Comic books July 2012

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(W) Mark Roslan (A/CA) Cory Smith What is lost in life is found in...death! Aspen Comic's newest original series, BROKEN PIECES, continues! The broken pieces of Dr. Richard Adam's present begin to come together, revealing the tragic reality of his impending future! Meanwhile, Adams begins to discover the disastrous and horrific conditions of the world and people outside the boundaries of Trinion's control, as his wife Gabriella must make a reluctant decision to continue working on her research for Ludas, and the nefarious corporation. Plus, the arrival of Trinion's Elite Soldier force complicates matters even more-as collateral damage and bloodshed follows their destructive mission objective! Written and created by Aspen's own Mark Roslan and featuring stunning artwork by newcomer Cory Smith and colorist Beth Sotelo, BROKEN PIECES will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish! Cover price $3.50.

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(W) Mark Roslan. (A) Cory Smith. (CA) Marcus To. What is lost in life is found in...death! Aspen Comic's newest original series, BROKEN PIECES, continues! The broken pieces of Dr. Richard Adam's present begin to come together, revealing the tragic reality of his impending future! Meanwhile, Adams begins to discover the disastrous and horrific conditions of the world and people outside the boundaries of Trinion's control, as his wife Gabriella must make a reluctant decision to continue working on her research for Ludas, and the nefarious corporation. Plus, the arrival of Trinion's Elite Soldier force complicates matters even more-as collateral damage and bloodshed follows their destructive mission objective! Written and created by Aspen's own Mark Roslan and featuring stunning artwork by newcomer Cory Smith and colorist Beth Sotelo, BROKEN PIECES will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish! Cover price $3.50.

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(W) Andrew Chambliss (A) Georges Jeanty & Various (CA) Michelle Madsen, Phil Noto Buffy is trying something new-not Slaying. WHAT?! Enter Kennedy. Slayer. Ex-girlfriend of magicless Willow. Bossy. She's joined a company that hires Slayers to act as bodyguards for high-profile clients, and Buffy is her most recent recruit. But Buffy is having a little trouble letting go of Slaying. Things that go bump in the night are kinda her forte. Luckily . . . her first client is having some woeful demon trouble that Buffy can't wait to sink her stake into. Cover price $2.99.

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(W) Andrew Chambliss (A) Georges Jeanty & Various (CA) Michelle Madsen, Phil Noto Buffy is trying something new-not Slaying. WHAT?! Enter Kennedy. Slayer. Ex-girlfriend of magicless Willow. Bossy. She's joined a company that hires Slayers to act as bodyguards for high-profile clients, and Buffy is her most recent recruit. But Buffy is having a little trouble letting go of Slaying. Things that go bump in the night are kinda her forte. Luckily . . . her first client is having some woeful demon trouble that Buffy can't wait to sink her stake into. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 – 1st printing. "Freefall!" Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2011 Season 9) #1-5. Written by Joss Whedon and Andrew Chambliss. Art by George Jeanty. Cover Art Michelle Madsen and Jo Chen. Season 8 ended with a bang that cut the world off from magic-culminating in another set of world-ending problems. Buffy has left her best friend, Willow, powerless, and brought an end to a millennia-long tradition of superpowered girls. By day, Buffy is a twenty-something waitress with no real direction, and even though magic is gone, she's still a vampire Slayer by night. Bigger problem? Vampires are becoming an epidemic . . . of zompires! Softcover, full color, 136 pages. Cover price $17.99.

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(W) David Hine (A/CA) Shaky Kane story DAVID HINE art & cover SHAKY KANE 'HOLE' Amelia is an overweight housebreaker in search of her lost daughter. Oswald Kiss tortures dolls in his basement. Henry likes insects. Deacon went into his bedroom eight years ago and never came out. Don't miss the hilarious climax to Season Two. Cover price $3.99.

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Issue #107 - July 2012. Edgar Rice Burroughs fanzine featuring classic pulp reprints, artwork and other related ephemera. 8 /1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages, black and white.

