Comic books in 'Comic Strip Reprints'

"Sabotage After Sundown," "Spring a Trap," "His Own Capture," "The Onrush of Doom," "Wash Tubb's Wedding," and "Out in the Cold!" Toppsy Twins back-up story. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Leslie Turner. Stories and art by Leslie Turner and William Ferguson. Argo reprints the classic comic strip created by Roy Crane, featuring adventures of the vagabond adventurer during the Leslie Turner era. After the war, Easy becomes a private detective, and Doris Frayne is being blackmailed. On a fishing vacation, Easy overhears another detective checking into Doris's past, and decides to get involved after he meets Doris's young son Bobby. Plus the Ripley-like This Curious World. Captain Easy; Righterong; The Desperate Men; This Curious World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Soldier of Fortune!" By Roy Crane. Roy Crane is a GIANT among cartoonists and Fantagraphics is embarking upon an ambitious collection of his best work within CAPTAIN EASY, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. Dig in and bask in the radiance of these FULL COLOR, prismatic Sunday strips! Discover with each page a buried treasure of adventure and chicanery replete with Crane's mastery of comics storytelling. Citing Crane's influence on comics, the artist Gil Kane once said, "Superman was Captain Easy; Batman was Captain Easy." BEWARE! Beautiful women! Pirates! Sunken ships! And fun! fun! FUN! are barely contained within this beautiful package brought to you by Fantagraphics, the torchbearer of quality when it comes to classic comic strip reprints. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Soldier of Fortune!" By Roy Crane. In Captain Easy Vol. 2: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips, Roy Crane's Soldier of Fortune, Captain Easy, fights for gold in the frozen north, is mistaken for a bandit, protects a formula for artificial diamonds, is stranded on a desert island, visits the tiny Balkan country of Kleptomania, and faces a firing squad. Captain Easy hobnobs with millionaires and bums and beautiful girls (of course), and winds up in the middle of a full-scale war. In short, it's another rousing series of adventure and humor encapsulating the gallantry, derring-do, and rough-and-tumble innocence of a bygone era and a bygone genre, written and drawn with panache, and practically painted in a vibrant spectrum of colors that you have to see to believe. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Soldier of Fortune!" By Roy Crane. The third volume in Fantagraphics' ongoing reprint of Roy Crane's legendary action/comedy comic strip features what many consider the absolute peak of the series: "Temple of the Swinks." This, plus other rollicking stories of high adventure featuring (inevitably) pirates and (just as inevitably) beautiful women, all set in exotic locales, makes this latest volume a worthy addition to this popular series. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. By Roy Crane. The fourth and final volume of Fantagraphics' popular Captain Easy series features lost cities, beautiful native girls and more heart-pounding exploits. Roy Crane's intrepid adventurer goes out with a bang and his adventures are presented, as ever, in glorious full-color with essays and other scholarly extras. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle. In engaging and humorous graphic style, these Cartoon Guides, featuring topics ranging from chemistry to sex, are complete, up-to-date discussions that use cartoon drawings to illustrate the various topics. Softcover, 232 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.00.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. By Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle. In engaging and humorous graphic style, these Cartoon Guides, featuring topics ranging from chemistry to sex, are complete, up-to-date discussions that use cartoon drawings to illustrate the various topics. Softcover, 232 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Updated Edition - 1st printing. By Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle. In engaging and humorous graphic style, these Cartoon Guides, featuring topics ranging from chemistry to sex, are complete, up-to-date discussions that use cartoon drawings to illustrate the various topics. Softcover, 230 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Updated Edition - 2nd and later printings. By Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle. In engaging and humorous graphic style, these Cartoon Guides, featuring topics ranging from chemistry to sex, are complete, up-to-date discussions that use cartoon drawings to illustrate the various topics. Softcover, 230 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1 - First Printing. Quill Edition. The Evolution of Everything, script and art by Larry Gonick; History from the Big Bang through the extinction of the Dinosaurs and the rise of Mammals. Softcover, 8" x 11", 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.50.

