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Kenosha, Wis., 1942. Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Wartime-era reprint of a few Captain Marvel stories in a smaller booklet format done by the Samuel Lowe Company listed in Overstreet as "The Mighty Midget Comics" series. No date (c 1942). Booklet is 4 7/8" x 3 7/8". 36 pages (including covers). Four-color cover, two-color interior (black, red). Back cover shows a war bonds ad (otherwise blank). Story contents include: "Bumble Brained Bridegroom" "Captain Marvel and the Alaskan Adventure". Near Fine/Fine condition. Unused, unread. Very small nick, and chip near head of spine (reattached using archival adhesive). One page shows a small dog-ear. Book shows some binding, trimming and alignment quirks (one page has losts its right panel border, cover very slightly off-register, cover shows some small chipping to edges). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category:… Read More

unknown, 1945. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4" x 2.75". 8 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Authentic "Tijuana Bible". Undated (c 1945). Parody of Captain Marvel, Jr. (aka Shazam Jr., Shazam Family of Fawcett, the DC Comics) and Sivana Jr.The story features Sivana Jr using "whore dope" to compel a woman to work for him. Marvel Jr. intervenes but is distracted and allows Sivana to go on a crime spree in exchange for 15 minutes with the woman. Ends with the line "Well kiddie's so this is Sivana's bargain--Do you feel let down by your hero?--Well 'Tuff Shit.'". / Yellow cover stock. Saddle-stitched, single staple. Slight corrosion to staple. Some creasing and expected age-wear. Printing quality is nice (for the medium) with no dropout. Illustrator: unknown. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Comics, Graphic Novels::Tijuana Bibles, 8-Pagers; Inventory No:… Read More

This is a scarce "Big Little Book" copy of "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE" by Harold Gray. Number 708. 1933 1st edition, 2nd printing (with 1928 copyright date and 3-title ad at the back of the book); Whitman Publishing Company; Racine, Wisconsin. Illustrated throughout. This title has the distinction of being the second Big Little Book ever published. The book is a reprint of the daily comic strip that appeared in the New York Daily News newspaper from October 1, 1931 to August 31, 1932. Scarce in any condition.Condition:Soiling/staining to the front cover; the spine has a stain at the left edge; small, light stain at the top-right corner of the back cover; the left and right edges of the bottom of the spine have chipped off. The top-right corner of the front cover is worn. Tight binding with no cracks. Page 234 is present but detached, and the top edge has torn off. The illustration opposite page 74 has been colored in with watercolor...the pages are otherwise clean with no other condition issues found. Tiny,… Read More

Rantoul, IL: AVATAR, 2016. Graphic Novels. Illus. by BURROWS, JACEN. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover - 3 Book Set - All 1st. Prints - New in Illustrated Boards / No DJ as issued - Providence Act 1 Hard Cover edition that contains Providence issues #1-4, and all the backmatter, which is limited to 6,666 copies. Providence Acts 2 & 3 feature issues 5-12 - All three books comprise the complete 12 issue story arc - "Alan Moore's quintessential horror series has set the standard for a terrifying reinvention of the works of H.P. Lovecraft"....

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.

Kenosha, Wis., 1942. Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Wartime-era reprint of a few Captain Marvel stories in a smaller booklet format done by the Samuel Lowe Company listed in Overstreet as "The Mighty Midget Comics" series. No date (c 1942). Booklet is 4 7/8" x 3 7/8". 36 pages (including covers). Four-color cover, two-color interior (black, red). Back cover shows a war bonds ad (otherwise blank). Story contents include: "Bumble Brained Bridegroom" "Captain Marvel and the Alaskan Adventure". Near Fine/Fine condition. Unused, unread. Very small nick, and chip near head of spine (reattached using archival adhesive). One page shows a small dog-ear. Book shows some binding, trimming and alignment quirks (one page has losts its right panel border, cover very slightly off-register, cover shows some small chipping to edges). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category:… Read More

unknown, 1945. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4" x 2.75". 8 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Authentic "Tijuana Bible". Undated (c 1945). Parody of Captain Marvel, Jr. (aka Shazam Jr., Shazam Family of Fawcett, the DC Comics) and Sivana Jr.The story features Sivana Jr using "whore dope" to compel a woman to work for him. Marvel Jr. intervenes but is distracted and allows Sivana to go on a crime spree in exchange for 15 minutes with the woman. Ends with the line "Well kiddie's so this is Sivana's bargain--Do you feel let down by your hero?--Well 'Tuff Shit.'". / Yellow cover stock. Saddle-stitched, single staple. Slight corrosion to staple. Some creasing and expected age-wear. Printing quality is nice (for the medium) with no dropout. Illustrator: unknown. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Comics, Graphic Novels::Tijuana Bibles, 8-Pagers; Inventory No:… Read More

This is a scarce "Big Little Book" copy of "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE" by Harold Gray. Number 708. 1933 1st edition, 2nd printing (with 1928 copyright date and 3-title ad at the back of the book); Whitman Publishing Company; Racine, Wisconsin. Illustrated throughout. This title has the distinction of being the second Big Little Book ever published. The book is a reprint of the daily comic strip that appeared in the New York Daily News newspaper from October 1, 1931 to August 31, 1932. Scarce in any condition.Condition:Soiling/staining to the front cover; the spine has a stain at the left edge; small, light stain at the top-right corner of the back cover; the left and right edges of the bottom of the spine have chipped off. The top-right corner of the front cover is worn. Tight binding with no cracks. Page 234 is present but detached, and the top edge has torn off. The illustration opposite page 74 has been colored in with watercolor...the pages are otherwise clean with no other condition issues found. Tiny,… Read More

Rantoul, IL: AVATAR, 2016. Graphic Novels. Illus. by BURROWS, JACEN. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover - 3 Book Set - All 1st. Prints - New in Illustrated Boards / No DJ as issued - Providence Act 1 Hard Cover edition that contains Providence issues #1-4, and all the backmatter, which is limited to 6,666 copies. Providence Acts 2 & 3 feature issues 5-12 - All three books comprise the complete 12 issue story arc - "Alan Moore's quintessential horror series has set the standard for a terrifying reinvention of the works of H.P. Lovecraft"....

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.