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THIS MONTH IN traditional COMIC book COLLECTIONS
Archie Archives volume 10
Archie Archives volume 10 (Dark Horse): vintage Archie stories from 1948! By then Archie appeared in three different comic books, headlined a radio show, as well as had a newspaper strip — not poor for a youngster who’s been in high institution for over 70 years! Collecting Archie Comics #32-34 as well as Archie stories from Pep Comics #67-69 as well as Laugh Comics #27-28. featuring work by expense Vigoda, Irv Novick, Joe Edwards, expense Woggon, as well as others. 264-page color hardcover. offered in August.
Batman: A event of 75 Years
Batman: A event of 75 Years as well as The Joker: A event of 75 Years (DC Comics): two huge anniversary collections spotlight the very best stories of a traditional hero as well as his malevolent adversary. This outstanding Batman best-of collection includes stories from Detective Comics #27, 83, 211, 216, 327, 359, 395, 442, 474, 574, 633, 711, 757, 821, Batman #1, 49, 181, 497, Batman #2 (the new 52), World’s Finest Comics #94, DC special series #21, as well as Batman special #1! Written by expense Finger, Edmond Hamilton, John Broome, Dennis O’Neil, Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart, Mike W. Barr, Doug Moench, Greg Rucka, Chuck Dixon, Paul Dini, Scott Snyder, as well as others. Art by Bob Kane, Dick Sprang, Carmine Infantino, Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Marshall Rogers, Frank Miller, Michael Golden, Alan Davis, Jim Aparo, J.H. Williams III, Greg Capullo, as well as others. Cover by Jim Lee as well as Scott Williams. 384-page hardcover. offered in July.
The Joker: A event of 75 Years
Meanwhile, the Clown prince of criminal offense stars in The Joker: A event of 75 Years, featuring stories from Batman #1, 5, 25, 32, 85, 163, 251, 427, Batman #15 (the new 52), Detective Comics #64, 168, 180, 475, 476, 726, 741, 826, Detective Comics #1 (the new 52), World’s Finest Comics #61, Superman #9, as well as Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #66. Written by expense Finger, Dennis O’Neil, Steve Englehart, John Byrne, J.M. DeMatteis, Chuck Dixon, Greg Rucka, Paul Dini, Tony S. Daniels, Scott Snyder, as well as others. Art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Jack Burnley, Dick Sprang, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, John Byrne, Jim Aparo, Joe Staton, Brian Stelfreeze, Tony S. Daniel, Greg Capullo, as well as others. Cover by Brian Bolland. 384-page hardcover offered in July. Bob Greenberger will be taking a in-depth look at this Joker volume soon, ideal right here at the Westfield blog.
Bomb Run as well as other Stories
Bomb Run as well as other stories (Fantagraphics): Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin, as well as will Elder teamed to produce 34 dramatic, emotional, as well as now historical war stories in just under three years. all of them are collected in this book. featuring stories from the Roman empire as well as the American Revolutionary war up with world war II as well as the Korean War. 264-page B&W 7.25” x 10.25” hardcover. likewise offered is The E.C. Comics Slipcase, a boxed set of the very first four of Fantagraphics’s E.C. collections: Corpse on the Imjin! (Kurtzman); Came the Dawn (Wood); 50 women 50 (Williamson); as well as ‘Tain’t the Meat… It’s the Humanity! (Davis). a lot of volumes function stories by Al Feldstein.
Marvel Masterworks: great four volume 16
Marvel Masterworks: great four volume 16 (Marvel Comics): writer Roy Thomas teams with George Pérez, John Buscema, expense Mantlo, Sal Buscema, as well as rich Bucker for a fantastic run of cosmic stories featuring Galactus, the High Evolutionary, as well as the impossible return of an improbable guest star. Plus, time-traveling to satisfy the Invaders, Luke Cage joins the FF, as well as the Crusader crusades! as well as the Hulk vs. the Thing, who then team to handle the FF! holy macaroni! Collects great four (1961) #164-175 as well as FF annual #11, plus marvel Two-In-One #20 as well as annual #1 as well as marvel Treasury edition #11. 328-page color hardcover. Variant “classic” cover available. offered in September.
