Comic books in 'Golden age reprints'
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Published Sep 2022 by PS Artbooks.$14.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September/October 1951 to October/November 1952!" Collects Weird Thrillers (1951) #1-5.
We have all FIVE issues as 'CHASER COVER' variants for you to collect of WEIRD THRILLERS from Ziff Davis featuring the sublime painted covers by Allen Anderson and Norman Saunders.
Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! But limited stock availability! Packed full with work from the likes of Dan Barry, Ross Andru, John Prentice, Bob Powell, Pete Morisi, Alex Toth, Henry Sharp, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Ray Willner, Sol Brodsky and Frank Giacoia.
Just take a look at those covers! You better get your money ready, they'll be going fast. . .wonder which one will you get?
Softcover, 216 pages, full color.
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Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$17.00
$17.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "September 1952-June 1953!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #6-10. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into your comic shop, here come those PS guys again with another crazy collection of bygone stories and panels set to blow your mind. This time out they're hitting you with the full run of Worlds of Fear from the magical days of 1952 and featuring artists and writers such as Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarthy, Ed Waldman, Harry Harrison, Maurice Gutwirth, Leonard Frank and Norman Saunders. Mixing horror and SF has never been more enjoyable. Lock the door, flip the tab on a can of soda and delve into those potato chips. It's a marriage made in Heaven. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Dec 2016 by PS Artbooks.$54.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1950-Fall 1952!" Collects Amazing Adventures (1950-1952 Ziff Davis) #1-6. Oh, boy, we got an out'n'out doozy for you this time, with the six 1950's issues of Ziff Davis' Amazing Advenutures, brim full with work from the likes of Murphy Anderson, Jerry Siegel, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburg, Frank Giacola, Bernard Krigstein, Norman Saunders, Ross Andru, and a host of other talented writers and artists. I could say more, like how #2 contains "The Steel Monster," a kickass riff on Ted Sturgeon's "Killdozer" yarn from 1944 (also homaged by Marvel some 20 years later). Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.
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Tags: Daredevil, Golden age reprintsPublished Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$52.99
$52.99
$42.50
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1940-December 1941/July 1941!" Collects Silver Streak Comics (1939-1946) #6-17 and Daredevil Comics (1941-1949 Lev Gleason) [Daredevil Battles Hitler] #1. Cover by Jack Cole. Daredevil is a fictional superhero created by Jack Binder. As a child, Bart Hill was witness to his parents' brutal murder. The murderer also branded Bart with a hot iron, leaving a boomerang-shaped scar on the left side of his chest. This traumatic experience left the boy mute. He trained his entire life in the art of the boomerang, eventually becoming a master boomerang marksman. He then donned a costume and took to the streets as the vigilante crime-fighter known as Daredevil. However... for Bart Hill/Daredevil's second appearance showed him able to speak and it was later revealed that his parents were killed while in Australia, with Bart then raised by a tribe of aborigines who taught him the art of using boomerangs. As an adult, he returned to the U.S. and fought crime as Daredevil. Lev Gleason launched Daredevil's own comic with Daredevil Battles Hitler #1 (July 1941), in which Daredevil and other Silver Streak heroes fought the German chancellor. It was written and partially drawn by Charles Biro, who in his 16-year run would make the character one of the most acclaimed of the Golden Age. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.
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Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$52.99
$52.99
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! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.
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Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$54.95
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! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.
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Published Jul 2017 by PS Artbooks.$23.00
$23.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "July 1952 to July 1953!" Collects Out of the Shadows (1952-1954) #5-9. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues. They were convinced that comics sold better if they appeared to have been around for awhile, and therefore they started all their horror titles with #5. Those titles were The Unseen, Out of the Shadows, and Adventures into Darkness, each lasting about ten issues of fairly well-done E.C. imitations. They also produced a suspense one-shot, Who Is Next? #5, that deserves mention - it features a town terrorized by a serial killer. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.
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Published Jul 2017 by PS Artbooks.$26.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1952 to December 1952!" Collects Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) #1-5. Just when you thought maybe we'd run out of nasty comic books, here comes Strange Terrors from St. John. Artists include Don Perlin, Rafael Astarita, Paul Gattuso, Ralph Mayo, George Meyerriecks, Bob Forgione, Joe Kubert, George Tuska and William Ekgren. They're all here - witches, vampires, walking corpses, ghosts, ghouls and goblins galore. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.
