Search Results: Graphic Novels and Comics from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Angeles: Charles Fries Productions, 1977. Archive of five scripts for four episodes from Season One of "The Amazing Spider-Man" television series in 1977. All belonging to actor Michael Pataki, who played police captain Barbera in the series, each with his manuscript name on either the front wrapper or title page, and his lines and stage directions circled throughout, with one of the scripts also including substantial manuscript changes to Barbera's dialogue and action. "The Amazing Spider-Man" debuted on CBS in September 1977 with a two hour television movie serving as the pilot, the first live action treatment of Marvel's flagship hero outside of some occasional segments that aired as part of PBs' "The Electric Company" earlier in the decade. Five more episodes of Season One aired the following April and May. A second series of eight episodes aired during the 1978-79 season. Although a ratings success, CBS chose not to renew "The Amazing Spider-Man" for a third season, because they were… Read More

New York: NBM, 2001. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED by the author on the front wrapper verso. A reality-jumping interview between a narcoleptic filmmaker and a young reporter from Los Angeles. About Fine in illustrated wrappers.

New York: Henry Holt, 1943. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in orange cloth covered boards with blue titles and a Very Good plus orange dust jacket. Slightly cocked, with mild foxing to the endpapers. Jacket has light wear at the spine ends and corners, with a short snag to the rear joint, and a few short closed tears at the extremities. An attractive copy.

New York: Henry Holt, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in cornflower blue cloth covered boards with red titles and a Near Fine black dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked, with light rubbing at the extremities. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Jacket has a few tiny chips at the spine ends and mild rubbing to the extremities. A very presentable copy in an especially bright jacket.

New York: Henry Holt, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in vibrant blue cloth covered boards with black titles and a just about Fine black dust jacket. Slightly cocked, with front board lightly bowed. Jacket price marked out, with light rubbing at the spine ends and corners. An attractive copy, unusual in this variant.

N.p.: DC Comics, 1989. Vintage publicity photograph of director Tim Burton from the 1989 film. Richard Donner directed the highly successful superhero film "Superman" (starring Christopher Reeves) in 1978, but it was Burton's dark and semiserious anti-hero take on the DC Comic character "Batman" that would be repeatedly emulated over the next three decades, and is largely responsible for the modern day superhero film genre. "Batman" spawned three direct sequels "Batman Returns" (1989), "Batman Forever" (1995), and "Batman and Robin" (1997). Joel Schumacher took over directing the franchise after "Batman Returns," and replaced Michael Keaton's Batman with Val Kilmer and George Clooney, respectively. Director Christopher Nolan would resurrect the franchise in the highly successful "Dark Knight Trilogy" ("Batman Begins" [2005], "The Dark Knight" [2008], and "The Dark Knight Rises" [2012]) with Christian Bale in the lead. Several more films have since been spawned from the DC Comic's character… Read More

Burbank, CA: New Line Cinema, 1996. Revised Draft script for the 1998 film, copy belonging to Master Lead Painter Charlie Palazzo, with the annotations in manuscript ink of "Charli P. / Print Dept." and copy number "301" on the front wrapper. "Blue Rev.1" script on blue paper, dated 12/11/96, with copy number "707" in manuscript ink on the top right corner of the title page. Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Followed by two sequels "Blade II" (2002), directed by Guillermo del Toro, and "Blade: Trinity" (2004) directed by screenwriter David S. Goyer, all starring Wesley Snipes. Snipes stars as the Dhampir Blade, a half-man, half-vampire protecting the human race from evil vampires. The beginning of Marvel Comic's success in film adaptations, which still continues, unabatedly, two and a half decades later. Set in and shot on location in Long Beach, Death Valley, and Los Angeles, California, and London, Moscow, and Vancouver. White titled self wrappers,… Read More

New York: Marvel Illustrated Books, 1982. First Edition. No. 02839. First Edition, a paperback original. A comic adaptation of the 1982 film starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, based in turn on Philip K. Dick's classic novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". Faint tidemark on the top right corner of the first three leaves, else Near Fine in wrappers.

N.p.: Self published, 1991. First Edition. First Edition. A self-published comic compilation featuring "Los Hooligans," the impish characters created by Robert Rodriguez during his time at the University of Texas, and originally published in the school's paper, "The Daily Texan." Rodriguez would go on to direct a number of action and neo-noir films, including "El Mariachi" (1992), "Sin City" (2005), "Machete" (2010), and the "Spy Kids" franchise. Very Good plus in self wrappers, side stapled, with light age toning on the edges.

N.p.: Teacup Tales, 1981. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by author Joe Wehrle Jr. on the front pastedown: "To Jerry Jurman / Joe Wehrle Jr." Very Good plus in pictorial wrappers, in the Big Little Book style, with light foxing on the page block and endpapers.