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1st printing. By Liza Donnell and Michael Maslin. What happens when two cartoonists for The New Yorker fall in love and marry? Lots of witty wordplay, skewering drawings, and a healthy dose of illustrative competition. For twenty years, veteran cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin have been exploring in their work the ins and outs of marriage. From whimsical and wacky to risqué and barbed, their humor allows us to laugh at our follies and foibles and the insanity that is inherent in the day-to-day workings of every marriage. From meeting, wooing, and dating to marrying, divorcing, and remarrying, from having sex to having kids, the course of true love never runs smooth–but its excellent fodder for talented humorists. Here, Donnelly and Maslin offer a his-and-hers view of marriage, a cartoon conversation about all that love entails. From the wedding day (And do you, Louise, take Jack to be your husband until really, really pissed-off do you part?) to cohabitation (And this is where I go to escape from where I go to escape) to parenting (Dad says its all right with him if I watch TV as long as its not all right with you), husband and wife give us hilarious insights into the way relationships work. Cartoon Marriage shares clever takes on male/female communication (You could at least acknowledge the fact that Im ignoring you) and renovation (Ive made a few improvements, but the way you see him now is pretty much the way I found Harold eleven years ago). And of course, what view of marriage would be complete without a trip to the bedroom: Owen, look, the good-sex fairy. Featuring more than two hundred hilarious cartoons, Cartoon Marriage is a deliciously witty true-to-life look at matrimony, children, happiness, connubial squabbling, and everything in between. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.00.

Fanzine by Ed Aprill (co-founder of the Detroit Triple Fan Fair). Limited to print run of 500. Reprints old newspaper strips in a high quality magazine format. Al Williamson cover art. Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell & Jim Holdaway, James Bond by Ian Fleming & John McLusky, Secret Agent X9 by Al Williamson & Archie Goodwin. Stiff cover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, black and white. Cover price $5.00.

Fanzine by Ed Aprill (co-founder of the Detroit Triple Fan Fair). Limited to print run of 500. Reprints old newspaper strips in a high quality magazine format. Al Williamson cover art. Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell & Jim Holdaway, James Bond by Ian Fleming & John McLusky, Secret Agent X9 by Al Williamson & Archie Goodwin. Stiff cover, 8.5" x 11", 84 pages, black and white. Cover price $5.00.

1st printing. Cartoons for Victory showcases the wartime work by cartoonists including Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Al Capp, Harold Gray, Charles Addams, Herblock, Peter Arno, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Hank Ketcham, and many others. Gathered from private collections and obscure public sources, most of the cartoons and comics in this book have not been seen since their first publication. This is the most comprehensive collection ever assembled of World War II-era cartoons, reflecting the indefatigable spirit of the time. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

1st Printing. When Sam Cobean was killed in a car accident in 1951, he had produced almost two full years of work since the publication of his best seller, "Cobean's Naked Eye". The pick of these new cartoons, plus some of the wonderful earlier Cobeans, make up this book. There are more than 180 cartoons and cartoon stories; all but a few of them here are printed for the first time in book form. More than one-third have never appeared anywhere before. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "A Saga of the West!"

Story and art by Warren Tufts.

Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts appeared in American newspapers from May 2, 1949 to October 30, 1955. Classic Comics Press is very pleased to present Casey Ruggles Volume 1. This strip is unique in that it started as a Sunday only, then added a daily to the Sunday storyline on September 19, 1959, only to splint the Sunday and daily's storylines into their own continuities on January 9, 1951.

For volume 1 we will be reprinting the first 34 Sundays in glorious color until the daily and Sunday continuities split, followed by dailies to October 30, 1955.

Hardftcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in.x 8-in., 312 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $59.95.

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1st printing. By Scott Adams. A collection of black-and-white Dilbert strips follows the hapless, cynical engineer as he navigates the perils of corporate life with his not-so-trusty companions, Dogbert and Ratbert. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W Cover price $9.95.

Reprint. By Scott Adams. A collection of black-and-white Dilbert strips follows the hapless, cynical engineer as he navigates the perils of corporate life with his not-so-trusty companions, Dogbert and Ratbert. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W Cover price $10.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Patrick McDonnell.

This this 17th chronological collection of Mutts strips, a year's worth of color Sunday strips and black-and-white daily strips are included, along with pop-art splash pages that highlight Patrick McDonnell's imaginative artwork and distinctive style.

Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Darby Conley. Our tough-as-nails crew has been assembled. Bucky Katt has a plan to take out the ferrets next door, and it will require all of his powers of disguise and stealth to get the job done. Satchel Pooch is going on the offense and channeling his inner assault-broccoli to defeat the vegetables before they defeat him. And Rob, the unofficial peacekeeper, is left to clean up the aftermath before the whole thing becomes an international incident. Packed with intrigue, covert aggression, and domestic warfare, Catabunga! is an all-out battle of wit and words that's not to be missed. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 8-in., 136 pages, full color. Cover price $18.99.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Jim Toomey.