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Cover by Zach Howard (W) Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella (A) Nelson Daniel It's 1969 and the war in Vietnam rages on. Captain Chase, a Medevac helicopter pilot for the US Army, is shot down over enemy territory. He and his crew are in a fight for their lives as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Vietcong. We soon learn that machine guns and grenades aren't the only scary things hiding in the jungle. Find out what happens in this origin prequel to last year's Eisner Award-nominated hit, with story by Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella, and art and colors by Nelson Daniel (Road Rage, The Cape). Explore your dark side. Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Nelson Daniel (W) Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella (A) Nelson Daniel It's 1969 and the war in Vietnam rages on. Captain Chase, a Medevac helicopter pilot for the US Army, is shot down over enemy territory. He and his crew are in a fight for their lives as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Vietcong. We soon learn that machine guns and grenades aren't the only scary things hiding in the jungle. Find out what happens in this origin prequel to last year's Eisner Award-nominated hit, with story by Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella, and art and colors by Nelson Daniel (Road Rage, The Cape). Explore your dark side. Cover price $3.99.

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Shock to the System: Part 1 - (W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Patrick Zircher Patrick Zircher joins Ed Brubaker for 'System Failure' Ex super-villains in Witness Protection murdered! The return of an old villain and an old lover! Can Cap solve this mystery before he himself becomes a target? Cover price $3.99.

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Shock to the System: Part 2 - (W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Patrick Zircher Patrick Zircher joins Ed Brubaker for 'System Failure' Ex super-villains in Witness Protection murdered! The return of an old villain and an old lover! Can Cap solve this mystery before he himself becomes a target? Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Collects Captain America and Bucky (2011 Marvel) #620-624. Written by Ed Brubaker and Marc Andreyko. Art by Chris Samnee. Cover by Ed McGuinness. Think you know the story of Cap and Bucky's origins? Well, think again. The secret story of Captain America's early days is revealed here, told from Bucky Barnes' point of view. What was Cap and Bucky's first mission together? What tragedy changed everything about who Bucky was? And what is the secret connecting CAP AND BUCKY to Cap's modern-day stories? Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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(W) Cullen Bunn. (A) Alessandro Vitti. (CA) Patrick Zircher. All the patriotism and arrows in the world may not be enough to save Cap and Hawkeye from a hive of dino-monstrosities! A secret buried beneath the San Andres Mountains begins to unravel. All this and-Stegron! Cover price $2.99.

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(W) Cullen Bunn. (A) Alessandro Vitti. (CA) Patrick Zircher. In the depths of an underground city, Stegron's dream becomes a nightmare! Cap 'goes Mezozoic' and he's set his carnivorous sights on Hawkeye! And what's freakier than creepy little kids? Creepy little dinosaur kids! Cover price $2.99.

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(W) J. T. Krul (A) Freddie E. Williams (CA) Mike Choi CAPTAIN ATOM gets a visit from - CAPTAIN ATOM? Quantum leaping and a mysterious energy force spell certain doom for our hero! No good deed goes unpunished! What have CAPTAIN ATOM'S actions unleashed in the future? Cover price $2.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Kenkou Tabuchi. Art by Kotomi Tobashi. Cover by Jeffrey "Chamba." The manga adventures of the heroes of justice continue! The Commando Team faces frightening new foes like the evil genius of Dr. T.W. and his murderous Monster, the nefarious ninja Yamato, and the mysterious Lord Blood! Can even Captain Commando's new "Captain Gauntlet" give him the power to defeat this never-ending array of almighty adversaries? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 256 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $19.99.

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Cover by Khari Evans (W) Paul Gardner & Various (A) Khari Evans & Various 'DAUGHTERS OF STONE' Months have passed since the events of volume one. By order of the Queen an expedition force sets out in search of the real stone of Gottfaust. Anna hunts down the conspirators behind an assassination attempt on Her Majesty. What has become of the sisters in exile, Eva and Giselle? Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Kinsun Loh (W) Paul Gardner & Various (A) Khari Evans & Various 'DAUGHTERS OF STONE' Months have passed since the events of volume one. By order of the Queen an expedition force sets out in search of the real stone of Gottfaust. Anna hunts down the conspirators behind an assassination attempt on Her Majesty. What has become of the sisters in exile, Eva and Giselle? Cover price $3.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Avaritia!" Collects Casanova: Avaritia (2011 Marvel) #1-4.

