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Secret comic books issue 1

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Way of the Ninja: Secret Techniques SC (2019 Kodansha) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    By Masaaki Hatsum. Translated by Ben Jones.

    The essence of ninjutsu, explored by the world's most famous living ninja grandmaster.

    In his classic work Masaaki Hatsumi reveals the hidden secrets and truths about this mysterious and fascinating Japanese martial art. He looks at the traditions, training, and techniques, then shows how this knowledge will lead readers to an understanding of two essential principles: that ninjutsu is the very foundation of the martial arts; and that ninjutsu illuminates its true spiritual significance.

    Now in paperback, the book features detailed demonstration photos, sidebars on many topics related to ninjutsu, and new material by Hatsumi explaining the relevance of ninjutsu in today's world.

    Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $27.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Where Monsters Dwell TPB (2015 Marvel) Secret Wars: Warzones 1-1ST

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    1st printing. Collects Where Monsters Dwell (2015) #1-5. Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Russell Braun. Cover by Frank Cho. Garth Ennis returns to Marvel! Fighter planes and dinosaurs collide in this raucous tale featuring the classic Marvel character Phantom Eagle! Ace pilot Karl Kauffman investigates the Valley of Flames, but soon finds himself in way over his head. This terrifying Battleworld domain is full of surprises, and Karl is only just scratching the surface. Between hungry dinosaurs, angry Amazonians and even crazier problems, Karl has never been in a tighter spot. The beautiful tribe of warriors who have taken him prisoner aren't very friendly at all, and these dinosaurs don't look domesticated. Karl aims to take to the skies once again, but can he beat the odds - and all the new enemies he's managed to make? Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

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    Wormdye GN (2008 Secret Acre) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. By Eamon Espey. Wormdye is a collection of interwoven tales that deftly illustrate the fever-pitched anxiety of modern life. With locales as varied as the River Styx, the Vatican, the island of Aegina, and the Mitchell Corn Palace, Wormdye follows Marco, Tommy and others as they engage in the human struggle - work, religion, death and human sacrifice. Bleak and darkly funny, Wormdye uses myths and iconographic visuals to evoke a world-view that is both absorbing and upsetting, tragic and triumphant. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

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    X-9 Secret Agent Corrigan HC (2010 IDW) 1-1ST

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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Al Williamson's run on Secret Agent Corrigan from 1967 to 1979 stands as one of the artistic highlights in the history of the American comic strip. Williamson's illustrious career included stints at EC Comics on their legendary science fiction titles, Star Wars, Flash Gordon, and Secret Agent Corrigan (AKA X-9). Archie Goodwin was one of the most acclaimed writers and editors to work in comics. He edited the groundbreaking Blazing Combat series for Warren Publications, as well as Creepy and Eerie. His writing credits included Batman and the Eisner Award-winning Manhunter series. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. Cover price $49.99.

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    X-Files Secret Agendas SC (2016 An IDW Novel) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. The truth is still out there! FBI Special Agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder go hunting in the shadows for dangerous truths in this new collection of original never-before-published tales of the X-Files. Edited by NY Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry and featuring heart-stopping stories by some of today's hottest writers of mystery, thriller, science fiction and horror. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 360 pages, Text Only. Cover price $19.99.

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    X-Men Havok The Secret of Cyclops' Brother HC (1994 Random House) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Based on the story by Arnold Drake and Roy Thomas. Adapted by Francine Hughes. Art by Aristides Ruiz and Dana and Del Thompson. This storybook retells the very first X-Men adventure that introduces the mutant Havok, the brother of Cyclops, and the evil Living Pharaoh to the Marvel Universe! The cover features a super cool hologram of Havok as he looks circa 1994! Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 20 pages, Text (with full color illustrations). All Ages NOTE: This story is based on the 2-part tale from Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) 1st Series #54-55. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $5.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Alexander Hamilton GN (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    A leveled Reader based on an episode from the PBS KIDS animated television series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum starring Alexander Hamilton. Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the Worldby New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    It's time for Yadina to start first grade, but she's really nervous. Alexander Hamilton helps her realize that new adventures can be exciting. This episode-based Penguin Young Reader is perfect for emerging readers!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $4.99.

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    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Alexander Hamilton HC (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    A leveled Reader based on an episode from the PBS KIDS animated television series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum starring Alexander Hamilton. Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the Worldby New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    It's time for Yadina to start first grade, but she's really nervous. Alexander Hamilton helps her realize that new adventures can be exciting. This episode-based Penguin Young Reader is perfect for emerging readers!

    Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $15.99.

