Golden Age comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Collects Battle Hymn (2005) #1-5. Written by B. CLAY MOORE. Art by JEREMY HAUN & ANDE PARKS. Cover by JEREMY HAUN & DAVE BRYANT. It's 1944, and the first gathering of super-powered heroes may very well be the last. What happens when the government assembles a new breed of super-powered beings at the height of war? Who lives? Who dies? And what exactly does the government have planned for the 'heroes'? BATTLE HYMN: FAREWELL TO THE FIRST GOLDEN AGE answers these questions with this beautiful collection of the sold-out acclaimed miniseries. Also including original character designs and concepts, background information and much more! Softcover, 152 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Collects Air Fighters Comics Vol. 1 (1941-1943) #12, Air Fighters Comics Vol. 2 (1943-1945) #2, 7, and Airboy Comics Vol. 02 (1945 Hillman) #12, Airboy Comics Vol. 03 (1946 Hillman) #6 and 12, Airboy Comics Vol. 04 (1947 Hillman) #10, and Airboy Comics Vol. 09 (1952 Hillman) #2. By Fred Kida. Introduction by Timothy Truman. From the pages of Air Fighters Comics and Airboy Comics comes The Complete Golden Age Airboy & Valkyrie! Inspired by Milton Caniff's Terry & the Pirates, Airboy and Valkyrie had a love/hate relationship that brought tension and drama to their stories. The Fred Kida stories collected in this volume inspired comic greats such as Alex Toth. For the first time, their complete adventures will be digitally restored and reprinted in one volume. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects material from Flash Comics (1940-1949 DC) #1-22. Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Dennis Neville and Sheldon Moldoff .Cover by Moldoff A new archive introducing Hawkman! Gardner Fox's stories took the reincarnated Egyptian prince and pitted him against common criminals and uncommon masked felons. Plus, an introduction by Sheldon Moldoff. Hardcover, 225 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects More Fun Comics (1935-1947) #52-70. Written by Jerry Siegel, Art and cover by Bernard Baily. Thrill to the early adventures of one of DC's most powerful supernatural characters! This volume presents the earliest Spectre stories and features an introduction by noted comics historian Jerry Bails. Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January-March 1940!" Collects Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) #1-3. Cover by Lou Fine. Jungle Comics ran for almost 15 years and there's no wonder with a roster of creative talent like Lou Fine, Alex Blum, Taylor Martin, Fletcher Hanks, Chuck Winter, Art Peddy, Henry Kiefer, George Wilson, Bill Allison, Dick Briefer, Will Eisner, Ken Jackson, R. Louis Golden, Rafael Astarita, Charles Sultan, Robert Lewis and Bob Powell all serving us such jungle treats as these. Alex Blum created Kaanga, Lord of the Jungle, who after losing his family in the Congo, was adopted by a local tribe of "ape-men" where he tackled everything from bad animals to dinosaurs to witch doctors to Germans, appearing in all 163 issues! Hardcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "October 1941-February 1942!" Collects Rangers [of Freedom] Comics (1941-1952) #1-3. Stories and art by Joe Doolin, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, Stan Aschmeier, Al Walker, Walter Galli, Richard Case, and Don Lynch. The Rangers of Freedom were "Biff" Barkley, "Tex" Russell and Peter Cabot, three young men who were recruited by the FBI because their physical and mental fortitude made them "the best specimens of American youth." They donned patriotically themed bulletproof costumes, but they had no secret identities. Together with Ranger Girl they fought villainous Nazis and Japanese forces led by the Super-Brain and the Black Dragon Society. Though they had no powers, the Rangers were good fighters. And they needed to be - as Superbrain's hooded axeman raises his bloody blade over Ranger Girl - the Freedom Trio slammed into action in the classic "The Headsman of Hate"! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1941-July 1942!" Collects Exciting Comics (1940-1949) #9-20. Cover art by Elmer Wexler. Introducing The Black Terror, Nemesis of Crime! Bob Benton was a pharmacist working on a tonic to pep people up, who developed "formic ethers" instead, thanks to a comment made by his new assistant Tim Roland, inspiring him along a new path. Inhaling the vapors from his discovery granted him superhuman strength, which he used to become the crimefighter the Black Terror, battling hoodlums, saboteurs and enemy agents in equal measure. Tim, similarly empowered, became his sidekick, together known as the Terror Twins! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1944 to Spring 1946!" Collects The Spirit (1944-1950 Quality) #1-4. Cover by Lou Fine. The Spirit is a fictional masked crime fighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner, who fights crime with the blessing of the city's police commissioner Dolan, an old friend. Despite the Spirit's origin as detective/criminologist Denny Colt, his real identity was rarely referred to after his first appearance, and for all intents and purposes he was simply "The Spirit." The stories are presented in a wide variety of styles, from straight forward crime drama and noir to lighthearted adventure, from mystery and horror to comedy and love stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and reader expectations. Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1937 to 1956 and was largely influential in creating the Golden Age of comic books. From 1940-1950, printer Everett M. "Busy" Arnold reprinted Eisner's Spirit stories under his Quality Comics banner. Comic book stories from the 1940s and 1950s may depict some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American culture. Such depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While not representing the publisher's view of today's society, these stories are printed as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 208 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Art by Reed Crandall, Louis K. Fine, Will Eisner, Paul Gustavson, Jack Cole, Al Bryant, Chuck Cuidera, Jim Mooney, and more. Featuring adventures with Plastic Man, Phantom Lady, the HUman Bomb, Doll Man, Uncle Sam, the Spirit, Blackhawk, and more! Softcover, 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. By Richard O'Brien. "1937-1945" Relive the first adventures of some of comics greatest heroes. Also learn the history of your favorite characters and the artist and writers who brought them to life. Included are full size, full color facsimiles of the most prized action covers. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 102 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $6.95.