Welcome to the world of Sherman's Lagoon! Sherman is a carefree shark; he's carefree because he doesn't know any better. Fillmore the Sea Turtle, Sherman's sidekick, is a philosophical sort who does what he can to make up for Sherman's lack of sense. Ernest is a fish of indeterminate species with the technical savvy and dubious intentions of an ace computer hacker-in fact, he is one. Sherman's wife, Megan, possesses a ruthless yet nurturing nature. Hawthorne, the macho hermit crab, is not actually a hermit, but he is actually crabby. Thornton is an expatriate polar bear who drifted into the tropical lagoon on a wayward iceberg and decided to stay. Captain Quigley, the token human (or "hairless beach ape" in the local dialect), is bent on Sherman's destruction. This ambition may be traced to the fact that Quigley is a crusty old fisherman and Sherman is a fish. Or it may be traced to a long-ago incident in which Sherman ate Quigley's leg!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

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2nd or later printing.

Story and art by Jim Toomey.

Welcome to the world of Sherman's Lagoon! Sherman is a carefree shark; he's carefree because he doesn't know any better. Fillmore the Sea Turtle, Sherman's sidekick, is a philosophical sort who does what he can to make up for Sherman's lack of sense. Ernest is a fish of indeterminate species with the technical savvy and dubious intentions of an ace computer hacker-in fact, he is one. Sherman's wife, Megan, possesses a ruthless yet nurturing nature. Hawthorne, the macho hermit crab, is not actually a hermit, but he is actually crabby. Thornton is an expatriate polar bear who drifted into the tropical lagoon on a wayward iceberg and decided to stay. Captain Quigley, the token human (or "hairless beach ape" in the local dialect), is bent on Sherman's destruction. This ambition may be traced to the fact that Quigley is a crusty old fisherman and Sherman is a fish. Or it may be traced to a long-ago incident in which Sherman ate Quigley's leg!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

1st printing. By Charles M. Schulz. Celebrate 65 years of Peanuts with this deluxe paperback edition! Sixty-five years of Peanuts, generations of fans, a gang of beloved characters, but only one creator: the legend, Charles M. Schulz. Andrews McMeel is proud to showcase the paperback edition of Celebrating Peanuts. It is packed with commentary from throughout Schulz's career, making this book not only a heartwarming tribute but also a true collector's item. This special tribute is arranged by decade, to spotlight the highlights and development of this world favorite classic. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 544 pages, full color. Cover price $45.00.

1st printing. By Charles M. Schulz. Celebrate 65 years of Peanuts with this deluxe paperback edition! Sixty-five years of Peanuts, generations of fans, a gang of beloved characters, but only one creator: the legend, Charles M. Schulz. Andrews McMeel is proud to showcase the paperback edition of Celebrating Peanuts. It is packed with commentary from throughout Schulz's career, making this book not only a heartwarming tribute but also a true collector's item. This special tribute is arranged by decade, to spotlight the highlights and development of this world favorite classic. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 534 pages, full color. Cover price $45.00. Cover price $45.00.

1st printing. "Menace From Space!" Written by Gerry Anderson. Introduction by Thunderbirds historian Chris Bentley. The highly successful Century 21 series of books have acquired a reputation for presenting some of the best-loved comic strips of the 1960s in breathtaking quality. This is the fifth volume in the series, and features 12 complete stories with an outer space theme, including Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Fireball XL5, Zero X, and UFO! The book, endorsed and overseen by Gerry Anderson, the creator of Thunderbirds and other classic shows, also includes biographies of the original artists, reproductions of TV Century 21 front covers! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

