Ward comic books issue 1

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This is the team-up fans everywhere have been demanding. Batman enters a deadly web of violence and horror when he encounters the mysterious Spawn, an enemy of evil as grim and menacing as the Dark Knight himself. Driven by strange visions, Spawn has come to Gotham City in search of clues to his lost life. Worlds collide as Batman and Spawn clash in a ferocious battle. But a puzzling rash of disappearing bodies and the sudden arrival of the living dead draw the cowled crusaders into a madman's sinister scheme. Someone in Gotham City is working to hasten the Devil's War - a conflagration that Spawn must avoid at all costs. And if Batman and Spawn can't join forces against their common enemy, Spawn's soul is lost...and Gotham City is doomed! Written by Alan Grant, Doug Moench and Chuck Dixon, with art and wraparound cover by Klaus Janson. Prestige Format. Cover price $4.95.

Score Board Signed Edition. Signed and numbered by Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Doug Moench, and Klaus Janson. Limited to 5,000 copies and includes a certificate of authenticity from Score Board, Inc. This is the team-up fans everywhere have been demanding. Batman enters a deadly web of violence and horror when he encounters the mysterious Spawn, an enemy of evil as grim and menacing as the Dark Knight himself. Driven by strange visions, Spawn has come to Gotham City in search of clues to his lost life. Worlds collide as Batman and Spawn clash in a ferocious battle. But a puzzling rash of disappearing bodies and the sudden arrival of the living dead draw the cowled crusaders into a madman's sinister scheme. Someone in Gotham City is working to hasten the Devil's War - a conflagration that Spawn must avoid at all costs. And if Batman and Spawn can't join forces against their common enemy, Spawn's soul is lost...and Gotham City is doomed! Written by Alan Grant, Doug Moench and Chuck Dixon, with art and wraparound cover by Klaus Janson. Prestige Format. Cover price $4.95.

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Short-lived continuation of the Journey storyline, featuring 19th-century American frontiersman Joshua Wolverine MacAlistaire. Includes an introduction for new readers. Story, art and cover by William Messner-Loebs. Sepia and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

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Written by Scott Cavan. Art and Cover by Andres Ponce. From the writer of Star Wars: The High Republic comes an intense medical drama brimming with fairies, trolls, and real human pathos. St. Lilith's is a secret hospital for supernatural creatures. The personnel are overworked and the facility is underfunded. It's a place, and a life, Dr. Nat Reeves thought she left behind. Until a wounded woman (with a tail) appears on her doorstep. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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1st printing. Vintage glamour girl artist extraordinaire Bill Ward gets the full Fantagraphics Studio Edition treatment featuring Ward's most polished, fully realized pinups from the 1950s and 1960s. Bill Ward's glamour girls were the staples of countless men's and humor magazines, where they shared the pages with cult models like Bettie Page, Tina Louise, and Julie Newmar, and cartoons by fellow "good girl" artists such as Archie's Dan Decarlo and Playboy's Jack Cole. What set Ward apart - and above - his talented contemporaries in terms of sheer image-making was his use of the conte crayon. When drawn on simple newsprint stock, this potent combination created Ward's trademark gossamer sheen on his women's thigh-high stockings. This Fantagraphics Studio edition showcases the best of Ward's Humorama work and includes a healthy number of what became known as his "telephone girls." Tame by today's standards, Ward's telephone girls were always caught in candid moments when they just happened to be talking on the phone dressed in gossamer lingerie in innocently provocative poses. Most of the images in this volume were drawn between 1955 and 1965 when Ward was at the height of his skill. They have been scanned in super high resolution from original art and reproduced to highlight every sheen and accentuate every curve to its fullest. The book not only reproduces more than 150 of Ward's most beautifully rendered illustrations, but also serves as a time capsule to a more innocent moment in pop culture when these images were shocking. The Fantagraphics Studio Edition also features an introduction by fashion/ style icon and burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese. An original pinup art collector herself, Dita was mostly recently featured in Taylor Swift's music video "Bejeweled." Alex Chun is a Los Angeles-based writer/editor focusing on all things pop culture. Dita Von Teese is the brightest star in burlesque since Gypsy Rose Lee. As style icon and muse to artists and photographers, she has appeared on magazine covers and on the runways for the world's top designers. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $175.00.

