Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Secret Agent X-9: By Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond

Out March 20, 2015

When Secret Agent X-9 premiered in January 1934, King Features could proudly boast that its new adventure strip was written by the world's most famous mystery writer - Dashiell Hammett, the man who virtually invented the hard-boiled detective in such novels as The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, and Red Harvest. The artist chosen was less well-known - at this point, Alex Raymond was merely an uncredited assistant on Tim Tyler's Luck and the humor strip Blondie - but 1934 was the turning point in Raymond's career. From that cold January forward, Alex Raymond would become as famous as Hammett, thanks to his Sunday comics double-header, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim. The Secret Agent X-9 strip was a dailies-only serial. This volume collects the complete Hammett/Raymond strips, plus the subsequent stories by Raymond and Leslie Charteris, famous himself for "The Saint" novels, as well as the Charteris stories drawn by Charles Flanders. Included are strips from January 22, 1934 through October 31, 1936.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Avengers Omnibus Volume 2

Out March 24, 2015

One of the Avengers' greatest eras has been assembled for this amazing Omnibus collection! Beginning master Avengers storyteller Roy Thomas' run, it's cover-to-cover in watershed moments: the first appearances of Ultron and the Vision; the Black Widow's surprise connecti on with the Red Guardian; Hercules' epic batt les with Sub-Mariner and Dragon Man; the Avengers vs. the Super-Adaptoid; Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch defect; the Black Panther joins the team; the Avengers fight the X-Men; an all-new Masters of Evil; the first-ever full telling of Bucky Barnes' tragic death; a reality-bending batt le between the new Avengers and the original Avengers; and much, much more. Featuring breathtaking artwork by John Buscema and Don Heck, plus each issue's original letters pages, this Omnibus collection is a must-have for every Avengers fan!

COLLECTING: AVENGERS (1963) 31-58, ANNUAL (1967)1-2, X-MEN (1963) 45, NOT BRAND ECHH (1967) 5, 8


Monday, September 8, 2014

Neal Adams Batman Omnibus

Out June 2, 2015

Neal Adams is considered one of the greatest Batman artists of all-time, and one of comics' most influential illustrators.
Now, DC Comics has collected all three volumes of the Batman: Illustrated by Neal Adams series together with Adams' critically acclaimed series Batman: Odyssey in one hardcover omnibus.

This massive volume collects material from Batman #200, 203 and 210; The Brave and The Bold #75-76 and 79-85; Dectective Comics #370, 372, 385, 389, 391, and 392; and World's Finest Comics #174-176, 178-180, 182-183, 185, 186; Batman #217, 220-222, 224-227, 229-231, The Brave and The Bold #86, 88-90, 93, 95, Detective Comics #394-403, 405-311, World's Finest Comics #199, 200, 202; Batman #232, 234-241, 243-246, 251, 255; Batman Annual #14; Batman Black & White #4; Brave and the Bold #99, Detective Comics #412-422, 439, 600; Heroes Against Hunger; Limited Collectors Edition C-25, C-51, C-59; Robin #1; Saga of Ra's Al Ghul #4; World's Finest #211, 244-246, 258; Batman: Odyssey Vol. 1 issues #1-6  and Vol. 2 issues #1-7.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips Volume 4 (1974-1979)

Out Feb. 10, 2015

WINNER OF THE 2014 EISNER AWARD! In the series conclusion, the final nine Sunday storylines by Russ Manning, in which Tarzan returns to Opar, Pellucidar, and Castra Sanguinarius, while Korak finds himself at the Sacred Lake of Krackao and the Elephants' Graveyard. Collecting the complete strips' run from March 24, 1974 through June 24, 1979.

Silver Surfer Epic Collection: When Calls Galactus

Out Dec. 24, 2014

Soaring through the cosmos like a living comet, the Silver Surfer, herald of the world devourer Galactus, debuted in the pages of Fantastic Four and blew the minds of a generation of Marvel fans. This strange, stoic alien entered as harbinger of destruction, but was touched by human compassion, leading him to rebel against Galactus. Now, for the first time ever, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original Silver Surfer stories are collected in one Epic Collection.

COLLECTING: FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 48-50, 55, 57-60, 72, 74-77; MATERIAL FROM TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) 92-93, FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 56, 61, ANNUAL 5 (SILVER SURFER EPIC COLLECTION VOL. 1)