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1st printing. By Les Daniels. From the late 1930s to the mid-1950s, DC Comics blazed a creative, innovative trail in popular culture, and the company has remained at the forefront of the comics ever since. In this impeccably researched and brilliantly illustrated "blast from the past," comics historian Les Daniels, graphic designer Chip Kidd, and photographer Geoff Spear dive deep into the DC archives, offering an unprecedented '365 image' visual tour of the world of the DC comic-book heroes and artists. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. Millions know and love the legends of Jesse James, Annie Oakley, Davy Crockett, and others who settled the Wild West. They are indelibly linked to the spirit of America and have inspired countless writers, artists, directors, and musicians all over the world. Now for the first time in one volume are their stories in comic form, originally printed in the 1940s and 50s, that will ensure a new generation sees why these true tales are so integral to the idea and appeal of America. Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Eisner/Iger Studios. Swing into the Golden Age of comics with this spectacular collection of classic SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE! Featuring digitally-remastered classic artwork by Will Eisner/Jerry Iger studios and over 10 of the best SHEENA stories from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, this collection is a must-have for fans of classic comics! Over 144 pages of digitally-re-mastered classic stories of SHEENA from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s - Reprinting stories from JUMBO COMICS and SHEENA COMICS. Featuring an essay by current SHEENA writer Steven E. de Souza (Die Hard, Commando, Tomb Raider)! Softcover, full color. NOTE: See also Golden Age Sheena: Queen of the Jungle TPB (1999) Cover price $18.99.

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1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects Golden Age (1993) #1-4.

Written by James Robinson. Art and cover by Paul Smith.

A new edition of the classic collection featuring the classic miniseries by James Robinson (STARMAN) and Paul Smith (Uncanny X-Men)! Don't miss this unique look at the classic heroes of the JSA in a tale pits them against the greatest evil of their time.

Softcover, 200 pages, full color.