THIS MONTH IN traditional COMIC strip COLLECTIONS
Girl Genius: volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne as well as the Sleeping City
Girl Genius: volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne as well as the Sleeping City (Airship Entertainment): the current in Phil as well as Kaja Foglio’s sprawling saga of adventure, romance, as well as mad Science! Agatha as well as her buddies try to save her town from the huge armies of the Wulfenbach empire in the current volume of the Hugo Award-winning series! offered in both softcover as well as hardcover editions; all previous volumes are likewise available. 160-page difficult or softcover.
Dark Shadows: The total newspaper Dailies & Sundays
Dark Shadows: The total newspaper Dailies & Sundays (Hermes Press): based on the extremely prominent Dark shadows gothic soap opera, this is a collection of all the original newspaper strips — both dailies as well as Sundays — which originally ran 1971-72, while the show was on TV. The Sunday strips are provided in their original half-page style as well as are in color. The book likewise features a number of supplemental materials, including an essay by noted Dark shadows scholar Dr. Jeffrey Thompson. 244-page partial color, huge (11” x 8.5”) hardcover.
The Phantom: The total Sundays volume 2
The Phantom: The total Sundays volume 2 (Hermes Press) is being resolicited for June 2014 release. Previous orders have been canceled. Please reorder if you still want this 176-page hardcover collection of Phantom Sundays from 1942-43.
Prince Valiant volume 9: 1953-1954
Prince Valiant volume 9: 1953-1954 (Fantagraphics): continuing this traditional series by Hal Foster, based on the Knights of the round Table. Arn becomes a warrior, Merlin is bewitched by Nimue, as well as Tillicum as well as Boltar have a kid named Hatha –- the very first interracial infant “born” in comics. The pages in this series are reproduced for the very first time from Foster’s personal set of color engraver’s proofs, making this the most impeccably created prince Valiant series ever. introduction by mark Schultz, with an post on the 1954 prince Valiant film by Foster scholar Brian M. Kane. 112-page color huge (10.25” x 14”) hardcover. offered in July.
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Sunday Comics volume 2: 1934-1936
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Sunday Comics volume 2: 1934-1936 (Dark Horse): Collecting over 100 skillfully brought back Sunday strips from September 1934 to September 1936, all by Hal Foster as well as all on archive-quality paper as well as in stunning color. 120-page color huge (15” x 20”) hardcover. offered in August.
Tarzan: The total Russ Manning newspaper Strips volume 3: 1971-1974
Tarzan: The total Russ Manning newspaper Strips volume 3: 1971-1974 (IDW/LoAC): The third of a four-volume series collecting the entire run of the Tarzan newspaper strip by Russ Manning. It provides the final two total everyday storylines (August 2, 1971, with July 29, 1972), plus four prolonged Sunday adventures, from January 24, 1971, with March 17, 1974. featuring Tarzan as well as Korak at the Earth’s core. 296-page B&W huge (11” x 8.5”) hardcover. offered in July.
Walt Disney’s Mickey mouse volume 5: “Outwits The Phantom Blot”
Walt Disney’s Mickey mouse volume 5: “Outwits The Phantom Blot” (Fantagraphics): famous villains galore in this new volume of fantastic Mickey mouse stories by the master, Floyd Gottfredson. The Phantom Blot makes his dastardly debut, plus Mickey battles “Mighty Whalehunter” Pegleg Pete on the high seas as well as encounters a powerful genie! As well, a lot more than 30 pages of scholarly articles as well as dips into the Disney Vault! Fantagraphics’ masterful restoration of this traditional material gets all the blots out — except the crucial ones! 288-page B&W 10.5” x 8.75” hardcover.
NOW IN SOFTCOVER
Cinder & Ashe
Cinder & Ashe (DC Comics): Collecting the cult traditional miniseries by Gerry Conway as well as José Luis García-López, whose artwork is a feast for the eyes. Bob Greenberger has a full evaluation pertaining to the blog soon! Reprints all four issues. 128-page color softcover.
The total ElfQuest volume 1
The total ElfQuest volume 1 (Dark Horse): Back in print in a big — as well as cost effective — format. Collecting the very first twenty problems of the original B&W ElfQuest series by Richard as well as Wendy Pini — indy comics’ original legendary quest! 720-page B&W softcover. offered in August.
Harlan Ellison’s 7 against Chaos
Harlan Ellison’s 7 against Chaos (DC Comics): This new York Times bestseller is now offered (in July) in paperback. Written by Harlan Ellison, illustrated by Concrete designer Paul Chadwick, as well as colored by Ken Steacy. 208-page color softcover.
