Love comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Story and art by Anya Davidson. "You're pretty optimistic for a guy who's been shot in the back." In 1975 New York City, the heroin epidemic is in full swing. An art-dealing dope pusher and his deadly drug mule, two Vietnam veterans turned hit-men, an optimistic undercover cop and a renegade reporter with a nasty drinking problem all collide in the naked city. But who will come out on top after everyone's hit rock bottom? Softcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $10.00.

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1st printing. By Mary Higgins Clark. This novel reaches a swift and chilling climax, confirming the author's reputation as a superb storyteller who creates nightmarish situations that lie just beneath the surface of ordinary life. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 246 pages, Text Only.

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Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Fujimomo. #PervyGirl Meets Two-Faced Boy At her high school, she's Eriko Ichimura, the girl so boring no one remembers she exists. But online, she's "Lovesick Ellie," a brash and lusty alternate persona with quite a viral following! Ellie's favorite pastime? Spying on her handsome and perfect classmate Ohmi and spinning wild fantasies in the form of very thirsty tweets. But one day, quite by accident, Eriko learns that Ohmi isn't as perfect as she thought...and he discovers her secret to boot! What's ahead for this two-faced boy and pervy girl? Softcoverm 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Junji Ito. Starting with the strikingly bloody Lovesickness,, in which Ryusuke returns to the town he once lived in because rumors are swirling about girls killing themselves after encountering a bewitchingly handsome young man. Harboring his own secret from time spent in this town, Ryusuke attempts to capture the beautiful boy and close the case, this ten tale volume collects Junji Ito in peak form, including the classic tales "The Strange Hikizuri Siblings", and "The Rib Woman"! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in., 8-in., 408 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $22.99.

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1st printing. Written by DENNIS HOPELESS. Art by KEVIN MELLON. Cover by ERIK JONES. It's a love story, but not like you think. There's no boy meets girl or star-crossed soul mates. Love is a billion-dollar industry. Cupid's the megalomaniac CEO. And Kali Monroe gets paid to break your heart. Love is all around us. These are the #@%&$ who control it. Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez. Gilbert Hernandez's sprawling family saga moves to the United States, where Luba and her sisters Petra and Fritz, find their families' and friends' lives becoming more and more intertwined. As the three sisters reminisce, the next generation steps into spotlight: Luba's adult daughter Doralís and Petra's little girl, Venus. Softcover, 228 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

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Love and Rockets: Book 19 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 1 of 3 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. The first volume depicting Luba's post-Palomar life and times, this book takes the sometimes confusing strands of Gilbert's stories and weaves them into a satisfying thematic whole, as Luba tries to make sense of her family's lives in America. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

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Love and Rockets: Book 21 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 2 of 3 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. Luba: Tome 2 - In his first graphic novel in two years, Hernandez's The Book of Ofelia begins with Luba, Ofelia and company trying to acclimate to life in America. When Ofelia decides to chronicle her life with Luba in a tell-all book, she discovers inspiration in Luba's young children - the one-armed Casimira, Socorro with the photographic memory, the loner Joselito and the silent Conchita. See Latino soap opera and soft-core porn, with touches of magic-realism, all in one! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 260 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

Love and Rockets: Book 23 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 3 of 3 - 1st printing. By Gilbert Hernandez. Luba: Tome 3 - Luba: Three Daughters is the final book in Gilbert Hernandez's post-Palomar trilogy, continuing the story of matriarch Luba and her extended family's travails in the United States after her Central American hometown is destroyed at the end of Palomar. It focuses on Luba and her two sisters, Fritz and Petra, exploring the complex relationships that form between family and how the experiences and actions of one generation influence the next. Renowned for his female characters, Hernandez intersperses his main narrative with "The Kid Stuff Kids," a series of lighthearted and playful one-pagers starring the young children of the three sisters, richly juxtaposed against the complex family drama at work in Three Daughters. Hernandez's mix of Latino soap opera, magic realist touches and rich naturalism speak to audiences about the changes that come with age and experience, and they are unparalleled in comics. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $16.95.

