Comic books in 'Anthology / Collection'
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Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Apr 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
Volume 7 - 1st printing. Basil Wolverton (1909-1978) born in Central Point, Oregon, later moving to Vancouver, Washington. He worked as a vaudeville performer and a cartoonist and reporter for the Portland News. Wolverton was a master in caricaturing the human face and body and his drawings have elicited a wide range of reactions; he even described himself as a "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet." Preferring to work with pen and ink, Wolverton's lack of artistic schooling gave his drawings an otherworldly appearance. There was no other artist at the time who drew like him! Harvey Kurtzman felt "Wolverton never borrowed, never hacked, and he never shortchanged the public - Wolverton was an original." In 1991 he was posthumously inducted in the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame and in 2000 in the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. Collects Amazing Mystery Funnies Featuring Space Patrol (December 1939-September 1940), Target Comics Month featuring Spacehawk (June 1940-June 1941), and Weird Tales of the Future (June-September 1952). Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
$21.00
1st printing. Collects Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (1954) #1-5. Written by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff, Ken Landau, Ogden Whitney, Harry Lazarus, and Pete Riss. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Featuring the first five issues of the short lived series by the classic ACG team, in response to the worlds obsession with the predicted atomic war! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Nov 2024 by PS Artbooks.$21.95
Volume 20 - 1st printing. Collects Forbidden Worlds (1952-1967) #117-121. Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. The glorious Forbidden Worlds series in our ever popular SOFTEE format, features mind boggling tales from issues 117-121. The ACG crew were producing even more stunning stories and art from comic book legends such as Lafcadio Lee, Chic Stone, Kurato Osaki, Tom Hickey, Zev Zimmer, Pete Costanza, Bob Standish, Bob Jenney, Bob Standish and Ed Ashe. Softcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jan 2024 by PS Artbooks.$24.95
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1951-December 1952!" Collects Ghost Rider (1950-1954 Magazine Enterprises) #6-10. Cover by Dick Ayers. Created by Dick Ayers and Ray Krank, Rex Fury was originally known as the Calico Kid, who together with his white horse Spectre became the Ghost Rider! Wearing a white outfit covered with phosphorus and using a cape that had phosphorescent on one side and black on the other, he could cover parts of his body to give the illusion that he was merely a floating head or pair of hands. To further the illusion, he wielded a black lariat and black bullwhip; even Spectre glowed in the dark! The Ghost Rider battled many foes who, like him, were not truly supernatural at all, such as an imposter of Frankenstein's Monster and the Harpy, werewolves and vampires! Featuring Stories by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jul 2024 by PS Artbooks.$24.95
$24.95
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1953-1954!" Collects Ghost Rider (1950-1954 Magazine Enterprises) #11-14 and Black Phantom (1954 ME) #1. Cover by Dick Ayers. Created by Dick Ayers and Ray Krank, Rex Fury was originally known as the Calico Kid, who together with his white horse Spectre became the Ghost Rider! Wearing a white outfit covered with phosphorus and using a cape that had phosphorescent on one side and black on the other, he could cover parts of his body to give the illusion that he was merely a floating head or pair of hands. To further the illusion, he wielded a black lariat and black bullwhip-even Spectre glowed in the dark! The Ghost Rider battled many foes who, like him, were not truly supernatural at all, such as an imposter of Frankenstein's Monster and the Harpy, werewolves and vampires! The character was the inspiration for Marvel's Phantom Rider, also co-created by Dick Ayers! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Dec 2020 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/November 1962 to January/March 1964!" Collects Ghost Stories (1962-1973 Dell) #1-5.
Written by John Stanley and Carl Memling. Art by Gerald McCann.
This horror/supernatural anthology comic from DELL is a real blast from the past; the covers, the artwork and the dialogue seethes with that certain something that typifies the early 1960's.
Featuring "The Door," one of the top twenty scariest horror stories as voted by awakeatmidnight.com, you're gonna discover a real treasure of chills in these long forgotten pages, from Aztec idols come to life, to British soldiers that are saved from the Germans by a tank squad that had been blown to smithereens two days earlier. Sit back, relax and enjoy; just be sure to read these with the lights on!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $24.99. -
Published Jul 2022 by PS Artbooks.$24.00
$24.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1942-October 1944!" Collects stories from Fight Comics (1940) #19-34.
