Ray-Mond comic books issue 1

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Mongo, the Planet of Doom!" Story and art by Alex Raymond. The first of Checker's re-issues of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond. This hardcover collects the first two full years of the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden, and Doctor Zharkov on Planet Mongo. Hardcover, 12-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $34.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Alex Raymond. IDW's Library of American Comics is producing The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim as part of the Ultimate Alex Raymond Collection. The Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim will present every Sunday by Raymond from both classic strips together for the first time, in the oversized 12" x 16" champagne edition format. The artist's post-war modernist detective series, Rip Kirby, is currently being collected. Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney is editing and designing the deluxe editions. "Although Flash Gordon has been previously reprinted, this-finally-is the first meticulously remastered and restored edition that prints the strip in a large size and in Raymond's original format that includes the Jungle Jim topper. We believe this will be the definitive edition for the ages." Created by Raymond in 1934, Flash Gordon is arguably the most famous science fiction comic strip of all time. It follows adventures of the title character and his companions-Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov-as they leave Earth to discover the source of meteors that are threatening the planet, and gets waylaid on the planet Mongo, where they battle the evil Ming the Merciless. The three Earthlings encounter one strange race after another, from the water-breathing Shark-Men of the Undersea Kingdom, to the winged Hawkmen, to the ferocious Tusk-Men. All the while, Flash finds himself in the arms of one beautiful woman after another-much to Dale Arden's chagrin. Jungle Jim was created as a strip topper for Flash Gordon, and followed the life of Jim Bradley, who fought pirates, slave traders, and assorted villains in the exotic Southeast Asia of the 1930s. This neglected Raymond classic also features Jim's native cohort Kolu and femme fatale Lille DeVrille. Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $75.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Mongo, the Planet of Doom!" Story and art by Alex Raymond. This hardcover collects the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden, and Doctor Zharkov on Planet Mongo from the strips (1-82) that first ran January 7, 1934 to August 11, 1935. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, full color.

1st printing. Written & illustrated by David Boswell. B&W, 24 pages, standard paper stock. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Based on the stories by Raymond Chandler. Adapted by Tom DeHaven, Jerome Charyn, and James Rose. Art by Rian Hughes, David Lloyd, Lee Moyer, and Alfredo Alcala. Cover by Jim Steranko. Never before published! Three classic Philip Marlowe mysteries, adapted by a group of comics masters fully authorized by the Chandler estate. Features "The Pencil," "Goldfish," and "Trouble in My Business." Softcover, 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $17.95.

1st printing. Story by Raymond Chandler. Art by Michael Lark. When private detective Philip Marlowe's latest client, Orfamay Quest, hires him to find her missing brother for the paltry sum of twenty dollars, Marlowe discovers that it's far from a simple missing persons case. Not when it involves mobsters, blackmail, beautiful women . . . and murders. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. X 10-in., 136 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.

1st printing. Written by Ron Goulart. Art and cover by Alex Raymond. Alex Raymond was one of the most influential comic strip artists of the 20th Century, creating action-packed art for Secret Agent X-9, the spectacular, classic imagery for Flash Gordon, and the nuanced, brilliant artwork for the detective/film-noiresque Rip Kirby. Hermes Press presents a comprehensive, definitive, art monograph covering Raymond's complete artistic output with an authoritative text by noted comics historian Ron Goulart. This new exhaustive full color art book features over 400 images, many scanned directly from Raymond's original artwork. Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $75.00.

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Cover and Art by Alex Raymond. Reprints panels from "Flash Gordon in the Water World of Mongo (1937 BLB)". 9" X 11 1/2". 32 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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1st printing. By Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Everette Raymond Kinstler's portraits of Ronald Reagan, John Wayne, Jimmy Cagney, and Katharine Hepburn are familiar to art lovers, but few realize that Kinstler illustrated pulps and comics. Included herein is an extended biography and more than 300 illustrations - many reproduced from originals, including double-page pulp spreads, paperback novel covers, and panels from Classic Illustrated. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $44.95.

Limited Signed Edition - 1st printing. By Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Everette Raymond Kinstler's portraits of Ronald Reagan, John Wayne, Jimmy Cagney, and Katharine Hepburn are familiar to art lovers, but few realize that Kinstler illustrated pulps and comics. Included herein is an extended biography and more than 300 illustrations - many reproduced from originals, including double-page pulp spreads, paperback novel covers, and panels from Classic Illustrated. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. NOTE: Limited to 700 copies.

1st printing. Signed by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh - Limited to 301 copies. Written and illustrated by Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh. Legendary creator Dave Sim is renowned world-wide for his groundbreaking Cerebus the Aardvark. Now, in The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, Sim brings to life the history of comics' greatest creators, using their own techniques. Equal parts Understanding Comics and From Hell, Strange Death is a head-on collision of ink drawing and spiritual intrigue, pulp comics and movies, history and fiction. The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their methods through recreations of their artwork, and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together. Hardcover, 8-1/2" x 12", 310 pages, B&W.

1st Printing - Written by Tom Roberts, foreword by George Lucas and and introduction by James Bama. Alex Raymond: His Life and Art looks closely at the history and work of this internationally famous artist most know as the artist behind "Flash Gordon". Hardcover, 12" x 9", 312 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

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1st printing. By Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Everette Raymond Kinstler's portraits of Ronald Reagan, John Wayne, Jimmy Cagney, and Katharine Hepburn are familiar to art lovers, but few realize that Kinstler illustrated pulps and comics. Included herein is an extended biography and more than 300 illustrations - many reproduced from originals, including double-page pulp spreads, paperback novel covers, and panels from Classic Illustrated. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 228 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Alex Raymond. The first of Checker's re-issues of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond. This hardcover collects the first two full years of the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden, and Doctor Zharkov on Planet Mongo. Hardcover, 12-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Alex Raymond. The first of Checker's re-issues of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond. This hardcover collects the first two full years of the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden, and Doctor Zharkov on Planet Mongo. Hardcover, 12-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing.

By Raymond Chandler.

The 5th book in the Original Philip Marlowe works by Raymond Chandler.

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, Text Only.

2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

By Raymond Chandler.

The 5th book in the Original Philip Marlowe works by Raymond Chandler.

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $2.50.

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1st printing. Based on the Story by Raymond Chandler. Adapted by Arvind Ethan David. Art and cover by Ilias Kyriazis. Foreword by Ben H. Winters. The hard-boiled world of Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's iconic private eye, comes to vivid life in this brilliant graphic novel adaptation of the classic noir tale. In 1940s Los Angeles, a sour-faced millionaire hires Philip Marlowe, a hard-boiled, harder-drinking detective, to scare off a suspected gold digger who has got her claws into his even wealthier stepson. Marlowe takes the case but quickly discovers that Harriett Huntress isn't just after gold: she's playing a long, cold game of revenge... Marlowe forms an alliance with George, the client's chauffeur-cum-bodyguard-cum-fixer. George is a black, Dartmouth educated veteran with a sniper's skills and his own agenda, and the two uneasy allies find themselves on the wrong end of a brace of hired killers and an enigmatic casino boss... It rapidly becomes clear that Marlowe, sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, is just asking for trouble. But that's the thing. Trouble is his business. Hardcover, 7-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $29.00.