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Published Sep 2017 by PS Artbooks.$21.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "January 1953-March 1953!" Collects Strange Terrors (1952 St. John) #6-7. Just when you thought maybe we'd run out of nasty comic books here comes the second volume of Strange Terrors from St. John - bumper 100-page issues #6 and #7. Artists include Albert Tyler, A.C. Hollingsworth, Pete Morisi, Bill Molno. Joe Kubert, Lou Cameron, Bob Forgione, Gus Ricca and Bernard Baily. They're all here-witches, vampires, walking corpses, ghosts, ghouls andgoblins galore. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $44.99.
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Published Jun 2024 by PS Artbooks.$33.00
$33.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Winter 1951 - December 1952/October 1953 - March 1954!" Collects The Hawk (1951-1955 Ziff Davis/St. John) #1-5. Cover by Clarence Doore. The western genre was exploding across television, Saturday morning serials and movies in the 1950's. A trend and an opportunity seized by comic publisher Ziff Davis who introduced the first three adventures of The Hawk, aka "Bob Hardie" Fighting Marshall of the American West in the winter of '51 and with St. John taking over duties in October 1953 with #4 through #12. The Hawk a western hero able to use skill, courageousness and an honorable attitude to thwart lawlessness in the fight for good against evil with a nearly superhuman speed and ability with their six-gun shooter. So saddle up your horse and lasso your very own copy of this comic presented to you just like the original from cover to cover - but don't delay cos The Hawk will have cleaned up this town by sun rise! Featuring Stories by Clarence Doore, Dan Barry, Alex Kotzky, George Tuska, Murphy Anderson, George Olsen, Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, and Gil Kane. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.
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Published Feb 2017 by PS Artbooks.$48.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "November 1953 to September 1954!" Collects Weird Tales of the Future (1952) #8-13. Hey, it's all here, culture-lovers: walking dead folks (loads of 'em)--some of them even still 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 seem to have been created just for you.Hardcover, 352 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.
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Published Jun 2021 by PS Artbooks.$27.00
$27.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects A Feature Presentation: Black Tarantula (1950) #5, A Feature Presentations: Magazine, Moby Dick (1950) #6, King Solomon's Mines (1951), Jack the Giant Killer (1953), and The Invisible Man #1 (1955).
Just take a look - there's horror and sussense with The Black Tarantula, classic sea-faring action with Moby Dick, jungle quests with the great Allan Quatermain, The New Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer, and an invisible man terrorizes the English countryside! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic, featuring some of the best comic book talent!
Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.
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Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$62.99
Volume 8 - 1st printing. "January-September 1954/June 1955!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #6-10. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld, he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experienced and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.
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Published Mar 2023 by PS Artbooks.$24.00
$24.00
Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958 St. John) #1-2, Eerie (1951 Avon Series) #17, and Eerie (1964 I.W. Reprint) #8-9. We've unearthed some more little horrors for our latest volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Do You Believe in Nightmares, originally these stories were produced for Charlton editor Al Fago, who when he left reportedly sold them to St. John. And with the likes of the "Nightmare" served up for us by the great Steve Ditko, where a man attempts to avoid the fate that his wife has dreamed for him, it's a good job he did! And in the 1958 series of Eerie we have everything from "Up Pops The Devil!" with Mister Lucifer, no less, to "The Mirror of Cagliostro" featuring the Italian adventurer and self-styled magician with a passion for various occult arts! Featuring Sreve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Joe Kubert, Bill Benulis, Jerry Grandenetti, Wally Wood, and Luois Ravelli. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.
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Published Jan 2024 by PS Artbooks.$30.00
$30.00
Volume 5 - 1st printing. "August 1952-Jan/Feb 1953 and September 1950!" Collects Strange World of Your Dreams (1952) #1-4 and Challenge of the Unknown (1950) #6. Cover art by Jack Kirby. Featuring Stories by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, Bob McCarthy, Warren Kremer, Frank Giusto, Kenneth Rice, and Lin Streeter. As a spin off to the successful Black Magic comics that started a couple of years earlier came this offering-Strange World of Your Dreams, certainly one of the oddest comic anthology series ever created-its focus on the dream theme gave it a special flavor. The idea of a dream comic came from Mort Meskin. Order your copy and don't miss out on this little gem, otherwise your dreams may just turn into nightmares! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.