NOTE: This is a New Re-titled Edition of Golden Age TPB (1995 DC). - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects All-Winners Comics (1941-1947) #1-4. Written by Carl Burgos, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Simona, and Bill Everett. Art by Carl Burgos, Al Avison, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Bill Everett, Jack Binder, Paul Gustavson, Paul Reinman, Allen Simon Mike Sekowsky, John Forte, Bob Powell, Howard James and Al Gabrielle. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Marvel Comics proudly presents more Golden Age greats from 1941-42 - newly remastered and restored. The Human Torch, Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Destroyer, the Whizzer and more battle for victory for America - both together and in solo adventures! Softcover, 288 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Mystic Comics (1940-1942 1st Series) #1-4. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Hot on the heels of the smash comic book hit of 1939, Marvel Comics, publisher Martin Goodman called up two companion titles to join his emerging comics line, post-haste. And now, for the first time in 70 years, the Marvel Masterworks bring the last of that trio of titles-Mystic Comics! Chock full of pulp-style men of action, hard-boiled gumshoes, mythical strongmen, undead avengers, and-of course-super heroes, Mystic Comics is a roller-coaster thrill ride back to the earliest days of comic books, when freewheeling writers and artists threw out wild ideas to a public with an insatiable appetite for comics. In this fully restored collection you'll encounter comics first super-stretching hero-Flexo the Rubber Robot; the hero from beyond the grave-the Blue Blaze; the Dynamic Man, Master Mind Excello, the invisible Dr. Gade, Dakor the Magician, Zara of the Jungle, the Space Rangers, Hercules, the devil-possessed Black Widow, and more! Featuring an in-depth introduction by noted comics and pulp historian Will Murray, this volume is a priceless adventure into the Golden Age of comics! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Mark Buckingham Cover

1st printing. Collects Miracleman (2015 Marvel) #1-6.

Written by Neil Gaiman. Art and cover by Mark Buckingham.

Award-winning writer NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman) and artist MARK BUCKINGHAM (Fables) unveil Miracleman's Golden Age!

Atop Olympus, Miracleman presides over a brave new world forged from London's destruction. It is a world free of war, of famine, of poverty. A world of countless wonders. A world where pilgrims scale Olympus's peak to petition their living god while, miles below, the dead return in fantastic android bodies. It is an Age of Miracles -- but is humankind ready for it? Do we even want it? Is there a place for humanity in a world of gods?

Gaiman and Buckingham delve into the lives of lonely idealists, rebellious schoolchildren and fracturing families, exploring the human constant in a changing world of gods and miracles.

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $29.99.

Joe Quesada Cover

1st printing. Collects Miracleman (2015 Marvel) #1-6.

Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Mark Buckingham. Cover by Joe Quesada.

Award-winning writer NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman) and artist MARK BUCKINGHAM (Fables) unveil Miracleman's Golden Age!

Atop Olympus, Miracleman presides over a brave new world forged from London's destruction. It is a world free of war, of famine, of poverty. A world of countless wonders. A world where pilgrims scale Olympus's peak to petition their living god while, miles below, the dead return in fantastic android bodies. It is an Age of Miracles -- but is humankind ready for it? Do we even want it? Is there a place for humanity in a world of gods?

Gaiman and Buckingham delve into the lives of lonely idealists, rebellious schoolchildren and fracturing families, exploring the human constant in a changing world of gods and miracles.

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $29.99.

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The Golden Age of Comics: Book 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by E.C. Segar. Featuring three complete Thimble Theater Adventures - Popeye and the Jeep, Popeye and the Mystery Melody, and Popeye's Search for His Poppa - just as they originally appeared in the daily newspapers of 1936. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W.

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1st printing.

Written by lvin Schwartz. Art by Wayne Boring. Cover by Peter Poplaski.

The Man of Steel's newspaper comic strips are among the rarest of all Superman collectibles. In these 15 storylines, Superman faces off against the "Crime Mentalist" who can predict crimes before they happen; finds himself locked up for speeding in "Superman, Jailbird;" plays cupid to help a millionaire Prince Charming find the mysterious "Miss Whisper;" and is at the mercy of his old foe Enthor's paralyzing weapon! Other stories in this third addition to the series include "Lois's Secret Identity" and "The Super Elixir."

Featuring never-before-collected strips!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 260 pages, B&W. All Ages

Cover price $49.99.

