! This full-color graphic novel Japan guidebook is the first of it's kind exploring Japanese culture from a cartoonist's perspective. Cool Japan Guide takes you on a fun tour from the high-energy urban streets of Tokyo to the peaceful Zen gardens and Shinto shrines of Kyoto and introduces you to the exciting world of Japanese food, the otaku (geek) culture of Japan, the complete Japanese shopping experience, and lots of other exciting places to go and things to do! Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $11.95

Add to cart Near Mint $11.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Art Baltazar and Franco. Cover by Franco.

Archie Comics is proud to present our first picture book for little readers! This title follows the footsteps of great children's books like Corduroy and Where the Wild Things Are as being a modern classic for little ones to enjoy. Get ready for a BIG day! Little Archie's morning is off to an unlucky start until he makes a mysterious new pal-a small red cat! But this is no regular feline-find out what this little furry friend has in store for our tiny redheaded hero!

Hardcover, 9-in. x 7-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Debris trapped between case and inner well Label #1482253012 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Reprints material from Weekender Vol. 1 (1945) #3 interspersed with black and white contemporary news items/photos. Cover is a reprint of Dynamic Comics (1941 Chesler) #10. Contents are partial color and partial black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Reprints material from Weekender Vol. 1 (1945) #3 interspersed with black and white contemporary news items/photos. Cover is a reprint of Dynamic Comics (1941 Chesler) #10. Contents are entirely in black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Fine $24.00

Dargaud Edition - 1st printing. By Morris and Goscinny. Calamity Jane saves Lucky Luke from a delicate situation, and a friendship is quickly formed. They arrive together in El Plomo where Calamity Jane proves by her manners and her strength that she's not a weak woman when she acquires the local saloon by winning an arm-wrestling match! Its former owner, August Oyster, is hopping mad and has only one obsession: to send her packing! Lucky Luke is - along with Asterix and Tintin - one of the most famous graphic novel characters with over 250 million copies sold worldwide! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. NOTE: See also Lucky Luke Adventure GN (2006-2009 Cinebook) Vol. 8.

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Add to cart Very Fine $14.25

1st printing.

Written by Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh. Art and cover by Yuko Ota.

If Penny Brighton didn't have bad luck, she'd have no luck at all. She lost her job and apartment on the same day, and with no other options, she started crashing at her best friend Helen's storage unit. As a last resort, Penny snags a job at the laundromat, which is managed by Helen's surly twelve-year-old brother.

Things couldn't get much worse, but that doesn't keep the ever-buoyant Penny down. After all, she's been sensing boyfriend potential with the cute receptionist at the community center who's been sneaking her in so she can use the shower. Maybe things are looking up! But if Penny knows one thing for certain, it's that luck has never been her strong suit.

How long can this last?

In full-color for the first time ever, acclaimed artist and writer duo Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh's beloved award-winning comic is back, featuring a new cover from Yuko Ota and colors by Julia Hagerty.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Fine $41.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $45.00 View scans

Vol. 1, No. 1 - September, 1958. Men's interest magazine with articles, fiction, humor, and pin-up pictorials. 8 1/4-in.x 10 3/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Near Mint $16.95

Add to cart Very Fine $13.50

Add to cart Fine $10.00

Cartoon Books Edition - 1st printing. Collects Castle Waiting (2000 Cartoon Books) #1-4. Softcover, 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $24.00

Olio Edition - 1st printing. Collects Castle Waiting (1997 Olio) #1-7. Follow Lady Jain on her journey to find the legendary Castle, and refuge for herself and her unborn child. This is a story about being a hero in your own home. Recommended reading for anyone with an appreciation for wholesome fantasy storytelling. Softcover, 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Good Die Young!" Collects Dead Lucky (2022 Image) #1-6.

Written by Melissa Flores. Art and Cover by French Carlomagno.

San Francisco is changing. Tech consortium MORROW is buying up land, their peacekeeper robots looming on every corner-and wherever Morrow isn't, the local gangs are. Bibiana Lopez-Yang is changing too. The incident in Afghanistan that killed her platoon left her able to control electricity-and haunted by the ghosts of those she lost. With some unlikely friends, Bibi might just have a chance to save her city. But against an enemy this powerful, it won't be enough to be good. She'll have to be lucky.