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Written by Billy Parker. Art and Cover by Alex Smith. As a child, Zander Wylie experienced a horrific event which led him to a career in psychology. Starting his new job working with an old friend, the patients and inmates of the hospital will change his life forever. Personal demons can be more real than you think… meet the inhabitants of The D Ward. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Billy Parker. Art and Cover by Alex Smith. As a child, Zander Wylie experienced a horrific event which led him to a career in psychology. Starting his new job working with an old friend, the patients and inmates of the hospital will change his life forever. Personal demons can be more real than you think… meet the inhabitants of The D Ward. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

Blank Sketch Cover. Written by Billy Parker. Art by Alex Smith. As a child, Zander Wylie experienced a horrific event which led him to a career in psychology. Starting his new job working with an old friend, the patients and inmates of the hospital will change his life forever. Personal demons can be more real than you think… meet the inhabitants of The D Ward. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

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Limited 1 for 5 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Billy Parker. Art by Alex Smith. Cover by Ben Templesmith. As a child, Zander Wylie experienced a horrific event which led him to a career in psychology. Starting his new job working with an old friend, the patients and inmates of the hospital will change his life forever. Personal demons can be more real than you think… meet the inhabitants of The D Ward. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

Bill Ward's Telephone Portfolio, the Pin Up Art of Jack Cole and more! 48 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Philippines edition published by Universal Publishing. This is the team-up fans everywhere have been demanding. Batman enters a deadly web of violence and horror when he encounters the mysterious Spawn, an enemy of evil as grim and menacing as the Dark Knight himself. Driven by strange visions, Spawn has come to Gotham City in search of clues to his lost life. Worlds collide as Batman and Spawn clash in a ferocious battle. But a puzzling rash of disappearing bodies and the sudden arrival of the living dead draw the cowled crusaders into a madman's sinister scheme. Someone in Gotham City is working to hasten the Devil's War - a conflagration that Spawn must avoid at all costs. And if Batman and Spawn can't join forces against their common enemy, Spawn's soul is lost...and Gotham City is doomed! Written by Alan Grant, Doug Moench and Chuck Dixon, with art and wraparound cover by Klaus Janson. ₱4.95 cover price.

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2nd Edition - 1st printing.

Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft. Adapted by I.N.J. Culbard. Foreword by Jeff Lemire.

Providence, Rhode Island, 1928. A dangerous inmate disappears from a private hospital for the insane, his method of escape baffling the authorities. Only the patient's final visitor, family physician Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett - himself a piece of the puzzle - holds the key to unlocking The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

A macabre mixture of historical investigation, grave-robbing, and bone-chilling revelation, this newly reissued adaptation artfully lays bare one of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying creations.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.99.

1st printing. By Perry Moore. This ultimate visual companion to the cinematic adaptation of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe features the complete script, complemented by still shots and production photos, reflections and anecdotes from the cast and crew, and much more. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 228 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing. The Ward (2022 Dark Horse) #1-4.

Written by Cavan Scott. Art and cover by Andres Ponce.