Written By Matt Fraction. Art and cover By Gabriel Bá.

From the writer of Marvel's smash hit FEAR ITSELF and the artist of the best-selling book Umbrella Academy comes one of the most critically acclaimed series of the year!

On the run from ten thousand parallel worlds that want him dead, Casanova Quinn, the world's sexiest and savviest superspy, fights tyrant and hero alike. Now Cass and Sasa Lisi, his girlfriend from beyond tomorrow, must flee from space-time itself, aim one batch of enemies at the other, kill everybody, and save everything, simultaneously.

Don't be afraid: you are an apocalypse dreaming of butterflies + the first part of reincarnation is dying. You have never read a book like CASANOVA.

Softcover, 152 pages, full color. Mature Readers

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Volume 43 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

When Conan and Harley join forces to win a crime-solving competition, it's not all fun and games. The head of a toy company has been murdered, and the only clue is a cryptic message spelled out in wooden blocks. Then the detectives race to find a terrorist at a baseball championship and with a bomb planted somewhere in the stadium, they can't afford to strike out! Meanwhile, Anita makes a difficult choice. Given the opportunity to enter the Witness Protection Program, will she disappear from Conan's life forever?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

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Night of the Owls Tie-In - (W) Judd Winick (A/CA) Guillem March 'NIGHT OF THE OWLS' continues here! CATWOMAN and SPARK are forced to defend THE PENGUIN against the Court of Owls! Cover price $2.99.

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Variant cover by Budd Root. Limited to 750 copies. Includes Amryl Entertainment Certificate of Authenticity. (W/A) Rob Durham Meriem must combat an abused teen, who fashions himself as the king of crime. Forming Marshville's first teen gang, the delinquent mobsters go on a reign of terror, cutting phone lines, breaking water hydrants and shattering windows. Looting becomes epidemic, and as if things couldn't get worse the small band of juveniles deliberately sever the power lines - but what they don't realize is the town's only line of defense against the outside world is an electric fence! With no power, the savage land's unwanted guests begin to stroll into Marshville with food on their minds! Mature readers.

Nude Special Edition cover by Budd Root. Limited to 750 copies. Includes Amryl Entertainment Certificate of Authenticity. (W/A) Rob Durham Meriem must combat an abused teen, who fashions himself as the king of crime. Forming Marshville's first teen gang, the delinquent mobsters go on a reign of terror, cutting phone lines, breaking water hydrants and shattering windows. Looting becomes epidemic, and as if things couldn't get worse the small band of juveniles deliberately sever the power lines - but what they don't realize is the town's only line of defense against the outside world is an electric fence! With no power, the savage land's unwanted guests begin to stroll into Marshville with food on their minds! Mature readers.

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Cover by Khary Randolph (W) Vince Hernandez (A) Khary Randolph Everything you thought you knew about magic will... Vanish. The valiant quest to save the world from catastrophe and the treacherous clutches of dark magic reaches its pulse-pounding conclusion with this epic finale issue! Hank, Sudana and Sparkles must find a way to save the banished wizard Kon and make one final stand against Samsun's vile and powerful magic or risk losing everything-including the return of the entire human population and their close allies Hector and Alle, who could find themselves trapped in the evil shadows of the Void Realm forever if they fail! Cover price $3.50.

Cover by Siya Oum (W) Vince Hernandez (A) Khary Randolph Everything you thought you knew about magic will... Vanish. The valiant quest to save the world from catastrophe and the treacherous clutches of dark magic reaches its pulse-pounding conclusion with this epic finale issue! Hank, Sudana and Sparkles must find a way to save the banished wizard Kon and make one final stand against Samsun's vile and powerful magic or risk losing everything-including the return of the entire human population and their close allies Hector and Alle, who could find themselves trapped in the evil shadows of the Void Realm forever if they fail! Cover price $3.50.

Cover by Billy Tan (W) Vince Hernandez (A Khary Randolph Everything you thought you knew about magic will... Vanish. The valiant quest to save the world from catastrophe and the treacherous clutches of dark magic reaches its pulse-pounding conclusion with this epic finale issue! Hank, Sudana and Sparkles must find a way to save the banished wizard Kon and make one final stand against Samsun's vile and powerful magic or risk losing everything-including the return of the entire human population and their close allies Hector and Alle, who could find themselves trapped in the evil shadows of the Void Realm forever if they fail! Cover price $3.50.

