TASCHEN AMERICA
MARVEL COMICS LIBRARY HC INCREDIBLE HULK 1962-1966
(W) Stan Lee (A) Jack Kirby, John Buscema (CA) John Buscema
He's one of the most enduring characters across all popular culture-and this collection of The Incredible Hulk Nos. 1-6, along with his appearances in Tales to Astonish, is where it all began. The lavish reproduction of the original comics brings Hulk to rampaging yet sorrowful life alongside original artwork, rare photographs, and ephemera. (STL355745) (C: 0-1-1)
HC, 11x16, 666pgs, FC SRP: $200.00
TIMEBOMB COMICS
QUANTUM #10
(W) Dave West & Various (A) Roland Bird & Various (CA) Gary Crutchley
The new British anthology Quantum features ongoing tales set in worlds that are not our own. Major Rakhana (Steve Tanner and Roland Bird), WesterNoir-Dead End (Jemma West and Gareth Sleightholme), The Very Strange Reappearance of Peter Thomson (Dave West and Gustaffo Vargas, and the Clockwork Cavalier (Steve Tanner and Francesco Archidiacono). (STL355864) (C: 0-1-1)
7x10, 48pgs, FC SRP: $8.99
TOYCOLLECTR
TOYCOLLECTR MAGAZINE #16 (MR)
TOYCOLLECTR is the return of the print-based, collector-focused toy magazine
offering behind the curtain deep dives into the world of collectible action figures
past and present. Old stuff! New stuff! All good stuff! This issue features the
return of Toys R Us as a stand-alone store in the US, the post-Christmas toy blues
and a ton of stuff we can’t talk about yet! (STL355958) (C: 0-1-1)
MATURE THEMES
Magazine, 80pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
TUNDRA BOOKS
PLUTO ROCKET GN
(W/A) Paul Gilligan
Joe Pidge, king of the neighborhood, and Pluto Rocket, an alien who's new in town, have left the safety of Joe's neighborhood to discover other places on Earth for Pluto's secret mission—to explore the planet and prove that Earthlings are nice. But Joe is way out of his comfort zone! What starts as a casual walk into a new town turns into a high-speed chase as Joe is convinced the duo is being pursued by a wolf (it's really a poodle). Later, Pluto's habit of helping people leads to the two being celebrated as heroes! But when their publicity makes its way back to Pluto's home planet, Joe and Pluto have to find a way to escape to the moon... and fast! (STL356140) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x8, 96pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING
BACK ISSUE #159 CRISIS ON INFINITE EATH 40TH ANNIVERSARY
CRYPTOLOGY #1 (O/A)
Greetings, creep culturists! For my debut issue, I, the Cryptologist (with the help of From the Tomb editor Peter Normanton), have exhumed the worst Horror Comics excesses of the 1950s, Killer "B" movies to die for, and the creepiest, kookiest toys that crossed your boney little fingers as a child! But wait... do you dare enter the House of Usher, or choose sides in the skirmish between the Addams Family and The Munsters?! Can you stand to gaze at Warren magazine frontispieces by this issue's cover artist Bernie Wrightson, or spend some Hammer Time with that studio's most frightening films? And if Atlas pre-code covers or terrifying science-fiction are more than you can take, stay away! (STL324722)
Magazine, 8x11, 84pgs, FC SRP: $10.95
AMERICAN MOVIE COMIC BOOK SILVER SCREEN TO PRINTED PAGE
(W) Peter Bosch (A) Frank Frazetta & Various
Peter Bosch continues his remarkable history of Hollywood's ongoing love affair with comic books. The sequel to American TV Comic Books, this new book looks at hundreds of Tinseltown's motion pictures that made the jump from the silver screen to the comics page, starting from the days of Charlie Chaplin and continuing through to the wonders of Steven Spielberg. This is the ultimate reference for films from the Thirties to the Seventies that were adapted to comics, including The Wizard of Oz, Ben-Hur, Around the World in 80 Days, Disney's cinema classics and animated movies, Yellow Submarine, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Alien, the Planet of the Apes series, and many others. Don't miss this blockbuster, perfect for anyone who enjoys movies and comics alike! (STL354428) (C: 0-1-2)
Comics History, SC, 8x11, 192pgs, FC SRP: $31.95
AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES HC VOL 1945-1949 (O/A)
(W/A) Various
The American Comic Book Chronicles 1945-49 volume covers the comic book industry during the aftermath of World War II, when scores of writers and artists returned from foreign battlefields to resume their careers. It was a period when readers began turning away from the escapist entertainment offered by super-heroes in favor of other genres, like the grittier, more brutal crime comics. It was a time when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Young Romance, inaugurating a golden age of romance comics. And it was during this five-year period that Timely and National Comics capitalized on the popularity of Westerns, that Bill Gaines plotted a new course for EC Comics in the wake of his father's death, and that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first sued for the rights to Superman. (STL277945)
Comics History, HC, 8x11, 288pgs, FC SRP: $49.95
BEST OF ALTER EGO SC VOL 02 (O/A)
(CA) Sam Grainger
The Best of Alter Ego Volume 2 presents more fantastic features from the fabled mag begun in 1961 by Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas, covering undiscovered gems from all 11 original issues published between 1961 and 1978. (STK528480)
Comics Journalism, SC, 8x11, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95
HERO A GO GO SC (O/A)
Welcome to the Camp Age, when spies liked their wars cold and their women warm, good guys beat bad guys with a pun and a punch, and Batman shook a mean cape. Hero-A-Go-Go celebrates the camp craze of the Swinging Sixties, when just about everyone — the teens of Riverdale, an ant and a squirrel, even the President of the United States — was a super-hero or a secret agent. Michael Eury takes you through that coolest cultural phenomenon with this lively collection of nostalgic essays, histories, and theme song lyrics of classic 1960s characters like Captain Action, Herbie the Fat Fury, Captain Nice, Atom Ant, Scooter, ACG's Nemesis, Dell's super-Frankenstein and Dracula, the "split!" Captain Marvel, and others! (STL031673) (JAN172100)
Cultural History, SC, 8x11, 272pgs, FC SRP: $36.95
MARVEL COMICS IN THE 1960S SC (O/A)
(W) Pierre A. Comtois (A) Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
After being relegated to the realm of children's literature for the first 25 years of its history, the comic book industry experienced an unexpected flowering in the early 1960s. A celebration of that emergence, Marvel Comics in the 1960s: An Issue-by-Issue Field Guide to a Pop Culture Phenomenon takes the reader from the legendary company's first fumbling beginnings as helmed by savvy editor/writer Stan Lee (aided by such artists as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko), to the full maturity of its wild, colorful, offbeat grandiosity. (STK395617) (MAY091042)
Comics History, SC, 8x11, 224pgs, B&W SRP: $27.95
MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 29 CLIFF CHIANG (O/A)
(CA) Cliff Chiang
Cliff Chiang's star has never shone brighter. His bold, graphic style has a classic feel with a modern sensibility, and it's no wonder he's become one of the industry's top illustrators. Now learn how Chiang went from promising assistant editor to in-demand freelance artist. This volume features a career-spanning interview, and loads of both iconic and rarely seen artwork from Cliff's personal files. (STK528483) (OCT131328)
Art Book, SC, 8x11, 120pgs, PC SRP: $15.95
QUALITY COMPANION SC (O/A)
(W) Mike Kooiman (A) Louis K. Fine (CA) Dick Giordano
The Quality Companion provides a dedicated look at the prolific Golden Age publisher which spawned a treasure trove of beautiful art and classic characters, including the "Freedom Fighters" — Uncle Sam, Phantom Lady, Black Condor, The Ray, Human Bomb, and Doll Man — as well as Plastic Man, the Blackhawks, and others. The volume also covers the characters' revival from the 1970s up through the current versions of the characters at DC Comics. (STK440234)
Comics History, SC, 8x11, 288pgs, PC SRP: $31.95
86th Floor Comics January 2025 Catalogue