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1st printing. Cover by Peter Poplaski. In a full eighteen adventures, Superman's travels take him around the globe as well as through time and space. The Man of Steel solves the case of the Curiosity Crimes, becomes a rival for Cleopatra's affections in ancient Egypt, is exposed to radiation that turns him into Superbabe, battles a prehistoric animal called a "Paleomatzoball" (!), reprises the "Superman's Service to Servicemen" series with a couple of services for veterans, encounters an ancient civilization in the lost valley of Ru, meets up with Angus the talking dog, and to top it all off, witnesses Lois marrying Clark Kent-or does he?! Superman was created in 1938 by two ambitious Cleveland youngsters, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Their defender of the oppressed became an enduring smash sensation in comics, radio, animation, television, and motion pictures. He remains the little guy's White Knight, battling terrestrial and extra-terrestrial menaces and standing for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Hardcover, 180 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

1st printing. Collects stories from Marvel Comics (1939) #1, Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #2-31, Human Torch Comics (1940-1954) #2-6, Sub-Mariner Comics (1941-1955) #1-4, All Winners Comics (1941-1947) #1-4, Daring Mystery Comics (1940-1942) #7-8 and Comedy Comics (1942-1946 Timely) #9.

Written by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton. Art by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos., Cover by Bill Everett.

Hardcover, 864 pages, full color.

Cover price $150.00.

1st printing. Collects stories from Marvel Comics (1939) #1, Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #2-31, Human Torch Comics (1940-1954) #2-6, Sub-Mariner Comics (1941-1955) #1-4, All Winners Comics (1941-1947) #1-4, Daring Mystery Comics (1940-1942) #7-8 and Comedy Comics (1942-1946 Timely) #9.

Written by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton. Art by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos., Cover by Bill Everett.

Hardcover, 864 pages, full color.

Cover price $150.00.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects stories from Detective Comics (1937-2011) #27-56 and Batman (1940-2011) #1-7, New York World's Fair (1939) #1940, World's Best Comics (1941), and World's Finest (1941-1986) #2-3. Written by Bill Finger, Whitney Ellsworth and Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff, George Roussos, and Jerry Robinson. Cover by Darwyn Cooke. Batmans 1939 debut and other early tales in this collection of Golden Age classics. Since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27, Batman has become one of the most popular comics characters in the world, appearing in multimillion-dollar movie franchises, TV shows, video games, and other media. Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 features the very first appearance of Batman and introduces such classic characters as Commissioner James Gordon, Robin, The Joker, Catwoman, the Penguin, and many more! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 824 pages, full color. Cover price $125.00.

1st printing. by William Ritt and Clarence Gray. Man against Beast! Four giant jaguars, half-mad with hunger, held by slender chains an inch away from their prey! Brick Bradford, blond invader of the Indian kingdom of Amaru, must push his survival skills and bravery to the limits if he hopes to escape the City Beneath the Sea! Featuring the strips from 8/21/1933 to 06/29/1934. Softcover (Horizontal Format, Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 13 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 96 pages, full color.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story by William Ritt. Art and cover by Clarence Gray. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Featuring the Sunday strips from 11/25/1934 to 08/11/1935. Adventurer Brick Bradford, along with his cohorts Professor Horatio Southern and Brick's girlfriend April Southern, find a lost kingdom. Softcover (Horizontal Format, Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 11-in. x 8.5-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

Includes Signed and Numbered Art Page (Limited to 1,000 copies)

Signed and Numbered by Burne Hogarth - 1st printing.

Story and art by Burne Hogarth. Edited by Maurice Horn.

This is a beautiful collection of comic strips featuring the adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs' mighty lord of the jungle - Tarzan! Reproduced from the original Sunday pages. Also includes an original art page also signed and numbered (the art page is limited to 1,000 copies).

Includes Introductory Essays by Burne Hogarth and Maurice Horn.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 19 1/2-in. x 28 1/2-in., 154 pages, full color.

NOTE: Book Limited to 2,000 copies.

Does NOT Include Art Page

Signed and Numbered by Burne Hogarth - 1st printing.

Story and art by Burne Hogarth. Edited by Maurice Horn.

This is a beautiful collection of comic strips featuring the adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs' mighty lord of the jungle - Tarzan! Reproduced from the original Sunday pages.

Includes Introductory Essays by Burne Hogarth and Maurice Horn.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 19 1/2-in. x 28 1/2-in., 154 pages, full color.

NOTE: Book Limited to 2,000 copies.