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Cover by Emilio Laiso (W) Vince Hernandez (A) Khary Randolph Everything you thought you knew about magic will... Vanish. The valiant quest to save the world from catastrophe and the treacherous clutches of dark magic reaches its pulse-pounding conclusion with this epic finale issue! Hank, Sudana and Sparkles must find a way to save the banished wizard Kon and make one final stand against Samsun's vile and powerful magic or risk losing everything-including the return of the entire human population and their close allies Hector and Alle, who could find themselves trapped in the evil shadows of the Void Realm forever if they fail!

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(W) John Layman (A/CA) Rob Guillory Hey retailers/readers/speculators! Still kicking yourself for not ordering and/or passing by CHEW #1, now that you see what it's going for on eBay? Here's your chance to get sweet, sweet, revenge, with an all-new CHEW #1, a one-shot spinning off CHEW's most popular supporting character, and comics' most beloved homicidal cybernetic kung-fu rooster. Concentrated mayhem. Feathers, rage and hate! Plus: an all-star pin-up gallery from some of the most staggeringly talented artists in the industry! Cover price $3.50.

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Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $105.00 View scans CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Signed by Rob Guillory & John Layman on 9/2/2016 Baltimore Comic Con. SDCC 2012 Exclusive Variant. Label #16-32D8E72-052 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Convention Edition. (W) John Layman (A/CA) Rob Guillory Hey retailers/readers/speculators! Still kicking yourself for not ordering and/or passing by CHEW #1, now that you see what it's going for on eBay? Here's your chance to get sweet, sweet, revenge, with an all-new CHEW #1, a one-shot spinning off CHEW's most popular supporting character, and comics' most beloved homicidal cybernetic kung-fu rooster. Concentrated mayhem. Feathers, rage and hate! Plus: an all-star pin-up gallery from some of the most staggeringly talented artists in the industry!

Direct Edition. Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Ridley Scott returns to the science fiction genre in Prometheus. Joss Whedon directs the first-ever film adaptation of a classic Marvel comic in The Avengers. Peter Berg directs Battleship, an ocean-going sci-fi war film in which a young naval lieutenant and a grizzled admiral confront malevolent extraterrestrial spacecraft that rise from hiding places on the ocean floor to wreak widespread havoc. Finally, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth star in the newest cinematic take on the classic "Snow White" fairy tale in Snow White and the Huntsman. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Newsstand Edition. Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Ridley Scott returns to the science fiction genre in Prometheus. Joss Whedon directs the first-ever film adaptation of a classic Marvel comic in The Avengers. Peter Berg directs Battleship, an ocean-going sci-fi war film in which a young naval lieutenant and a grizzled admiral confront malevolent extraterrestrial spacecraft that rise from hiding places on the ocean floor to wreak widespread havoc. Finally, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth star in the newest cinematic take on the classic "Snow White" fairy tale in Snow White and the Huntsman. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Special #27: Terrax - NOTE: Figurine NOT included. This magazine provides a detailed history and background on the character, including exclusive images and interviews. Slick card-stock cover, 20 pages, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., full color.

Special #28: Mojo - NOTE: Figurine NOT included. This magazine provides a detailed history and background on the character, including exclusive images and interviews. Slick card-stock cover, 20 pages, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., full color.

Special #29: Giant Man - NOTE: Figurine NOT included. This magazine provides a detailed history and background on the character, including exclusive images and interviews. Slick card-stock cover, 20 pages, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., full color.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. Story and art by by Norihiro Yagi. Remains of the Demon Claw - Rebel Claymores Deneve, Helen and Yuma return to the Holy City of Rabona and find it under attack by Yoma hordes. An all-out battle ensues, after which Galatea informs the recently returned Claymores about Mirias solitary and likely doomed quest to bring down the Organization. As Helen and Deneve investigate in separate assays, it becomes clear that the Organization is creating novel and terrifying breeds of Yoma warriors. Meanwhile, Miria returns with an ominous scar on her forehead. 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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Cover by Antonio Fuso (W) Mike Costa (A) Antonio Fuso The lies and betrayals keep adding up, as Flint struggles to maintain his honor amidst his team of scoundrels and backstabbers. And is the information that Tomax has been supplying really on the level? Of course not... but what game is he playing? Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Joe Eisma (W) Mike Costa (A) Antonio Fuso The lies and betrayals keep adding up, as Flint struggles to maintain his honor amidst his team of scoundrels and backstabbers. And is the information that Tomax has been supplying really on the level? Of course not... but what game is he playing? Cover price $3.99.