Marvel Masterworks: Human Torch volume 1
Marvel Masterworks: Human Torch volume 1 (Marvel Comics): like goofy old Silver Age marvel stories? then this is the book for you. Back in the 1960s, the Human Torch was spun-off from great four into his own series in the pages of odd Tales. right here we saw Johnny storm on his own (Mostly. The thing as well as Spidey would decrease by occasionally.) just being a normal girl-crazy, hot-roddin’ teenager who sometimes had to fight supervillains. Sure, he battled a few great ones, including Namor as well as a Captain America impostor, however normally he was stuck with losers like the Wizard, the Living Bomb, as well as the now-classic Paste-Pot Pete! featuring the work of Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, Jerry Siegel, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayres, as well as others, who must have understood better. Collects the HT stories from odd Tales (1951) #101-117 as well as annual #2. 280-page color softcover.
Super Boys: The outstanding Adventures of Jerry Siegel as well as Joe Shuster
Super Boys: The outstanding Adventures of Jerry Siegel as well as Joe Shuster (St. Martins Press): This biography of the creators of Superman by Brad Ricca is now offered in paperback. 448-page softcover.
BOOKS about COMICS
Annotated Sandman volume 3
Annotated Sandman volume 3 (DC Comics) is being resolicited for October 2014 release. Previous orders have been canceled. Please reorder if you still want this 250-page B&W hardcover reprint of Sandman #40-55 (plus extras), completely annotated by Leslie Klinger.
Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Pioneering Legends of Comic Books
Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Pioneering Legends of Comic books (Fantagraphics): interesting artist Drew Friedman takes his gift for caricature as well as applies it to the very first generation of noted comic book people — not just artists as well as writers, however likewise notorious publishers, editors, as well as at least one “crusading psychiatrist”! They’re all here: Lee, Kurtzman, Eisner, Drucker, Jaffee, Davis, Elder, Gaines, Barks, Crumb, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Werthem… as well as more. Over 80 portraits, each gone along with by a short essay by Friedman (who grew up understanding lots of of these men). This may end up being the most interesting “history” of early comic book people on your bookshelf. introduction by Al Jaffee. 160-page color 9” x 12” hardcover.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: season One Declassified Slipcase
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: season One Declassified Slipcase (Marvel Comics): exposes all the tricks of Marvel’s new action show. Including, hopefully, the tricks the show hasn’t gotten around to exposing yet. It’s an special behind-the-scenes book featuring the cast, creators, as well as team — using an insider’s look into the show by exposing never-before-shared details from the very first season. 240-page color huge (landscape format) slipcased hardcover — the exact same style as all the other motion picture slipcases. offered in July.
The Overstreet Comics cost Guide
The Overstreet Comics cost guide (Gemstone): frequently called the “bible” of the comic book industry, which is odd, since a lot of other bibles aren’t just long listings of titles, numbers, as well as prices. As a lot of fans know, there’s always a fantastic offer of discussion about the covers of the book. (For decades there has been a option of covers.) This year, the 75th anniversary of Batman is celebrated with a terrific painted cover by J.G Jones, based on the work of J.C. Leyendecker, who was Norman Rockwell’s predecessor as cover artist for the Saturday evening Post. Appropriately, Jones’ Batman cover makes it appear that DC Comics had been publishing the Saturday evening publish all along. The other cover features Vampirella by J. Scott Campbell. She’s celebrating both her 45th anniversary (good thing for fanboys she doesn’t age) as well as her new publishing gig at Dynamite. As always, there will be both hardcover as well as softcover versions featuring each cover, although the print runs for the hardcovers will be close to the pre-order, so if you really, truly want a hardcover, you much better pre-order now! 1,168 B&W pages, with some color. offered in July.
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Cartoon Network: incredibly trick dilemma War
KC CARLSON SEZ: These won’t be collected for months, however inspect out some new fun comics premiering soon: animation Network: incredibly trick dilemma war #1 (of 6) from IDW teams the Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Samurai Jack, Dexter, as well as others to battle the league of amazing Villains! (I would have called it The battle of the animation Network Stars, however that would have only explained exactly how ancient I truly am) . . . as well as small Titans: return to the Treehouse #1 (of 6) which rectifies DC Comics’ horrible error of canceling this incredibly quirky all-ages title by Art Baltazar as well as Franco. a lot more fun than any type of 52 other DC titles!
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