Issue 2 - 1990. Lucille Ball fanzine with full lots of photos and interviews with close friends. 8" x 10.5", 78 pages, color/B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. Written byGene Luen Yang. Art and cover by LeUyen Pham. Two graphic novel superstars join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, forgiveness, and lion dancing! Valentina Tran used to love Valentine's Day. But when she learns the truth behind her parents' separation, she concludes true love is a lie. A ghoulish visage of Saint Valentine appears and promises to protect Val from heartbreak-but only if she gives up on love. Permanently. Suddenly, cousins Leslie and Jae come roaring into Val's life-literally. They're lion dancers, and during one fateful Lunar New Year performance, the lion they're inside hands Val a paper heart. And in that moment, Val feels... something again. Is that feeling love? Could this be Val's chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to have a broken heart forever? Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 352 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

1st Printing - Written by Wright Williams. At twenty-five, shapely, desirable Lucy felt she had been cheated out of so much in life. So, when John Westmore, a former love from her high school days is released from a mental institution, destitute and without a job, Lucy is determined to make up for lost time. She throws all conventionality aside and takes him in to share her bed. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W text only. Cover price $0.35.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese - 1st printing. Featuring photo stills from the classic anime series Macross (Robotech in America). This issue concentrates on the romantic triangle between Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, and Lynn Minmay. Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 6-in., 120 pages, full color. NOTE: All Text is in Japanese. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style books and are meant to be read right-to-left.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese - 2nd and later printings. Featuring photo stills from the classic anime series Macross (Robotech in America). This issue concentrates on the romantic triangle between Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, and Lynn Minmay. Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 6-in., 120 pages, full color. NOTE: All Text is in Japanese. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style books and are meant to be read right-to-left.

1st printing. "LOCAS: Part 1!" By Jaime Hernandez. Discover the adventures of the spunky Maggie, her annoying best friend and sometimes lover Hopey, and their circle of friends, including their bombshell friend, Penny Century. This book collects the earliest, punkiest, most heavily sci-fi stories of Love and Rockets. Softcover, 276 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

2nd and alter printings. "LOCAS: Part 1!" By Jaime Hernandez. The first volume collecting the Love and Rockets stories of spunky Maggie, her brash best friend and sometimes lover Hopey, and their friends. It all starts here! Softcover, 276 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.99.

1st printing. Edited by Paula Guran. A new terrifying collection inspired by the master of horror H.P. Lovecraft, The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu brings some of the best established and upcoming writers sharing their best Lovecraftian horror. For the lover of Lovecraft or newcomer to the Cthulhu mythos, this anthology provides an excellent foray into Lovecraft's world of weird fiction. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 512 pages, Text. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. One of the leading ladies of pop surrealism, Marion Peck populates her dreamlike paintings with strange, cute creatures. Themes of hope, despair, mystery, nostalgia, love and death recur throughout Peck's work alongside motifs of dreams, big-eyed animals, natural landscapes, doe-eyed children, royalty and peasantry. Peck looks beyond the subconscious, reminding us that the waking world is never quite as it seems. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, full oclor. Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. By John Grogan. Softcover, 320 pages, Text (with 16 pages full color Photos). Cover price $13.95.

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2nd and later printings. By John Grogan. Softcover, 320 pages, Text (with 16 pages full color Photos). Cover price $13.95.

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Includes 8 Valentine's Day Cards - 1st printing. Peter Parker has been crushing on Mary Jane for a while. So when she suddenly asks Peter out, he is excited! Will Peter make it to their date on time when Super Villains get in the way? As the Amazing Spider-Man, he knows great powers come with great responsibility but will this end up being a deal breaker for MJ? Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

Does NOT Include or is missing Valentine's Day Cards - 1st printing. Peter Parker has been crushing on Mary Jane for a while. So when she suddenly asks Peter out, he is excited! Will Peter make it to their date on time when Super Villains get in the way? As the Amazing Spider-Man, he knows great powers come with great responsibility but will this end up being a deal breaker for MJ? Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 8-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Tiitu Takalo.

Based on a true story, Me, Mikko, and Annikki masterfully interweaves tales of Annikki's rich history, the author/illustrator's own autobiographical love story with the friend who would become her partner, and their part in the legal battle to save Annikki from demolition and the community effort to restore this unique place. From the formation of the landscape by prehistoric glaciers to the stories of the women laborers who once inhabited Annikki.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. Written by Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem. Art and cover by Koren Shadmi. Mike's Place was one of the few spots in Tel Aviv where Jews, Christians, and Muslims could hang out peaceably, surrounded by the expats who filled the bar every night. It was a cosmopolitan haven from the conflict, a local gem that many pointed to as a hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East after all. In the spring of 2003, filmmakers Jack Baxter and Josh Faudem had just begun making a documentary about the phenomenon of Mike's Place. And then the bar was destroyed in a suicide bombing that took three lives and wounded another fifty people - an attack that changed Jack and Josh's lives forever. Mike's Place is a gripping nonfiction accounting of the lives of a handful of people who came together in hope, then had to find their way together through despair. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $22.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Shungiku Uchida. In this raunchy, moving, funny manga for adults, high school student Minami's girlfriend, Chiyomi, shrinks down to six inches tall - and moves in with him! Originally appearing in the underground/alternative manga magazine Garo in the 1980s and adapted for television several times, the Japanese pop culture sensation Minami's Lover is the story of two high schoolers' romantic relationship when one of them shrinks down to six inches tall. Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.99.