St. Lilith's is a secret hospital for supernatural creatures. The personnel are overworked, the facility is underfunded, and all operations must be kept hidden from the public. A place, and a life, Dr. Nat Reeves thought she left behind. Until a wounded woman (with a tail) appears on her doorstep.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Web of Spider-Man (1985-1995 1st Series) #33, Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #295, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) #133, and Spider-Man (1990-1998) #29-31. Written by Ann Nocenti. Art by Cynthia Martin and Chris Marrinan. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. A chance encounter with two traumatized children leaves Peter Parker haunted by one question: "What's the matter with Mommy?" But his search for an answer finds him trapped in the Mad Dog Ward, an asylum for killers, psychopaths - and people who think they're super heroes! As the drugs kick in, Peter's grasp on reality dissolves and his memories of Spider-Man fade. Can he piece his double identity back together, discover the horrible truth behind the Mad Dog Ward and reunite a mother with her family? And if he can, will he only succeed in unleashing a deluded and dangerous new super hero on an unsuspecting world? Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Written by Darrell Van. Art by Jay Ward. The animation produced at Jay Ward Productions is largely known for the witty writing, sterling voice cats - and poor animation. The animation was produced in Mexico but despite the execution, Ward had some of the best artists in the business; many had been Disney-trained and most of them had gone through the groundbreaking UPA studio. Now, for the first time anywhere, we are provided an in-depth look at the comic artistry of a talented group of designers, storytellers and directors who created such fondly remembered shows as Rocky and His Friends, Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History, Dudley Do-right, George of the Jungle, and Super Chicken. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in., 9-in., 352 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

1st printing.

The best-selling artist of Black Rust is back with a corrosive goth vision of life and death and in-between. A combination art book and dark narrative, it's the ferocious beauty of abysmal visions and includes an introduction by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men, Planetary) and afterword by Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night).

Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 80 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $17.95.

1st printing. By Chad Michael Ward. Introducing a new exciting fantasy artist with a conceptual art book - a collection of images that fit together in a morbid jigsaw puzzle of wires, women, and man-beasts to form a symbolic cyberotic tale of love, redemption, and death. Tim Bradstreet calls it "the sum of gothic eroticism." Black Rust appeals strongly to fans of Ashley Wood and Brom. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

2nd and later printings. By Chad Michael Ward. Introducing a new exciting fantasy artist with a conceptual art book - a collection of images that fit together in a morbid jigsaw puzzle of wires, women, and man-beasts to form a symbolic cyberotic tale of love, redemption, and death. Tim Bradstreet calls it "the sum of gothic eroticism." Black Rust appeals strongly to fans of Ashley Wood and Brom. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing.

Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft. Adapted by I.N.J. Culbard.

Young Charles Dexter Ward is fascinated by the history of Joseph Curwen, his wizard ancestor of the 17th-century. Curwen was notorious for haunting graveyards, practicing alchemy, and never aging! Ward can't help his fixation: he himself looks just like Curwen. In an attempt to duplicate his ancestor's cabbalistic feats, he resurrects the fearsome Curwen - and then the true horror begins!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings.

Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft. Adapted by I.N.J. Culbard.

Young Charles Dexter Ward is fascinated by the history of Joseph Curwen, his wizard ancestor of the 17th-century. Curwen was notorious for haunting graveyards, practicing alchemy, and never aging! Ward can't help his fixation: he himself looks just like Curwen. In an attempt to duplicate his ancestor's cabbalistic feats, he resurrects the fearsome Curwen - and then the true horror begins!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Complemented by original Pauline Baynes illustrations, historic photographs, archival letters, and exciting conceptual art from the feature film, this treasury of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia is filled to the brim with insightful information on Lewis himself, as well as the characters, places, magic, and themes that surface in all seven books in The Chronicles series. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages. PC/B&W. Cover price $19.99.

C. H. Ross strip reprint - 132 Pages

1st printing.

The critically acclaimed creator behind Black Rust and Autopsyrotica returns with a third stunning volume of beauty and decay. Featuring a selection of commercial work and never-before-seen photos and paintings, DevilEngine is a must-have for fans of Ward's darkly original imagery.

Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 80 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $18.95.

