Author: Basil Wolverton
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606995502
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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The complete collection of Wolverton's legendary costumed crusader. Basil Wolverton is one of the greatest, most idiosyncratic talents in comic book history. Though he is best known for his humorous grotesqueries in MAD magazine, it is his science-fiction character Spacehawk that Wolverton fans have most often demanded be collected. The wait is over, as The Complete Spacehawk features every story from Spacehawk’s intergalactic debut in 1940 to his final, Nazi-crushing adventure in 1942. Spacehawk is the closest thing to a colorfully-costumed, conventional action hero Wolverton ever created, yet the strip is infused with Wolverton’s quintessential weirdness: controlled, organic artwork of strangely repulsive aliens and monsters and bizarre planets, and stories of gruesome retribution that bring to mind Wolverton’s peer, Fletcher Hanks. Spacehawk had no secret identity, no fixed base of operations beyond his spaceship, and no sidekicks or love interests. He had but one mission in life: to protect the innocent throughout the Solar System, and to punish the guilty. He was a dark ― yet much more visually playful ― counterpart to Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.
Author: Ed Sutter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1611602548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
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When a luxury spaceliner is hijacked in the Bishti sector, sets in motion are a series of events that could well lead to interstellar war. A Senator from the Confederation, along with his wife, are among the passengers taken hostage. Jason Hawke, former Confederation Marine, is awakened from an alcoholic cycle of self-destruction and spurred to go to the rescue of the woman he once loved, Kristin Baird, the wife of the Senator. Meanwhile, agencies within the Confederation and the Confed Navy are making plans to go to the rescue of the hostages, little knowing that the rival DeSotoan Empire is laying an ambush for them, using the hostages as bait. But when Jason is joined by his three brothers and a beautiful fighter pilot, the hostage takers may find out that they've bitten off much more than they can chew. After all, violence is the Hawke clan's family business!
Author: Basil Wolverton
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606995057
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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This is the first in a two-volume retrospective―collecting full comics stories, unpublished art, ads, etc.―and biography of the famous Mad cartoonist. This is the first of two volumes reprinting copious amounts of comics stories and recounting the career of cartoonist Basil Wolverton. Based on his correspondence and journals, the biographical portion of the books follow Wolverton from childhood to adult day-to-day life as freelance cartoonist, itinerant handyman, persistent contest enterer, and local pastor of the Radio Church of God. Wolverton lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest, unique among the first generation of comic book pioneers. In the precious period before the industry calcified into a commercial institution, Wolverton was free to work under the radar to explore in detail his weird tales of the future. The book collects all of Wolverton’s non-humorous comic stories and a substantial selection of his humorous comics, alongside dozens of pages of unpublished artwork, unsold features, and never-before-seen correspondence, including rejection letters!
Author: Ivy Press
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781599670447
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Author: Lou Mougin
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476649901
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The 1940s saw the birth of many enduring superheroes like Superman, Batman, Captain America and Captain Marvel. Outside of the superhero genre, the golden age of comics also featured a host of lesser-known, evil-fighting action figures, and this book contains a wealth of information about these heroes without capes. Covered here are jungle heroines like Sheena, Rulah and Princess Pantha; science fiction stalwarts including Spacehawk, Hunt Bowman and Futura; adventurers such as Kayo Kirby, Werewolf Hunter and Senorita Rio; and Western heroes ranging from Tom Mix to the Ghost Rider.
Author: Greg Sadowski
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1683962141
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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This volume continues Sadowski’s biography of the famed Mad cartoonist. It includes scores of letters between Wolverton and his editors and publishers and excerpts from his personal diaries, providing documentary insight not only into Wolverton’s day-to-day life and career, but also the inner workings of the early comic book industry. It is also chock full of Wolverton’s comics stories from this period, including 17 science-fiction and horror tales fully restored and never before collected in a single volume.
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Publisher: Mini-Komix
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Who cares what a Jedi craves?! A true hitch-hiker knows that excitement, adventure and really wild things are what's totally hoopy, and all of these are in this collection of Klassik Komix. Meet the Blue Men of Bantro, witness the End of the World, sign up for the Space Police, trek with The Triad, a hippie gets The Power, gamble with the Earth getting a Second Chance, meddle with the Monster of Mars, mankind asks What Was It?, visit the Planet of Terror, submerge with Spacehawk, behold the Birth of Death, Clik through a menu of options for humans, go on vacation with space cadet Andromeda, track down The Traveller, welcome The Visitor, space babes bash Cthulu in Celestial Battle, and examine the Abduction of Henry Twigg. Keep your towel handy for these public domain gems from the Golden Age of Comics! 100 Big Pages!
Author: Ron Goulart
Publisher: Collectors Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1888054387
Category : Comic book covers
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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A history of American comic books told almost entirely through reprinted comic book covers.
Author: Mike Benton
Publisher: Taylor Publishing Company (TX)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Masters of Imagination presents an overview of the careers and works of the 13 world-class cartoonists elected to the Comic Book Artists Hall of Fame. More than 250 full-color illustrations plus illuminating commentary by Mike Benton offer insight into the creative processes that made these artists the very best in the world.
Author: Ivy Press
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781599670638
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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