Century 21 Classic Comic Strips from the Worlds of Gerry Anderson - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Adventure in the 21st Century!" Edited by Chris Bentley. Foreword by Gerry Anderson. From its launch in 1965, TV Century 21 (later known as TV21) was the smash-hit British comic of the 1960's. Its tie-in to the science-fiction puppet series created by Gerry Anderson's Century 21 Productions guaranteed its success with young fans eager to read more about their heroes from Thunderballs, Lady Penelope, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet, and more. Stories burst forth in full-color from the magazine's pages, with art from some of the top British talents of the era. In this new series of reprints, editor Chris Bentley has assembled some of the most thrilling stories from the classic years of TV21. Featuring material never before reprinted, these volumes showcase Anderson's most popular characters, making these essential purchases for every Anderson fan and enthusiasts of British comics. Softcover, 9 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Century 21 Classic Comic Strips from the Worlds of Gerry Anderson - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Invasion in the 211st Century!" From its launch in 1965, TV Century 21 (later known as TV21) was the smash-hit British comic of the 1960's. Its tie-in to the science-fiction puppet series created by Gerry Anderson's Century 21 Productions guaranteed its success with young fans eager to read more about their heroes from Thunderballs, Lady Penelope, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet, and more. Stories burst forth in full-color from the magazine's pages, with art from some of the top British talents of the era. In this new series of reprints, editor Chris Bentley has assembled some of the most thrilling stories from the classic years of TV21. Featuring material never before reprinted, these volumes showcase Anderson's most popular characters, making these essential purchases for every Anderson fan and enthusiasts of British comics. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Century 21 Classic Comic Strips from the Worlds of Gerry Anderson - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Escape from Aquatraz!" In the third volume of this new series of reprints, authorised and supervised by Gerry Anderson himself, Chris Bentley has assembled some of the most thrilling stories from TV Century 21, the "Rolls-Royce of British comics." Featuring material never before reissued from Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, and Joe 90, this superb all-action showcase of TV Century 21's most popular characters will be an essential purchase for all Anderson fans and comics connoisseurs. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

Century 21 Classic Comic Strips from the Worlds of Gerry Anderson - Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Above and Beyond!" In the fourth volume of this new series of reprints, authorised and supervised by Gerry Anderson himself, Chris Bentley has assembled some of the most thrilling stories from TV Century 21, the "Rolls-Royce of British comics." Featuring material never before reissued from Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, and Joe 90, this superb all-action showcase of TV Century 21's most popular characters will be an essential purchase for all Anderson fans and comics connoisseurs. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. 192 pages of full color craziness from the magazine that inspired the hit Cartoon Network show! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color.

2nd and later printings. 192 pages of full color craziness from the magazine that inspired the hit Cartoon Network show! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color.

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Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

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Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

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Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo (Gus Arriola), Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

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Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Tarzan (Russ Manning), Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Text story, "The Flame Horror" by Lester Dent. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $1.25.

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Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Plus two original strips: Spicy Third Reich Stories & Todd Steele's World. Black and white; 40 pages. Cover price $2.00.

Tabloid newspaper comic strip reprints: Wonder Woman, Buz Sawyer (Roy Crane), Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin), On Stage (Leonard Starr), Modesty Blaise (Romero), Popeye (E.C. Segar), Terry and the Pirates (Milton Caniff), Gordo, Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray), and Johnny Hazard (Frank Robbins). Plus four new strips: Gani the Leopard, Connie, Patsy and Oaky Doaks. Black and white; 56 pages. Cover price $2.50.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "2 June, 1916 - 1 August 1916!" Written by Pat Mills. Art by Joe Colquhoun. Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law, Sláine) and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling, humorous and horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne. Returning to the front, Charley is reunited with old comrades Weeper and Old Bill - and, unfortunately, bully Grogan and the vile Lieutenant Snell. As the bullets fly and bombs fall, Charley faces as much danger from his own ranks as from the enemy's! Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy, this fifth volume of Charley's War features a brand new introduction and director's commentary by Pat Mills, plus exclusive bonus content. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "2 June, 1916 - 1 August 1916!" Written by Pat Mills. Art by Joe Colquhoun. Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law, Sláine) and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling, humorous and horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne. Returning to the front, Charley is reunited with old comrades Weeper and Old Bill - and, unfortunately, bully Grogan and the vile Lieutenant Snell. As the bullets fly and bombs fall, Charley faces as much danger from his own ranks as from the enemy's! Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy, this fifth volume of Charley's War features a brand new introduction and director's commentary by Pat Mills, plus exclusive bonus content. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1 August 1916 - 17 October 1916" Written by Pat Mills. Art by Joe Colquhoun. It is late in 1916. WWI combatant Charley Bourne has survived the early days of the Somme, but the threat of treachery and a dangerous commanding officer still hang over him. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $19.95.