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  • Issue #1-1ST
    Postcards True Stories that Never Happened HC (2007) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Edited by Jason Rodriguez. You find them in the back of almost every antique store: boxes of old postcards. Once the most precious things in the world to the people who wrote and received them, these postcards, and the stories behind them, of love, longing, and lost hope, have now been neglected and forgotten. For twenty-five cents you can purchase a piece of someone's life. Postcards is a book that appreciates their true value. Featuring stories by Phil Hester, Stuart Moore, Michael Gaydos, Robert Tinnell, Harvey Pekar, Kindt, and others! Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Potlatch Project TPB (2002-2008 Angry Dog Press) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Cover by Stan Yan. What is a Potlatch? For many Native Americans, it's a gift, a festival of giving. And, with the new Potlatch 2001, that's what it means in comics too! This all-new comics anthology was produced to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and all proceeds help protect free speech in comics. With more than 100 pages, Potlatch 2001 features a dynamic line-up of inspiring new creators, all donating their time and talent. Softcover, 156 pages, &W. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Potlatch Project TPB (2002-2008 Angry Dog Press) 3-1ST

    Volume 3 - 1st printing. Potlatch is a benefit book to aid the SPA (Smalll Press Association), whose mission is to support the reading and creation of comics. The SPA provides a forum for feedback and sharing of information, along with a printing service. In addition, the SPA offers to schools a teaching program for creating comics (involving both art and math). The anthology features 14 contributors on ten stand-alone illustrated tales! Softcover, 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #6-1ST
    Potlatch Project TPB (2002-2008 Angry Dog Press) 6-1ST

    Volume 6 - 1st printing. Potlatch Project is the 6th anthology highlighting non-mainstream creators telling 10 illustrated stories. The stories are well illustrated and include almost all genres. The theme is Robots, Andriods, and AI. Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #0
    Prairie Moon and Other Stories (1992) 0

    Story and art by Rick Geary. More wonders from the most delightful cartoonist in comics, including: A previously unpublished 10-page tale, "Prairie Moon," recounting the chaotic adventures of a traveling midwestern sheet-music salesman; "New Bohemia," about the girl everyone calls "Woe"; "Practical Immortality"; and more! Sixteen pages of new material and 15 pages of reprinted stories (from Cheval Noir and Dark Horse Presents) such as "The Story of Aimee McPherson," "Teddy's New Adventure," "Halley's Comet," and other gems of early America. All stories and art by Rick Geary, artist of Cyberantics. Color cover also by Geary. B&W. Cover price $2.25.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Captaiin Midnight TPB (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    1st printing. Written by Joe Millard. Art and cover by Jack Binder. "Captain Midnight: Skies of Valor" is a gripping Fawcett comic series brought to life by the creative talents of Jack Binder and Joe Millard. Set against the backdrop of a world in turmoil, the indomitable Captain Midnight takes flight to protect justice and uphold the values of honor and bravery. With Binder and Millard's masterful storytelling, readers are immersed in the thrilling escapades of Captain Midnight as he battles against a rogues' gallery of cunning adversaries, utilizing his exceptional skills, quick wit, and unwavering determination. As the skies become a battleground and danger looms from every corner, join Captain Midnight in a heart-pounding adventure that showcases the triumph of good over evil in a high-flying, action-packed saga. Softcover, 204 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Daredevil Comics TPB (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    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. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Ghost TPB (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1951-Winter 1952!" Collects Ghost Comics (1951-1954 Fiction House) #1-5. This often unfairly forgotten series, surely boasted some of the most magnificent covers of any of the EC wannabes, despite the artists being a anything but "household names." One of these forgotten masters is Maurice Whitman, plus you get EC's very own Jack Kamen regularly popping up. This was material that suggested unpleasantness rather than just stepped forward and pulled the old schlock-it-up-lever. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

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    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Mister Mystery TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1951-May 1952!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #1-5.

    Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

    I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics - EC. Oh no! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value!. With even more murderous head-scratchin' and downright alien puzzlement from the likes of Mike Esposito, Ross Andru, Tony Tallarico, Jack Abel, Moe Marcus, Martin Rose, Paul Gattuso, Don Perlin and Walter Palais, combined to make this 1951/52 five-comic set, today's winner.

    Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

    Cover price $33.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Mister Mystery TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "July 1952-April 1953!" Collects Mister Mystery (1951-1954) #6-10. Cover by Bernard Baily. I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics-EC. No, he was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value! See for yourself; volume 2 serves up even more offerings from the likes of Tony Mortellaro, Ed Robbins, Jon Smalle, Basil Wolverton, John Bulthuis, Ed Smalle, Frank Frollo, Hy Fleishman, Werner Roth, Charles Stern, Eugene E. Hughes, Bernard Baily, Ross Andru, and Moe Marcus. Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #2B-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Spook TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2B-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "January-October 1954!" Features Cover of Spook Comics #27 by L.B. Cole. Collects Spook (1954) #27-30. Star Comics was run by L.B. Cole, a man who was particularly known for his bold covers featuring bright "poster colors" as he referred to them and striking designs, a typical Star issue would have an eye-catching surreal cover in swirling black and orange and green! Including work from Jay Disbrow, who is especially remembered for his pre-Code horror comic work and has become a cult favorite for his stories filled with demons, ghostly apparitions and other monsters. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #2C-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Spook TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2C-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "January-October 1954!" Features Cover of Spook Comics #28 by L.B. Cole. Collects Spook (1954) #27-30. Star Comics was run by L.B. Cole, a man who was particularly known for his bold covers featuring bright "poster colors" as he referred to them and striking designs, a typical Star issue would have an eye-catching surreal cover in swirling black and orange and green! Including work from Jay Disbrow, who is especially remembered for his pre-Code horror comic work and has become a cult favorite for his stories filled with demons, ghostly apparitions and other monsters. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #2D-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Spook TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2D-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "January-October 1954!" Features Cover of Spook Comics #29 by L.B. Cole. Collects Spook (1954) #27-30. Star Comics was run by L.B. Cole, a man who was particularly known for his bold covers featuring bright "poster colors" as he referred to them and striking designs, a typical Star issue would have an eye-catching surreal cover in swirling black and orange and green! Including work from Jay Disbrow, who is especially remembered for his pre-Code horror comic work and has become a cult favorite for his stories filled with demons, ghostly apparitions and other monsters. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #2E-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Spook TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2E-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "January-October 1954!" Features Cover of Spook Comics #30 by Jay Disbrow. Collects Spook (1954) #27-30. Star Comics was run by L.B. Cole, a man who was particularly known for his bold covers featuring bright "poster colors" as he referred to them and striking designs, a typical Star issue would have an eye-catching surreal cover in swirling black and orange and green! Including work from Jay Disbrow, who is especially remembered for his pre-Code horror comic work and has become a cult favorite for his stories filled with demons, ghostly apparitions and other monsters. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #1B-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Strange Stories from Another World TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 1B-1ST


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    Strange Stories from Another World #2 Cover by Norman Saunders

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1952/August 1952-February 1953!" Collects Unknown World (1952) and Strange Stories from Another World (1952) #2-5.

    Edited by Will Lieberson, V.A. Provisiero, and Al Jetter. Cover by Norman Saunders.

    Ask yourself as you gaze at the magnificently-rendered splash page of "The Serpent Queen" with art by Bob McCarty, from the one-shot anthology Unknown World #1 (1952): "What is the significance of a leashed one-eyed snake in this panel?"

    This title continued with Strange Stories from Another World where from out of the night came the misshapen odious visages! Who were they? These Monsters of the Mind! All featuring those lushly painted covers by Norman Saunders collected together here for you we have all five issues as "chase cover" variants for you to collect! Limited stock availability!

    Featuring Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Bob McCarty, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Kraus, Ed Waldman, John Martin, Donald Shaw, and Maurice Gutwirth.

    Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

    Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #1C-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Strange Stories from Another World TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 1C-1ST


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    Strange Stories from Another World #3 Cover by Norman Saunders

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "June 1952/August 1952-February 1953!" Collects Unknown World (1952) and Strange Stories from Another World (1952) #2-5.

    Edited by Will Lieberson, V.A. Provisiero, and Al Jetter. Cover by Norman Saunders.

    Ask yourself as you gaze at the magnificently-rendered splash page of "The Serpent Queen" with art by Bob McCarty, from the one-shot anthology Unknown World #1 (1952): "What is the significance of a leashed one-eyed snake in this panel?"

    This title continued with Strange Stories from Another World where from out of the night came the misshapen odious visages! Who were they? These Monsters of the Mind! All featuring those lushly painted covers by Norman Saunders collected together here for you we have all five issues as "chase cover" variants for you to collect! Limited stock availability!