Original Enveloped Edition. Our lucky number 13 brings you a FREE giant poster of Before Watchmen and Spandex, a Batman pin badge and Sidekick magazine (that's FREE previews of six sizzling hot new comics). This one is the BAD GIRLS ISSUE, so brace yourself for a countdown of the 30 sexiest, slinkiest sinners in comics. Packed full of dazzling visuals and tantalizing trivia, we'll fill your head with comic-y lady-knowledge. For instance, did you know on what day Jenny Sparks was born? Or where Red Sonja got her name from? Or what Catwoman eats for breakfast? (OK, maybe not that, but the rest we can definitely tell you.) We also bring you all of our coverage from KAPOW! 2012, keeping a watchful eye out for celebrities and catching up with head honchos from Marvel, DC and Image amongst others. In case you hadn't noticed yet, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is out this month, and we list our 20 reasons why we're excited for its arrival. We've also conducted some thorough research on BANE, and taken a look through BATMAN'S SIDEKICKS over the years. But it's not all about Batman though. We also look at DC's controversial prequels BEFORE WATCHMEN, and take a stroll through the life-story of THE SILVER SURFER. Elsewhere, we chat with WALT SIMONSON to find out his biggest influences, and take Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars to task in the COMICS COURTROOM, MATT WAGNER tells us about Grendel, Mage, Trinity and his other elegant creations, and we admire his finest work. We also head off to Switzerland, where the versatile graphic novelist FREDERIK PEETERS reveals how he keeps his new ideas fresh and original, and why he doesn't like using pencils. In the ever-packed REVIEWS section we have, among others, The Wolf Man, Lucky Luke, Six Guns, Supercrooks and much, much more. Plus: GRANT MORRISON, JOE QUESADA, GAIL SIMONE, GREG RUCKA and JOHN BYRNE, and a look at The New 52: the second wave. Cover price $17.99.

Magazine Only. Our lucky number 13 brings you a FREE giant poster of Before Watchmen and Spandex, a Batman pin badge and Sidekick magazine (that's FREE previews of six sizzling hot new comics). This one is the BAD GIRLS ISSUE, so brace yourself for a countdown of the 30 sexiest, slinkiest sinners in comics. Packed full of dazzling visuals and tantalizing trivia, we'll fill your head with comic-y lady-knowledge. For instance, did you know on what day Jenny Sparks was born? Or where Red Sonja got her name from? Or what Catwoman eats for breakfast? (OK, maybe not that, but the rest we can definitely tell you.) We also bring you all of our coverage from KAPOW! 2012, keeping a watchful eye out for celebrities and catching up with head honchos from Marvel, DC and Image amongst others. In case you hadn't noticed yet, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is out this month, and we list our 20 reasons why we're excited for its arrival. We've also conducted some thorough research on BANE, and taken a look through BATMAN'S SIDEKICKS over the years. But it's not all about Batman though. We also look at DC's controversial prequels BEFORE WATCHMEN, and take a stroll through the life-story of THE SILVER SURFER. Elsewhere, we chat with WALT SIMONSON to find out his biggest influences, and take Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars to task in the COMICS COURTROOM, MATT WAGNER tells us about Grendel, Mage, Trinity and his other elegant creations, and we admire his finest work. We also head off to Switzerland, where the versatile graphic novelist FREDERIK PEETERS reveals how he keeps his new ideas fresh and original, and why he doesn't like using pencils. In the ever-packed REVIEWS section we have, among others, The Wolf Man, Lucky Luke, Six Guns, Supercrooks and much, much more. Plus: GRANT MORRISON, JOE QUESADA, GAIL SIMONE, GREG RUCKA and JOHN BYRNE, and a look at The New 52: the second wave. Cover price $17.99.