The first adventure of Rita Farrar, aka Senorita Rio, the lovely actress-turned-agent, arrived in June 1942 inside the pages of Fight Comics #19.
Created by a true legend in the industry Nick Viscardi, later known better as Nick Cardy, he stayed with the series for eleven adventures before handing duties to Lily Renée who was probably most strongly associated with the character and one of the greatest female comic artists in the history of the business!
When compared to the many other spy comic series that came and went in the Golden Age, Senorita Rio survived eight years in a male-dominated world due to her extraordinary skills, her marksmanship, and her athleticism, making her truly "The Queen of Spies"!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $29.99. -
Published May 2023 by PS Artbooks.$9.00
$9.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "April-December 1962!" Collects Gorgo (1961-1965) #6-10. Cover by Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. After a seaquake, a huge lizard-like creature walked out of the ocean and almost destroyed a fishing village in Ireland. Fortunately for the village, the same quake that brought the 65 foot monster to land has also grounded a salvage ship, the crew of which proved up to the task of capturing the beast. Instead of killing it, or turning it over to the government, they decided to take it to London and put it on display for profit. Looking to be a huge success, things became more complicated when it was discovered the monster, dubbed Gorgo, was really just a youngster and it's 200 foot tall mother was coming for him! Previously released as a hard cover and now available for the first time in our popular SOFTEE format. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Sep 2023 by PS Artbooks.$19.00
$19.00
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "February-October 1963!" Collects Gorgo (1961-1965) #11-15. Cover by Vince Colletta. Previously released as a hardcover. After a seaquake, a huge lizard-like creature walked out of the ocean, things became more complicated when it was discovered the monster, dubbed Gorgo, was really just a youngster and its 200 foot tall mother was coming for him. After a pitched battle with the British army, Gorga's mother, Ogra, was able to free her child and they both went lumbering back to the sea. That, however, was not the last the world heard of Gorgo. Having found a taste for the land, the young monster began to make regular visits there! Featuring Stories by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Bill Montes, Joe Sinnott, Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio, and Dick Giordano. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Apr 2023 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
$21.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1961 and March 1962!" Collects Konga (1961 Charlton) #1-5. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Joe Gill, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani Cover by Dick Giordano. Previously released as a hard cover and now available for the first time in our popular SOFTEE format! PS Artbooks collects the first five issues of the Charlton Comics series, published between June 1961 and March 1962, and featuring artwork by Dick Giordano, Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas and Bill Molno. Included is the movie adaptation, plus Konga's first four adventures past the film! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$17.00
$17.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "May 1962-January 1963!" Collects Konga (1961 Charlton) #6-10. Cover by Steve Ditko. More colossal Konga action pencilled by the late, great comic book giant himself. Mr. Steve Ditko. Including "Konga Meets the Creatures From Beyond Space": after escaping England, Konga ends up on an island fighting flying saucers and aliens from another world! Only then, in "The Land of the Frozen Giants," to battle pre-historic dinosaurs in a lost Antarctica world. Until finally facing his mightiest challenge with "Konga and The Mole Men!" All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comics! Featuring Stories by Steve Ditko, Joe Gill, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Bill Molno. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Nov 2023 by PS Artbooks.$19.00
$19.00
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "March-November 1963!" Collects Konga (1961 Charlton) #11-15. Cover by Dick Giordano. More colossal Konga action pencilled by the late, great comic book giant himself, Steve Ditko! Including "The Monster Hunter" - but just who is hunting who? "The Master Plan" - aliens attack the earth but come face to face with Konga who destroys them! And "The Evil Eye" - Soviet scientists get control over Konga?! Sounds like a potential diplomatic incident to me, but I'll let you be the judge of that! Featuring Stories by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Dick Giordano, and Sal Gentile. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published May 2023 by PS Artbooks.$13.00
$13.00
1st printing. "April 1957-February 1958!" Collects Midnight (1957) #1-5. Just when you thought it was safe to venture out - we bring you the strangest tales ever told at Midnight! I mean, c'mon! The original copies of these comics will have been swapped a hundred-fold or sold for pennies when the recess bell sounded in the magical long-ago frightful freakin' fab'n' fantastic fifties schoolyards. And now you can pick 'em up for peanuts. Go get, 'em folks. I'm coming over all wistful so you'll have to excuse me... it starts good and just keeps right on gettin' gooder. Previously released as a hard cover and now available for the first time in our popular SOFTEE format. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Dec 2023 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
$21.00
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Apr 1942-Oct 1942!" Collects Military Comics (1941) #9-12. Cover by Reed Crandall. The third volume in this popular continuing series. Featuring Stories by Chuck Cuidera, Bob Powell (Bud Ernest), Jack Cole, and Tex Blaisdell. Softcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Dec 2023 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
$21.00
Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Nov 1942-Feb 1943!" Collects Military Comics (1941) #13-16. Cover by Reed Crandall. The third volume in this popular continuing series. Featuring Stories by Chuck Cuidera, Bob Powell, Jack Cole, and Tex Blaisdell. Softcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jul 2022 by PS Artbooks.$22.00
$22.00
Volume 5 - 1st printing. "November 1960-July 1961!" Collects Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956) #21-25.