2nd or later printing. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. The most important work of American artist and illustrator Lynd Ward, Gods' Man is a powerfully evocative novel, told entirely through woodcuts. Ward (1905–85), in employing the concept of the wordless pictorial narrative, acknowledged his predecessors the European artists Frans Masereel and Otto Nückel. Released the week of the 1929 stock market crash, Gods' Man was the first of six woodcut novels that Ward produced over the next eight years. It presents the artist's struggles in a world characterized by both innocence and corruptions and can be considered a forerunner of the contemporary graphic novel, popularized by artists such as Daniel Clowes. Hardcover, 5 7/8" x 8 3/8", 160 pages (single sided), B&W.

1st printing. Written by David Saunders. Art by H.J. Ward. The history of pulp artist H.J. Ward, best known for his covers to Donenfeld's Spicy in the 1930s and 1940s, has been elusive for decades. This book reveals his story in detail, with rare photos and scores of never-before-seen artwork. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

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Anthology of short comics depicting discrimination and homophobia. Written for the Washington Citizens for Fairness/Hands Off Washington. 40 pgs, B&W illustrations. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. By Chad Michael Ward. A specially priced banded set of 3 of cult phenom Chad Michael Ward fantasy and conceptual art books - Autopsyrotica, Devil Engine, and Black Rust - offers readers and conoisseurs a collection of images that fit together in a morbid jigsaw puzzle of wires, women, and man-beasts to form a symbolic cyberotic tale of love, redemption and death! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 256 pages, full color. NOTE: MATURE READERS Cover price $49.99.

1st printing.

Written by Todd James Pierce. Art by Ward Kimball.

Besides Walt Disney, no one seemed more key to the development of animation at the Disney Studios than Ward Kimball (1914-2002), Kimball was Disney's friend and confidant.

In this engaging, cradle-to-grave biography, award-winning author Todd James Pierce explores the life of Ward Kimball, a lead Disney animator who worked on characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mad Hatter. Through unpublished excerpts from Kimball's personal writing, material from unpublished interviews, and new information based on interviews conducted by the author, Pierce defines the life of perhaps the most influential animator of the twentieth century.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 320 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $30.00.

Vol. 1 #1 - April 1899. A reference magazine for the professional and amateur about the technical side of photography. Each issue focuses on one long, illustrated article. This issue features an in-depth look at lenses current in 1899. Also includes ads and small notes section. 4 3/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 1 #2 - May 1899. A reference magazine for the professional and amateur about the technical side of photography. Each issue focuses on one long, illustrated article. This issue features an in-depth look at artistic and technical aspects of portraiture including groups, children, formal and informal poses with many diagrams and illustrations. Also includes ads and small notes section. 4 3/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 1 #6 - Sept 1899. A reference magazine for the professional and amateur about the technical side of photography. Each issue focuses on one long, illustrated article. This issue features an in-depth look at orthochromatic photography (referring to a photographic emulsion that is sensitive to only blue and green light and can be processed with a red safelight) with many diagrams and illustrations. Also includes ads and small notes section. 4 3/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 1 #8 - Nov 1899. A reference magazine for the professional and amateur about the technical side of photography. Each issue focuses on one long, illustrated article. This issue features an in-depth look at photography at home (for example, the article goes in-depth about how to use and process different light situations - gaslight, firelight, flashlight, artificial light) with many diagrams and illustrations. Also includes ads and small notes section. 4 3/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 1 #11 - Feb 1900. A reference magazine for the professional and amateur about the technical side of photography. Each issue focuses on one long, illustrated article. This issue features an in-depth look at developers and development with many diagrams and illustrations - quite a lot of chemicals and procedures and comparisons between brands. Also includes ads and small notes section. 4 3/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 1 #12 - Mar. 1900. A reference magazine for the professional and amateur about the technical side of photography. Each issue focuses on one long, illustrated article. This issue features an in-depth look at retouching negatives and prints (according to the author, retouching of negatives is what defines the difference between the amateur and the professional) with examples of good and bad retouching, well illustrated. Also includes ads and small notes section. 4 3/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Story by Scott French. Art by Paul Pelletier. Cover by Paul Pelletier and Bob Cram Jr. In a dystopian future, a ragtag band of rebels stands against an all-powerful force that wants to enslave humanity. Cyborg warriors and trained soldiers join forces under Angara the Wardog, a rebel leader who claims to be the reincarnation of a Native American warrior. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Stories by Bryan Stratton, Ron Fortier and Scott French. Art by Kevin Wiggins, Derec Aucoin, Paul Pelletier, and Steve Reman. In a dystopian future, a ragtag band of rebels stands against an all-powerful force that wants to enslave humanity. Cyborg warriors and trained soldiers join forces under Angara the Wardog, a rebel leader who claims to be the reincarnation of a Native American warrior. This annual reveals more about the Wardog team: Betsy 85, a genetically engineered clone with high mechanical and linguistic skills; weapons expert Sgt. Nolan Underwood; martial artist Dundar Kay; and Angara himself, the cyborg who might really be possessed by an ancient Native spirit. No Safe Haven; The Mother Of Mayhem, Databank, Boys Will Be Boys. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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1st printing. Written by Kevin Fox. Art by Salador Navarro. Five inmates in a medical ward, with no memories of their past, try to figure out who they are and where they came from. When one of them, who they believed to be dead, returns looking healthier then ever, they realize they are merely puppets in a strange experiment. Their only hope, escape. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $8.99.