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    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Cleopatra GN (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    A leveled Reader based on an episode from the PBS KIDS animated television series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum starring Cleopatra.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Xavier wants to stay up all night to see a super moon, but he doesn't know how to ask his parents. Luckily, the Secret Museum sends him to meet Cleopatra and she teaches him how to ask for things the right way. This episode-based Penguin Young Reader is perfect for emerging readers!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $4.99.

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    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Cleopatra HC (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    A leveled Reader based on an episode from the PBS KIDS animated television series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum starring Cleopatra.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Xavier wants to stay up all night to see a super moon, but he doesn't know how to ask his parents. Luckily, the Secret Museum sends him to meet Cleopatra and she teaches him how to ask for things the right way. This episode-based Penguin Young Reader is perfect for emerging readers!

    Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $15.99.

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    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Eleanor Roosevelt GN (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    A leveled Reader based on an episode from the PBS KIDS animated television series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum starring Eleanor Roosevelt.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Eleanor Roosevelt helps Xavier learn to take every chance he has to help others when he gets assigned the most boring job in the museum-map hander-outer. This episode-based Penguin Young Reader is perfect for emerging readers!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $4.99.

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    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Eleanor Roosevelt HC (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    A leveled Reader based on an episode from the PBS KIDS animated television series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum starring Eleanor Roosevelt.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Eleanor Roosevelt helps Xavier learn to take every chance he has to help others when he gets assigned the most boring job in the museum-map hander-outer. This episode-based Penguin Young Reader is perfect for emerging readers!

    Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $15.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Susan B. Anthony GN (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    Brad feels left out when Xavier and Yadina take a vote without him. Thanks to Susan B. Anthony, they learn that everyone should have a vote! This episode-based 8x8 will focus on the traits that made our heroes great, the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times-bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $5.99.

  • Issue #1N-1ST

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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    Brad feels left out when Xavier and Yadina take a vote without him. Thanks to Susan B. Anthony, they learn that everyone should have a vote! This episode-based 8x8 will focus on the traits that made our heroes great, the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times-bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $5.99.

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    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Theodore Roosevelt GN (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    Includes Stickers

    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    Brad does not like creepy crawly things and has marked the entire playground as a No-Go Zone!

    The Secret Museum sends him, Xavier, and Yadina to meet Theodore Roosevelt who helps them learn that creepy crawly things need space to live, too.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $5.99.

  • Issue #1N-1ST
    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Theodore Roosevelt GN (2020 Penguin) 1N-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    Brad does not like creepy crawly things and has marked the entire playground as a No-Go Zone!

    The Secret Museum sends him, Xavier, and Yadina to meet Theodore Roosevelt who helps them learn that creepy crawly things need space to live, too.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $5.99.

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    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: We are the Brontë Sisters GN (2020 Penguin) 1-1ST


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    Includes Stickers

    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    When Brad runs out of ideas for his latest story, the Secret Museum sends him, Xavier, and Yadina to meet the Brontë sisters! Together, they use their imaginations to create new, wonderful, and incredibly fun stories.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times-bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $5.99.

  • Issue #1N-1ST
    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: We are the Brontë Sisters GN (2020 Penguin) 1N-1ST


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    Does NOT Include (or is Missing) Stickers

    1st printing.

    Story and art by Brooke Vitale.

    When Brad runs out of ideas for his latest story, the Secret Museum sends him, Xavier, and Yadina to meet the Brontë sisters! Together, they use their imaginations to create new, wonderful, and incredibly fun stories.

    Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times-bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $5.99.

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    1st printing. In his Pacific Northwest studio during the isolation of COVID-19, Mark Ryden began a series of his iconic half-animal, half-plush creatures that further explored his reverence for these beings, who are guides through a landscape of the unknown. The figures in these paintings are neither human nor animal, they are spiritual entities that create a bridge between the human and animal worlds in which so much disharmony exists. This book features all of the original portraits of Ryden's mysterious and mythical creatures. The resulting gallery of enchanted characters embodies the artist's meticulously realized signature blend of archetype, kitsch, and narrative mysticism. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $50.00.

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    Zombie Autopsies Secret Notebooks From Apocalypse HC (2011) 1-1ST

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    1st printing. BySteven C. Schlozman, MD. As the walking dead rises up throughout the world, a few brave doctors attempt to find a cure by applying forensic techniques to captured zombies. Based on the research of renowned zombie expert Dr. Stanley Blum, The Zombie Autopsies documents the unique biology of zombie organisms. Twenty-five detailed drawings of the internal organs of actual zombies provide an accurate anatomy of these horrifying creatures, including zombie brains, hearts, lungs, skin, and the digestive system, while Dr. Blum's notes reveal shocking insights into how they function. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $19.99.