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Published Jan 2024 by PS Artbooks.$33.00
$33.00
Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Nov/Dec 1954/1963-1964!" Collects Fantastic Comics (1954 Ajax) #10 and Eerie Tales (1963 Super) #10-12 and 15. We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 6 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Fantastic Comics #10 from 1954-a hush falls over the audience as the lights dim... steady now... for when the curtain rises "Fate Laughs at Clowns!" Eerie Tales #10 you better not miss the secret of "Dr. Hill's Lab!" In issue #11 The Purple Claw encounters a creepy old man that turns into a huge "Death Flower" at night that lives in the Florida swamps and feasts on human flesh. Issue #12 tempts us with another terrible secret this time of "The Pit." And finally #15 asks where did if come from - what was it that caused the strange happenings-what was "The Unknown Presence?" All brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Bob Webb, Iger Shop, Ross Andru, L.B. Cole, Ben Brown, Moe Marcus, Fred Kida, Jay Disbrow and Basil Wolverton. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.
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Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$36.95
Volume 7 - 1st printing. "November 1953-January 1954/January-May 1953!" Collects Fantastic Fears (1953) #4-5 and Purple Claw (1953 Minoan) #1-3. Cover by Ben Brown and David Gantz. More horror and suspense for Volume 7 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with tales of stalking terror with Fantastic Fears #4 (November 1953) and in Fantastic Fears #5 (January 1954) we have Steve Ditko's "Stretching Things" story, his first sold to a publisher! Followed up with the iconic Purple Claw (issues #1-3, January-May 1953)-after Dr. Jonathon Weir told an African witch doctor how to combat malaria he was given, in gratitude the Purple Claw! All brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics - Iger Shop, Howard Nostrand, Steve Ditko, Jack Abel and Ben Brown. Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be-just like the original comic! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.
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Published Mar 2023 by PS Artbooks.$36.00
Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958 St. John) #1-2, Eerie (1951 Avon Series) #17, and Eerie (1964 I.W. Reprint) #8-9. We've unearthed some more little horrors for our latest volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Do You Believe in Nightmares, originally these stories were produced for Charlton editor Al Fago, who when he left reportedly sold them to St. John. And with the likes of the "Nightmare" served up for us by the great Steve Ditko, where a man attempts to avoid the fate that his wife has dreamed for him, it's a good job he did! And in the 1958 series of Eerie we have everything from "Up Pops The Devil!" with Mister Lucifer, no less, to "The Mirror of Cagliostro" featuring the Italian adventurer and self-styled magician with a passion for various occult arts! Featuring Sreve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Joe Kubert, Bill Benulis, Jerry Grandenetti, Wally Wood, and Luois Ravelli. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.
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Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$29.00
Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Fears (1953-1954) #2-3 and Haunted Thrills (1952-1954) #10-11. We've unearthed some more little horrors! Beginning with Fantastic Fears #2 and "Fiends From The Crypt"-chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. Quickly followed by Haunted Thrills #10 and "Death At The Mardi Gras"-Marcus Kemp creates a robot duplicate so realistic he gets blamed for the murders it committed. And finally, even more horror and suspense from Beware #15, all brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Robert Webb, Iger Shop, Myron Fass, Alvin Hollingsworth, Marty Elkin, and Tony Tallarico. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.
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Published Jul 2024 by PS Artbooks.$40.00
Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Nov/Dec 1954/1963-1964!" Collects Fantastic Comics (1954 Ajax) #10 and Eerie Tales (1963 Super) #10-12 and 15. We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 6 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Fantastic Comics #10 from 1954-a hush falls over the audience as the lights dim... steady now... for when the curtain rises "Fate Laughs at Clowns!" Eerie Tales #10 you better not miss the secret of "Dr. Hill's Lab!" In issue #11 The Purple Claw encounters a creepy old man that turns into a huge "Death Flower" at night that lives in the Florida swamps and feasts on human flesh. Issue #12 tempts us with another terrible secret this time of "The Pit." And finally #15 asks where did if come from - what was it that caused the strange happenings-what was "The Unknown Presence?" All brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Bob Webb, Iger Shop, Ross Andru, L.B. Cole, Ben Brown, Moe Marcus, Fred Kida, Jay Disbrow and Basil Wolverton. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.
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Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$43.95
Volume 7 - 1st printing. "November 1953-January 1954/January-May 1953!" Collects Fantastic Fears (1953) #4-5 and Purple Claw (1953 Minoan) #1-3. Cover by Ben Brown and David Gantz. More horror and suspense for Volume 7 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with tales of stalking terror with Fantastic Fears #4 (November 1953) and in Fantastic Fears #5 (January 1954) we have Steve Ditko's "Stretching Things" story, his first sold to a publisher! Followed up with the iconic Purple Claw (issues #1-3, January-May 1953)-after Dr. Jonathon Weir told an African witch doctor how to combat malaria he was given, in gratitude the Purple Claw! All brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics-Iger Shop, Howard Nostrand, Steve Ditko, Jack Abel and Ben Brown. Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be-just like the original comic! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.
