Comic books in 'Top Hat'

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Edwina Dumm, Bill Holman, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, Percy Crosby, Dick Ryan, Walter Berndt, J. R. Williams, William Ferguson, Garrett Price, Alice Harvey, Martin Branner, Martha Orr, Gus Edson, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Stookie Allen, Al Posen, A. W. Nugent, and Ed Leffingwell. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Tracy closes in on the gangster Lips Manlis, who has supposedly gone straight, but it turns out Lips' girlfriend Mimi is even more dangerous, and she's not letting Lips go so easily. From the Dick Tracy Sundays, Aug. 23 - Sept. 13, 1936. The Dragon Lady tries trickery and persuasion to get Pat to become the captain of her pirate army, but Pat thinks she's up to something else. Supervillain The Crocodile takes Don Winslow of the Navy aboard a fantastic alien helicopter to a floating city on the edge of outer space, a fun change of pace for the military action strip. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Smokey Stover and Smilin' Jack. Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Smitty; Herby; Tippie; Sister Susie; Winnie Winkle; Winnie Winkle Fashion Film Cut-Out; The Gumps; Don Winslow; Valley of the Moon Men; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jinglet; Gasoline Alley; Out Our Way; Let's Draw Cartoons; Huck Wyatt: Rustler's Cave; Soldiers of Fortune: Floyd Gibbons; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Funny Fauna; Dopey Dildock; White Boy in Skull Valley; Zipper; A Strain on the Family Tie; Spooky; Simp O'Dill; The Nebbs; Real Magic; Dill and Daffy; Be a Champion; Streaky; Terry and the Pirates; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack; Sweeney & Son. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, and Zack Mosley. Boody Rogers, Otto Messmer, and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Joy learns that "Jungle Jolly" is actually her baby. Captured by Axis troops, Sandhurst manages to conceal his role as a double agent from Normandie, but Pat Ryan suspects the truth. Smokey Stover is invited to Mrs. Swankeroo's fancy-dress supper. Also featuring popular strips Gasoline Alley and Felix the Cat. Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Felix the Cat; Mountain Job; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.60

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Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. Untitled story; Porky falls in a library and runs outside to holler "ouch!". The Mouse of Monte Cristo. Untitled story; Porky's roof is leaking; After it's done raining, Porky has Cicero use a hose on the roof to try to find the leaks. Room For Rent starring Porky Pig and Sylvester. Rolling Pin on Wet Cement; When Petunia accidentally walks through the wet cement on Porky's sidewalk, she repairs the damage with a rolling pin. Untiled story; Porky is ignored at a restaurant and when a waiter does come to his table, it is just to water the flowers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, George Appel, Tony DiPreta, Casper Emerson, Leo Morey, and Rudy Palais. Mystery, horror and suspense from L.B. Cole's Narrative comics. D-Day vets Gordon and Red decide to use their commando training to fight crime in their home city. Criminal mastermind Dr. Mephisto carries out a mad campaign of crime from his headquarters under a cemetery. Miss Espionage, daughter of the famed spy Mata Hari, goes to work for the Nazis but is redeemed by an American agent and becomes a force for good. Black Raider: Cut Rate Crimes; Chin Chop; Dr. Mephisto; Science Solves a Crime; Miss Espionage, the International Detective; Boy Magician. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Fine $3.30

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Cover art by Jerry Ordway. The Great Carlini starring Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Nick and Nora Bromfield, Hoppy, Ibis, and Shazam, script by Jerry Ordway, pencils by Pete Krause, inks by Dick Giordano. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.75.

199612 - Valiant Heroes: Starting Over 5: The Infinity Shell (4-page tale) by Tom Peyer, Steven Butler and Ray Kryssing; Adventures of the Mask Part 4 (2-page strip) by Gordon Rennie and Pat McEown; Usagi Yojimbo Part 4 (2-page strip) by Stan Sakai; 'Parting Shot' page written by Will Eisner. Covers: Starman by Tony Harris; Eternal Warriors by Douglas Tropea-Wheatley and John Floyd. Cover price $2.75.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

COVER ART: The latest projects from Gemstone Publishing and DC Comics! Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book specialty retailer... revealed to you approximately two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now, more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the toys, treasures and tales in your future! This issue features items scheduled to ship from February 2009 through April 2009. Cover price $4.50.