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1st printing. Edited by Ron Goulart. This issue examines the early history of DC Comics. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects More Fun Comics (1935-1947) #55-98. Written by Gardner Fox. Art and cover by Hal Sherman. Don't miss this new, extra-sized archive collecting the complete, mystic adventures of Doctor Fate. Young Kent Nelson, taken in by the ancient wizard Nabu, is trained in the mystic arts, preparing to protect the world from mystic threats as the golden-helmeted hero Dr. Fate! Hardcover, 396 pages, full color. Cover price $75.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects ADVENTURE COMICS (1938-1983)#40-57, NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939, and NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940. Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Bert Christman, Creig Flessel, Chad Grothkopf, and Ogden Whitney. Cover by Crieg Flessel. The first batch of Wesley Dodd's adventures as Sandman are chronicled in this volume featuring an intro by Jim Amash, co-editor of Alter Ego. Hardcover, 228 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

1st printing.

Written by Mike Madrid and Maria Elena Buszek.

Wonder Woman, Mary Marvel, and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle ruled the pages of comic books in the 1940s. But many heroines of the WWII-era have been forgotten.

Through twenty-eight full reproductions of vintage Golden Age comics, Divas, Dames & Daredevils reintroduces their ingenious abilities to mete out justice to Nazis, aliens, and evildoers of all kinds. Each spine-tingling chapter opens with Mike Madrid's insightful commentary about heroines at the dawn of the comic book industry and reveals a universe populated by extraordinary women - superheroes, reporters, galactic warriors, daring detectives, and ace fighter pilots - who protected America and the world with wit and guile.

Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 240 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "September 1939-January 1941!" Collects Amazing Man Comics (1939) #5-18. Stories by Bill Everett, Louis Glanzman, Sam Glanzman, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, John F. Kolb, Frank Thomas, Tarpe Mills, A.L. Kirby, Martin Filchock, Robert Louis Golden, Harold Hughes, John Giunta, Malcolm Kildale, and David C. Cooke. Cover by Bill Everett. Amazing Man was the second superhero after Superman to have a comic book named after him. Historians credit his creation variously to writer-artist Bill Everett and art director Lloyd Jacquet, founder of The Funnies Inc., although some credit may be due to Grace Everett, who helped with research. In 1914, an orphaned child named John Aman was chosen by the Tibetan Council of Seven and trained to be a superman, both in mental and physical perfection. His powers include super strength, invulnerability and the ability to make himself disappear in a cloud of green vapour. When he turned twenty-five, after his final tests, he is sent into the world to combat crime and injustice, returning to America to become the heroic Amazing Man. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1940-March 1941 and September 1940-May 1941!" Collects stories from Crack Comics (1940-1949) #1-11 and Smash Comics (1939-1949 Quality) #14-22. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Lou Fine,Otto Binder, John Cassone, Charles Sultan, John Belfi, and Rudy Palais. Lou Fine was one of the most impressive and influential artists to ever work in comics. His fluid figures were admired and copied by such greats as Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. In the early 40's, the heyday of the Golden Age, he worked for Everett M. "Busy" Arnold at Quality Comics along with such greats as Reed Crandall, Jack Cole and Will Eisner and in addition to his impressive covers, he worked on such comics as the Black Condor; aka Richard Grey Jr. having lost his parents was raised by giant black condors and after studying his condor foster parents, he learned to fly. He befriended a hermit monk named Father Pierre who convinced him that he should use his unique attributes to do good and so was born the Black Condor. Lou Fine also created The Ray, a reporter named Hubert 'Happy' Terrill who was covering the story of a high-flying "strato-balloon" exploring the upper atmosphere. An electrical storm struck and while closing the outer airlock door, "Happy" got the full brunt of the storm's energy and the unfiltered sunlight giving him his super powers to absorb energy from his surroundings and emit it from his body in any form he chose, also using it to propel himself through the air. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $62.99.