    Featuring Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Bob McCarty, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Kraus, Ed Waldman, John Martin, Donald Shaw, and Maurice Gutwirth.

    Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

    Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: The Hawk TPB (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    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. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

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    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Thunda King of the Congo TPB (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1952-1953!" Collects Thun'da [King of the Congo] (1952) #2-6. Art and Cover by Bob Powell. First appearing in comics in 1952 and on film in Columbia Pictures serial "King of the Congo" starring Buster Crabbe. Thun'da was a fictional Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and originally created by artist Frank Frazetta, who left after the first issue and was replaced with Bob Powell for issue #2 who carried on the title until its demise after issue #6. Thun'da was Roger Drum, a World War II United States Air Force officer who was shot down while flying over a valley deep in the heart of Africa. He was captured by hostile ape-men but managed to escape and wandered through the valley, pushing his exercise daily to become a paragon of physical perfection with the help of Pha, the queen of the valley people, who worshipped him after he killed "the mother of all serpents" with his last three bullets. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Mysteries TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #1-5. Cover by Bernard Baily. Just when you thought it was safe to open your Previews once again cos' you figured you knew what was coming... here comes that doyen of depravity PS Artbooks once again with lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush! Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right... I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics - E.C.! Oh No! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value - certainly by looking at the line-ups in these five comics mags. Read them and weep, culture-lovers... and rest assured there's more where these came from. Brrr... did someone open that door? I was sure I close- Aaaarrrggghhh! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Mysteries TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "August-September 1953 to May 1954!" Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #6-10. Cover by Bernard Baily. Featuring Stories by Basil Wolverton, Hy Fleishman, Frank Frollo, Ross Andru, Charles Stern, Mike Esposito, Jon Smalle, Tony Mortellaro, and Bernard Baily. Just when you thought it was safe to open your PREVIEWS once again, here comes that doyen of depravity PS Artbooks yet again with lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush. Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right... I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics-EC! Oh No! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value, certainly by looking at the line-ups in these five comics mags. Read them and weep, culture-lovers... and rest assured there's more where these came from! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Mysteries TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 3-1ST


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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "July-September 1954/May-October 1951!" Collects Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) #11-12 and Weird Adventures (1951) #1-3. Cover by Bernard Baily. ust when you thought it was safe to open your PREVIEWS once again cos you figured you knew what was coming... here comes that doyen of depravity PS Artbooks once again with lots more tales guaranteed to turn your brain into total mush. Hey, maybe Fred Wertham was right... I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics-E.C! Oh No! He was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value - certainly by looking at the line-ups in these five comics mags. Read them and weep, culture-lovers... and rest assured there's more where these came from. Brrr... did someone open that door? I was sure I close-Aaaarrrggghhh! Featuring Stories by Bernard Baily, Eugene Hughes, John Romita, Sr., Ed Robbins, Tony Mortellaro, Matt Baker, Red Holmdale, John Giunta, and Bob Jenney. Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #1A-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Weird Thrillers TPB (2022 PS Artbooks) 1A-1ST


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    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.

    Cover price $29.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Worlds of Fear TPB (2023 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST


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    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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    Pre-Code Classics: Adventures into Darkness HC (2017 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "August 1952 to April 1953!" Collects Adventures into Darkness (1952-1954) #5-9. The covers alone are worth the price of admission - Alex Toth, Jerry Grandenetti, plus, for fans of DC's My Greatest Adventure, Ruben Moreira - comics just don't come no better than this, folks. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues. They were convinced that comics sold better if they appeared to have been around for a while, and therefore they started all their horror titles with #5, each lasting about ten issues of fairly well-done E.C. imitations. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $44.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Adventures into Darkness HC (2017 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "June 1953 to June 1954!" Collects Adventures into Darkness (1952-1954) #10-14. Cover by Alex Toth. The covers alone in this baby are worth the price of admission - Alex Toth, Jerry Grandenetti, plus, for fans of DC's My Greatest Adventure, Ruben Moreira. Comics just don't come no better than this. Standard Comics did not believe in #1 issues. They were convinced that comics sold better if they appeared to have been around for a while, and therefore they started all their horror titles with #5, each lasting about ten issues of fairly well-done E.C. imitations. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $44.99.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Ghost Rider HC (2023 PS Artbooks) 3-1ST


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    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.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Journey into Fear HC (2016 PS Artbooks) 3-1ST