Detroit: Time Stereo, 2005. Limited Edition. One of 40 copies (this being No. 12) of this small photocopied perfect-bound zine in yellow photocopied wrappers. SIGNED by the artist on the first blank. Created by Detroit artist and noise musician Davin Brainard, the zine contains collections of alternative, slightly more misanthropic Charlie Brown comics. Fine in illustrated yellow wrappers, with original price sticker at the verso.

Detroit: Time Stereo, 2005. Limited Edition. One of 40 copies (this being No. 16) of this small photocopied perfect-bound zine in yellow photocopied wrappers. SIGNED by the artist on the first blank. Created by Detroit artist and noise musician Davin Brainard, the zine contains a collections of alternative, slightly-more misanthropic Charlie Brown comics. A tiny red stain to the bottom of the front wrapper, else just about Fine.

New York: National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films, 1972. Collection of three vintage negatives from "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" (1969) and two vintage negatives from "Snoopy, Come Home!" (1972). Housed in four original Cinema Center Films envelopes, housed in turn in a Fox-Rank Distributors envelope. "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" was a wildly successful release, and the feature film debut of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang. Followed by four more "Peanuts" films, the most recent being "The Peanuts Movie" in 2015. Negatives 5 x 3.75 inches, housed in envelopes measuring 5.25 x 4.5 inches. Envelopes and negatives Fine.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1948. Collection of eleven "Flash Gordon" comic books, published variously between 1934 and 1948 as part of the Big Little Books series by the Whitman Publishing Company. Represented in the collection are issue Nos. 1110, 1166, 1171, 1190, 1407, 1423, 1443, 1447, 1469, 1484, and 1492. King Features Syndicate artist Alex Raymond was initially commissioned to create a science fiction comic strip to mirror the success of the National Newspaper Syndicate's "Buck Rogers" strip. The resultant series first appeared in print on January 7, 1934, and was published in over 130 newspapers by the late 1930s. Generally Very Good plus to Good, with moderate edgewear, foxing, and soil overall. Lowery, "The Collector's Guide to Big Little Books and Similar Books.

San Diego: IDW Publishing / The Library of American Comics, 2012. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Unread.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1927. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1927 silent film, showing actress Carmel Myers and vaudevillian-cartoonist Bert Levy (here visiting the set in a cartoonist capacity). With a mimeo snipe on the verso. A light romantic comedy following a young woman who blackmails her prospective beau into marriage. Now considered a lost film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, lightly worn to the bottom left corner and top edge.

New York: DC Comics, 1990. A collection of ten original comics featuring Doc Savage, published by DC, all SIGNED by writer Mike W. Barr on the front wrappers. Doc Savage was featured by DC Comics beginning with a four-issue miniseries in 1987, followed by twenty-four issues, including an annual issue. Other characters throughout the run included Doc's love interest Monya, his grandson "Chip," and a crossover series with The Shadow, another pulp-era crime-fighting hero. DC would also collect stories into trade paperbacks and issue crossover one-shots with super heroes like Batman. Issues included are: Nos. 12, 14 - Sunlight Rising! (Parts 2 and 4), September and November 1989. No. 15 - The Sea Baron (Part 1), December 1989. No. 18 - The Conflagration Man (Part 4), March 1990. Nos. 19-21 - The Air Lord (Parts 1-3), May-July 1990. No. 22 - The Asteroid Terro (Part 1), August 1990. No. 23 - Hermes, Messenger of Death, September 1990. No. 24 - Death from Above (Part 3), October 1990. A few… Read More

Seattle: Fantagraphics, 1997. Fourth Printing, first published in 1990. Fine in pamphlet-bound illustrated wrappers. Includes "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron," "The Stroll," and "The Return of Young Dan Pussey." An attractive copy.

Paris: Gaumont, 1961. Original program for the 1961 French film, here under the original French title. Illustrated in red, black, and white, and stills from the film, with laid-in synopsis sheets featuring the "Fenouillard" family and oversize umbrella illustration on the rectos. Based on the 19th century French comic by Marie Louis Georges Colomb (Christophe), one of the earliest in the country's history. Leocadie Fenouillard (Desmarets) and her family travel to France to visit the Eiffel Tower but end up on a boat headed for Brazil. They escape being eating by cannibals, and sail to somewhere in the Arctic, where they take refuge in an igloo. Their adventures take them to Japan, where they imitate geishas, and finally through Africa's riverbanks, until they return home, all without once seeing the Eiffel Tower. Program 9.25 x 12 inches, saddle-stapled, 4 leaves, with 2 loose sheets slightly smaller. Very Good plus, with light foxing and a few short creases.

New York: Pyramid, 1976. First Edition. First Edition. An early graphic novel about a private eye named Chandler who is hired to track down the witnesses to a gangland murder. About Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers, with a couple of small nicks and accompanying creasing on the front wrapper fore-edge.