MELISSA FLORES (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and FRENCH CARLOMAGNO (RADIANT BLACK) bring you the latest superhero story from the MASSIVE-VERSE!

Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.99.

1st Printing. Based on Characters Created by Clarence E. Mulford. Illustrated by Jack Crowe. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 24 Pages, Full Color.

1st Printing. Based on Characters Created by Clarence E. Mulford. Illustrated by Jack Crowe. Hardcover, 2 Pop-ups, 8-in. x 11-in., 24 Pages, Full Color.

1st printing. By Albert Benjamin Thompson. Winner of the 2005 Xeric Award, Husk is a collection of short stories, comics, selected drawings, and journal entries from 2000-2005. Jumping from photorealistic to cartoony styles and a flavor for the abstract, Thompson displays a world both fictitious and autobiographical, serious and ridiculous, vulgar and sweet, and as dark as it is touching. Softcover, 9-in. x 12 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1, Issue 1- July 1961. Men interest magazine featuring article and pinups. "Beer and Babes." "Do Men of Destiny Make Great Lovers?" 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 60 pages. B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Issue #1 - May 2016. Written by Christian Cipollini, illustrated by Evgeny Frantsev. Story of Lucky Luciano. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.00.

Add to cart Fine $68.00 View scans

Volume 1, Issue 1 - March, 1961. 8" x 11", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Writing and art by Terence Hanley. Lucky girl is like any other girl on the street, in a school, or around your neighborhood. The only difference is her incredibly good luck! Just about anything goes her way. Will she able to find out who stole 535 Uma Thurman dolls? Will she be able to find out who is - or was - the missing Groovy Gigster? Can she find the missing guitar? 20pgs, B&W illustrations.

Add to cart Very Fine $12.00

1st printing. Story and art by Gabrielle Bell. Gabrielle Bell fascinatingly documents the mundane details of her below-minimum-wage, twentysomething existence in Brooklyn, New York, with a subtle humor. Bell tackles a string of forgettable, unrelated jobs-including nude modeling, artist's assistant, art teacher, and jewelry maker - that only serve to bolster her despair, boredom, and discomfort in her own skin. Bell's self-scrutiny leads her to dream sequences that allow her to rise above her banal actuality and hyperawareness. Bell's daily comics allow her to escape the harsh, judgmental gaze of the world and the monotony of daily life. Her unpolished art speaks to a desire to record all the messy details while the pain and confusion are still fresh. Hardcover, 112 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $10.25

Add to cart Very Fine $10.25

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by by George L. Chieffet and Stephen DeStefano. Art by Stephen DeStefano. "I was fifteen in 1942, and I was five foot three, which is the tallest I ever was. I had jet black hair and a smile as big as day." Readers and moviegoers have read and seen many growing-up-in-the-big-city-then-being-drafted-into-World-War-II tales, both real and fictional, but none with the visual pizzazz and feisty humor of Lucky in Love. Co-created by George L. Chieffet (script) and veteran cartoonist and animator Stephen DeStefano (plot and art), Lucky in Love is almost the flipside to dramatic works on the same theme such as Alan's War and You'll Never Know. Elegantly drawn in a supremely confident, lively, cartoony black-and-white style that recalls Milt Gross as well as classic Disney animation and comics, Lucky in Love is a unique coming-of-age story that follows its lovable eponymous hero Lucky Testatuda from his rascally teen years in Hoboken, New Jersey's Little Italy to his induction into the air force and subsequent wartime experiences. Lucky in Love shows what happens when a feisty young man merges his erotic fantasies with 1940s film myths: Moving from the '40s to present day (from which an aged, present-day Lucky looks back on his life), the book contrasts Lucky's vivid fantasy life with the darker reality of World War II (including a masterful set-piece sequence that echoes Harvey Kurtzman's classic EC war comics) as well as his first fumbling, cash-on-the-barrelhead sexual experiences. Ultimately the poignant discoveries Lucky makes on his way to adulthood bestow upon him a very different kind of heroism than that of which he had dreamed... The second and concluding volume, Lucky in Love: Lucky for Life will be released in 2013. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.