Cover by Steve Ditko.
PS Artbooks presents Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds.
It's all too easy to overlook Charlton's 40 year run and 6,000 issue contribution to comic book history! Because with their roster of writers and artists including Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio plus many others and of course the truly remarkable one man creative genius Steve Ditko. Serving us with a never-ending concoction of fantastic fantasy-supernatural and horror tales and mind blowing science fiction stories, they really did keep the comic buying youth of the world well and truly satisfied.
All here, reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $32.99. -
Published Feb 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 6 - 1st printing. "September 1961-June 1962!" Collects Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956) #26-30. Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. It's all too easy to overlook Charlton's 40 year run and over 6,000 issue contribution to comic book history! Because with their roster of writers and artists including Rocco Mastroserio, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas plus many others, and, of course, the truly remarkable one man creative genius Steve Ditko. Serving us with a never-ending concoction of fantastic fantasy-supernatural and horror tales and mind blowing science fiction stories, they really did keep the comic buying youth of the world well and truly satisfied! Previously released as a hard cover and now available for the first time in our popular SOFTEE format. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Dec 2023 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "October 1953 and December 1953 to August 1954!" Collects Nightmare (1952 Ziff Davis) #3 and Nightmare (1953 St. John) 10-13. Cover by Joe Kubert. St. John was a mid-sized comics publisher with a varied list of titles, and in June 1952 they joined the horror binge with two titles, Strange Terrors and Weird Horrors. Strange Terrors ended after seven issues, to be replaced by Nightmare #3, picking up from the Ziff-Davis series. However, they then combined the title Nightmare with the numbering from Weird Horrors, so that Weird Horrors #9 and Nightmare #3 were followed by Nightmare #10. And after Nightmare #13 the title was changed to Amazing Ghost Stories for its final three issues. Featuring Stories by Raymond Everett Kinstler, John Prentice, Joe Kubert, Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, Bernie Krigstein, Matt Baker, and Bob Powell. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Dec 2020 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "April-June 1940!" Collects Planet Comics (1940-1953 Fiction House) #4-5.
Cover by Charles Sultan.
And here's the second installment of PS Artbooks yummy Softee series of Fiction House's Planet Comics. Writers and artists include Star Gayza, Nick Charles, Arthur King, Beakman Terrill, Wm. S. Mott, Bob Jackson, Fred Nelson, Bob Powell, Don Rico, Henry Kiefer, Arthur Peddy, Alex Blum, Nick Cardy, Gener Fawcette, and Charles Quinlan plus more fins and headlights than you'd ever see in the world's biggest motor show and more gigantic teeth than ever made it into a dentistry lab. Pick up this baby and save yourself a few thousand dollars on the original book.
Softcover, 216 pages, full color.
Cover price $24.99. -
Published Oct 2022 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Planet Comics (1940-1953 Fiction House) #22-24.
Cover by Dan Zolnerowich.
Another alien-infested issue with battles decided in the far flung future, written and drawn by the Godfathers of Science Fiction. We continue our popular Softie collection with mind blowing tales from Planet Comics (January-May 1943).