1st printing.

Written by by Jeremy Zag, Thomas Astruc, Matthieu Choquet, Mélanie Duval, Fred Lenoir, Jean-Remi Perrin, and Sébastien Thibaudeau. Art and cover by Cheryl Black.

Two more episodes from the second season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir are collected here!

After sneaking out of his house, Adrien runs into Marinette and the two finally go to the movies together! But Adrien is also being chased by his overzealous fans and his bodyguard becomes akumatized by Hawk Moth into the gigantic Gorizilla! Then, Marinette and her friends set up a houseboat for a music festival with Juleka's mother. Marinette meets Juleka's brother Luka, an interesting boy who might be making her as tongue-tied as she usually is with Adrien! But then Hawk Moth akumatizes Juleka's mother into Captain Hardrock, a pirate whose ship poses a major threat to Ladybug and Cat Noir!

Will the two greatest heroes of Paris save the day from the nefarious Hawk Moth?

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $8.99.

Volume 1 - Issue 1. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing, no dustjacket, dark green cloth. Written and drawn by Ivan Brunetti. With an introduction by Karen M. Schneider, MSW, ACSW. Showcasing Ivan Brunetti's trademark self-loathing and relentless depression, these comics afford the hapless reader an opportunity to watch the author's sanity in its final death rattle, swings it's venomous tail from anhedonia to schadenfreude and back again. Also: Lots of filthy jokes. Hardcover, 172 pages PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

2nd and later printings. Written and drawn by Ivan Brunetti. With an introduction by Karen M. Schneider, MSW, ACSW. Showcasing Ivan Brunetti's trademark self-loathing and relentless depression, these comics afford the hapless reader an opportunity to watch the author's sanity in its final death rattle, swings it's venomous tail from anhedonia to schadenfreude and back again. Also: Lots of filthy jokes. Hardcover, 172 pages PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Daniel Clowes. The fan-favorite Eisner Award-winning story, originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine, now collected with 40 pages of new material. Meet Marshall. He's been set up on a blind date with someone named Natalie. Divorced, middle-aged, newly unemployed, with next to no prospects, Marshall isn't exactly a catch. After nearly an hour, when he's long since given up hope, Natalie appears - breathless, apologizing profusely that she went to the wrong place. She's too good to be true: attractive, young, intelligent, and she seems to be seriously engaged with what Marshall has to say. There has to be a catch. And, of course, there is. During the extremely long night that follows, Marshall and Natalie are emotionally tested in ways that two people who just met really should not be. A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 6-in., 80 pages, full oclor. Cover price $19.95.

Mod Love (1967) features a psychadelic, wrap-around romance cover and equally garish interior art. Features three comic book stories, "Shadows from the Past," "As Long as I Win," and "She's the Hippest Girl in the World," all written by Michael Lutin with uncredited art. Also includes a three page text story, "The Palladium," a two page ad for a hippie clothing shop--Tiger Morse's Teenie Weenie at 53rd and Broadway, NY, NY--specializing in psychadelic (now quaint) clothing and side-splitting dialogue as per, "At Tiger Morse's you know who survives...the fittest! Groovy girl animal who's just about to evolve!" and " To keep silent while you're swinging through the forest, or if you'd rather dance it up than talk it out--the Morse yes or no--dress in white vinyl-- is the grooviest way to accentuate the positive!" (we remember when women did wear vinyl dresses--THAT's what's scary!), plus "Make-Up for Your Life" with tips such as "Nature grooves cellular make-up," and plenty of other side-splitting comments from the flower child era. Last but not least, the two page "The Sun" provides an introduction to the signs and meaning of the zodiac, all with a positive flower child flavor. Mod Love is mentioned by artist Trina Robbins in her book "From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines." Published by Western Publishing. Full color, 8.5-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, cardstock cover and slick paper interior. #6201 on cover. Published by Western Publishing. Cover price $0.50.

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1st printing. By Tove Jansson. Moominvalley is flooded, so Snorkmaiden and Moomin head out to rescue anyone stranded in the deluge. They bring home Miss La Goona, the leading lady of the visiting circus, who turns out to be quite a demanding houseguest. Nonetheless, Moomin, having read a few too many romantic novels, falls head over heels in love with her, and chaos ensues! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8-in. x6 1/2-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Mort Walker has been an integral part of the cartooning world for over a half a century through his comic strips "Hi and Lois" and "Beetle Bailey". He is heavily involved in the working of the National Cartoonist Society and the Newspaper Features Council. He has also left his mark as the founder of the International Museum of Cartoon Art and Hall of Fame in Boca Raton, Florida. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 324 pages, Text w/(Illustrated art) Cover price $29.95.