Spotlight Comics comic books issue 1

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Matt Baker. The most celebrated "good girl art" feature of the Golden Age - Phantom Lady! The biggest volume of vintage Phantom Lady reprints ever offered, dating back to her first appearance in Phantom Lady #13, and packed with lots of Matt Baker artwork! Softcover, 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

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Summer 2002. Cover by Claude St. Aubin. Comics Spotlight debuts with the spotlight focused on Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man! It's everything you need to know about the wall-crawler, and just in time for the movie! Tired of the hype? Tired of the spin? Comics Spotlight is an old-fashioned, honest Q&A with the creators behind some of the greatest comics ever. Each quarterly issue will spotlight a different area in comics, and this Spidey issue starts off with the first family of Spider-Man: the Romitas -- John, Sr., John, Jr. and even long-time Marvel veteran Virginia Romita -- are on board for this issue! So is Brian Michael Bendis, the writer behind Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, as well as Roger Stern. And speaking of "Amazing," one lucky reader will win Claude St. Aubin's cover art for this issue! Check out Spidey's rogues gallery, the women in his life, and everything else you need to become a Spider-Man expert. Get in on the ground floor of the new magazine for readers who love comics, Comics Spotlight! Magazine, 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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1st printing. Edited by James Van Hise. It's hard to believe it, but once upon a time the popularity of the uncanny X-Men had fallen so low that the series was on the verge of cancellation. Enter: Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne and Len Wein. Together with a new cast of mutant heroes, including Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and Wolverine, these Uncanny and amazingly talented creators brought the series back back from the edge of exstinction and now the X-Men is the highest selling comic in the world! Includes a look at the Lee & Kirby years. interviews with Roy Thomas and Chris Claremont, and over a dozen profiles featuring all your favorite X-Men heroes and villains! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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1st printing. By James Van Hise. Art by Jack Kirby and John Byrne. A comprehensive looke at the first 25 years of Marvel's First Family. Featuring interviews with Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, John Byrne, Roger Stern and Mike Carlin and includes dossiers on the heroes, villains, and supporting cast of the world of the Fantastic Four. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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1st printing. This volume chronicles the continuing expanding mutant universe and its impact on comics as a whole. Includes an introduction to the original X-Men, a look at the "Claremont Revolution", the debut of the New Mutants, the Marvel Mutant Universe, and the X-Men's Canadian cousins, Alpha Flight. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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1st printing. The Batman. The very words conjure up vivid images of dark alleyways, filth-infested streets and the vermin taht plague the grimmer parts of out cities. He is the creature of the night, the dark night that haunts our worst nightmares - to protect us from evil. His visage can easily scare the good as well as the bad but it was designed to strike fear in the hearts of evildoers, a modern day Shadow. The good need not fear for he is their protector. In this volume you will find the vision come to life in profiles, histories, and interviews. Featuring a look at the works of Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing.

The magazine features a ten page article about the G.I.Joe comic, including interviews with Larry Hama and Herb Trimpe. The interview is identical to the one found in Comics Feature 52 dated February 1987. Both magazines were published by different (but apparently related) companies but had the same editor, Hal Schuster.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W.

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1st printing. By James Van Hise. Includes an episode guide, interviews with Doug Wildey (creator), Mark Young (Editor), and Joe Barbera. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Cover by John Giunta. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, Inez Karma, Schertz, Jack A. Warren, and Gerald Altman. One-shot comics anthology from Spotlight Publishers. Amateur detectives Mr. and Mrs. Lane investigate when Mrs. Lane gets a note from her old college professor, telling her that he's going to be murdered. A violent pre-Code WWII story about the US Marines trapped on Moro Island. Adventurer Steve Strong is sent to investigate the eruption of Mount Monsuvious and gets trapped in an active crater. Good-girl bondage cover by John Giunta. Murder at College; Cookin' with Laughing Gas; Tugboat Danny and Bilge; Little Mohee and the White Beaver; Funifties; A Touch of Murder; Moro Island; Simple Seaman, Steve Strong on Volcano Island. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Art by Reed Crandall, Louis K. Fine, Will Eisner, Paul Gustavson, Jack Cole, Al Bryant, Chuck Cuidera, Jim Mooney, and more. Featuring adventures with Plastic Man, Phantom Lady, the HUman Bomb, Doll Man, Uncle Sam, the Spirit, Blackhawk, and more! Softcover, 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

George Tuska cover art. Black Dwarf story, art by Gus Ricca. Prehistoric Pete story, art by Joe Beck. Plenty of Noise For a Penny text story. Steve "Globe" Trotter story. Barry Kuda story. Veiled Avenger (Ginny Spears) story. Carnival story (jokes). The Clue text story. "His buddies turned against him." starring Sgt. Steele. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Stories by Fernando Ruiz, Mike Pellowski and Various. Art by Fernando Ruiz, Dan Parent, Ken Selig, Al Nickerson, Jim Amash and Various. Cover by Fernando Ruiz & Bob Smith. We're shining a spotlight on some of the best and brightest stories Archie has to offer in this newest installment of our Giant series! This fun-packed, laugh-a-minute volume collects 480 pages of the wild humor and teenage tomfoolery that have made Archie comic stories popular for over 70 years! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 480 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

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Cover by George Wildman. Stories and art by George Wildman, Bill Pearson, Z. Capistance, and Donnie Pitchford. A Charlton Comics revival title from latter-day publisher Argo Press, featuring classic Charlton character Timmy the Timid Ghost. Timmy tries to impress Katy by getting a role in a horror movie. Chamelion goes on a solo doughnut raid. Timmy offers to help a clown from outer space. Timmy's Scream Test; Chamelion; Big Top Boo! 24 pages, Full Color. Cover price $4.95.

1st printing. The Avengers have been the premiere superhero team in the Marvel Universe for over two decades (1963-1986) now, ever since they started with a line-up including virtually every major superhero that Marvel Comics published in the early 1960s. They have not always been the most popular, the best-selling, but they have always had the distinction of being one recognized by the government, the one where writers could promote heroes that they wanted to give more attention. Featuring a complete history; All Line-Ups; "A Typical Day"; and much, much more! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.99.

1st printing. While the second comic book revolution can accurately be stated to have begun with the Fantastic Four in 1961, the focal point of that period would have to narrow down to one character who epitomized the new trend towards "humanized" superheroes. Spider-Man was the alienated adolescent - the geek, the nerd, the outsider who didn't fit in with everyone else and who didn't have a clue as to what he could do to change his lot in life. Then along came a spider.... Take a look at the early years, history, the influence of the Romitas (Sr. & Jr.), and much more as Comics File Magazine puts the spotlight on Spider-Man! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Stories and art by Larry Riley, Marty Taras and the Jason Comic Art studio. Funny-animal comics from Spotlight Publishers. Winkie makes friends with an owl and decides to see what life is like for the night-owls. Tisket and Tasket deal with a cursed painting that releases a mummy. Beanie becomes a bank guard just in time for a robbery. Dizzy and Daffy; Benny's Big Day; Ant Arthur; Cookin' with Laughing Gas; Winkie and the Nite Owl; Tisket and Tasket; Gold Minded; Beanie Meets the Bank Robbers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.