Featuring Stories by Joe Doolin, Pagsilang Rey Isip, Saul Rosen, Nick Viscardi, Al Walker, Art Saaf, George Appel, Lee Elias, Rafael Astarita, Fran Deitrick, George Tuska, Graham Ingels, and Fran Hopper.
Softcover, 216 pages, full color.
Cover price $26.99. -
Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.99
$22.99
Volume 18 - 1st printing. "March-September 1949!" Collects Planet Comics (1940-1953 Fiction House) #59-62. Cover by Joe Doolin. Packed with crazy heroes and villains on far flung and distant planets, drawn by Joe Doolin, George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Leonard Starr,Graham Ingels, Frank Fermonetti, Matt Baker, Charles A. Winter, and Lee Elias. The latest offering of the ongoing SOFTEE series from PS Artbooks. Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Sep 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 19 - 1st printing. "Winter 1949-Summer 1952!" Collects Planet Comics (1940-1953 Fiction House) #63-67. Packed with crazy heroes and villains on far flung and distant planets. Drawn by H.C. Kiefer, George Evans, George Roussos, John Rosenberger, Enrico Bagnoli, Iger Shop, Joe Doolin, Lee Elias, Graham Ingels, George Tuska, George Appel, Maurice Whitman, Saul Rosen, Rudy Palais, Art Saaf, Pagsilang Isip and Nick Cardy. With our latest offering of the on-going SOFTEE series from PS Artbooks. Softcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Mar 2023 by PS Artbooks.$19.00
$19.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Seven Seas Comics (1946) #1-5. PS Artbooks bring you another unmissable Softee Edition in the form of Seven Seas Comics. Seven Seas supported many talented artists like Robert Hayward Webb and in particular Matt Baker, leaders in the field of "Good Girl" art. Featuring South Sea Girl! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jan 2024 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
$21.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Shocking Mystery Cases (1952-1954) #51-53, 55-56, and 60. Cover by L. B. Cole. Featuring Stories by L.B. Cole, Jay Disbrow, and George Peltz. The first installment of Shocking Mystery Cases, all of course digitally enhanced and faithfully reproduced for our Softee Collections. Softcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
$21.00
Volume 7 - 1st printing. "January-October 1960!" Collects Space Adventures (1952-1967 1st series) #32-36. Cover by Steve Ditko. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, we re-discover our Space Adventures saga from Charlton Comics, and this baby damn near demands that you dig out that old goldfish bowl and holster your ray gun! Blast off into these pages and feast your eyes and minds on our universe of space adventures from the writers and artists including Bill Molno, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas and Rocco Mastroserio. Not forgetting for the first time the iconic superhero created by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko-Captain Atom, aka Captain Allen Adams of the United States Air-Force, who, after an atomic accident, finds himself with new superpowers! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Sep 2022 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Space War #14 Cover by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "July 1961-January 1963!" Collects Space War (1959) #11-15.
Cover by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani.
This bumper-full line-up from Charlton Comics' other-worldly Space War Volume 3 has everything you could imagine from "The Invaders!" to "The Seeds from Space" crammed between the pages.
With the writing and drawing talents of Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio, and Charles Nicholas you just won't be able to put this science fiction spectacular down and if you're quick, you can probably fight off several groups of those marauding aliens! The only question we have is when you gonna buy a ticket for this space ship, 'cos it won't stay in orbit for very long!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $32.99. -
Published May 2023 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
$21.00
Volume 1 -1st printing. "September 1957-June 1958/May 1958!" Collects Strange Journey (1957) #1-4 and Strange (1957 Ajax) #6. Come, let us take you on this Strange Journey, where you'll find there's no escape from the "Phantom Express" an unscheduled horror that grips the senses as you board the eerie train on a one-way trip to hell! Phew, it's hot. Feels like I'm roasting... I am! Help! And are you brave enough to meet the challenge of a visitor from "A Hole in the Sky"! Surely there can't be many takers for that fateful trip on board the Titanic in "A Voyage Into Forever!" And who would ever want to be a space pilot in the "Whirlpool of Space!" No, you'll be better off staying at home and just reading the tales you'll never forget instead with our latest offering of classic 1950's comics; it'll be a whole lot safer! Featuring stories by Iger Shop, Henry Kieffer, and Ken Battefield. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jul 2022 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Strange Suspense Stories #40 Cover by Steve Ditko
Volume 5 -1st printing. "September 1958-June 1959!" Collects Strange Suspense Stories (1952-1965 Fawcett/Charlton) #38-42.