    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "September 1953 to September 1954!" Collects Journey into Fear (1951-1954) #15-21. 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. Well, they were created just for us folks here at PS Towers - and, because we loves ya so much, we're sharing 'em wit youse. Sheesh, ya never had it so good, ya big lunks. Hardcover, 252 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Journey into Fear HC (2016 PS Artbooks) Slipcase Edition 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "July 1952 to July 1953!" Collects Journey into Fear (1951-1954) #8-14. Hey, it's all here, culture-lovers: walking dead folks (loads of 'em), some of them even still sporting their heads, plus witches, ghosts, werewolves, and enough vampires to go into the second-hand dentures business. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 252 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Journey into Fear HC (2016 PS Artbooks) Slipcase Edition 3-1ST

    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "September 1953 to September 1954!" Collects Journey into Fear (1951-1954) #15-21. 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. Well, they were created just for us folks here at PS Towers - and, because we loves ya so much, we're sharing 'em wit youse. Sheesh, ya never had it so good, ya big lunks. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 252 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Nightmare HC (2017 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "December 1953 to August 1954!" Collects Nightmare (1952 Ziff Davis) #3 and Nightmare (1953 St. John) #10-13. 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. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Strange Suspense Stories HC (2019 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 -1st printing. "June 1952 to February 1953!" Collects Strange Suspense Stories (1952-1965 Fawcett/Charlton) #1-5.

    Cover by Sheldon Moldoff.

    The still much maligned ranks of SF comicdom are swelled with the welcome and long overdue re-emergence this month of the first volume from PS Publishing of Fawcett Comics' wonderful Strange Suspense Stories. Harking from the very early 1950s, this stuff is priceless, choc-full as it is with work from the likes of Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Powell, Bernard Baily, Mike Sekowsky, George Evans, Lou Cameron, Mo Marcus, Charles Nicholas and Doug Wildey. We're kind of excited already at the prospect of follow-up volumes of Fawcett strangeness.

    Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

    Cover price $45.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Strange Worlds HC (2014 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "August 1952 to February 1955!" Collects Strange Worlds (1950-1955 Avon) #8-9 and 18-19. Written by Michael Becker. Art by Harry Lazarus. This second volume of Strange Worlds comprises issues of Avon's Strange Worlds plus Out of this World, Earthman on Venus, and Flying Saucers, all of them featuring such top talents as Wallace Wood, Joe Kubert, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alvin C. Hollingsworth and Charles Sultan. Hardcover, 288 pages, full color. Cover price $47.99.

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    Pre-Code Classics: The Hawk HC (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    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.

  • Issue #4-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine is Haunted HC (2016-2017 PS Artbooks) 4-1ST

    Volume 4 - 1st printing. "July 1957 to May 1958!" Collects This Magazine is Haunted (1957 Charlton) #12-16. Another volume, this time it's from Charlton, of far-out funky fodder from some of the best writers and artists ever to pick up a brush or pound on a tupewriter. More stuff in the great tradition of the likes of EC Comics and the PS multiple-volume library of Harvey's horror line-up, featuring a dizzying bevy of gnarled and twisted tales of post-death revenge and retribution. Don't miss out! Hardcover, 252 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Thunda King of the Congo HC (2024 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1952-1953!" Collects Thun'da [King of the Congo] (1952) #2-6. Art and Cover by Bob Powell. First appearing in comics in 1952 and on film in Columbia Pictures serial "King of the Congo" starring Buster Crabbe. Thun'da was a fictional Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and originally created by artist Frank Frazetta, who left after the first issue and was replaced with Bob Powell for issue #2 who carried on the title until its demise after issue #6. Thun'da was Roger Drum, a World War II United States Air Force officer who was shot down while flying over a valley deep in the heart of Africa. He was captured by hostile ape-men but managed to escape and wandered through the valley, pushing his exercise daily to become a paragon of physical perfection with the help of Pha, the queen of the valley people, who worshipped him after he killed "the mother of all serpents" with his last three bullets. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Thunda King of the Congo HC (2024 PS Artbooks) Limited Slipcase Edition 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1952-1953!" Collects Thun'da [King of the Congo] (1952) #2-6. Art and Cover by Bob Powell. First appearing in comics in 1952 and on film in Columbia Pictures serial "King of the Congo" starring Buster Crabbe. Thun'da was a fictional Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and originally created by artist Frank Frazetta, who left after the first issue and was replaced with Bob Powell for issue #2 who carried on the title until its demise after issue #6. Thun'da was Roger Drum, a World War II United States Air Force officer who was shot down while flying over a valley deep in the heart of Africa. He was captured by hostile ape-men but managed to escape and wandered through the valley, pushing his exercise daily to become a paragon of physical perfection with the help of Pha, the queen of the valley people, who worshipped him after he killed "the mother of all serpents" with his last three bullets. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Voodoo HC (2018-2022 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1952 to March 1953!" Collects Voodoo (1952-1955 Ajax/Farrell) #1-7.