Volume 1 -1st printing. "June 1944-August 1947!" Collects stories from Fight Comics (1940-1954) #32-52. Cover by Joe Doolin. The Tiger Girl, created by Robert Webb, was also known as Princess Vishnu. She was brought from India to Africa by her father Rajah Vishnu, after the death of her Irish mother. She was an excellent leader andpretty good in a fight, especially when she used her whip and her tiger ring, which gave her added strength when she looked at it and was accompanied by her companions: Benzali, a tiger, and Abdola, an Indian man. She protected her lost civilization from outsiders and others who meant harm. House artists Joe Doolin and Maurice Whitman produced a number of memorable Tiger Girl covers starting with Fight Comics #49 replacing Señorita Rio and staying on the cover until her very last appearance in Fight Comics #81. She ultimately became one of Fiction House's longest-lived characters - her stories continued to be published for over a decade until the company ceased operations in 1954. Tiger Girl first appeared in Fight Comics #32 (June 1944) published by Fiction House. She appeared a further 33 times in Fight comics, plus 12 appearances in Jungle Girls and 11 appearances in Jungle Comics. Featuring stories by Joe Dodlin, Robert Webb, Alex Blum, Matt Baker, and Iger Shop. Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January-March 1940!" Collects Fight Comics (1940) #1-3.

Cover by Will Eisner.

Join us, as we delve into the pages of this classic comic from Fiction House featuring the talents of Will Eisner, Lou Fine, George Tuska, Alex Blum, Fred Schwab, Steve Broder, Fletcher Hanks, Maurice Gutwirth, Klaus Nordling, Leonard Frank, William Wills, Dan Zolnerowich, John Celardo, Edd Ashe, August Froehlich, Leo Mprey, and Charles Sultan.

And remember, the 1st Rule of Fight Comics: You must talk about Fight Comics. The 2nd Rule of Fight Comics: You must talk some more about Fight Comics. The 3rd Rule of Fight Comics: Go buy Fight Comics before your shop sells out! And the 4th Rule of Fight Comics: Everybody needs to buy Fight Comics!

Hardcover(with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1941-July 1942!" Collects Exciting Comics (1940-1949) #9-20. Cover art by Elmer Wexler. Introducing The Black Terror, Nemesis of Crime! Bob Benton was a pharmacist working on a tonic to pep people up, who developed "formic ethers" instead, thanks to a comment made by his new assistant Tim Roland, inspiring him along a new path. Inhaling the vapors from his discovery granted him superhuman strength, which he used to become the crimefighter the Black Terror, battling hoodlums, saboteurs and enemy agents in equal measure. Tim, similarly empowered, became his sidekick, together known as the Terror Twins! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. A bookshelf format reprint overview of the best Golden Age action-adventure heroes, as originally published by Fawcett, Fiction House & Lev Gleason and featuring classic stories starring Spy Smasher, Bulletman, Ibis, Minute Man, Mr. Scarlet, Crimebuster, Ironjaw, and Senorita Rio! Fourteen full-length stories in all, with art by Mac Raboy, Bob Fujitani, Nick Cardy, Fred Kida, Jerry Grandenetti, and more! Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 266 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. A collection of complete stories by the greatest artists of the Golden Age, including two Flame adventures drawn by the great Lou Fine, Espionage by Will Eisner, The Black Terror and Fighting Yank, both by Mort Meskin and Jerry Robinson. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Fine $14.00

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

1st printing. "The Greatest Covers of Detective Comics from the '30s to the '50s!" By Joe Desris. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00

1st Edition - Signed by Bill Schelly.

1st printing.

By Bill Schelly.

Includes photos and gorgeous illustrations by Steve Ditko, Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Dave Stevens, R. Crumb, Bernie Wrightson, and an introduction by former editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, Roy Thomas.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W.

NOTE: Limited to a 1,000 copies. Signature is on page 5 with Table of Contents.

Cover price $11.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $32.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1935-1956!"

Written by Paul Levitz.

The single most comprehensive book on the subject, this volume traces DC Comics's first decades, from its pulp origins up to the comic book burnings of the McCarthy '50s in over 400 pages bursting with comics, art, photographs, and more comics. The first in a new series, expanded from the Eisner Award-winning book, 75 Years of DC Comics, hits the shelf at a reader friendly size with essays updated by author Paul Levitz and over 1,000 new images across five volumes. Featuring a new interview with legendary artist Joe Kubert.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 400 pages, full color.

Cover price $59.95.

NOTE: All Text is in Italian - Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Alberto Becattini. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12-in., 80 pages, Full Color.

NOTE: All Text is in Italian.

1st printing.

By John Wade.