Cover by Steve Ditko.
Charlton's not to be underestimated Strange Suspense Stories boasted a huge roster creative of talents - Dick Giordano, Gene Colan, Sol Brodsky, Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Tony Talarico, Bill Fraccio, Matt Baker. And, of course, Steve Ditko whose moody, individualistic touch came to dominate Charlton's supernatural titles and, of course, led to deserved fame over at Marvel and with a kid called Parker and a hero who could swing from skyscraper tops on a gossamer web that he fired from his wrists. But before that, Charlton's shining light, Steve Ditko was at his best in this run of Strange Suspense Stories.
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $32.99. -
Published Mar 2023 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 6 -1st printing. "September 1959-May 1960!" Collects Strange Suspense Stories (1952-1965 Fawcett/Charlton) #43-47. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Fraccio, Vince Colletta, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani, Matt Baker, Charles Nicholas, Matt Baker, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Cover by Bill Fraccio. Charlton's not to be underestimated Strange Suspense Stories boasted a huge roster creative of talents - Bill Fraccio, Bill Molno, Matt Baker, Charles Nicholas, Bill Montes, Rocco Mastroserio. And, of course, Steve Ditko whose moody, individualistic touch came to dominate Charlton's supernatural titles and was at his best in this run of Strange Suspense Stories. Don't miss your chance and check out our latest volume and watch out, fella, these really are a strange mix of horror, suspense, science fiction, fantasy and supernatural stories! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published May 2023 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 7 -1st printing. "July 1960-March 1961!" Collects Strange Suspense Stories (1952-1965 Fawcett/Charlton) #48-52. Cover by Dick Giordano. "Charlton Comics Gives You More!" and Strange Suspense Stories certainly gave you more of the huge roster of creative talents at their disposal, including Bill Molno, Matt Baker, Bill Fraccio, Charles Nicholas,Bill Montes, and Rocco Mastroserio. And of course Steve Ditko whose moody, individualistic touch came to dominate Charlton's supernatural titles. Watch out, fella, these really are a strange mix of horror, suspense, science fiction, fantasy and supernatural stories! Charlton's shining light Steve Ditko was at his best in this run of Strange Suspense Stories, so don't miss your chance and check out our latest volume. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Mar 2024 by PS Artbooks.$20.00
Volume 8 -1st printing. "July 1961-January 1962!" Collects Strange Suspense Stories (1952-1965 Fawcett/Charlton) #53-57. Cover by Charles Nicholas and Dick Giordano. "Charlton Comics Gives You More!" and Strange Suspense Stories certainly gave you more of the huge roster of creative talents at their disposal, including Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Rocco Mastroserio. And of course Steve Ditko whose moody, individualistic touch came to dominate Charlton's supernatural titles and was at his best in this run of Strange Suspense Stories. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Nov 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "August 1956-January 1957!" Collects Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (1956) #1-5. Cover by Steve Ditko. Courtesy of the Traveler's creator, Steve Ditko, this title beat pretty much everything else on the old creaking metal comicbook spinners. What it may have lacked in the comicbook equivalent of $100M SFX budgets, the Mysterious Traveler made up for it with sheer class, style and out 'n out pizzazz and charm. A clear inspiration to the hugely popular Amazing Adult Fantasy, the Mysterious Traveler is surely the original 'adult' comic and published for the first time in our popular SOFTEE format is absolutely still worth a deep read. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jun 2021 by PS Artbooks.$13.00
$13.00
Volume 6 - 1st printing. "April 1954-January 1955!" Collects The Beyond (1950-1955 Ace) #26-30.