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Published May 2023 by PS Artbooks.$10.00
$10.00
$8.00
$8.00
(A) John Giunta, Howie Post Two crooks rob a store, shoot a policeman and hide out in a cemetery to hide their stolen funds, when suddenly Mr. Lucifer appears, being freed by the crook's actions. Lucifer then frees his evil minions and together all go forth to commit dastardly deeds. By a quirk of fate, Lucifer and his followers trap themselves in a grave of cement. And taking inspiration from the 1920 silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, meet Paul Barer. Who visits a mental hospital and interviews a patient, who says he was turned into a "living corpse" and used as a stage performer abducting celebrities who were then put into a trance and displayed in a wax museum! Reprints 1946's Spook Comics #1. 38 pages, FC. Cover price $19.99.
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Published Jun 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Feb 1946-Jun 1946!" Collects Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 3 #1-2 and 4-5. Art and Cover by Fred Kida. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech! Collected together in a brand new series for PS Artbooks... Airboy! Collects issues #1-2 and #4-5, originally published by Hillman. Softcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jul 2023 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Jun 1952-Oct 1952!" Collects Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 2 #7-11. Cover art by Jack Kirby. The fourth in an ongoing series of amazing accounts of the strangest stories ever told. By masters of the genre Jack Kirby & Joe Simon. Ably assisted by Bill Walton, George Roussos, Al Eadeh, Bob McCarty, and Mort Meskin. All in our popular Softee format, four comics in each volume. Softcover, 220 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Apr 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Bulletman (1941-1946 Fawcett) #4-6. Story and art by Mac Raboy. Prepare to be swept away by the dazzling exploits of Bulletman, the creation of legendary artist Mac Raboy, in this thrilling Fawcett Publications comic series! Join Jim Barr and Susan Kent as they harness the might of science to become Bulletman and Bulletgirl, defending a world teetering on the edge of chaos. With dynamic artistry and electrifying storytelling, Raboy brings these heroes to life in a whirlwind of action, suspense, and daring escapades. Fly alongside Bulletman and Bulletgirl as they strive to keep the forces of evil at bay in a classic tale of valor and heroism that will keep you eagerly turning the pages! Softcover, 204 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$22.95
$22.95
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Bulletman (1941-1946 Fawcett) #7-9. Cover by Charles Sultan. Bulletman and Bulletgirl are back in this third installment of Bulletman! Continue the story of Jim Barr and Susan Kent in these Golden Age classics by the legendary Mac Raboy. Featuring stories by Jack Binder, Dave Berg, Ken Bald, and Otto Binder. Softcover, 204 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Mar 2023 by PS Artbooks.$16.00
Volume 6 - 1st printing. "September/November 1962 - October/December 1963!" Collects Combat (1961-1973 Dell) #6-10.
Cover by Sam Glanzman.
Classic Adventures Volume 6 is back to WWII with a series of remarkable accounts of some of the fiercest battles including, "Raid on Regensburg"; "Action in the Sunda Strait"; "Fighting Back in New Guinea"; "Cassino"; and the "Battle of Midway", all featuring the stunning artwork of the great Sam Glanzman! Collects Dell Comics' Combat #6-10, originally published Oct/Dec 1962 through Oct/Dec 1963!
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
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Published Aug 2024 by PS Artbooks.$32.99
$32.99
Volume 8 - 1st printing. "January-September 1954/June 1955!" Collects Dynamite (1953 Comic Media) #6-10. Cover by Pete Morisi. Johnny Dynamite, created by Pete Morisi, was a hard-boiled private detective, known as "The Wild Man from Chicago." Good friends with the D.A. but readily accepted by the underworld, he smoked cigarettes constantly, cursed frequently and had a bad habit of getting shot and beaten by his enemies. But always gave as good as he got; he was an experienced and persistent detective taking his cases very personally and killed many of his early foes, claiming they were reaching for a weapon. Myra Benz, who had shot him in the eye, was brazenly killed without any true justification beyond his own sense of justice. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Sep 2022 by PS Artbooks.$20.00
$20.00
Haunted Thrills #7 Cover
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Haunted Thrills (1952) #3 and 7, Terrifying Tales (1953) #12, Weird Chills (1954) #1 and 3.
We've unearthed some more little horrors for our second volume of Classic Horror Comics!