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This issue of the world's longest-running magazine about comics includes the following: A Treasure Trove of Favorite Finds! Saddle Stitched, 8-in x 10 1/2-in, 56 Pages, B&W. Cover price $5.99.

1st printing. By Bart Beaty. On the surface, the relationship between comics and the high arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces. Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and the most important institutions of the art world, including museums, auction houses, and the art press. Bart Beaty's analysis centres around two questions: why were comics excluded from the history of art for most of the twentieth century, and what does it mean that comics production is now more closely aligned with the art world? Approaching this relationship for the first time through the lens of the sociology of culture, Beaty advances a completely novel approach to the comics form. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 274 pages, text (with B&W Illustrations and photos).

July 2012. The original first-person history of THE COMICS! eight page fanzine published by Robin Snyder. Featuring an Article by Steve Ditko, History of Artie Saaf by Ron Goulart. "Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt" The Works of Robert Kanigher Part 32: 1992-1994, and "Just Imagine" The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 39: 1963. Loose pages, 8 1/2-in x 11-in, 8 Pages, B&W.

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The Secret Saboteur - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. The Allies were gearing up to invade North-West Europe and the Germans knew it. Everyone was on high alert, with the Gestapo ruthlessly rooting out saboteurs and meting out rough justice to the civilian population. In one area, though, they were plagued not by sabotage but by a series of -- for them -- unhappy accidents wrecking their war machine. But were they accidents? One ex-Hamburg policeman -- Tomas Merkel -- wasn't convinced, no matter what his Gestapo boss thought. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Thunder in the Jungle - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Janek Matysiak. The Far East, 1944. It was widely believed that tanks could not cope with jungle warfare, but the British were determined to prove this notion wrong...and were equally determined to regain Burma from the clutches of the Japanese. Second-Lieutenant Peter Wright had been an infantry officer, but he and his unit had retrained as a tank crews. Now they were under pressure to deliver results...and their M3 Stuart light tanks would soon clash with the metallic might of their Japanese Type 95 counterparts. Could the green British tankies work as a team and survive the...thunder in the jungle? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #16: Knife for a Nazi - Written by Elliot. Art by Luis Salmeron. Cover by Ken Barr. Up and over the cliffs they called unclimbable, swiftly and silently across country, deep behind enemy lines they came, the fearless men with blackened faces. These were the men they sent on a mission when all else had failed. These were the Commandos. On this raid, it was not the enemy they feared, but the stranger in their ranks, the explosives expert who was the key man of the whole operation, and who by his inexperience and rashness became the danger man! Here is the story of how that man won the admiration and respect of the world's finest fighting men. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2143: Roll of Honour - Written by Cyril Walker. Art by Terry Patrick. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Jewel theft and murder -- not the sort of things that would bring glory to a regiment's roll of honour if any of its men were suspected of such crimes. That's why someone was determined to keep a very big secret to himself. But there was someone equally determined to get at the truth, no matter what the cost! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Deadly Games - Written by Alen Hebden. Art and Cover by Keith Page. In 1920, the Belgian city of Antwerp hosted the Summer Olympic Games. Russ Wynn and Dave "Bunny" Hare were two of many accomplished yachtsmen there, but a chance encounter with a shady figure from Russ' recent past brought to light a thrilling adventure from the First World War...and a blood debt that was still to be paid! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Charlie's Phoney War - Written by Steve Taylor. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. Charlie Hutchins reckoned he was the most frustrated Hurricane pilot in the RAF. He was champing at the bit to get at the Luftwaffe kites he could see over the German border, but standing orders at this early stage of the Second World War stopped him nipping over to knock a few down. What he couldn't know was that the so-called Phoney War was just about over. Soon he'd have his hands full dealing with all the Jerries he could possibly have wanted. And a few more for good measure. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #38: Duel in the Desert - Written by Dorward. Art by Martin Salvador. Cover by Ken Barr. From Nazi High Command the order went out -- "All men and vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group must be destroyed -- at any cost." And the LRDG men smiled grimly. They were marked men. Rommel was out for blood. So they sped out of their desert lairs to take up his challenge. This is the story of a handful of daredevils in a lone truck, on a mission with no return tickets. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.