For the first time ever in our popular SOFTEE format and counting down from volume 6 all the way to volume 1 join us on this journey to we venture into The Beyond! With a stellar cast of creative sketchers and scribblers from the golden years of the early 50's like Ken Rice, Sy Grudko, Louis Zansky, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Mike Sekowsky, Frank Giusto, Martin Rose and Warren Kremer. And all reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
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Published Oct 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Blue Beetle (1939-1950 Fox/Holyoke) #4-6. Story and art by Chuck Cuidera, Pierce Rice, Louis Cazeneuve, Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie], Bob Powell, Arthur F. Peddy, Al Carreno, Charles Nicholas, and Dennis Neville. Cover by Chuck Cuidera. Blue Beetle Issues 4-6 are a testament to The Fox Publication's dedication to reviving the magic of the Golden Age. With dynamic visuals and a narrative that captures the spirit of a bygone era, this collection is a must-read for both seasoned comic enthusiasts and those discovering the timeless allure of Blue Beetle for the first time. Join us on a journey back to the roots of superhero storytelling, where it all began! Softcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jul 2021 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1955-September 1956!" Collects Unusual Tales (1955-1965) #1-5.
Unusual Tales is a treasure trove of science fiction, horror, suspense, fantasy and the supernatural from the jewels of 1950's comic book talent including Bill Molno, Marc Swayze, Maurice Whitman, Charles Nicholas, Dick Giordano, Ernie Bache, Rocco Mastoserio, Vince Alascia, Tony Tallarico and Pat Musull, all captured here within these pages, reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be! They'll have any self-respecting comicbook fan absolutely drooling at the prospect of digging up this treasure chest!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $24.99. -
Published Aug 2021 by PS Artbooks.$18.00
$18.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "February 1957-January 1958!" Collects Unusual Tales (1955-1965) #6-10.
Unusual Tales from publisher Charlton, where the creators were allowed a greater freedom, continues with its Steve Ditko-inspired treasure trove of science fiction, horror, suspense, fantasy, and supernatural tales, all masterly assisted by the the jewels of 1950's talent including Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, and Steve Ditko. And all captured here, reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be, just like the original comic!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
Cover price $26.99. -
Published Nov 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1952-July 1953!" Collects Web of Evil (1952-1954) #1-5. As we already mentioned elsewhere, this title has the lot, including persuasive evidence that animated corpses (that's zombies to you, fella) used to be gray and had see-through rib-cages. Just shows you how far medical science has come in the almost sixty intervening years. They're all good, these books we're bringing out (bringing out? Heck, we're unleashing 'em!) but this one may well be the gerkin on the burger. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Sep 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "February-October 1951!" Collects Web of Mystery (1951-1955) #1-5. Come put your little clawed and emaciated hand in ours, we'll look after you! Ignore the darkness and the cemetery mist creeping through the Graveyard Gate and ignore the fact that the flesh seems to have slipped from your face. No matter, for this is comic books the way they were and should always be! Featuring stories by Warren Kremer, Mike Sekowsky, Martin Thall, Ken Rice, Frank Giusto, George Appel, Jay Scott Pike, Martin Rose, and Gene Colan. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$19.00
$19.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "February 1953 to October 1953!" Collects Weird Horrors (1952) #6-9 and Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958) #1-2. Cover by Joe Kubert. Featuring two of three covers ever produced from the uniquely talented William Ekgren-St John's criminally overlooked Weird Horrors title from the early 1950's, which also featured a cover style that was a riff on Marvel's later and much-loved Amazing Adult Fantasy, is this month's bona fide excitement. And believe me, you'll have to go a long way to match this second volume, with the creative talents of Bob Forgione, Edd Ashe, Jim McLaughlin, Joe Kubert, Lou Cameron, Ben Brown, David Gantz, Al Tyler, John Belfi, Gus Ricca, Steve Ditko, and Dick Ayers, many of whom are not household names though their styles deserve for them to be right up there with the very best! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Dec 2023 by PS Artbooks.$22.00
$22.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1952-May 1953!" Collects Weird Terror (1952-1954) #1-5. Cover by Don Heck. Hey, it's all here, culture-lovers; walking dead folks (loads of 'em) some of them even sporting their heads-witches, ghosts, werewolves and enough vampires to go into the second-hand dentures business! Every now and again you come across a bevy of four color frights that seems to have been created just for you. Featuring Stories by Don Heck, Don Perlin, H.C. Hiefer, Rudy Palais, John Belcastro, and Pete Morisi. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jan 2024 by PS Artbooks.$20.00
$20.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "July 1953-March 1954!" Collects Weird Terror (1952-1954) #6-10. Cover by Don Heck. Featuring Stories by Don Heck, Rudy Palais, Al Tewks, Ross Andru, Pete Morisi, and Max Elkin. Hey, it's all here, culture-lovers; walking dead folks (loads of 'em) some of them even sporting their heads- witches, ghosts, werewolves and enough vampires to go into the second-hand dentures business! Every now and again you come across a bevy of four-color frights that seems to have been created just for you. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Issue #1-1ST
Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Feb 2011 by Bloomsbury.$7.10
1st printing.