    Okay, horror fans, check out the seven blood-soaked and brain-damaged gore-fests that make up the first seven issues of Voodoo, boasting an artist line-up that includes Robert Webb, Matt Baker, and the whole furshlugginer Iger Shop.

    Hardcover, 256 pages, full color.

    Cover price $59.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Worlds of Fear HC (2017 PS Artbooks) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "November 1951 to June 1953!" Collects Worlds of Fear (1952) #1-5.

    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, Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, George Evans, Mike Sekowsky, Moe Marcus, Bob McCarty, Harry Harrison, and Norman Saunders. Crossing 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.

    Hardcover, 180 pages, full color.

    Cover price $59.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Worlds of Fear HC (2017 PS Artbooks) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "September 1952 to June 1953!" Collects Worlds of Fear (1952) #6-10.

    Worlds of Fear, from the magical days of 1952, featured artists and writers such as Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, George Evans, Mike Sekowsky, Moe Marcus, Bob McCarty, Harry Harrison and Norman Saunders. Crossing 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.

    Hardcover, 180 pages, full color.

    Cover price $59.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Predators Anthology TPB (2011 Accent) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Lions, Tigers, Bears, and more - Oh My! Stalk and be stalked in this suspenseful collection of tales of a predatory nature. Wild beasts, hunters, cave girls and subtle terrors all feature in 25 self contained strips in the latest instalment of Accent UK's quality themed anthology series. Featuring established and emerging creators from around the globe. Softcover, 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

  • Issue #2
    Prime Cuts (1987 Fantagraphics) 2

    Cover art by Gilbert Hernandez and Robert Crumb. A never-before published illustration Crumb made for one of his journals when he was seventeen. The Sphinx Without a Secret, script by Oscar Wilde, art by Alec Stevens; Lord Murchison is taken with the mysterious Lady Alroy, but doesn't believe her when she denies hiding anything. Hell Fridge, script and art by Mark Marek; A refrigerator that can bring death to any who dare open it. Retirement Village, script and art by Dori Seda; Two senior citizens have an intimate dinner. How I Almost Got Stomped to the "Still of the Night" by the "Five Satins, script and art by Spain Rodriguez; Spain and friends sneak into a rhythm & blues show and try to get closer seats. Clouds, script and art by Mark Martin. UFO, script and art by Alex Toth; Alex Toth questions the wisdom of experts who dismiss what to him are the reality of UFO sightings. The Hidden Face, script and art by Richard Sala; After a falling brick hits him in the face, the story's protagonist suffers a series of misfortunes. Skiff, script by Glenn Dakin, art by Phil Elliott; The narrator talks about Skiff, a guest that was staying over in his family's house. Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter 2, script and art by Mitch Manzer; A stranger arrives at Rory Randall's place looking for work. 68 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #3
    Prime Cuts (1987 Fantagraphics) 3

    Cover art by Rick Geary. The Abominable Mrs. Pearcey, script and art by Rick Geary; The story details the 1890 Hampstead murder of a housewife and her baby. The Final Curtain, script and art by Kim Deitch; The story of a deceased spirit that takes revenge on a philandering husband. Announcement of the 1987 Jim series from Fantagraphics, script and art by Jim Woodring. Untitled Jim story, script and art by Jim Woodring; Story is about a girl who is driven to a farm to visit her grandparents. Mysteries of the Flesh, script and art by Charles Burns; The first chapter revealing the findings of a theory called "Mysteries of the Flesh" by the narrator. A Night in the Woods text story, script and art by Djuna Barnes. Ad for Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy. Arcade #4, 5, & 6 cover reprints, art by Robert Crumb. R. Crumb's Animal Town Comics, script and art by Robert Crumb; Fritz and his married friends were planning to have a picnic; Unfortunately, the couple's arguing puts a damper on it. Treasure of the Lost Empire Chapter 3, script and art by Mitch Manzer; While Rory takes a swig of the poisoned drink, Buddy may have had a change of heart. But his doubts may have come too late. Ad for Love & Rockets #21 and #22. 68 pgs. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #3
    Prime Slime Tales (1986) 3