Starting with Haunted Thrills #3 (October 1952) and Haunted Thrills #7 (March 1953) where scientist George Norton saves the brain of an executed wife killer, making contact with it to develop it's evil ways? Then Terrifying Tales #12 (April 1953) complete with a classic L.B.Cole cover, where not even Jo-Jo realized what horrors lurked beneath the surface of a crystal clear lake! Finishing our grim journey with Weird Chills #1 (July 1954) where the doctor oversees a blood transfusion between a woman and a zombie! And in Weird Chills #3 (November 1954) we discover the "Terror on TV"-vampiric monsters take over the studio, attacking the cast and crew, while the audience just think it's all part of the show? Momma always said TV was bad for you, so you better stick to reading the comics!
Featuring the work of Carl Burgos, L.B.Cole, Iger Shop, Jay Disbrow, Bernard Baily, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Basil Wolverton.
Softcover, 184 pages, full color.
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Published May 2023 by PS Artbooks.$20.00
$20.00
Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958 St. John) #1-2, Eerie (1951-1954 Avon Series) #17, and Eerie (1964 I.W. Reprint) #8-9. Art by Ed Goldfarb, Wally Wood. We've unearthed some more little horrors for our latest volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Do You Believe in Nightmares, originally these stories were produced for Charlton editor Al Fago, who when he left reportedly sold them to St. John. And with the likes of the "Nightmare" served up for us by the great Steve Ditko, where a man attempts to avoid the fate that his wife has dreamed for him, it's a good job he did! And in the 1958 series of Eerie we have everything from "Up Pops The Devil!" with Mister Lucifer, no less, to "The Mirror of Cagliostro" featuring the Italian adventurer and self-styled magician with a passion for various occult arts! Featuring Dick Ayers, Bill Benulis, Jerry Grandenetti, Louis Ravielli, Mo Marcus, Rocke Mastroserio, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Joe Kubert, Wally Wood, and Steve Ditko. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Aug 2023 by PS Artbooks.$20.00
Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Fears (1953-1954) #2-3 and Haunted Thrills (1952-1954) #10-11. We've unearthed some more little horrors! Beginning with Fantastic Fears #2 and "Fiends From The Crypt"-chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. Quickly followed by Haunted Thrills #10 and "Death At The Mardi Gras"-Marcus Kemp creates a robot duplicate so realistic he gets blamed for the murders it committed. And finally, even more horror and suspense from Beware #15, all brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Robert Webb, Iger Shop, Myron Fass, Alvin Hollingsworth, Marty Elkin, and Tony Tallarico. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.
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Published Jan 2024 by PS Artbooks.$20.00
$20.00
Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Nov/Dec 1954/1963-1964!" Collects Fantastic Comics (1954 Ajax) #10 and Eerie Tales (1963 Super) #10-12 and 15. We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 6 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Fantastic Comics #10 from 1954-a hush falls over the audience as the lights dim... steady now... for when the curtain rises "Fate Laughs at Clowns!" Eerie Tales #10 you better not miss the secret of "Dr. Hill's Lab!" In issue #11 The Purple Claw encounters a creepy old man that turns into a huge "Death Flower" at night that lives in the Florida swamps and feasts on human flesh. Issue #12 tempts us with another terrible secret this time of "The Pit." And finally #15 asks where did if come from - what was it that caused the strange happenings-what was "The Unknown Presence?" All brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Bob Webb, Iger Shop, Ross Andru, L.B. Cole, Ben Brown, Moe Marcus, Fred Kida, Jay Disbrow and Basil Wolverton. 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 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 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.
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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.
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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 Mar 2023 by PS Artbooks.$19.00
$19.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "October 1941-February 1942!" Collects Rangers [of Freedom] Comics (1941-1952) #1-3. Stories and art by Joe Doolin, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, Stan Aschmeier, Al Walker, Walter Galli, Richard Case, and Don Lynch. The Rangers of Freedom were "Biff" Barkley, "Tex" Russell and Peter Cabot, three young men who were recruited by the FBI because their physical and mental fortitude made them "the best specimens of American youth." They donned patriotically themed bulletproof costumes, but they had no secret identities. Together with Ranger Girl they fought villainous Nazis and Japanese forces led by the Super-Brain and the Black Dragon Society. Though they had no powers, the Rangers were good fighters. And they needed to be - as Superbrain's hooded axeman raises his bloody blade over Ranger Girl - the Freedom Trio slammed into action in the classic "The Headsman of Hate"! Softcover, 184 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 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.
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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.
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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.