Story and art by Darryl Cunningham.
Psychiatric Tales draws on Darryl Cunningham's time working in a psychiatric ward to give a reasoned and sympathetic look into the world of mental illness.
In each chapter, Cunningham explores a different mental health problem, using evocative imagery to describe the experience of mental illness, both from the point of view of those beset by illness and their friends and relatives. Concluding with a reflection on how mental illness has affected his own life, Darryl Cunningham's Psychiatric Tales is a moving, engaging examination of what is, at its root, the human condition.
Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 140 pages, B&W.
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Published 2018 by Lion Forge.$4.00
$4.00
2nd and later printings.
Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today's most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators.
Softcover, 208 pages, full color.
Edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz and Neil Schwartz.
Written by Ronnie Garcia, Daniel Irizarri Oquendo, Alan Medina, Tristan J. Tarwater, Vita Ayala, Sabrina Cintron, Adam Lance Garcia, Aldo Álvarez, Nicole Goux, Rosa Colón, Tom Beland, Anthony Otero, Little Corvus, Shariff Musallam, Marco Lopez, Derek Ruiz, Leonardo Gonzalez, Lilliam Rivera, Ally Shwed, Tara Martinez, Jeff Gomez, Fabian Nicieza, Jesenia Santana, Kat Fajardo, Vito Delsante, Grant Alter, Kristen Van Dam, Joamette Gil, Javier Cruz Winnik, Alberto "Tito" Serrano, Javier Morillo, Matt Bellisle, Greg Anderson-Elysee, Neil Schwartz, Alejandra Quintas, Tony Bedard, Mina Elwell, Eugene Selassie, Alexis Sergio, Mike Hawthorne and Amparo Ortíz.
Art by Ronnie Garcia, Daniel Irizarri Oquendo, Ariela Kristantina, Cynthia Santos, Jamie Jones, Sabrina Cintron, Heidi Black, Sofía Dávila, Nicole Goux, Rosa Colón, Tom Beland, Charles "Ooge" Ugas, Little Corvus, Alejandro Rosado, Leonardo Gonzalez, Allison Strejlau, Ally Shwed, Rod Espinosa, Adriana Melo, Jesenia Santana, Kat Fajardo, Yehudi Mercado, Manuel Preitano, Kristen Van Dam, Joamette Gil, Javier Cruz Winnik, Alberto "Tito" Serrano, Dan Méndez Moore, Matt Bellisle, Dennis Calero, Ramón J. Sierra Santiago, Alejandra Quintas, John R. Holmes, Brett Booth, T.E. Lawrence, Orlando Baez, Jules Rivera, Mike Hawthorne and Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky.
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Issue #10
Published Sep 1944 by Harry A. Chesler.- Paper: Off white
- Label #4127413020
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Charles Sultan, Joe Beck, and Art Pinajian. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. The true-crime tale of forger Arthur Wick's rise and fall is chronicled in an early story by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. The Young Americans investigate after a million dollars is stolen from a charity for Chinese disaster victims. A suicide attempt leads Rocketman and Rocketgirl to face the Fantastic Brain Destroyers. Fun cover by Gus Ricca. Master Key: Baroness Nohart; Punch & Cutey; Young Americans: China Relief Mission Money; Flashing Knives; Happy Landing; Sky Chief; Manhunters! Case 1: Master Forgers; The Mystery Truck; Rocketman. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #12
Published Jan 1945 by Harry A. Chesler.- Paper: Cream to off white
- Spine of Cover Completely Split and Cover Detached.
