Comic Books

IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 127pp in original color stiff wraps. Text is in Japanese. MANGA - JAPANESE COMICS. One page has a small corner fold.

IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 128pp in color stiff wraps. Text is in Japanese. MANGA - JAPANESE COMICS. Small edge tear on back cover.

Movie booklet for the premier showing of Fantasia.Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Folio. Original colored pictorial wrappers. Walt Disney Productions. (1940.) Some light soiling and edge-wear to covers, with a small closed tear to top edge of the upper cover; interior is bright and clean.

Agoura, CA: Fantagraphics Books, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Five softcovers compilations in glossy pictorial wraps. All are first printings. All are crisp and clean except for half-title pages, which are filled with inked notes pertaining to incidents in the comics. No writing anywhere else. Erratum slip present in Volume Five. Oblong 4to. Books are more than six pounds packed. Shipping will be extra for priority or international shipping.

Simon & Schuster, 1956. Hardcover. In good condition with dust jacket in fair to good condition with significant wear and tear to the edges..

Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2006. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2006, first printing. Small 8vo., 644pp. Purple printed boards with purple ribbon marker. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Marvel Comics, 1972. Single Issue. VERY_GOOD VERY_GOOD. Conan the Barbarian 14 Marvel 1972 1st App Elric of Melnibone CGC 6.5 New Slab. First appearance of Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone! Graded 6.5 with a new slab. Lovely collector's piece. See photos. Conan the Barbarian 14 Marvel 1972 1st App Elric of Melnibone CGC 6.5 New Slab. First appearance of Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone! Graded 6.5 with a new slab. Lovely collector's piece. See photos. First Character Appearance|Key Issue

Stated First Printing, number line contains "1".
Black leatherette book cover like new with lovely bronze embossing - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, very light shelf wear.
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The Man of Bronze is back with a vengeance! In this brand-new, archival edition, the harrowing adventures of Doc Savage return straight from the 1970's fully remastered and ready for action. With art rendered by John Buscema, Tony DeZuniga, and Ernie Chan to accompany writer Doug Moench, this book is a must-have for any and all fans of Doc Savage and his Amazing Five. Revisit the classic Curtis Magazine issues and relive the glory days of the Man of Bronze!
Collecting the complete, first eight issues of the 1970s Doc Savage Magazine in its entirety, complete with vintage advertisements, features, and more!

NY: Chelsea House, 1970. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Chelsea House, 1970, first printing. 4to., 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", xxviii+291pp., illustrated throughout with color and b/w strips of the comics series. Ribbed black cloth with blind embossed full cover silhouette of Dick Tracy, yellow spine titles. The true first edition, first edition stated and published in 1970, with a 9 digit Standard Book Number (394419642 on dust jacket and 39441964Z on copyright page; price of $15.00 on dj flap). Dust spotting along top edge of page block, else fine, near pristine - bright, unworn in near fine dust jacket with minor loss at the crown, a few, short closed tears/minor edge wear and some foxing to verso (facing the book). . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York, NY: Warner Books, 1993. Softcover. Fine.

Richmond Hills, Ontario: Udon Entertainment, 2008. First Printing. Softcover. Fine. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover, else As New / Unread. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

Stated First Edition.
Book cover near new, light edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged. Includes bound-in inserts of 8 "City of Terror" trading cards plus mini-comic book "Two Fisted Sisters".
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Comic strips offer a surreal look at city life, death, television, alienation, art, tragedy, and love.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Signed First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002, first printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 13", 336pp., 776 illustrations, 100 plates in full color. Boldly inscirbed by author to cartoonist Mary Anne Case: "To Mary Anne, A true cartoonist and comics fan - Brian Walker." Pictorial laminated boards, color pictorial endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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The Eisner Award-winning series, collected in one volume, presents one of the grandest stories of Western civilization, now one of the most explosive epics in the history of comics.Giants plot against gods, who in turn tear human lovers apart, while the lives of great warriors are ruined, and murder after murder is committed in the name of love and gold. It's the epic as it was meant to be read.This new high point in Russell's distinguished career as a true artist's artist includes behind-the-scenes production art, notes on the adaptation by the artist, and high res scans of the original art.

Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1889. First Edition, first state. Original Cloth. Very good +. A. Fredericks. A masterpiece of Victorian comic writing, gently poking fun at convention, with several renowned setpiece scenes. Original publisher's blue grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, black stamped title and silhouette of a boat to front cover. Small 8vo (19cm). [6], 2–315, [3]. First edition, first state with "Quay Street" as address to title page but without the street number of 11. Arrowsmith's 2/- series advert to front pastedown; two pages pub.'s adverts to rear, 'Arrowsmith's Bristol Library', listing 37 titles, with to facing page 'Books for Children' over two pages; to rear pastedown, two titles 'Ready in October', Prince Prigio and Jonathan and His Continent. The word "stream" present at the end of page 271. (Rodgers & Read). A Walsall bookseller's label, coincidentally Jerome's birthplace, to front pastedown. Neat previous owner's name to flyleaf in ink, dated Nov.… Read More