A Journey into Space with 1950s Radio, TV, Movies, Comics, and Books

John Wade grew up in the 1950s, a decade that has since been dubbed the "golden age of science fiction." For him, the super-accuracy and amazing technical quality of today's science fiction films pale into insignificance beside the radio, early TV and B-picture films about people who built rockets in their back gardens and flew them to lost planets, or tales of aliens who wanted to take over, if not our entire world, then at least our bodies.

This book is a personal account of John Wade's fascination with the genre across all the entertainment media in which it appeared, the sort of stuff he reveled in as a young boy, and still enjoys today.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $42.95.

Add to cart Fine $14.00

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Pied Piper Graphic Album # 1 - 1st printing. Written by Kevin Juaire and David Campiti. Art by Ron Lim and Michael Whitherby. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $6.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $18.00

1st printing. By Mike Benton. DID YOU KNOW: Superman began his career as a villain; Jean Harlow was a model for Catwoman; Mickey Spillane started out as a comic book writer; Jerry Siegel married the real-life Lois Lane; and Madame Fatal was the first transvestite superhero? Find all this out and more in the ultimate history of the super-genre (early 1930-late 1940s). From Amazing Man to Wonder Woman, this book includes more than 300 full color illustrations, profiles on creators, and a complete checklist of Golden Age super hero comics! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 200 pages, full color. Cover price $26.95.

1st printing.

Begins with a Joe Kubert interview and then, as the cover art suggests, the focus in this first volume shifts to lots and lots of Golden Age Hawkman, who roamed the pages of Flash Comics way back in the day, plus reprints of "The Golem", "Man Eating Lizards" from Eerie #1 (Avon) and others, selected Kubert splash pages.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 122 pages, B&W.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. Collects Golden Age (1993) #1-4.

Written by James Robinson. Art and cover by Paul Smith.

DC's first generation of superheroes have been driven into retirement, hiding, or madness-except for a few who are willing to change with the times. But behind the scenes, something even more sinister is unfolding-a subtle plot that may engulf the planet and remake it in one man's image.

Softcover, 200 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Human Torch Comics (1940-1949) #2-5a (Yes, folks, odd numbering was not solely the province of modern comic books; the Torch's solo book started with issue #2 and had two #5s). Story and art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, and JOE SIMON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Marvel presents more Golden Age goodness, reprinting the first four issues of HUMAN TORCH from 1940-41. This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, including the introduction and origin of Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid. See the Torch and Toro fight side-by-side with the Mighty Sub-Mariner! Also featuring the adventures of Microman, Mantor the Magician, the Fiery Mask and the Patriot. Softcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Cover by Brad Gorby. Edited by Bill Black. Written by Bill Black. Art by Harry Anderson, Rafael Astarita, Al Avison, Dick Ayers, Matt Baker, Dan Barry, Ken Battlefield, Jack Binder, Charles Biro, Nick Cardy, John Cassone, Arturo Cazeneuve, Jack Cole, L.B. Cole, Steve Ditko, Will Eisner, Lee Elias, Lou Fine, Leonard Frank, Frank Frazetta, Bob Fujitani, Syd Greene, John Giunta, Fred Guardineer, Graham Ingels, Fred Kida, H.C. Kiefer, Bernie Krigstein, Alan Mandel, Hi Mankin, Norman Maurer, Ralph Mayo, Mort Meskin, Ruben Moreira, William Overgard, R.S. Pious, Al Plastino, Bob Powell, Charles M. Quinlan, Mac Raboy, Jerry Robinson, Alex Schomburg, Mike Sekowsky, Lin Streeter, Alex Toth, Bill Ward, Maurice Whitman, Ogden Whitney, Bob Wood, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. AC Comics presents its own version of an Official Handbook, only focusing on the countless Golden Age heroes revived and revised by AC, from well-known figures like Green Hornet to obscure ones like Airmale and Stampy. Listings include creators, supporting characters, weapons, appearances, and profile pics by the artists most associated with the character. This makes this a rare reference guide to heroes of the 1940s and 50s from publishers like Fiction House, Magazine Enterprises, Ace, Nedor, MLJ, Hillman, Holyoke, Harvey, Prize, Fox, Chesler, Columbia, Novelty Press, Four Star, Enwil, Fawcett, Sterling, Lev Gleason, and Spark. 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.