- Label #2045774005
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Joe Beck, Otto Eppers and Bernard Sachs. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Master Key uses his X-ray vision to seek an emerald stolen from an antiques dealer and clear a reformed ex-convict. Captain Glory investigates after skeletal horsemen with the touch of death attack a mine. Rocketman bequeaths his flying suit to young Billy Wood after Billy's father disappears in the jungle, and Rocketboy is born. Wicked cover by Gus Ricca. Punch & Cutey; Master Key; Captain Glory; Sacrifice; Happy Landing; Hale the Magician; Handy Andy; Yankee Boy: Gambler's Payoff; Rocketboy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #13
Published Apr 1945 by Harry A. Chesler.$2,872.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #0779824007
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Ruben Moreira, Al Plastino and Paul Gattuso. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Master Key investigates when a sinister scandal threatens to destroy America's diplomatic relations with another country. Boxer Punch O'Malley uses an opponent's superstitions to his advantage. In the modern West, Jim Collins is hunted for a crime he didn't commit, so he fights for justice as the Gay Desperado. Punch & Cutey; Master Key; Devil's Decoy; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Crime on the Run; Mock Murder: Gay Desperado; Rocketman. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #18
Published Jul 1946 by Harry A. Chesler.$667.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #1972416003
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Joe Beck and Otto Eppers. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman and Rocketgirl trace two murders to The Purple Peril and his pet tiger, Rajah. The Master Key uses his X-ray vision to examine a mystery: How could a dead man return to the scene of a crime? Outlaw Ray Sutherland's trail of murder earns him the nickname The Two-Gun Terror of Mohawk Valley, in a violent pre-Code Western story. Rocketman; Master Key; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Jest for Fun; Crime on the Run; Registered for Ransom; Capt'n Courage; Murder Scare; Punch & Cutey; Sport Slang. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #19
Published Oct 1946 by Harry A. Chesler.$2,100.00
View scans- Paper: Slightly britle
- Label #0701577010
- 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover and interior oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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- 6" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Ralph Mayo, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and Fred Schwab. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman investigates a gang with a strange M.O.: faking pedestrian accidents and then blackmailing the drivers. The Master Key uses his X-ray vision to catch master con man and forger "Baldy" Shaw. Kid Dropper's trail of murder earns him the nickname Manhattan's Mad Mobster, in a violent pre-Code crime story. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Rocketman; Master Key; Alibi for Murder: The Clues Could Pin the Girl's Ears Back; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Mirth Parade; Crime on the Run; Registered for Ransom; Capt'n Courage; Racket Buster; Punch & Cutey; Joe Dokes. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #20
$4,000.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4379827003
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories and art by Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and Bill Harr. Superior takes over publishing of the early superhero and adventure anthology originally published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman and Rocketgirl search for Mr. X, who is hypnotizing teens into becoming juvenile delinquents and holdup gangs. The Master Key uses his X-ray vision to detect bank robbers inside Zip's Ice Cream Parlor. Johnny on the Spot stumbles on a crooked plot at the horse races; to solve it, he must take the jockey spot himself. Pre-Code action-girl cover featuring Rocketgirl is quite risque for its time. Rocketman; Master Key; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Laughing At Life; Crime on the Run; Pipp Boys: Three Knights in a Daze; Whiz Crackers; Jungle Town Show Boat; Punch & Cutey; It's a Fact. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$8.00
$8.00
1st printing. Collects Punisher: Return to Big Nothing GN (1989 Marvel), Punisher: Assassin's Guild GN (1988 Marvel), and Punisher: Intruder GN (1989 Marvel).
Written by Steven Grant, Jo Duffy, and Mike Baron. Art by Mike Zeck, John Beatty, Jorge Zaffino and Julie Michel, and Bill Reinhold. Cover by Mike Zeck.
Frank Castle's relentless war continues in a trio of hard-hitting graphic novels!
First, in a modern classic reuniting the creative team behind the Punisher's first solo series, Frank has a run-in with an old sergeant that takes him back to his Vietnam days - but this time they're on opposite sides! Then, a car accident leads to a killing spree, with the Punisher at the center of it - but will the members of a Japanese assassins guild become his allies, or are they out for Frank's blood? And a secret society is using murder to further its political ends - but slaughtering an innocent family puts its members in the Punisher's sights!
From brutal hand-to-hand combat to aerial dogfights, these extra-length epics have it all!
Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Parental Advisory
Cover price $24.99.