    Roach Wars. Story, art and cover by Rowen and Tony Basilicato. Now Comics takes over the funny animal comic by the Basilicatos, creators of Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils. The swamp critters fight back when the roach invasion threatens to engulf them all. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

  • Issue #4
    Prime Slime Tales (1986) 4

    Home Cookin'. Story, art and cover by Rowen and Tony Basilicato. A funny animal comic by the Basilicatos, creators of Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils. A jar of moonshine becomes a much sought-after object. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Problem of Susan and Other Stories HC (2019 Dark Horse) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton, Lovern Kindzierski, and Paul Chadwick. Cover by P. Craig Russell.

    From New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner-award winning artist P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton, and Paul Chadwick comes a fantasy graphic novel anthology of essential Gaiman stories.

    Two stories and two poems. All wondrous and imaginative about the tales we tell and experience. Where the incarnations of the months of the year sit around a campfire sharing stories, where an older college professor recounts a Narnian childhood, where the apocalypse unfolds, and where the importance of generational storytelling is seen through the Goldilocks fairytale. These four comic adaptations have something for everyone and are a must for Gaiman fans!

    Hardcover, 72 pages, full color.

    Cover price $17.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Project Cryptid TPB (2024 Ahoy Comics) 1-1ST


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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Project: Cryptid (2023 Ahoy) #1-6. Written by Mark Russell, Paul Cornell, Alisa Kwitney, Alex Segura, Bryce Ingman, Paul Constant, Henry Barajas, Liana Kangas, Jazzlyn Stone, Melissa F. Olson, Hanna Bahedry, Zander Cannon, Matt Bors, and Mattie Lubchansky. Art by Jordi Perez, P. J. Holden, Mauricet, Steve Bryant, Peter Krause, Saldmee Luce-Antoinette, Ted & Ro, Lane Lloyd, Gene Ha, Daniel Irizarri, and Maki Naro. Cover by Desi Alicea-Aponte. Back Cover by Taki Soma. Introduction by C.C. Johnson Wood. Bigfoot, Yetis, Nessies, Mongolian Death Worms, and more! AHOY presents a deep dive into all things cryptid—legendary, tall tale, and fanciful beasts. An all-star selection of writers including Mark Russell, Matt Bors, Melissa F. Olson, and Alex Segura take us from the depths of Loch Ness to the wilds of the Yetis Himalayan Mountains to the Ohio backroads where the Loveland Frogman lurks. Featuring art by Peter Krause, Taki Soma, Gene Ha, Ted & Ro, and many more. Softcover, 152 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $17.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Project Graphic Short Stories GN (1996 Paradox Press) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by John Figueroa. Art by Kirk Albert. From the crack addicts huddled in darkened alleyways, to the old couple trying to protect its family from fatal temptations, to the cops who try to keep order from turning into chaos, this two-volume Paradox Fiction miniseries explores the lives--and deaths--within the cold grey walls of a huge inner-city housing project. Six interrelated stories of suffering, joy, defeat and triumph introduce readers to an unforgettable cast of characters who come to see that their individual fates often rest squarely on the shoulders of their neighbors. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Project Graphic Short Stories GN (1996 Paradox Press) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by John Figueroa. Art by Kirk Albert. In seven poignant, interwoven stories, Book Two of The Project continues to trace the decline and fall of the Lincoln Houses, an inner city Housing Project wracked by poverty and neglect, but whose inhabitants have no choice but to carry on. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Proof of Concept GN (2004) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Written by Larry Young. Art by Paul Tucker, Damian Couciero, Steven Sanders, Jeff Johns, Kieron Dwyer and John Flynn. A young clone of Abraham Lincoln discovers the secrets of his past in "Emancipating Lincoln!" Kids find a wormhole and throw in "The Camera!" A reluctant vampire flees mobilized Van Helsing units in the future, out for his blood in "Hemogoblin!" A rag-tag group of time-travellers chase their insane captain through every moment of eternity in "For The Time Being!" Soldiers versus undead monsters in "Zombie Dinosaur!" A Hollywood starlet gets even more famous once she turns invisible, in "The Bod!" Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    PS Artbooks Presents: Classic Adventure Comics HC (2021 PS Artbooks) Slipcase Edition 2-1ST

    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.

    Cover price $56.99.