Since 1988, PREVIEWS has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This November issue features items scheduled to ship in January 2012 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

Untitled stories starring Yank & Doodle & Black Owl, Who-Zoo, and Ted O'Neil. Under New Management starring Frankenstein, script and art by Dick Briefer. Outfox the Soapbox Speculators starring Buck Saunders. Manager Murder starring Flying Fist and Bingo, script and art by Fred Morgan. The Mail Order Stick-Up starring Airmale, script and art by Fred Morgan. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

1st printing. By Joann Sfar and Emmanual Guibert. Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert bring the spirit of Victorian London to life in this witty, engaging, and heartwarming tale of a proper but mischievous girl and the mummy who opens his eyes for the first time in 3,000 years and instantly falls in love with her. With breathtaking art and hilarious, insightful writing from an Eisner Award-winning creator, The Professor's Daughter is the story of a delightful 3,000-year-old romance! Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 80 pages, full color. Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. By Joann Sfar & Emmanual. Guibert Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert bring the spirit of Victorian London to life in this witty, engaging, and heartwarming tale of a proper but mischievous girl and the mummy who opens his eyes for the first time in 3,000 years and instantly falls in love with her. With breathtaking art and hilarious, insightful writing from an Eisner Award-winning creator, The Professor's Daughter is the story of a delightful 3,000-year-old romance! Hardcover, 6 1/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 80 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

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JULIA: Part 1 - SASQUATCH AND STEAMPUNK! Proof's a young man in 1860 London. Springheel Jack is murdering prostitutes and he may be hiding out in the circus sideshow where Proof is a featured attraction. But Proof's mind is on something else: the beautiful 'Baboon Lady,' Julia. Cover price $3.50.

The 24th issue of the Anime & Manga Magazine offers articles, synopses, interviews with creators, reviews, news, everything you need to know about Japanese animation and comics. Spotlighted within: Sailor Moon, Kimagure Orange Road, 8th Man, Mobile Suit V-Gundam. Cover price $3.95.

This is the 35th issue, the January-December 1980 issue indexing PS Magazine #'s 326-337. PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Indexes are published twice yearly and cover the first six and the last six months of each year. The interior is text only (an index), but the front and back color feature full page illustrations from the Will Eisner (creator of the Spirit) Studio.

Puck Magazine was a political/social humor and satire magazine published from 1871 to 1918, founded by Austrian-born Joseph Keppler. Color cartoons separated Puck from other journals at the time, and featured some early attempts at sequential art by many of America's "first wave" of cartoonists; the most famous of which was Frederick Burr Opper, creator of "Happy Hooligan," the first major comic strip. Every issue contained a lithograph cover, centerfold and back cover, and features many vintage ads and artwork. 10 5/16 in. x 13 3/4 in., Partial Color. This issue, Vol. XI - No. 278, was published July 5, 1882. It features a color cover by Friedrich Graetz, as well as a back cover, centefold, and panels by Opper. Cover price $0.10.

August 23, 1882. Puck Magazine was a political/social humor and satire magazine published from 1871 to 1918, and founded by Austrian-born Joseph Keppler. Color cartoons separated Puck from other journals at the time, and featured some early attempts at sequential art by many of America's "first wave" of cartoonists like Eugene Zimmerman and Frederick Burr Opper (the creator of "Happy Hooligan," the first major comic strip). 10 5/16 in. x 13 3/4 in., Partial Color. Every issue contained a lithograph cover, centerfold and back cover, and features many vintage ads and artwork. Issue 285 has an Opper cover, a centerfold by Keppler, and a back cover by F. Gruetz.

May 11, 1892 issue. Puck Magazine was a political/social humor and satire magazine published from 1871 to 1918, and founded by Austrian-born Joseph Keppler. Color cartoons separated Puck from other journals at the time, and featured some early attempts at sequential art by many of America's "first wave" of cartoonists like Eugene Zimmerman and Frederick Burr Opper (the creator of "Happy Hooligan," the first major comic strip). 10 5/16 in. x 13 3/4 in., Partial Color. Every issue contained a lithograph cover, centerfold and back cover, and features many vintage ads and artwork. Issue 792 has a cover by Keppler, featuring a cartoon of President Benjamin Harrison. Also features a centerfold by Samuel Ehrhart, and a back cover with art by Opper. Cover price $0.10.

