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Author: Steve Ditko
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606993801
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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More than 200 pages' worth of never-before-collected horror and science-fiction stories from the early career of a comics great, beautifully presented in a stunning hardcover volume. Introduction by series editor Blake Bell.

Author: Brent Frankenhoff
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440215154
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 3672

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Essential Comics Values! From the authoritative stuff at Comics Buyer's Guide, the world's longest running magazine about comics, Comic Book Price Guide is the only guide on the market to give you extensive coverage of more than 150,000 comics from the Golden Age of the 1930s to current releases. In addition to the thousands of comic books from such publishers as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image, this collector-friendly reference includes listings for comic books from independent publishers, underground publishers, and more! This indispensable guide features: • Alphabetical organization by comic book title • Thousands of detailed photos • An exclusive photo grading guide to help you determine your comics' conditions accurately • Current values for more than 150,000 comics Comic Book Price Guide is the reliable reference for collectors, dealers, and anyone passionate about comic books!

Author: House of Collectibles
Publisher: House of Collectibles
ISBN: 9780876378595
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 796

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The bible of the comic book industry is updated for 2002 with Web site information, tips about grading and caring for comics, and more than 1,500 black-and-white photos.

Author: Paul S. Hirsch
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226829464
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture In the 1940s and ’50s, comic books were some of the most popular—and most unfiltered—entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds of millions of copies a year of violent, racist, and luridly sexual comics to Americans of all ages until a 1954 Senate investigation led to a censorship code that nearly destroyed the industry. But this was far from the first time the US government actively involved itself with comics—it was simply the most dramatic manifestation of a long, strange relationship between high-level policy makers and a medium that even artists and writers often dismissed as a creative sewer. In Pulp Empire, Paul S. Hirsch uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government both attacked and appropriated comic books to help wage World War II and the Cold War, promote official—and clandestine—foreign policy and deflect global critiques of American racism. As Hirsch details, during World War II—and the concurrent golden age of comic books—government agencies worked directly with comic book publishers to stoke hatred for the Axis powers while simultaneously attempting to dispel racial tensions at home. Later, as the Cold War defense industry ballooned—and as comic book sales reached historic heights—the government again turned to the medium, this time trying to win hearts and minds in the decolonizing world through cartoon propaganda. Hirsch’s groundbreaking research weaves together a wealth of previously classified material, including secret wartime records, official legislative documents, and caches of personal papers. His book explores the uneasy contradiction of how comics were both vital expressions of American freedom and unsettling glimpses into the national id—scourged and repressed on the one hand and deployed as official propaganda on the other. Pulp Empire is a riveting illumination of underexplored chapters in the histories of comic books, foreign policy, and race.

Author: Douglas Anderson
Publisher: Publication Consultants
ISBN: 1594335567
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 139

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As a sequel to Gold in Trib 1, Doug's new book, Mystery in Trib 2 is an interesting blend of fact and fiction; factual in terms of the flying, hiking, and gold-mining two friends enjoyed; fictional in the form of a cleverly woven mystery concerning the loss of a World War II military aircraft. The story is well researched and so masterfully formulated the reader will be hard pressed to separate historical fact from fiction. Mystery in Trib 2 portrays wilderness Alaska accurately and as it can be experienced by anyone fired with a lust for outdoor adventure.

Author: Steve Ditko
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606997068
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Dripping With Fear: The Steve Ditko Archives Volume 5 features another 200-plus meticulously restored, full-color pages from Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko in his early prime, at the time working in near anonymity for Charlton Comics in the then-popular horror/suspense genre. Comics like Tales of The Mysterious Traveler and This Magazine Is Haunted saw an explosion in Ditko's ingenuity, as he manipulated the traditional comic-book page layout with masterful results. It was during this time that Ditko and his art-school colleague, the famed fetish artist Eric Stanton, began sharing a studio in Manhattan. The introduction by editor Blake Bell examines Ditko's stylistic evolution and delves deep into his association with Stanton. Ditko's secret collaborations with Stanton on his female bondage material remain a highly controversial topic, and Bell's introduction highlights numerous examples that prove the allegedly shy and private Ditko contributed with wild abandon to these risqué tales of titillation. This fifth volume stands as the best example yet of the Steve Ditko that would soon begin crafting such iconic classics as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange alongside Stan Lee at Marvel Comics.

Author: Charles Soule
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302507605
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 143

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Collects Hunt for Wolverine #1 and Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #1-4. Where's Wolverine? That's what Daredevil wants to know! Logan may be the best there is at what he does -- but so is the Man Without Fear! And as one of the biggest mysteries in the Marvel Universe unfolds, DD assembles a squad of uncanny detectives to track down Logan: Misty Knight, the Inhuman Frank McGee and the mutant known as Cypher! Investigating recent sightings across the globe of the X-Man they thought dead, the squad uncovers a deep conspiracy with huge ramifications for Wolverine's return! But what happens when they follow the clues all the way to a very familiar -- and very bloody -- set of claws? A weapon lost is about to be found -- and the Man Without Fear's nickname will be put to the test!

Author: Robert M. Overstreet
Publisher: House of Collectibles
ISBN: 9780876377468
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 748

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The recognized authority in this field and an established bestseller, this eagerly awaited 17th edition features a 40-page color section.

Author: Blake Bell
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560979216
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is an art book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, his strict adherence to his own (and Randian) principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he's drawn over the last 55 years.

Author: Robert M. Overstreet
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0375723080
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Describes and lists the values of popular collectible comics and graphic novels issued from the 1950s to today, providing tips on buying, collecting, selling, grading, and caring for comics and including a section on related toys and rings.