Issue 1. Variant cover signed by the contributors. Cover price $2.50.

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story CHRISTOPHER E. LONG art & cover CHEE 32pgs, FC Norma Balitzer is just your typical average foster mother...who happens to train her young wards to be hired killers! Dravis Trucker, her latest ward, has always yearned for a normal life. Now he's hoping to survive long enough to get his driver's license! Cover price $3.50.

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1st printing.

Written by Bobby Curnow. Art and cover by Brenda Hickey.

Ward is a grumpy gnome who only wants to be left alone. He never asked for company... but when his beautiful forest starts filling up with animals, it's more than just grumpiness that makes him nervous. Mysterious trolls are one the loose and Ward will need all the help he can get to defend Ward's Valley.

A powerful story about overcoming grief and allowing yourself to trust and make friendships again! Featuring fluidly and beautifully drawn animals by Brenda Hickey (My Little Pony)!

Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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Written by William Geradts and Christian Gossett. Art by Alan Robinson. Cover by Paul Tobin.

The Warden is the world's greatest hero. Powerful, compassionate, respected ,and revered. He is the mightiest of all Earth's defenders. He is also a lie. A lie that villains and daemons will seek to destroy to their folly. Join Doctor Merciless and his twisted family through a Lovecraftian superhero horror story of death, family, heroes, villains, and the price of vengeance.

Softcover, 104 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Montgomery Ward presents The Adventures of Billy and Milly "Magical Shoes" (1958), a promotional comic produced by the ACG (American Comics Group) in which two children, with the aid of their magic shoes, take a trip in time where they meet Hercules, Sleeping Beauty and Robin Hood. Full color, 20-pages, 7-in. x 3.5-in., slick cover with newsprint interior, no cover price. #1 on the cover indicates it may have been intended as a series, but thus far we know of no issues beyond the first.

1st printing.

By David Annandale.

Castellan Crowe, Brotherhood Champion of the Purifier order of the Grey Knights, bears a heavy burden, to be the warden of the dread Blade of Antwyr. Its malevolent voice is forever in his head, trying to crack his resolve, urging him to unleash a power he must never use. The toll is terrible; how long before the incorruptible Crowe is at last defeated? Under the command of Castellan Gavallan, Crowe and his brother Purifiers bring purging flame to a daemonic incursion that threatens to consume the world of Sandava I. However, what awaits them there is more insidious and more powerful than they imagine, and they must reckon too with the machinations of the Blade, as it seeks to destroy its guardian and drown the galaxy in blood.

Softcover, 336 pages, Text Only. Cover price $16.00.