Classic stories and art from the golden era of comics and pulp fiction, the 1930s to the 1950s. This issue includes stories and art by Jack Arnold, Al Stahl, and Joyce Carroll. Mature readers. Black and white; 32 pages. Cover price $2.50. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $2,489.00 View scans 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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Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Stories and Art by Scott R. Kurtz. Collecting the main stories from the first three issues of PvP! If you missed your chance to check out the first three issues of Dork Storm's breakout title, this is your chance to catch up, play super-hero role-playing games, and enter the world of manga! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.99.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written and illustrated by Mark Wheatley. 16 pages folded 8 ways, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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B/W comic by Rob Walton. Called a zany cross "between Dr. Seuss and Dr. Strangelove." Loaded with pop culture references and insider comic book jokes. Cover price $3.10.

Cover by Morris Gollub. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, L. Bing (credited as Johnny Gruelle), Morris Gollub, Frank Jupo and Dan Noonan. Johnny Gruelle's famous doll characters have adventures and learn lessons, featuring early art from Walt Kelly. Legendary Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including Jack in the Box and Mrs. McShuttle. Raggedy Ann and Andy try to mediate between a swarm of bees, a talking sugar maple tree, and Bertram Bear. An adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Plus activity pages and "nonesuch" animals. Alices Adventures in Wonderland; Raggedy Ann; None-Such Animals: The Fidgell; Egbert the Elephant and His Friends; Sir Hobarts Valentine; Tang-Lis Kite; Out of the Rainy Day Box; Animal Mother Goose; The Raggedy Way; Billy and Bonny Bee. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.70

Whitman edition. Cover price $0.15.

1st printing. Wraparound over art by Rob Walton. Part One - A Brief History Of Crime, script and art by Rob Walton; Three dinosaurs escape the ice age by hijacking a temporal ship; super villain Alice Hawkins needs a job; the heads of the covert military/industrial complex council plot to seize the device of ultimate power; an angel falls to Earth. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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2nd printing or higher. Wraparound over art by Rob Walton. Part One - A Brief History Of Crime, script and art by Rob Walton; Three dinosaurs escape the ice age by hijacking a temporal ship; super villain Alice Hawkins needs a job; the heads of the covert military/industrial complex council plot to seize the device of ultimate power; an angel falls to Earth. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $3.10.

1st printing. By Rob Walton. The multi-Eisner nominated comic is now the multi-Shuster nominated graphic novel! Years ahead of its time, Ragmop is a brilliant and insane political satire filtered through the cosmological visions of Jack Kirby and the free-wheeling anarchy of Bob Clampett. A Wizard Top 40 Indy publication for 2007, Ragmop features over 150 pages of new story and art. See why Ragmop is quickly becoming a hot property in animation circles and may soon explode onto the small screen in 2008-2009! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 452 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Fine $4.00

Full Colour Picture Strip Adventure: Book 2 - 1st printing. Donald Duck along with Uncle Scrooge and their nephews, Huey, Louie, and Duey, set out on an adventure to discover a lost civilization. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. All Ages NOTE: These were published in the UK by London Editions Limited.

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Cover by Arthur Suydam. by Leah Moore & John Reppion, with Hugo Petrus. Dynamite enters the land of the dead with an all-new Zombie tale set in the middle of a full scale zombie infestation! This time though, there's a twist as Dynamite puts the 'living' into the living dead! Writers Leah Moore and John Reppion are joined by the newest Dynamite artistic sensation, Hugo Petrus, for this special Zombie event! Raise the Living Dead will also feature two covers from two Zombie experts - Arthur (Marvel Zombies, Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness) Suydam (75%) and Sean (Marvel Zombies) Phillips (25%)! From its shocking opening to its ever-evolving cast of doomed humans facing an overwhelming number of the undead, Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling - and all the gory details will be presented in full-color! Don't miss it! Cover price $3.50.

Black and White Incentive Cover by Arthur Suydam. by Leah Moore & John Reppion, with Hugo Petrus. Dynamite enters the land of the dead with an all-new Zombie tale set in the middle of a full scale zombie infestation! This time though, there's a twist as Dynamite puts the 'living' into the living dead! Writers Leah Moore and John Reppion are joined by the newest Dynamite artistic sensation, Hugo Petrus, for this special Zombie event! Raise the Living Dead will also feature two covers from two Zombie experts - Arthur (Marvel Zombies, Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness) Suydam (75%) and Sean (Marvel Zombies) Phillips (25%)! From its shocking opening to its ever-evolving cast of doomed humans facing an overwhelming number of the undead, Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling - and all the gory details will be presented in full-color! Don't miss it! Cover price $3.50.

Negative Incentive Cover by Arthur Suydam. by Leah Moore & John Reppion, with Hugo Petrus. Dynamite enters the land of the dead with an all-new Zombie tale set in the middle of a full scale zombie infestation! This time though, there's a twist as Dynamite puts the 'living' into the living dead! Writers Leah Moore and John Reppion are joined by the newest Dynamite artistic sensation, Hugo Petrus, for this special Zombie event! Raise the Living Dead will also feature two covers from two Zombie experts - Arthur (Marvel Zombies, Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness) Suydam (75%) and Sean (Marvel Zombies) Phillips (25%)! From its shocking opening to its ever-evolving cast of doomed humans facing an overwhelming number of the undead, Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling - and all the gory details will be presented in full-color! Don't miss it! Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Fine $8.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Raise The Dead (2007) #1-4.

Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion. Art by Hugo Petrus. Cover by Arthur Suydam.

Featuring an introduction by Zombie expert Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z!

Dynamite enters the land of the dead with an all-new Zombie tale set in the middle of a full-scale zombie infestation! This time though, there's a twist as Dynamite puts the "living" into the living dead! Writers Leah Moore and John Reppion are joined by the newest Dynamite artistic sensation, Hugo Petrus, for this special Zombie event!

From its shocking opening to its ever-evolving cast of doomed humans facing an overwhelming number of the undead, Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling - and all the gory details will be presented in full-color!

This oversized hardcover collects the entire four-issue mini-series plus a complete cover gallery featuring the work of Sean Phillips and Arthur Suydam!

Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

Direct edition - "I'm a comic book!" variant. Cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote (W) Carol Lay & Various (A) Mike Kazaleh & Various In the first of Bongo Comics' soon to be legendary Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders, Ralph Wiggum takes center stage. In his first solo outing, Ralph has a day off of school, is left home alone, and becomes a role model to a new kid in town. Add in some short features by Sergio Aragonés and watch the chaos ensue! Cover price $2.99.

Direct edition - "It's my first tissue!" variant. Cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote (W) Carol Lay & Various (A) Mike Kazaleh & Various In the first of Bongo Comics' soon to be legendary Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders, Ralph Wiggum takes center stage. In his first solo outing, Ralph has a day off of school, is left home alone, and becomes a role model to a new kid in town. Add in some short features by Sergio Aragonés and watch the chaos ensue! Cover price $2.99.

Direct edition - "I'm in mint conditioner!" variant. Cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote (W) Carol Lay & Various (A) Mike Kazaleh & Various In the first of Bongo Comics' soon to be legendary Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders, Ralph Wiggum takes center stage. In his first solo outing, Ralph has a day off of school, is left home alone, and becomes a role model to a new kid in town. Add in some short features by Sergio Aragonés and watch the chaos ensue! Cover price $2.99.

Newsstand edition - ""Ralph" means through throw up!" variant. Cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote (W) Carol Lay & Various (A) Mike Kazaleh & Various In the first of Bongo Comics' soon to be legendary Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders, Ralph Wiggum takes center stage. In his first solo outing, Ralph has a day off of school, is left home alone, and becomes a role model to a new kid in town. Add in some short features by Sergio Aragonés and watch the chaos ensue! Cover price $2.99.

Newsstand edition - "Daddy says, "print is dead!"" variant. Cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote (W) Carol Lay & Various (A) Mike Kazaleh & Various In the first of Bongo Comics' soon to be legendary Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders, Ralph Wiggum takes center stage. In his first solo outing, Ralph has a day off of school, is left home alone, and becomes a role model to a new kid in town. Add in some short features by Sergio Aragonés and watch the chaos ensue! Cover price $2.99.

Regular color cover Cover price $2.50.

Variant PINK cover. Cover price $2.50.

Volume 15 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Hiro Mashima.

Let's go save Elie! While hitching a ride on Doryu's battleship, we're attacked by the Pumpkin dude's monstrous minions... Hold it! This isn't the time to go playing in a haunted house! We're coming for you, Doryu! As soon as we beat these ghouls, your pumpkin butt is ours!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.99.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

By Michael D. Pederson & R. Craig Enslin. Cover price $2.50.